SR 172 — Commending the Reverend Robert Byrd Dawson.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23107223D I SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

172 OfferedE February 23, 2023 N Commending the Reverend Robert Byrd Dawson.

TN Patron––MorrisseyAgreed Rto ––––––––––by WHEREAS, for more than 15 years, the ReverendSenate, RobertFebruary Byrd24, Dawson2023 hasR providedO wise spiritualO counsel and leadership to the congregation of First Baptist Church of Petersburg;

and DspirituaL WHEREAS, Robert "Rob" Dawson graduated from Randolph-Macon College, earned his master of UL pastoraldivinity studiesdegree atfrom VirginiaSouthwestern CommonwealthBaptist University;Theological Seminary in Texas, and then continued his pasWHEREAS, for nearly four decades, Rob Dawson has served Baptist churches in the E Commonwealth, beginning with Coan Baptist Church in Heathsville in 1984;

andinaryhe injoined Texas,Bainbridge andStreet thenFirst continued his WHEREAS, for nearly four decades, Rob Dawson has served Baptist churches in the C Commonwealth, beginning with Coan Baptist Church in HeathsvilleRichmond in 1984;2004;

heandme joined Bainbridge SEreet Baptist Church in Richmond in 1987, then became associate pastor for pastoral care and senior adults at FirWHEREAS,WHEREAS, in the fall of 2007, Rob Dawson joined First Baptist Church of Petersburg, where he is best known as "Pastor Rob";

he has helped the church grow in faith and number and led a campaign to raiseraiWHEREAS, $300,000Rob forDawson repairsis the proud father of his children, Lauren, Maryanne, Summer, and renovations;the late Morgan, and the proud grandfather of Isabella, Levi, and Dawson;

andnow, WHEREAS,therefore, Robbe it S RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Reverend Robert Byrd Dawson isbe commended for 1 hisRESOLVED FURTHER, That the proudClerk fatherof the Senate prepare a copy of histhis children,resolution Lauren,fort Maryanne,E Summer,presentation andto the lateReverend Morgan,Robert andByrd theDawson proudas grandfatheran expression of Isabella,the Levi,Senate andof Dawson;Virginia's R admiration for his contributions to the Petersburg community.

now, therefore, be it his legacy of service as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Petersburg;

and, be it for RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for S presentation to the Reverend Robert Byrd Dawson as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's 1 admiration for his contributions to the Petersburg community.

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