# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1995_S44
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44 MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

- and individuals in a a mighty, Positive witness; therefire
be it

Resolved, That this assembly give thanks to God i in
‘prayer for the quick effective responses of Bernice
‘Karstensen, Director of ILDR and Elaine Richter, Di-

rector of LCMS World Relief, and to other individuals -

directly involved in the relief effort; and be it further.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Synod write a let-
ter of thanks and commendation to Lutheran Social Ser-
vices, ILDR, LCMS World Relief, LLL, AAL, and
Lutheran Brotherhood; and be it finally

Resolved, That the letter of Paul Hartman in the July
1995 Reporter, page 11, be entered into the Proceedings
of this convention as a witness of God sending us forth
by His blessing to be a blessing.

Committee 6: Human Care

The Rev. William Diekelman, President of the Okla-
homa District and Chairman of Committee 6, Human Care,
reintroduced the business of his committee.

Res. 6-06A, “To Encourage Fair and Adequate Compen-
sation for Workers in the Church,” was moved and adopted.

Res. 6-07A, “To Strengthen Synod’s Ministry among
Mentally Tl,” was moved. Question was called and sus-
tained. The motion was adopted.

-Res. 6-10, “Io Emphasize Importance of Prison Min-
istry,” was moved. Question was called and sustained. The
motion was.adopted.

“Res. 6-08, “To Encourage Congregations to Minister to
Persons with Alzheimer’s and Their Caregivers,” was
moved and adopted.

Res. 6-09, “To Expand’ Housing Ministries” was moved
and adopted:

Res. 6-12, “To Support Efforts to Deal with Child
Abuse,” was moved. A motion was made to include 6-13,
which addressed addiction, and 6-14, which addressed do-
mestic abuse, into the vote on 6-12, with each resolution re-
taining its own whereases and resolves. Question was
called and sustained. The motions were adopted.

Res. 6-11, which calls for the updating of Bylaw lan-

guage, was moved and adopted.
Committee 6 was thanked for their work on behalf of the
Synod in convention.

Committee 2: Congregational Services

' The Rev. Dr. Theodore Laesch, President of the North-
ern Illinois District and Chairman of Committee 2, Con-
gregational Services, reintroduced the business of his com-

Res. 2-13, “'o Commend Support for Concordia Histori-
cal Institute,” was moved. By common consent the motion
was edited to read Circuit congregations rather than Cir-
cuits in line 36, and to substitute the words encourage en-
dowment gifts for the words grant endowments in line.39.
The motion as edited was adopted.

Res. 2-14, regarding the transfer of records, was moved
and adopted.

Res. 2-09A, “To Reaffirm Lutheran Catechetical In-
struction,” was moved. By common consent it was agreed
to add the words an approved before the word hymnal (line

19, p. 135). The chair subsequently called for a vote on
whether or not to include the word approved. The delegates
determined not to include the word approved. An amend-
ment was. made to substitute words in line 19, Question
was called on the amendment and on the main motion and
was sustained. The amendment was defeated. The main
motion was adopted without amendment.

Res. 2-10A was moved. An amendment was offéred to
change the resolve to read (lines 48 and 47, p.-135)-“Re-
solved, That the Synod, its Districts and congregations be
reminded,” thus deleting the word(s) individuals. Question
was called on.the amendment and. was sustained. The

, amendment was adopted. The main motion was. adopted as

amended.

Closing Devotions «

: The delegates were led in closing devotions by the con-
vention chaplain.

Session 12
July 21, Afternoon
Opening Devotions

The assembly was led in opening devotions by the Rev.
Ray Mirly, chaplain to the convention.

Minutes

The minutes for sessions 9 and 10 were adopted as cor-
rected.

Motion from the Floor

A motion was made to consider Res. 7-18A out of se-
quence. The convention determined not to adopt the motion
to consider the matter out of sequence.

Res. 7-15A, “To Make the Secretary of the Synod a Non-
voting Member of the Commission on Constitutional Mat-
ters,” was moved. The question was called and sustained.
The motion was adopted.

Res. 7-16A, “To Publish Opinions Rendered by the
CCM,” was moved. A change was made on p. 241, line 4,
where the spelling of opinion was corrected. The motion as
corrected was adopted.

Res. 7-11, “To Change Bylaw 5.11 re Nomination and
Elections of Circuit Counselors,” was moved. The.commit-
tee asked that a correction be made on line 18: to insert

“cast” between the words votes and on. The motion was
adopted.

Res. 7-17A, “To Establish Requirement re Synodical
Vice-Presidents,” was moved. Question was called and was
sustained. The motion was defeated.

Res. 7-12A, “To Change Bylaw 5.13 re Responsibilities
of Circuit Counselors in Relation to Member Congrega-
tions,” was moved. Question was called and was sustained.
The motion was declined.

Res. 7-19A, “To Encourage Study Groups,” was moved.
Question was called and was sustained. The motion was
adopted.

Res. 7-18A, “To Form a Special Committee,” was moved.
The chair called for the orders of the day. A motion was