[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 82 (Thursday, June 12, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H3721-H3722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            THE REVEREND ROBERT BAGGOTT III, GUEST CHAPLAIN

  (Mr. RAMSTAD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RAMSTAD. Mr. Speaker, we are privileged to have the Reverend 
Robert Taylor Baggott III of Wayzata, MN, as our guest chaplain today. 
Bob Baggott is the senior minister of my home church, Wayzata Community 
Church, and a close personal friend. Bob is a highly respected member 
of the clergy and a person of great spirituality who has touched many 
lives throughout our Nation.
  In fact, Mr. Speaker, Bob Baggott was brought up in a Baptist church 
in Georgia. Bob is well known for his inspirational and insightful 
speaking. He is a product of one of the great preaching seminaries in 
our Nation, New Orleans Seminary. Reverend Baggott has a remarkable 
record of community outreach and religious stewardship across this 
land, from New Orleans and Atlanta to Chicago and Miami to Minnesota.
  Bob Baggott started his ministry at Baptist Hospital in New Orleans, 
then received his masters of divinity degree and served as associate 
pastor at a Baptist church in Atlanta. From there he accepted a call 
from Plymouth Congregational Church in Miami, where he founded the New 
Life Family Shelter.
  Also in Miami, Reverend Baggott served as trustee of Miami Interfaith 
Counseling as well as community services, Christian Community Services, 
that is, on top of chairing the United Protestant Appeal in Miami.
  Little wonder then, Mr. Speaker, that Bob Baggott was voted Man of 
the Year by the Miami Christian Community Agency.
  Reverend Baggott was also chosen as guest preacher at the National 
Cathedral here in Washington in 1989 to speak at the anniversary 
service for the victims of the Pan Am flight 103 tragedy.
  Mr. Speaker, Reverend Baggott came to Wayzata, MN, our community, 
after serving as senior minister at First Congregational Church in 
Naperville, IL. Bob also currently serves on the National Clergy 
Advisory Board for the Chicago Theological Seminary.
  Bob and his wife Beth, who is visiting with us today and sitting in 
the gallery, are both children of ministers. Bob's father is a retired 
senior minister of a large Baptist church in Birmingham, AL. Beth's 
father is a retired Lutheran pastor. Beth and Bob are the proud parents 
of Taylor who is here today on the floor. Taylor is an 11-year-old 
hockey player who is going to be a great one in Minnesota, and Peyton, 
who is with Beth in the gallery, his beautiful 6-year-old sister.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure and privilege for me to welcome 
the Reverend Robert Taylor Baggott III and his family to the House 
today, and we offer him our heartfelt thanks for serving as our guest 
chaplain.

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