Full Text of HR0602 96th General Assembly
HR0602 96TH 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 honor Reverend Gregory Dell of | 4 |
| Chicago on the occasion of his many years of dedicated | 5 |
| ministerial service; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Gregory Dell was born on December 28, 1945; | 7 |
| he attended Bremen Community High School in Midlothian, earning | 8 |
| his diploma in 1963; he then attended Illinois Wesleyan | 9 |
| University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1967, and | 10 |
| the Divinity School at Duke University, where he earned his | 11 |
| master's of divinity degree in 1970; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Gregory Dell has had a long and distinguished | 13 |
| career in the ministry; he began his career as an associate | 14 |
| pastor at the Community United Methodist Church in Naperville | 15 |
| from 1970 to 1973; he then served at the Minooka United | 16 |
| Methodist Church in Minooka from 1973 to 1978; he served at the | 17 |
| Wheadon United Methodist Church in Evanston from 1978 to 1985; | 18 |
| he then moved to the Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church in | 19 |
| Oak Park, serving there from 1985 to 1995; he served at the | 20 |
| Broadway United Methodist Church in Chicago; in 1995, he began | 21 |
| serving the congregation at Broadway United Methodist Church in | 22 |
| Chicago, serving from 1995 to 1999 and from 2000 until he | 23 |
| stepped down from the position in 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Gregory Dell served as an Adjunct Staff and | 2 |
| Seminar Leader at the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | 3 |
| from 1994 to 1999; he also served as director of the "In All | 4 |
| Things Charity" from July of 1999 until June of 2000 and as an | 5 |
| Adjunct Professor at the Pacific School of Religion from 2004 | 6 |
| to 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Gregory Dell has been a member of numerous | 8 |
| community and spiritual organizations, including the Chicago | 9 |
| Theological Seminary and its LGBTQ Religious Studies Center, | 10 |
| Equal Partners in Faith, the Center for Lesbian and Gay | 11 |
| Studies, Church Within a Church, "In All Things Charity", the | 12 |
| Jewish-United Methodist Dialogue Project of the American | 13 |
| Jewish Committee, the Garrett-Evangelical Theological | 14 |
| Seminary, the National Racial Justice Connection, the Oak | 15 |
| Park-River Forest Community of Churches, the Conference Board | 16 |
| of Ordained Ministry, the Congregation/Community Organizing | 17 |
| Project of Chicago, Shalom Education, the Methodist Federation | 18 |
| for Social Action, and the National United Methodist "Coalition | 19 |
| for The Whole Gospel"; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Gregory Dell has served his community through | 21 |
| his many volunteer efforts with organizations such as | 22 |
| Bonaventure House, the Lakeview Action Coalition, the Lakeview | 23 |
| Clergy Association, Protestants for the Common Good, the 23rd |
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| Police District Clergy/Police Liaison Group, the Oak Park | 2 |
| Citizens Police Oversight Committee, the Tri-Village PADS | 3 |
| Homeless Shelter Project, AT&T, West Suburban Medical Center in | 4 |
| Oak Park, and the Adult Community Outreach Network, among many | 5 |
| others; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Rev. Gregory Dell has been the recipient of | 7 |
| numerous awards and honors from various theological and social | 8 |
| organizations for his work in promoting equality and tolerance; | 9 |
| on September 26, 2009, he will receive the Gilbert H. Caldwell | 10 |
| Justice Ministry Award from the Church Within A Church Movement | 11 |
| in recognition of his 40 years of ministry and his willingness | 12 |
| to help the downtrodden; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Gregory Dell and his wife of 41 years, Jade, | 14 |
| are the proud parents of Jason (Tonya) Delborne and the loving | 15 |
| grandparents of Olivia and Ramona; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| honor Reverend Gregory Dell on the occasion of his many years | 19 |
| of service and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 20 |
| future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to Reverend Gregory Dell as a symbol of our esteem |
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| and respect.
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