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(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Rep. Mike Ross (AR-04) Thursday welcomed his
hometown Pastor, Reverend David Kassos of First United Methodist Church
in Prescott, AR to deliver the opening prayer on the floor of the United
States House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Each day the
House of Representatives is in session, proceedings on the floor are opened
with a prayer which is typically given by the official House Chaplain.
Members of Congress can invite one guest Chaplain to deliver the prayer
each year.
Ross delivered remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
following Reverend Kassos’s opening prayer:
“Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I welcome my hometown Pastor
from First United Methodist Church in Prescott, Arkansas to the United
States House of Representatives, Reverend David Kassos, and his wife, Donna.
“Each and every week I travel to our nation’s capitol to represent the
people of Arkansas’s Fourth Congressional District and this great country.
Each and every weekend I travel home to Prescott, a small town of 3,600
people, and worship with my family at the Methodist Church I have called
home for much of my life.
“It is this church, where my father grew up and where my children are
being raised, that keeps me grounded and instills in me the small town
values I was raised on and still believe in. It is the lessons that
I have learned from this church that help guide me in the decisions I make
in the United States Congress. My faith is profoundly important to
me, and Reverend Kassos is not only my spiritual advisor, he is my friend
and he is my fishing buddy. It is a tremendous honor to have him
serve as our Chaplain today in the United States House of Representatives.”
Reverend Kassos, an El Dorado native, has served as the Pastor at First
United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro and McGehee. He moved to
Prescott with his wife, Donna Kassos, in June 2004. |
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