[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23482]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CELEBRATING THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF REVEREND PATRICIA A. REEBERG 
  AS PASTOR OF THE REJOICE MINISTRIES--CHURCH OF THE HEALING EPHESUS 
                SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS CHURCH IN HARLEM

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                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 1, 2009

  Mr. RANGEL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate my dear friend 
Reverend Patricia A. Reeberg as the Rejoice Ministry of the Church of 
the Healing Ephesus Seventh-Day Adventists Church celebrates her First 
Year Anniversary, which took place on Sunday, September 20, 2009.
  The Reverend Patricia A. Reeberg, an Ambassador for Christ, is a 
woman of faith, character and action. Her life's call is to ``equip the 
saints.'' The vocation God has assigned to her to fulfill this call is 
to preach the Gospel. Rev. Reeberg is the Pastor of Rejoice 
Ministries--The Church of Healing, which was formed under the direction 
of the Holy Spirit on December 31, 2008.
  She has a served on the ministerial staff at St. Paul Baptist Church, 
Memorial Baptist Church, Crawford Memorial United Methodist Church, 
Believers Christian Fellowship, Beck Presbyterian Church, and Bethesda 
Baptist Church. Patricia A. Reeberg earned her Masters of Divinity at 
Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She also augmented her 
training at Harvard Divinity School Summer Leadership Institute, 
Interdenominational School of Theology Church Administration and 
Management, and Columbia University Graduate School of Business for 
Not-for-Profit Management.
  Pastor Reeberg is the recipient of numerous awards and appointments, 
including, Commissioner on the Civilian Complaint Review Board; the 
Charles E. Merrill Fellowship from Harvard Divinity School; and was 
also a founding board member of Harlem Congregations for Community 
Improvement. Pastor Reeberg is also registered in the National 
Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, 2004-2010; and 
Who's Who of American Women 2006-2009.
  Her many accomplishments also include first woman and the first 
Baptist minister to serve as Executive Director and Chief Executive 
Officer of the Council of the Churches of the City of New York. As an 
entrepreneur, Rev. Reeberg is the owner of Cruise Planners and SM&G 
Consultation. She has published numerous articles and is working on her 
first book entitled, ``And The Lord Shall Gather Me Up,'' to be 
published in 2009.
  Please join me in celebrating Reverend Patricia A. Reeberg on her 
First Year Anniversary as Pastor of the Rejoice Ministries of the 
Church of the Healing Ephesus Seventh-Day Adventists Church, located in 
my Congressional District in Harlem.

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