Bill Text: IL HR0015 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the congregation of Mulkeytown Christian Church on the occasion of its bicentennial homecoming.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-05 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony McCombie [HR0015 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0015-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives would | ||||||
| 3 | like to congratulate the congregation of the Mulkeytown | ||||||
| 4 | Christian Church on the occasion of its bicentennial homecoming | ||||||
| 5 | on September 18, 2018; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Mulkeytown Christian Church is the oldest | ||||||
| 7 | Christian Church, Church of Christ in continuous existence in | ||||||
| 8 | the State of Illinois, having held continuous morning worship | ||||||
| 9 | services since its organization at the home of John and Sarah | ||||||
| 10 | Tinsley Kirkpatrick in 1818; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Around 1823, a meeting house was built on Four | ||||||
| 12 | Mile Prairie, two miles southeast of the current location of | ||||||
| 13 | Mulkeytown; the church was then known as "Four Mile Christian | ||||||
| 14 | Church"; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Mulkeytown was established as a trading post in | ||||||
| 16 | 1835, and both the town and the church grew when several | ||||||
| 17 | families migrated north from Kentucky and Tennessee; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The church continued to grow, and the current | ||||||
| 19 | building was constructed in 1881; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Mulkeytown Christian Church is the Mother of 11 | ||||||
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| 1 | other congregations and currently has a membership of over 200; | ||||||
| 2 | the church is pastored by Kurt Jensen, who is in his 16th year | ||||||
| 3 | of ministry; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 5 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 6 | we congratulate the congregation of Mulkeytown Christian | ||||||
| 7 | Church on the occasion of its bicentennial homecoming, and we | ||||||
| 8 | commend the continued good work of the church within and beyond | ||||||
| 9 | the community of Mulkeytown; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to Kurt Jensen and the congregation of Mulkeytown | ||||||
| 12 | Christian Church as an expression of our esteem and respect.
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