[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 51 (Friday, March 23, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN RECOGNITION OF 40 YEARS OF SERVICE BY REV. ALVIN R. KOLB

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 23, 2007

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States 
Congress, it is with great honor that I rise today to extend my 
congratulations to Rev. Alvin R. Kolb for having served as the minister 
to the Assemblies of God for 40 years.
  Since 1967, Reverend Kolb has led the spiritual growth of so many 
people looking to him for guidance in their faith. At the age of 15, he 
held his first cottage prayer meeting, and soon after, he began 
organizing church revivals. It was at one of his revivals that he met 
his wife, Maralyn Enfinger Kolb. They married in 1971, raised 5 
children, and are the proud grandparents of 11 grandchildren.
  Reverend Kolb pastored his first church in 1973; the Harold Assembly 
of God began with a congregation of just five widowed women. From there 
his ministry grew and he went on to pastor the Assemblies of God at 
Cedar Springs, Calvary Full Gospel, Bay Springs, Whitfield, Bradley, 
and East Milton. So many have come to know and love the Lord through 
Reverend Kolb, and his ministry has prompted others to become pastors 
and ministers themselves, such as his youngest son, Robert.
  For the past 10 years, Reverend Kolb has served as the pastor of the 
East Milton Assembly of God. Both his family and the members of his 
congregation value his committent to the church and are grateful that 
he will continue to serve as the leader in their thriving place of 
worship for years to come.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress, I would like 
to offer my sincere congratulations to a man who has served as a role 
model to us all. A deep sense of personal service to congregations for 
40 years is something to truly be admired and I am thankful for his 
dedication to the East Milton Assembly of God.

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