[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 30 (Thursday, February 25, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S2040]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   MOTHER GERALDINE WRIGHT'S BIRTHDAY

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to rise 
today to honor an outstanding individual, Mother Geraldine Marvel 
Miller Wright, on the occasion of her birthday on Sunday, February 28, 
1999.
  Mother Geraldine Wright, the wife of one of the nation's most 
prominent Bishops, the Bishop Earl J. Wright, Sr., the mother of three 
children, Earl Jr., Michael and Marvie; has learned how to labor in the 
ministry standing beside her husband and helping him in the work. This 
task is not new to Mother Wright--her lineage is made up of a host of 
leaders. Her father was a Bishop, her brother is a Bishop, and she has 
a brother-in-law who is also a Bishop.
  Mother Geraldine Wright is an extraordinary example of what one can 
achieve through tenacity and a giving and loving heart. Through her 
love for God, family, church, and others, Mother Wright has made an 
impact in the lives of many hurting people. She untiringly stands by 
her husband's side, she visits and ministers to the sick, encourages 
others, helps others, gives to others, prays for others, but most of 
all, she is a trainer and builder of others. Training individuals to 
love God and work for the Lord seems to be one very important aspect of 
her calling.
  Along with being the First Lady and Director of the Women's 
Department of Greater Miller Memorial Church of God in Christ and the 
Davis Memorial Church of God in Christ, Mother Wright is also a 
District Missionary in the New Creation District of the Second 
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Southwest Michigan. She is the Founder 
of the Geraldine Marvel Miller Wright Institute for Women in the 
Ministry, which is one of Mother Wright's most outstanding 
accomplishments. This Institute serves as a catalyst of change in the 
lives of many young women who have dedicated their lives to the service 
and calling of the Lord Jesus Christ. Proverbs 31:28-30 sums up Mother 
Geraldine Wright best. It reads as follows:

       Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband 
     also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done 
     virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, 
     and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she 
     shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let 
     her own words praise her in the gates.

  So let it be known on this day, Sunday, February 28, 1999, that 
Mother Geraldine Marvel Miller Wright has been a leader of women and 
has impacted this nation and world, has left an indelible mark on the 
history of mankind.

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