# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1979_S152
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152 RESOLUTIONS

10) to experience an increase in Sunday school
enrollment and attendance;

11) to expand our outreach in all areas of Christian
education for people of all ages and of every race,
culture, and socioeconomic level; and

12) to join with sister congregations in celebrative
and teacher-training events to commemorate the 200th
anniversary of the Sunday school movement.

Action: Adopted (9).

To Observe the 110 Years of
Concordia Publishing House’s Service
to Congregations of the Synod

RESOLUTION 7-10

Report 7-06 (CW, pp. 219—220); Overture 7-30
(CW, p. 226)

WHEREAS, Concordia Publishing House in 1979 will
celebrate 110 years of service to the congregations of the
Synod; and

WHEREAS, Through Concordia Publishing House’s
110 years of uninterrupted publication of the Word,
millions of children, youth, and adults have been nur-
tured and strengthened in their Christian faith; and

WHEREAS, The Lord has blessed Concordia Publish-
ing House by providing faithful leadership and dedi-
cated employees; and

WHEREAS, Concordia Publishing House through
sound management has continued to be self-supporting;
and

WHEREAS, Concordia Publishing House continues to

provide for the Synod, other Christians, and the world
an abundance of Christ-centered materials—books, cur-
ricula, periodicals, music, church goods, audiovisuals,
tracts, ecclesiastical arts materials, and items for Chris-
tian witness; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod declare Sunday, Sept. 9,
1979, “Concordia Publishing House Sunday’’ to give
praise and thanks to God for this great blessing; and be
it further

Resolved, That all parishes be encouraged to offer
litanies and prayers of thanksgiving in the services on
Sept. 9, 1979; and be it further

Resolved, That all parishes, their boards, auxil-
iaries, and members continue to make use of the many
and varied items of inspiration, nurture, and ministry
provided by the publishing arm of their church; and be it
further

Resolved, That Concordia Publishing House be encour-
aged to continue its movement toward multicultural
emphases; and be it finally

Resolved, That we implore the Lord to continue to
bless Concordia Publishing House in the years ahead.

Action: Adopted as amended (9).

(Amendments: the fourth resolve and the addition of
encouragement in the second resolve.)

To Encourage Development of Writers
RESOLUTION 7-11
Overture 7-32 (CW, p. 227)
WHEREAS In response to God’s divine love and Great