The Rev. Gregory Walton, president of the LCMS Florida-Georgia District, assists in the Gospel reading with the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of the LCMS, as the Rev. Todd Peperkorn, senior pastor of Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Rocklin, Calif., bears the processional cross as crucifer, at the Opening Divine Service of the 67th Regular Convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford