Bill Text: VA HJR266 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of the Reverend David Stewart Jordan-Haas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-28 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ266ER) [HJR266 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HJR266-Introduced.html
WHEREAS, the Reverend David Stewart Jordan-Haas, a compassionate and uplifting spiritual leader in Vienna, died on July 18, 2019; and
WHEREAS, David Jordan-Haas was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Iowa, where he graduated from Cornell College; he later graduated from Harvard Divinity School and was ordained as a minister in 1990; and
WHEREAS, in the course of his career, David Jordan-Haas worked at Oberlin College in Ohio and served as the inaugural Protestant chaplain at Fairfield University in Connecticut; and
WHEREAS, David Jordan-Haas ministered congregations in Mansfield, Ohio, and Darien, Connecticut, before relocating to the Commonwealth as an associate pastor at Vienna Presbyterian Church; and
WHEREAS, guided by his deep faith to serve others, David Jordan-Haas was engaged with the community and responsive to the needs of his congregation, touching countless lives through his kindness and wisdom; and
WHEREAS, David Jordan-Haas will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his beloved wife of 31 years, Constance; his daughters, Julia and Mary, and their families; his mother, Thomsa; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby note with great sadness the loss of the Reverend David Stewart Jordan-Haas, a highly admired pastor in Vienna; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of the Reverend David Stewart Jordan-Haas as an expression of the General Assembly's respect for his memory.
