# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1848_S63
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Worship Services during the Synodical Convention.

During this year's synodical convention, worship services were held both
at Trinity Church [Dreieinigkeitskirche] and at Immanuel Church
[Immanuelskirche] in St. Louis, on both Sundays as well as on several
weekday evenings. Pastors Löber, Dr. Sihler, Crämer, Wolter, Wyneken,
Schieferdecker, Keyl, Wege, and Brauer preached, some on the gospel
pericopes, others on different texts. As for communicating the topics of
these sermons here, as the synod wished, the secretary is unable to do so,
because most of those preachers failed to submit them to him.

Close.

Late in the evening of Saturday, July 1, at 9 o'clock, the synod assembled
— after having held 18 public sessions, besides and between which many
special sessions of its various committees, and some preachers'
conferences, had also taken place — for a closing session. After disposing
of a few matters already communicated in their place, the secretary
requested the synod's direction on several specific questions concerning
the editing of the synodical report, being instructed in particular to
abandon the chronological order of proceedings in arranging the report
and instead to group like matters together. The preachers of the synod
were, at this session, called upon to include our beleaguered fellow
believers in Europe in the public church prayers.

In grateful recognition of the hospitality shown to the members of the
synod by the congregation at St. Louis, the synod resolved that, on the
following day after that congregation's worship service, the synod's thanks
should be publicly expressed.

Then the fixing of the time and place for next year's synodical convention
came up for discussion. Invitations arrived from several quarters to the
synod, and were accompanied by the bearers' particular recommendations
to accept one or another.

The final vote determined that Fort Wayne should be the place, and the
Wednesday after Trinity the time, of our next year's synodical convention.

Thanks be to God for his grace and gift!