 Can you recall a little how life was in the West Texas Conference in terms of worship, fellowship, and social life in the West Texas Conference? Yes, it was a vibrant time for us as I remember. At that time we formed a close-knit communities that were interlocking, that served us well, and it allowed our culture to develop a style of worship that was dynamic and it filled with energetic preaching, dynamic preaching, and of course our own style of music. And I think that was a contribution to the Methodist Church that could not be replicated anywhere else. And it came about because of the leadership that we enjoyed there with our ministers and our bishops. I was privileged to know several of the bishops, at least five of them, as I grew up in the Central Jurisdiction and they influenced a lot of my life and commitment to the Christian belief through the Methodist traditions. It occurs to me that I grew up in the United Methodist Church, a child of the 70s and 80s, and in saying songs in the United Methodist hymnal that were African-American spirituals and the like, never really thinking where exactly they came from. I mean just assuming that always been a part of the United Methodist experience, but that's not true. So I wonder what were some of the most memorable or most important hymns or songs that you recall singing in the West Texas Conference that were brought to the United Methodist Church? Well, most of them were spirituals. And I can remember a time when we would meet as a diverse group when the churches would come together for any reason. They would always ask the black members if you would sing one of your spirituals. And so you swing those sweet chariot. Oh Lord, I want to be a Christian. But I like the ones that were the old hymns that were lined, that guide me all that great Jehovah, pick them through this land, this land, and you would have a great force. My uncle had a booming baritone force and he would line it and then the church would echo it.