[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H3455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            INTRODUCING PASTOR KENT WILLIAMS, GUEST CHAPLAIN

  (Mr. WATKINS of Oklahoma asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATKINS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I have the great pleasure of 
welcoming our guest chaplain in the House of Representatives today, 
Pastor Kent Williams. I thank him for the most appropriate and 
inspiring prayer he has offered up on our behalf as we seek divine 
guidance for the task that lies before us today.
  Pastor Williams graduated with a degree in theology from Ozark 
Christian College in Joplin, Missouri. For 25 years he has been serving 
as pastor in churches in Missouri, Oregon, Texas, and Oklahoma.
  Pastor Williams now serves as senior pastor at Sunnybrook Christian 
Church in Stillwater, Oklahoma, my hometown. He provides ministerial 
support to Oklahoma State University's personnel and athletic programs 
and to most of my family. He is also a board member of Marriage 
Partners, an organization that strives to reduce the divorce rate and 
strengthen marriages and families in Oklahoma.
  Pastor Williams has served as Chaplain of the Week at the Oklahoma 
State House of Representatives and has been a featured writer for 
national publications. He has been a keynote speaker and seminar leader 
for many Christian colleges and conventions, both nationally and 
throughout the great State of Oklahoma. He has worked across 
denominational lines to promote unity amidst diversity.
  Pastor Williams and his wife, Kay, have two sons, Gabe and Joel. Also 
with them on the trip to Washington has been their nephew, Clinton 
Renken.
  Pastor Williams is deeply committed to the service of his community, 
his church, his family and the Lord. Today I join with my colleagues in 
thanking Pastor Williams for honoring us with his presence, his 
message, and his prayers.

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