(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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"Truth in love."
Someone references the Blue Ribbon Task Force.
"This overture is out of order."
"Unity in the truth."
Motion to postpone.
Committee recommends defeat Vote is much closer than expected Someone references the 1847 founding Hotel coffee complaint
"Our polity..."
Someone quotes Luther.
☐ "This could have unintended consequences."
Someone invokes Walther.
Times "This is really not controversial" was said:
This spirit of humility is carried faithfully into the first business session.
Make them confessional sided. I.e. delaying tactics, smp, etc.
Someone forgets which resolution is on the floor.
☐ A speaker says, "This is simply asking us to do what we already say we believe."
Chair thanks everyone for the clarification.
☐ "We shouldn't legislate trust."
"Mission effectiveness."
Motion to refer.
☐ "That wasn't the intent."
Has all mandatory language replaced with "encourages."
☐ "With all due respect..."
☐ Quotes the Confessions.
Times someone thanked the floor committee before disagreeing with every recommendation:
Audible laughter after an unintended joke.
Delegates who actually were:
Bonus Squares
10:18 a.m. – Clarification
Electronic voting takes longer than expected.
☐ A confessional delegate quotes the bylaws from memory.
"This is really quite simple..."
Someone quotes the Book of Concord.
1:30 p.m. – President's Report
"This isn't the right time."
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"The optics..."
Someone says "public perception."
This rule is universally accepted as aspirational.
"I think we're saying the same thing..."
Is sent to committee.
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Someone says "We have a pastor shortage."
Delegate quotes a bylaw from memory.
Someone says, "Faithfulness over numbers."
Someone quotes Chemnitz.
Someone asks whether anyone has actually read the overture.
Motion to refer.
Motions that were "just housekeeping":
11:07 a.m. – Theological Consensus
"Can we soften the wording?"
☐ "We're talking past each other."
Consent agenda unexpectedly gets pulled.
Delegates vote to limit speeches to two minutes.
5:20 p.m. – Arizona Weather
"Shall" becomes "should."
First-time delegates only.
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Chair sighs.
Convention physicians report elevated blood pressure throughout the hall.
Someone says "Specific Ministry Pastor."
Amendment to the amendment.
A delegate begins:
References to the Book of Concord:
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Delegates unanimously agree:
They're wrong.
Someone says "quia subscription."
"This has unintended consequences."
☐ "I'll be brief."
"We need more study."
☐ Someone responds, "Yes, but..."
Speaker is not brief.
"This resolution merely clarifies..." Amendment to amendment "Call the question!" Someone says "For the sake of transparency..."
Standing ovation
Someone else says, "We have to reach people."
Delegate says, "Why is this controversial?"
Someone asks whether SMP has expanded beyond its original intent.
Five speakers begin with:
"Let's make the language less directive."
"Call the question!"
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Each committee is thanked for hundreds of hours of faithful labor.
Someone says "tact."
4:48 p.m. – Appeal to Unity
☐ Ends with, "I urge your favorable consideration."
A substitute motion appears from nowhere.
Someone says "messaging."
Delegates express their appreciation by explaining why every committee is wrong.
Adjournment
4:15 p.m. – Time Limits
Times it proved controversial:
Someone says "social media."
Is referred for further study.
Someone quotes AC XIV.
You win instantly if all of the following happen in one speech:
Delegates who said,
Blackout Challenge
Next speaker questions the previous speaker's judgment.
Floor committee chair sighs louder.
Microphone line stretches across the ballroom.
Immediately followed by delegates explaining why virtually every problem facing the Synod could have been avoided if leadership had simply consulted them personally.
Prayer for unity immediately before contentious debate.
"This belongs with the CTCR."
"I'll be brief."
Someone says, "The Holy Spirit is leading us..."
Delegates unanimously approve the prayer.
"Should" becomes "encourages."
Is amended from "shall" to "may."
"I'll be brief."
"Your time has expired."
☐ Actually urges defeat of the resolution.
☐ "This belongs in floor committee."
Is declared "largely accomplished."
Prize: A complimentary copy of Robert's Rules of Order, a lukewarm cup of convention coffee, and the opportunity to stand behind Microphone 4 for 47 minutes only to have the previous speaker make your point first.
"Let's trust the process."
3:10 p.m. – Friendly Amendment
Chair:
"We're talking past each other."
Inside the convention hall, several debates exceed that.
"With all due respect..."
People convinced tomorrow will go more efficiently:
Motion to recommit.
Applause from seasoned delegates who had "Point of Order before 10:15" in the convention pool.
☐ Someone insists there is "broad agreement."
No one is clearer.
Someone thanks Jesus after speaking for nine minutes.
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Friendly amendment isn't friendly.
Someone says, "Both seminaries support this."
Delegate says, "I'm probably the only one who feels this way..."
Audible groan after an intended joke.
Statistics
Speaker ignores the two-minute limit.
☐ Quotes Robert's Rules.
Someone thanks their wife.
Election outcome surprises no one.
Someone says "Residential M.Div."
Someone insists SMP is indispensable.
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Someone says, "Both can be true."
Robert himself is quoted incorrectly.
I N G O
B
Parliamentary Inquiry.
Someone says "Pastoral formation."
Requests clarification of the clarification.
Comes back substantially rewritten.
Speaker passionately urges the Synod to remain united.
Resolution is referred instead of debated.
10:42 a.m. – Brotherly Love
Someone starts, "I wasn't planning on speaking..."
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Blackout Challenge
Delegate quotes the 2007 SMP resolution.
Clearly reaffirms existing Synod doctrine.
