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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Grace Lutheran Church in Loves Park was a
3 recipient of the 2004 Entrepreneurial Church Award, given by
4 the Joy Leadership Center, an institute in Arizona run by the
5 largest Lutheran Church in the country; the institute
6 encourages greater church growth and leadership dynamics; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The Joy Leadership Center surveys churches
8 nationally each year and then presents the awards to churches
9 across the country; Grace Lutheran was selected initially from
10 a survey of 400 to 500 churches; the group was narrowed to 72
11 churches; four churches finally received the award; and
 
12     WHEREAS, In the last 10 years Grace Lutheran has had an
13 increase in membership of 25% to 30%, which is pretty
14 significant for an established church; the church has about
15 2,100 members and is the largest Lutheran Church in Winnebago
16 County; and
 
17     WHEREAS, In addition to the growth, the church was cited
18 for leadership in the various types of ministries it provides;
19 one thing the leadership institute liked was that Grace
20 Lutheran sponsored a conference on the Purpose Driven Church
21 and the Purpose Driven Ministries; 300 church people from 10
22 different states attended the conference, and it was the
23 largest such gathering in the nation outside of events in
24 California; the church also set up a website to help churches,
25 particularly Lutheran churches, use the Purpose Driven
26 Ministry; and
 
27     WHEREAS, The church uses many multi-media presentations in
28 its various worship services; Rev. Robert Driver-Bishop, the
29 church's co-pastor, has been invited to speak at a number of
30 conferences and churches on the use of multi-media in worship,
31 and the church has set up a website to help churches use

 

 

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1 multi-media in worship; and
 
2     WHEREAS, The church is led by co-pastors Rev. Robert
3 Driver-Bishop and Terri Driver-Bishop and part-time pastors
4 Pastor Gary Park and Pastor Robert Dirks; the church has
5 services with four different styles ranging from traditional to
6 more casual; therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9 we congratulate Grace Lutheran Church on receiving the 2004
10 Entrepreneurial Church Award; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Grace Lutheran Church as an expression of our
13 esteem and with best wishes for continued success.