Bill Text: VA HR295 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Commending Hearts Delight Baptist Church.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-02-18 - Bill text as passed House (HR295ER) [HR295 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-HR295-Enrolled.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 295 Commending Hearts Delight Baptist Church.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 18, 2019

WHEREAS, Hearts Delight Baptist Church, a place of worship founded by former slaves after the Civil War, celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2019; and

WHEREAS, Hearts Delight Baptist Church serves its community in Fauquier County by hosting various events to inform and uplift the public; and

WHEREAS, Hearts Delight Baptist Church has promoted friendly, wholesome competition and community engagement by participating in the Christian Bowling League; and

WHEREAS, Hearts Delight Baptist Church has expanded its reach to include ministry to incarcerated persons, support for the homeless, and foreign aid; and

WHEREAS, Hearts Delight Baptist Church has continued to worship in its current chapel since 1870; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Hearts Delight Baptist Church hereby be commended on the occasion of its 150th anniversary; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Hearts Delight Baptist Church as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for its legacy of spiritual leadership and service to the Fauquier County community.