[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20724]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 WELCOMING THE REVEREND DONALD J. YOUNG

  (Mr. ADERHOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize our guest 
chaplain, the Reverend Donald J. Young. Reverend Young's life has been 
one of service to God and to his country.
  After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1969, he joined 
the United States Army and served in Korea. When he left the Army in 
1973, he worked in Illinois as a manager of Finance America. He could 
have had a long career for Finance America, lived in Illinois and 
raised his family. Instead, he again answered a call to serve and 
entered the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, graduating from 
there in 1981. Since entering Seminary his service has taken him to 
communities in Virginia, in Florida, and most recently in the State of 
Alabama.
  In 1995, he was an Associate Pastor of Education and Senior Adults at 
Hillcrest Baptist Church in Enterprise, Alabama. In 2002, he began 
serving in his present role as Minister of Education and Senior Adults 
at the 12th Street Baptist Church in Gadsden, Alabama. He and his wife 
have one daughter, Dawne, who resides in Orlando, Florida.
  Reverend Young is joined today by his wife, Deborah, and several 
members of the 12th Street Baptist Church in Gadsden, along with 
several others from the Fourth Congressional District. I appreciate the 
prayer that Reverend Young has offered this afternoon. It is an honor 
to have him as our guest here in the United States House of 
Representatives.

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