{"id":225,"date":"2017-06-09T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T00:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2017-06-10T20:14:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T01:14:27","slug":"congratulations-to-our-class-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/congratulations-to-our-class-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the class of 2017!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"226\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/congratulations-to-our-class-of-2017\/graduation-2148715_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation-2148715_640.jpg?fit=640%2C426\" data-orig-size=\"640,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.5&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3i&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"graduation-2148715_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation-2148715_640.jpg?fit=640%2C426\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-226\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation-2148715_640.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation-2148715_640.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/graduation-2148715_640.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We&#8217;ve just entered the first part of June and guess what? \u00a0It&#8217;s graduation time (again!) \u00a0We are so proud of our young students (now, young adults!) who are closing out 13 years of primary and secondary education and heading on to a diverse set of challenges:<\/p>\n<p>some will be serving in our military (bless them and protect them, Lord!);<br \/>\nsome will be heading on to technical school to take on the skilled training necessary to become master carpenters, plumbers, electricians, welders and more (Lord, you know we need more good people in our trades!);<br \/>\nsome will be heading directly to the workforce (where we hope they will launch careers that grow and develop them, allowing them to contribute to society);<br \/>\nand some will be headed on to college for 4 (or more!) years of higher education preparing them to leave their mark in the world!<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to Andrew Eng, Alek Weidman, Kyle Miller, Sarah Miller, Jacob Shroeder, Burak Marmara, Chloe Garcia. \u00a0All of you are in our thoughts and prayers. \u00a0God bless&#8230;we wish you all the best!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve just entered the first part of June and guess what? 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