Bill Text: TX HR848 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Reverend A. L. Kight and Frances Kight for their 50 years of service to The Jesus Church in Victoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Reported enrolled [HR848 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR848-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 848 |
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WHEREAS, The Reverend A. L. Kight and his wife, Frances | ||
Kight, are being honored by the members of The Jesus Church in | ||
Victoria on April 26-28, 2019, for their five decades of dedicated | ||
service to that congregation; and | ||
WHEREAS, After answering the call to the ministry in 1965, | ||
Pastor Kight served as an assistant pastor in Bay City and then | ||
moved with his wife to Victoria in 1969 to assume the pulpit of | ||
First United Pentecostal Church, which later became known as The | ||
Jesus Church; since that time, the couple have provided steadfast | ||
spiritual and moral guidance to the congregation and have offered | ||
support and comfort to their followers in times of need; and | ||
WHEREAS, Reverend and Mrs. Kight's outreach efforts have | ||
included a prison ministry, an alcohol chemical treatment series, | ||
and a Bible college, as well as financial and marriage classes; | ||
Pastor Kight has also been involved in building numerous United | ||
Pentecostal Church International churches in South Texas and in | ||
communities abroad; and | ||
WHEREAS, Reverend and Mrs. Kight are the parents of two | ||
children, Machelle Gerald and the late Timothy "Shawn" Kight, and | ||
they have been further blessed with three grandchildren, Brandon, | ||
Shandolyn, and Katelyn, and a great-granddaughter, Adeline; and | ||
WHEREAS, The committed service of this esteemed couple | ||
continues to inspire the members of The Jesus Church, and it is a | ||
pleasure to join in recognizing Reverend and Mrs. Kight as they | ||
commemorate this extraordinary milestone in their ministry; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the Reverend A. L. Kight and Frances Kight | ||
for their 50 years of service to The Jesus Church and extend to them | ||
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Reverend and Mrs. Kight as an expression of high | ||
regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Morrison | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 848 was adopted by the House on March | ||
21, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||