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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 cele...
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