Full Text of HR0532 96th General Assembly
HR0532 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Pastor F. Dean | 4 |
| Lueking on the occasion of winning the Distinguished Eagle | 5 |
| Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America; and
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| WHEREAS, The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, the most | 7 |
| prestigious level of recognition in Scouting, is given to those | 8 |
| men who have earned their Eagle Scout rank at least 25 years | 9 |
| earlier in life and then went on to distinguish themselves by | 10 |
| achieving prominence within their profession and through | 11 |
| volunteer leadership and service; out of over 2 million Eagle | 12 |
| Scouts, less than 2,000 have achieved this level of | 13 |
| distinction; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor F. Dean Lueking is an | 15 |
| internationally-known Lutheran minister; for 44 years, he | 16 |
| served as Pastor of the 1,700-member Grace Lutheran Church of | 17 |
| River Forest; during his tenure, he faithfully led the | 18 |
| congregation spiritually and continually strived for | 19 |
| excellence in all of the church's undertakings, including the | 20 |
| implementation of ground-breaking new ministries and outreach | 21 |
| programs and the construction of a multi-million dollar | 22 |
| facility expansion to support those ministries; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to his duties as Pastor, Pastor | 2 |
| Lueking has written 10 religious books and maintains an | 3 |
| international schedule of traveling, teaching, preaching, and | 4 |
| writing; he has also served and held leadership positions on | 5 |
| numerous non-profit boards and has been the recipient of many | 6 |
| awards and honors; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Lueking and his wife, Beverly, have served | 8 |
| as foster parents to over 30 children; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, The Des Plaines Valley Council and Boy Scout Troop | 10 |
| 66 will present the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award to Pastor | 11 |
| Lueking during a ceremony at Grace Lutheran Church in River | 12 |
| Forest on August 1, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Pastor Lueking serves as a model of hard work, | 14 |
| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 15 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| congratulate Pastor F. Dean Lueking on the occasion of winning | 19 |
| the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and wish him continued | 20 |
| success and happiness in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Pastor F. Dean Lueking as a symbol of our esteem | 2 |
| and respect.
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