# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S156
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

154 Elementary Education

the public school and providing more adequately for their Christian
education; and

Wuereas, This attitude of our Church has proved itself of in-
calculable worth and can do so in the future, provided our congre-
gations remain or become conscious of the urgent necessity of
Christian schools in these dangerous times; and

Wuereas, Congregations should encourage and aid one another
in establishing and maintaining schools; therefore be it

such a school; and be it further
Resolved, That congregations be advised to raise a collection on
such a Sunday for the purpose of aiding in the establishment or
maintenance of a parochial school either in the local congregation
or in sister congregations of the District or Synod; and be it finally
Resolved, That collections which are not devoted to any par-
ticular school be divided as follows: About two thirds to be placed
at the disposal of the District Board or Committee of Christian Edu-
cation for subsidizing the establishment or maintenance of schools
or aiding in the permanent placement of teachers, and one third of
the collection to be placed in the General School Fund which Synod
established in 1938 for temporary emergency help to congregations.
Respectfully submitted by
Tue Western Distaicr TEACHERS’ ConFERENcE,
in meeting assembled at Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
October 16—18, 1940

Joun M. Runcz, Chairman ELF. SaGEHoRN, Secretary

Report of Committee 4
We commend the spirit underlying this memorial and refer
the details to the Board for Christian Education,
Action of Synod: This report was adopted.

Suggested Program for a Department
of Visual Education
(Memorial 205)

WHEREAS, The past decade has witnessed tremendous for-
ward strides in the audiovisual field and the immediate future gives
promise of ever-increasing development; and

WHEREAS, Every modern invention ought to be used as fully
as possible for the advancement of Christ’s kingdom and not be
left to the forces of evil; and