Full Text of HR0999 94th General Assembly
HR0999 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Pastor Thomas | | 3 |
| Hudson Cross Jr. is retiring from his position as minister of | | 4 |
| First United Methodist Church in Elmhurst; and
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| WHEREAS, He has been an ordained minister in the United | | 6 |
| Methodist Church for 45 years, serving at several churches, | | 7 |
| including First Methodist in Huntsville, Alabama; Rainbow City | | 8 |
| United Methodist in Gadsden, Alabama; Five Points United | | 9 |
| Methodist in Jasper, Alabama; West Pullman United Methodist in | | 10 |
| Chicago; Julia Gay United Methodist in Chicago; | | 11 |
| Yorkville-Millbrook United Methodist; Friendship United | | 12 |
| Methodist Church of Bolingbrook; First United Methodist Church | | 13 |
| of Oak Park; and finally at First United Methodist Church of | | 14 |
| Elmhurst; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure in the United Methodist Church, | | 16 |
| he has fought discrimination in every form with great | | 17 |
| determination, preached sermons of the highest quality that | | 18 |
| challenged congregations to think and act, and cared for those | | 19 |
| in need in his congregations; and
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| WHEREAS, He has provided vision for churches he has served, | | 21 |
| enabling them to envision all that they could be; he has | | 22 |
| encouraged lay leadership, initiated endowment funds to | | 23 |
| support the financial work of the church, and tithed | | 24 |
| religiously to the church; he has recognized the work of | | 25 |
| individuals and groups who gave of their time and talents to | | 26 |
| the church and shared his never-ending supply of jokes, many of | | 27 |
| which were really funny; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Cross is the husband of Ruth Cross; the | | 29 |
| father of State Representative and House Minority Leader Tom | | 30 |
| Cross (wife Genie), Brad Cross, Scott Cross (wife Margaret), | | 31 |
| and Kennedy Cross (wife Diane); and the proud grandfather of |
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| Reynolds and Hudson, Emily and Anna, Katie and Claire, and | | 2 |
| Morgan, Lindsey, and Alexander; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | | 4 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | | 5 |
| we congratulate Pastor Thomas Hudson Cross Jr. on the occasion | | 6 |
| of his retirement after 45 years of service, and we thank him | | 7 |
| for many years of leading his flocks with love and dignity; and | | 8 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | | 10 |
| presented to Pastor Cross as an expression of our esteem and | | 11 |
| with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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