Welcoming Reverend John W. Matthews

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Ms. CRAIG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome our guest chaplain, Reverend John Matthews. I thank Reverend Matthews for that beautiful and hopeful prayer at the conclusion of a tumultuous time in this Chamber.

Reverend Matthews has served as a United States Army chaplain and as a police chaplain. He has been a pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Moorhead, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Park, and Memorial Lutheran Church in Afton. Finally, he has pastored over me and my family at Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley.

John built bridges across religions during his career, as well as assisting in the drafting of ``A Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to the Jewish Community,'' which is now part of the permanent display on anti-Semitism at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

It is my honor to represent Reverend Matthews and his family, and I thank him for his contributions to our community.

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