Full Text of HR0634 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Reverend Johnny L. | 4 | | McGowan on being installed as the Pastor of Gayles Memorial | 5 | | Baptist Church in Aurora on October 1, 2017; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McGowan was born to Percy and Lillie Bell | 7 | | McGowan in Utica, Mississippi, one of 15 siblings; he was | 8 | | baptized at St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Utica at the | 9 | | age of 13; as a young man, he attended church services | 10 | | regularly, receiving biblical training from Sunday school and | 11 | | other ministries within the church; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McGowan moved to Aurora in July of 1973; he | 13 | | worked at Nicor Gas, retiring after 27 years of service as a | 14 | | manager for the Quality Assessor for the Illinois region; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McGowan became a member of Gayles Memorial | 16 | | Baptist Church in November of 1981; he served as treasurer from | 17 | | 1985 through 2008 and was ordained as a deacon in March of | 18 | | 1994; he was ordained and licensed as a minister on August 14, | 19 | | 2011; he served as an associate minister from August of 2011 | 20 | | through March of 2016; he received his Bachelor of Theology and | 21 | | served as interim pastor from April of 2016 through May of | 22 | | 2017; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McGowan has assisted in organizing the | 2 | | Community Neighborhood Outreach through the City of Aurora | 3 | | Neighborhood along with the Neighborhood Night Out program, | 4 | | which encourages the community to come together to promote | 5 | | unity within a multi-cultural environment; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McGowan has been happily married to his | 7 | | high school sweetheart, Hazel, for 43 years; he is the father | 8 | | of two sons, Jeffrey (Julita) and Reginald (Hope), and one | 9 | | daughter, Rachelle (Joe); he is also the grandfather of nine | 10 | | and great-grandfather of one; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 | | congratulate the Reverend Johnny L. McGowan on being installed | 14 | | as the Pastor of Gayles Memorial Baptist Church, and we wish | 15 | | him many successful years; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Pastor McGowan as an expression of our esteem and | 18 | | respect.
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