Full Text of HR1212 95th General Assembly
HR1212 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate the congregation | 4 |
| of the Greater Shiloh Baptist Church in Danville on the | 5 |
| occasion of the church's 100th anniversary on April 27, 2008; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, The Greater Shiloh Baptist Church was originally | 8 |
| founded in 1908 as the Shiloh Baptist Church by Sisters Iona | 9 |
| Derrickson, Etta Rosell, Martha Smith, and Lena Hutchinson, and | 10 |
| Brother William Anthony; seeing the need for a place of worship | 11 |
| on the eastern end of Danville, they began what they called the | 12 |
| "Mission"; on April 27, 1908, the "Mission" was organized as an | 13 |
| independent church and was named the Shiloh Baptist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1910, under the direction of its first pastor, | 15 |
| Reverend W.L. Banner, the Shiloh Baptist Church moved into a | 16 |
| house at 529 E. Harrison Street in Danville, where it would | 17 |
| serve as a place of worship for the next 73 years; in 1924, the | 18 |
| word "Greater" was added to the church's name; and
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| WHEREAS, Under Pastor Sykes, the Greater Shiloh Baptist | 20 |
| Church added its first educational annex, which housed | 21 |
| Danville's First Acceleration Reading Center; the annex later | 22 |
| housed a Head Start center and the Helping Hand food pantry; |
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| WHEREAS, On January 4, 1981, the Greater Shiloh Baptist | 3 |
| Church purchased the edifice from the Second Church of Christ; | 4 |
| the churches held a joint service marking the final days that | 5 |
| the church would spend in its former home; the Greater Shiloh | 6 |
| Baptist Church held its first morning worship service in its | 7 |
| new sanctuary on the second Sunday of March in 1981; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Under the Reverend H.L. Reed, the Greater Shiloh | 9 |
| Baptist Church organized the President's Council Auxiliary, a | 10 |
| new children's nursery, the Winnie Mandella Missionary Society | 11 |
| and Nurses Guild Auxiliary, the Willing Worker's Club, and | 12 |
| Monday Night Youth Classes; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, The Greater Shiloh Baptist Church has a | 14 |
| magnificent musical history; the church's first choir was | 15 |
| created in 1911 under the leadership of Reverend L. Evans; | 16 |
| subsequent ministers added other choirs, such as the "Singing | 17 |
| Angels" children's choir, which was organized by Reverend C.G. | 18 |
| O'Bannon; the "Inspirational Choir", which was organized by | 19 |
| Reverend Ben E. Cox Jr. and reorganized by Pastor H.L. Reed, | 20 |
| who renamed the choir the "Sounds of Shiloh"; and the "Male | 21 |
| Choir", which was organized by Pastor H.L. Reed; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, On April 7, 2002, Reverend U. Pete Williams was |
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| called to be the Pastor of Greater Shiloh Baptist Church; | 2 |
| during his tenure, the church has completed a project for | 3 |
| additional parking, added a new roof for the Educational | 4 |
| Administrative wing, created a continuous Five-Year Plan, | 5 |
| completely refurbished the sanctuary, and added new | 6 |
| classrooms; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, The Greater Shiloh Baptist Church serves as a | 8 |
| model of piety, charity, and community involvement for the | 9 |
| people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| congratulate the congregation of the Greater Shiloh Baptist | 13 |
| Church in Danville on the occasion of the church's 100th | 14 |
| anniversary and wish them continued success and happiness in | 15 |
| the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Greater Shiloh Baptist Church Reverend U. Pete | 18 |
| Williams as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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