LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1986, Page 136

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136 RESOLUTIONS

December Christian Social Ministry

January Christian World Mission

February Personal Evangelism

March Personal Faith and Life

April Worship in the Congregation

May Christian Families

June Youth Ministry

July Christian Citizenship
Action: Adopted (12).

To Prepare Materials Dealing With
Christian Life-styles
RESOLUTION 2-22
Overture 2-58 (CW, p. 93)

Wuereas, Young people as well as adults continue to
be faced with life-styles that are in opposition to the Chris-
tian life-style; and

Wuereas, Young people as well as adults need pro-
grams, resources, and support to enhance their Christian
life-styles; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board for Youth Services and Board
for Parish Services continue to cooperate to make resources

2 available for youth and adults that deal with various life
style issues, such as pro-life materials, war and peace, mu-
sic, peer pressures, friendship, and crises; and be it further
Resolved, That the Board for Youth Services and the
Board for Parish Services continue to make materials
available to congregations through the Lutheran Youth
Fellowship network and district networks; and be it finally
: Resolved, That the Board for Youth Services and the
Board for Parish Services survey congregations to deter-
mine specific materials that congregations find the most

useful.

Action: None.

To Continue to Produce Materials
Supplementary to Lutheran Worship

RESOLUTION 2-23
Report 2-04 (CW, pp. 71-73)

Wuenreas, The Commission on Worship has prepared a
number of important materials supplementary to Lu-
theran Worship during the past triennium; and

Wuereas, These are assisting congregations in their
worship renewal and life; and

Wuereas, Pastors and congregations continue to re-
quest sound assistance in worship; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Commission on Worship be directed
to continue to produce significant and helpful materials
supplementary to Lutheran Worship.

Action: None.

To Encourage Use of
Integrating the Faith: A Teachers Guide
for Curriculum in Lutheran Schools

RESOLUTION 2-24
Overture 2-45 (CW, p. 90)

Wuereas, In a 1984 survey of Lutheran schools, 27%
of the respondents stated that The Lutheran Church—
Missouri Synod should publish textbooks for subjects other
than religion and 51% stated we should not (the others
had no opinion); and

Wuereas, In the same survey 34% stated that if there
were Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod textbooks avail-
able, their school would buy and use them, and 19% stated
that their schools would not buy them (the others had no
opinion); and

Wuereas, An analysis of textbook costs suggests that,
due to the small market size, a typical textbook prepared
by The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod would cost
schools approximately three times as much as comparable
textbooks prepared by secular publishers (a cost that
would need to be repeated every five years in many cases);
and

Wuereas, Volumes 1-5 of Integrating the Faith: A
Teachers Guide for Curriculum in Lutheran Schools will
be available this summer [1986] (These volumes offer sug-
gestions to help teachers from preschool through grade 8
to integrate the Christian faith into their classroom in-
struction throughout the day, in all subjects); therefore be
it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
refrain from publishing Christian textbooks in so-called
secular subjects at this time; and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod through the Board for Parish
Services continue to provide assistance to teachers and
schools (perhaps through bulletins or small units of study)
to help them teach the Christian faith throughout the day;
and be it finally

Resolved, That teachers in schools of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod be encouraged to teach the
Christian faith throughout the day, using resources such
as Integrating the Faith: A Teachers Guide for Curriculum
in Lutheran Schools.

Action: None.

To Encourage Lutheran School
Accreditation

RESOLUTION 2-25

Overture 2-46 (CW, p. 90)

Wuereas, Accreditation gives evidence of self-evalua-
tion and improvement by the school; and

Wuereas, Accreditation is a nationally recognized sym-
bol of school quality; and

Wnuereas, Several Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
districts and the National Lutheran School Accreditation