# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S321
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PARISH EDUCATION 321

study materials, books, and tracts on the subject available and
easily accessible to parents and youth; (3) since procedures will
differ, depending on the persons involved and the stage of develop-
ment of every case (courtship stage, engagement stage, marital
stage), pastors and congregations are urged to give each case
individual attention.

The Family Life Committee will release from time to time
general articles for the laity and special articles for church officers
and pastors to give continued guidance with regard to this problem.

4. The Family Life Committee

The following persons have served by appointment of the
Board for Parish Education during the triennium: Walter F. Wol-
brecht, chairman; Herbert Berner, Erdmann W. Frenk, Edgar F.
Witte, Martin P. Simon, E. H. Ruprecht, Paul W. Jacobs, Donald A.
Canar,- Harry G. Coiner, Robert J. Hoyer, Oscar E. Feucht,
secretary.

The committee held 12 meetings during the triennium, most
of them two-day sessions, helped in production of materials, and
gave many hours of study to the various projects.

Recommendations to Synod: Part VIII — Christian Family

1. That Synod encourage congregations to increase their serv-
ices to the individual family, giving particular attention to the
new families received, to the families that need special help, and
to the growing number of older adults.

2. That Synod encourage our pastors to help safeguard Chris-
tian marriage and strengthen husband-wife relationships through
an increased program of marriage education and counseling, and
that they use the conference programs and private reading and
study to prepare themselves for this part of their professional
activity.

3. That our churches be encouraged to help equip parents for
their essential spiritual tasks in child-training, making reading
materials and group-discussion opportunities available to parents.

4. That Synod endorse the new program of service to Christian
parents made available through the work of the National Lutheran
Parent-Teacher League, a department of the Lutheran Education
Association, and advise congregations to use these helpful new
services.

5. That Synod urge Districts, circuits, and congregations to
participate in the Family Life Training Program, as developed