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heard somebody say, Shh, you're not in church yet.

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Keep going.

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that was a legitimate shh.

So

good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

I want to call the meeting on Monday, November the 10th to order at 6 PM.

We will have our invocation by Pastor Isaac Ariemi from the Redeemed Christian Church of God Lighthouse.

We will have our pledge of allegiance by Councilman Brush.

We will have our Texas pledge by Councilman Newsom, and then we will have presentations.

All right, Pastor.

Father, we want to say thank you for your goodness, for your mercies, for the way you have kept the city of Mansfield together since the inception and the founding of the city.

We thank you for progress on all fronts.

Father, tonight, we want to welcome you to this session.

Well, that you have your way.

The Bible made this clear to us in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 33, verse 22.

Jeremiah 322 says, You are the Almighty God, you are the judge, you are the lawgiver, and you are the king, and you will save us.

We ask, O Lord, as you are interested in the judiciary arm of government, you are so interested in the legislative arm of government.

You're also interested, oh Lord, in the executive arm of government.

So welcome you, Lord.

According to that scripture, that you have your way in our midst in the name of Jesus.

We ask, oh Lord, that your wisdom will prevail over the deliberations of today.

We ask that even much more.

You will move so mightily, and you're going to do your work in the city of Mansfield in such a way that the city is going to grow peacefully and people live peacefully in coexistence.

Thank you, everlasting Father.

In Jesus' name we have prayed.

Amen.

Thank you very much.

You mind sharing with us a couple of the good things that's taking place at your loving church.

Yes, sir.

We are located just down the road, beside the Dollar General on the right side as you go.

By God's grace, we give all the glory to God.

And we want to first of all appreciate the city council members and the city of Mansfield for the support we have received over the years.

Without you, we will not get to where we are today.

And we give glory to God for all the support we have received so far.

By God's grace, we are making progress.

We on every first Saturday of the month, we participate in, we have a food pantry.

We partner with Talent Area Food Bank, where we receive uh groceries from them.

And for the past several years, before even before we move to present location, we've been distributing food support for the members of the Mansfield community.

And most recently, we're able to convert one of the two buildings on the side of the road to become our food pantry house.

So in matter of weeks, very few with the buildings completed, we hope to dedicate that building specifically to be able to take care of the needy families in the community, and we intend to do that.

And when you look at the landscape that we have, we are pro-community by every sense.

We want to develop a portion of our land as a soccer field, another portion as a volleyball court, and another portion to be able to make sure we are serving the community adequately well.

So we are pro-Mansfield and we'll continue to serve the city of Mansfield forevermore.

Thank you so much.

Thank you very much.

Appreciate you, buddy.

All right, this time we have presentations from the Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Community Engagement, the community engagement sponsorship.

All right, Miss Cohagan.

Good evening.

I know tonight we're here celebrating Veterans Day, but before long, it'll be hometown holidays.

And so we just wanted to quickly announce that we are very pleased that Texas Health Hospital Mansfield has uh signed on to be our uh holiday tree sponsor this year.

The holiday tree is a cherished tradition at the event.

People love to gather around it.

Um it's where a lot of pictures are made.

And so it's with my pleasure, we've got uh youaney.