# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S64 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) i j i SER Ia RRR ST Tt AeA EE CTE ROE TINE RE ONT EOIN EGE TE ITE EPISTLE NE ATO ERE, PRESIDENT’S REPORT 65 Christ the strength and the courage that we need not only for our personal lives, but for our life together in The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod. As you listen to the reports of the various boards, commissions, and committees of Synod, I am sure you will thrill again and again to hear of the wonderful and dedicated work that is being done by thousands of peo- ple in North America and throughout the world. My only prayer for our church today is that we may be faithful to His Holy Word, faithful to the precious Gos- pel of our Lord Jesus Christ, faithful to our calling as His servants, and faithful to the needs of a dying world. No better words can express the feeling that I know lives and flourishes in the hearts of each one of us than the words of the hymn which forms our theme at this convention: EVER, ONLY, ALL FOR THEE. Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee; Take my moments and my days, Let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my hands and let them move At the impulse of Thy love; Take my feet and let them be Swift and beautiful for Thee. Take my voice and let me sing Always, only for my King; Take my lips and let them be Filled with messages from Thee. Take my silver and my gold, Not a mite would I with- hold; Take my intellect and use Every power as Thou shalt choose. Take my will and make it Thine, It shall be no longer mine; Take my heart, it-is Thine own, It shall be Thy royal throne. Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its trea- sure store; Take myself, and I will be Ever, only, all for Thee. J. A. O. Preus APPENDIX A Assignments to the Administration by the 1971 Milwaukee Convention Actions of the President on the following 1971 resolutions are reported in the convention Workbook in connection with Report 2-01, the Report of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations, on pages 29—45 of the 1973 convention Workbook: 2-13 To Study Communion Practices and Policies 3-03 To Recognize Sister Church Status 3-04 To Hold a Fourth International Lutheran Theological Conference 3-05 To Express Regrets to Confessional Lutheran Church in Finland 3-11 To Study Selective Fellowship 3-14 To Encourage Continued Discussion with Lutheran Church in America 3-21 To Seek Better Relations with The American Lu- theran Church 3-26 To Study “A Statement Regarding Lutheran Unity” 9-22 To Study the Role of Women Action on other resolutions: 3-18 To Study Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. This report is found in Chapter 2 (Report 2-05) of the convention Workbook. 3-20 5-09 5-14 9-20 11-17 To Engage in Fellowship Discussions with the Wis- consin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Evan- gelical Lutheran Synod Our efforts to move toward harmony have again met with no success. To Study Kinds of Conventions and Representation at Conventions The committee appointed by the President reports on this item in Chapter 5, page 206, of the Workbook. To Establish Commission of Adjudication (Final re- solved: appointment of committee to review appellate process) The report of the committee appears in Chapter 4 of the Workbook, Report 4-09. To Proclaim Annual World Hunger Day This resolution calls upon the President to pro- claim an annual World Hunger Day. Each congrega- tion was asked to observe Thanksgiving Day in 1971 and the First Sunday in December 1972 as Annual World Hunger Day. To Study the Relationship of Deaconesses to the Synod An ad hoc committee was appointed by the Presi- dent; however the committee has requested to serve until the next synodical convention to explore further the questions concerning the relationship of deacon- esses to the Synod and the expansion of women’s ministry in the church. APPENDIX B Entered into Rest Albers, Marvin L. Albohm, John H. C. Pastors Grote, Robert A. G. Gruell, Herman F. Albrecht, Immanuel W. Guettler, Armin H. Bajus, John Haas, Walter A. Bast, J. Carl Hafner, Walter H. W. Baxmann, Herbert W. J. Bell, Charles F. Bertermann, Martin A. Beyer, Edwin P. W. Birnbaum, Leon L. Bleeke, August O. Bliss, Elmer G. Bohn, Luiz Bouman, Walter H. Brasch, Frank G. Braunschweig, Otto A. Brenner, Rudolph F. W. Brueckmann, Albert Bruss, Adolph M. Busch, Ralph Chatt, Gustav A. Dannenfeldt, Paul L. Duensing, Fred A. Eckelman, Larry E. Einspahr, Reinhard Elbrecht, Paul G. Elser, John G. Engelbert, Edward F. Engelbrecht, Harold H. Engelder, Conrad J. H. Ernst, Walter L. Falk, Erich Fechner, Walter G. Fedder, Oscar Fickenscher, Carl C. Fisher, Henry A. Foard, Frederick H. Franke, Martin E. Frohn, Henry H. Gailes, Samuel L. Gehring, Arthur Geiswinkler, Frederick Georg, Howard Goehring, John G. Goold, Peter B. Graebner, Rudolph W. F. Graumann, Oscar R. Hahn, Clyde R. Harre, Carl W. Harre, Paul F. Hartenberger, Edmund K. Hartmann, Emil C. F. Hasz, Richard E. Heinicke, Herman J. Heinicke, Victor E. Heintzen, Erich H. Heuchert, Karl Hoeppner, Lawrence C. Hoffmann, George Wm. Sr. Hoffmann, Kenneth R. Huber, Albert Huckaby, Charles W. Jarosi, Leopald A. Jesse, Richard A. Jielde, Wilfred E. Joesting, Edward H. Jungkuntz, Henry G. Kahle, Henry A. Kebschull, Gustav O. Kissel, Fred K. Kleinhans, Theodore Knorr, Carl W. G. Knorr, Edwin C. Koberg, Michael M. Koch, Walter T. Koehler, Leonard W. Koehnken, Rudolph H. Koepke, Robert T. Kretzmann, Herbert R. E. Kretzmann, Paul L. F. Krueckeberg, Harry Krug, Albert G. F. Ladewig, Carl W. Lang, Edward M. Lemke, Waldemar A. Link, Walter J. Lochner, William O. R. Ludwig, William F. Luebke, Daniel F.