# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1941_S396
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396 Miscellaneous

after the District Presidents shall constitute the Board of Directors |
of the national organization, who are to elect from their midst
the various officers, together with the above-mentioned synodical “%
officials,

B. OBJECTIVE AND PROGRAM OF THE FLW -

The general objective of the organization is that of lending
a ing hand to Synod and its Districts in its work of missions ~
and such strictly synodical projects as Synod or Districts may want.
to turn over to the women. :

The program of the organization divides itself into three phases _
of work, as follows:

1. Inspirational

2. Educational

3. Financial

1. The Inspirational Program. — Publishing for free distribu-
tion among the women in our congregations a quarterly periodical ~
containing informative and inspirational articles on woman’s work
in the Church.

2. The Educational Program. — Encouraging and arranging
meetings for the purpose of topic study which may appear in the
quarterly or be published elsewhere.

3. The Financial Program. — Featuring a systematic and unified _ 7
method of collecting small contributions uniformly saved by our
women at the rate of 2 cents, more or less, in special mite-boxes or
containers which are to be opened and their contents received
four times a year.

C. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATION IN THE WORK OF THE.
ORGANIZATION

Every married woman in our congregations, including widows,
and every unmarried woman from twenty-one years upward may
become a participating member of the organization by declaring
her willingness

a. To accept.a copy of the quarterly periodical;

b. To read the articles published therein;

c. To accept a mite-box or any other coin-saving device;

d. To make a voluntary contribution to the fund four times
a year, these contributions being the aggregate of the saving of
pennies at the rate of 2 cents (more or less) a week;

e. To attend, if possible, the meetings arranged by the congre-
gational group.

RECOMMENDATIONS
After having carefully studied the various phases of such an
organizational plan and having become convinced of its practica-
bility and tremendous possibilities, your Committee, duly appointed