# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S210
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

210 Reports and Action on Various Mission-Fields

Printing and Publications

Printer’s ink must of necessity play a role in our work. In the
interest of the chaplains on duty the Commission sends to all of
our chaplains a small mimeographed magazine, titled The Lutheran
Chaplain, once a month. Every trainee whose name and address is
in our files receives, about once a month, a nicely gotten-up folder
called Loyalty. (The parents of trainees also received a copy of
the first issue as a demonstration of the Church’s interest in the
spiritual welfare of their sons.) We are confident this service
meets a real need.

Four tracts have been published by the Commission for free
distribution among trainees: (1) Farewell; (2) Your Service
Record; (3) The Call to Worship; (4) A Soldier’s Prayer. A special
service prayer-book for men in the armed forces has been pre-
pared and is being furnished free of charge to our selectees.

. A Directive for Civilian Pastors

For the guidance of civilian pastors caring for our men in
the military service the Commission has prepared a directive.
This directive was submitted to the Chief of Chaplain’s office for
approval. Under date of March 14 that office wrote this in a letter:
“We have made copies of this directive for our files and for our
guidance. This office requests permission to duplicate the directive
by the mimeograph process and to make use of same as an example
of a logically developed program.”

Training Conference for Chaplains
As a matter of record we are reporting the holding of a chap-
lains’ training conference at Fort Wayne, January 21-23, 1941.
Nothing like this has been done by any denomination. Fifty men
and some visitors attended the sessions. A full program (an 86-
page manual) had been prepared, and every attendant at the
conference declared it to have been most beneficial. The con-
ference was held at an expense of about $1,500 to Synod. A wise

investment in the judgment of those who know.

Lutheran Centers
We had hoped that it would not become necessary for our
Church to spend money for the erection of Lutheran centers. But
at this writing it appears to be imperative that we build “centers”
at some places and rent property in some other places. We are
waiting for certain decisions by the Government.

Service of Civilian Pastors
An important task at this time is to procure the services of
pastors who are able and willing to serve the men in the military
service. Pastors and congregations must be willing to make sacri-