[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 129 (Friday, October 4, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 RECOGNIZING ST. PAUL'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH ON THE OCCASION OF 
                         ITS 175TH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. THOMAS M. REYNOLDS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 3, 2002

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 175th 
Anniversary of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Eggertsville, New York.
  Throughout this coming weekend, parishioners will gather for a 
variety of celebrations to honor this milestone, and dedicate recent 
building renovations.
  First incorporated on December 18, 1827, St. Paul's was founded by 
Rev. Vincent Phillip Meyerhoffer, a Hungarian immigrant who served as a 
Chaplain in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Napoleonic wars. Rev. 
Meyerhoffer came to Buffalo in 1819, and founded St. Paul's in order to 
serve the area's German-speaking population.
  Mr. Speaker, since its inception, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran 
Church has been an important part of the spiritual and of civic life of 
our community; and I ask that this Congress join me in wishing the 
clergy and parishioners of St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church our 
sincerest best wishes on its 175th Anniversary celebration.

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