# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1971_S140
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140 RESOLUTIONS

rado District and the Wyoming District have approved
such transfer; therefore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod authorize the transfer of St. Paul Lutheran
Church, Julesburg, Colo., from the Wyoming District
to the Colorado District,

Action: Adopted (4).

To Transfer Grace English Lutheran Church,
Pine Bluffs, Wyo., and Zion Lutheran Church,
Grover, Colo., to the Wyoming District

RESOLUTION 4-03
Overture 4-93 U (TB, p. 35)

Wuergeas, Grace English Lutheran Church, Pine
Bluffs, Wyo., and Zion Lutheran Church, Grover, Colo.,
have made application to be transferred to the Wyoming
District; and

Wuereas, The Colorado District has endorsed said
application that these congregations be transferred from
the Colorado District to the Wyoming District; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod authorize the transfer of Grace English Lutheran
Church, Pine Bluffs, Wyo., and Zion Lutheran Church,
Grover, Colo., from the Colorado. District to the Wyo-
ming District,

Action: Adopted (4 ).

To Increase Membership of Commission
on Worship

RESOLUTION 4-04
Overture 4-52 (CW, p. 227)

Whereas, The merger of the Synod of Evangelical
Lutheran Churches (SELC) and The Lutheran Church
— Missouri Synod (LCMS) would cause the Commis-
sion on Worship to lose one of its voting members; and

Wuereas, This has produced an imbalance in repre-
sentation on the Inter-Lutheran Commission on Wor-
ship (in which the LCMS representation has consisted
of the six members of the Commission on Worship, as
well as the executive); therefore be it

Resolved, That the Commission on Worship shall
be enlarged to a total of seven voting members; and
be it also

Resolved, That Bylaw 11.111 a be amended to read
as follows:

11.111 Personnel and Appointment

a. A Commission on Worship shall be appointed
by the President of the Synod after consultation
with the Vice-Presidents. It shall be composed of
seven men and include pastors, teachers, and lay-
men. They shall serve for terms of four years in
such manner that the terms of three members shall
alternate with the terms of the other four members.

Action: Adopted (4).

To Encourage Equitable Geographical
Representation in Synodical Positions
RESOLUTION 4-05
Overtures 4-53, 4-54, 4-92, 5-88 (CW, pp. 227, 240, 275)

Wuereas, Concerns have been expressed regarding
the representation accorded to various geographical
areas in both elective and appointive positions of the
Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That all synodical officers and groups hav-
ing appointive responsibility, as well as the synodical
Committee for Convention Nominations, be reminded
to consider the desirability of equitable geographical
representation in all personnel engaged in work on the
synodical level.

Action: Adopted (4).

(But see also Res, 7-08.)

To Strive for Unified Mailing
RESOLUTION 4-06
Overture 4-86 (CW, pp. 236—237)

Wuereas, Resolution 4-15 of the Denver convention
(Proceedings, p. 104) directed the Council of Adminis-
trators to develop a systematic mailing arrangement
for synodical materials; and

Wuereas, The action requested by this overture is
being dealt with; therefore be it
Resolved, That Overture 4-86 be declined.

Action: Adopted (4).

To Make Feasibility Study of a New District
in the Southwest
RESOLUTION 4-07

Overtures 4-16—4-23 (CW, p. 221)

Whereas, The Denver convention adopted resolution
5-27 authorizing the Department of Research and Sta-
tistics to study the feasibility of a new District in the
southwest; and

WueEREAS, The Department of Research and Statistics
has begun such study (see report of Department of
Research and Statistics, CW, p. 210, second column);
therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod urge all congregations
involved in the area under consideration to cooperate
with the Department of Research and Statistics in its
continued study according to the general principles set
forth in the synodical Handbook 3.03, “Formation and
Realignment of Districts”; and be it also

Resolved, That the results of the study be reported
to the next convention,

Action: Adopted (4).

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