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P R O C L A M A T I O N
WHEREAS, the Wesley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church will celebrate
its 150th Church Anniversary in August 2019; and
WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown recognizes the presence of the Austin Capital District at
the Wesley Chapel A.M.E. Church where on Friday March 8, 2019 and Saturday March 9, 2019
the first annual conference will be hosted for Presiding Elder Reverend Pamela Rivera, and the
newly assigned Pastor, Reverend Dr. William A. Quickley and Elect Lady Adrienne Evans-
Quickley and the Wesley Church Family whose history is long and rich in Georgetown, TX; and
WHEREAS, the historic first female A.M.E. Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie and her
husband, Texas basketball legend (Stan-the-Man) Stan McKenzie, are the Tenth Episcopal
District Leaders over this and six other Presiding Elder Districts within Texas; and
WHEREAS, the Wesley Chapel was recorded in the Texas Historical Landmarks in 1984, was
entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and is also listed in the 1999 African
Americans in Texas: Historical and Cultural Legacies.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DALE ROSS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS,
do hereby proclaim Saturday March 9, 2019 as
THE 1ST AUSTIN CAPITAL DISTRICT CONFERENCE DAY
In Georgetown, Texas