[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 128 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E801-E802]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING ST. MATTHEW'S EVANGELICAL CHURCH

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 6, 2024

  Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I proudly rise to recognize St. 
Matthew's Evangelical Church in Riverside, Missouri, which is 
celebrating its 180th anniversary on September 29th of this year.
  St. Matthew's was established in 1844 by a group of mostly German 
immigrants living in the surrounding countryside. Like so many 
immigrants that had left their home countries for Northwest Missouri, 
they chose to build a community based on faith in a small log church.

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  The original church was replaced in 1877 by a timber-frame, simple 
Gothic structure which has become known to many as ``the little white 
church on the hill,'' which still proudly stands to this day. To honor 
the original church structure, a beautiful stained and painted glass 
window marks the location of the double doors the church founders 
walked through to come together and proclaim their devotion to Christ.
  St. Matthew's has grown along with Platte County, continuously 
welcoming more worshippers as the years have gone on. It has continued 
the tradition of engaging with the Riverside community and fulfilling 
its founding ideals through its practice of faith and fellowship.
  Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me and the people of the Sixth 
Congressional District in congratulating St. Matthew's Evangelical 
Church on its 180 years of worship. I am proud to represent this 
congregation in the United States House of Representatives, and wish 
them many more years of worship.

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