Full Text of HR1088 95th General Assembly
HR1088 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Reverend William | 4 |
| H. Copeland, Jr. on the occasion of his retirement as pastor of | 5 |
| Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Kankakee; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend William H. Copeland, Jr. was born in Winn | 7 |
| Parish, Louisiana; after completing high school in Louisiana, | 8 |
| he earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Missouri Western | 9 |
| University in St. Joseph, Missouri; he also attended National | 10 |
| College in Kansas City, Missouri, and the University of | 11 |
| Missouri at Kansas City; he received theological training from | 12 |
| Western Baptist College, Kansas City National Baptist, and | 13 |
| William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri; he holds an | 14 |
| Honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from Morris College and | 15 |
| McKinley Theological Seminary; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend William H. Copeland, Jr. was called to | 17 |
| pastor Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in 1971; under | 18 |
| his leadership, the church erected a half-million dollar | 19 |
| edifice in 1976, with the mortgage being fully satisfied in | 20 |
| 1986; the church then purchased and renovated what now serves | 21 |
| as the Morning Star Community Center for $300,000; | 22 |
| additionally, the ministries of Morning Star have grown | 23 |
| tremendously, and the church is currently recognized as a |
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| positive and influential social and political icon in the | 2 |
| Kankakeeland community; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend William H. Copeland, Jr. is active in | 4 |
| many civic and community organizations; he has served as | 5 |
| president of the Kankakee branch of the NAACP and served as | 6 |
| president of the Northeastside Ministerial Alliance; he is a | 7 |
| member of the Kankakee Interfaith Clergy and the Young Men's | 8 |
| Christian Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend William H. Copeland, Jr. has been the | 10 |
| recipient of numerous awards; he received the Ebony Esteem | 11 |
| Award for "Man of the Year" and "Most Outstanding Man in | 12 |
| Religion" for Kankakee County in August of 1975; he was named | 13 |
| "Minister of the Year" by the Midwestern Illinois Laymen's | 14 |
| Fellowship; he has also been the recipient of an Illinois State | 15 |
| Police Community Service Award, a Kankakee Law Enforcement | 16 |
| Award, the NAACP President's Award for Outstanding Community | 17 |
| Service, the Dr. Martin Luther King Award from the City of | 18 |
| Miami, Florida, and Keys to the City of both Miami, Florida and | 19 |
| Kankakee; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, A banquet will be held for Reverend William H. | 21 |
| Copeland, Jr. on Saturday, April 19, 2008 in honor of his great | 22 |
| contributions to the people of the Kankakee area; therefore, be | 23 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate Reverend William H. Copeland, Jr. on the occasion | 4 |
| of his retirement and wish him many happy and healthy | 5 |
| retirement years; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Reverend William H. Copeland, Jr. as an expression | 8 |
| of our esteem.
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