CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES see also Religion
Addresses
Dvar Torah: Sarah E. England, E1847 [16DE]
Amendments
Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (H. Res. 707), H7861, H7862 [18SE]
Articles and editorials
Middlebrook in Line of Activist Preachers, E175 [6FE]
Muslim Brotherhood Overruns National Cathedral in DC, H7986 [14NO]
‘‘New Anti-Semitism’’ Rising in France, H5645 [24JN]
Presbyterians Join the Anti-Israeli Choir—Divesting From Companies Like Motorola Solutions To Show Solidarity With the Palestinians, H5644 [24JN]
Bills and resolutions
Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see S. Res. 334), S440 [16JA] (see H. Res. 461), H1241 [16JA]
Dept. of State: provide a report on U.S. efforts to survey and secure the return, protection, and restoration of stolen or otherwise unreturned Christian properties in Turkey and Turkish occupied territories (see H.R. 4347), H2748 [28MR]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see S. 2431), S3424 [4JN] (see H.R. 4119), H2097 [28FE]
Immigration: repeal sunset of the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program (see H.R. 4460), H3196 [10AP]
Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7185 [31JY]
Taxation: expand definition of minister relative to exclusion of rental value of a parsonage from gross income to include duly recognized officials of nontheistic spiritual, moral, or ethical organizations (see H.R. 4493), H3240 [28AP]
Histories
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Marysville, CA, E994 [17JN]
Lists
Christian sites destroyed in Iraq by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), E1261 [29JY]
Southeast Texas organizations and schools that participated in and sponsored the Christmas card project for overseas troops, H8824 [8DE]
Obituaries
Donnelly, Robert W.: Toledo (OH) Blade, H7026 [29JY]
Sampson, Shellie, E1106 [3JY]
Press releases
Presbyterian Lay Committee Board of Directors Repudiates Action of PCUSA General Assembly: Carmen Fowler LaBerge, Layman Online (Internet site), H5644 [24JN]
Proclamations
A New Thing Ministries International Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E762 [19MY]
Bishop Dr. Stewart Reese, Jr., Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E912 [5JN]
Dr. E. Dewey Smith, Jr., Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E775 [20MY]
First Afrikan Presbyterian Church Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E42 [10JA]
Pastor Jasper Williams, Jr., Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E34 [9JA]
Pastor Joseph Williams, Sr., Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E763 [19MY]
Reverend Dr. Curtis L. Lester Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E1030 [20JN]
Reverend Dr. T. Nathaniel Hercules Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E908 [5JN]
Springfield Baptist Church Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E760 [19MY]
Stronghold Christian Church Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E32 [9JA]
Turner Monumental African Methodist Episcopal Church Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E33 [9JA]
W.N. Griffin, Jr., Gospel Choir Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E798 [21MY]
White’s Chapel United Methodist Church Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E782 [20MY]
Remarks in House
African Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries (ALARM) (organization): anniversary, E1771 [10DE]
Alexandria, AL: anniversary of Alexandria Baptist Church, E1166 [16JY]
Annandale, VA: anniversary of Shepherd’s Center of Annandale-Springfield, E880 [30MY]
Arcadia, IN: anniversary of Omega Christian Church, E354 [11MR], E539 [7AP]
Belleville, IL: anniversary of St. Paul United Church of Christ, E1693 [2DE]
Boca Raton, FL: anniversary of Young Israel of Boca Raton, E292 [4MR]
Bolton, MS: anniversary of Mount Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church, E280 [28FE]
Bridegroom, Wayne: Modesto, CA, Martin Luther King Legacy Award recipient, E169 [5FE]
Brooklyn, NY: anniversary of Transfiguration Roman Catholic Parish, E1504 [19SE]
Canton, MS: tribute to Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, E1236 [25JY], E1566 [13NO], E1790 [10DE]
Carmi, IL: anniversary of McHenry Chapel, E1406 [15SE]
Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey (organization): anniversary, E1111 [8JY]
Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools, H1436 [28JA], E109 [21JA], E117 [27JA], E130 [28JA]
——— recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (H. Res. 461), H1443 [28JA]
Centreville, VA: tribute to Korean Central Presbyterian Church, H8284 [3DE]
Charleston, SC: anniversary of St. John’s Chapel, E1481 [19SE]
Chicago, IL: anniversary of New Home Baptist Church, E1282 [30JY]
——— anniversary of St. Jane de Chantal Parish, E1511 [12NO]
Church of God in Christ, Inc.: anniversary, E1403 [15SE]
Colma, CA: anniversary of Holy Angels Church, E1344 [8SE]
Columbus, GA: anniversary of Greater Peace Baptist Church, E762 [19MY]
——— anniversary of M.L. Harris United Methodist Church, E1438 [17SE]
——— anniversary of St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church, E1474 [19SE]
——— anniversary of Wynnton Hill Baptist Church, E1280 [30JY]
Dallas, TX: St. Paul United Methodist Church recognition as Texas Historic Landmark, E1741 [4DE]
Dept. of State: provide a report on U.S. efforts to survey and secure the return, protection, and restoration of stolen or otherwise unreturned Christian properties in Turkey and Turkish occupied territories (H.R. 4347), E1207 [23JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (H.R. 4119), H7495–H7497 [15SE]
Easton, PA: anniversary of Temple Covenant of Peace, E1536 [12NO]
El Paso, TX: anniversary of Catholic Diocese of El Paso, H2011 [27FE], E299 [4MR]
Fairfax Station, VA: anniversary of Antioch Baptist Church, E106 [17JA]
Fresno, CA: anniversary of Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church, E1639 [19NO]
Gary, IN: anniversary of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, E1118 [8JY]
Gay, WV: anniversary of Aplin Ridge Methodist Church, E1333 [8SE]
Greenwood, MS: tribute to New Green Grove Church of Faith, E281 [28FE]
Highland Park, NJ: anniversary of Congregation Ahavas Achim, E421 [24MR]
Hot Springs, AR: anniversary of Assemblies of God, E1204 [22JY]
Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ): anniversary, E901 [2JN]
Illinois National Baptist State Convention: anniversary, E1066 [25JN]
Israel: condemn shooting at Jerusalem synagogue and express condolences to victims’ families, H8043, H8064 [18NO], E1692 [2DE], E1708 [3DE]
——— tribute to prayer service held between Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Jerusalem, H4816 [22MY]
Kids Alive (organization): tribute, E167 [5FE]
Lenoir City, TN: anniversary of First Baptist Church of Lenoir City, E1646 [20NO]
Lone Oak, TX: anniversary of Lone Oak United Methodist Church, E1631 [19NO]
Lorain, OH: anniversary of St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church, E1366 [9SE]
McFadden, Joseph P.: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Distinguished Catholic School Graduates Award recipient, E433 [25MR]
Middleborough, MA: anniversary of First Unitarian Universalist Society of Middleborough, E1559 [13NO]
Mound Bayou, MS: tribute to Non-Denomination House of Prayer, E101 [17JA]
National Catholic Sisters Week: observance, E350 [11MR]
National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.: Prince William County, VA, Chapter recipient of Potomac Health Foundation grant to educate African-American churches on triple negative breast cancer, E835 [23MY]
New Bedford, MA: anniversary of Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford, E1564 [13NO]
New Rochelle, NY: tribute to Temple Israel, E938 [10JN]
Newport News, VA: anniversary of First Church of Newport News, E1571 [13NO]
Patchen, Lisa and Rob: Beth El Synagogue, New Rochelle, NY, President’s Ne’emanim Service Award recipient, E928 [9JN]
Pensacola, FL: anniversary of Macedonia Baptist Church, E415 [21MR]
Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of First African Baptist Church, E700 [7MY], E778 [20MY]
——— anniversary of Triumph Baptist Church, E1577 [14NO]
——— tribute to Tindley Temple United Methodist Church celebration in honor of Nelson Mandela, E1190 [17JY]
Potosi, MO: anniversary of First Assembly of God Church, E1614 [18NO]
Presbyterian Church (USA): General Assembly decisions on definition of marriage, divesting from certain companies doing business with Israel, and minority faith communities in the Middle East, H5644–H5646 [24JN]
