# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S122
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122 Young People’s Work

to the new relationship. The society should be under the watchful
and understanding care of responsible and competent leaders.
These leaders, under the guidance of the pastor, should function as
a board for young people’s work for the local congregation.

The congregation should be kept informed regarding the ac-
tivities of the society by means of detailed reports at congrega-
tional meetings. Such reports should touch upon routine matters
of the society and seek to arouse interest in finding a solution to
problems peculiar to the junior organization. In many instances
such problems will include those regulations which govern the
place, time, and frequency of the meetings, which should be timed
and conducted so as to permit the youthful members to return
home at a reasonable hour. Since the members are generally not
wage-earners, the congregation itself may consider an adequate
subsidy from its treasury as a satisfactory substitute for the col-
lection of membership fees. In addition to the basic program for
Christian education numerous activities in handicraft and other
projects are to be recommended. Suggestions for such work have
been prepared by the Walther League.

Correspondence with Boy Scout officials has continued during
the triennium, and further adjustments have been made, especially
with regard to unionistic services at jamborées and camps. Mis-
souri Synod Scouts in attendance at the Washington assembly of
1937 were directed to churches of our Synod. Our attitude in this
matter is therefore recognized and the agreement observed. With
this further concession officially granted, our control of Lutheran
troups is absolute in those features for which we properly require it.

As one studies the whole field of young people’s work, one
special need rises in the foreground. That is consecrated and com-

i petent guidance. Without it the best-laid plans and objectives
cannot be achieved. The person upon whom the position of guide «4
and leader is imposed has a task that is well ‘worth the doing.»
It will make demands upon his time and talents that should chal-
lenge him to develop as fully as possible all the resources that he
can command. To do his work as it needs to be done, he must have
the prayerful support of the congregation and the fullest coopera-
tion of the parents. He must avail himself of the advantages of
diligent private study and the opportunities for growth supplied
_by leadership institutes and other conferences with his colaborers.
The more nearly we approach excellence in leadership, the greater
will be the blessing for the young people themselves, for the con-
gregation, and for our Synod here in time and hereafter in eternity.
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