[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  WELCOME TO REVEREND RICHARD A. LORD

  (Mr. DAVIS of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, it gives me pleasure today to 
welcome the Reverend Richard A. Lord to the House of Representatives. 
We all heard the prayer from the Reverend this morning.
  Reverend Richard A. Lord is Rector of the Church of the Holy 
Comforter in Vienna, Virginia. The Church of the Holy Comforter was 
established in 1895 and is one of the five largest Episcopal churches 
in the Diocese of Virginia, with over 1,700 families. Holy Comforter is 
a church active in youth ministry, mission outreach programs and 
spiritual formation for people living active and busy Northern Virginia 
lives.
  Reverend Lord grew up in Potomac, Maryland, where his father was 
rector of an Episcopal church for many years. He received a masters of 
Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary and a masters of Sacred 
Theology from Yale Divinity School. Father Lord served as associate 
rector and interim rector of the Church of the Apostles in Fairfax, 
Virginia, and as the rector of churches in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 
and East Haven, Connecticut. He returned to the Washington area and 
accepted the call to be rector of the Church of the Holy Comforter.
  Reverend Lord has a strong ministry of worship, education and 
mission, and he is also an accomplished musician. He and his wife, 
Debbie, have three children, Rebecca, David, and Julia. Under Father 
Lord's leadership, the Church of the Holy Comforter has grown 
dramatically and continues to be a source of spiritual and community 
growth in Fairfax County. We are pleased to have him offer the opening 
prayer today.

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