Full Text of HR0512 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wishes to
congratulate Grace United Methodist | 4 | | Church of Galva,
on the occasion of its 150 year anniversary | 5 | | and on its
tradition of Christian discipleship and evangelism; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, On May 3, 1867, 13 years after the founding of
| 8 | | Galva, R. J. Anderson founded the Swedish Methodist
Episcopal | 9 | | Church with 15 members, all of whom were from Sweden; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Later that same year on September 14, land was
| 11 | | purchased and construction on a church was started, a | 12 | | significant feat considering that the
members made on average | 13 | | one dollar a
day, and yet, despite this, they were able to | 14 | | purchase the land
needed and build a church for a combined cost | 15 | | of approximately $3000; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Tragically, several decades
later, the church was | 17 | | badly damaged by a tornado that ripped through the
community of | 18 | | Galva, damaging and destroying many of the
surrounding | 19 | | businesses and homes; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The church members were
committed to, in the | 21 | | spirit of the founding members of the
church, rebuilding and |
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| 1 | | even adding to the original structure; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, The official language of the church was
| 3 | | exclusively Swedish until the early 1930s when a second service
| 4 | | in English was added to accommodate non-Swedish speakers; | 5 | | beginning in the early 1940s, all services were
conducted in | 6 | | English; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, In 1942, the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church
| 8 | | became a part of the Illinois Conference of the Methodist | 9 | | Church
and, in the process, changed its name to Grace Methodist | 10 | | Church
before finally changing its name to Grace United | 11 | | Methodist
Church following its merger with another local | 12 | | church; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Today, Grace United Methodist Church, under the
| 14 | | shepherding of Pastor Karen L. Martin, continues in its 150 | 15 | | year
tradition of faith and Christian worship; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
| 18 | | congratulate Grace United Methodist Church of Galva on its | 19 | | 150th anniversary, and we wish it many more wonderful years; | 20 | | and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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to the congregation of Grace United Methodist Church | 2 | | of
Galva as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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