Full Text of HR0956 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Pastor | 4 | | Gicele "Gigi" Wray-Lindley, who passed away on October 1, | 5 | | 2022; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Wray-Lindley was born to Esteban and | 7 | | Isabel Wray in Colon, Panama on May 28, 1976; as a child, she | 8 | | attended The Church of Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, | 9 | | where she started singing solos by age seven; by age nine, she | 10 | | started leading praise and worship on Sunday mornings; by age | 11 | | 13, she served as the choir director and youth leader; at the | 12 | | age of 14, she was a lead soloist in her high school choir; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Wray-Lindley was ordained as an Evangelist | 14 | | when she was 23; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Wray-Lindley earned her bachelor's degree | 16 | | in Psychology with a minor in Early Childhood Education from | 17 | | the University of Illinois at Chicago; she completed her | 18 | | master's degree in Human Services Administration and most | 19 | | recently completed a master's degree in Nonprofit Management | 20 | | and Organizational Leadership; at the time of her passing, she | 21 | | was pursuing her Doctorate of Education in Ethical Leadership; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2004, Pastor Wray-Lindley founded Shining Star | 2 | | Youth and Community Services and Shining Star Early Learning | 3 | | Centers to provide early literacy and family support to | 4 | | children; under her leadership as CEO, her creation became a | 5 | | successful multi-center, bilingual child care operation, which | 6 | | provides quality early learning to 407 children and employs | 7 | | over 100 people today; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 2014, Pastor Wray-Lindley, along with her | 9 | | family, founded The Wray Family Foundation to improve the | 10 | | lives of aspiring community service leaders in need of | 11 | | mentoring and financial support while pursuing formal | 12 | | education; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 2015, Pastor Wray-Lindley co-founded Child | 14 | | Care Advocates United, a non-profit professional organization | 15 | | for child care providers and early childhood educators in the | 16 | | State of Illinois; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Wray-Lindley and her husband, Omar | 18 | | Lindley, ministered in several Latin American countries, | 19 | | including Costa Rica, Peru, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Guatemala, | 20 | | Panama, and Argentina; they also traveled and ministered in | 21 | | Brazil, on the African Continent, and in several U.S. states; | 22 | | in 2017, they launched the bilingual ministry Transformation |
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| 1 | | Church International; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 2020, Pastor Wray-Lindley founded Auntie | 3 | | Gigi's to develop a generation of transformative leaders while | 4 | | bridging the gap between ministry and the marketplace; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Wray-Lindley helped her daughter, | 6 | | Serenity, start an anti-labeling initiative by launching a | 7 | | publishing company, and the company's first published book was | 8 | | entitled, Stop Calling Me Bossy; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Pastor Wray-Lindley is survived by her husband | 10 | | and her two daughters, Serenity Blessing and Heavenly | 11 | | Blessing; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of
Pastor Gicele "Gigi" Wray-Lindley and | 15 | | extend our sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all | 16 | | who knew and loved
her; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 18 | | presented to the family of Pastor Wray-Lindley as an | 19 | | expression of
our deepest sympathy.
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