 Hello, I'm Mike McKee, the Bishop of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. I'm standing alone in the balcony of the sanctuary of St. Andrew United Methodist Church. But shortly I will have many more people around me. It will be you, the lay and clergy members of the annual conferences we gather for the North Texas annual conference meeting on Sunday evening, May 31st, and conclude on June the 2nd, that Tuesday afternoon. The theme of this year's annual conference is Rooted in Love. What we're going to do is we're going to explore our deep roots as a faith tradition, the Wesleyan tradition, of which we, the United Methodists, are the heirs. At that time, we're going to focus again on what it means to be a follower of Christ in this tradition that is ours, that really has a different way of speaking, talking, and living in the gospel. Not that we are the best, not that we are the most important, but has a distinct emphasis that we're going to emphasize. Joining me and you at this year's annual conference on Sunday evening will be Bishop Gregory Palmer, who is the Bishop of the West Ohio annual conference. He spoke at the Covenant Day for the Clergy earlier in the year, and he'll be preaching on Sunday evening. And I can promise you that we will have a wonderful experience of worship again in this place to begin annual conference. Also joining us at this year's annual conference will be Dr. Philip Amerson. He'll be teaching on Monday on what it means to be a follower of Jesus in the Wesleyan way. Phil is also a good friend of mine, and he was the previous president of Garrett Evangelical Seminary, and he served churches throughout the Indiana annual conference. So I look forward to Phil Amerson being with us as well. It's now time to register. It's time to register for annual conference, clergy, register for annual conference, clergy, encourage your laity, delay members of the annual conference from your church to register. And I look forward to worship with you on the opening night on May 31st, which will be a worship of celebration of great significance. God bless you.