# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S727
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MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 727

6. Advising on Approval of Agencies
In two instances the Department has been consulted with
reference to welfare agencies seeking the support of the church.
In both cases, after a thorough study, the Department expressed
approval of the work of the agencies concerned.

7. Conducting and Promoting Seminars and Conferences

For social-work agencies the Department annually conducts
conferences for administrators of agencies and shares in the meet-
ings, both national and sectional, of Associated Lutheran Charities.

The Department also participates in the annual Social Work
Institute sponsored by Valparaiso University. It is planning a
Seminar on Interpretation and Public Relations in the fall and
several meetings of small groups for the discussion of specific
problems.

For institutional chaplains the Department is this year spon-
soring a Chaplains’ Workshop, which will be conducted by Con-
cordia Seminary, St. Louis, as a part of its summer session. The
Department also participates in chaplains’ conferences arranged
by Associated Lutheran Charities, the Midwest Chaplains’ Con-
ference, and other groups.

8. Participating in Programs of International Relief
The Executive Secretary of the Department represents the
Department as a member of the synodical Board for World Relief
and occasionally attends meetings of Lutheran World Relief, Inc.

9. Representing the Co-operative Interests of the Church
with Other Welfare Agencies

The Department or its staff members hold memberships in
14 national associations of welfare agencies and professional so-
cieties of welfare workers.

10. Co-operating with Nonsynodical Welfare Agencies

The Department co-operates with the Division of Welfare of
the National Lutheran Council in the work of Lutheran Refugee
Service, in regional surveys, and in other projects of common in-
terest in the welfare field. The National Council of Churches is
also active in the promotion of welfare and institutional chaplaincy
services, and the Department has a share in these activities in an
advisory capacity.

VI. Plans for the Future

This planning naturally falls into three categories:

1. Integration of Welfare Work into the Work of the Church

The Board of Social Welfare believes that this objective can
be accomplished only by conforming to the established organiza-
tional pattern of the church, by taking the cause of Christian wel-