 Hello, I'm Mike McKee, the Bishop of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. It's been an annual tradition recently that in our annual conference that the bishop gathers with the Laity of the Church of the North Texas Conference. That has always happened on one Saturday in January, and all of the Laity from all over the 20 counties in the North Texas Conference would come to a place near Dallas for that annual Laity Day. I'm going to do that differently. I think it important that I go to each of the districts. That way I can visit with more Laity. I'll be closer to those churches, and I'll have the opportunity to answer questions from a wider group of people. And so we'll be having Laity Day with the Bishop in each of the four districts on the last weekend in February and the first weekend in March. Look at the time where that will be happening. Also, I want to tell you that as I visit with the Laity, I'll be talking about some dilemmas that we face in the North Texas Conference, what some of our strengths are that we're going to be capitalizing on, and what the challenges that are ahead for us. Remember that our goal to gather as Christians in the United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world, and I believe that we have the resources in the North Texas Conference, gifted people of Christ that can bring about transformation in our 20 county region. And so I want to have a conversation with you, the Laity of the North Texas Conference, and I look forward to being with you very soon. I'll see you then.