Reverend Boyd Thomas Tucker
Sisk Memorial Baptist Church
Fort Mill, SC
Sponsor: Rep. Mick Mulvaney, (R-SC)
Date of Prayer: 04/22/2015
One Minute Speech Given in Recognition of the Guest Chaplain:
Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor and pleasure that I introduce to the Chamber today Reverend Tom Tucker . Tom is the senior pastor at Sisk Memorial Baptist Church in Fort Mill, which is just down the street from my house.
I was talking to Reverend Tucker beforehand, and he said he was called to ministry, Mr. Speaker, when he was 18, but he fought it until he was 30. I think it is a wonderful story.
He has been the president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention Pastors Conference; he is currently the first vice president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention; he is a featured devotional speaker for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; and he has ministered, literally, all over the world.
He is married to Brenda. They have two children who are here today, one of whom, Krystal, is married to Jared Ribble, the son of my good friend, Congressman Reid Ribble from Wisconsin.
So it is an honor and a privilege to have, today, as our guest chaplain, Reverend Tom Tucker .
Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain:
Reverend Boyd Thomas Tucker, Sisk Memorial Baptist Church, Fort Mill, South Carolina, offered the following prayer:
With praise and thanksgiving we bow before You, Father. We thank You for Your love and guidance in each person's life who serves in this room. Grant to the Members of this body wisdom to take up their duties today. James said, ‘‘If any man lack wisdom, it shall be given him.''
So we pray for wisdom and discernment in their decisions, understanding in their thinking, mercy in their judgments.
We know that without You, Your guidance, we can do nothing, but with You, we can do all things. May we not be frightened by the problems that confront us as a nation, but give thanks that You are with us in this hour.
May Your Word be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. Guide us this day, I pray in my Lord and Savior's name, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
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