# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S280
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280 Publication Matters . - : 4

In order that the informational and educational program here
proposed may be executed efficiently, that the necessary works may
be procured and edited, and that the materials may be offered to
our membership at prices which will stimulate widespread circu-
lation, the Committee requests of Synod an unconditional minimum
annual grant of $20,000 for the next triennium to cover the editorial,
publicational, and subsidizing expenses.

We recommend that April 27, 1947, the Sunday closest to the
date of Synod’s organization, be observed with special services
throughout Synod as a day of thanksgiving and prayer for our
Lord’s great mercies; and that, if possible, a nation-wide radio

broadcast be arranged for that day and for the Sunday during the

Session of the 1947 convention. We wish to emphasize the con-

sideration that the anniversary celebration should be planned to

come to its climax at the centennial convention in Chicago.

Arrangements for the observances there will be made by your |
Committee working with the committee of the invitirig host, the’
Northern Illinois District,

We recommend that the Committee be authorized to arrange
and solicit a centennial offering of gratitude of at least $1,500,000,
one third of which shall constitute a permanent endowment fund
for the publication and distribution of Bibles and instructional
books in English and other languages, as found necessary, and for '
the reproduction of the devotional and doctrinal gems of our
Church, expressing the faith of our fathers in the language of the
children; one third of which shall flow into Synoid’s treasury for-

intensification of missionary endeavor for foreign fields; and one -:

third of which shall be retained by the Districts for mission projects
at their option. THe Synopica, CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
, THEO. Hover, Chairman
H.W. Romosgr, Secretary

ACTION

Concerning Memorial 1005, Committee 8 submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were adopted:

Your Committee has read and considered the report of the

. Synodical Centennial Committee. In our opinion the Centennial
' Committee has struck the right note in preparing for the celebra-
tion of Synod’s Centennial. We therefore endorse its plans as out- .
limed and encourage it to continue its work. We offer for the con- -
sideration of this convention the following resolutions:

1. Wuereas, It will be necessary for the Synodical Centennial
Committee to incur certain expenses in its work, e.g., in relieving .
men of official duties for editorial work and to a certain extent

- subsidizing the publications mentioned in its report; therefore be it