[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNITION OF REVEREND TRACEY L. BROWN'S 10TH PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 17, 2009

  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I proudly rise today to pay tribute to 
Reverend Tracey L. Brown, of Ruth Fellowship Ministries in Plainfield, 
New Jersey. She was commissioned and installed as Pastor and Founder on 
April 17, 1999 and is being honored for her 10th Pastoral Anniversary.
  Over many years, Rev. Brown has served her community well as an 
active leader. She is an International Pastor with the Lott Carey 
Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, serves as the Third Vice Moderator 
for the Middlesex Central Baptist Association, and as a Commissioner 
for the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority in Plainfield, New 
Jersey. She is also a former member of the Plainfield Board of 
Education.
  Rev. Brown often preaches the value of our communities and how 
important it is that we work together, as a team, to make the City of 
Plainfield a better place. I think her team mentality comes from the 
lessons she learned on the basketball floor, where she was recently 
inducted into Montclair State University's Athletic Hall of Fame for 
Women's Basketball.
  Rev. Brown has been a fixture in the Plainfield community as a role 
model for young women and a spiritual leader for the city. She 
continues to work every day with tremendous enthusiasm and energy.
  Rev. Brown will be celebrating her 10th Pastoral Anniversary as the 
pastor and founder of the Ruth Fellowship ministries. I ask my 
colleagues to join me in recognizing Rev. Brown's great achievement and 
I wish her the best.