[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19457]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING REV. EDWARD MULRAINE

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 19, 2013

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, Houses of Worship in the United States have 
played a major role in our communities, offering solace, support, and 
sustenance, both physical and moral, to all. In Mount Vernon, the Unity 
Baptist Tabernacle, under the guidance of the Rev. Edward Mulraine 
fulfils all those roles, and today we are celebrating Rev. Mulraine's 
tenth Pastoral Anniversary in guiding the membership of his church.
  Rev. Mulraine has accomplished much in that time to help his Church, 
his Ministry and his Community.
  He established a Men's Fellowship Choir, a Prayer Ministry, a Senior 
Ministry, and the Gospel Pearls. He expanded the Church's Ministry 
through radio station WVOV and the Internet. He instituted Women as 
Deacons and Unity Baptist Tabernacle saw its first Women Deacons in 
2011. Unity Tabernacle now teaches Weekly Bible Study and has a Drama 
Ministry and a Catering Ministry.
  More pragmatically Rev. Mulraine raised the funds for a new computer 
center which now has 14 brand new computers, installed new air 
conditioning in the Dining Hall, painted the sanctuary and redid the 
Church roof, and is paying off the $300,000 mortgage.
  Beyond his church and ministry, Rev. Mulraine has aided his community 
by getting pedestrian crossing light on local streets, marching against 
violence, and protesting cuts to Day Care and Mount Vernon Hospital. He 
established the Annual Church Trip and Fellowship to South Carolina, 
started Home Coming after Summer Break, and fought for funds for the 
South Street Park.
  Rev. Mulraine, and all of Mount Vernon, today celebrate his tenth 
anniversary as Minister of the Unity Baptist Tabernacle. I am proud to 
join in this celebration of a man who has made a great difference in 
his Church, his Ministry and his Community.

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