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District Convention--May 1-3, 2003--Topeka
"Christ Be My Vision"
       
Kohlmeier
Board of Directors
Convention Proceedings
Convention Proceedings
 
     

2000 Convention Theme
"Christ Be My Teacher"

 
"I pray also that the eyes of your heart
may be enlightened in order that you may
know the hope to which he has called you,
the riches of his glorious inheritance
in the saints." Ephesians 1:18
 
Kansas District Elects Kohlmeier to Succeed Patten as President
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At the Kansas District LCMS District convention May 1-3 in Topeka, delegates elected a new district president, Rev Keith Kohlmeier on the first ballot. Kohlmeier previously served as First Vice President for the District. He will be installed July 13 at Ascension Lutheran Church, Wichita, where he has been senior pastor since 1990. He succeeds Rev. Howard Patten, who is returning to parish ministry after the maximum three terms as president.

Under the convention banner "Christ Be My Vision," Synod president Dr. Gerald Kieschnick delivered his "ONE Mission, ONE Message, ONE People" initiative. Rev. Arthur Scherer, Southeastern District President was the convention essayist, leading delegates through a process titled "The Church's Vision in a New Missionary Age." Convention delegates attending the Friday banquet were entertained by the "Horseshoe Farmers Band" of Hanover/ Bremen and special recognition was given to Rev. Patten as he closes out his term as District President.

Resolutions approved during the convention included the reaffirmation of the Kansas Guinea Partnership with LCMS World Mission to provide a minimum $75,000 support per year for the next three years and affirm its intention to sponsor the translation of the Book of Concord into the Bandi language by the year 2009. "Resolveds" of the district resolution praise God for the involvement of the Children's Christian Concern Society, Kansas District LWML and Kansas lay volunteers in this mission field.

Another resolution adopted addressed the Recruitment of Professional Church Workers in the Kansas District. Each Kansas district congregation is encouraged to develop an intentional plan for the recruitment of professional church workers and that the congregations of the Kansas district publicize and support "For the Sake of the Church" as well as other recruitment initiatives of our Concordia Universities and Seminaries. The full convention proceedings including all resolutions considered for action will be mailed to each congregation this summer and will be available on the website, www.kslcms.org some time this summer.
 
Kansas District Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
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