# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S617
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FINANCIAL MATTERS 617

2. We recommend that the Visitor be given also the obligation
to make an honest effort to place at least the discussion of co-
‘operation in Synod’s Pension Plan on the docket of the church

_ council of such congregations in his circuit as do not participate’

in Synod’s Pension Plan.

3. We recommend that those members of the District who are
amply provided for be encouraged, out of love for the brethren and
.out of loyalty to Synod and its program, to participate in Synod’s
Pension Plan.

4. Since Synod in 1944 adopted the following resolution relative
to old-age benefit: “A worker retiring at the age of 65 shall be
entitled to receive his old-age benefit in full if his income from
church work does not exceed $40.00 per month. If he receives in
excess of $40.00 per month from church work, a reduction in his
old-age benefit shall be made which will limit his total income
from church work and from the Pension Fund combined to $90.00
per month,” we recommend that our District memorialize Synod to
change the above resolution to read as follows: “A worker re-
tiring at the age of 65 shall be entitled to receive his old-age
benefit in full.”

C. F, Danxwortu, Secretary of English District

Committee 12 reported:

We recommend that the circuit Visitors and the District chair-
men of the Board of Support and Pensions be reminded to fulfill
their obligation to make an honest effort to place at least the
discussion of co-operation in Synod’s Pension Plan on the docket
of the church councils of such congregations in the respective
Districts as do not participate in Synod’s Pension Plan.

We recommend furthermore, that those members of the Dis-
tricts who are amply provided for be encouraged out of love for
the brethren and out of loyalty to Synod and its program to par-
ticipate in Synod’s Pension Plan.

ACTION
These recommendations were adopted by Synod.
Regarding paragraph 4 in Memorial 811 Committee 12 brought
in the following resolutions:

Resolved, That the same ceiling be placed upon church work
as upon secular work as long as part of the payment received
comes from Board of Support Funds; and furthermore be it

Resolved, That section b, paragraph 3, of the Synodical Hand-
book, page 129, be changed to read as follows: -

A worker retiring at the age of sixty-five or over shall be

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