 Hello, I'm Mike McKee, the Bishop of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. I'm standing in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church of Richardson and it's here on June 4th that we will begin the North Texas annual conference session for this year. The theme for this year's annual conference is a new creation. We have several persons who are going to be helping us move into that theme and what it means not only for our personal lives but what it means for those of us who represent Christ in our communities and in the mission field. Dr. Greg Jones currently he's the provost of Baylor University and previously he was the Dean of Duke Divinity School. Dr. Jones will speak on Christian social innovation and his three lectures, presentations to us will be helpful to us as we think about our mission field and how it is that we engage with people on behalf of the Christ who's called us into ministry with a clergy or laity. Reverend Matt Mioski who's a pastor in St. Louis, pastor the Gathering will also be speaking to us about the different innovations that he has used in his church the Gathering. Leading us in worship as our worship leader will be DeAndre Johnson from Houston, Texas. He was the worship leader at General Conference last year. We're going to enjoy him. We're going to be inspired by his work among us and so I hope that you'll be present for each of the worship services. Preaching at the opening worship service on Sunday evening is the Reverend Philip Rhodes who currently serves as the pastor of the First United Methodist Church in First, Texas. Please register for this year's annual conference by going to the link on the website so that the church and the annual conference can prepare for your presence here. As we worship and pray together, as we learn together, as we enjoy being with each other, we'll be reminded once again about what it means to be a part of God's beloved community. A community that God is seeking to renew daily, not only in our lives, but the lives of people with whom we're in ministry and the people God is calling us to reach. So I look forward to seeing you on Sunday, June the 4th at First United Methodist Church of Richardson as we gather again as the people called Methodist in the North Texas Conference. God bless you.