Bill Text: IL HR1198 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Pastor Jonathan Byrd for being nominated to receive the 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-03 - Resolution Adopted [HR1198 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR1198-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 Pastor Jonathan | ||||||
| 4 | Byrd for being nominated to receive the 2010 Volunteer of the | ||||||
| 5 | Year Award from the Illinois Department of Corrections; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Pastor Byrd serves as the leader of a team of | ||||||
| 7 | dynamic ministers at the Dwight Correctional Center; he and his | ||||||
| 8 | team also volunteer at the East Moline, Stateville, and Hill | ||||||
| 9 | Correctional Centers; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Pastor Byrd is well known by his peers for his | ||||||
| 11 | intense style, humorous nature, and great honesty; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Pastor Byrd was the founder of the Mighty X Men | ||||||
| 13 | and Women Ministries in Rockford, a program that helps over 200 | ||||||
| 14 | ex-offenders re-enter the community as productive citizens | ||||||
| 15 | each year; he conducts monthly chapel services and in-depth | ||||||
| 16 | workshops on biblical leadership at the Dwight Correctional | ||||||
| 17 | Center, utilizing the same curriculum he uses at workshops | ||||||
| 18 | around the world to educate the inmates at Dwight; he has | ||||||
| 19 | assisted with Dwight's Christmas Programs and has contributed | ||||||
| 20 | to the closet dress out program; he has also donated a great | ||||||
| 21 | amount of time to the Daughters of Destiny Chaplaincy Mentoring | ||||||
| 22 | Program to provide contacts, mentors, and resources to women | ||||||
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| 1 | that return to the Rockford area; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Pastor Byrd serves as a model of hard work, | ||||||
| 3 | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 7 | congratulate Pastor Jonathan Byrd for being nominated to | ||||||
| 8 | receive the 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | Department of Corrections and wish him continued success and | ||||||
| 10 | happiness in the future; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to Pastor Jonathan Byrd as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 13 | respect.
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