 Hello, I'm Mike McKee, the Bishop of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. Frequently, I ask myself a question, what kind of impact am I making with my life? And I've discovered that really the impact that I do make is only important when it takes into consideration my relationship with God in Christ. But I've also discovered that my impact upon the world is much greater when it is also connected with other United Methodist Christians in the North Texas Conference. Impact. That is the theme of our annual conference session, which begins on Sunday, June 1 at the First United Methodist Church of Richardson. And at this year's session of the annual conference, we will worship together, we will pray, we will sing, we will laugh, and we will also begin to discern what it means for us to make an impact together upon the communities in the North Texas Conference. Our keynote speaker this year is the Reverend Sue Nielsen-Kibbe. She's on the staff of the West Ohio Annual Conference, and she is going to be talking to us about what it means to be a missional church in this day and age. She was formerly on the staff of the Ginghemsburg United Methodist Church, and so she brings a wealth experience to our work together during those three days. Our preacher for this year's sessions of the annual conference is Bishop Sally Dick of the Chicago area of the United Methodist Church. And Bishop Dick will be preaching on both Sunday evening and Monday evening at our worship experiences. I'm looking forward to being with the United Methodist Christians of the North Texas Conference at this year's session of the annual conference. And I hope you'll begin to make your plans to attend. You can begin to register for this year's session of the annual conference online. And as you do so, I hope both our clergy and lay members will do this at the earliest possible day as we begin to continue planning and preparing for this year's session of the annual conference. And I look forward to seeing you on Sunday June 1 at the first time at this church of Richardson.