HR1307 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church and School on the celebration of its 125th anniversary, which will be held from September 28-30, 2012; and

WHEREAS, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran was founded in 1887, and conducted services at Immanuel Lutheran Church in South Chicago's Turner Hall; in 1888, it moved to its current location; in 1889, the Day School was started with 14 pupils; in 1891, a resolution was passed for membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, now the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS); in 1979, the new church building was dedicated; the original church building was demolished in 2002; and

WHEREAS, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran has numerous councils, boards, and committees, filled with congregants devoted to the betterment of the church, including the Lutheran Woman's Missionary League (LWML), the Ladies Guild, the Church Council, the Board of Christian Education, the PTL, Christians in Action, the church choir, the Altar Guild, the Board of Trustees, the Board of Elders, Youth Group, and the Sunshine Club; and

WHEREAS, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran has had a long list of pastors dedicated to the church and its parishioners, including Carl Eissfeldt, August Frederking, Theodore Herman Dorn, Edwin Pflug, R. Kamphonefner, R. Mohrhardt, M.K. Hargens, Arthur Bodley, Richard Robinson, Paul Anderson, and Jeffery P. Howell; and

WHEREAS, The theme for the anniversary celebration is "Compelled to Tell...125 years of God's Grace"; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church and School on the celebration of the 125th anniversary of its founding; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church and School as an expression of our esteem and respect.