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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Alderman Scheketa Hart-Burns, 7th Ward
DATE: September 9, 2016
SUBJECT:
To Acknowledge the Life and Service of Bishop William Haven Bonner.
PURPOSE:
To formally document the Resolution of the Life and Service of Bishop William Haven Bonner.
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approve the Resolution.
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution Acknowledging the Life and Service of Bishop William Haven Bonner.
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, (Bishop William Haven Bonner was the spiritual father and founder of the Greater Mt. Olive Church of God in Christ, 6th Jurisdictional Prelate of Illinois, where he answered the call "Here I am LORD, send me." Bishop Bonner worked tirelessly in the ministry for over 80 years devoting his life to God and the Church.
WHEREAS, WHEREAS, Almighty God has chosen, with His infinite wisdom, to call our beloved Bishop William Haven Bonner to join Him in Heaven. II Corinthians 5:8 says, "We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD, and
WHEREAS, Bishop Bonner was called to preach at the young age of 13 and has served Seventy-two years as Pastor of the Greater Mt. Olive Church of God in Christ, and
WHEREAS, Bishop Bonner, married Dorothy Mae Green in May of 1942 and four children were born to this union, Enyess, Willie Etta, Charles and Dorothy, and
WHEREAS, Bishop Bonner was appointed District Superintendent of the Northwestern Dis...
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