# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1962_S127 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 126 RESOLUTIONS.— COMMITTEE 6 13.25 Functions and Duties The board (commission) shall — a. coordinate and unify the work among the mentally retarded throughout the Synod and provide for coopera- tion among the synodical, District, and church-supported agencies, congregations, pastors, teachers, social workers, and families; b. assemble information on public and private institu- tions for mentally retarded and determine needs, pro- grams, materials, and aids based in addition on non- church-related and community resources; c. assist in coordinating the work of synodically related institutions, serve as an exchange medium between these institutions, and render counsel; d. acquaint itself with the best standards in state and community institutions and apply these where possible to the church-related agencies; e. study and survey — where necessary, in consultation with the Department of Welfare—areas of opportunity preliminary to the establishment of agencies or of sep- arate institutions of residential care for the mentally retarded; f£. cooperate with existing synodical and District agen- cies in the mission implications of the work among the mentally retarded; g. cooperate with the Board of Parish Education on the synodical and District level in promoting the initia- tion of full-time or part-time educational agencies for mentally retarded and in providing literature, class mate- rials, and helps for classes and families; h. serve as the consultant to the workers of our church who are presently serving in the area of mental re- tardation; i. review and evaluate, at the request of the Board of Directors, any Synodwide appeal for funds to be used in the field of mental retardation; j. cooperate with the Boards of Social Welfare and institutional chaplaincies in areas of mutual interest; k. consider conducting workshops and seminars of chaplains and other workers involved in the field of mental retardation; 1. keep the constituency of the Synod informed on its activities and render a detailed report to the synodical convention. 13.27 Budget The board (commission) shall annually submit a budget to the Board of Directors of the Synod for recom- mendation and referral to the Fiscal Conference. Action: This resolution was adopted. Establishment of a Review Commission RESOLUTION 6-11 Memorial 631, p. 282, Reports and Memorials Wuereas, Regular procedures for handling grievances and disagreements are provided for in Article XI, B, 1, 2, 3; Article XT, 7; and similar sections in the Bylaws, e. g., 2.27; therefore be it Resolved, That this memorial be declined. Action: This resolution was adopted. To Provide for Annual District Conventions RESOLUTION 6-12 Memorial 609, p. 270, Reports and Memorials Wuereas, Memorials should be in the hands of the President fourteen weeks prior to the convention (syn- odical Handbook, section 1.25 b); and Wuereas, This memorial, if adopted, would neces- sitate the extremely difficult arrangement of having all Districts meet between Jan. 1 and March 15 in the years of the synodical convention; and Wuereas, Any particular District which feels it must meet every year may, according to Article XII, 13 of the Constitution, request the Synod to grant permission to do so; therefore be it Resolved, That this memorial be declined. Action: This resolution was adopted. Division of the Central District RESOLUTION 6-13 Memorials 619, 620, pp. 279, 280, Reports and Memorials Wuereas, The Central District of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod has requested permission to divide into two Districts — one District to include all of Indiana and Western Kentucky (with the exception of the areas now occupied by the Western District) and the other District to include all of Ohio, West Vir- ginia, and Eastern Kentucky on a line drawn straight down through Kentucky from the Indiana-Ohio state line; and Wuereas, The Executive Board of the Central Dis- trict has studied any and all legal requirements for di- vision of the District, conditioned on synodical approval for division, has achieved complete harmony on the method and time of the division of assets, has prepared the necessary legal documents which will be filed on synodical approval, and has agreed on June 1963 as the time when the division is to become effective; there- fore be it Resolved, That the Central District of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod be granted the permission to divide; and be it further Resolved, That the two Districts be known as the In- diana District of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod and the Ohio District of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; and be it further Resolved, That the financial commitments previously established by the Executive Board of the Central Dis- trict with respect to the financial considerations in- volved in the division be maintained. Action: This resolution was adopted. Use of Bible Translations RESOLUTION 6-14 Memorial 352, p.178, Reports and Memorials Wuereas, The Synod has not designated any Bible translation as official; and Wnuereas, The Synod has been studying the transla- tions of the Bible and is in contact with Bible transla- tors and publishers; and Wuereas, The Synod at this convention has created a Commission on Theology and Church Relations (Reso- lution 6-03); and ,