[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8506]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    WELCOMING REVEREND WILLIAM RICE

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Jolly) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce to my colleagues our 
guest chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives today, Pastor 
Willy Rice of Clearwater, Florida's Calvary Baptist Church.
  Pastor Willy is a Florida native, attending Calvary as a young man 
and returning to the church years later in 2004 to become the church 
pastor. Pastor Willy is joined in ministry by his wife, Cheryl, and 
together they have three children.
  Mr. Speaker, Calvary Baptist Church is a church that is indeed alive. 
Pastor Willy and the entire church family minister each day through 
worship services, through Calvary Christian School, by serving those in 
need through Calvary Cares, and through ministries that support 
families, the elderly, supporting foster care and adoption services, 
providing grief counseling and ministry, and ministries to the deaf 
community.
  In each of these ministries, Pastor Willy and the Calvary family 
remain focused on sharing the saving grace and the love of the Christ 
in Whom we put our faith, living out this faith each day with a spirit 
of evangelism, a humble compassion, and a heart of Christian ministry.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues today to welcome Pastor Willy and 
his wife Cheryl. May God bless the Rice family, and may God bless the 
church family at Clearwater's Calvary Baptist Church.

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