SR 8 — Commending the Reverend Tyler C. Millner, Sr.

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8 E Commending the Reverend Tyler C.

––––––––––N TAgreed Patron––Stanleyto Rby ––––––––––the Senate, January 25, 2024 R O WHEREAS,leadership forand moreled thangenerous 33community years,outreach programs as the Reverendpastor Tylerof C.Morning Star Holy Churchal L in Martinsville;

Millner, Sr., has provided wise spiritual leadership and ledL generous community outreach programs as the pastor of Morning Star Holy ChurDh in WHEREAS, Tyler Millner is a graduate of Johnson C.

Smith University in North Carolina and the McCormick Theological Seminary in Illinois, and he completed further studies at Harvard University and New York University;

andry in Illinois, and Che completed further studies at Harvard University E WHEREAS, Tyler Millner cultivated his administrative skills and leadership abilities as an eEecutiveexecutiveD vice president of Virginia Union University and as the director of minority affairs for what is now Dominion Energy;

and D 1971, and he returned to Martinsville in 1991 to become the second pastor of Morning Star Holy Church, which had been founded and previously led by his mother, the Reverend Almeda F.

and WHEREAS, Tyler Millner is passionate about spiritual growth, building inter-faith understanding, and leading by example;

he established inspirational ministries for Black youths and encouragedencourageding, R members of the congregation to pursue leadership opportunities in the church and in the region;

and E WHEREAS, a gifted public speaker, fundraiser, and community organizer, Tyler Millner has guided R the congregation of Morning Star Holy Church to take an active role in local life through unique and engagingengWHEREAS, programs;Tyler Millner has supported social justice and cultural preservation efforts by launching a citizens' awareness program known as the Blue Ribbon Campaign and establishing the Richmond Community Learning Week, which has become a national model for Martin Luther King, Jr.

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35and, describedbe byites Martinof Lutherservice King,to Jr.;the Martinsville community as the pastor of Morning Star RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Reverend Tyler C.

now, therefore, be it 37 commended for his decades of service to the Martinsville community as the pastor of Morning Star 38 Holy Church;

and, be it 39 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Reverend Tyler C.