File #: 14-5849    Version: 1 Name: BISHOP MOODY
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 10/3/2014 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 10/8/2014 Final action: 10/8/2014
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING BISHOP MOODY FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE AND PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 7TH BISHOP CARLIS L. MOODY SR. DAY WHEREAS, on November 7, 2014 Bishop Carlis L. Moody, Sr. will be honored and celebrated for his countless contributions throughout his forty years of service in the United States and abroad; and WHEREAS, Bishop Moody began his ministry at the age of sixteen with a small congregation and is now the spiritual leader of over two hundred families, and over five hundred members locally; and WHEREAS, Bishop Moody Sr. has served as Vice President of the black Minister Alliance of Evanston and as a member of the Curriculum Council for the Evanston Township High School; and WHEREAS, Bishop Moody has ministered in over thirty-eight countries, including Argentina, Belize, Botswana, Columbia, Haiti, and Nigeria; and WHEREAS, Bishop Moody has served as President of the Home and Foreign Missions Department of the Church of God in Christ, Inc. which reac...
Sponsors: LARRY SUFFREDIN, JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, Cook County Commission on Women's Issues, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), EDWIN REYES, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
 
HONORING BISHOP MOODY FOR 40 YEARS OF SERVICE AND PROCLAIMING NOVEMBER 7TH BISHOP CARLIS L. MOODY SR. DAY
 
 WHEREAS, on November 7, 2014 Bishop Carlis L. Moody, Sr. will be honored and celebrated for his countless contributions throughout his forty years of service in the United States and abroad; and
 
WHEREAS, Bishop Moody began his ministry at the age of sixteen with a small congregation and is now the spiritual leader of over two hundred families, and over five hundred members locally; and
 
WHEREAS, Bishop Moody Sr. has served as Vice President of the black Minister Alliance of Evanston and as a member of the Curriculum Council for the Evanston Township High School; and
 
WHEREAS, Bishop Moody has ministered in over thirty-eight countries, including Argentina, Belize, Botswana, Columbia, Haiti, and Nigeria; and  
 
WHEREAS, Bishop Moody has served as President of the Home and Foreign Missions Department of the Church of God in Christ, Inc. which reaches over fifty-seven countries for forty years and is also the Jurisdictional Bishop of Germany; and
 
WHEREAS, Bishop Moody was elected to serve as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Pentecostal World Conference and served in that position for twenty-seven years; and
 
WHEREAS, Bishop Moody's local church, Home Ministry, served as the Home Church for Drug Rehabilitation Center, (Prevention, Inc.) for eleven years.  The Faith Temple congregation ministered in their community through radio for thirteen years and on television for the past ten years; and
 
WHEREAS, Bishop Moody spearheaded the Faith Christian Academy which served students, kindergarten through eighth grade, as a means to enrich the lives of young people in the Evanston Northshore area and by fostering respect, compassion, honesty, and service; and
 
WHEREAS, Bishop Moody established a Nursing Home Ministry, Food Pantry, and Prison Ministry to service the community; and
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, on behalf of the 5.2 million residents of Cook County takes great pleasure in honoring and celebrating Bishop Moody's 40 years of service and herewith honors Bishop Moody for bettering the lives of the citizens of Cook County, Illinois; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that November 7th 2014 be proclaimed Bishop Carlis L. Moody, Sr. Day; and
 
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this Resolution be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body and that an official copy of the same be tendered to The 40th Year Celebration Committee.    
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