[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 HONORING REVEREND JOHN L. FREESEMANN'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ORDINATION

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 27, 2001

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Reverend John L. 
Freesemann of the Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church in San Jose, 
California, on the 25th Anniversary of his Ordination. On the 27h day 
of June, 1976, Reverend John L. Freesemann was ordained in the Lutheran 
Church. For 25 years he has served both his parish community and the 
people of Santa Clara County faithfully and devotedly.
  Reverend John Freesemann has been a tireless advocate of ecumenism in 
San Jose and the surrounding communities; he has provided a decade of 
responsible leadership as a board member and past president of the 
California Council of Churches, and is a founding member and the 
current president of California Church Impact. Reverend Freesemann has 
also served for eight terms as president of the Santa Clara County 
Council of Churches. Reverend John Freesemann gives tirelessly of his 
time and talents to support children and families as a founding member, 
two-term vice president, and current president of Resources for 
Families and Communities in Santa Clara County.
  As the pastor of Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church for 11 years, Reverend 
Freesemann has established his San Jose parish as a place of safety, of 
compassion and of hope. Under his loving guidance, Holy Redeemer has 
expanded its ministries to the community at large.
  I wish to congratulate Reverend John L. Freesemann on this, the 25th 
Anniversary of his Ordination, and to thank him for his many years of 
service to the people of San Jose. Our community is the richer for his 
faithful service.

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