# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1938_S352
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

852 Miscellaneous Matters

Regarding Article I:

a) That the Convention Committee shall be held to provide
lodging and meals for all executive officers of Synod and the Col-
lege of District Presidents as well as those representing boards and
commissions of Synod, such as seminaries, colleges, missions, etc.;

b) That the matter of financing board and lodging for pastoral,
teacher, lay, and advisory delegates be referred to the respec-
tive Districts of Synod.

Regarding Article II of this same memorial, referring to pre-
convention housing and meeting facilities, your Committee respect-
fully recommends:

a) Since it is necessary for several committees to meet before
the convention opens, that the Convention Committee be requested
to provide preconvention housing and meeting facilities for such
committees;

b) That it be left to. the President of Synod to determine which
committees shall be entitled to such preconvention housing and
meeting facilities and that he so notify the Convention Committee.

Action of Synod: This report of Committee 18 was adopted.

Preservation of the President in an Accident

Report of Committee 18:

Wuereas, The Lord of the Church in a most miraculous manner
preserved the life of our beloved President and his coworkers in a
recent automobile accident in Texas; therefore be it

Resolved, That this convention offer up thanks and praise to
God Almighty and that we give expression to our thanksgiving by
rising and singing Hymn 17 [in the convention booklet], “The Lord
hath Helped Me Hitherto.”

Action of Synod: This report was adopted and the recommen-
dation carried out.

Resolutions of Lay Delegates

The: following resolutions of the lay delegates, who had held
frequent meetings during the convention, were adopted by Synod:

Reporting to Congregations
Resolved, That the lay delegates assembled at this Centennial
Convention consider it their duty to report to the congregations
which they represent the actions taken by Synod and urge the con-
gregations to carry out such resolutions.