Full Text of HR0826 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Farmingdale Presbyterian | 4 | | Church, located in Pleasant Plains, on the occasion of its | 5 | | 190th anniversary; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Farmingdale Presbyterian Church was founded in | 7 | | 1834, with its origins beginning near Potsdam, New York on | 8 | | August 20, 1833; at that time, 52 people uprooted their lives | 9 | | to travel by wagon to Sangamon County, Illinois, arriving in | 10 | | October 1833; a majority of the company settled temporarily in | 11 | | Old Sangamo Town, a town a few miles northwest of Springfield, | 12 | | before relocating west near Prairie Creek in the spring of | 13 | | 1834, and the settlers consented to organizing a Presbyterian | 14 | | church; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Farmingdale Presbyterian Church's first structure | 16 | | was built in the foreground of the cemetery on land given by | 17 | | Luther A. Ransom; the church was then known as Farmington | 18 | | Church, later gaining its current name around 1905; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Farmingdale Presbyterian Church's second | 20 | | structure was erected approximately a half mile west of the | 21 | | cemetery in 1859, which served the church congregation until | 22 | | construction of its current building began in 1980; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Today, Farmingdale Presbyterian Church's | 2 | | congregation is able to pursue a number of church activities, | 3 | | including worship services, Sunday school, Vacation Bible | 4 | | School, youth activities, and a women's association, and the | 5 | | church also continues to maintain a strong emphasis on mission | 6 | | work; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, For the past 190 years, Farmingdale Presbyterian | 8 | | Church has served as a celebration of its congregation's faith | 9 | | in a rural setting while establishing itself as a community | 10 | | leader and a spiritual resource; therefore, be it | 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we congratulate Farmingdale Presbyterian Church on its 190th | 14 | | anniversary; and be it further | 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Farmingdale Presbyterian Church as an expression | 17 | | of our esteem and respect. |
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