Full Text of HR1103 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the congregation of Eden | 4 | | United Church of Christ in Jefferson Park on the occasion of | 5 | | the church's 100th anniversary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In the spring of 1914, a number of pastors of the | 7 | | Evangelical Synod were aware of the religious needs of the | 8 | | Volga Germans in the northwestern part of Chicago; 34 members | 9 | | of area families attended a meeting held in an abandoned | 10 | | carpenter shop held on the corner of Gunnison and La Vergne | 11 | | Avenues on the present site of the United Brethren Church | 12 | | (formerly Calvary Methodist Church); and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, On May 9, 1914, the Deutsche Evangelish | 14 | | Lutherischen Eden Gemeinde was organized following the customs | 15 | | of their Russian homeland; on May 10, 1914, Eden Church applied | 16 | | for membership in the German Evangelical Synod of North | 17 | | America; the membership then unanimously requested that Rev. H. | 18 | | A. Schmidt be assigned to Eden Church as its first pastor; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, After finding their pastor, the Deutsche | 20 | | Evangelish Lutherischen Eden Gemeinde congregation's next | 21 | | pressing need was a suitable place of worship, eventually | 22 | | finding and purchasing 4 lots on the corner of Gunnison Street |
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| 1 | | and Le Claire Avenue; on May 24, 1914, the cornerstone for | 2 | | Eden's first church was laid; the church's first building was a | 3 | | portable chapel purchased near the Chicago River for $1000, | 4 | | which was later taken apart and re-erected at the present site; | 5 | | the cornerstone of the current church building was laid on | 6 | | September 9, 1928 and the parsonage was ready by November of | 7 | | 1928; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1965, Deutsche Evangelish Lutherischen Eden | 9 | | Gemeinde's name was changed to Eden United Church of Christ; in | 10 | | 1985, the name was changed to Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church - | 11 | | A United Church of Christ; in 2007, the name was once again | 12 | | changed to Eden United Church of Christ, which it has remained | 13 | | ever since; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In the 100 years since its inception, Eden United | 15 | | Church of Christ has served as a strong and active congregation | 16 | | in the Jefferson Park community; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we congratulate the congregation of Eden United Church of | 20 | | Christ in Jefferson Park on the occasion of the church's 100th | 21 | | anniversary and wish them continued success and happiness in | 22 | | the future; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the congregation of Eden United Church of Christ | 3 | | as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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