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RESOLVED, that property of the district
may be offered for sale only with the approval
of the district convention.
Adopted on February 19, 2012
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church - Hacienda
Heights, CA
Rev. William M. Cwirla, pastor
Mr. Richard Hassebrock, president
Ms. Kimberlee Wells, secretary
SALE OF PROPERTY-04
To Protect District Campus Properties
From Sale
WHEREAS, the Pacific Southwest District Board of
Directors, at its January 11th, 2012 meeting, decided
to place all seventeen (17) of the district's real estate
holdings for potential sale in order to offset $6
million of district indebtedness, and
WHEREAS, included among these 17 properties are
three campus congregations at University of California
- San Diego (UCSD), University of California - Los
Angeles (UCLA), and Arizona State University —
Phoenix (ASU), and
WHEREAS, "brick and mortar" congregations
provide a physical outpost and center for campus
mission and ministry and a sanctuary for college
students facing an increasingly secular environment
hostile to Christianity; and
WHEREAS, these campus properties are home to
congregations who serve their respective campus
communities, including a growing population of
international students, and
WHEREAS, the sale of these properties would signal
the retreat of a significant Lutheran presence at these
campuses; and
WHEREAS, these campus properties were
purchased and developed by the Pacific Southwest
District with monies expressly set aside for the
OVERTURES
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purpose of establishing a campus ministry;
and
WHEREAS, the deeds for these properties are held
by the Pacific Southwest District as stewardship of a
sacred trust and not as real estate investments to be
liquidated at the District's discretion; therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Pacific Southwest District
affirms and supports its campus ministries and
reaffirms its commitment to a visible and
viable presence on college campuses; and be it
further
RESOLVED, that the Pacific Southwest District
Board of Directors be directed to remove the three
campus properties at UCSD, UCLA, and ASU from
its list of properties available for sale; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Pacific Southwest District
Board of Directors be directed to offer the deeds of
these campus properties to their respective
congregations; and be it further
RESOLVED, that in the event the campus
congregation is unwilling or unable to assume
ownership of its property, a three-year moratorium
on the sale of the property be established before the
property can be listed for sale during which time an
effort will be made to revitalize that congregation; and
be it further
RESOLVED, that these properties may be sold at
the recommendation of the PSW Board of Directors
only with the approval of the district in convention;
and be it finally
RESOLVED, that any proceeds from the sale of a
campus property be specifically earmarked and set
aside for the express purpose of campus ministry.
Adopted by Circuit 13 of the Pacific
Southwest District on February 16, 2012
Rev. Timothy M. Klinkenberg, Circuit
Counselor
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