[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WELCOMING REVEREND ROGER SCHOOLCRAFT

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. 
Womack) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Speaker, today it is my privilege to introduce 
Reverend Roger Schoolcraft of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
  Reverend Schoolcraft retired from the ministry in 2008 after nearly 
40 years in the ministry, serving congregations in Iowa, Nebraska and, 
most recently, in northwest Arkansas, where he led St. John's Lutheran 
Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
  Reverend Schoolcraft was called to the ministry in 1953 after 
accepting an invitation from a friend to attend a Sunday school class 
at St. John's Lutheran Church in Rochester, Michigan.
  Mr. Speaker, Reverend Schoolcraft's service extends well beyond the 
walls of the church. He served as campus pastor of the Lutheran Student 
Center at the University of Arkansas. He was a circuit counselor for 11 
years and was assistant dean and dean for two national campus 
missionary institutes. Locally, he was president of Cooperative 
Emergency Outreach, secretary-treasurer of the Fayetteville Ministerial 
Alliance, and treasurer for the Council of Religious Organizations.
  Reverend Schoolcraft is married to Deborah Steen Schoolcraft; and 
they have two children, Andrea and Aaron.
  On behalf of the United States House of Representatives, I want to 
thank Reverend Schoolcraft for his longstanding devotion to the 
ministry, the churches he has served, and his fellow man.

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