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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Paris Donehoo on the 
4occasion of his retirement as senior pastor of
the First 
5Congregational Church of Elgin; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Paris Donehoo was born in Atlanta, Georgia on 
7August 14, 1952 and raised in the
Georgia towns of Decatur and 
8Roswell; he attended Kennesaw College and was ordained by the 
9First Baptist Church of Roswell in December of 1973; he

10received his Bachelor of Arts from Georgia Southern University 
11in 1974 with a major in
history and a minor in journalism; he 
12graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary in 
131977 with a Master of Divinity; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Paris Donehoo served as pastor of the Sardis

15Baptist Church from 1977 until 1980, and then as pastor of the 
16Lost Mountain Baptist Church until
1990; in 1988, he received a 
17Doctor of Ministry from Columbia Theological
Seminary; from 
181991 until 2000, he served as senior minister at Park Ridge 
19Community Church
in Park Ridge; he briefly served as  hospice 
20chaplain for the West Suburban Hospital in
Oak Park and then 
21returned to the pastorate in 2002 as senior pastor of
the First 
22Congregational Church of Elgin, where he served until his 
23retirement in 2018; for 11 years, he served as an adjunct 
 
 
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1professor in the Doctor of Ministry in Preaching
program at 
2Chicago Theological Seminary; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Paris Donehoo is the author of Prayer in the Life 
4of Jesus
and numerous articles in various magazines and 
5journals such as Christian
Ministry, The Other Side, Eternity, 
6and Christian Century; his upcoming book, Polarized:

7Confronting the Collapse of Truth, Civility, and Community in 
8Divided Times, is due in
the fall of 2018; and
  
 
  
9    WHEREAS, Paris Donehoo has two children from his first 
10marriage, Meg Pfister and Kathryn Kennon, and two
stepchildren,  
11Rachel Georgakis and Matthew Holihan, with his current wife, 
12Penny; between
them they have six grandchildren; therefore, be 
13it
  
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
15HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
16congratulate Paris Donehoo on his retirement as senior pastor 
17of
the First Congregational Church of Elgin, and we wish him 
18the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution presented 
20to Paris Donehoo as a symbol of our respect and esteem.