Bill Text: IL HR0502 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Rev. Albert Sampson on his retirement as pastor of Fernwood United Methodist Church in Chicago.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0502 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0502-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Reverend Dr. Albert | ||||||
| 4 | Sampson on the occasion of his retirement as pastor of Fernwood | ||||||
| 5 | United Methodist Church in Chicago; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Reverend Sampson has been a Civil Rights activist | ||||||
| 7 | for over 60 years; he was ordained by Reverend Dr. Martin | ||||||
| 8 | Luther King, Jr. 57 years ago and has led the Fernwood United | ||||||
| 9 | Methodist Church for 38 of those years; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Reverend Sampson is an internationally known and | ||||||
| 11 | respected icon and leader renowned as one of the most | ||||||
| 12 | insightful and inspirational motivators in the field today; his | ||||||
| 13 | message of leadership and self-development has reached | ||||||
| 14 | millions in the United States and in 72 countries around the | ||||||
| 15 | world; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Reverend Sampson is a distinguished Biblical | ||||||
| 17 | scholar and theological consultant for The Original African | ||||||
| 18 | Heritage Study Bible; he as appeared in thousands of media | ||||||
| 19 | outlets including, Esquire and Ebony magazines, the New York | ||||||
| 20 | Times, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today; his biography is | ||||||
| 21 | recognized in Gale Group's Who's Who in Black America; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Reverend Sampson was born in Everett, | ||||||
| 2 | Massachusetts, in 1938; he graduated from Everett High School | ||||||
| 3 | in 1956, entered the ministry at age 19, and began preaching at | ||||||
| 4 | his home church of Emmanuel Baptist in Malden, Massachusetts; | ||||||
| 5 | he earned his bachelor's degree in religion and social science | ||||||
| 6 | from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and his | ||||||
| 7 | master's degree in cultural studies from Governors State | ||||||
| 8 | University in University Park in 1973; he earned a Master's of | ||||||
| 9 | Divinity Degree in 1977 from McCormick Theological Seminary in | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago and a Doctorate in Divinity from Union Baptist | ||||||
| 11 | Theological Seminary in Toledo, Ohio; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, A "Thank You Banquet" will be held honoring | ||||||
| 13 | Reverend Sampson on July 12, 2013, at the Apostolic Church of | ||||||
| 14 | God Banquet Hall in Chicago; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 16 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 17 | we congratulate Reverend Dr. Albert Sampson on his retirement | ||||||
| 18 | as pastor of Fernwood United Methodist Church and wish him the | ||||||
| 19 | best in all his future endeavours; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to Reverend Sampson as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 22 | and respect.
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