# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S728
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728 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

fare activities to all of the congregations of Synod and thereby
reaching every member of the church. Even as missions, education,
stewardship, and other activities are part and parcel of the work
of every congregation, so must Christian welfare become a part
of every congregation’s concern. The Department is therefore
advocating the establishment of welfare committees in every con-
gregation. These committees are to be encouraged and aided in their
work by the welfare committees of the respective synodical Districts,
the Department serving the District committees and through them
the congregations in an advisory and consultative capacity.

2. Co-ordination and Improvement of the Welfare Work of the Church

Our welfare work can be improved both in quality and quan-
tity, and we owe it to our Lord, to whose service it is dedicated,
to make every possible effort to do just that. After all, even the
best we can offer in the service of our Lord can never be good
enough. The Department has developed plans to aid in raising
standards of performance in all our welfare agencies.

3. Interpretation and Expansion of Our Church’s Welfare Work

Interpretation will be given through the use of as many means
of communication as possible. Articles, pamphlets, reports, and
eventually books will be written, a major film story, a number of
“shorts,” and filmstrips are in the planning stage, research com-
mittees will be appointed, institutes, seminars, and workshops will
be arranged. Attempts will be made to integrate information and
instruction in social-welfare subjects in Bible classes, institutes,
and lecture courses. The eventual establishment of a graduate
school of social work under Lutheran auspices is inevitable. Our
schools and colleges, our Walther League and Gamma Delta
groups, our Lutheran Women’s Missionary League and Lutheran
Laymen’s League, all can and will be approached to aid in making
our people more “welfare-conscious.” The opportunities to pro-
mote our Father’s work are without number.

God says: “Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord,
and not unto men, knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the
reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ” (Col. 3: 23).

THE Boarp oF Socrat WELFARE
H. F. Winn, Executive Secretary

ACTION
Upon recommendation of Committee 13 Synod adopted

Resolution 1
Wuereas, The Department of Social Welfare, created by reso-
lution of the Twenty-sixth Delegate Synod of June 1950, began
to function in an organized way in October of 1953; and

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