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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, For 150 years, area residents have come together |
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to celebrate their faith at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in |
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Mineola; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1871, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church was |
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founded by the Reverend John Brenham and a small group of charter |
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members; two years later, the congregation moved into its first |
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sanctuary at the corner of Harris and Stone Streets, and it held |
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baptisms in a creek near what is today Wren Street; in 1897, the |
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church purchased the land on which its current facility stands; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, St. Paul MBC has continued to grow and flourish |
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under the leadership of a succession of dedicated pastors, whose |
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efforts have secured its reputation as a bedrock of the Mineola |
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community; since 2007, the Reverend Demethrius T. Boyd has guided |
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the congregation, and it has further benefited from the faithful |
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service of numerous deacons, deaconesses, trustees, and other |
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members who have supported the church and its many ministries, |
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which currently include youth, seniors, singles, marriage, |
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outreach, and music programs; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, St. Paul MBC holds the distinction of |
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being the oldest church in Mineola; in 2006, the congregation |
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commemorated the placement of an official Texas Historical |
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Marker on its campus, and in 2010, it celebrated the dedication |
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of its new worship center at a ceremony that was attended by a |
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number of local church leaders and city officials; and |
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WHEREAS, For a century and a half, St. Paul Missionary |
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Baptist Church has served as a source of inspiration and guidance |
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to generations of worshippers, and its continued existence is a |
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testament to the unwavering commitment of its members and clergy, |
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both past and present; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 87th Texas Legislature, |
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3rd Called Session, hereby honor St. Paul Missionary Baptist |
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Church in Mineola on the occasion of its 150th anniversary in |
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2021 and extend to its members sincere best wishes for many more |
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years of shared prayer and fellowship; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the church as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |