Convention ‘group shot’ available

By Paula Schlueter Ross

This panoramic "group shot" of participants attending the July 20-25 LCMS convention — by the Rev. Michael Schuermann of Sherman, Ill. — is available free online. (LCMS Communications)
This panoramic “group shot” of participants attending the July 20-25 LCMS convention — by the Rev. Michael Schuermann of Sherman, Ill. — is available free online. (LCMS Communications)

ST. LOUIS (July 23, 2013) — A panoramic mass “group shot” of participants attending the 65th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is available for free download.

The photograph — a composite of seven individual shots that were put together using Adobe Photoshop software — was taken today from the stage by the Rev. Michael Schuermann, convention photographer. Schuermann is pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sherman, Ill.

To download the photo — and other convention photos — click here.

The LCMS convention is meeting July 20-25 at the America’s Center Convention Complex here under the theme “Baptized for This Moment.” Among convention participants are some 1,200 clergy and lay voting delegates.