LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1965, Page 246

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248 UNPUBLISHED REPORTS AND OVERTURES

1963 establish a liaison for liturgical and musical revi-
sion; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod
has planned to publish a new Liturgy and Hymnal;
therefore be it

Resolved, That we memorialize The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod in convention, 1965, to au-
thorize the Commission on Worship, Liturgics, and
Hymnology to work in cooperation with the Lutheran
Church in America, The American Lutheran Church,
and other Lutheran bodies who so desire, to the end
result of producing a common Liturgy and Hymnal for
all Lutherans in America.

Trinity Ev. Luts. Cone.
Hicksville, N. Y.
Epwarp H. STaMMEL, Pastor

[13-22 Un]

To Endeavor to Reach Agreement
with Other Lutheran Synods in Preparing
an All-Lutheran Hymnal

Wuensas, An all-Lutheran hymnal would be desir-
able for many reasons, such as eliminating confusion,
removing an unneccessary “difference” between our
Synod and other Lutheran bodies, and sharing the great
store of experience and knowledge available for the
preparation of such a hymnal; and

Wuereas, The Synod’s Commission on Worship,
Liturgics, and Hymnology is proceeding with prepara-
tions for the publication of a “new” hymnal and other
service books within the next 5 years; and

Wuereas, The early publication of a “Missouri” hym-
nal would prevent for many, many years any coopera-
tively produced hymnal; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod through its Commission on
Worship, Liturgics, and Hymnology endeavor to reach
an agreement with other Lutheran commissions and
their parent bodies to cooperate in preparing and pub-
lishing an all-Lutheran hymnal, and be it further

Resolved, That the Synod postpone publication of
a new hymnal unless it becomes apparent that it is com-
pletely inadvisable or utterly impossible to produce an

all-Lutheran hymnal.
BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Middleburg Heights, Ohio
Joun Tuomas, President
E. E. Retk, Secretary

15. Stewardship and Finance
[15-21 Un]

To Continue Faith Forward Program, etc.
Wuerzas, The continuing efforts of the Synod in the
field of Christian stewardship demonstrate that the
basic principles underlying the Faith Forward program
bear fruit; and

Wuereas, Emergency collections offer no permanent
solution for the growing needs of the church; therefore
be it

Resolved, That the New England Pastoral Confer-
ence of the Atlantic District, in session in New Britain,
Conn., May 2—4, encourage the appropriate floor com-
mittee of the synodical convention to be assembled in
Detroit to recommend continuation of the Faith For-
ward program and to discourage promotion of an emer-

ency collection.
gency New ENGLAND PasToRAL CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC DistRIcT
DonaLp F. June, Secretary
[15-22 Un]

To Liberalize Present Borrowing Policies, etc.

Wuereas, Christ in the Great Commission said: “Go
therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have
commanded you” (Matt. 28:19, 20); and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod,
through its Board for Higher Education, has established
institutions of higher learning to provide professionally
trained full-time workers in His kingdom; and

Wuereas, The supply of pastors and teachers has in
recent years been well below the demand for workers
in already existing fields of work, to say nothing of the
potential areas of Kingdom work; and

WuerEaS, Projections of growth of population and
need for Kingdom workers indicate continued increases,
so also student enrollment at our colleges will and must
continue to increase; and

Whereas, Lack of housing facilities on our college
campuses has in some cases discouraged present and
prospective students from full-time Kingdom work and
has directly limited present college enrollment; and

Wuereas, The present policy of the Synod precludes
colleges from building dormitories on a basis of long-
range financing (Construction can proceed only when
the entire sum necessary for such building has been paid
into the treasury of the Synod, except when waived by
convention authorization — Handbook of Synod, para-
graph 2.79 i. Synodical Proceedings, June 1962, Resolu-
tion 11-28, page 157, authorizes major capital-fund bor-
rowing but requires repayment within 7 years); and

Wuereas, A college dormitory should be a revenue-
producing auxilliary enterprise of a college, which if
properly administered would make possible a self-
amortization of the long-term indebtedness; therefore
be it

Resolved, That The Lutheran Church — Missouri
Synod authorize the Board of Directors to liberalize
present borrowing policies so as to make it possible to
provide capital funds for construction of college dormi~-
tories through long-term commercial loans which could
be amortized from future dormitory room revenue.

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