# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S345
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YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK , 345

interested persons. Conferences have been held at Druce Lake,
Ill; Bowling Green, Ohio; Arcadia, Mich.; Seward, Nebr.; Bronx-
ville, N. ¥.; Henning, Minn.; Oakland, Calif.

Three conferences are scheduled for 1956:

Concordia College, Portland, Oreg., August 12—24.

Camp Luther, Three Lakes, Wis., August 12—24.
Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio, July 8—20.

These conferences serve as a training school for deans and
staff members for Lutheran Service Volunteer schools. Only be-
cause of the success of these conferences could the LSV program
have expanded to its present scope.

A marked increased attendance at these two-week sessions has
been observed in the past triennium. The 567 “graduates” of these
conferences are spread throughout the States and Canada where,
on the local level and in district leadership, they continue to
influence the quality of youth work. A regular evaluation of this
program, its methods and objectives, is held annually to assure
the latest insights for our total youth picture. Although some dis-
tricts of the church have done an outstanding job in relaying this
influence and information in their areas, most districts are in great
need of assistance in planning and carrying out this follow-through
of the national program. Sessions at pastoral and teachers con-
ferences, week-end lay-counselors retreats, problem clinics for
young people in youth leadership, are a part of this project. Your
Board hopes in the near future to be able to initiate some of the
plans that have already been laid for such follow-through of the
youth workers conferences throughout the church (see point 7).

2. Lutheran Service Volunteer Schools

Eleven thousand plus young people of the church have had
the spiritual advantages of this one-week leadership training expe-
rience. With Synod-wide acceptance, this program is expanding
continually. In 1956, 58 schools are planned in all the North
American Districts of Synod, assuring coverage in almost every
locality of the church in the States and Canada. Extreme care
is being exercised to preserve the quality of this leadership train-
ing and to increase its usefulness through “advanced” schools for
outstanding young people. More than 150 trained leaders (from the
youth workers conferences) are used in this program each year.
The testimonies of the youth themselves speak most eloquently:
“I never thought that one could learn so much in one week... .
I was doubtful about coming to LSV. All doubt has vanished. . ..
I hope that other Leaguers will come next year so it will strengthen
their faith like it did mine... . 1 only wish that every Walther
Leaguer in Synod could attend LSV at some time in their life. . . -

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