City of Southlake

This meeting of the Central Texas Annual Conference marks the 143^rd anniversary of the organization of the Church now known as The United Methodist Church, the 42^nd session since the formal organization and unification of The United Methodist Church, and the 40^th session since the merger of the previous Central Texas Conference with a group of churches of the previous West Texas Conference; and,

Whereas, The United Methodist Church represents some 12 million members in 130 countries and 122 Annual or Central Conferences; and,

Whereas, the delegates of this Annual Conference represent some 164,000 members from over 300 churches in the 7 Districts of the Central Texas Conference; and,

Whereas, over 550 conference clergy members have faithfully served the various needs of the communities of the Central Texas area; and,

Whereas, the Central Texas Annual Conference has contributed over $1 million in humanitarian aid and world benevolences; now,

Therefore, I, John Terrell, Mayor of the City of Southlake, on behalf of the City Council, do hereby proclaim the week of June 7-13, 2009, as

Central Texas Annual Conference Week