Full Text of HR0244 94th General Assembly
HR0244 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, A Silver Pastoral Anniversary Celebration and a | 3 |
| Street Naming Ceremony in honor of Bishop Horace and Sister | 4 |
| Susan Smith was held on March 19 and 20, 2005, at Apostolic | 5 |
| Faith Church in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Horace E. Smith received his formal training | 7 |
| in Chicago; he graduated an honor student from the Lindblom | 8 |
| High School and continued his education, receiving the | 9 |
| following degrees: Bachelor of Science (with honors), Chicago | 10 |
| State University (1971); M.D., the University of Illinois | 11 |
| Medical Center (1975); completion of Pediatric Residency, | 12 |
| University of Illinois Hospital (1978); and completion of | 13 |
| Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, | 14 |
| Children's Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University (1980); | 15 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Smith is director of the Comprehensive Sickle | 17 |
| Cell/Thalassemia Program at Children's Memorial Hospital and | 18 |
| is recognized world-wide as an outstanding pediatrician in his | 19 |
| field, much sought after for his expertise by medical | 20 |
| professionals; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Dr. Smith serves on the Board of the historic | 22 |
| Wabash YMCA, which was purchased by four community churches, | 23 |
| including Apostolic Faith Church; the churches redeveloped and | 24 |
| reshaped the Y for community services, including SRO housing; | 25 |
| since 2001, Dr. Smith has also served as a Board Member of The | 26 |
| Family Institute at Northwestern University and as a member of | 27 |
| the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center-Community | 28 |
| Health Advisory Board; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2002, Bishop Smith and the Apostolic Faith | 30 |
| Church partnered with World Vision to sponsor orphaned children | 31 |
| whose parents died as a result of HIV/AIDS; to date, |
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| approximately 300 children have been adopted by members of the | 2 |
| congregation; the Bishop and Mrs. Smith, along with World | 3 |
| Vision, have traveled to South Africa to view first-hand the | 4 |
| devastation caused by the AIDS virus; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Smith became pastor of the Apostolic Faith | 6 |
| Church on March 28, 1980, and was elevated to the office of | 7 |
| Bishop in August of 1997; in July of 2004, at the Annual | 8 |
| Convention of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc., he | 9 |
| was elected Presiding Bishop of this organization; and
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| WHEREAS, In September of 1987, the Apostolic Faith Church | 11 |
| celebrated the opening of its new edifice at 3823 South Indiana | 12 |
| Avenue, a $3,300,000 structure, with the mortgage being paid in | 13 |
| full in two years; the congregation Bishop Smith serves numbers | 14 |
| in excess of 3,000; at his Silver Anniversary Celebration, the | 15 |
| church will be dedicating Indiana Avenue in his honor; and
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| WHEREAS, Bishop Smith has been married since 1976 to Susan | 17 |
| Davenport Smith and they are the parents of three daughters; | 18 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 |
| we congratulate Bishop Horace E. Smith, M.D., on the occasion | 22 |
| of his Silver Pastoral Anniversary Celebration and the street | 23 |
| naming in his honor; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 25 |
| presented to Bishop Smith as an expression of our respect and | 26 |
| esteem and with best wishes for many more years of success, | 27 |
| both in his church work and in the medical field.
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