[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 29, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5944]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CELEBRATING FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WELDON'S YOUTH CENTER

  (Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate 
the grand opening and dedication of the youth center at the First 
Baptist Church of Weldon, North Carolina.
  Faced with determining the best use of the church's parsonage, Pastor 
T.J. Walker and church leaders, who could have done many things with 
it, decided to renovate the parsonage and turn it into a youth center. 
The youth center includes game, pool, reading, and study rooms.
  The First Baptist Church of Weldon realizes that children in small 
rural communities need opportunities. The youth center will be a safe 
haven for young minds, a place for them to flourish and to prepare them 
to live the American Dream.
  Indeed, the First Baptist Church of Weldon has demonstrated through 
their actions that we must train up children the way they should go so 
they don't depart.

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