Statement on Maryville Church Shooting
Mar 8, 2009
Press Release
Washington, DC - Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) issued the following statement on the shooting this morning at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois:
"I personally know several members of First Baptist Church. And I have met with Pastor Winters several times over the years. I want to extend my personal condolences to Pastor Winters' family and the entire First Baptist family."
"This is a tragic event, and I continue to pray for all touched by this. I am reminded of scripture, from Romans Chapter 14, verses 7 and 8: 'For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself along. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord."