[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 94 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING REVEREND DR. REGINALD FLYNN

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                          HON. DALE E. KILDEE

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, June 9, 2008

  Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, I rise to day to honor Reverend Dr. 
Reginald Flynn as he is installed as the new pastor of Foss Avenue 
Baptist Church. The Installation Service will take place on Sunday, 
June 22nd, in my hometown of Flint, Michigan.
  Reverend Dr. Flynn was raised in the Flint area, graduating from 
Beecher High School in 1984. He attended Kalamazoo Valley Community 
College and served in the United States Navy. After receiving his 
honorable discharge he relocated to Columbia SC. He received his 
bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of 
South Carolina. He was the executive assistant at the United Way of 
South Carolina. He was picked by the South Carolina Department of 
Social Services and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to coordinate a 
statewide faith-based foster care and adoption program called South 
Carolina Families for Kids and he went on to become the recruitment 
director of the adoption advocacy program, One Church, One Child of 
South Carolina. He went on to work for IAP Worldwide Services, an 
international emergency management firm, and for Merck and Company. He 
is the founder and president of CourTay Properties, LLC, a real estate 
investment company.
  Pastor Flynn received his license to preach the gospel from Reverend 
Dr. Charles B. Jackson, Sr., at Brookland Baptist Church in Columbia 
and earned his master of divinity degree from Erskine Theological 
Seminary. He was ordained by the Gethsemane Baptist Association and has 
completed pastoral assignments at Beulah Baptist Church, and Temple 
Zion Baptist Church. He was elected by his colleagues to serve as vice 
president and principal training instructor for the Mt. Hebron 
Progressive Association's Congress of Christian Education. He has also 
served as the adjunct professor of religious studies at Benedict 
College. In December 2008 he will receive his doctor of ministry degree 
in pastoral leadership and Urban Studies from Columbia International 
University, graduating with honors. Married to First Lady Deloris 
Flynn, the couple has two children, Courtney and Taylor.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating Reverend Dr. Reginald 
Flynn as he is installed as pastor of Foss Avenue Baptist Church. The 
sacred and solemn Installation Service is the joining of a pastor and 
congregation to fulfill God's holy will. May Pastor Flynn and Foss 
Avenue Baptist Church serve Our Lord, Jesus Christ, for many, many 
years to come.

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