# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S194
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194 RESOLUTIONS

ment of diverse ministries in reference to needs,
goals, and plans for youth ministry;

c. to encourage congregations to utilize the ideas,
materials, and planning helps provided by the
Board of Youth Ministry and to provide resource
persons and materials to congregations desiring
such help;

d. to help young people to see how their special gifts
and individual life situations can determine their
styles of Christian witness;

e, to provide and encourage leadership opportunities
for youth in the local congregation, e.g., member-
ship on boards and committees, participation in
choirs and Bible classes, serving as teachers and
helpers in Vacation Church School and Sunday
School;

f. to provide opportunities for the development of
youth leadership on a professional basis; therefore
be it

Resolved, That the Board of Youth Ministry be

heartily encouraged to provide decidedly Christ-cen-
tered guidance and resources to meet these needs; and
be it also

Resolved, That all congregations and all Districts of

the Synod be encouraged to use the resources (people
and materials) provided by the Board of Youth Min-
istry as a positive way of strengthening their efforts in
ministry with youth.

Action: Adopted (7).

To Accept the Report of the Council
of Administrators on the Walther League

RESOLUTION 7-20
Report 7-04 (CW, pp. 302—303)

Wuereas, In the 1971 Milwaukee convention, Reso-
lution 7-15, the Synod requested the Council of Admin-
istrators “to define the role and relationship of the Wal-
ther League to the Synod and to report to the next
convention”; and

Wuereas, The Council of Administrators has sub-
mitted an acceptable definition in its Report 7-04; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the report of the Council of Adminis-
trators be accepted as a definition of the role and re-
lationship of the Walther League to the Synod.

Action: None. Referred under omnibus Res. 4:47 to
the Board of Directors. .

To Encourage the Walther League
RESOLUTION 7-21
Overtures 7-16, 7-17 (CW, pp. 305—306)

Wuereas, The Walther League is attempting to re-
spond to the concerns of the Synod expressed at the
1971 Milwaukee convention; and

Wuereas, The Walther League is presently evaluat-
ing its purposes and is making organizational changes
to facilitate the carrying out of their approved purposes;
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Walther League be encouraged
to develop programs which are in harmony with the
doctrine and practice of the Synod, and which provide
avenues for youth to serve Christ and people; and be
it further

Resolved, That the Walther League and the Board
of Youth Ministry continue to consult with each other
in seeking ways to assist Districts, circuits, and con-
gregations in youth ministry.

Action: None. Referred under omnibus Res. 4:47 to
the Board of Directors.

To Accept and Implement the Report
of the Commission for Services
to the Mentally Retarded

RESOLUTION 7-22
Report 7-03 (CW, p. 302)

Wuereas, The labors of the Commission for Services
to the Mentally Retarded have been blessed with suc-
cess; and

Wuereas, The educational materials produced in re-
sponse to Res. 4-21 of the 1969 Denver convention have
been widely accepted and used by our church and
others; and

Whereas, New opportunities and challenges to the
ministry of the Gospel in this field of services dictate
a need for additional high quality educational materials
for the mentally retarded; therefore be it

Resolved, That the convention accept with gratitude
the report of this commission as it appears in the Con-
vention Workbook, that it commend the commission for
its leadership, and that it encourage the commission to
continue its devotion to its increasing tasks; and be it
further

Resolved, That the convention encourage the com-
mission in its efforts to carry forward an informational
program to the District and parish level; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Synod reaffirm its willingness and
responsibility in planning, coordinating, and producing
essential high quality educational materials for the
mentally retarded; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod provide funds and author-
ize the commission to employ a capable and experienced
editor who has the ability and creativity to design new
lesson materials as well as revise existing materials,
and that the continued need for such editorial service
be reviewed at the next synodical convention.

Action: None. Referred under omnibus Res. 4:47 to
the Board of Directors.

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