{"id":5618,"date":"2015-12-16T01:50:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T01:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mexicomatters.org\/?p=5618"},"modified":"2015-12-16T01:50:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T01:50:45","slug":"community-center-closing-program-video-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexicomatters.org\/community-center-closing-program-video-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Center Closing Program (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you know that we like using all sorts of &#8220;good works&#8221; to reach out to our community. At the heart of this approach are our community center classes. We&#8217;ve been doing 12-14 week fall and spring courses since&#8230;I don&#8217;t know, probably 2011? That means we just finished our 11th semester.<\/p>\n<p>At the closing program we invite parents and friends of the students who have participated in the classes, have a recognition service and generally just hang out and have a good time. We also make sure we present the gospel.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out our co-worker&#8217;s posts <a href=\"http:\/\/avoidanceoftheperfunctory.blogspot.mx\/2015\/12\/closing-program.html\">HERE<\/a> (Tina Barham&#8217;s) for more pictures and info about the event. Below is part of Mayra&#8217;s gospel presentation, accompanied by a cow bell, which, as I&#8217;m sure you know, means that the garbage truck would soon be passing by the street in front of the community center! Mayra has a real gift for communicating the good news in a clear, understandable way. Cathy helped read the Bible verses.<\/p>\n<p>That evening I was reminded again why we do community center outreach. We had a totally open door to talk to around 30 people (including three complete families) in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere&#8230;people that we would have otherwise probably never met.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 864px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5618-1\" width=\"864\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/mexicomatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mayra-talk-bell.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mexicomatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mayra-talk-bell.mp4\">http:\/\/mexicomatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/mayra-talk-bell.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you know that we like using all sorts of &#8220;good works&#8221; to reach out to our community. At the heart of this approach are our community center classes. We&#8217;ve been doing 12-14 week fall and spring courses since&#8230;I don&#8217;t know, probably 2011? That means we just finished our 11th semester. 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