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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1973, front matter 4

Scan: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod

Transcription machine transcription, uncorrected

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Back to New Orleans

Some of our delegates will be seeing this unique city boards were also asked to submit their reports 4 weeks prior
and feeling its equally unique charm for the first time. to the Handbook deadline date. Most boards found it dif-
The Saxon immigrants had their first real taste of their ficult to meet this request.
new homeland here in this port of entry. One wonders The Board of Directors at the same time asked that all
whether any of them, having moved northward into the overtures from all sources be submitted 4 weeks prior to
malaria ridden regions of Missouri, ever wished that they the Handbook deadline date and that the Secretary then
had remained in New Orleans. (We might even have been make a representative selection of those on hand by that
named “The New Orleans Synod”!) time. This we have tried to do. Overtures which were re-
Now more than a century later the spiritual sons and ceived after March 16 were therefore usually listed under
daughters of those early settlers are returning to New Or- another overture with the caption “Identical” or “Similar.”
leans for their 50th convention. What an appropriate way Of the overtures received between March 16 and April 13
to celebrate an anniversary, only those which introduced a new subject matter or a new
Yes, this is an anniversary convention, marking not only line of reasoning were processed for printing, although all
the 50th time that the Svnod has gathered together in session were forwarded to the floor committees.
but also noting somewhat belatedly the 125th anniversary This new procedure made a new numbering system ad-
of its founding. visable. Sometimes number gaps were introduced between
Perhaps no other place is more fitting for this occasion major sections of overtures to enable the insertion of addi-
than New Orleans. tional documents as they arrived. In other cases a letter

suffix was used when a number in sequence was no longer
available or when overtures were at least related. If time
permits before the book is put to bed, we shall try to re-
number all documents.

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But there is work to be done here, Much work! Just a
glance at the size of this convention Worksook makes that

clear, a

Some attention has been given over the past few years
to the increasing size of the convention manual. The general There are those who say that some of the sons of Missouri
impression has been that overtures from congregations have will be coming back to New Orleans to reenact in their own
been principally responsible for this trend. An analysis on way the Battle of New Orleans. But we are confident that
the part of our Department of Research, however, shows the Gospel of Jesus Christ will drive out whatever unworthy
that most of the space has been occupied by the reports and motives are mixed with godly zeal in the hearts of those
overtures of the synodical boards and commissions. who feel deeply.

This prompted the Board of Directors to ask all boards And perhaps even the stately serenity of New Orleans,
to reduce the size of their reports to approximately two queen city of the South, will also have a softening effect,
thirds the size of their more recent communications to the Few can escape its charm.
conventions. This has been done in some instances. All Herbert Mueller, Secretary

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CONVENTION ARRANGEMEN TS COMMITTEE

Rev, Joun E, ELLERMANN, Chairman Mr. Troy BurTone, Public Relations

Rev. H. Wituiam LIESKE, Convention Coordinator Mr. Leonarp O. WEISER, Hospitality and Special Services
Miss EILEEN Boscu, Secretary Mr. Cart WEGENER, Housing

Mr. James WALLACE, Treasurer Rev. Epwin Corner, Registration

Rev. Myron ZASTROW, Worship Rev. HERBERT MUELLER, Advisory

Mr. Jack W. RANvotpu, Halls and Equipment Mr. W. J. Barce, Convention Manager