# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1983_S428
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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PROPOSED AGENDA

Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.
(1 Tim. 4:12)

& If the newly elected vice-presidents are being installed in the same service as
that of the president, the presiding minister say's:

P You have heard the words of Holy Scripture addressed to the president of
(the __:+~ ____ District of) The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Your
acceptance of the office of vice-president obligates vou to serve the
eb not only in the duties laid down by its Constitution and Bylaws
but also by promoting and preserving among its congregations the unity of the
Spint in the bond of peace, by maintaining to the best of your ability its truly
Christian and Lutheran character, and by doing your utmost that it will continue
uncompromisingly to adhere to God's Word and in no point swerve from the
Scriptural position clearly stated and defined in the Confessions of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church.

9. The presiding minister continues:

PI ask you now in the presence of God and of this assembly:

Are you willing and ready to assume the office to which you have been elected?
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P Will you endeavor faithfully to perform all the duties of your office as stipulated

in the Constitution and Bylaws of (the District of) The Lutheran

Church— Missouri Synod (and of this District) and in accordance with the

doctrines of Holy Scripture as set forth in the Confessions of the Evangelical

Lutheran Church, and will you adorn the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a godly tife?

+ Twill with the help of God

10, The presiding minister takes the right hand of each in turn and sav:

Pp __--.____, | install you as vice-presidents of (the ___--____ District of)

The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, in the name of the Father and of the +

Son and of the Holy Spirit.

11, The newly installed vice-presidents step to the rear of the group. The other

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Are you ready to assume and faithfully carry out the duties of the board or
commission to which you have been elected?

2 Yes. with the help of God

> Upon your solemn promises, | install you to the board or commission to which
you have been elected, in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy
Spirit.

Stand

P Let us pray.

Almighty and gracious God. our heavenly Father, we give you thanks that you send
faithful taborers into your vineyard. Grant that through the labors of these your
servants your Church may be nourished. enriched, guided, and sustained in the
Word of God and built up into him who is the head of the Church, Jesus Christ, our
Lord. who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God. now and forever.
@ Amen

14. The presuding minister dismisses and blesses the newly installed.

P Go then in peace and joy. The almighty and most merciful God, the Father. the
*t Son, and the Holy Spirit, go with you. bless and strengthen you to your work in
his name.

@ Amen

15. The newh mytalied return to thew places. The service continues with the
Praver uf the Church

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elected officers (and counselors, when appropriate) and members of the Board of
Directors step forward. The presiding minister savs:

P You have been properly elected to the offices of secretary and of treasurer and
for positions on the Board of Directors of (the __~~ District of) The
Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod.

Hear the words of Holy Scripture.

A There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds
of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same
God works all of them in all men. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is
given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of
wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to
another faith by the same Spirit. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit,
and he gives them to each man, just as he determines. (1 Cor. 12:4-9a, 11)

PI ask you now in the presence of God and of this assembly:

Are you ready to assume and faithfully carry out the duties of the offices to which
you have been elected?

+ Yes, with the help ot God.

12. The presiding minister takes the right hand of each in turn and says:

Pp =. ____ | EF install you as secretary, you, __*___, as treasurer, and
you, =< ___, as. members of the Board of Directors of (the ___»™
District of) The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod, in the name of the Father and
of the -* Son and of the Holy Spirit.

13. The newly installed officers and board members step to the rear of the group.
The newly elected members of boards and commissions step forward. The presiding
minister savs:

P You have heard the words of Holy Scripture directed to the officers of (the
District of) The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod. They also apply
to you who have been elected to serve on 3 3s ren

I ask you now in the presence of God and of this assembly:
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COLLECTS AND PRAYERS

ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF A BAPTISM

Gracious Lord, we give thanks that in Holy Baptism we receive forgiveness of sins, deliverance from death and
the devil, and eternal salvation. We ask you to bless continually with your Word and Spirit on this
anniversary of _~ --_ Baptrsm that _-. .__ may faithfully keep the covenant into which = = hay
been called, boldly confess _ Savior, and finally share with all your saints the joys of eternal life:
through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

FOR THE CATECHU MENS

Lord God, heavenly Father, in Holy Baptism you began your good work in these catechumens, and you have
blessed their instruction and training in your Word. We implore you to pour out your Holy Spirit on their hearts
and minds so that thes will truly love and revere sou, confess their faith with joy and boldness. endeavor to live
according to your commandments, and praise and glorify you as their faithful God and Lord, for the sake of
Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord:

AL CONFIRMATION

Almighty God, grant that we, «ho have been redeemed from the old life of sin by our Baptism into the death and
resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ, may be renewed in sour Holy Spirit. and live in righteousness and true
holiness: through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF A MARRIAGE

Your mercies are new every morning, O Lord Jesus. We give thanks for another year of life together for
- and _ We ash you to heep them open (o receive always more of your love that their love for
each other may never grow weary but deepen and grow through every joy and sorrow shared: for you live and
reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever

FOR THE ESTRANGED AND DINORCED

Regard in mercy. O Lord. your servants for whom the bond of wedded love and faithfulness has been broken.

and grant that, repenting their part in their condition and confessing before you, they may have the assurance of

your compassion and the knowledge of sour healing power. through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

FOR THE SICK

O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our onty help in time of need, look with favor upon your serv antis)
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