LCMS Convention Proceedings St. Louis, Missouri — 1932, Page 251

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Ev. Luth. Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1932. O51

congregations not using the budget to be billed at the above rate by
the District Treasurer;

3. That the entertaining congregations, in view of the fact that
they are bearing the largest part of the burden, be exempt from the
144-cent levy per communicant member.

Resolved, — B.

1. That a standing Committee for Stewardship Education in our
District be created, which shall supply to the pastors, teachers, and
leaders of various organizations within the congregation suitable out-
lines and material for such systematic education in Christian steward-
ship and wherever possible offer assistance in organizing, unifying,
and directing the stewardship educational activities of our congre-
gations;

2. That this standing committee consist of the President, the
Vice-President, the Treasurer, and the Circuit Visitors of the District
and that it appoint an executive committee of at least three men who
shall carry out the plan of action adopted by the committee;

3. That the Western District memorialize the forthcoming
general convention of our Synod to the effect that the Synodical
Board of Christian Education together with the Synodical Fiscal
Office be instructed to initiate a movement for systematized and sus-
tained stewardship education throughout our Synod and to furnish
the necessary material for this educational undertaking.

Ricu. KretzscuMar, President.
J. Oppricer, Secretary.

Report of the Committee : —

Your Committee 24, after careful consideration of all the over-
tures bearing on the question of the housing of Synod, begs leave to
submit the following recommendations : —

That Synod for the present continue the so-called Milwaukee Plan
of Housing, which involves the following : —

1. That Synod bear at least one half of the expenses of housing —
about seven thousand dollars ($7,000) — and that the entertaining con-
gregations bear the remainder;

2. That Synod’s part of the expenses be raised by a levy of one and
a half cent per communicant member, each District to decide how it
will raise its proportionate share, and that the District Treasurer shall
remit the share of his District not later than March 15 before the con-
vention;

3. That the congregations entertaining the convention be exempt
from this levy.

Synod:adopted these recommendations.