# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2004_S191
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

LATE REPORT AND OVERTURES
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In the hymn “Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior,” st.
7 should be listed as a new stanza prepared by the
Lutheran Hymnal Project
In the hymn “O Gracious Lord, with Love Draw
Near,” the following lines should read:
2:1 Sustain the work You have begun
4:4 And make them strong, each cross to bear.
6:4 Shall, crowned in light, be glorified.
In the hymn “Oh, Blest the House,” change “whole”
to “wholly” in 1.3
For the hymn “Silent Night” all three stanzas will
be printed in German and in Spanish.
In the hymn “The Bridegroom Soon Shall Call Us,”
the following should read:
2:1 ‘There shall we see in glory
In the hymn “The Day Is Surely Drawing Near,”
“debit” should be “debt” in 5.1
In the hymn “The Death of Jesus Christ Our Lord,”
the following should read:
2:4 And all our debt He fully paid.

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Agenda
192a The second sentence of the second rubric will read:
“They are practicing Christians and should be members in good standing of an Evangelical Lutheran
congregation.”
192a The last rubric is replaced with the following: “The
Enrollment of Sponsors may precede the Baptism. If
it is used, the “Address to the Sponsors” in the Baptism rite is omitted.
221c In the left-hand column, in the second question that
is asked of the wife, the last word “wife” should be
changed to “husband.” In the right-hand column,
again in the second question, the underlined “name
of husband” should read “name of wife.”
225b In the section where the candidate is ordained, the
words “catholic (or” have been omitted. Only the
word “Christian” remains.
232b Same changes as on 225b.
L2-53

(The following resolution was passed by the New Jersey
District in convention on May 16, 2003, but was misplaced
during processing.)

To Develop Contemporary Worship
Materials
WHEREAS, In the past year there has been much discussion in the New Jersey District regarding contemporary
worship; and
WHEREAS, Many congregations in the New Jersey District are either exploring the possibility of using a more contemporary service or are already experimenting with more
contemporary music and services; and
WHEREAS, Many congregations are looking for resources
to help develop this kind of service; and
WHEREAS, The Synod, in convention, has encouraged
congregations of the LCMS to use only synodically approved hymnals and worship materials; and

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WHEREAS, The Synod has not currently supplied congregations with resources for contemporary worship nor will
the new hymnal scheduled to be released in 2006 contain
liturgies or music that are substantially different from
what is in our current hymnal, Lutheran Worship; therefore be it
Resolved, That the New Jersey District memorialize the
Synod, in convention, in 2004, to request that the Synod’s
Commission on Worship develop and make available to congregations resources for contemporary worship services including liturgies, songs and other worship resources that
are doctrinally pure and are in keeping with the needs of
congregations who desire to use contemporary worship.
New Jersey District
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To Ensure Uniformity in Catechism
Translation
Preamble
In 1986 the Synod, in convention, adopted a new translation of the Small Catechism (Res. 2-16). In addition to updating Luther’s explanations, the catechism task force
chose to use the New International Version in those places
where Scripture is quoted. In 1989, the Synod resolved that
all future printings of Lutheran Worship use the new version of the catechism (Res. 2-04). One of the unfortunate results of this change is that existing copies of LW have different versions of the catechism, making it difficult to use
in corporate worship.
The Commission on Worship intends to include the catechism in the new hymnal. However, in order to avoid the
future problem of different versions of the catechism appearing in the hymnal, the Commission proposes making
the change at this time to the English Standard Version in
those places where Scripture is quoted in Luther’s catechism. Exceptions to this are the:
• First Commandment—omission of the words “before me”
(following Luther’s original)
• Fourth Commandment—omission of the words “that your
days may be long…” (following Luther’s original)
• Office of the Keys—the quotation of John 20:23 will use
the New King James Version.
The Commission makes this recommendation at this
time in order to avoid the problem of multiple translations
of the catechism creating more confusion in the future.
Because the texts of the Table of Duty passages will not
be included in the hymnal, the Commission makes no recommendation on choice of translation at this time.
Resolved, The 1986 translation of the Small Catechism be
retained for all of Luther’s explanations; and be it further
Resolved, That the text of the Small Catechism use the
English Standard Version as the primary translation in
those places where Holy Scripture is quoted; and be it finally
Resolved, That the text of the catechism, as it is included
in the Lutheran Service Book proposal, serve as an approved revision of the 1986 translation.
Commission on Worship
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