Bill Text: IL HR1088 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Dr. Randy Perry on his retirement as Directing Pastor of Calvary United Methodist Church in Normal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR1088 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1088-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Dr. Randy Perry on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of his retirement as Directing Pastor of Calvary | ||||||
| 5 | United Methodist Church in Normal; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Perry was born in Shelbyville, Indiana; he | ||||||
| 7 | attended elementary school in DeKalb, middle school in
Albia, | ||||||
| 8 | and the laboratory high school at Western Illinois University | ||||||
| 9 | in Macomb; he earned his
bachelor's degree from Iowa Wesleyan | ||||||
| 10 | College, where he worked with Dr. George LeMore, a highly | ||||||
| 11 | respected professor and preacher; he
earned his license to | ||||||
| 12 | serve as a student pastor at the United Methodist Church of | ||||||
| 13 | Nauvoo; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, After graduation, Dr. Perry traveled to Durham, | ||||||
| 15 | North Carolina to complete his theological training at Duke
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| 16 | University; while there he served as youth pastor for First | ||||||
| 17 | United Methodist Church in Siler City, North
Carolina; upon | ||||||
| 18 | graduation, he returned to the Midwest to accept his first | ||||||
| 19 | appointment as Pastor in the Great Rivers
Illinois Conference, | ||||||
| 20 | and was assigned to Cornell Blackstone United Methodist Church; | ||||||
| 21 | while at Cornell, he met
his future wife, Kandis Mills; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, In 1976, Dr. Perry was appointed to Forrest United | ||||||
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| 1 | Methodist Church and began his doctoral studies at
Vanderbilt | ||||||
| 2 | University; the Perrys were married at Forrest Church in June | ||||||
| 3 | of 1981 and the couple welcomed their
first child, Rachel; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Dr. Perry moved his family to Gibson City to serve | ||||||
| 5 | the United Methodist Church, and
during these years, the | ||||||
| 6 | couple's 2 other children, Rebecca and Nathan, were born; he | ||||||
| 7 | was then appointed to First United Methodist Church in | ||||||
| 8 | Taylorville, and during his years in
Taylorville, he served as | ||||||
| 9 | a member of several non-profit boards, including the YMCA, the | ||||||
| 10 | Hopper Foundation, the
Felheimer Trust, and Iowa Wesleyan | ||||||
| 11 | University; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, In 1999, Dr. Perry's appointment to Calvary United | ||||||
| 13 | Methodist Church brought the family to Normal, and under his | ||||||
| 14 | leadership, the church grew from 775 members to over 1700, | ||||||
| 15 | becoming
the third largest church in the Illinois Great Rivers | ||||||
| 16 | Conference; he was instrumental in the church's
building and | ||||||
| 17 | expansion projects; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 19 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 20 | we congratulate Dr. Randy Perry on his retirement as Directing | ||||||
| 21 | Pastor of Calvary United Methodist Church, and wish him the | ||||||
| 22 | best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That as suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to Dr. Perry as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 3 | respect.
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