PRINTER'S NO. 2730
No. 475 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY SHIMKUS, BENNINGTON, BAKER, BOBACK, BRENNAN,
CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CONKLIN, CRUZ, FLECK, GALLOWAY, GEORGE,
GIBBONS, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HERSHEY, JAMES, KENNEY, MAJOR,
MANTZ, McILHATTAN, MENSCH, MILLARD, PALLONE, PASHINSKI,
PHILLIPS, PICKETT, RAMALEY, READSHAW, ROEBUCK, RUBLEY,
SAINATO, SANTONI, SAYLOR, SIPTROTH, K. SMITH, M. SMITH,
STABACK, SWANGER, THOMAS, WANSACZ, J. WHITE, WOJNAROSKI,
YOUNGBLOOD AND PARKER, OCTOBER 23, 2007
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 23, 2007
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating November 8, 2007, as "75th Anniversary of Baptist
2 Bible College & Seminary Day" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Baptist Bible College & Seminary in Clarks Summit,
4 Lackawanna County, prepares students for Christian ministry
5 careers with an independent Baptist affiliation; and
6 WHEREAS, Founded in 1932 in Johnson City, New York, Baptist
7 Bible College & Seminary moved in 1968 to its 121-acre Clarks
8 Summit campus; and
9 WHEREAS, Baptist Bible College & Seminary offers
10 undergraduate, graduate and seminary studies, with a total
11 enrollment of 1,134 students; and
12 WHEREAS, Men and women from this Commonwealth comprise 42% of
13 admissions; and
14 WHEREAS, Campus operations involve 300 vendors from this
1 Commonwealth; and
2 WHEREAS, Each year more than 4,000 visitors participate in
3 special summer programs; and
4 WHEREAS, "Celebrating God's Faithfulness" is the theme of the
5 75th anniversary celebration; therefore be it
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives, with respect for
7 Baptist Bible's leadership cultivation and community outreach,
8 designate November 8, 2007, as "75th Anniversary of Baptist
9 Bible College & Seminary Day" in Pennsylvania.
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