[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 175 (Monday, November 14, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S6662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DAN AND SANDI DAVIS

 Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, today I honor and pay tribute to 
Dan and Sandi Davis. The Davis' have selflessly dedicated more than 40 
years of their life to ministry through the United Pentecostal Church. 
In October of 2022, the Davis' celebrate 20 years of pastoral 
stewardship at First Pentecostal Church in Baton Rouge, LA.
  Dan and Sandi met while attending college at Jackson College of 
Ministries, in Jackson, MS, and married in 1977. Pastor Davis became a 
licensed minister by the United Pentecostal Church International in 
1976 and served in a number of ministerial positions at churches in 
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Michigan.
  In 1989, the Davis' moved their family to Jena, LA, to lead the Shady 
Grove United Pentecostal Church. In 2002, after 13 years at Shady 
Grove, Dan and Sandi moved to Baton Rouge to begin their ministry at 
First Pentecostal Church of Baton Rouge. There, they have since 
faithfully served the congregation of First Pentecostal Church and the 
Baton Rouge community.
  I met Dan when I was running for my first political office. He didn't 
know me from Adam. But from the get-go he was encouraging me, as he 
encourages everyone. I met Sandi through Dan and through them met 
others such as Bishop Tenney and his ``Tennyisms.'' We have had great 
conversations regarding music and life. They regularly send notes, text 
messages, and messages through others to pick up my spirits. They do 
this for me; they do it for everyone. It is the ministry they have had 
for 40 years.
  Joining the First Pentacostal celebrating these 40 years of ministry 
are Dan and Sandi's two daughters, Mandi Davis Hartzell and Heather 
Davis Dean; two sons-in-law, Ryan Hartzell and Chantry Dean; and three 
grandchildren; Ava Dean, Aidan Hartzell, and Zane Hartzell.
  It is truly an honor and a privilege to commemorate the Davis' 20 
years of ministry at First Pentecostal Church in Baton Rouge. I am 
blessed to have them as friends.

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