[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 22 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           GUEST CHAPLAIN FROM 19TH DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

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                        HON. TODD RUSSELL PLATTS

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 5, 2003

  Mr. PLATTS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome as Guest Chaplain on 
the floor of the House of Representatives an outstanding constituent 
and religious leader in my 19th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. 
The Reverend Sara ``Sally'' Gausmann. ``Pastor Sally,'' joined by her 
husband, Reverend Paul Gausmann, represent a thriving religious 
community, Saint Paul Lutheran Church in York, Pennsylvania. Together, 
pastor Sally and Pastor Paul successfully aid in the needs of their 
congregation and I am pleased to thank them for their exemplary status 
as role models in my district.
  Pastor Sally received her bachelor's degree from Indiana University 
of Pennsylvania in 1981, before attending the Lutheran Theological 
Seminary at Gettysburg in 1991. She then served at several churches 
including Grade Lutheran Church in Rochester, Pennsylvania from 1991-
1993 and Faith Lutheran Church in Shell Rock, Iowa from 1993-1999 
before serving as co-pastor of Saint Paul Lutheran Church. During her 
time at the Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Pastor Sally was the chaplain 
at the Pennsylvania State Sheriff's Convention in 2001 and is currently 
a member of the Global Mission Task Force for the Lower Susquehanna 
Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. As a husband and 
wife team, Sally and Paul Gausmann offer a united approach to their 
religious teachings that has flourished within this congregation. They 
have two children, a son, William, who is age 17 and a daughter, Laura, 
who is age 15.
  I am pleased to welcome Pastor Sally to the House Floor and would 
like to thank her for the inspirational prayer she presented this 
afternoon that reinforces the importance that our great nation exists 
as one ``under God.''

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