[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 141 (Tuesday, October 31, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2040-E2041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN HONOR OF DR. HERBERT B. ANDERSON, PASTOR OF THE BRICK PRESBYTERIAN 
                       CHURCH, ON HIS RETIREMENT

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 31, 2000

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Dr. Herbert B. Anderson, the Pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church in 
Manhattan, New York, on his retirement after twenty-two years of 
service to the church. Dr. Anderson will be honored for his many years 
at the church at a Festival Service of Worship this upcoming November.
  Dr. Anderson, recently confirmed to become Pastor Emeritus after his 
retirement, has dedicated his life to the Presbyterian Church. After 
graduating from Chicago's McCormick Theological Seminary in 1954, Dr. 
Anderson began his career as a young pastor at the First Presbyterian 
Church in Harrison, Arkansas. After five years in this position, he 
moved onto the Southminister Presbyterian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 
where he served as pastor for eight years. He then began preaching at 
the First Presbyterian Church in Lake Forest, Illinois, where he 
remained from 1967-1978 until he moved to the Brick Presbyterian 
Church, where he has remained.
  Throughout his many years as a pastor, Dr. Anderson has served as a 
member and leader of numerous religious organizations. Since 1993, Dr. 
Anderson has been the Chairman of

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the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Inc. He has also worked 
to promote interfaith dialogue and understanding. In the early 1980s, 
Dr. Anderson served on the delegations of the Appeal of Conscience 
Foundation to China, Argentina, and Hungary. In 1975 he traveled to 
Nairobi, Kenya as the Delegate to the Fifth Assembly, World Council of 
Churches. Throughout the years, Dr. Anderson's extensive involvement in 
Presbyterian and interfaith organizations has served as a contribution 
to the already superior reputation of the Brick Presbyterian Church.
  Mr. Speaker, as a member of his congregation, I am confident that the 
work of Dr. Anderson will have a lasting effect on the Brick 
Presbyterian Church's congregation, whether it is through our 
recollection of a particularly memorable sermon by Dr. Anderson, or 
through the many wedding and baptism ceremonies that Dr. Anderson has 
presided over. Although Dr. Anderson is retiring, his many 
contributions to the Brick Presbyterian Church will continue to be 
appreciated for many years to come.
  I congratulate Dr. Anderson on his inspiring career and I wish him an 
enjoyable retirement.

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