[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   WELCOMING REVEREND RONALD A. JANSEN, HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH, 
                         COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome my Pastor, Pastor 
Ronald Jansen, to the floor of the House to open us up with prayer.
  Pastor Jansen grew up on a northwestern Wisconsin dairy farm and has 
pastored in the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, for 35 years. He 
served in parishes in Winono and Albert Lee, Minnesota, Marshfield, 
Wisconsin, and currently is at Holy Cross in Collinsville for the past 
13 years.
  He is married to his wife Becky, a public schoolteacher for 17 years. 
They are accompanied by his 90-year-old father Victor, and second 
oldest son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Aaron and Melissa Jansen.
  Pastor Jansen is my pastor, and when I think about Pastor Jansen, I 
think about Ephesians 2:8-10, ``For by grace are you saved through 
faith, and not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His 
workmanship, created for good works in Christ, who calls us to offer up 
ourselves a living sacrifice.''
  Pastor Jansen preaches from the pulpit law and gospel, which is the 
hallmark of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod.
  I want to thank Pastor Jansen for calling us to a higher calling this 
morning.

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