# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2004_S32
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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION

“September 11, 2001.” There was no objection on the part of
the committee or the assembly to this amendment. It was
requested that the following statement by the committee
be recorded in the minutes: “This resolution does not give
tacit approval of anyone’s actions associated with the September 11 terrorist attacks. It seeks to affirm all who offered ministry.” The chair was supported in calling for termination of debate [Y: 1,012; N: 172] and the resolution
was adopted as amended [Y: 956; N: 201].

advised that Robert’s Rules of Order requires that the assembly must grant permission for that to happen by majority decision, after which this may be done by point of personal privilege at a microphone or in writing.
The question was raised as to whether the assembly
wished to grant the privilege to register votes. The privilege was granted [Y: 635; N: 549]. The following delegates
presented in writing their requests that their votes on Res.
8-01A be recorded in the minutes:

Session 6

Negative Votes
Peter R. Brechbuhl, Roger Gallup, Phillip Grovenstein,
Christopher Hall, Bruce Keseman, Andrew Eckert, Richard
Tino, Gary V. Gehlbach, Alan Thornberry, Robert Zagore,
Jerome Panzigrau, B. R. Brummett, S. J. Zyskowski, Jr.,
Larry LaDassor, John Ernest Hill, Allen R. Kent, Thomas
I. Krueger, Robert A. Linsdeau, Ken Schurb, Mark J. Maas,
Ronald Paseur, Gary W. Hoover, Michael Watts, Jody R.
Walter, Thomas W. Baden, Brian S. Lemcke, Walter Otten,
Bradley Heinecke, Drew A. Newman, Steven C. Briel, John
Reynolds, Monica K. Shannon, Elizabeth Meckler, Dwaine
D. Doremus, John Rahe, Russell D. Reimers, Matthew J.
Uttenreither, Mark W. Mumme, Jeff Warner, Bert H. Eickhoff, Robert H. Banker, Robert Pase, Walter Lehenbauer,
Kent A. Umbarger, Duane H. Meyer, Scott Kubly, David R.
Dehnke, James W. Anthony, David W. Rohde, Anthony
George Folkmann, Mike Kettner, James Nickel, Jerome
Leckband, John O. Grein, Michael W. Barnes, David MacKain, Michael Tennyson, Raymond Everet Larson, Sr., Philip
Houser, Paul Lenz, David Mommens, Timothy Pauls, David
R. Mueller, Crystal J. Buehler, Keith B. Wellman,
Lawrence Haga, Vance Becker, Melvin Rahe, Scott Stiegemeyer, Stephen M. Heuser, Nancy Rydgig, Terry W.
Kenitz, Daryl Rothchild, Karl A. Weber, Glenn R. Houle,
Daniel F. Ognoskie, Brad Zerkel, Michael Schotte, James
H. Blain, Gregg Hein, James M. Elmshauser, Frederick
Kutter, Chris D. Cox, Miles Karner, Daniel Sedory, Scott
Johnson, Robert L. Coburn, Loyd E. Harris, Ken Anderson,
Gene Scheiter, Daniel A. Hahn, Jr., Jeffery W. Grams, Paul
Cain, Michael J. Janke, Martin J. Kirsch, Jeff L. Hemingway, Robert W. Wagner, Randall L. Muench, Arthur Litke,
Jamison Hardy, Jeffrey M. Kuddes, Dale Gust, Brad Lueders, Nik Sandman, James A. Barbey, Geoffrey L. Robinson,
Michael Schleider, Victor L. Turner, Bruce Scarbeary, Alan
Stahlecker, Charles Born, Ronald Rock, Todd R. Jerabek,
Don G. Carpenter, David Dodge, David M. Menet, Phill Andreasen, Stanley Lemon, Don Richard Stuckwisch, Jr.,
Thomas Egger, Kenneth Going, David M. Juhl, Bruce A.
Hoffmann, James A. Baneck, Michael E. Lang, Eric V.
Kaelberer, Paul Anderson, James K. Heap, Tim McNiel,
Stephen Elsea, Mark R. Eddy, Mary Sue DePuy, James
Moshier, Brian Hughes, Justin R. Schmidt, Douglas Irmer,
Erik Rottmann, Michael Mathews, Robert A. Linsdeau,
James Burhop, Todd A. Peperkorn, Robert C. Zick, James
Huffman, Gary W. Hoover, Bradley W. Ketcham, Fred
Bach, Ian F. Larson, Leroy B. Sundbom, Daniel M. Pfaffe,
Chris A. Clubine, Richard C. Wehrle, James Burhop, Eugene Schroeder, Terry Kensell, William Osterndorf, Ronald
GeRue, Jon P. Meyer, Frank G. Frye, Kurt A. Van Fossan,
Dale D. Gust, Kenneth E. Larson, Alan Taylor, Eric V.
Kaelberer, Benjamin Clayton, Richard H. Kretzschmar, Jr.,

July 13, 2004
Opening Devotion
The student musical group, Exalt, of Concordia University, Irvine provided the “call to gather” music for the afternoon devotion and session. Chaplain Loren Kramer introduced the Rev. Dr. Jacob A. O. Preus, President of
Concordia, and his devotion under the theme, “Longing for
the Lost,” who called attention to Jesus’ words in Luke
13:34. He noted some of the emotional-sounding language
in the text, also noting that the text is talking about more
than emotion. This text is about God’s will and there is
nothing soft about Jesus’ longing for the lost. At the same
time, the text shows that God’s love is not cold, as suggested by the image that Jesus uses of a hen and her
chicks. We see here that not all emotion and sentiment is
bad and weak. Like our Lord, we earnestly desire the salvation of lost souls because it is a part of God’s eternal will,
but we can be passionate about the lost also, longing and
aching for those who do not know that Christ has died for
them. This is right and salutary because Jesus Himself
shows the same passion.
Dr. Preus closed his devotion with prayer and words of
benediction.
Minutes
After correcting the reference to the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Kenya (“ELCK”) on p. 291, line 45, the
minutes were accepted as printed.
Greetings: Thrivent Representative
Mr. John Gilbert, chief executive officer for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, brought greetings to the convention
and assured the assembly of the mission of Thrivent to improve the life of its members. He spoke of the “virtuous circle,” the recognition of the need to do well in order to do good.
He shared some of the results of Thrivent’s efforts to do well
which have in turn enabled Thrivent to do good. He noted the
focus on mission in the LCMS and assured that Thrivent will
stay focused on its mission as well, a mission that also includes supporting sharing the Gospel of salvation.
Committee 7: Structure, Planning, and Administration
In response to comments from a delegate, the chair determined that at such time as pro-con discussion is taking
place, odd-numbered microphones will be designated “pro”
microphones and the even-numbered microphones will be
designated as “con” microphones. This ruling of the chair
was sustained [Y: 946; N: 186]. In response to a question
regarding recording negative votes, the parliamentarian
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