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79R7478 MW-D

By:  Bohac                                                        H.R. No. 527



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The members of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Houston 
celebrated the 50th anniversary of their church's founding on 
August 29, 2004; and
	WHEREAS, In 1954, the Houston area Missions Committee and the 
Texas District Mission Board selected a five-acre wooded tract of 
land in the West Spring Branch area as the site for a new Lutheran 
mission church; on August 29 of that year, 39 people gathered to 
worship in the living room of the parsonage of Pastor Gerald Otte, 
and three months later, a charter was drawn for the church, which 
then had 64 members; and
	WHEREAS, St. Andrew's congregation has had the privilege of 
strong leadership in its five-decade history; beginning with Pastor 
Otte, the church has benefited from the sure guidance of Pastor 
George Aurich, Pastor Charles Rathgeber, Pastor Harold 
Fleischhauer, Associate Pastor Tom Hadley, intentional interim 
Pastor Martin Teske, and Pastor Paul Ferguson, who currently 
presides over the church; and
	WHEREAS, For half a century, St. Andrew Lutheran Church has 
been a source of comfort and spiritual strength for members from 
throughout the Houston area who gather to pray at this venerable 
house of worship; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby recognize St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Houston 
on the 50th anniversary of its founding and extend to its members 
and pastor 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.