[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9232]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    WELCOMING THE REVEREND DR. CYNTHIA L. HALE, PASTOR, RAY OF HOPE 
                   CHRISTIAN CHURCH, DECATUR, GEORGIA

  (Ms. MAJETTE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MAJETTE. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased this morning to welcome the 
Reverend Dr. Cynthia L. Hale, Senior Pastor of the Ray of Hope 
Christian Church in Decatur, Georgia. Pastor Hale is a 1979 graduate of 
Duke University's School of Divinity and she was ordained that same 
year. She has been the Pastor of the Ray of Hope Christian Church for 
18 years. The church is known to all of us in my district 
affectionately as ``The Ray.''
  Pastor Hale has been a good steward of the resources that God has 
entrusted to her. She has helped countless people be able to continue 
their lives and to grow in faith and strength. She has been a mentor 
and a friend to me over the years.
  Mr. Speaker, I am truly blessed, we are all truly blessed, to have 
her here with us this morning.

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