[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 22 (Monday, February 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF REVEREND HERB SADLER

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 22, 2010

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Reverend Herb Sadler, a northwest Florida leader who is retiring after 
fifty years of service to his church and to his community. Revered 
Sadler spent his life serving others, and I am proud to honor his 
dedication, faith, and service.
  After completing his sophomore year at Huntingdon College, Herb was 
called to pastoral service by the United Methodist Church at the age of 
20. In 1962, then-superintendent Marshall Ford asked Herb to pastor six 
small churches in West Alabama. Herb became senior pastor of Gulf 
Breeze United Methodist in 1975, where he served until 2003. Over the 
course of his tenure, church attendance grew from a little over 100 to 
more than 2,000. In 1999, he oversaw the opening of the church's second 
campus--the Community Life Center--which provides support groups, 
recreational ministries, and workshops to thousands of local community 
members.
  Reverend Sadler was appointed as the Superintendent of the Dothan 
District of the UMC in 2003, ministering to 99 churches in Southeast 
Alabama. He returned to Gulf Breeze in 2008 as the interim senior 
pastor for a year as the church searched for a permanent senior pastor. 
The church honored his dedication by renaming the Community Life Center 
after Reverend Sadler.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress, I am honored 
to recognize Reverend Herb Sadler for his fifty years of pastoral 
service to the United Methodist Church. He has been a dedicated pastor 
and a community leader for northwest Florida. My wife Vicki and I wish 
all the best for Herb and his wife Barbara as they embark on this next 
journey in their lives.

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