Bill Text: TX HR195 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 125th anniversary of Katy's First Baptist Church.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-07 - Reported enrolled [HR195 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR195-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 195 |
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WHEREAS, The members of Katy's First Baptist Church are | ||
celebrating the 125th anniversary of the church's founding on | ||
November 19, 2023, and this significant milestone is indeed | ||
deserving of special recognition; and | ||
WHEREAS, The congregation was organized under the name Zion | ||
Baptist Church in 1898, three years after the townsite of Katy was | ||
laid out and platted; services were initially conducted in a local | ||
schoolhouse, in members' homes, and in a local Methodist church, | ||
before the congregation moved into its own building in April 1914; | ||
the church grew steadily in the 1920s and 1930s, and during World | ||
War II, the Humble Katy Gas Plant went into operation to support the | ||
war effort, bringing an influx of new residents and new church | ||
members to the community; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the decades, Katy's First Baptist Church has | ||
added and expanded facilities to accommodate the needs of its | ||
growing membership; along the way, a variety of ministries have | ||
been created for men, women, and children to foster fellowship and | ||
spiritual enrichment; congregants have further supported numerous | ||
missionary efforts that have resulted in the construction of new | ||
houses of worship, and today the church's outreach efforts include | ||
overseas missionary trips and hunger relief programs; and | ||
WHEREAS, The church has benefited from the guidance and | ||
wisdom of a number of dedicated clergy leaders, and it is embarking | ||
on a new chapter in its history as it welcomes its new senior | ||
pastor, Dr. Rob Lyerly, in 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Generations of Texans have looked to Katy's First | ||
Baptist Church for hope, comfort, and inspiration, and it is a | ||
pleasure to join in recognizing the abiding faith and commitment of | ||
those who have sustained the church for more than a century; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 125th | ||
anniversary of Katy's First Baptist Church and extend to its | ||
congregants sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the church as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Schofield | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 195 was adopted by the House on | ||
November 7, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||