The next North Texas Annual Conference sessions have been scheduled again for the Plano Centre in June 2001. The following is an excerpt of the Episcopal Address presented to the Annual Conference, June 5. This is the conference session when we close the door on the old quadrennium and begin opening new doors to the first full quadrennium of the 2lst century. We have crossed the millennium bridge and all is well. The world is still spinning.
Life goes on.
The church continues to be faithful to its mission at every level, and this annual conference continues to explode with new life and energy. In fact, I have quit trying to keep up. Congregations of all sizes are planning, or in the midst of, or completing, or having just completed capital fund drives, new mission ventures, building programs, renovations, and most important, opening their doors, extending their arms, making new disciples, as the North Texas Annual Conference continues to show significant net gains. But this is not the time to deal with numbers. You will hear them throughout the conference.