# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S362
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

362 PARISH EDUCATION AND SERVICES

Moved by the considerations enunciated above, we
offer the following memorial to the Synod:

Resolved, That the Board of Directors be empowered
to authorize a comprehensive study of the present and
future design of Christian education:

That the Board of Directors be empowered to ap-
point a study director and an advisory committee to
conduct this study: and

That the appointed director be required to give a
progress report to the Milwaukee convention in 1971.

FACULTY

ConcorDIA TEACHERS COLLEGE

Seward, Nebr.

W. Tu. Janzow. President

FACULTY

CONCORDIA COLLEGE

St. Paul, Minn.

WiLLt1am A. POEHLER, President
(7-05)

To Provide Uniform Documents for
Day School Teachers

WuereEas the documents which are used for calling
male and female teachers reflect a different view of the
call for each:

The Call Documents
Male: “Diploma of Vocation” uses the term “your
solemn call.”
Female: “Appointment to Service in the Teaching Min-
istry” avoids the word “call” and speaks only of
“your appointment to service.”

“Supplement” to the Call Documents

Male: Speaks of the teacher as “minister of the Gos-

pel,” uses the word “call.”
Female: Avoids both terms and uses different format:

and

Wuereas, This distinction causes confusion in the
minds of students and congregations as to the divinity
of the woman’s call: and

Wuereas, The Synod has previously stated in con-
vention that a woman's call is to be considered a divine
call, regardless of its nature as permanent or temporary
(see 1941 Proceedings, pp. 156—57, and 1965 Workbook,
pp. 45—48; Proceedings, p. 99): and

Wuereas, The Detroit convention suggested that the
transfer of a certified graduate woman teacher from
place to place follow the same procedure as that used
for male teachers so far as handling the call is con-
cerned (1965 Workbook, pp. 45—48: Proceedings, p. 99);
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod instruct the Board for
Parish Education to develop uniform documents for
male and female teachers.

FacuLty

CONCORDIA TEACHERS COLLEGE
Seward, Nebr.

W. Tu. JANzow, President
MargoriE MEIER, Secretary

(7-06)

To Emphasize Pastoral Care to Families
Introduction

In its 1962 convention The Lutheran Church — Mis-
souri Synod authorized the Board of Parish Education’s
Family Life Committee to explore the church’s needs
and resources regarding marriage education and coun-
seling and to propose to Synod a “long-range, overall
approach and an adequate program of action.” It also
directed the Family Life Committee to consult other
agencies within the Synod, such as the Wheat Ridge
Foundation and the Department of Social Ministry, to
cooperate in the venture.

The Family Life Committee developed a blueprint
for marriage education and counseling which included
three phases:

1) An intensive training program for pastors;

2) Marriage education and counseling program for
youth, engaged couples, and married couples in
our congregations;

3) Strengthening ministerial training in marriage
education and counseling at our seminaries.

Implementation was delayed until a full-time direc-
tor of family life education joined the Board of Parish
Education staff.

A model demonstration program for phase 1, the
in-service training of pastors, was developed.

The Pilot Studies

Three experimental workshops were conducted, at
Cape Girardeau, Mo., Dallas, Tex., and San Francisco,
Calif. The pilots consisted of two 4-day training ses-
sions with preparatory reading, presentation of theory,
and application of skills. The two sessions were sepa-
rated by a 5- or 6-week period.

The first session began with the sociology of the
American family today, including changes, problems,
and expectations. It moved to a study of the dynamics
of marriage and concluded with premarital preparation
and referral to the community resources.

The interval between sessions enabled the pastor
to return to his parish and reflect on his concept of
what constitutes an effective and satisfying ministry
for dealing with marital disharmony. It also provided
time to practice newly discovered skills and techniques.

The second session stressed methodology and tech-
niques of premarital and marriage counseling with em-
phasis on role playing and practice counseling. The
training consisted of presentations and discussions on
the theology of marriage and the family, pastoral care
and counseling, the family in our culture, case studies,
the dynamics of good communication and relationship
between husband and wife, the dynamics of good com-
munication between pastor and people, and sensitivity
training in small working groups.

Experts were utilized as guest lecturers, and clini-
cally trained pastors were used as group leaders. Op-