2013-2014 Bill 3935: Orangeburg Alliance of Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows - South

South Carolina General Assembly

120th Session, 2013-2014

H. 3935

STATUS INFORMATION

House Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. Govan, H.L.Ott, Hosey and CobbHunter

Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\29686dg13.docx

Introduced in the House on April 11, 2013

Adopted by the House on April 11, 2013

Summary: Orangeburg Alliance of Ministers' Wives and Ministers' Widows

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number

4/11/2013 House Introduced and adopted (House Journalpage65)

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/11/2013

A HOUSE RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ORANGEBURG ALLIANCE OF MINISTERS’ WIVES AND MINISTERS’ WIDOWS AND TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2ND ANNUAL BENEFIT BANQUET.

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that the Orangeburg Alliance of Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows will hold its 2nd Annual Benefit Banquet on April 12, 2013, at the Edisto United Methodist Church in Orangeburg; and

Whereas, Dr. Beverly W. Glover, the keynote speaker for the event, is the wife of Moderator and Pastor Walter W. Glover, and she serves as the eighth president of the International Association of Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows (IAMWMW); and

Whereas, the international organization has more than fortythree thousand members from one hundred three denominations and boasts chapters across the United States and in eighteen foreign nations; and

Whereas, IAMWMW offers educational opportunities for the wives and widows of ministers to enable them to be more effective in their kingdombuilding roles. The association also supports such charitable causes as the United Negro College Fund, American Cancer Society, United Way, Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, and Black Patriots Foundation; and

Whereas, as well as offering individual scholarships to young people seeking higher education, the association endowed both the International Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and Virginia Union University in Richmond, Virginia, with fifty thousand dollars each and the Perpetual Endowment Fund with a quarter of a million dollars; and

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives appreciates the outstanding service that the Orangeburg Alliance of Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows has provided to the community, and the members acknowledge with pride Dr. Beverly W. Glover as the keynote speaker for the organization’s 2nd Annual Benefit Banquet. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and commend the outstanding contributions of the Orangeburg Alliance of Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows and celebrate with them on the occasion of the 2nd Annual Benefit Banquet.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Orangeburg Alliance of Ministers’ Wives and Ministers’ Widows.

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