 Greetings, I'm Ruben Sine Jr., your bishop. And I invite you to join United Methodist from the Central and North Texas Conferences in partaking of scripture reading, reflection, and prayer offered by our conferences, clergy, and lay leadership. Reading scripture, reflecting on God's Word, and prayer, is vital to our spiritual life. So beginning Monday, September 11, note for a new day, devotional emails will land in your email inbox from Monday through Friday. As clergy and laity will write these notes for a new day, notes will contain a daily scripture, a reflection on that scripture that can be read in 2-3 minutes, an invitation to pray for the four featured active clergy, conference lay leaders, and conference staff members. Please share the devotionals on your social media pages to grow the notes for a new day devotional community. One goal is that persons who are not yet United Methodist will experience the grace, hope, and love of God that shines through the devotional life of the people called United Methodist, and in turn, they will seek to join us in our journey to the free, loving, and just world God imagines. So please go to notesforanewday.com to learn more and to officially sign up to receive the notes for a new day devotional. Our spiritual life is a treasure of immeasurable worth. We must care for, nurture, and invest in it our whole life. A robust life of discipleship enables us to see all things to the light of God's goodness and love. A life of discipleship produces strong hope to stand firm in the face of life's most discouraging circumstances and the power to withstand evil and injustice in whatever forms they present themselves. So I'm excited about this new collaborative conference devotional offering, not just for my own spiritual life, but more for what it means for our collective, United Methodist witness and connection. So sign up for this opportunity and invite others to do the same. Peace.