# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1967_S147
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YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK 147

To Receive Report of Board
for Young People’s Work
RESOLUTION 8-03
Report 8-01 (CW, pp. 258—263)

Floor Committee 8 has examined the report of the
Board for Young People’s Work and finds it to be con-
sistent with the objectives for young people’s work as
prescribed in the synodical Handbook 7.61. In this Eb-
enezer year we are grateful to God for all that youth
have done for the mission of the church in the world
and for all that has been accomplished through the
efforts of the Board for Young People’s Work. We com-
mend:

a. the evangelical Christ-centered approach;

b. the concern for the implementation of the Mission
Affirmations;

c. the willing cooperation with other synodical agen-
cies and boards; and

d. the wide diversity of helpful materials and pro-
grams.

We encourage them in their work and recommend
that the convention receive their report.

Action: Adopted.

To Resolve Certain Concerns re Young
People’s Work
RESOLUTION 8-04
Report 8-01 (CW, pp. 258—263)

In its examination of the report of the Board for
Young People’s Work and through further consultation
and discussion, Floor Committee 8 discovered areas of
concern that must be brought to the attention of the
convention. The following concerns are considered wor-
thy of special attention:

a. reading and program material relevant to young
teens;

b. information for pastors and congregations explain-
ing fully the transfer of the administration of youth
ministry from the Walther League to the Board for
Young People’s Work;

c. training in youth ministry for students at our
teachers colleges and seminaries;

d. guidance for parents in the understanding of youth
and training of lay and professional workers in the field
of youth ministry;

e. youth involvement in the planning and work of
congregations, circuits, Districts, and the Synod;

f. responsibility of Districts for the expansion of min-
istry among youth (Handbook, 7.83) ;

g. formation of a sound theological statement to
serve as a means toward unity and coordination in youth

ministry (Handbook, 7.73 b) ;

h. means for direct communication with youth re-
garding issues relevant to the Synod’s doctrine and
practice;

i. guidance and leadership for members of the Synod
sponsoring junior organizations such as Boy Scouts, 4-H
Clubs, and the like;

j. helpful and effective program materials for young
adults.

In the light of these concerns, be it
Resolved, That —

a. the Board for Young People’s Work assure the
preparation of meaningful reading and program mate-
rials for the lower teens;

b. the Board for Young People’s Work furnish de-
tailed information regarding the transfer of the adminis-
tration of youth ministry from the Walther League to
the Board for Young People’s Work to all pastors, youth
societies, and congregations;

c. the Board for Young People’s Work and the Board
for Higher Education initiate and support as needed aca-
demic programs in youth ministry at our teachers col-
leges and seminaries and that the Board for Young Peo-
ple’s Work continue to support the Youth Leadership
Training Program sponsored jointly with the Walther
League, Lutheran Laymen’s League, and Valparaiso
University on the Valparaiso campus;

d. the Board for Young People’s Work and District
youth boards promote lay and professional leadership
training as well as furnish guidance for parents in the
understanding of youth and supply programs that pro-
vide interaction between adults and young people;

e. the Synod and its Districts and congregations be
encouraged to make provision for the voice and/or par-
ticipation of youth in their affairs by involving them in
committees as advisory members as well as in other ac-
tivities;

f, Districts be reminded of their responsibility for or-
ganizing District youth boards (Handbook 7.81) and be
encouraged to use full-time directors of youth ministry
wherever possible;

g. the Board for Young People’s Work complete and
publish their statement of the theological basis for youth
ministry as soon as possible (Handbook 7.73) ;

h. the Board for Young People’s Work utilize exist-
ing synodical publications for direct communication with
the youth of the Synod;

i. the Board for Young People’s Work exercise guid-
ance and leadership to members of the Synod sponsoring
junior organizations such as those listed in Handbook
7.73 k;

j. the Board for Young People’s Work provide direc-
tion and program materials for effective ministry among
the young adults of the Synod.

Action: Adopted as amended.

(Amended by addition of “and congregations” in para-
graph e of the Resolved.)