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            H.R. No. 195
         
               R E S O L U T I O N
            
                   WHEREAS, The members of Katy's First Baptist Church are 
         
            celebrating the 125th anniversary of the church's founding on 
         
            November 19, 2023, and this significant milestone is indeed 
         
            deserving of special recognition; and
         
                   WHEREAS, The congregation was organized under the name Zion 
         
            Baptist Church in 1898, three years after the townsite of Katy was 
         
            laid out and platted; services were initially conducted in a local 
         
            schoolhouse, in members' homes, and in a local Methodist church, 
         
            before the congregation moved into its own building in April 1914; 
         
            the church grew steadily in the 1920s and 1930s, and during World 
         
            War II, the Humble Katy Gas Plant went into operation to support the 
         
            war effort, bringing an influx of new residents and new church 
         
            members to the community; and
         
                   WHEREAS, Over the decades, Katy's First Baptist Church has 
         
            added and expanded facilities to accommodate the needs of its 
         
            growing membership; along the way, a variety of ministries have 
         
            been created for men, women, and children to foster fellowship and 
         
            spiritual enrichment; congregants have further supported numerous 
         
            missionary efforts that have resulted in the construction of new 
         
            houses of worship, and today the church's outreach efforts include 
         
            overseas missionary trips and hunger relief programs; and
         
                   WHEREAS, The church has benefited from the guidance and 
         
            wisdom of a number of dedicated clergy leaders, and it is embarking 
         
            on a new chapter in its history as it welcomes its new senior 
         
            pastor, Dr. Rob Lyerly, in 2023; and
         
                   WHEREAS, Generations of Texans have looked to Katy's First 
         
            Baptist Church for hope, comfort, and inspiration, and it is a 
         
            pleasure to join in recognizing the abiding faith and commitment of 
         
            those who have sustained the church for more than a century; now, 
         
            therefore, be it
         
                   RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas 
         
            Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 125th 
         
            anniversary of Katy's First Baptist Church and extend to its 
         
            congregants sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
         
                   RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
         
            prepared for the church as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
         
            House of Representatives.
         
            Schofield
         
            ______________________________
         
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I certify that H.R. No. 195 was adopted by the House on 
         
            November 7, 2023, by a non-record vote.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The members of Katy's First Baptist Church are
	celebrating the 125th anniversary of the church's founding on
	November 19, 2023, and this significant milestone is indeed
	deserving of special recognition; and
	WHEREAS, The congregation was organized under the name Zion
	Baptist Church in 1898, three years after the townsite of Katy was
	laid out and platted; services were initially conducted in a local
	schoolhouse, in members' homes, and in a local Methodist church,
	before the congregation moved into its own building in April 1914;
	the church grew steadily in the 1920s and 1930s, and during World
	War II, the Humble Katy Gas Plant went into operation to support the
	war effort, bringing an influx of new residents and new church
	members to the community; and
	WHEREAS, Over the decades, Katy's First Baptist Church has
	added and expanded facilities to accommodate the needs of its
	growing membership; along the way, a variety of ministries have
	been created for men, women, and children to foster fellowship and
	spiritual enrichment; congregants have further supported numerous
	missionary efforts that have resulted in the construction of new
	houses of worship, and today the church's outreach efforts include
	overseas missionary trips and hunger relief programs; and
	WHEREAS, The church has benefited from the guidance and
	wisdom of a number of dedicated clergy leaders, and it is embarking
	on a new chapter in its history as it welcomes its new senior
	pastor, Dr. Rob Lyerly, in 2023; and
	WHEREAS, Generations of Texans have looked to Katy's First
	Baptist Church for hope, comfort, and inspiration, and it is a
	pleasure to join in recognizing the abiding faith and commitment of
	those who have sustained the church for more than a century; now,
	therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
	Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the 125th
	anniversary of Katy's First Baptist Church and extend to its
	congregants sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
	prepared for the church as an expression of high regard by the Texas
	House of Representatives.

	Schofield

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 195 was adopted by the House on
	November 7, 2023, by a non-record vote.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House