# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S735
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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 735

itions Institute conducted by the same school. The Executive
etary and members of the Board as well as a number of con-
nts represented the Department at pastoral conferences and
ious meetings conducted by voluntary agencies and depart-
of Synod.

Outside of our circles, the Department, through the Executive
etary, participated in the activities of the White House Con-
ince for Children and Youth, the National Social Welfare
bly, the National Conference of Social Work, and other
encies. In the meetings of these organizations it was possible,
the first time, to give expression to the principles and to explain
practices of our Church. We are happy to say that our testi-
Sony was always received in a kindly spirit and was much

reciated.

_ Other associations in which the Department, through the
‘xecutive Secretary, holds membership are: the American Prison
PAssociation, the Conference on American Citizenship, Community
‘Chests and Councils, the Council of Lutheran Agencies, and others.
‘There are many other agencies, both voluntary and governmental,
in which we must still. seek membership, both to improve the
quality of our own work by. learning of others and to contribute
our ideas and motivations for the common good.

; The Department is also planning institutes and seminars of its
f own for various types of workers. Committees have already been
set up to arrange extensive workshops for institutional chaplains
; and for Lutheran social workers. We hope by this means to estab-
lish a well-rounded in-service training program for all our workers.

5. Convention of the Lutheran World Federation

The present chairman of the Board of Social Welfare and
the Executive Secretary attended the meeting of the Lutheran -
' World Federation in Hanover, Germany. In addition to the general
sessions they attended the sessions of Section Three, in which inner
mission work and charitable endeavors were discussed. Although
. they had neither voice nor vote in these sessions, they profited
greatly by the experience, and we believe this gain will be reflected
_in the work of the Department in the coming years.
: After the conclusion of the meetings of the Lutheran World
Federation, our representatives, upon the invitation and under the
auspices of the Association for Inner Missions of Bavaria, inspected
the institutions and agencies of the Lutheran Church of Bavaria.
An intensive study of the methods and techniques employed in
this work produced much information which will be of benefit to us
in our missionary and charitable work. On the other hand, our