[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TRIBUTE TO NEW HAMPTON TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 25, 2008

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Trinity 
Lutheran Church of New Hampton, Iowa, on celebrating their 50th 
anniversary as a congregation.
  On July 31, 1958, the German parishioners of St. Paul's Lutheran 
Church and the Norwegian parishioners of St. Olaf's Lutheran Church 
joined together as Trinity Lutheran Church. St. John Lutheran Church of 
Lawler, Iowa became the third church to join Trinity Lutheran in 1964. 
The St. John Lutheran Churches in Ionia and Boyd are also now a part of 
the Trinity family.
  The original St. Paul church cost $19,000 to build. While growing as 
a congregation, the Trinity family has also faced adversity in dealing 
with damaging fires at the church in 1973 and 2001. Both times the 
congregation came together and built their faith community even 
stronger. Through new contemporary services, Trinity's methods of 
conducting their services have changed with society, but its message 
has remained steadfast.
  Trinity Lutheran Church of New Hampton is dedicated to benefiting the 
lives of those in New Hampton and the surrounding rural areas, and for 
this I offer Trinity my utmost congratulations and thanks on a 
prosperous history. It is an honor to represent all the parishioners of 
Trinity Lutheran and the current pastor Reverend Kevin Frey in the 
United States Congress, and I wish them continued success, grace, peace 
and celebration as a community.

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