{"id":1153,"date":"2009-04-23T11:43:04","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T16:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homepages.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2009-04-23T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2009-04-23T16:43:04","slug":"baylor-hosts-5000-hispanic-youth-for-bgcts-congreso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2009\/04\/baylor-hosts-5000-hispanic-youth-for-bgcts-congreso\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor hosts 5,000 Hispanic youth for BGCT&#8217;s Congreso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/congreso-april09.jpg\" alt=\"Congreso 2009\" width=\"225\" height=\"334\" align=\"right\" \/>Earlier this month, Baylor served as the host for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgct.org\/congreso\" target=\"_blank\">Congreso<\/a>, a gathering of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgct.org\/texasbaptists\/Page.aspx?pid=5951\" target=\"_blank\">nearly 5,000 Hispanic youth<\/a> sponsored by the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT). Students heard from speakers on a variety of subjects, with breakout sessions ranging from &#8220;What if God had a MySpace?&#8221; to &#8220;Finding God in Pop Culture,&#8221; as well as enjoying concerts and Diadeloso-style activities. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/texasbaptists\/sets\/72157616712298932\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a photo gallery.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>In addition to hosting the three-day event, Baylor staff led sessions on &#8220;Paying for College,&#8221;  &#8220;Job Interviewing&#8221; and &#8220;Planning for Graduate Work.&#8221; Participants also spent an afternoon volunteering at more than 200 mission projects across Waco, ranging from trash clean-up to community outreaches.<\/p>\n<p>What a great opportunity to both introduce so many students to Baylor and supporting the BGCT&#8217;s efforts to impact these young people&#8217;s lives!<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Congreso!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, Baylor served as the host for Congreso, a gathering of nearly 5,000 Hispanic youth sponsored by the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT). Students heard from speakers on a variety of subjects, with breakout sessions ranging from &#8220;What if God had a MySpace?&#8221; to &#8220;Finding God in Pop Culture,&#8221; as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-just-for-fun","category-photo-galleries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}