[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 22 (Wednesday, March 2, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     INTRODUCTION OF THE REVEREND JAMES T. AKERS AS GUEST CHAPLAIN

  (Mr. MORAN of Kansas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I am honored today to introduce to 
my colleagues here in the House the Reverend James T. Akers of Madison, 
Kansas. Reverend Akers currently serves as the chaplain of the American 
Legion, and is an ordained priest with the Anglican Orthodox Church in 
Madison.
  Reverend Akers answered the call to the Lord's service when he left 
public school administration and entered the clergy. He has served his 
church and has focused his efforts on his colleagues, his comrades, and 
the American Legion as he tries to meet the spiritual needs of veterans 
and their families. Since 1992 this chaplain has been the chaplain at 
Ball-McComb American Legion post in Emporia, Kansas, and has been the 
American Legion district chaplain twice and for the past 7 years has 
been the Department of Kansas chaplain. We are honored in Kansas to 
have him now as the National American Legion chaplain. He is a U.S. 
Army veteran himself, who fought in the Korean War, and Reverend Akers 
is not only involved in the American Legion and service to other 
veterans, but he is also a member of the Disabled American Veterans, 
the Reserve Officers Association of the United States, and is a 
Companion of the Military Order of World Wars.
  I have known Reverend Akers for a long time now. We often meet people 
in life who make a tremendous difference just on meeting them. He is a 
warm and caring and compassionate person who loves his fellow man, and 
it is a real honor to have him today as our guest chaplain in the 
United States House of Representatives.

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