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abbreviated manualto answer the perennial questionof church officers and boards,\"Whatare we supposed to do?”Heavyborrowing from Reuben J.Schmidt's90-page Manual for Church Officersand Boards(CPH,$1.50)is ac-knowledged.  \nThis is frankly,by popular re-quest,a revised reprint of lastJanuary's edition,extra copies ofwhich were sold out soon after itsappearance.Additional copies ofthis issue are available at $.25each from our CPH subscriptionoffice.  \nPlease insure now that AD-VANCE goes to everyone currentlyentitled to receive it and to othersto whom it may be helpful.  \nThecongregationalchair-man,education,evangelism,stew-ardship,and social ministry com-mittee chairmen,Sunday schoolsuperintendent,called male teacher,principal,education director,layworker,deaconess,vicar,and pastorare to receive free subscriptions.If this is not happening in yourcongregation,please let us know.  \nADVANCE can also be helpfulto female teachers,youth workers,other officers and chairmen,com-mittee andboard members,orindividualsbeinggroomed forfuture leadership positions.Sub-scriptions are $2.00 a year or $3.50for two years.  \nNo.1  \nVol.16  \nADVANCE  \nPage  \nContents  \nFunctional Principles4Responsibilities of Officers5The Discipleship Committee7Parliamentary Procedure8The Property Committee9The Pastor's Role10The Education Committee11Say Thanks12The Stewardship Committee13Meetings That Matter14The Evangelism Committee15Social Ministry Committee16Other Committees17Leadership Training19Church Leaders Library20  \nADVANCE is published monthly except Julyand August by The Lutheran Church-MissouriSynod to present the church's program to thecongregations and to enable them to share withone another tried methods of practical churchwork.  \nPastors,vicars,deaconesaes,lay uporkers,educationdirectors,principals,called male teachers,congre-gational chairmen,Sunday school superintendents,and education,erangeliam,social ministry,andsteuoardship committee chairmen are entitled toBubacriptions free.  \nMember:Asociated Church Press  \nEditor:Melvin H.Doering  \nPlease send letters of comment or question regardingeditorial matter and itema intended for publicationto the editor at 210N.Broaduay,St.Louis,Mo.63102.Representative for advertiaing is Allan E.ShubertCo.,3818 Cheatnut St.,Philadelphia,Pa.19104.  \nSend subacriptions and changes of address toADVANCE,Concordia Publishing House,3558S.Jefferson Ave.,StLouis,Mo.63118.Makechecks payable to The Lutheran Church-MisBouri Synod.Single copies-$.25 each,exceptannual \"Parish Activities\"issue-$.50 each.Second-class postage paid at St.Louis,Mo.  \nPRINTED IN U.S.A.  \nCover photo:\"Unfinished Business,\"sculpture by Helen Beling.Photo byFred Griffing.By permission of Amplify,United Presbyterian Church.  \nADVANCE  \n# OrganizationalStructure\n\nCONGREGATION  \nVoters'Assembly  \nChurch Council  \nEducation  \nStewardship  \nDiscipleship(Elders)  \nCommittee/Board  \nCommittee/Board  \nCommittee/Board  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