Bill Text: TX HR69 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Pastor Mary Roberson and Deacon Buck Roberson of Latter Day Prayer Band Ministries for their years of service and leadership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-26 - Reported enrolled [HR69 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR69-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 69 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The members of Latter Day Prayer Band Ministries in | ||
| Houston are paying tribute to founding pastor Mary Roberson and her | ||
| husband, Deacon Buck Roberson, at a special service on July 14, | ||
| 2013; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Pastor Mary Roberson entered the ministry 37 years | ||
| ago under the leadership of the Reverend Melvin Smith of the | ||
| St. James Missionary Baptist Church; she started her own church in | ||
| her home in 1984, beginning with seven members, and over the next 29 | ||
| years saw the church grow to include more than 150 congregants; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Supported every step of the way by her husband, | ||
| Pastor Roberson has developed ministries for praise and worship, | ||
| praise dance, drama, and music, and her church offers leadership | ||
| training, visits to homes and hospitals, weekly Bible study, and a | ||
| holiday food pantry; outside of church, Pastor and Deacon Roberson | ||
| are loving parents and grandparents; and | ||
| WHEREAS, These esteemed Texans have earned the lasting | ||
| respect and admiration of all who know them, and they are indeed | ||
| deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby honor Pastor Mary Roberson | ||
| and Deacon Buck Roberson for their service to Latter Day Prayer Band | ||
| Ministries and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued | ||
| happiness and fulfillment; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Pastor and Deacon Roberson as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Bohac | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 69 was adopted by the House on July | ||
| 25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
