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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the congregation |
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| of the Weldon United Methodist Church on the occasion of the |
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| church's 100th anniversary on June 6, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, The history of the Weldon United Methodist Church |
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| began on June 6, 1909, when the present church building was |
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| dedicated; the building's original cost was $14,500; and
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| WHEREAS, As the Weldon United Methodist Church grew in |
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| membership, a new Education Wing was added and consecrated in |
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| 1958; the addition provided offices for the pastors, several |
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| Sunday School classrooms, a nursery, a kitchenette, and a |
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| Fellowship room; other renovations the church has performed are |
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| the redecorating of the sanctuary, the modernization of the |
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| kitchen and dining hall, the addition of an elevator, a |
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| beautiful flower garden, and the hanging of portraits of former |
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| members, among other changes; and
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| WHEREAS, In June of 1992, the church's membership grew once |
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| more when the congregation of the Shiloh church moved to the |
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| Weldon United Methodist Church after the closure of the Shiloh |
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| church; in 2000, another change was brought about with the |
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| formation of the group SALT, also known as the Salt Creek |