Full Text of HR0785 093rd General Assembly
HR0785 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives congratulate Pastor Norman Owens and the | 4 |
| congregation of the Macedonia Baptist Church of East St. Louis | 5 |
| on the occasion of the opening of the new location for the | 6 |
| Macedonia Baptist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to January, 1967, the Macedonia Baptist | 8 |
| Church had been served by ten pastors; in January of that same | 9 |
| year, Rev. Norman E. Owens came to lead the congregation; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Owens, his wife, Charlotte, and their three | 11 |
| children, Norman Jr., Phyllis, and Michael were living in the | 12 |
| nearby town of Madison; they officially came to be with the | 13 |
| Macedonia family on the First Sunday of that year; and
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| WHEREAS, The family moved to East St. Louis in 1967 because | 15 |
| Pastor Owens believed that he could serve the church and | 16 |
| community better by being a resident of the city in which he | 17 |
| had come to pastor; in May of 1967, Pastor Owens resigned his | 18 |
| position as chemistry, physics, and mathematics teacher in the | 19 |
| Venice Public School District to devote full time to his ever | 20 |
| increasing pastoral responsibilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Owens had received his public education in | 22 |
| Madison at the Dunbar School, and earned a Bachelor's Degree | 23 |
| from SIU at Carbondale; it was in December of his senior year | 24 |
| (1955) that Rev. Owens heard the call to come to the Gospel | 25 |
| Ministry, and was licensed by the Southern Baptist Church of | 26 |
| Madison; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Owens is a Reading Improvement Teacher at | 28 |
| Morrison School in East St. Louis; she began working in the | 29 |
| District as an office clerk, and was later promoted to | 30 |
| bookkeeping responsibilities in the payroll department; as a |
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| person who is always striving for self-improvement, she took | 2 |
| upon herself the mammoth task of continuing her education at | 3 |
| Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, where she | 4 |
| received a Bachelor's Degree with majors in elementary | 5 |
| Education and Special Education, while working full time, | 6 |
| caring for her home, husband, and three children, and working | 7 |
| faithfully and diligently in the church to render service | 8 |
| wherever she found opportunity; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Owens has served as president of the Mission | 10 |
| Society, teacher of the Mission, Sunday School teacher of Jr. | 11 |
| High Students, member and vice chairman of the Board of | 12 |
| Christian Education, and as the Director of Educational | 13 |
| Ministries; she often serves on special committees, and has | 14 |
| always been a tremendous inspiration to Pastor Owens, her | 15 |
| children, and all who come under her influence; in addition to | 16 |
| her home, community, and local church activities, she, along | 17 |
| with her husband, is very active in District, State, and | 18 |
| National Denominational work; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the new location of | 20 |
| the Macedonia Baptist Church was held on February 1, 2004; | 21 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 24 |
| congratulate Pastor Norman Owens and the Macedonia Baptist | 25 |
| Church on their new church; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented Pastor Norman Owens as an expression of our respect | 28 |
| and esteem.
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