[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  IN HONOR OF REVEREND STANLEY SPREWER

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                          HON. DAVID E. BONIOR

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 29, 2002

  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, as the family and friends of Reverend 
Stanley Sprewer gathered together at memorial services on January 10, 
2002, they celebrated the life of a pastor who touched the lives of so 
many. A ``faithful shepherd of God's flock'', Rev. Sprewer's love for 
God, his church, and his family will continue to be remembered and 
cherished, after his passing from this earth on January 6, 2002.
  Born in Wauwatso, Wisconsin to James and Marie Sprewer, Rev. Sprewer 
was the eighth child of ten in his family. After accepting Christ at a 
young age, Rev. Sprewer's ambition led him to graduate from North 
Division High School and enlist in the United States Marine Corps. 
Following his exceptional service during the Vietnam War, Stanley 
Sprewer's leadership and thirst for life helped him realize his true 
calling, and after building a beautiful family of his own, he answered 
the call to ministry.
  Beginning his ministry as an exhorter at Bethel C.M.E. Church 
Milwaukee, he became licensed as a local preacher and then ordained to 
elder under the late Bishop Chester K. Kirkendoll. After graduating 
from St. Martin's Seminary in Milwaukee and earning a Master of 
Theology degree from Bethany Bible College and Seminary in Dothan, 
Alabama, Rev. Sprewer began his pastoral journey at Allen Temple C.M.E. 
Church in Milwaukee, where his ministry flourished as he led an 
outstanding community-based nutrition program and led a successful 
church renovation and restoration project. His journey then brought him 
to Michigan, where he pastored first at the Dozier Memorial C.M.E. 
Church in Flint and then to Detroit, where he served as pastor of Allen 
Temple C.M.E. Church, a church in an economically deprived area where 
he resumed a nutrition and clothing outreach program as well as a 
nursing home ministry at the Hillcrest Nursing Home. Rev. Sprewer's 
final stop brought him to Turner Chapel C.M.E. Church in Mount Clemens, 
where his leadership and dedication brought a community together as the 
church grew both spiritually and numerically, and where his legacy of 
love and service will continue to live on.
  Rev. Sprewer has always given on hundred percent in every aspect of 
his life, his work, his community, his family and his friends. Those 
who had the pleasure of knowing him and the benefit of working with him 
will surely continue to remember him as a dedicated, faithful pastor 
and friend to all. He will truly be missed. I invite my colleagues to 
please join me in paying tribute to Rev. Sprewer, and saluting him for 
his exemplary years of care and service.

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