1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 122nd Session, 2017-2018 3 4 H. 4820 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Hosey, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, Brawley, Brown, 11 Bryant, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, 12 Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, 13 Finlay, Forrest, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, 14 Henderson, HendersonMyers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Howard, Huggins, 15 Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mace, Mack, Magnuson, 16 Martin, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, McGinnis, McKnight, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, Murphy, 17 B. Newton, W. Newton, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pendarvis, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Ridgeway, M. Rivers, 18 S. Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, Sottile, 19 Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Trantham, Weeks, West, Wheeler, 20 White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Young and Yow 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1314vr18.docx 22 23 Introduced in the House on February 1, 2018 24 Adopted by the House on February 1, 2018 25 26 Summary: Second Baptist Church (SBC) of Barnwell's Men's Day 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 2/1/2018 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 20) 33 34 View the latest legislative information at the website 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 2/1/2018 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND THE SECOND BAPTIST 12 CHURCH OF BARNWELL’S MEN’S DAY PROGRAM AND 13 TO CONGRATULATE THE NEARLY CENTURYOLD 14 CHURCH ON THE TWENTYFIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS 15 FINE MEN’S MINISTRY. 16 17 Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased 18 to learn that Barnwell’s Second Baptist Church (SBC) is 19 celebrating the twentyfifth anniversary of its Men’s Day Program 20 in February 2018; and 21 22 Whereas, in 1994, the first Men’s Day Program was presented, 23 having been planned and organized by SBC First Lady Fredrena 24 Odom, the pastor’s wife. With a clear goal in mind, that of 25 persuading all men, young and old alike, to take part in church 26 work, Mrs. Odom created this event under the theme Black Men: 27 Let Us Live Together in Peace. All participants were men; and 28 29 Whereas, over the years, the SBC Men’s Day Program has enjoyed 30 many dynamic speakers. Its inaugural program was held on 31 February 13, 1994, and featured the Honorable Nelson B. Rivers 32 III of Columbia, executive director of the South Carolina NAACP 33 Conference of Branches. Speakers who have since followed 34 include: 35 36 February 12, 1995, Dr. Luna C. Richardson, pastor, Thankful 37 Baptist Church, Bamberg; president, Morris College, Sumter 38 39 February 11, 1996, Minister Monnieque Singleton, MD, Union 40 Baptist Church, Bamberg 41

[4820] 2 1 February 9, 1997, the Honorable Wilbur Cave, member, South 2 Carolina House of Representatives, District #91 3 4 February 8, 1998, Reverend Herman L. Wallace, pastor, 5 Tabernacle Baptist Church, Blackville; assistant principal, 6 Barnwell High School, Barnwell 7 8 February 14, 1999, Dr. James O. Rich, pastor, St. Paul Baptist 9 Church, Anderson; former president, South Carolina Baptist E&M 10 Convention, Columbia 11 12 February 13, 2000, Reverend James Holliday, pastor, Bushy Pond 13 Baptist Church, Norway 14 15 February 11, 2001, Reverend N.A. McNeal, pastor, Capernaum 16 Missionary Baptist Church, Denmark, and Cedar Grove 17 Missionary Baptist Church, Norway 18 19 February 10, 2002, Reverend Harold Shepherd, pastor, Bethlehem 20 Missionary Baptist Church, Olar 21 22 February 9, 2003, the Honorable Lonnie Hosey, deacon, St. 23 Thomas Grove Baptist Church, Barnwell; member, South Carolina 24 House of Representatives, District #91 25 26 February 8, 2004, Mr. Jay Jefferies, staff meteorologist, WRDW, 27 Channel 12, Augusta, Georgia 28 29 February 13, 2005, Dr. Walter Tobin, retired public school 30 superintendent, Columbia 31 32 February 12, 2006, Brother Rudolph Wheeler, counselor and 33 director of Call Me Mister Program, Morris College, Sumter 34 35 February 11, 2007, Reverend Albert Middleton, pastor, Mt. 36 Carmel United Methodist Church, Bamberg 37 38 February 10, 2008, Brother Robert Eaves, CPA, Second Calvary 39 Baptist Church, Columbia 40 41 February 8, 2009, Reverend George Manigo, retired United 42 Methodist pastor and district superintendent; member, Mt. Zion 43 United Methodist Church, Bamberg

[4820] 3 1 2 February 14, 2010, Reverend Glenn Prince, faith and health 3 liaison, South Carolina Office of Minority Health, Columbia 4 5 February 13, 2011, Reverend Douglas Simmons, pastor, Mt. Zion 6 Baptist Church, Orangeburg 7 8 February 12, 2012, Mr. Matthew Priester, educator, Covington, 9 Georgia 10 11 February 10, 2013, Dr. Sam Davie, pastor, Beulah Grove Baptist 12 Church, Augusta, Georgia 13 14 February 8, 2014, the Honorable James E. Clyburn, United States 15 House of Representatives, 6th District of South Carolina 16 17 February 8, 2015, Dr. William B. Blount, pastor, Greater Young 18 Zion Baptist Church, Augusta, Georgia 19 20 February 14, 2016, Mr. Willie Jeffries, former athletic director and 21 head football coach, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg 22 23 February 12, 2017, Reverend Thurmond Bowens, pastor, Trinity 24 Baptist Church, Columbia; and 25 26 Whereas, the “Big Seven,” a local community organization of 27 men, assisted with parking and ushering at the inaugural Men’s 28 Day Program event. This worthy organization has been, and still 29 is, a very important part of the SBC Men’s Day Program’s success; 30 and 31 32 Whereas, in 1996, the Second Baptist Church Male Chorus was 33 organized at the urging of First Lady Fredrena Odom. The first 34 singing appearance of the ensemble took place at the February 9, 35 1997, Men’s Day Program. The group’s signature music became 36 “The Train Song”, also known as “I’m Going Home on the 37 Morning Train”; and 38 39 Whereas, grateful for the positive influence of the SBC Men’s Day 40 Program, the House extends best wishes for much success in the 41 years to come, beginning with what promises to be a rewarding 42 2018 meeting on February 11, with C. Allen Moses, pastor of Mt. 43 Zion Church in Lee County, speaking. Now, therefore,

[4820] 4 1 2 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 3 4 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 5 by this resolution, recognize and commend the Second Baptist 6 Church of Barnwell’s Men’s Day Program and congratulate the 7 nearly centuryold church on the twentyfifth anniversary of this fine 8 men’s ministry. 9 10 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 11 Second Baptist Church. 12 XX 13

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