Bill Text: IL HR0470 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the 165th anniversary of Pawnee Methodist Church.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [HR0470 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0470-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
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3 | Representatives would like to recognize Pawnee Methodist
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4 | Church on the occasion of its 165th anniversary; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The first Methodist class was established in 1852
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6 | by pastor Rev. A. Bradshaw; the congregation met in the home of | ||||||
7 | the
Bridges family from 1852 to 1857 before it was moved to the | ||||||
8 | Oak
Hill School; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The first Methodist church, a small one-room
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10 | building, was built in 1857 at the corner of what is now First | ||||||
11 | and
Jefferson Streets in Pawnee; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Sunday school enrollment grew from 20 in 1865 to
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13 | 137 in 1902; plans were made to build a new church and | ||||||
14 | parsonage
at the corner of what is now Sixth and Washington | ||||||
15 | Streets, where
the church is presently located; and
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16 | WHEREAS, On May 28, 1967, ground was broken for a new
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17 | education building, which was dedicated on January 28, 1968; | ||||||
18 | and
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19 | WHEREAS, On July 18, 1976, the congregation voted to tear
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20 | down the old church and build a new sanctuary; ground was |
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1 | broken in
August of 1977 and, in December of 1978, the | ||||||
2 | congregation moved into
the new sanctuary that connected to the | ||||||
3 | education building; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Over the years, Pawnee Methodist Church has gone
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5 | through many changes and looks forward to what the future | ||||||
6 | holds; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
8 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
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9 | recognize the 165th anniversary of Pawnee Methodist Church, and | ||||||
10 | we wish it many more wonderful years; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to Pawnee Methodist Church as a symbol of our respect | ||||||
13 | and esteem.
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