Reverend Dean Curry
Life Center Church
Tacoma, WA
Sponsor: Rep. Derek Kilmer, (D-WA)
Date of Prayer: 02/04/2015
One Minute Speech Given in Recognition of the Guest Chaplain:
Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor today's guest chaplain, Reverend Dean Curry, from Tacoma, Washington.
We are blessed to have such a remarkable pastor with us today who is a leading figure in the region that I represent. Reverend Curry's Life Center Church in Tacoma is a vibrant place where folks young and old come for worship.
He knows what it means to give back to your community. Each month, he brings together civic and elected leaders in Tacoma for a faith breakfast, and volunteers from his church are always helping out those going through hard times.
The motto of his church sums up his work pretty remarkably: ‘‘It's all about the people.'' That is why it is fitting to have Reverend Curry here today. Like the United States House of Representatives, his mission is to serve the people.
Reverend Curry is an example of how we should do more to listen, respect, and understand one another better so we can leave a place for future generations where opportunities are available for everyone.
Reverend Curry has also led humanitarian missions to troubled regions like Iraq and Afghanistan to offer assistance and hope to those suffering through tragedies. He is someone who ‘‘walks the walk'' when it comes to fighting for equality, religious freedom, and social justice both in his community and around the world.
Whether he is listening to stories in refugee settlements or helping out with a national prayer breakfast, his passion for others shines through, and it is an honor to welcome him today.
Opening Prayer Given by the Guest Chaplain:
Father, what an honor it is to be in Your presence here today. We celebrate this morning what You have done through the United States of America.
We acknowledge the hand of providence in our history and the force of inspiration for our future.
Be with us here now most significantly in our present that we could see what others do not see, that we could do what others fear to do, so that we could change what others are afraid to change.
We are reminded that we are so small and You are so big. Our problems are daunting, and our responsibilities are many. But we look to You today, to Your principles and to Your goodness, that we could be everything You designed for us to be, that we could do everything You planned for us to do, that others may be free.
Today, may every decision made, every plan contemplated, be sprinkled with Your grace and be inspired from Heaven. Change us; change our minds and our hearts that we may change our destiny and the destiny of others both here and around the world.
I pray all of this with respect to all faiths in the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Amen.
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