Senate Resolution 33 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  MULDER
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the Pioneer United Methodist
  1  4    Church of Rock Valley, Iowa, on the occasion of
  1  5    its quasquicentennial year.
  1  6    WHEREAS, Pioneer United Methodist Church, the first
  1  7 Protestant church in Rock Valley, Iowa, began
  1  8 celebrating its quasquicentennial in 2006 and
  1  9 continues those activities in 2007; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, the first religious services held in Rock
  1 11 Township were led by a Methodist minister in 1879; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the first Methodist services in Rock
  1 13 Valley were held in a local schoolhouse, where the
  1 14 congregation presented Rock Valley with its first
  1 15 Christmas tree; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, in 1880 a Methodist Class was organized in
  1 17 Rock Valley, part of a four=point circuit consisting
  1 18 of Pattersonville (now Hull), Boyden, Rock Valley, and
  1 19 a rural charge; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, the church was officially organized in
  1 21 1882 and was initially named the Pioneer Methodist
  1 22 Episcopal Church of Rock Valley; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the first church building was ready for
  1 24 use in 1882, with $50 of the cost coming from a
  1 25 donation from the Vice President of the United States
  1 26 William A. Wheeler; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, construction on the current church edifice
  1 28 began in 1964, with the first service held on January
  1 29 31, 1965, and a fellowship hall was added in 1988; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, in 1968 the church was officially renamed
  2  1 the Pioneer United Methodist Church; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, over these many years the Pioneer United
  2  3 Methodist Church has kept the spiritual life of its
  2  4 members alive through regular Sunday worship services,
  2  5 church school classes, choirs, organizations, and
  2  6 activities; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, the church has long been known for its
  2  8 strong support of home and foreign mission projects ==
  2  9 providing the impetus for the Heartland Center for
  2 10 Restorative Justice, providing relief for the victims
  2 11 of Hurricane Katrina, participating in the Heifer
  2 12 Project International, and participating in the Red
  2 13 Bird Missionary Conference; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 14    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2 15 congratulates the Pioneer United Methodist Church of
  2 16 Rock Valley, Iowa, for its 125 years of devotion to
  2 17 God and service to mankind.
  2 18 LSB 2892SS 82
  2 19 jr:nh/je/5.1