Full Text of HR0931 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Reverend Willia Brown on | 4 | | her retirement and recognize her 25 years of Professional | 5 | | Chaplaincy and Leadership in Pastoral and Spiritual Care as | 6 | | well as her notable community service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Brown has demonstrated strong and | 8 | | effective leadership at area hospitals, including Schwab | 9 | | Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network, Advocate Bethany | 10 | | Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center; in | 11 | | collaboration with the Westside Ministers Coalition, Loretto | 12 | | Hospital, and Advocate Bethany Hospital, she led a three-day | 13 | | training program for clergy that focused on Disaster Spiritual | 14 | | Care Response; when she served as a hospice chaplain, she not | 15 | | only journeyed with patients through the dying process, she | 16 | | sometimes secured burial funds for families in need; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Brown responded to victims of violence | 18 | | and trauma by developing a chaplain's domestic violence and | 19 | | sexual assault program; she served as the Chair for the 11th | 20 | | District Police Domestic Violence Subcommittee and worked with | 21 | | their Clergy Subcommittee for nearly five years; she also | 22 | | served with the 15th District Police, where she designed a | 23 | | training program on community engagement for members of the |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Brown further connected with the | 3 | | community by training over 50 volunteers to minister and | 4 | | support patients and their family members during their | 5 | | admission to the hospitals; she also raised funds to support | 6 | | the training of community clergy in Clinical Pastoral | 7 | | Education, a higher level of hospital clergy training; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, At her office desk, Reverend Brown answered | 9 | | telephone calls from people in local communities who asked for | 10 | | pastoral support during times of depression, threat of suicide, | 11 | | and unemployment; she helped parents who were in need of | 12 | | clothing so their children could attend school; she assisted | 13 | | those who needed food and furniture for their homes; she | 14 | | demonstrated compassionate and sensitive leadership; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Reverend Brown's work and ministry assisted many | 16 | | in the communities of Chicago and the suburban areas; as a | 17 | | chaplain, her pastoral care, patience, and understanding were | 18 | | felt at the bedsides of patients in hospitals, nursing homes, | 19 | | assisted living facilities, and their own homes; she | 20 | | compassionately and skillfully worked with patients through | 21 | | their pain and suffering when they felt hopeless and helpless; | 22 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 | | congratulate Reverend Willia Brown on her 25 years of faithful | 4 | | and dedicated care and community service to the people of the | 5 | | Chicago area and the State of Illinois, and we wish her the | 6 | | best in her future endeavors; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Reverend Brown as an expression of our esteem and | 9 | | respect.
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