[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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                      TRIBUTE TO REV. JOHN H. RICE

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                           HON. MEL REYNOLDS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 25, 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, Rev. John H. Rice of the Bethel Baptist Church. 
Attached is a proclamation I issued Reverend Rice commending him for 
his work.

                              Proclamation

       Wherease the Reverend John H. Rice was born in Starksville, 
     Mississippi, reared in Chicago Heights, Illinois since the 
     age of four matriculating at Dr. Charles Gavin Elementary, 
     Washington Junior High, and Bloom High School; graduate of 
     Moody Bible Institute, Prairie State College, Associate of 
     Arts Degree, Governors State University, Bachelors Degree 
     Majoring in Communication Science, currently a candidate for 
     the Masters Degree in Communication Science; and
       Whereas Reverend Rice as elected Pastor of St. Bethel 
     Baptist Church in 1970, where he has had life long member, 
     the church as been blessed with an increase of over six 
     hundred (600) new families involved in many christian 
     ministries; and
       Whereas under the dynamic leadership of Pastor Rice the 
     Bethel Community Facility also known as ``the miracle on 
     Portland Avenue'' was constructed, today this one million 
     dollar debt-free multipurpose facility serves the community 
     with day care, a medical clinic, alternative high school for 
     at risk youth, adolescent basketball, computer classes, a 
     pharmacy, and fellowship hall; and
       Whereas Reverend Rice is a family man, married thirty-three 
     years to the former Movita Tate, and God has blessed them 
     with one son and three daughters: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of The Reverend John H. Rice 
     by entering these accomplishments into the Congressional 
     record and archives of the one hundred and third Congress.

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