Full Text of HR0523 94th General Assembly
HR0523 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Grace Church of Mahomet celebrated its 50th | 3 |
| anniversary in October of 2004; beginning with just a handful | 4 |
| of people and one pastor in the mid-1950s, the church has | 5 |
| blossomed over
the years into a church of over 900 regular | 6 |
| attendees, two services, contemporary worship,
relevant and | 7 |
| practical teaching, seven full-time ministry staff, | 8 |
| multi-faceted children's, student,
adult, and worship arts | 9 |
| ministries, and a clear vision of what God has challenged the | 10 |
| leaders
and people to do;
and
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| WHEREAS, Formerly known as Grace Baptist Church, the | 12 |
| congregation was founded in 1954 as the Grace
Bible Church; the | 13 |
| new church met at the McKnelley home south of Mahomet on August | 14 |
| 29th of
that year and soon became affiliated with the | 15 |
| Conservative Baptist Association and the name
was changed to | 16 |
| Grace Baptist; the church's first pastor, Reverend Warren | 17 |
| Slaughter, went on to start
Grace Baptist Church in Normal | 18 |
| after leaving Mahomet; sadly, he passed away in 1963 of cancer
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| just a few years after being an integral part of the formation | 20 |
| of two wonderfully strong churches
in central Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, After settling on property on Washington Street | 22 |
| (presently the location of Sangamon Valley
Christian Center) in | 23 |
| March of 1955, the congregation acquired property at 800 West | 24 |
| Oak Street; a gymnasium/activities center was constructed and | 25 |
| completed in May of 1981 while the
congregation continued to | 26 |
| meet at the Washington Street church; in 1986, the Washington | 27 |
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property was sold and the church moved its services into | 28 |
| the gymnasium at its present location; the current Worship | 29 |
| Center was completed in 1992, and a west wing was completed in | 30 |
| early
1999; a new children's/student wing opened in June of | 31 |
| 2004, along with a new daughter church,
Crossroads, officially | 32 |
| opening in September of 2004 in Monticello; and
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| WHEREAS, On July 13, 2003, the congregation of Grace | 2 |
| Baptist Church voted to officially call themselves
Grace Church | 3 |
| of Mahomet; throughout the years, the church has had nine | 4 |
| senior pastors; they are Rev. Warren Slaughter,
Rev. Ronald | 5 |
| Ayres,
Rev. Richard Rice, Rev. Paul Barnes,
Rev. Leroy | 6 |
| Shumaker,
Rev. Michael Hostetler,
Rev. John Vincent,
Rev. Dave | 7 |
| Jankowski, and the current pastor,
Rev. Gary Sinclair; | 8 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 |
| we congratulate Grace Church of Mahomet on the celebration of | 12 |
| 50 years of service and fellowship in the Mahomet community; | 13 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Grace Church of Mahomet as an expression of our | 16 |
| respect and esteem and with best wishes for many more years of | 17 |
| ministry.
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