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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 179 Offered February 23, 2023 Commending the Reverend Pamela H. McLaughlin. ---------- Patron-- Morrissey ----------

WHEREAS, the Reverend Pamela H. McLaughlin, an esteemed educator and the first lady and senior member of Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Petersburg, has greatly served her congregation and her community through various endeavors; and

WHEREAS, Pamela McLaughlin attended Hampton Institute and earned a bachelor’s degree in music education and a master’s degree in educational administration and supervision from Virginia State University; and

WHEREAS, an educator for more than 20 years, Pamela McLaughlin taught choral music and drama in Petersburg Public Schools and Chesterfield County Public Schools; she was also the founding administrator and executive director of Olivet Christian Academy, Inc., for 12 years; and

WHEREAS, Pamela McLaughlin has been married for more than 43 years to the Reverend Dr. Wesley Keith McLaughlin, who has been senior pastor of Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Petersburg for more than 37 years; and

WHEREAS, Pamela McLaughlin serves as the director of education, performing arts, and women’s ministries at Mount Olivet Baptist Church and as the director of Christian education and is a licensed and ordained member of the church’s ministerial staff; and

WHEREAS, Pamela McLaughlin has ministered across the United States, Germany, Bermuda, the Caribbean, Suriname, Curacao, French Guyana, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, and India, and has organized mission teams for her most cherished and frequented assignment, Ghana; and

WHEREAS, Pamela McLaughlin is an international evangelist for global women’s conferences and church revivals in Ghana, and she co-founded Grace Village Ministries Intl., a new and thriving ministry that provides a place of worship, training, and outreach for residents of the inner city of Accra, Ghana; and

WHEREAS, Pamela McLaughlin’s ministry projects and initiatives include the Global Literacy Project, now called Book Bridges; youth outreach and school partnerships; the Women of Divine Destiny Annual Conference at Mount Olivet Baptist Church; and more; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Reverend Pamela H. McLaughlin hereby be commended for her legacy of service as an educator and leader of Mount Olivet Baptist Church; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the Reverend Pamela H. McLaughlin as an expression of the Senate of Virginia’s admiration for her contributions to the Commonwealth.