# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S343
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YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK 343

Another mark of growth and improvement in the League has
been the increased use and acceptance of its topic discussion guides
and work sheets and its Bible-study promotion. More than 90,000
sets of topic work sheets are distributed annually to societies
through the States and Canada. Recent estimates indicate that
upwards of 43% of the youth of the church are regularly in
a Bible-study class or topic-discussion session under the guidance
of the local congregation. All topics of the League are written by
Leaguer counselors in the field for a richer background and deeper
impact on the youth.

For the first time in its history the Walther League this sum-
mer will conduct its annual convention in a campus setting at Iowa
State College, Ames, Iowa. With an expected registration of 2,000
young people, the League expects to exert a wiser stewardship
of the time, talents, and funds invested in this annual youth
gathering. Worship, Bible-study sessions, workshops, business,
recreation, pageants, and concerts will fill the schedule for a unique
experience in Christian living. More than 50 trained counselors
will be on hand to help our young people gain inspiration and
information for their youth activities at home.

Mindful of the stewardship obligations of all Christians and
desirous of guiding the youth to greater heights in their steward-
ship life, the Walther League has made available a stewardship
filmstrip, “A Tip or a Talent,” is sponsoring stewardship schools
for districts, zones, and societies, and is supplying stewardship
materials in the Workers Quarterly and in pamphlets. Many pas-
tors, counselors, and youth groups not affiliated with the Walther
League have recognized the helpfulness of Walther League ma-
terials and are requesting and receiving them without making con-
tributions to the Walther League, as the Walther League societies
are doing. The Walther League gladly renders this service, but
this inequity should be remedied, and Synod should provide finan-
cial support for these materials for all youth in Synod who request
such program aids.

In all of its work the Walther League has consistently recog-
nized the changing picture of its membership. During the last
decade the League has become a predominately teen-age group.
Keenly aware of the importance of interesting and holding the
mature members, the League has at the same time made serious
efforts to gear its program, materials, promotion, and publications
to the educational and interest levels of the teens. Upon this dif-
ficult work we ask the Lord’s kind benediction.

Membership in the Walther League is helpful to the youth
group in the congregation. Your Board urges congregations and
pastors to affiliate their youth groups with the League. We caution