On behalf of PoP, the BoSL voted to participate in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod's Triennial Convention in the following four ways
1. We submitted nominations for the Synod's President and Vice-Presidents. Each church can submit two nominations for each position. The BoSL voted unanimously to submit the following nominations: For Synod President: Pat Ferry and Tim Ahlman For 1st Vice President: Wally Vinovskis and Jon Braunersreuther For Regional Vice President: Jeff Kloha and John Denninger
2. We registered our two designated voters, one pastor and one lay person, to vote electronically for Synod President ahead of the Convention. PoP's two voters will be Pastor Michael and Jon Straw.
3. We nominated Jon Gross to run for circuit delegate to the Convention. At the Circuit Election Forum, Jon was elected as the alternate delegate for our circuit. He will attend the Convention in August if the elected delegate is unable to do so.
4. We submitted an overture to be considered by the convention delegates during the convention. We did not write the overture but agree with the proposed actions. It is titled "To Recognize the LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD’s Successes, Failures, and Opportunities in Ministry With Communities of Color." The key proposals are the following:
"RESOLVED, That the Synod President commission a task force to study the LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD’s history of mission, ministry, and education within communities of color, to be completed before the end of this triennium, so that we better recognize and give thanks to God for our successes and make confession of our failures; and be it further RESOLVED, That the results of this task force’s study would also provide us with tangible ways to move forward in our present and future outreach efforts in communities of color; "
The entire text of the overture can be read HERE or email the office for a copy.
Jennifer.Gross@poplc.org
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