Full Text of HR0502 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Reverend Dr. Albert | 4 | | Sampson on the occasion of his retirement as pastor of Fernwood | 5 | | United Methodist Church in Chicago; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Sampson has been a Civil Rights activist | 7 | | for over 60 years; he was ordained by Reverend Dr. Martin | 8 | | Luther King, Jr. 57 years ago and has led the Fernwood United | 9 | | Methodist Church for 38 of those years; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Sampson is an internationally known and | 11 | | respected icon and leader renowned as one of the most | 12 | | insightful and inspirational motivators in the field today; his | 13 | | message of leadership and self-development has reached | 14 | | millions in the United States and in 72 countries around the | 15 | | world; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Sampson is a distinguished Biblical | 17 | | scholar and theological consultant for The Original African | 18 | | Heritage Study Bible; he as appeared in thousands of media | 19 | | outlets including, Esquire and Ebony magazines, the New York | 20 | | Times, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today; his biography is | 21 | | recognized in Gale Group's Who's Who in Black America; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Sampson was born in Everett, | 2 | | Massachusetts, in 1938; he graduated from Everett High School | 3 | | in 1956, entered the ministry at age 19, and began preaching at | 4 | | his home church of Emmanuel Baptist in Malden, Massachusetts; | 5 | | he earned his bachelor's degree in religion and social science | 6 | | from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and his | 7 | | master's degree in cultural studies from Governors State | 8 | | University in University Park in 1973; he earned a Master's of | 9 | | Divinity Degree in 1977 from McCormick Theological Seminary in | 10 | | Chicago and a Doctorate in Divinity from Union Baptist | 11 | | Theological Seminary in Toledo, Ohio; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, A "Thank You Banquet" will be held honoring | 13 | | Reverend Sampson on July 12, 2013, at the Apostolic Church of | 14 | | God Banquet Hall in Chicago; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate Reverend Dr. Albert Sampson on his retirement | 18 | | as pastor of Fernwood United Methodist Church and wish him the | 19 | | best in all his future endeavours; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Reverend Sampson as an expression of our esteem | 22 | | and respect.
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