[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3657]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         REVEREND SYLVIA SUMTER

  (Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MILLENDER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, please join me in welcoming the 
Reverend Sylvia Sumter, the Senior Minister at Unity Church here in 
Washington, D.C., and today's guest Chaplain.
  It is most fitting that in this month dedicated to recognizing the 
many accomplishments of women, this Chamber is blessed by the words of 
a truly inspirational woman. Entering into a nontraditional vocation, 
Reverend Sumter has excelled, and has become a role model for women 
everywhere who wish to assume pastoral duties.
  Prior to coming to Washington, D.C., Reverend Sumter served as the 
Chairperson of Communication Studies and Skills for the Unity School of 
Religious Studies in Unity, Missouri. Reverend Sumter has traveled 
around the country conducting workshops and seminars, as well as 
serving as guest speaker at churches, institutions of higher learning, 
and professional and business organizations, as she held her constant 
commitment preaching her faith in God, and empowering her gender.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Reverend 
Sumter for all of her accomplishments in her field, and to thank women 
throughout the world for those agendas and vocations they espouse to 
advance the status of women every day.

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