Someone says "narrative."
"Local flexibility."
Arizona heat mentioned.
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
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Instant blackout if one overture:
Motion to reconsider.
9:47 a.m. – Microphone 3
Resolution referred instead of decided "The CTCR should study this." Someone defends SMP by saying "it's meeting a need." Delay until next convention
"Can we make this less directive?"
Someone quotes Robert's Rules with greater confidence than accuracy.
Someone asks when the exception became the norm.
Adjournment delayed another 30 minutes.
Standing ovation after worship.
"I'll be brief..." FREE SPACE
"Point of Order!"
"The convention isn't the place for this."
Someone predicts exactly what tomorrow will bring.
Chair reminds speakers of the two-minute limit.
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Someone invokes Chemnitz.
Someone says "Both seminaries..." "This isn't the right time." "We've always done it this way." Parliamentary inquiry
Motion to postpone
9:12 a.m. – Adoption of Standing Rules
Someone says "This is what we've always taught."
References to Robert's Rules:
Hotel coffee criticized.
Floor committee says, "The concerns are already addressed."
"We already have a resolution on this."
Someone complains about the microphone.
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"This is simply a clarification."
Entire convention quietly writes "opposes resolution" in their notes.
Three additional minutes follow.
☐ Floor committee recommends No despite overwhelming memorial support.
Delegate says "This isn't about theology..." Resolution gets watered down "Let's trust the process." Someone invokes "mission effectiveness."
"We need more study."
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Someone calls for Christian charity.
Motion to reconsider.
☐ "Let's defeat this and bring back a better version in 2029."
Someone immediately makes it about theology.
"I support the intent of this resolution..."
Someone says "Extraordinary circumstances."
"This could divide the Synod."
The convention closes with prayer, asking the Lord to grant wisdom, humility, patience, and charity.
Someone says "tone."
No one believes him.
Someone says "Seminary education."
Someone admits they have not.
"We're rushing this." FREE SPACE
"This should be referred to another committee."
Someone says "rite vocatus."
Delegate says, "I wasn't planning to speak."
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☐ Someone asks why an overture reaffirming the Confessions is controversial.
Someone accidentally speaks for the previous motion.
Someone mentions convention fatigue.
Delegate thanks spouse "With all due respect..." Microphone queue reaches 10 people "The floor committee worked very hard..."
"This isn't about personalities..."
Chicken served for lunch.
"This is too prescriptive."
"This is just housekeeping."
Someone references Set Apart to Serve.
☐ "Let's not tie the hands of future administrations."
Someone invokes Luther.
Someone says, "Trust your elected leaders."
"The district presidents can handle this."
☐ Thanks the floor committee.
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Robert's Rules of Order are quoted.
Resolution is adopted after removing every meaningful verb.
Create synod convention bingo game.
Standing ovation after election results.
☐ Exceeds the time limit.
Motion ruled out of order.
Everyone else at Microphone 5 has somehow missed the obvious.
Ballot requires another round.
9:25 a.m. – Introduction of Floor Committees
The phrase "unintended consequences" is used.
Another delegate clarifies that clarification.
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"...and finally..."
Someone says, "The average parish pastor..."
Everyone knows he was planning to speak.
Someone says, "Don't tie the hands of future administrations."
"I wasn't planning on speaking..."
☐ "The district presidents can handle this."
"I rise in support..." then opposes "Brother delegates..." "We're all on the same team." Someone asks for clarification
Robert's Rules cited
Election outcome surprises everyone.
Someone uses "winsome."
Receives clarification.
Electronic voting takes longer than expected.
The Lutheran Confessions are a correct exposition of Scripture.
"Brother, I love you..."
"Brother delegates..."
8:00 a.m. – Opening Worship
"Defending the Faith Since About 8:07 a.m."
Chicken.
The convention begins by confessing that all delegates are poor, miserable sinners justified solely by grace through faith for Christ's sake.
Robert's Rules quoted.
Committee recommends "No."
Robert's Rules misquoted.
Chair reminds everyone of the two-minute limit.
Floor committee chair sighs audibly.
Is postponed.
Delegate:
"Let's revisit this in three years."
"Contextual ministry."
Dies on the consent agenda anyway.
"The floor committee worked very hard..."
Someone says, "This isn't about theology."
Committee recommends "No" to a resolution reaffirming existing doctrine.
Promptly explains why the previous six speakers have endangered Lutheranism itself.
Delegate says, "This isn't personal."
Scripture is the inspired Word of God.
Someone says "Temporary exception."
"Let's not legislate trust."
Delegate references Twitter/X.
☐ "This overture is too prescriptive."
Applause after a procedural ruling.
Outside temperature reaches 113°.
Delegate:
Someone says, "We're all confessional Lutherans."
Delegate asks for clarification.
Delegate argues against the wrong amendment.
Someone references Koinonia.
3:42 p.m. – Speaking Against
"The optics..." Microphone line of confessional pastors "This could divide the Synod." Someone asks to remove specific names
Amendment to soften language
Delegate ignores the two-minute limit.
☐ Someone cites a convention resolution from 2007.
Someone asks whether this is really the hill to die on.
Someone says, "The average parish pastor..."
"The CTCR..."
SMP mentioned "We're all confessional Lutherans."
"Can we just reaffirm the Scriptures?"
Implementation is referred to Floor Committee 12.
Everyone agrees they are not saying the same thing.
Someone says "Alternate Route."
☐ "This is an exception."
Resolution disappears into committee.
☐ "We need flexibility."
☐ Someone says "charity" when they mean "table the motion."
