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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, On May 30, 2009, the Reverend Eric Rendell Tarver of |
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Beeville is serving as Pastor of the Day for the Texas House of |
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Representatives; and |
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WHEREAS, A member of a family that has produced five |
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generations of preachers, Reverend Tarver answered his call to the |
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ministry at the age of 11 and gave his first sermon a week later; six |
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months after graduating from Bastrop High School in 1993, he |
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accepted the call to lead Macedonia Baptist Church of Carrizo |
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Springs, becoming one of the youngest senior pastors in the Lone |
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Star State at the age of 18; he later guided the congregation of |
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Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church in Del Rio and today serves as |
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pastor of the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Beeville; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed clergyman has attended Southwest |
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Texas Junior College in Uvalde and Trinity Theological Seminary in |
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Indiana, and he has recently enrolled at Amarillo College to |
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further his studies; and |
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WHEREAS, Reverend Tarver's civic involvement in Beeville and |
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Bee County has encompassed service on the advisory task force for |
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the county judge and mayor; his professional affiliations include |
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the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist District Association of Churches, |
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the Missionary Baptist General Convention of Texas, for which he is |
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recording secretary of the State Home Mission Board, and the |
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National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.; in all of his |
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endeavors, he enjoys the love and support of his devoted wife, Dawn; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Reverend Tarver exemplifies the highest standards |
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of his vocation, and through the years he has inspired countless |
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Texans with his messages of faith and goodwill; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby express its sincere appreciation to the Reverend |
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Eric Rendell Tarver for his service as Pastor of the Day for this |
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chamber and extend to him warmest best wishes for continued success |
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and fulfillment in his ministry; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Reverend Tarver as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Gonzalez Toureilles |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2882 was adopted by the House on June |
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1, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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