[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17882]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THE OLD SCOTLAND CHURCH OF CHRIST

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 12, 2006

  Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause to recognize the Old 
Scotland Church of Christ near Jameson, Missouri. This church will be 
celebrating their sesquicentennial anniversary of service to the 
community on August 26th and 27th. Over these past 150 years, this 
church has been there to meet all the needs of its congregation.
  As a staple of the community for all these years, the church has gone 
through growth and expansion with the Jameson community it serves. From 
humble beginnings, this church has been a stabilizing force for this 
community. Constructed on the corner of a three family plot, this 
congregation has been built on the involvement of the members.
  The Old Scotland Church of Christ carries on the tradition of letting 
people interact with the other members of their congregation, Even as 
the growth of the congregation made their facilities seem small, people 
would still flow out into the adjacent cemetery, and the little 
children huddled around the speaker's podium just to attend and worship 
together.
  Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in recognizing the Old 
Scotland Church of Christ. The services that they have provided over 
these 150 years have been fundamental to the growth of this community. 
Let us use the Old Scotland Church of Christ as an example the power of 
people caring and helping one another can have.

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