[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2705]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       WELCOMING THE REVEREND DR. JOHN F. ROSS AS GUEST CHAPLAIN

  (Mr. RAMSTAD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RAMSTAD. Mr. Speaker, it is a special privilege to welcome 
today's guest chaplain, the Reverend Dr. John Ross, Senior Minister of 
Wayzata Community Church in Wayzata, MN.
  On behalf of the entire House, thank you, J.R., as Dr. Ross is known 
back home, for your moving and very timely prayer and for serving as 
guest chaplain here today.
  I know Dr. Ross and his wonderful wife, Sheila, very well as Kathryn 
and I, our family are members of Wayzata Community Church. We are proud 
to call Dr. Ross our senior minister and grateful to call John and 
Sheila and their four wonderful children our dear friends.
  Mr. Speaker, the Reverend Dr. John Ross is a true servant-leader who 
personifies faith, compassion and service to people in need. Dr. Ross 
came to Wayzata Community Church in 2004, after a 14-year ministry in 
Columbus, OH. Our Wayzata Community Church and indeed our entire Lake 
Minnetonka community are truly blessed by Dr. Ross' strong and 
principled leadership as well as his inspiring commitment to help 
people in need.
  Every summer since 1996, Dr. Ross has led a mission of primarily 
young people to Mexico where they have built over 100 homes for the 
poorest of the poor. As one 8th grader from our church told me, J.R. 
not only talks the talk, he walks the walk. He is always the first one 
up the ladder in the morning and the last one down from the roof in the 
evening.
  Mr. Speaker, the Reverend Dr. John Ross is truly a man of God who 
lives out the Biblical command to love God, love others, and serve the 
least amongst us.
  Thank you again, Dr. Ross. Thank you, J.R., for serving the House of 
Representatives today and for doing the Lord's work in our church and 
community every day.

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