 Chukma, greetings to my sisters and brothers of the North Texas annual conference. My name is Reverend Dr. Chad Johnson and I am a proud member of the Chickasaw Tribe. A lot of my heritage, my culture as a Native American has strongly influenced really who I am in so many ways, especially my ministry and my passions for ministry. And it's really opened my eyes to the marginalized, the underprivileged, those within our communities that don't feel seen but yet so much are still around us. So one thing I think the broader church can learn from Native American cultures and not just Native American cultures but just the cultures around us is that there are people around us who don't feel seen. There are people in our communities who don't feel heard. And there are people around us that experience God because of their culture in a different way that we can also share in and appreciate and learn to learn more about who God is through those cultures. So I think Native American culture teaches or reminds the broader church is to keep looking around us, to keep an eye on the horizon if you will, and who is around us in the community, who is around us in the body of Christ and that they may be worshipping God in a different way and that is a good and joyful thing because we can always learn more about who God is and how God loves us. So as a United Methodist, I think my Native American heritage brings out a distinction here especially with our understanding of grace, especially wrapped around our understanding of Holy Communion and Holy Communion being a means of grace for all to come and have a place at the table. And so as a Native American, as a member of a group that is marginalized often or has been historically oppressed or struggles in some way to feel seen, it's so reassuring, it's so empowering, it's such a testament to who God is to know that all people of all cultures of all races have a place at the table to come and receive grace.