Full Text of HR1168 94th General Assembly
HR1168 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Apostle Florida M. Jackson is the pastor of | 3 |
| Evangelistic Outreach Deliverance Ministry #1 in Chicago, #3 in | 4 |
| Bolingbrook, and overseer of several others; for over a decade, | 5 |
| she has served as a licensed foster parent working with special | 6 |
| needs children, some with medical disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Jackson is the CEO of Johnnia and Katie | 8 |
| Stevens/Mary and Bo Jackson Outreach Services in Sardis, | 9 |
| Mississippi; Youth of Outreach Daycare Center in Sardis, | 10 |
| Mississippi; Johnnia and Katie Stevens Home Health Care, Inc., | 11 |
| in Chicago; Outreach Family Services and Community Center in | 12 |
| Chicago; and Youth of Outreach in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, She accepted the call to be an evangelist in 1985 | 14 |
| and worked faithfully in the ministry as a dedicated youth | 15 |
| counselor/trainer, which required that she train and counsel | 16 |
| young people who were imprisoned, homeless, hopeless, or | 17 |
| underprivileged; the training she provided consisted of coping | 18 |
| strategies, encouragement to pursue higher education, | 19 |
| instilling in them the principles of Christianity, and the | 20 |
| motivation they needed to lead a successful natural and | 21 |
| Christian life; and
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| WHEREAS, In June of 1990, she accepted the call to be | 23 |
| ordained as the Pastor of the Evangelistic Outreach Deliverance | 24 |
| Ministry; in 1993, she had the vision to open a community | 25 |
| center that served not only youth, but the entire family; and
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| WHEREAS, She received a Doctor of Divinity degree in August | 27 |
| of 2003; she has three adopted children now over the age of 18, | 28 |
| one adopted miracle daughter, Johnnia, and another adopted | 29 |
| daughter that is age 17; she is the grandmother of Devin, | 30 |
| Jennifer, Jeannette, Jamese Florida, and Darin and has been | 31 |
| married for 31 years to Elder Rufus Jackson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 |
| we recognize Apostle Florida M. Jackson, D.D., for her many | 4 |
| years of selfless devotion to serving the needs of others; and | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Dr. Jackson as an expression of our esteem.
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