# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S691
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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FINANCIAL MATTERS 691

The pastors, teachers, and laymen of Synod, who are vitally
interested in the welfare of our beloved church, will ask: “How

are these funds being used? What progress have the participating

agencies made in their building plans?” It is the purpose of this
presentation briefly. to report on the status of their plans.

Mill Neck Manor Lutheran School for the Deaf
The sum of $150,000 set aside in the “Building for Christ”
offering for Mill Neck Manor Lutheran School for the Deaf at
Mill Neck, Long Island, New York, is being used to convert the

‘so-called “farm group” of buildings for school use. The remodeling

of these buildings is being carried forward with all possible dis-
patch, and at this date the renovation of all but the gymnasium-
auditorium has been completed. The “Building for Christ” crusade
has thus enabled Mili Neck to double its enrollment capacity and
to serve 120 children.

Lutheran Deaconess Association

The sum of $250,000 set aside for the Deaconess Chapter House
near the campus of Valparaiso University will mean much to the
progress of deaconess work within our church. The Lutheran
Deaconess Association has purchased four and a half acres of
land in Valparaiso, bounded on three sides by university property.
Building plans have now been completed and approved, and ground
was broken on Sunday, May 13.

The Chapter House will accommodate seventy-five students
in a three-story modern building. A living area is located on the
first floor, where student deaconesses may enjoy living room,
lounge, recreation, dining room, kitchen, and chapel facilities. The
housemother’s quarters and a guest room are also located on the
first floor, together with dormitory facilities for fourteen students.
The second and third floors house thirty students each, in separate
rooms accommodating two or four students. Each of these floors
also has a private lounge and ironing room, as well as a prayer
nook.

To supplement the $250,000 “Building for Christ” grant, the
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League has made a gift of $60,000
toward the cost of the Chapter House.

Lutheran World Relief and Lutheran Refugee Service |
The “Building for Christ” collection included $400,000 for two
Synod-related causes: Lutheran World Relief and Lutheran

Refugee Service.
The Board for World Relief, of which Rev. Werner Kuntz of
Detroit, Mich., is the executive secretary, has continued its God-