# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_2016_S264
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

Whereas, Concordia Plan Services (CPS) through their
Employee Assistance Program and Pastoral Support Network,
Ministerial Care Coalition, and other wellness programs offers
both preventive and treatment options for the well-being of workers and families; and
Whereas, DOXOLOGY: The Lutheran Center for Spiritual
Care and Counsel has reported that women who have attended
DOXOLOGY with their husbands have disclosed that their husbands who completed the program have experienced progress in
handling stress, are more content and joyful in ministry, are more
attentive to wife and family, and relate more effectively with their
members; and
Whereas, DOXOLOGY reports that among other ministerial
wellness results, 34 percent of pastors who participate in the threepart training and spiritual care program have noted a significant
difference in their ministry as a result of being able to detect compassion fatigue and respond to it in healthy ways, and 46 percent of
pastors have grown in their recognition and appreciation of emotional intelligence and its application in ministry; and
Whereas, It is estimated that nearly 40 percent of ministers
“lack awareness” of ministerial wellness resources already available; and

programs if they were vetted, affordable, and convenient; therefore be it
Resolved, That Concordia Plan Services, DOXOLOGY, Grace
Place Wellness Ministries, Shepherd’s Canyon Retreat, Soldiers of
the Cross, and Veterans of the Cross be commended for their service to ministers and spouses; and be it further
Resolved, That the above-named ministries and other identified
LCMS-approved ministerial wellness services be promoted within
districts and circuits as valuable resources for ministerial and family care; and be it finally
Resolved, That clinical pastoral education programs be identified, vetted, and recommended through the Office of National
Mission and Specialized Pastoral Ministry to district presidents
and circuit visitors as sources of support for ordained and commissioned ministers who need to increase competency in pastoral
care, explore a vocational change, and/or become revitalized for
parish ministry.
Action: Adopted (9)
(The chair hearing no objection to proceeding to vote without
discussion, Res. 18-05 was adopted as presented [Yes: 883; No: 22].)

Whereas, Over 70 percent of district presidents in a recent survey stated they would refer ministers to clinical pastoral education

To Respectfully Decline Overtures
RESOLUTION 18-06
Whereas, The floor committee has considered all overtures assigned to it and has concluded, for various reasons, that certain overtures should be declined; therefore be it
Resolved, That the following overtures be respectfully declined for the reasons given:
Number

Subject

Reason

18-02

To Encourage CPS to Provide Paid Maternity
Leave to Workers Enrolled in Concordia
Disability and Survivor Plan Who Are New
Adoptive Mothers

The responsibility of this overture
lies with the local congregation; it
is a human resources issue, not a
benefit issue.

18-03

To Encourage Annual Review of Reported
Salary Information

This issue is already being
addressed by CPS.

Action: Adopted (9)
(The chair hearing no objection to proceeding to vote without discussion, Res. 18-06 was adopted as presented [Yes: 884; No: 23].)

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U P O N T H I S R O C K • Resolutions

“18. Worker Wellness”