LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 2004, Page 35

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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION
vention Chaplain Loren Kramer introduced Dr. Manfred
Boos, Acting President of the university, who provided the
devotion. Under the theme, “Christ—Our Hope,” Dr. Boos
read Isaiah 40:28–31. He distinguished between three levels of hope: (1) hopeless hope; (2) influenced hope; and (3)
hope in Christ. He noted that the hopes of the first two levels become far less important without the third level of
hope, that without the third level of hope, people live in
hopelessness. For this reason we need to share our hope
with others, truly ablaze in our churches, primary and secondary schools, our colleges and universities, and our communities.
After a musical offering from the student group, Dr. Boos
closed the devotion with prayer followed by instrumental and
choral renditions of a prelude and a benediction.
Greetings: ILWML
Mrs. Linda Reiser, President of the International
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, brought greetings
from the League. She reminded the delegates of the LWML
pledge and the commitment and purpose of the more than
250,000 women who are its members. She spoke of the
LWML conventions taking place on the District level and
spoke of the pledges for financial support being made at
those conventions. She invited delegates to the league’s
2005 national convention in Tampa, Florida, and thanked
the pastors for their support of the women’s efforts in their
congregations. She noted that the LWML is about much
more than meetings and service. It is about missions, the
sharing of the love of Christ.
Committee 9: Registration, Credentials, and Elections
Before calling on Committee 9, the chair offered observations and counsel to the convention, calling attention to
page 383 of Today’s Business and a chart showing the
amount of business yet before the convention. He also encouraged the delegates to be sure to do everything possible
to pay attention to qualifications of the nominees as voting
is carried out. He noted that a significant number of elections will need to be accomplished during the remainder of
the convention, elections that will be inserted into the convention schedule.
The chaplain led the convention in prayer. After a delegate expressed concern regarding the remarks offered by
the chair regarding qualifications of nominees, the chair
asked for and received the support of the assembly for his
remarks [Y: 708; N: 422].
The chairman of Committee 9 guided the assembly
through the election process for the Board for University
Education, with the following results (names and majority
votes of persons elected are underscored):
Board for University Education
Ordained Ministers
Ballots
Daniel Jastram
Paul Linnemann
Eugene Oesch
Norbert Oesch
Arthur Scherer

(1)
540
96
111
308
127

(2)
675

519

(3)

(4)

35

Daniel Jastram was declared elected as an ordained
minister member of the Board for University Education.
Commissioned Ministers
Thomas Roemke
Paul Schilf
Ralph Schultz

56
612
514

Paul Schilf was declared elected as a commissioned minister member of the Board for University Education.
Laypersons
Elizabeth Bolt
Nancy Drews
Ernest Garbe
Elmer Gooding
Paul Hegland

240
592
547
503
454

545
505
135

578
609

Nancy Drews and Elmer Gooding were declared elected
to the Board for University Education as layperson members.
Committee 3: Theology and Church Relations
Res. 3-06A, “To Commend CTCR Report on Guidelines
for Participation in Civic Events” (TB, pp. 194−195), was
introduced by the committee after brief explanation of the
committee’s intentions. The chair announced that debate
would be conducted on a pro-con basis and explained how
this will be done. The chair responded to a point of order
regarding the propriety of the admission of the resolution.
Upon request of the chair, the assembly agreed to consider
the resolution [Y: 731; N: 432]. An amendment was offered
to delete the final two sentences of the quotation in the
final whereas. A motion to cease debate carried [Y: 989; N:
146] and the amendment failed [Y: 294; N: 858]. Discussion
continued on the resolution. An amendment was offered to
strike all of the first resolve after the word “events” in the
first line, to be replaced with the words “for study in the
Synod.” The chair ruled that this constituted a substitute
resolution. The convention declined to consider the substitute resolution [Y: 440; N: 693]. An amendment was offered
to insert in the first resolve after the word “event” the
words “for study.” The committee agreed with the change
and there was no objection from the assembly. Substitute
Res. 3-06 (TB, p. 217) was introduced but failed to receive
the support of the assembly [Y: 557; N: 598]. When the
question was automatically called on the resolution, debate
was ended [Y: 851; N: 320] and the resolution was adopted
as amended [Y: 757; N: 446].
Res. 3-07, “To Continue Discussions with Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America” (TB, p. 61), was introduced
by the committee. The chair called for pro-con debate. After
the parliamentarian was asked to advise the assembly regarding proper points of order, questions of information,
and points of personal privilege, a motion to cease debate
failed [Y: 727; N: 380]. As discussion continued, Overture
3-65 (Convention Workbook, p. 183) was offered as a substitute resolution. The assembly voted not to consider the
overture [Y: 496; N: 602] and discussion continued on the
main motion until a motion to cease debate carried [Y: 844;
N: 291] and the resolution was adopted [Y: 672; N: 479].
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