Redwood City, CA: anniversary of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, E1472 [19SE]
Religion: condemn anti-Semitism, H7033–H7035 [29JY], H7053 [30JY], H7532, H7538 [16SE], E1414–E1416 [16SE]
——— condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (H. Res. 707), H7860–H7862, H7863 [18SE], E1467 [19SE]
——— global importance of Christian values, H5355 [12JN]
——— global persecution of Christians, H2156 [5MR], E242 [25FE]
——— historical impact of Judeo-Christian values, H1929 [25FE], H4051 [9MY], H5863 [8JY], H6345 [16JY]
——— urge the U.N. to take decisive action against anti-Semitism globally, H8941 [10DE]
Salisbury, NC: anniversary of Gay’s Chapel United Methodist Church, E84 [16JA]
——— tribute to Cornerstone Church service honoring Armed Forces members and veterans, H5651 [24JN]
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: expand boundary and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, H8369 [4DE]
San Diego, CA: anniversary of Calvary Baptist Church, E685 [6MY]
San Jose, CA: tribute to First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, E1632 [19NO]
Seaside, CA: anniversary of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, E651 [1MY]
Skokie, IL: tribute to Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation Fox Torah dedication, E866 [29MY]
Springfield, MA: anniversary of Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ, E1051 [23JN]
St. Charles, IL: tribute to St. Charles Episcopal Church youth participants in Mission in the Mountains program to rebuild and repair homes in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, E1147 [11JY]
St. Marys, PA: tribute to Benedictine Sisters of Elk County, PA, St. Joseph Monastery, H1685 [6FE]
Staten Island, NY: anniversary of St. Peter’s Parish, E321 [6MR]
Stillwater, MN: tribute to Stillwater Trinity Lutheran Church community food drive, E362 [12MR]
Tarkio, MO: anniversary of Tarkio First Baptist Church, E1555 [13NO]
Terrace Park, OH: tribute to St. Thomas Episcopal Church Parish Choir and Choristers visit to Washington, DC, E1105 [3JY]
Texas: tribute to southeast Texas children, schools, and organizations for participation in and sponsorship of Christmas card project for overseas troops, H8824 [8DE]
Vicksburg, MS: tribute to Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, E301 [4MR]
Vienna, GA: anniversary of Bethel Baptist Church, E732 [9MY]
Vietnam: tribute to recognition of Interim Representative Committee of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, E894 [30MY], E907 [5JN]
Virginia Beach, VA: anniversary of Blackwater Baptist Church, H6227 [15JY]
Wallingford, PA: anniversary of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, E1511 [12NO]
Waterford, MI: anniversary of St. Perpetua Catholic Church, E1241 [25JY]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (H.R. 3658), H4449–H4451 [19MY]
Remarks in Senate
Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (S. Res. 334), S483 [27JA], S554 [28JA]
Columbus, OH: anniversary of Martin de Porres Center, S2322 [9AP]
El Paso, TX: anniversary of Catholic Diocese of El Paso, S1311 [5MR]
Folsom, LA: anniversary of Bogue Falaya Baptist Church, S1000 [24FE]
Freedom of religion: ensure and protect, S4205 [7JY]
Gretna, LA: anniversary of New Hope Baptist Church, S1000 [24FE]
Israel: condemn shooting at Jerusalem synagogue and express condolences to victims’ families, S6049 [18NO], S6164 [20NO]
Loveland, OH: anniversary of Bethel Murdock Presbyterian Church, S5555 [11SE]
North Little Rock, AR: anniversary of Eighth Street Missionary Baptist Church, S4001 [25JN]
Religion: rise of anti-Semitism in Europe, S4648 [21JY]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (H.R. 3658), S3192 [20MY]
Reports filed
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 885) (S. Rept. 113–302), S6540 [10DE]
West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4119) (H. Rept. 113–592), H7527 [15SE]
Texts of
H. Res. 707, condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East, H7860 [18SE]
H.R. 3658, Monuments Men Recognition Act, H4449 [19MY]
H.R. 4119, West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act, H7495 [15SE]
S. Res. 334, recognize goals of Catholic Schools Week and honor contributions of Catholic schools, S448 [16JA]