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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 1975, Page 201

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ADMINISTRATION 201

Resolved, That the Synod assembled in convention at Ana-
heim authorize the creation of a task force to study the adminis-
trative structures of the Synod to determine whether they are
serving the congregations of the Synod in the most responsive
and efficient manner: and be it further

Resolved, That such a task force review the relationship be-
tween the Synod, District, and local congregation to determine
whether efforts are being duplicated by both the Districts and
the Synod and to delineate which areas of service are best
performed by the District and which by the Synod: and be it
further

Resolved, That such a task force make a careful study of the
staff and personnel needs of synodical boards and the effective-
ness of such staff: and be it further

Resolved, That particular attention be given to those areas
which serve as resource to congregations for their ministry,
e.g., Division of Parish Services, etc., to determine whether
the needs of the congregations are indeed being served: and be
it finally

Resolved, That such a task force be appointed jointly by the
Board of Directors and the Council of Presidents.

Board of Directors
Montana District
Paul Blunck, Secretary

4-81

To Honor Memory
of Dr. Walter E. Buszin

WHEREAS. Several resolutions drawn up by convention com-
mittees were not acted upon by the 1973 convention for lack of
time, we herewith again submit them to the 1975 convention of
the Synod for adoption: therefore be it

Resolved. That the 1975 convention adopt Res. 11-19, 1973
convention Proceedings. p. 216 (slightly reworded).

St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church
Brookfield, Hl.

Walter Hannenberg. Secretary
Walter D. Otten, Pastor

4-82

To Provide Grant to Western Lutheran
Cemetery
Introduction

Western Lutheran Cemetery, Marcus and Lexington, Saint
Louis, Mo., was established in 1865 by Lutherans who comprised
the Zion and Immanuel “Districts” of the Lutheran Church
in St. Louis. About 50 years later Zion Congregation sold its
interest to Immanuel Congregation. A century after the ceme-
tery’s founding, in 1965, members from Immanuel formally
organized themselves as Immanuel Chapel in St. Louis County,
leaving the city congregation responsible for Western Lutheran
Cemetery.

Today, in spite of the determined efforts of the members who
stayed with the city congregation, the cemetery is covered with
weeds and debris and littered with overturned and broken
tombstones.

With only $11,000 in the Cemetery Fund, the Cemetery
Board is not able to provide adequate maintenance. In consulta-
tion with the staff of other local Lutheran cemeteries, it has been
estimated that it would cost approximately $5,000 to put the
cemetery into decent shape. To provide for minimum mainte-
nance thereafter, the Cemetery Fund would have to be in-
creased by at least $50,000.

Among the renowned Lutheran clergymen buried in the
cemetery are Dr. Franz Pieper, former President of the Missouri
Synod (1899 — 1911) and of Concordia Seminary (1887 — 1931), and
Dr. J. F. Buenger.

Resolution

WHEREAS, Western Lutheran Cemetery has served Lutheran
families for more than a century: and

WHEREAS, A well-cared-for cemetery would also be a demon-
stration of respect to the people of the community in which the
cemetery is located; and

WHEREAS, The present limited funds prevent the Cemetery
Board from providing the needed care and maintenance: there-
fore be it

Resolved. That the Synod in convention provide $5,000 for
the renovation of Western Lutheran Cemetery and $50,000 for
increasing the Cemetery Endowment Fund to an amount by
which the earnings would be sufficient to insure continued
proper maintenance.

Immanuel Lutheran Church
St. Louis, Mo.

Albert Parks, President

Alex Harris Jr., Vice-President