[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 65 (Monday, May 23, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: May 23, 1994]
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                  TRIBUTE TO REV. DONALD C. DAVENPORT

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                           HON. MEL REYNOLDS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 23, 1994

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues, the outstanding work done by a great leader in my 
congressional district, the Reverend Donald C. Davenport of the 
Community Covenant Church. Attached is a proclamation I issued Reverend 
Davenport commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas the Reverend Donald C. Davenport is a native of 
     Chicago, Illinois, he was reared in the midst of the Cabrini 
     Green Housing Development area of Chicago, through Church 
     involvement and participating in high school football he rose 
     above the gang, guns and drug environment, receiving a 
     football scholarship to college; and
       Whereas Reverend Davenport matriculated at Southern 
     Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, earning the 
     Bachelor of Arts Degree, and Garrett Evangelical Theological 
     Seminary, Evanston, Illinois earning the Master of Divinity 
     Degree; and
       Whereas Reverend Davenport has served the church through 
     campus ministry and local congregations, he was appointed 
     College Campus Director, Campus Crusade For Christ for 
     Southern California, later he served as Director of Young 
     Life Campus Ministries, for the Southside of Chicago, he 
     served as Associate Pastor of Oakdale Covenant Church, 
     Chicago, Illinois for five years, September 1980 he because 
     the Co-Pastor of Community Covenant Church, Calumet Park, 
     Illinois, in September 1981 he accepted the Call to pastor 
     Community Covenant Church, The Lord has Blessed the 
     congregation to grow in number and in its ministry, through 
     Athletic Ministry, Family Life Seminars, Personal Counseling, 
     Community Covenant Bible Institute, and more; and
       Whereas Reverend Davenport is a denominational and 
     community leader, he is a member of the Urban/Ethnic 
     Commission of the Evangelical Covenant Church, The Help 
     Commission of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Board of 
     Directors, Southwest Mental Health Association of cook 
     county, and many other community organizations, he is a 
     humanitarian, a shepherd and a true asset to our community: 
     Now, Therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of The Reverend Donald C. 
     Davenport and the Community Covenant Church by entering these 
     accomplishments into the Congressional Record and Archives of 
     the One Hundred and Third Congress of The United States of 
     America.

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