Full Text of HR0816 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Pastor Richard D. | 4 | | McCreary II, Ph.D. on the 40th anniversary of being installed | 5 | | as the pastor of New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church in | 6 | | Phoenix, Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McCreary was born in Evergreen, Alabama to | 8 | | Leodia P. and Richard D. McCreary Sr. on May 14, 1967; he was | 9 | | ordained on March 1, 1970 at the Rockhill Baptist Church in | 10 | | Carbondale, where he served as interim pastor until 1971; in | 11 | | 1980, he became senior pastor of New Covenant Missionary | 12 | | Baptist Church after serving for seven years as associate | 13 | | pastor; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McCreary was formerly a teacher in the | 15 | | public school systems of Georgia and Alabama; for 24 years, he | 16 | | was employed as a professor of composition at Governors State | 17 | | University in University Park, where he was voted Professor of | 18 | | the Year in 1984; he retired in 1996; he was also employed as | 19 | | an adjunct professor of preaching at Northern Baptist | 20 | | Theological Seminary; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McCreary has been the recipient of numerous | 22 | | awards for outstanding community service and leadership; he was |
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| 1 | | the winner of the State of Iowa Award for Composition and the | 2 | | Clapp Memorial Award for Composition; most recently, he was | 3 | | bestowed with The Carter G. Woodson Award and the Worker Award; | 4 | | and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McCreary has a Bachelor of Science from | 6 | | Florida A&M University, a Master of Arts from Southern Illinois | 7 | | University, a Master of Divinity from Northern Baptist | 8 | | Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the | 9 | | University of Iowa; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McCreary is a member of the Greater New Era | 11 | | District Association of Chicago and Vicinity and the Phi Mu | 12 | | Alpha, Kappa Psi, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternities; he was a | 13 | | staff writer for The Worker; he is the founder of the New | 14 | | Covenant Christian Academy and currently serves as the | 15 | | executive director; he is also the founder of the New Covenant | 16 | | Theological Institute; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Pastor McCreary is married to his college | 18 | | sweetheart, Barbara J. Pearson-McCreary M.D.; the McCreary's | 19 | | are the parents of Angela D. McCreary-Raybon, Nicole R. | 20 | | McCreary-Casmey, and Richard D. McCreary III and the proud | 21 | | grandparents of seven beautiful grandchildren and one | 22 | | great-grandchild; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate Pastor Richard D. McCreary II, Ph.D. on the | 4 | | 40th anniversary of being installed as the pastor of New | 5 | | Covenant Missionary Baptist Church in Phoenix, Illinois, and we | 6 | | wish him many more wonderful years; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Pastor McCreary as a symbol of our respect and | 9 | | esteem.
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