Full Text of HR0436 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1867, Pastor F. Erdmann of Randolph County | 3 | | brought 12 families from his home congregation and
purchased 80 | 4 | | acres of land in Lucas Township as a location for a
new | 5 | | congregation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, St. John's Congregation was organized on July 21,
| 7 | | 1867 and took the name Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, A log cabin church was built on a five acre tract
| 10 | | which Martin Hut sold to the congregation for one dollar;
the | 11 | | church was dedicated on November 10, 1867; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1888, the congregation was accepted into
| 13 | | membership of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1917, the church celebrated its 50th | 15 | | anniversary;
there were 292 baptisms, 167 confirmed, 53 | 16 | | marriages, and seven
burials; the congregation listed 170 souls | 17 | | at that time and nine
pastors had served the congregation; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1957, the congregation decided to build a new
| 19 | | church; the bell tower was completed in 1979; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, By the 1990s, the church was in need of repairs
| 2 | | and expansions with an average of 63 children in Sunday school,
| 3 | | 55 in adult class, and a worship attendance of 190; in April
of | 4 | | 1999, Sunday school rooms were added and a new kitchen was
| 5 | | built, along with expanding the parish hall; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Thirty pastors have served the congregation with
| 7 | | Reverend Joel Oschwald, the present pastor; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
currently | 9 | | has 318 baptized members and continues to subscribe to
the | 10 | | founding father's confession of the Holy Scriptures as the
only | 11 | | rule and norm of Christian doctrine as set forth in the
| 12 | | Unaltered Ausgburg Confession of 1530; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 14 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
| 15 | | congratulate St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on
| 16 | | celebrating its 150th anniversary; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 18 | | presented to St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church as an
| 19 | | expression of our esteem and respect.
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