Full Text of HR1030 94th General Assembly
HR1030 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Walls Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal | 3 |
| (CME) Church was established in 1917 and is celebrating its | 4 |
| 89th anniversary; and
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| WHEREAS, Walls Memorial CME Church was organized with four | 6 |
| members; at that time, the church was named Park Avenue CME | 7 |
| Church; in 1933, Reverend Albert Webster Walls, the founder, | 8 |
| was reassigned to Park Avenue and a new edifice was purchased; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Under Reverend Walls' leadership, the church | 11 |
| moved again to a new location on Washington Blvd.; Reverend | 12 |
| Walls served faithfully for 17 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Chester A. Kirkendoll (the 35th Bishop of | 14 |
| the CME Church) completed the parsonage of the late Reverend | 15 |
| Walls with Reverend J.H. Henderson serving from the fall of | 16 |
| 1950 to the summer of 1954; under Pastor Henderson, the | 17 |
| Stewardess Board #2, the gospel chorus, and the Board of | 18 |
| Christian Education were organized, and a piano and organ were | 19 |
| purchased; and
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| WHEREAS, During the 1950s, many pastors served the Walls | 21 |
| family; included in this tenure was the Dr. Kelsey Jones, who | 22 |
| served from 1956 to 1959; in 1959, Reverend Julius Clay was | 23 |
| appointed and served Walls until 1962; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1962, Reverend D.E. Fullwood was appointed; the | 25 |
| highlight of his 5-year tenure was the purchasing of the first | 26 |
| parsonage on Central Park Avenue; in 1967, Reverend R.D. | 27 |
| Jackson was appointed pastor and the current house of worship | 28 |
| at 200 South Sacramento Boulevard and the 202 South Sacramento | 29 |
| properties were secured for $1 through the kind and generous | 30 |
| support of the Reverend Dr. Harry Gibson, the United Methodist |
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| Church, and the Chicago Home Missionary Society; and
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| WHEREAS, In August of 1969, Bishop J. Claude Allen | 3 |
| appointed Reverend Clarence C. Buchanan to the Walls family; | 4 |
| under his leadership, choirs were organized as well as the | 5 |
| Board of Evangelism and the Beautifying Club; the highlight of | 6 |
| his tenure came with the burning of the church mortgage on | 7 |
| March 17, 1974; Pastor Buchanan served until 1982, when the | 8 |
| Annual Conference appointed the Reverend John T. Kellman and | 9 |
| the Reverend Conway Spears until 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, In August of 1986, the Annual Conference appointed | 11 |
| the Reverend J.J. Jackson III as pastor; under his 8-year | 12 |
| tenure, a new parsonage was purchased and the church was | 13 |
| refurbished; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1994, Reverend Dr. Marvin Frank began serving | 15 |
| as pastor; he has overseen the establishment of a Retirement | 16 |
| Ministry and the Heard-Elders Computer Center, as well as | 17 |
| numerous physical improvements to the church; Reverend Frank | 18 |
| has worked tirelessly to expand the church's outreach ministry, | 19 |
| providing shelter for the homeless, a food pantry, and a | 20 |
| clothing bank; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 |
| we congratulate the Walls Memorial Christian Methodist | 24 |
| Episcopal Church on its 89th anniversary, and we recognize its | 25 |
| significant contributions to the community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to the church as an expression of our wishes for its | 28 |
| continued growth and success.
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