27760 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 7, 2005 Trustee/Chairman of the Ministerial Institute CONGRATULATING REVEREND In this our thirty-third year of Episcopacy and College, Homiletic instructor at the col- OTIS SNEED, JR., UPON HIS CON- MOST REVEREND WILBERT lege, and lecturer for the Mt. Olivet District As- SECRATION TO THE SACRED OF- S. MCKINLEY, FICE OF BISHOP ACCORDING TO Consecrator. sociation. MOST REVEREND TREVOR D. THE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION Dr. Boyd is a native of Oktibbeha County, BENTLEY, Mississippi, and graduated from Oktibbeha Co-consecrator. Training School before earning a bachelor’s HON. JOHN LEWIS MOST REVEREND MICHAEL RENE LUNSFORD. degree from Stillman College in 1964. He also OF GEORGIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES attended Iowa State University and Mississippi INCARDINATION State University. He received a doctorate of Wednesday, December 7, 2005 INTO ministry at San Francisco Theological Semi- Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it gives THE INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF nary in San Anselmo, California. He also re- me great pleasure to recognize Reverend Otis REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCHES ceived a doctorate of divinity from Mary Sneed, Jr., Pastor of God’s Church Inter- OF Holmes College in West Point, Mississippi, in national Fellowship in Atlanta upon his recent GOD’S CHURCH INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP 2002. consecration to the sacred office of Bishop ac- INSTRUMENT OF INTERCOMMUNION Dr. Boyd is married to the former Kathrene cording to the Apostolic Succession. I offer IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HOLY AND Peterson, and they have two daughters and him my sincere congratulations and thanks for INDIVISIBLE TRINITY. three grandsons. his continued commitment to transforming ARTICLE I inner city communities. I ask my colleagues to join me in congratu- The International Fellowship of Reformed Through his strong faith and Christian prin- Episcopal Churches, recognize with gratitude lating Dr. James Boyd for his lifetime of serv- ciples Bishop Sneed has bridged the racial, that they are living in a far reaching com- ice to God and country. economic, social, educational and generational munity of belief of the transmitted Catholic gaps in our community. He has served the faith as defined in the Holy Scripture and f metro Atlanta community with integrity and the ecumenical creeds of Nicea and Con- honesty. His service to my district has been stantinople. They rejoice in their joint rec- TRIBUTE TO PHIL RUBENSTEIN invaluable and I wish him continued success ognition of the divine Revelation and their transmission in the Catholic evidence of in all his future endeavors. I ask that the Con- Holy Scripture, and in the Apostolic tradi- secration documents be placed in the CON- tion of the Church of all ages of which both HON. JIM SAXTON GRESSIONAL RECORD. are an integral part. OF NEW JERSEY THE INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF ARTICLE II REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCHES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Reformed Episcopal Churches recog- MANDATE OF CONSECRATION nize the ecclesiastical office as it is vested in Wednesday, December 7, 2005 Be it known to all that the Holy Synod of and derived from the Apostolic Succession the International Fellowship of Reformed and personified in the Bishops of the Church Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Episcopal Churches has approved the con- as the legal successor of the Apostles. honor the life of my good friend, Phil secration of The Reverend Odis Sneed, Jr. of ARTICLE III God’s Church International Fellowship with The Reformed Episcopal Churches recog- Rubenstein. jurisdiction over the State of Georgia and its nize that the Grace of God is received environs. Throughout his career, Phil selflessly and through prayer and the faithful keeping of Let it be recorded that the very Reverend passionately worked on behalf of the senior the ordinances of Holy Scripture. citizens in Ocean County, New Jersey, located Duane Ganther of Los Angeles, California is the presenter of this candidate. Said con- ARTICLE IV in my congressional district. For 30 years, his secration is scheduled to take place at The The Reformed Episcopal Churches hold the federal career included work with both the Vet- Elim International Fellowship, The Protes- conviction that the Church in all her nu- erans and Social Security Administrations, and tant Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York on ances cannot be subservient to God’s inten- once he ‘‘retired’’, he began his second 30- Saturday, October the fifteenth at 10:00 am tion in the world if she is torn asunder and year career—Director of the county’s Office of in the year of our Lord, two thousand and divided by strife, discord and confusion to Senior Services. five. the detriment of herself or her mentor, we Given under our seals at the Archdiocesan not only form a part of a unique people, a While leading this office, Phil strove to make office 20 Madison Street, Brooklyn, New royal priesthood but the one body of Christ seniors’ lives better both through new innova- York, on Wednesday, September twenty- whose mission is to be an anticipating and tions and by improving existing services. For first, two thousand and five in the year of active sign of the final union of all things, example, he established a transportation sys- our Lord. when God in Christ will be all in all. WILBERT STERLING ARTICLE V tem to assist elderly and disabled residents MCKINLEY, To be shown trustworthy that the Church with rides to their radiation, chemotherapy and Patriarch. receives all her life from and through Jesus dialysis treatments—a system that won federal TREVOR DOMINIC BENTLEY, Christ and the Holy Scriptures. The various Exarch. support. This is just one example of the many Christian denominations must help and cor- efforts Phil put forth on behalf of Ocean Coun- rect each other in spite of all differences in- CERTIFICATE OF CONSECRATION ty seniors. herent to mankind and cooperate in all mat- IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. Phil’s hard work and passion for helping ters which relate to the mission and welfare Be it known to all present that we by di- of the Church, known as ‘‘The One Holy Ap- seniors earned him numerous federal, state, vine right Patriarch of the International ostolic Church’’ (Una Sancta et Apostolica county and community service awards, and a Fellowship of Reformed Episcopal Churches Ecclesia), the spiritual home of all who con- local medical center even dedicated its edu- did on this the fifteenth day of October in fess Jesus Christ as their Lord, Redeemer cation center to him. the year of Our Lord two thousand and five and Saviour. ordain and consecrate our well beloved in ARTICLE VI During my time in Congress, Phil and I Christ, worked closely on a number of issues. Over Realizing that the above Churches live in THE REVEREND ODIS SNEED, JR. and form a common Catholic faith, The the years, it became evident just how much he TO THE OFFICE OF BISHOP International Fellowship of Reformed Epis- cared about the seniors of Ocean County, and Of the one true Holy Catholic and Apos- copal Churches and God’s Church Inter- this commitment never ceased to amaze me. tolic Church and appoint him Bishop of national Church take the view of declare On November 25, 2005, Phil passed away Georgia with his see in Atlanta. publicly that nothing exists between the Of whose spiritual advancement, love of above Churches which hinders a full com- at the age of 89. He led a full and purpose- the Lord Jesus Christ, educational qualifica- munion in Sacris, so that while continuing driven life, and I can say with confidence on tions and knowledge of Holy Scriptures we individually autonomous and independent, a behalf of all of the seniors in Ocean County are well acquainted, definite form of agreement of the above and myself that he will be missed. Given under our seal and signature Churches is possible. This means in fact:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:10 Mar 02, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 0634 E:\FDSYS\2005BOUNDRECORD\BOOK20\BR07DE05.DAT BR07DE05 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE