Bill Text: TX HR1781 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending the Reverend Jonathan Ramsay Snape for his service to Leander United Methodist Church.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1781 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1781-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1781 |
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WHEREAS, The Reverend Jonathan Ramsay Snape is stepping down | ||
as associate pastor of Leander United Methodist Church to take on | ||
the role of senior pastor at Covenant UMC in Austin in July 2019; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Virginia, Jon Snape was a leader in the | ||
Young Life ministry at McLean Bible Church during his high school | ||
years, and he earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy and | ||
religious studies from Rhodes College, where he received the Mollie | ||
Royall McCord Memorial Prize in Bible and the Kinney Award for | ||
service to multilingual communities; he later earned his master of | ||
divinity degree from Vanderbilt University, where he was a Turner | ||
Scholar; and | ||
WHEREAS, An ordained elder of the United Methodist Church, | ||
Reverend Snape was a youth director, associate pastor, and pastor | ||
in Tennessee, and in 2015, he moved to Texas to serve as director of | ||
outreach at Hunt UMC; he has served Leander UMC as associate pastor | ||
since 2016; over the course of his tenure, he has participated in | ||
the Fellowships in Pastoral Leadership for Public Life, a program | ||
that invites members of the clergy to engage with public leaders | ||
about issues affecting the community, and he also helped initiate a | ||
new Spanish worship service at the church; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Pastor Snape enjoys the love | ||
and support of his wife, Julianne Jarrett, and their two children, | ||
Corban and Noelle; and | ||
WHEREAS, This inspiring clergyman has served Leander UMC with | ||
conviction and compassion and earned the lasting respect and | ||
admiration of its congregants, and he may reflect with pride on his | ||
accomplishments as he takes on the challenges and opportunities of | ||
his new position; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend the Reverend Jonathan Ramsay Snape for | ||
his dedicated service to Leander UMC and extend to him sincere best | ||
wishes for continued success in his important work; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Reverend Snape as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Bohac | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1781 was adopted by the House on May | ||
24, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||