# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S300
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PARISH EDUCATION 299

spiritual life. It is furthermore urged that voters’ assemblies adopt
whatever measures are deemed necessary to secure a larger at-
tendance of children in the regular worship services of their

congregations.
Recommendations to Synod:

Part IV —Synodical Sunday School Secretary
Background:
1. The Sunday school in the Missouri Synod has shown the
following growth in twenty-five years:

Number Leaders Pupils
1929 ___..-------------—- 2,769 19,103 201,180
1954... 4,838 65,162 592,029
Gain __..—---.-------------- 2,069 46,059 390,849

2. In this quarter of a century, the scope of the Sunday school
has developed from the elementary school level downward to birth
and upward to old age. Coasequently the expanded scope of the
Sunday school curriculum has involved materials for the Nursery
Roll and Nursery classes, for the home, for Bible class work on
three levels, as well as for preschool and elementary school levels.

3. In the evaluation of the Board for Parish Education, its staff
loads, and its work, it was pointed out several times that under
the present staff structure the following areas of responsibility
could not be given adequate leadership:

a. The promotion of leadership training (involving revision
and development of teacher-training courses, summer conference
camps and schools, District and national conventions, development
of guidance materials and training programs especially for lay
Sunday school superintendents, pastoral training in Sunday school
work, etc.).

b. The development of helpful audio-visual materials (e. g.,
filmstrips on Sunday school administration, evangelism through the
Sunday school, missionary education in the Sunday school, the
conducting of graded worship procedures, the need of a training
program, enlistment of Sunday school workers, etc., along with
visualized training courses).

c. The general promotion of the Sunday school (through
a planned program of field work, workshops on evangelism through
the Sunday school, etc.).

4. The present Sunday school editors continue to have an
expanding editorial task before them, e.g., writing of uniform
third- and fourth-year lessons and teachers’ guides, preparation
of Sunday school lessons in book form for preconfirmation levels,
development of a second series of pictures, the development of

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