By:  Hunter                                                       H.R. No. 2199



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Highland Oaks Church of Christ in Dallas will be 
celebrating its 150th Anniversary on August 6, 2005; and
	WHEREAS, On August 6, 1855, leaders in the city of Dallas and 
six families, including the families of John Higgs Cole, Benjamin 
Franklin Hall, William Henry Hord, William Brown Miller, Jefferson 
Peak, and Harvey Shepherd, came together and formed a church to 
share a common belief and to offer worship to God; and
	WHEREAS, After meeting in private homes and at the Courthouse 
the group was joined by the families of James J. Collins, John J. 
Eakins, Colby Smith, Dr. John Saunders, Barton Warren Stone, John 
Fletcher, M.M. Morrow, William Morton, and Dr.  I.L. Van Zandt; and
	WHEREAS, In 1863 Mr. Charles Carlton came to Dallas and moved 
the church services to a schoolhouse, and when he left in 1865 the 
church met in the Masonic Hall and later back in the Courthouse 
until they built the first church building in Dallas in 1867 near 
the corner of Carondelet, now Ross, and Market Streets; and
	WHEREAS, The church congregation has relocated from 
different locations throughout its history, including the Ross and 
Market Streets location, which is now a Dallas historical marker 
where the church was known as First Christian Church, to property at 
the corner of Pearl and Bryan Streets where the first brick church 
building built in Dallas in 1881 known as the Pearl and Bryan Church 
Christ, to property at the corner of Garland Road and Centerville in 
1955 known as the Garland Road Church of Christ, and finally to its 
current location on Kingsley/LBJ Freeway in 1983 known as the 
Highland Oaks Church of Christ; and
	WHEREAS, The congregation has increased from six families and 
twelve members in 1855 to 1,500 members in 2005, and is currently 
led by an outstanding minister, Mr. Tim Spivey; now, therefore, be 
it
	WHEREAS, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate the Highland Oaks Church of Christ 
on the 150th Anniversay and for their continuing ministry to the 
citizens of Dallas; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the Highland Oaks Church of Christ as an expression of 
high regard from the Texas House of Representatives.