# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S790
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 751

continue its co-operation with the Armed

Services Commission in conducting its chaplaincy course so that
become informed of the need and

the seminary students may
requirements of this specialized ministry; and be it furthermore

Resolved, (b) That we express our appreciation, especially to
Professors Piepkorn, Scharlemann, and Coiner, for bringing the
fruits of their extensive personal experience in the military chap-
laincy to bear in this endeavor.

Seminary in St. Louis to

Good Shepherd Home, Terra Bella, Calif.
(Unprinted Memorial 50)
ACTION
Committee 13 recommended that action be taken by adopting
Resolution 15. It was so ordered.

Resolution 15
Wuereas, God in His wisdom has bestowed talents, health, and
mental powers in varying degrees upon the people of the earth; and
Wuereas, Statistics reveal that approximately 3 per cent of
the population is mentally retarded to some degree; and
Wuereas, Until recently Bethesda Lutheran Home at Water-
town, Wis., has been the only place within the Synodical Conference
for care, treatment, and instruction in God’s Word for such people
when conditions make such residence desirable; and
Wuersas, Bethesda, being filled to capacity, cannot receive all
on their waiting list; and
Wuereas, There are as many retarded in the West, propor-
tionately, as elsewhere, and Bethesda is far away from the West
Coast; and
Wuereas, Christian people, members of Synodical Conference
churches, have accomplished, with the help of God, the pbuilding
of an additional facility to serve the retarded and have located it
at Terra Bella, Calif. (near Bakersfield) ; and
Wuereas, This new facility has been name
Lutheran Home of the West; and
Wuersas, Good Shepherd Home is operating under the laws
of the State of California, is in close touch with the professional
staffs of state hospitals for the retarded, and is in frequent touch
with Synod’s Department of Social Welfare; and
Wuereas, Good Shepherd Home, like Bethesda, is not only of
District concern; its services are offered to persons residing in
western states and to those who are moving there from other
parts of the country; now therefore be it

d Good Shepherd