 Greetings, members of the North Texas Conference. The peace, mercy and grace of Jesus Christ be with your spirit. This Saturday, March 4th, 2023, North Texas clergy and lay members will gather for a special call session of the annual conference. Our time will be spent on two important business items, voting to release churches that have met the Board of Trustees' requirements for disaffiliations under Paragraph 2553 and approving changes to our property insurance program. Our time together will also be a meaningful day of fellowship and worship. Saturday will mark the last time some of our churches will be present as North Texas annual conference members. We will say farewell to longtime friends and colleagues who have chosen disaffiliation. To see our connection severed is painful because it touches each of us personally. Even so, we will bless our siblings in Christ and pray for one another's continued ministry as we part ways. Thank you again for your faithfulness to Christ, the mission and values of the United Methodist Church, your participation in the work before us, and your continued witness across North Texas. May God bless our time together on Saturday and use us as instruments of healing and hope in the coming days. Peace.