[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23403]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING REV. PAUL D. KENNEDY

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 25, 2003

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Reverend Paul D. Kennedy, 
pastor at the All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester, Massachusetts 
and to recognize his achievement as the first ever recipient of the 
Children's Friends Inc. Ambassadors Award. I am proud of Rev. Kennedy's 
services.
  The Children's Friend Inc. was established in 1849 by a group of 
concerned Worcester citizens to provide a ``safe home'' for the city's 
most vulnerable children: the orphaned, the abandoned, and the 
neglected children. The central mission of Children's Friend's is ``to 
promote the emotional, social and physical health of a needy and 
diverse population of children and to advocate of their rights.''
  The Children's Friend Inc. Ambassadors Award was established to honor 
a diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited to 
represent an organization's permanent mission to the community. Rev. 
Kennedy first became involved with the Children's Friend Inc. in 1993 
and served on the organization's Board of Directors from 1994 to 2002. 
He was presented with this award because of his tireless and continued 
effort to advocate for the well being and welfare of children. This is 
a testimony to the power that one individual can utilize to benefit the 
lives of many.
  In addition to this achievement, Rev. Kennedy has served the 
Massachusetts Lutheran and Episcopalian community in a distinguished 
manner for well over 20 years. After graduating from Harvard Divinity 
school and the Hamma School of Theology at Wittenberg College, Rev. 
Kennedy began his career as a pastor at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in 
Gloucester, Massachusetts. Since then, he has actively and impressively 
represented his own congregations and the greater church community 
through the numerous positions. Some of his many outstanding 
contributions include serving as delegate to the Lutheran Church in 
America Convention four times and holding a variety of positions for 
the Lutheran Service Association, and the Lutheran Social Service of 
New England.
  Rev. Kennedy's commitment to social service and human welfare is 
extensive. He sat on the American Red Cross Board of Directors, and 
served as President of the Worcester Chapter of the American Cancer 
Society. He was a member of the Board of Trustees at Upsula College and 
currently sits on the Board of Trustees at Endicott College.
  Mr. Speaker, I am certain that the entire U.S. House of 
Representatives joins me in congratulating Rev. Kennedy for this high 
honor.

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