# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S142
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

142 - ‘ Young People’s Work

‘tion with, and under the supervision of, the Army and Navy Com-
mission of the Missouri Synod; and

Wuereas, The newly instituted program of Lutheran Service

.Wolunteer Schools, financed by the Lutheran Youth Fund, is prov-
.ing effective in further developing a sense of responsibility and
leadership among our young people; therefore be it

Resolved,

1. .That we express our appreciation to the International ~Wal-
ther League for services ably rendered in the past and warmly
encourage it to continue boldly to forge ahead by the grace and
help of .God to effectively serve the youth of. the Church in the
future; ; .

2. That Synod recognize the need for a program of spiritual
and physical rehabilitation and adjustment in the life of returning
‘service people and encourage -the International Walther League,
within its sphere of activity and in co-operation with proper synod-
-ical agencies, to bend every effort to develop and expand that field _
of endeavor in the war and postwar period.

Report of Student Welfare Committee
(Memorial 302) ;

The « synodical Student Welfare Committee gratefully and
humbly acknowledges the. extraordinary blessings of God which
attended the labors of our corps of full-time and part-time student
pastors at non-Synodical Conference colleges and universities dur-
ing the past triennium. , ,

. Through an intensified program of action at these schools it
pleased God to grant a fine yield of visible fruit, although the grand
‘total of souls influenced, conserved, reclaimed, or won only eternity
will fully reveal. :

' Not only was the number of full-time student pastors increased
to 13 during the past triennium, but there was also a substantial
increase in the number of pastors in college communities who en-
‘gaged in student welfare work on the campuses. _

While the appropriation of $7,500 voted. at the convention in
Fort Wayne served the Student Welfare Committee adequately
during the early phases of its reorganizational. program; the Com-
“Mittee found it necessary during the latter part of the past trien-
-nium to seek: additional funds for its work from various synodical
Districts. For the development of one established project it un-
_Successfully sought financial aid from the synodical Young People’s
Committee and its annual youth collections. New (and essential)
projects could not be undertaken. Our very popular publications

" were restricted to bona fide Synodical Conference students. Ma- |
terials which should have gone to every student were for reasons

'