# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1995_S38 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) | | | 38 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION Hegg, Daniel R. Keyne, Arleen Lanning, Lori . Little, Willie Jr. Lusthoff, Craig McCreery, Kay Otten, Ruth Pegosh, Donald J. Roos, Marlin Roth, Donald Seabaugh, Darrell Wegele, Paul Wilkening, Harvey MEMBERS AT LARGE (Vote for 2) Amendt, Mark Bloomquist, Barry Bowes, Brian Cook, Kevin Davis, Dorothy Doris, Ed Just, Arthur Little, Tiffany Masaki, Naomichi . McGhen, Shawn Pickelmann, Henry Schwan, Tim Shaw, Jonathan Souza, Jaime Steinberg, Charles Committee 8: Registration, Credentials, and Elections The Rev. Roger Krause, President of the Rocky Moun- tain District and Chairman of Committee 8, Registration, Credentials, and Elections, updated the convention on the final count of registrations: Voting Pastors 591 Voting Laypersons 583 Total Voting Delegates: 1174 Advisory Pastors 56 Advisory Teachers 115 Other Advisory 206 Total Advisory Delegates: 377 Youth Representatives 20 Others ; 41 Guests 441 Total in attendance: 2053 Committee 8 then reported the results of yesterday’s balloting for positions on Synod’s Board of Directors. Those declared elected include the following: LAYPERSONS Garton, Jean 530* Bell, Dean 526 * The committee subsequently asked the delegates to vote for the unfilled positions of lay and clergy representation on the Board of Directors. The nominees, the votes cast, and acknowledgment of those declared elected are listed below: LAYPERSONS Daman, Walter 125 Hirsch, Robert 305 | 437 517 Kober; Ted 238 241 LaHaine, Gilbert ~ 131 Trapp, Edwin 336 461 625 * CLERGYMEN Fritz, John. . 171 314 Kuntz, Arnold 483 736 * Marshall, Ulmer 508 692 * White, Laurence 340 468 Committee 2: Congregational Services The Rev. Dr. Theodore Laesch, President of the North- ern Hlinois District and Chairman of Committee 2, Con- gregational Services, reintroduced the business of his com- Res. 2-16, calling for the giving of thanks for the 1995 River of Light Youth Gathering, was moved by the commit- tee. Question was called and was sustained. The motion was adopted. The youth representatives to the convention were intro- duced. Two youth addressed the assembly. A proposed resolution found on page 291 dealing with the presentation of amendments, substitute motions, and proposed resolutions will be routed as a recommendation to the planning committee for the next convention. Res. 2-11B, “To Address National/District Youth Gath- erings,” was placed before the body. An amendment was proposed for line 30, p. 155, that after the word officiants the following words be added: other than those whose names are on the official rosters of the Synod, and for line 34, the word approve be struck and the words review and give ad- vice regarding be substituted. Question was called. A call for dividing the previous question was called and sustained. The calling of the question on the amendment was sus- tained. The amendment lost. The question calling for close of debate on the main motion was sustained. The main mo- tion was adopted. Later_in the morning, a motion to reconsider 2-11B was made. Question was called on the debate for reconsidera- tion and was sustained. The motion to reconsider lost. Res. 2-06, “To Address Concerns Relating to Congrega- tional Worship,” was moved by the committee. By common consent line 26, p. 41, was modified to change the phrase heart of Lutheran faith to heart of the Lutheran faith, tra- dition. The question was called and was sustained. The mo- tion as amended by common consent was adopted. Res. 2-07, “To Provide Synodically Developed Worship Resources,” was moved by the committee. The question was called and sustained. The motion was adopted. Committee 3: Theology and Church Relations The Rev. Dr. George Wollenburg, President of the Mon- tana District and Chairman of Committee 3, Theology and Church Relations, reintroduced the assembly to the work of his committee. Res. 3-08, calling for the convention to reaffirm our Synod’s practice of close{d] Communion, was placed before the delegates for their consideration. An amendment was offered, to wit: