[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21825]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  EXTENDING A WELCOME TO THE GUEST CHAPLAIN, THE REVEREND DR. JOHN S. 
                               REIST, JR.

  (Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce our guest 
chaplain today, and we certainly welcome today's distinguished guest 
chaplain, my personal pastor, Reverend John Reist, Junior.
  Reverend Reist is a great American and a community leader. He has 
served as a veteran in the Armed Forces. He now combines his duty at 
the Somerset Congregational Church with his work as a professor of 
Christianity and literature at Hillsdale College. He has been 
recognized as teacher of the year, served as academic dean and is now 
the executive director of the Michigan Association of Scholars. He 
holds a Ph.D. degree in English from the University of Chicago and has 
been widely published.
  His warmth, his devotion, his humor and understanding make him an 
outstanding counselor to his congregants and his students. These 
qualities have led to a doubling of our congregation in the 3 years 
since he came to our church.
  Reverend Reist is distinguished by his love for his family, his 
church and his college, and his ability to motivate and cultivate those 
around him. I am proud to welcome him here today as our guest chaplain.

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