[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 29, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   INTRODUCING GUEST CHAPLAIN, REVEREND TRACY A. CARROLL, COMMUNITY 
                 CHRISTIAN CHURCH, CAMDENTON, MISSOURI

  (Mr. SKELTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege today to introduce to my 
House colleagues our guest chaplain, Reverend Tracy A. Carroll, 
minister of the Community Christian Church in Camdenton, Missouri.
  Reverend Carroll was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and still has many 
relatives in northern Missouri. After graduating from high school in 
Des Moines, Iowa, he attended Northwest Christian College in Eugene, 
Oregon, and later earned a Master's of Divinity from Texas Christian 
University.
  Reverend Carroll is joined today by his wife, Colleen, who is also an 
ordained minister, working alongside her husband as an associate 
minister at the Community Christian Church. They have two children, 
Nathaniel, who is a senior at Camdenton, High School, and Tabitha, who 
is in the 7th grade at Camdenton Junior High School.
  Reverend Carroll has devoted his life to the ministry for over 20 
years and has served the Community Christian Church in Camdenton since 
1992. In the time that they have lived in Camdenton, the Carrolls have 
become beloved members of the Lake of the Ozarks community. Both church 
members and members of the community at large talk about Reverend 
Carroll's compassion and his caring for others.
  Reverend Carroll has been very active in community affairs, playing a 
major role in the Lake Area Ministerial Alliance and with the LAMB 
House, which provides food and clothing to those in need. He has been 
on the board of the Citizens Against Domestic Violence, worked with 
Habitat for Humanity, the Salvation Army, and many other community and 
youth organizations.
  I would like to thank Chaplain Coughlin for his kind invitation to 
Reverend Carroll to offer the opening prayer, and I would like to thank 
both Reverend Carrolls for traveling to our Nation's capital to be with 
us today.

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