[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2102-E2103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  TRIBUTE TO BECK MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ON ITS 183d ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 28, 1997

  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Beck Memorial 
Presbyterian Church, a South Bronx landmark that on October 26, 1997, 
celebrated its 183d anniversary in a worship service. The theme for the 
service was ``Standing on the Promises.''
  Beck Memorial Presbyterian Church was founded in August 31, 1814 as 
West Farms Presbyterian Church, in the West Farms School House on the 
west side of Boston Road. The present church, directly opposite the 
original building, was constructed with a legacy from Charles B. Beck 
and dedicated on October 29, 1905. Beck has seen the South

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Bronx community through times both of glory and of decline. Happily, 
this venerable institution survives not only to see the renaissance of 
the Bronx, but to contribute to it.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending best wishes 
to the Rev. Victor Aloyo, moderator of the Presbytery of New York and 
pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer, and to the 
congregation and administration of Beck Memorial Presbyterian Church on 
the occasion of this momentous celebration.

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