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H*5199 Session 125 (2023-2024) H 5199 Resolution, By Anderson, Hewitt, Alexander, Atkinson, Bailey, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bauer, Beach, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bradley, Brewer, Brittain, Burns, Bustos, Calhoon, Carter, Caskey, Chapman, Chumley, Clyburn, Cobb-Hunter, Collins, Connell, B.J. Cox, B.L. Cox, Crawford, Cromer, Davis, Dillard, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Forrest, Gagnon, Garvin, Gatch, Gibson, Gilliam, Gilliard, Guest, Guffey, Haddon, Hager, Hardee, Harris, Hart, Hartnett, Hayes, Henderson-Myers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Hyde, Jefferson, J.E. Johnson, J.L. Johnson, S. Jones, W. Jones, Jordan, Kilmartin, King, Kirby, Landing, Lawson, Leber, Ligon, Long, Lowe, Magnuson, May, McCabe, McCravy, McDaniel, McGinnis, Mitchell, J. Moore, T. Moore, A.M. Morgan, T.A. Morgan, Moss, Murphy, Neese, B. Newton, W. Newton, Nutt, O'Neal, Oremus, Ott, Pace, Pedalino, Pendarvis, Pope, Rivers, Robbins, Rose, Rutherford, Sandifer, Schuessler, Sessions, G.M. Smith, M.M. Smith, Stavrinakis, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Trantham, Vaughan, Weeks, West, Wetmore, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Wooten and Yow
A house RESOLUTION
TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR Reverend Dr. Norvel Goff,
Sr., Presiding Elder of the Edisto District for the South Carolina
Whereas, Reverend Dr.
Norvel Goff, Sr., will begin a well-deserved retirement after years as an
eminent church leader, the last ten of which have been as the distinguished presiding
elder of the Edisto District for the South Carolina
Whereas, on November
14, 2014, Reverend Goff was appointed as presiding elder of the Edisto District
of the South Carolina
Whereas, Reverend Goff formerly served as pastor of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Danbury, Connecticut; Baber AME Church in Rochester, New York; and Reid Chapel AME Church in Columbia; and most recently as interim pastor of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston; and
Whereas, during his ministry, over two and a half thousand individuals gave their lives to Christ and joined in Christian church membership, and the financial stewardship of each of his churches increased by over two hundred fifty percent, allowing them to eliminate church and school mortgages; and
Whereas, Presiding Elder Goff currently serves as the Seventh Episcopal District's treasurer and vice chair of the Allen University Board of Trustees, and he also holds offices on several AME Church district and conference boards and committees throughout South Carolina; and
Whereas, an active and productive member of the Connectional AME Church, he served as a delegate, spanning twenty years, to six Quadrennial Sessions of the AME Church General Conference and as a member of the AME Church's Episcopal Committee. He is a member of the AME General Board; and
Whereas, dedicated and committed to transformative ministry, Presiding Elder Goff travels extensively conducting workshops and seminars on church growth and management, parliamentary procedures, stewardship, the role and responsibility of pastors, members, and church polity; and
Whereas, he has been an active participant in civil rights, economic justice, and peace for more than four decades as a teacher, lecturer, writer, and outstanding orator. In Connecticut, he served as an elected member of the Town Committee, majority leader of the Hartford City Council, president of the Hartford NAACP, and the first comptroller of the Connecticut Convention Center Authority; and
Whereas, in Rochester, New York, Presiding Elder Goff served as a member of the NAACP and established the Baber Center for Economic Development and Social Change that allowed the church facility to grow to include three major parcels of property valued in excess of two million dollars; and
Whereas, he served as treasurer
of the Western New York
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives takes great pleasure in extending best wishes to Norvel Goff for his long, eminent service to the AME Church as he transitions to a richly deserved retirement, and the members wish him many years of continued success and enjoyment. 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 honor Reverend Dr. Norvel Goff, Sr., Presiding Elder of the Edisto District
for the South Carolina
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Reverend Dr. Norvel Goff, Sr. ----XX---- This web page was last updated on March 5, 2024 at 12:53 PM |
