[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 15, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      WELCOMING DR. LENNY STADLER

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to welcome Dr. Stadler from 
Weddington, North Carolina, to the House of Representatives. He is one 
of those people who is very dynamic and a true leader in our city and 
our area today.
  It may be hard to believe, but he used to be a rock musician. That 
was before he decided that ambition left him spiritually empty, and he 
decided to pursue the call of Christ in his life.
  He graduated from Duke University Divinity School and Asbury 
Theological Seminary, and he served in the Western District of the 
North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church for 23 years.
  He is joined in his ministry by his wife, Shanna, and their children, 
Shalen and LenPaul. He has been a senior pastor in Weddington since 
1989. Under his leadership, the church has become one of the fastest 
growing Methodist churches in the southeastern part of the United 
States.
  He is very straightforward and powerful in his preaching, and he 
always is challenging his parishioners to rediscover the joy of a 
personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I thank him for being here 
with us today.

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