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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 Pastor Melvin 
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Weseloh on the occasion of his retirement as pastor of Mt. Zion 
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Lutheran Church on January 3, 2010, after 52 1/2 years of 
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service with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Pastor Melvin Weseloh is a native of North Dakota 
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and grew up in Minnesota; he graduated from Concordia Seminary 
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in St. Louis in 1957; he vicared at St. Luke's, the Lutheran 
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church in Times Square, New York; after graduation, he returned 
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to St. Luke's and was ordained by his father; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, After he was ordained, Pastor Melvin Weseloh 
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served at parishes in northern Minnesota until he moved to 
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Illinois in 1974; after moving to Illinois, he became pastor of 
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the Trinity Lutheran Church in Coal Valley; he then became a 
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missionary-at-large for the Central Illinois District, 
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founding the Epiphany Lutheran Church of Dunlap; afterwards, he 
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became pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Havana; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In June of 1987, Pastor Melvin Weseloh moved to 
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the Decatur area and became pastor of Mt. Calvary Lutheran 
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Church; on January 1, 1997, he began serving at Mt. Zion 
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Lutheran Church part-time; after he retired from Mt. Calvary in 
 


 






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1997, he continued his service at Mt. Zion, later becoming the 
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church's pastor; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Pastor Melvin Weseloh has been a member of 
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numerous civic organizations; he served as a member of the 
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Board of Directors of the Central Illinois District of the 
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Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod for 6 years, including 6 years 
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on the Missions Commission and 3 years on the Congregational 
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Life Commission; he also served for 8 years as a Circuit 
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Counselor with the Synod; he served as a camp dean in Minnesota 
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for 13 years; he served on the Board of Directors of Camp CILCA 
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near Springfield for 8 years; he served as a pastoral counselor 
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on the District level for the Walther League, the Lutheran 
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Women's Missionary League, and the Lutheran Laymen's League; he 
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and his wife taught Vacation Bible School in Alaska twice; in 
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2006, he was a part of his District's visitation team to the 
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Lutheran Church of Latvia; during his time in Minnesota, he was 
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on the Board of Directors of a seven-county Community Action 
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Committee, a government agency; he has also held a number of 
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positions with the Boy Scouts of America and is active with the 
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Chamber of Commerce in Mt. Zion; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Pastor Melvin Weseloh was listed in the Who's Who 
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In Religion In America in 1985 and 1992; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Pastor Melvin Weseloh and his wife, Karen, were 
 


 






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married in St. Louis, Missouri on June 9, 1957; together, they 
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have 4 children, David, Deb, Diane (husband, Darrell Sheets), 
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and Daryl (wife, Amy), and 6 grandchildren, Heather, Dale, 
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Christine, Adam, Ryan, and Logan; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Pastor Melvin Weseloh on the occasion of his 
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retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement 
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years; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Pastor Melvin Weseloh as a symbol of our esteem 
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and respect.