[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1037]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                       REVEREND ROGER V. ELLIOTT

  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. President, I thank Dr. Ogilvie for helping work to 
get Dr. Elliott here this morning. Dr. Ogilvie has been a wonderful 
friend and counselor to me in the short time I have been here, and we 
are also very pleased to see he is doing well.
  Dr. Elliott, the guest Chaplain today, is the minister of my home 
church, the church of which I am a member in Raleigh, NC. Edenton 
Street United Methodist Church is a church of which we are very proud--
about 3,000 strong, I think, the last time I saw. He is here this 
morning with his lovely wife Jackie. We are very proud to have both of 
them with us.
  The church itself, as I say, is a church of which we are extremely 
proud. It is a church that is involved in every aspect of ministering 
to the community in Raleigh and outside of Raleigh. Dr. Elliott has 
provided extraordinary leadership for this church. He has been a 
wonderful friend and counselor to myself and my family.
  Dr. Elliott, I believe, received his doctorate degree from Duke 
University and did some postdoctoral study at Drew University. More 
important than that, though, is that he baptized both of my daughters, 
Emma Claire and Kate, of whom we are, of course, very proud. But most 
importantly, Dr. Elliott is a true messenger for God. He speaks the 
word of God rightly, and he inspires all of us; when he preaches on 
Sunday morning, we all come out knowing that God was present in our 
service. That is the most important thing I can say about Dr. Elliott. 
There is no finer Methodist anywhere, no finer minister anywhere, and I 
am very proud and honored to have him with us this morning to give the 
opening prayer.

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