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Current published version
Today's Business, Issue 1. pp. 81-82. Original floor committee resolution.
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Official Resolution Source Text
Resolution: 3-07
Canonical number: 3-07
Committee: Mercy
Source: Today's Business, Issue 1
Printed pages: pp. 81-82
PDF pages: 81-82
Version: original, current-published-proposal
Source reference: Issue 1, pp. 81-82
Line numbers follow Today's Business, Issue 1, with numbering reset on each printed page, so delegates can compare this page with the official PDF.
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- To Give Thanks to God for Synod Congregations Engaging in Mercy Ministries
- RESOLUTION 3-07
- Reports R1.2.1, R60 (CW, 16–19, 161); Overture 3-04 (CW, 300)
- WHEREAS, God the Father has extended His great mercy to all people through the death and resurrection of His Son,
- Jesus Christ (Titus 3:4–5; Eph. 2:4–5); and
- WHEREAS, God the Holy Spirit leads us to respond to God’s mercy by extending mercy to our neighbor (Luke 6:36;
- 2 Cor. 1:3–4); and
- WHEREAS, Holy Scripture describes such mercy as Christians serving in their vocations, meeting their neighbors’
- bodily and spiritual needs (Matt. 25:31–40; Gal. 6:2; 1 Tim. 2:4); and
- WHEREAS, Synod congregations corporately carry out works of mercy in their communities through such services as
- women’s shelters, food pantries, counseling and prison ministries, wellness ministries, and disaster response; and
- WHEREAS, Such mercy ministries provide opportunities to witness Christ to our neighbor and invite our neighbor to
- Word and Sacrament ministry in local congregations; therefore be it
- Resolved, That the Synod in convention give thanks to God for congregations that intentionally send members into
- their vocations to extend God’s mercy to their neighbors; and be it further
- Resolved, That we praise our heavenly Father for all Synod congregations that corporately engage in mercy ministries
- in their communities; and be it further
- Resolved, That the Synod in convention give thanks to the Office of National Mission and its various ministries for
- providing invaluable inspiration and support for congregational mercy ministries; and be it finally
- Resolved, That the Synod in convention give all honor and praise and glory to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy
- Spirit for cultivating within Synod congregations the desire to extend mercy to one another and to their neighbor.
