Daniel Akaka: “I thank our visiting chaplain, the Rev. Kenneth L. Harrington, for giving the opening prayer this morning, and Chaplain…”

“I thank our visiting chaplain, the Rev. Kenneth L. Harrington, for giving the opening prayer this morning, and Chaplain Black who joined me to make this possible. Rev. Ken Harrington is the popular and beloved, respected and well-credentialed pastor of Hope United Church of Christ in Alexandria, my church away from home. Hope Church has been my church away from home for three decades. It was my good fortune to be invited to the church many years ago by my late and cherished friend, Mahina Bailey, and his dear wife, Linda. Over the years, I have gone to many services at Hope and have always been uplifted by the sermons, and since 2000, by the inspiring sermons delivered by Reverend Harrington. Hope Church is a family-friendly church, dedicated to teaching the values of tolerance and inclusivity. Together with inspirational sermons come seeds for thought to be thought through and digested, and practiced in daily life. Foremost among these thoughts, in my mind, is how we can make this a better world for all of us.”