Full Text of HR1484 95th General Assembly
HR1484 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago will be | 3 |
| 175 years old on October 14, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, The pastor and congregation of First Presbyterian | 5 |
| Church will celebrate on October 11, 2008 at the International | 6 |
| house at the University of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago laid the | 8 |
| foundation of the church on June 26, 1833 in the carpentry shop | 9 |
| of the second Fort Dearborn on the south bank of the Chicago | 10 |
| River; the young parishioners were led by Reverend Jeremiah | 11 |
| Porter, who encouraged the new church family to work toward | 12 |
| temperance and to avoid profanity and cursing; and
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| WHEREAS, The first building, located on the corner of Clark | 14 |
| and Lake Streets, served as a town hall, an arena used for | 15 |
| debates, a venue for Chicago's first amateur concerts, and as | 16 |
| host of the Chicago Lyceum, center of the village's cultural | 17 |
| life; the church's Ladies Aid Society funded the first 18 | 18 |
| months salary of Miss Eliza Chappel, the first public school | 19 |
| teacher in Chicago and eventually the bride of Reverend Porter; | 20 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The church withstood only a part of the Great |
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| Chicago Fire in 1871, with only the official records, the | 2 |
| communion service, the library, and the spirit of the | 3 |
| congregation of the church intact; the church made its current | 4 |
| location, at 64th Street and Kimbark Avenue; home on October | 5 |
| 14, 1928; and
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| WHEREAS, The church has remained committed to the | 7 |
| neighborhood of Woodlawn throughout the years, with after | 8 |
| school programs, a community garden, the reestablishment of the | 9 |
| Woodlawn Ministerial Alliance, and a weekly Food For Life | 10 |
| program that feeds about 300 meals each week; and
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| WHEREAS, The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago is | 12 |
| currently being served by interim pastor, Reverend James | 13 |
| Roghair; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| congratulate the pastor and congregation of First Presbyterian | 17 |
| at this special time; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented the congregation of First Presbyterian Church of | 20 |
| Chicago as a symbol of our respect.
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