Catholicity of the Church & Farewell (1st Hour)

It is important that we end our year on a proper note, with a right perspective, so to speak. As we have read and discussed, our study of Spanish goes far beyond the desire to learn new grammar features, be able to communicate with people on vacation in another language, or, even, simply to sharpen our God-given minds. We have looked at how the study of language helps to understand God and the Word, Jesus Christ. We have looked at how language itself, is a beautiful gift given for communication and fellowship with God and with each other. We have looked at how language barriers are gifts from God for the carrying out of His providential plan. Most significantly, we have looked at how learning another language is important in carrying out the spread of the Gospel in a formalized sense (mission-work) but also through the mandate given to each of us to "love our neighbor". This extends to those who are different from us, whether that be physically, culturally, linguistically, etc. Yet, we confess that God's church is universal and catholic. The catholicity of the Church is an amazing wonder and one that we recognize and celebrate in world language study. There are many things to learn from God's people around the world, as well as dwell in communion of the saints with them. This is one thing that learning other languages can be used to accomplish.

For our churches, this has become more real than ever (at least in regards to Spanish language education), due to our recent, serious, and growing relationship and connection to groups of reformed-perspective churches in Mexico. As many of you know, our churches we able to send a group of people (including some young people - some of whom you know quite well or went to school well) to be a part of a conference in Mexico. This was a beautiful and wonderful opportunity for our churches, their churches, and all those involved in it. For this assignment, I would like you to watch a short video below of the first day of this trip. Some of you may have seen this already, but I think it is a worthwhile reminder if you have. I want you to focus on the fellowship that is happening, and also the important role there was for those who spoke both English and Spanish within this fellowship. This is the fellowship of the saints and a great example of the catholic church. By the way, if you're interested in watching more of the videos, Mr. Nick Kleyn has them publicly available to watch on his Facebook.
That brings us to the end. THE END. ¡EL FIN! You have completed SPA I. ¡Felicidades! Please watch my farewell, best-summer-wishes, attempt-not-to-get-too-sentimental video below. Then, if you wish (and I would appreciate it), you can use the FlipGrid below the video to offer your final thoughts on the class, school year, summer-farewell, etc. ¡Adiós!
The FlipGrid is below. This is optional (but definitely appreciated).

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