File #: 16-6134    Version: 1 Name: CELEBRATING PASTOR JOHNNY LEE MILLER’S 40 YEARS OF SERVICE
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 10/26/2016 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/26/2016 Final action: 10/26/2016
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION CELEBRATING PASTOR JOHNNY LEE MILLER'S 40 YEARS OF SERVICE WHEREAS, Pastor Johnny Lee Miller was born in Tutwiler, Mississippi, and moved to Chicago, Illinois as a child, where he attended Chicago Public Schools and graduated from Marshall High School; and WHEREAS, Johnny Lee Miller was ordained into the ministry on November 19, 1970; and WHEREAS, Pastor Miller served in the U.S. Army in Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Sam, Texas; and Hanau in Frankfurt, Germany; and WHEREAS, Pastor Miller was united in holy matrimony with the love of his life Gynetta Miller in 1976; and WHEREAS, after a long search, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church appointed Pastor Miller as Pastor and Leader in November 1976; and WHEREAS, as pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church for 40 years, Pastor Miller obtained church vans for pick up service, school buses and coach buses for church outings and annual sponsored trips for fun, fellowship, amusement, and learning; and WHEREAS, Pastor Miller has Mil...

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

CELEBRATING PASTOR JOHNNY LEE MILLER’S 40 YEARS OF SERVICE

 

WHEREAS, Pastor Johnny Lee Miller was born in Tutwiler, Mississippi, and moved to Chicago, Illinois as a child, where he attended Chicago Public Schools and graduated from Marshall High School; and

 

WHEREAS, Johnny Lee Miller was ordained into the ministry on November 19, 1970; and

 

WHEREAS, Pastor Miller served in the U.S. Army in Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Sam, Texas; and Hanau in Frankfurt, Germany; and

 

WHEREAS, Pastor Miller was united in holy matrimony with the love of his life Gynetta Miller in 1976; and

 

WHEREAS, after a long search, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church appointed Pastor Miller as Pastor and Leader in November 1976; and

 

WHEREAS, as pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church for 40 years, Pastor Miller obtained church vans for pick up service, school buses and coach buses for church outings and annual sponsored trips for fun, fellowship, amusement, and learning; and

 

WHEREAS, Pastor Miller has Miller has served as Chairman of the International Affairs Ministry for National Baptist Convention USA, Inc.; President of the United Baptist Convention of Illinois, Inc.; moderator of the Sunlight District Association; Commissioner of the Baptist Ministers Fellowship of Chicago and Vicinity; board member of the Reach 2010 Access Community Health Network; a member of the Chicago Police Department Board of Review; and Walgreen’s Community Task Force; and

 

WHEREAS, Pastor Miller has provided leadership, ministry, and comfort to the members of the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church for 40 years, allowing the church and its members to flourish; and

 

WHEREAS, it is appropriate to commemorate Pastor Miller’s 40 years of service to his church and to his community;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County congratulates Pastor Johnny Lee Miller on his 40th anniversary of ministering to the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church and joins the members of the church in celebrating his accomplishments; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution shall be spread on the record of this Board of Commissioners and that a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Pastor Johnny Lee Miller.

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