# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2019_S67
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

OFFICER, BOARD, AND COMMISSION REPORTS
everything from missionary prayer cards to training materials
to event support to special campaigns to the preparation and
publication of full-length books.
Here is a small but representative listing of prominent projects since mid-2016:
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Helping to stage and/or produce promotional materials for the Life Conferences and Marches for Life in
Washington, D.C., and other cities; LCMS Campus
Ministry Conferences; LCMS Disaster Response
Conferences; and others.
Bolstering the “Preach the Word” (PTW) emphasis through the production of video modules and
activity guides and the creation of the PTW website.
Other ministries supported by video modules and
assorted resources have been PALS—Post-Seminary
Applied Learning and Support—and the Every One
His Witness evangelism outreach program. For the
filmed elements of “PTW” and PALS, our Video
team was instrumental in the pre-production process
and entirely responsible for the production and postproduction phases.

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Creating the substantial District Visitation Packet for
use by President Harrison and other members of the
Praesidium.

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Creating all manner of pieces relating to the work of
the ONM as well as other program units and offices.

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Providing missionary support in the form of prayer
cards, online giving pages, tools and templates for
missionary fundraising, and other ongoing forms of
communications training (this training involving the
expertise of others in the department). Speaking of
missionaries, the May 2017 Reporter carried an insert
encouraging prayer for our missionaries and the mission of the church, supporting our missionaries, and
hosting missionary visits. Meanwhile, the entire summer 2017 issue of Lutheran Engage the World held up
our missionaries and their work.)

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Arranging LCMS exhibit displays at Synod conventions, the National Youth Gathering, and the
national convention of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.
Producing the “Stewardship Basics” Bible study,
various reports of the Commission on Theology and
Church Relations (CTCR), and—again, in concert
with Video staff—10 licensed lay deacon videos as
well as updates on 11 LERT (Lutheran Early Response Team) videos.
Producing President Harrison’s “Joy:fully Lutheran”
white paper along with an array of “Joy:fully Lutheran” resources.

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Youth Fellowship Leadership Training, National Volunteer Appreciation Month, the Theology Professors
Conference, and National Lutheran Schools Week.
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Overseeing the production of newsletters, brochures,
posters, guidebooks, infographics, scrolling web tiles,
and Reporter inserts.

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Preparing for publication (along with Editorial and
Graphic Design) the annual booklet of chapel talks
for Lutheran schools as well as the 160-page Lutheran
Television: Glory Years.

Web Services
In cooperation with the offices, ministries, and mission regions of the Synod, we create, manage and update more than
1,500 webpages on lcms.org, which have been viewed nearly 8.5
million times during the past triennium by a global and growing
audience. Content includes:
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Ministry information

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News

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Resources

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Giving pages

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Locators

Major projects addressed by the Web team in the past triennium:
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The launch of Apple News (Reporter and Lutherans
Engage the World)—allowing Apple users to follow
Reporter and Engage through Apple news.

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Google News (Reporter), allowing Google users to
follow Reporter through Google News on their smart
phones, tablets, etc.

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“School-to-School”—a site designed for LCMS
schools to list their needs after a disaster.

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lcms.org “responsive design”—enabling the site’s
design and features to respond and function properly
no matter what device or screen size is being used.

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E1HW—online context-module website for Every
One His Witness.

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KFUO website redesigned.

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Blogs redesigned.

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“Joy:fully Lutheran” companion website launched
offering stories and resources.

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International Mission website launched—an outlet
for the OIM to share mission-field stories and project
updates.

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calendar.lcms.org redesigned.

Publishing the Sharing newsletter (brought back by
popular demand and coinciding with the return of
the venerable LCMS World Relief and Human Care
brand).

And coming soon: an independent website for The Lutheran Witness, the Synod’s flagship magazine.

Supporting numerous events and producing their associated resources: Armed Forces Sunday, Lutheran

We like to think of our design-services division as “branding from the inside out.” Toward that end, Graphic Design:

Graphic Design

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