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79S31101 MDM-D

By:  McClendon                                                    H.R. No. 300



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, St. Paul United Methodist Church in San Antonio 
hosted its Women's Day program on March 26, 2006; and
	WHEREAS, One of the oldest historically African American 
churches in the area, this esteemed house of worship has played a 
pivotal role in the lives of its congregants as well as residents of 
the surrounding neighborhoods; and
	WHEREAS, The Women's Day program, chaired by Lois Washington, 
featured as keynote speaker the Reverend Jamelle Jacobs, who 
currently pastors Knights Monumental African Methodist Episcopal 
Church in Stockbridge, Georgia; Reverend Jacobs accepted the call 
to the ministry in 1981 and was ordained three years later; the 
founder of Love in Action, an interdenominational ministry at the 
University of Virginia, she has preached throughout the 
northeastern United States; and
	WHEREAS, The St. Paul Women's Day program offers a valuable 
avenue for women to further serve their church and the wider 
community, and it is indeed a pleasure to honor its participants as 
well as the church's entire congregation at this time; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 2006 
Women's Day program of St. Paul United Methodist Church and extend 
to all those who attended heartfelt 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.