[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12712]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



WELCOMING THE REVEREND LARRY D. FERGUSON, SENIOR PASTOR, CHRIST CHURCH, 
                           PLYMOUTH, INDIANA

  (Mr. BUYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BUYER. Mr. Speaker, the opening prayer for today's House session 
has been given to us by Pastor Larry Ferguson. Pastor Ferguson 
ministers at Christ Church in Plymouth, of Marshall County, Indiana, 
where he has been a Senior Pastor for 6 years with his wife Kathy, and 
the Pastor's son Darin, and his wife Kathy, who is also in the United 
States Air Force and is present in the gallery today.
  Pastor Ferguson preached his first sermon as a freshman in high 
school and later completed 4 years of training for the ministry at 
Cincinnati Bible Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since that time, he has 
been involved in providing spiritual nourishment to many. Whether it is 
in providing leadership as a principal to a Christian school, giving 
guidance to Christian churches who are struggling, or nurturing the 
health of marriages and families, Pastor Ferguson has been following 
the Biblical admonition to ``heal the broken-hearted.''
  Pastor Ferguson has also used his talents to proclaim the Gospel 
through song and over the airwaves in Christian radio ministry.
  For 35 years, Pastor Ferguson has been ministering, and he has 
touched more lives than he may ever know. I am thankful for his prayer 
today, and in his prayer I agree that in this House, we do quest for 
the greater understanding.

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