[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 19 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We are grateful, O loving God, for all those people who give of their 
time and ability by volunteering to assist others and who through their 
good deeds strengthen the bonds of respect one for another. On this day 
we praise the efforts of those who volunteer their gifts to others and 
whose devotion and commitment to the meaning of service has contributed 
to the vitality of our national life and to our community and family 
development. Our thoughts at this time and our prayers every day go 
with these good people. May we encourage their good works and may we 
follow the high quality of their service in our own lives. In Your name 
we pray, Amen.

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