# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1969_S442
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

442 SPECIAL MINISTRIES AND SUNDRY MATTERS

Wuereas, The size of the Michigan District and its
central location commend it as a logical convention site;
therefore be it

Resolved, That we petition the honorable Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod, assembled in Denver, to
designate Detroit as the site of the 1977 convention.

MIcHIGAN DIsTRICT
Epwin H. Roeurs, Secretary

(11-16)

To Hold 1981 Convention in Dallas, Tex.

Wuereas, It has been the practice of the Synod to
hold its conventions in various geographical sections
of the nation, in order to provide impetus for the work
of the Synod in all parts of the country; and

Wuereas, The Synod has met in Texas only once in
its history (Houston, 1953); and

Wuereas, The city of Dallas, Texas, is one of the
foremost convention centers in the United States and
has in the past been host for conventions of almost all
major church bodies; and

Wuereas, A convention of The Lutheran Church —

Missouri Synod would indeed provide the entire Texas
District with an important impetus for its work; and
Wuereas, The Texas District in convention assembled
in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1968 has authorized the
Board of Directors of the District to extend an invitation
to the Synod to meet in Texas in 1981; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the Texas
District extend a cordial invitation to The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod to meet in Dallas, Texas, in

1981. Boarp or Directors

Texas District
Eton F, BAUERKEMPER, Secretary

(11-17)

To Convene in New York City in 1981

or at Earliest Possible Date

Resolved, That the Atlantic District request the Den-

ver convention of 1969 of The Lutheran Church — Mis-

souri Synod to consider an invitation from the Atlantic

District to hold its general convention in New York
City in 1981 or at the earliest possible date.
ATLANTIC DistRIctT

RicHarp C. Hintz, Secretary