# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S37
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Feinke presents Lutheran Worship to Dr. Fred Precht

sd his concern over the fact that political lists of
candidates had been distributed. He pointed
{hat this breaks our trust with each other and breaks
sof unity which should exist among us.

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ministration and Program Implementation
-- Richard Schlecht, chairman of the Floor
gmmittee on Administration and Program Implemen-
Gon: reintroduced Res. 4-01A (TB 223), on which
cussion had been begun in a previous session. This
solution called for the establishment of a Planning
Council and for the adoption of Bylaws for its imple-
mentation. Chairman Schlecht explained the resolution
and its purpose to the delegates. After some discussion,
‘thé delegates agreed to change the word “establish” to
: “¥ee¢ommend” in line 36 (7B 224) and to change the word
‘shall’ to “to” in line 42. After a total of 30 minutes had
“expired for discussion of the resolution the delegates
“agreed to cease debate and then adopted Res. 4-O1A(TB
9223) as amended. A division of the house which was
called for sustained the ruling of the Chair that the
“resolution had been adopted.

Registration, Credentials, and Elections

“. Floor Committee chairman Paul Wendling of the
Floor Committee on Registration, Credentials, and
’ Elections introduced Dr. Elwood Zimmermann, chair-
man of the Committee for Convention Nominations,
who informed the delegates of several changes in
. hominations. Since Dr. George Wollenburg had been
elected Fifth Vice-President of the Synod, the name of
Alvin Franzmeier was substituted for his name as the
nominee for the Commission on Theology and Church
Relations. It was pointed out that George C. Royal, a
candidate for the Board of Regents at Concordia College,
Selma, was a layman and not a pastor. In elections for
the Board for Mission Services three laypersons were to
be elected. The two receiving the highest number of
votes when an election occurred would serve for terms of
six years. The third person elected would serve for a
term of three years. Two laypersons are to be elected to
the Board of Regents for Fort Wayne. The elected person
receiving the larger majority would serve a term of six

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years with the one receiving the smaller majority
serving a term of three years. For the Board of Regents,
Concordia College, Seward, two elected laypersons
would serve for a period of six years with a third elected
person serving a three-year term.

After these announcements Chairman Wendling of
the floor committee issued directions for the voting
procedures which would be followed. It was indicated
that when delegates had completed voting, they were
free to leave the convention floor and that when the last
delegate had voted, the balloting would be declared
closed. Prior to the beginning of balloting, Dr. Walter A.
Maier, Jr., the Vice-President of the Synod who was
chairing the convention at the time, led the delegates in
prayer, asking for the guidance of the Holy Spirit as the
decisions were made.

Closing

The session closed with each delegate offering his
personal and private devotion.

Session 7

Tuesday, July 12, Afternoon
Opening Devotion

The convention was led by youth representatives
once again in its opening devotion. The theme for the
afternoon devotion related to the Ten Commandments,
with a Scripture reading, Psalm 119:9-10, being the
passage used by Dr. Martin Luther to lead into the
question What then is the purpose of the Law? One of
the youth representatives spoke of the personal mean-
ing of the Ten Commandments to her. The delegates
were then led in prayer and in the singing of a contem-
porary song introduced by the youth representatives.

Announcements

President Bohlmann requested that the delegates
refrain from applause when resolutions are adopted or
declined since the adoption of a resolution should not
represent either a victory or a defeat. He also indicated
that he would ask the delegates to stand occasionally
when votes were taken. Provisions were suggested for
assisting handicapped people who were attending the
convention. Marvin Siebels, convention manager, pre-
sented a short audiovisual presentation on the Inter-
national Center of the Synod, which would be visited by
many of the delegates later in the day.

Minutes

After correcting the numbers “5-03” in lines 11 and
13 (TB 263) of the Minutes, to read “5-01” the delegates
adopted the Minutes for the third and fourth sessions of
the convention as presented.

Professional Education

Chairman Arnold Kuntz of the Floor Committee on
Professional Education reintroduced Res. 6-05 (TB 146)
which called for a revision of the colloquy procedures for
pastors. This resolution had been under consideration