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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the congregation | ||||||
| 4 | of Windsor Christian Church on the church's 150th anniversary; | ||||||
| 5 | and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Windsor Christian Church was established in 1857; | ||||||
| 7 | it is believed that J.D. Bruce, who founded the Town of Windsor | ||||||
| 8 | in 1856, founded the church in the fall of 1857, with early | ||||||
| 9 | services being performed in private homes, the town's train | ||||||
| 10 | depot, or possibly in the Windsor House, a hotel owned by Mr. | ||||||
| 11 | Bruce; on July 9, 1863, the land on which the church is | ||||||
| 12 | currently located was sold to church trustees Lee H. Keller, | ||||||
| 13 | Jonathan D. Bruce, J.W. York, Zimri Ferguson, and Jackson M. | ||||||
| 14 | Logan for $300; according to an account in the Windsor Gazette, | ||||||
| 15 | the church was built in 1864 and 1865 at a cost of $2,500; the | ||||||
| 16 | church's first elder was Anzil Gaddis and the first deacons | ||||||
| 17 | were J.D. Bruce and L.H. Keller; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, In 1879, a minister known as Elder Hite was called | ||||||
| 19 | to minister at Windsor Christian Church; since Elder Hite's | ||||||
| 20 | time, 30 ministers have been called to minister within the | ||||||
| 21 | church; the current minister is Richard Eident, who has been | ||||||
| 22 | with the congregation for 30 years; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Windsor Christian Church's original building is | ||||||
| 2 | still in use by its congregation today; in June of 1923, over | ||||||
| 3 | $12,000 of improvements were added to the church; in August of | ||||||
| 4 | 1956, a new $53,000 addition was added; in July of 1963, the | ||||||
| 5 | church's members voted to construct an educational building on | ||||||
| 6 | to the main church building; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Windsor Christian Church has had over 1,500 | ||||||
| 8 | members throughout its 150 years and has a current membership | ||||||
| 9 | of 350; the church has also performed several revival meets, | ||||||
| 10 | which brought upwards of 50 new members into the church; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Today, Windsor Christian Church employs different | ||||||
| 12 | methods to communicate the same message to minister to the | ||||||
| 13 | needs of its congregation and the Town of Windsor; therefore, | ||||||
| 14 | be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 16 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 17 | congratulate the congregation of Windsor Christian Church on | ||||||
| 18 | the church's 150th anniversary and wish them continued success | ||||||
| 19 | and happiness in the future; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to Windsor Christian Church minister Richard Eident | ||||||
| 22 | as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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