[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H11641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING REV. GINGER GAINES-CIRELLI

  (Mr. SNYDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SNYDER. Madam Speaker, a couple of years ago, at a time when the 
House was in session through the weekend, a group of us lonely, forlorn 
Members during the Christmas season on a Sunday morning ended up in the 
pews of the Capitol Hill United Methodist Church to be greeted warmly 
by our guest chaplain today, Rev. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli, and her 
husband. It was the only time I've heard a sermon in which the phrase, 
during the Christmas season, ``preggers by God'' was used.
  We were delighted by her sermon, delighted by her warmth, and she is 
here with us today. She is a graduate of Southwestern University of 
Georgetown, Texas, received her master of divinity from Yale Divinity 
School. She has done church work all of her professional life. Her 
previous head pastoring job was in Rockville, Maryland. And she has 
now, for 7 years, with her husband, been the head pastor of the Capitol 
Hill United Methodist Church. We are very fortunate today to have Rev. 
Ginger Gaines-Cirelli as our guest pastor.

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