# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S164
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

162 Young People’s Work

of persons confronted with the necessity of protesting against the
use of objectionable books and any. other forms of instruction
inimical to the faith of our children.

3. That such bibliographies and other forms of reference ma-
terials be made available to all interested.

Action of Synod: These recommendations were adopted.

Ill. YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK

Report of Board for Young People’s Work
(Memorial 301)

The Board for Young People’s Work herewith presents a brief
report of its activities during the triennium 1938—1941 and submits
various considerations and suggestions, which we hope will be
approved by Synod and actively supported by our congregations,
so that singly and jointly we direct our prayers to God and our
efforts in the direction of better youth welfare work. To accomplish
this, we must be ever alert to build, maintain, and improve youth
leadership and to aim for optimum conditions within the con-
gregations, so that our young people may thrive spiritually and
keep their mooring stable in the cross-currents of life. In this
comprehensive sense, youth work includes, primarily, all efforts
and programs designed to increase Christian knowledge and,
secondarily, all those others which are designed to satisfy the
social and recreational needs and wholesome desires of young
people. To assist the Synod and its local churches in the pro-
motion of this rather broad and complex work, your Board has
busied itself and enlisted the valued assistance of a host of willing
and able helpers.

During the triennium we have held regular monthly meetings
of the Board and attended numerous conferences, institutes, con-
ventions, and summer camps. From the office of our chairman
large quantities of mimeographed materials have been sent to our
District committees, and many individual problems received per-
sonal attention. Digests of District reports were prepared and
mailed to official key-groups. The helpful suggestions found in
some of these District reports are made the common property of
all of the others throughout Synod. Occasionally editorial matter
was written for the columns of the Lutheran Witness. The special
Youth. Number of the Witness was an important and impressive
item of youth publicity. Fora more general discussion of young
people’s work we have prepared a program of topics for conferences,
circuit meetings, and smaller discussion groups.