# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S659
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FINANCIAL MATTERS

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department’s section in Advance have been of great help. Thou-
sands of lay members are involved in Synod’s stewardship pro-
gram, especially on the circuit and congregational levels.

Materials

A growing number of materials have been made available
during the last five years in promoting the total stewardship pro-
gram. Booklets, folders, maps, tracts, prayer cards, posters, film-
strips, and mission movies covering the general field of stewardship,
missionary education, and information have been made available
to stewardship leaders, pastors, and congregations. In addition to
supplying free materials for the Epiphany, Lenten, and Mission
Festival seasons, others are made available for year-round use
and for Synodical Sunday. Every-member-canvass materials are
also offered free of charge. In spite of the fact that one hears of
“too many materials,” our department often cannot produce suf-
ficient quantities to meet the demand. May we state here that no
materials are sent out in bulk without a specific request.

A color filmstrip, with recording, is being made of this conven-
tion and will be available for use in all of our congregations. Each
congregation will receive a set free.

The department previews all visual aids in the stewardship
and missionary-education areas which appear on the market.
Good productions are reviewed in Advance for congregational
leaders and are made available by the Visual Aids Department
of Concordia Publishing House. A number of filmstrips in the
missions area are being planned for early production.

Stewardship and mission plays and pageants are reviewed
regularly for possible recommendation for general use.

Our Department and the “Our Venture of Faith”

According to the resolution of the St. Paul Visitors’ and Fiscal
Conference, the responsibility for giving leadership to, and devising
methods and materials for, the “Our Venture of Faith” program
as it applies to meeting our $12,900,000 goal, was given to our
department. This placed an unusual amount of responsibility and
work on the two staff members of our department and necessitated
a redistribution of staff responsibilities and the calling in of a
third full-time man— Rev. R. C. Muhly — who has primary re-
sponsibility in expediting the great amount of desk and field work
connected wtih this great undertaking.

The Financial Support of Synod’s Program
_ The exihibits attached to this report, with their accompanying
remarks, deserve your study. Please give them your careful con-
sideration.