Number
081319
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution assigning the honorary street name, "Pastor Willie F. Brooks, Sr.," to West Brown Street from North 22nd to North 24th Streets in the 15th Aldermanic District.
Analysis
This resolution assigns the honorary street name, "Pastor Willie F. Brooks, Sr.," to the 2-block segment of West Brown Street from North 22nd Street to North 24th Street in the 15th Aldermanic District.
Body
Whereas, Pastor Brooks and his faithful wife, Jimmie, steadfastly and unselfishly served the congregants of the Guiding Light Baptist Church and the residents of the surrounding community for 35 years before the Pastor’s lamented passing on July 16, 2008; and
Whereas, Pastor Brooks hosted a prayer breakfast each morning for the men of the Guiding Light community and lovingly reached out to all who struggled to find gainful employment and to overcome addiction through the church’s Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program; and
Whereas, The resolve of women at Guiding Light was reinforced and their spirits uplifted through Pastor Brook’s weekly Moments of Inspiration Program designed to discover how to face and overcome life’s challenges through the Bible; and
Whereas, Pastor Brooks and Guiding Light provided much needed tutoring for neighborhood schoolchildren in the church’s After School Program; and
Whereas, Pastor Brooks and Guiding Light operated a Summer Youth Enrichment Program, facilitated by the Pastor’s wife of 53 years, Jimmie, which provided tutoring and enrichment courses crucial to the wellbeing and success of neighborhood children which included both breakfast and lunch for children who might otherwise go hungry; and
Whereas, Pastor Brooks operated the church’s food pantry which he made available to those in need anytime day or night and would even deliver if recipients who could not pickup the foodstuffs on their own; and
Whereas, Pastor and Mrs. Brooks were known a...
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