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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate St. Paul
4Evangelical Lutheran Church and School on the celebration of
5its 125th anniversary, which will be held from September 28-30,
62012; and
 
7    WHEREAS, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran was founded in 1887,
8and conducted services at Immanuel Lutheran Church in South
9Chicago's Turner Hall; in 1888, it moved to its current
10location; in 1889, the Day School was started with 14 pupils;
11in 1891, a resolution was passed for membership in the
12Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, now the Lutheran
13Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS); in 1979, the new church building
14was dedicated; the original church building was demolished in
152002; and
 
16    WHEREAS, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran has numerous
17councils, boards, and committees, filled with congregants
18devoted to the betterment of the church, including the Lutheran
19Woman's Missionary League (LWML), the Ladies Guild, the Church
20Council, the Board of Christian Education, the PTL, Christians
21in Action, the church choir, the Altar Guild, the Board of
22Trustees, the Board of Elders, Youth Group, and the Sunshine
23Club; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran has had a long list
2of pastors dedicated to the church and its parishioners,
3including Carl Eissfeldt, August Frederking, Theodore Herman
4Dorn, Edwin Pflug, R. Kamphonefner, R. Mohrhardt, M.K. Hargens,
5Arthur Bodley, Richard Robinson, Paul Anderson, and Jeffery P.
6Howell; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The theme for the anniversary celebration is
8"Compelled to Tell...125 years of God's Grace"; therefore, be
9it
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12we congratulate St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church and School
13on the celebration of the 125th anniversary of its founding;
14and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church and School as
17an expression of our esteem and respect.