Convention Overtures
The principal business of a convention of the Synod shall be the consideration of reports and overtures.
Reports are statements of work performed or contemplated by those who are charged with conducting the business of the Synod between conventions, communications to a convention with respect to studies that may have been made for the Synod in order to further its work, or other types of communications to the Synod.
Overtures are recommendations in the form of proposed resolutions requesting action on the part of the convention.
about convention overtures (from 2010 Handbook)
Overtures
3.1.6.2 Overtures to a convention of the Synod may be submitted only by a member congregation of the Synod, a convention or board of directors of a district, an official district conference of ordained and/or commissioned ministers, the faculty of an educational institution of the Synod, the Board of Directors of the Synod, a board or commission of the Synod listed in Bylaws 3.2.2, 3.2.2.1, 3.2.3, and 3.2.3.1, a committee established by a prior convention, or a forum of a circuit.
(a) Overtures are recommendations in the form of proposed resolutions requesting action on the part of the convention.
(b) Overtures with reference to a case in which a member has been suspended and which is at present in the process of dispute resolution, as well as overtures which, upon advice of legal counsel, may subject the Synod or the corporate officers of the Synod to civil action for libel or slander or which contain libel and slander, shall not be accepted for convention consideration.
(c) The President of the Synod shall determine if any overture contains information which is materially in error, or contains any apparent misrepresentation of truth or of character. He shall not approve inclusion of any such overture in the Convention Workbook and shall refer any such overture to the district president who has ecclesiastical supervision over the entity submitting the overture for action. If any published overture or resolution is found to be materially in error or contains a misrepresentation of truth or of character, it shall be withdrawn from convention consideration and referred by the President of the Synod to the appropriate district president for action.
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Overture Template
This template is offered to congregations, district, faculties, and boards to facilitate the submission of overtures to the 2013 Synod convention in a uniform manner. Auto-fill sections will automatically provide the format that will be used for all overtures in the Convention Workbook. Instructions for Use as well as Submission Instructions are listed on the first page of the template document.
Important Dates and Deadlines
- March 2, 2013 – Overture Submission Deadline (Overtures received in the morning mail delivery the first business day following March 2nd will be accepted.)
- April 27, 2013 – Convention Workbook Posted on LCMS Website
- May 18, 2013 – Responses to Convention Workbook Reports and Overtures Deadline