[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10546]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     WELCOMING PASTOR SCOTT CUSTEAD

  (Mr. SHUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to welcome our guest chaplain, 
Pastor Scott Custead, from Zion Lutheran Church in Hollidaysburg, 
Pennsylvania. Pastor Custead is a graduate of California State 
University and received his Master's in Divinity from Pacific Lutheran 
Seminary in Berkeley, California. He has been an ordained minister 
since 1981. He has also served at various churches throughout the State 
of Pennsylvania and has served this country from 1986 to 1992 as an 
Army Reserve chaplain. From 1984 through 1985, Pastor Custead served as 
campus minister at Pennsylvania State University in State College, 
Pennsylvania.
  In 1986, Pastor Custead came to my home parish in Hollidaysburg, 
Pennsylvania, where I have had the privilege to come to know him and 
his family. As a parishioner of Pastor Custead's, I have seen firsthand 
his deep involvement within the community. Not only is Pastor Custead 
committed to the religious development of his church, he is also active 
in many civic organizations including the Hollidaysburg Children and 
Youth Service Board and is a member of various school and borough 
committees.
  Pastor Custead resides in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, with his wife, 
Carol, also a minister at our church; and they are the proud parents of 
two children, Linnea, who is heading off to college this fall at the 
University of Pittsburgh, and Ryan, who will begin his first year of 
high school at Hollidaysburg Area Junior High School.
  Mr. Speaker, Pastor Custead, or as he is known to Zion members, 
Pastor Scott, and his family have been a valuable part of our community 
for many years. It is an honor for me today to welcome him to the House 
of Representatives, and I thank him for his continued dedication to his 
church, his community and his country.

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