# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S364 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 364 PARISH EDUCATION AND SERVICES to the broadening scope of Christian social ministry and to important aspects of our mission program at home and abroad. For that reason the recommendation sug- gests that this be a coordinated program, with the Board of Parish Education responsible for implementation through an interdepartmental committee. III. Leadership for the Project 1. An in-service training program of this dimension calls for leaders that are carefully selected and experi- enced, Among them would be a project director, direc- tors for the workshops to head up working teams, pro- fessional guest lecturers chosen from the region of the workshop, clinically trained Lutheran pastors likewise chosen from the region. (We have about 75 such per- sons in the three Lutheran Synods.) 2. To give such training in a 4-year period to 1,000 pastors suggests that 25 workshops of 40 persons each be held, with the following tentative schedule: 8 in 1970 9 in 1971 8 in 1972 To staff these workshops and not overload the lead- ers, four to six teams will need to be trained, each of which would be asked to carry through two workshops a year. 3. To carry through such a program of intensive training will require a full-time director for the 4-year period who is especially qualified for the task. Confin- ing it to a 4-year period is wise in order to give immedi- ate assistance to our clergy. To add such a major proj- ect to the workload of the Board of Parish Education's family life director is not feasible because basic work in the broader aspects of the Family Life Education Department, already suffering through a vacancy, would seriously impair program development and field ser- vices. 4. Leadership for phases 1, 2, and 4 of the compre- hensive program outlined in Part I of this proposal will also need attention. This requires that the director work closely with the Board for Higher Education and the extension departments of our seminaries and iden- tify many qualified leaders in various larger geographi- cal areas and major metropolitan communities on whom the church can draw for ongoing, nonterminal in-ser- vice guidance (phase 2) and for a helpful follow-up service program (phase 4). The identification and utili- zation of resource persons already in the field would be a valuable service to the church and its ministerial continuing-education program. IV. Costs for 25 Workshops In the experimental workshops the congregation as- sumed $80 of the cost, the pastor $20, the Synod and the District assumed another $100 toward the total per-per- son cost. This sum will be needed since a project direc- tor’s salary must be covered. On the basis of this expe- rience the estimated synodical cost for 25 workshops adequately staffed will be $130,000 for the 4-year period. The following funding program for the 4-year period is suggested: Board of Parish Education $ 40,000 Wheat Ridge Foundation 20,000 Board for Higher Education 20,000 Board of Social Ministry 20,000 Board for Missions 20,000 Synodical Districts 10,000 $130,000 Projecting the $100 received from congregation and pastor to 1,000 participating congregations, another $100,000 is added to the operating budget. This is needed chiefly for tuition, transportation, lodging, and meals, since the $130,000 covers only the synodical and District part of the total costs. This means that pastors and their congregations will pay 43.5 percent of the cost and the Synod 56.5 percent. This spreading of costs to pastors, congregations, four synodical boards, the Wheat Ridge Foundation, and the Districts makes this truly a cooperative project for the in-service train- ing of pastors. This cost would provide intensive training to 1,000 of our 5,000 pastors serving parishes. V. Administration: A Committee on Pastoral Care for Families In conference with the executives of the Board for Higher Education, the Board of Social Ministry, the Board for Missions, the Wheat Ridge Foundation, and the office of the executive director of the Synod, a con- sensus was reached that a project of this scope should be administered by a representative committee. This committee would include representation from the Board of Parish Education’s Family Life Committee, the Board for Missions, the Board of Social Ministry, the Board for Higher Education, and the Wheat Ridge Foundation. (Already at the planning stage for the experimental workshops a cooperative approach was employed, utiliz- ing the services of two seminary professors, a staff member of the Board for Missions, a foundation direc- tor, the family life director, and the secretary of adult education of the Board of Parish Education.) This committee would assist the project director and would have a reporting relationship to all the boards represented in this cooperative project. The project director would become the administrative head. VI. Evaluation and Reports An annual evaluation is to be made and reports sent to the cooperating departments and institutions. Each part of the comprehensive program is to be evaluated. including each of the projected 25 workshops. At the close of the 4-year period a general evaluation is to be made and shared with the Synod, at which time further recommendations for continuation and follow- up may be made. Recommendation to the Synod To Train Pastors for Family Counseling 1. That a 4-year intensive training program for about one fifth of the clergy in The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod be authorized by the Synod. 2. That this be a cooperative program of the Board