HLS 15RS-4250 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 159
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Tuesday, June 2, 2015, as Union Bethel
A.M.E. Church Day in the Louisiana House of Representatives
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate Tuesday, June 2, 2015, as Union Bethel A.M.E. Church Day in the Louisiana
3 House of Representatives.
4 WHEREAS, the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church was founded by
5Richard Allen in 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a connectional church; and
6 WHEREAS, the word "African" means that the church was organized by people of
7African descent and heritage; it does not mean that the church was founded in Africa or that
8it was for persons of African descent only; and
9 WHEREAS, the roots of A.M.E. churches are of the family of Methodist churches;
10Methodism provides an orderly system of rules and regulations and places emphasis on a
11plain and simple gospel; and
12 WHEREAS, "Episcopal" refers to the form of government under which the church
13operates; the chief executive and administrative officers of the African Methodist Episcopal
14denomination are the Bishops of the church; and
15 WHEREAS, the A.M.E. Church has more than one million members scattered across
16the United States, Canada, South America, West Africa, South Africa, and the West Indies;
17and
18 WHEREAS, Union Bethel A.M.E. Church of Amelia, Louisiana, St. Mary Parish,
19was organized in 1865; the church structure was rebuilt at its current location in 1902; and
20 WHEREAS, Union Bethel A.M.E. Church of Amelia is celebrating its
21sesquicentennial anniversary; and
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1 WHEREAS, Union Bethel A.M.E. Church is located within the boundaries of the
2Eighth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church and within the Alexandria-Thibodaux
3Presiding Elder District.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
5Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Tuesday, June 2, 2015, as Union Bethel
6A.M.E. Church Day in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be presented to the
8Right Reverend Julius Harrison McAllister, Sr., Presiding Bishop of the Eighth Episcopal
9District, and Reverend Lloyd Washington, Presiding Elder of the Alexandria-Thibodaux
10District.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 159 Original 2015 Regular Session Harrison
Designates June 2, 2015, as Union Bethel A.M.E. Church Day in the La. House of
Representatives.
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