Full Text of HR0331 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Immanuel Lutheran Church | 4 | | of Palatine on the occasion of its 150th anniversary; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, On February 20, 1869, a meeting was held on the | 6 | | platform of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in Palatine to | 7 | | discuss the creation of a Lutheran congregation; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, On March 9, 1869, the Battermann, Engelking, Greb, | 9 | | Hartung, Knickrehm, Prellberg, Senne, Schirding, and Schroeder | 10 | | families met to officially organize a congregation and create | 11 | | the church to be known as the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel | 12 | | Congregation Unaltered Augsburg Confessions of Palatine; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The congregation later joined the Lutheran | 14 | | Church-Missouri Synod on May 4, 1873; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Immanuel Lutheran Church had humble beginnings; | 16 | | the church was heated by a potbellied stove and had a | 17 | | pump-organ that was operated by a person hidden behind a door | 18 | | who would pump throughout each song while the organ played; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Until World War II, the main language spoken in | 20 | | the church was German; it was stopped due to anti-German |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, At least ten members of the Immanuel Lutheran | 3 | | Church have become pastors; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, To this day, the Immanuel Lutheran Church of | 5 | | Palatine provides its local community with both traditional and | 6 | | contemporary services, adult education, youth, women and men's | 7 | | ministries, as well as web broadcasts; the church also operates | 8 | | an award-winning school with classes from pre-school to eighth | 9 | | grade; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Immanuel Lutheran Church will be commemorating | 11 | | its anniversary with a year-long celebration titled, "Living a | 12 | | Legacy of Faith"; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we congratulate Immanuel Lutheran Church of Palatine on the | 16 | | occasion of its 150th anniversary; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the congregation of the Immanuel Lutheran Church | 19 | | of Palatine as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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