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\u003Cbr>Title  \u003Cbr>Page  \u003Cbr>Title  \u003Cbr>You and....Your Values ·19  \u003Cbr>3  \u003Cbr>Listen and Love  \u003Cbr>20  \u003Cbr>Support System  \u003Cbr>Listen to the God Who Listens  \u003Cbr>7  \u003Cbr>Help Your Pastor Help Your  \u003Cbr>Sharing Good News While  \u003Cbr>22  \u003Cbr>Parish  \u003Cbr>8  \u003Cbr>Resting in the Spirit  \u003Cbr>Books for the Parish  \u003Cbr>25  \u003Cbr>10  \u003Cbr>Listening Is Loving  \u003Cbr>Who Wants the Handicapped?26  \u003Cbr>Won't You Please Listen for  \u003Cbr>a Change  \u003Cbr>12  \u003Cbr>Pastor,Please Perform  \u003Cbr>30  \u003Cbr>We Care About Families Too!15   |\n| --- |\n\nAdvance depends upon the eyes(and because a few copies are printedin Braille,the fingers)of its readers.We are in the print business.Yetthis issue is about listening.  \nWe depend upon the ears of our readers too.You must hear theneeds of your congregation to use the suggestions in ADVANCE.Youmust hear the reactions to your parish's programs;so you can continuethose things you're already doing well and reevaluate and improvethose things that you aren't doing so well.  \nUse your eyes to read this issue.And your ears to learn how to usethese and other suggestions for your congregation.  \nE.W.  \n\n| Vol.22,APRIL 1975 No.4  \u003Cbr>ADVANCE is published monthly except July  \u003Cbr>and August by The Lutheran Church-Missouri  \u003Cbr>Synod to transmit information concerning the  \u003Cbr>ADVANCE  \u003Cbr>Synod's work and programs to the congregations,  \u003Cbr>do assist congregational leaders in developing  \u003Cbr>coordinated programs,and to enable congrega-  \u003Cbr>Advance is available on microfilm.Write to Uni  \u003Cbr>tions to share with one another successful methods  \u003Cbr>versity Microfilms,North Zeeb RoadAnn Arbor,  \u003Cbr>of practical church work.  \u003Cbr>Mich.48103.  \u003Cbr>Editorial Commission:A.Lorenz Grumm,  \u003Cbr>Send letters to the editor,subscriptions,and  \u003Cbr>chairman,Walter J.Hoffmann,secretary,  \u003Cbr>changes of address to ADVANCE,Concordia  \u003Cbr>Victor A.Constien,Lois Dankenbring,Duane  \u003Cbr>Publishing House,St.Louis,Mo.63118.Sub-  \u003Cbr>E.Hingst,Milton J.Nauss.  \u003Cbr>scription-$2.00 a year,$3.50 for two years.  \u003Cbr>Member:Associated Church Press  \u003Cbr>Single copies-.26.Second-class postage  \u003Cbr>Managing Editor:Eldon Weisheit  \u003Cbr>paid at StLouis,Mo.  \u003Cbr>Operations Editor:Victor A.Constien  \u003Cbr>Operations Secretary:Lenore Harms  \u003Cbr>Request advertising rate cards and send adver-  \u003Cbr>Layout and Design:Jan Witbart  \u003Cbr>tising copy to Victor A.Conatien.  \u003Cbr>PRINTED IN U.S.A.   |\n| --- |\n\nFOR PERSONAL AND GROUP STUDIES IN APRIL 1975  \n)LOVe  \nARNIM H.PoLSTER  \n# Rooted-or Uprooted?\n\nOnce upon a time,many,many people in our land were born,grew up,mar-ried,raised a family,lived to old age,died and were buried,all in the samelocality.Roots were deep.Life-long friendships were enjoyed and deepened.Grandparents lived with their children and grandchildren.The church wasthe center of activities,both religious and social.  \nToday,though there are some areas in which this still holds true to someextent,it is no longer true for the vast majority of people in our society.It isnot unusual for a family to move half a dozen or more times within a few years.Many people are no longer rooted,but uprooted,over and over again.And formany,a great pall of loneliness and isolation has settled over them.  \n# Back-Door Losses\n\nMany a local congregation has seen this situation reflected in rather sadstatistics concerning back-door losses,at least partly because many uprootedfamilies have become members for awhile,but never established new rootsand finally drifted away.This in turn reflects a failure in one of the basicmissions of a local congregation-to minister to the needs of people,bothwithin and without the membership roll.  \nDiscuss  \nIs our congregation a real family,in which our members have a genuine loveand concern for one another,including the strangers within our gates?SeeActs 2:44-47 and 4:32-35.Even though we no longer hold all things in com-mon,do we have the spirit of fellowsh","cbCaiaKaO81CuGbX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaKaO81CuGbX","pdf",4172748,32,"English","# Rooted-or Uprooted?\n## Back-Door Losses\n## A New Face\n## Listen-Then Love","[{\"question\":\"Why does the magazine emphasize listening for church workers?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that advance planning depends on hearing the needs of the congregation and the reactions to parish programs so leaders can improve what is working and reevaluate what is not.\"},{\"question\":\"What are “back-door losses” in the context of this issue?\",\"answer\":\"They refer to members who join for a while, never establish new roots, and then drift away, showing a failure to minister to the needs of people both within and outside the membership roll.\"},{\"question\":\"How should a congregation 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