# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S555
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RETENTION: SCHOOLS, FAMILY, YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS

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Resolved, That we encourage congregations with local college
campuses to develop programs that would connect incoming LCMS
college students to local LCMS families; and be it further
Resolved, That we encourage circuits in the district to develop
gatherings of the youth in their circuits that youth may develop and
nurture relationships with one another prior to transitioning into
college; and be it further
Resolved, That we encourage all families, pastors, youth
workers, and congregations of the district to develop a way to
follow up with recent high school graduates; and be it finally
Resolved, That the district encourage and assist in efforts made
by LCMS campus ministry to develop a strategic and
comprehensive plan to help congregations and families better
prepare high school graduates for the transition to college life,
develop resources to help those going to college better understand
the challenges and worldview frameworks that they will face during
their college years, and increase training opportunities and
resources to aid our college age youth in boldly witnessing to their
faith on campus and in the public square.
Wyoming District
Ov. 12-08

To Take Further Steps in the Retention
of College Students in Synod Congregations
WHEREAS, Fifty percent of the students that go off to college
never return to church; and
WHEREAS, Many of these are students that come out of
congregations of the Minnesota South (MNS) District of The
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS); and
WHEREAS, The Synod has in place programs to prevent this loss
such as the Concordia University System and LCMS U; therefore
be it
Resolved, That we encourage congregations of the district to
creatively develop programs to maintain contact with students that
are away at school; and be it further
Resolved, That the district office help congregations of the
district become familiar with contact congregations of the various
schools where their students attend so that the respective
congregations might inform the pastor(s) there of the student’s
attendance; and be it further
Resolved, That the district shall encourage congregations in these
efforts by highlighting an example of a college student being
connected to a local or campus LCMS church in at least two
Lutheran Witness inserts annually, and other communications; and
be it further
Resolved, That congregations of the district encourage the
parents of their congregations to consider the pastoral care of their
young adult children as a factor when they make the decisions of
where their young adult will go to school; and be it finally
Resolved, That the district memorialize the Synod in convention
in 2019 to encourage congregations of the LCMS to do similarly.
Minnesota South District

2019 Convention Workbook