[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E83]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


     LESLIE MERLIN CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE BRICK CHURCH

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 11, 1995
  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues a wonderful woman who recently marked her 15th year with 
the Brick Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.
  Since 1979, Associate Pastor Leslie Merlin has devoted her 
considerable talents and deep compassion to the Brick Church as 
Associate Pastor. As a parishioner at the Brick Church, I have enjoyed 
her sermons and been a beneficiary of her wisdom many times.
  When she arrived in 1979, Pastor Merlin brought with her to the Brick 
Church a longstanding commitment to helping others, and a devotion to 
making the world around her a better place. After graduating from 
Wagner College in Staten Island, she served as a volunteer teacher in 
Papua New Guinea. Shortly thereafter, she blended her interest in 
teaching with a calling to the church by earning a master of divinity 
at Princeton Seminary. After a brief stay with the Nassau Presbyterian 
Church in Princeton, she came to the Brick Church, which has enjoyed 
her presence ever since.
  Mr. Speaker, I would ask that my colleagues join me in celebrating 
Leslie Merlin's 15th anniversary with the Brick Church. She has been 
both a friend and an inspiration to the parishioners of the Brick 
Church, and I wish her many more years of happiness and joy.


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