Bill Text: TX HR384 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Dr. Andrew M. Landry Sr. of Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church on his 10th pastoral anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-02 - Reported enrolled [HR384 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR384-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 384 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The members of Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church in | ||
| Houston are joining together on May 7, 2017, to honor Dr. Andrew M. | ||
| Landry Sr. for 10 years of dedicated service to that congregation; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Long affiliated with the church, Dr. Landry was | ||
| licensed to preach in 1993 and ordained seven years later; he was | ||
| appointed pastor in 2007, the same year that he earned his doctoral | ||
| degree in divinity from the Inter-Baptist Theological Center in | ||
| Houston; he also holds doctorates from the Inter-Baptist | ||
| Theological Seminary in Louisiana and from the Conroe Theological | ||
| Institute; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Landry has served his faith in a number of | ||
| leadership positions, including dean for the Conroe Baptist | ||
| Theological Institute Houston Extension and president and dean of | ||
| Mt. Zion Travelers Seminary; in addition, he has been first vice | ||
| president of the American Progressive Baptist Association of Texas | ||
| and dean of the Union Baptist District Association of Texas; he has | ||
| also volunteered as a chaplain for the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
| Justice, and he has taught at both the Open Door Mission homeless | ||
| shelter and the Canal Street Apartments for low-income adults; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This inspiring clergyman has led Oak Hill Missionary | ||
| Baptist Church with conviction and compassion, and he has earned | ||
| the lasting respect and admiration of his congregants as well as | ||
| members of the greater community; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Dr. Andrew M. Landry Sr. for his | ||
| outstanding decade-long tenure with Oak Hill Missionary Baptist | ||
| Church and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success | ||
| with his important work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. Landry as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Dutton | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 384 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
