# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S437
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ENDORSES

CALLS

SUPPORTS AND
SUPPLIES

SUPERVISES
AND GUIDES

PUBLICIZES

ASSISTS

SPECIAL MINISTRIES AND SUNDRY MATTERS 437

pastors for the military
chaplaincy

pastors and reserve chap-
lains to active duty

chaplains in the reserves
and on active duty

chaplains by receiving re-
ports and by staff visits

chaplains’ activities through
synodical media

chaplains returning to ci-
vilian life

Servicemen and Servicewomen

The commission —

PREPARES AND
MAILS

REFERS

DIRECTS

PROVIDES

PROMOTES

appropriate daily, weekly,
monthly devotional mate-
rials

Lutherans in the military
to the nearest

chaplains

contact pastors

service centers

Lutherans in uniform to
the nearest Lutheran Com-
munion services

Christian religious educa-
tional materials for depen-
dents overseas

lay leadership, evangelism,
and stewardship through
materials among Lutherans
in uniform

Christ Church Military Congregation
(Christ Lutheran Church, Washington, D.C.)

The commission —

ENROLLS

MAILS

SERVES

TRANSFERS

Statistics:

Communicant members

Prospective members —..----.....------------- en -

newly confirmed or bap-
tized servicemen and fami-
lies into membership with
a congregation of the Synod

bulletins and devotional
materials for the entire
family, suitable for each
age level

as “home church” until a
transfer is requested

members, on request, when
separated from the service
or located near a civilian
parish

wee weet ees 445

441

Cradle Roll (birth to 4 years) 00 2200-0 eee 168

Children’s File (4 to 12 years) .. ......--.--e0 273

Teen Roll (13 to 17) 0.0-22.2..------ ee .... 105
Veterans

The commission —

ENDORSES full-time and part-time
AND CALLS _ Veterans Administration
chaplains

PREPARES appropriate literature and
materials for use in veter-
ans hospitals

MAILS _ religious literature to Lu-
therans in veterans hospi-
tals

SUPPORTS four full-time pastors near

V.A. Centers in

New York

Chicago

Los Angeles

San Francisco
who provide a complete
Lutheran ministry to pa-
tients

Pastors and Congregations

The commission —

FURNISHES to pastors preinduction and
orientation materials, as
well as cards for keeping
the commission informed of
servicepeople’s latest ad-
dresses

ASSISTS _ pastors in connection with
servicemen’s problems

REPRESENTS pastors and congregations
to government and mili-
tary-related agencies

SUPPLIES congregational societies
with informational materi-
als for fairs, workshops, and
projects

III. Military Chaplaincy

Accepting calls to active duty since the last synodi-
cal convention were the following pastors of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod:

Army. Thomas T. Bunnett, Richard V. Goeres, Paul
W. Hartrick, Donald R. Just, Lloyd D. Powers, Philip J.
Secker

Navy. Donald K. Muchow, James P. O’Connor, Ken-
neth J. Putt, Leo M. Richter, William E, Schumm

Air Force. Jack A. Bauer, Kenneth W. Henschel,
Gordon A. Kloehn, Glenn A. Koch, Theodore G. Pre-
doehl, Walter H. Quandt

Chaplains separated or retired from service since
April 1, 1967: