“Beloved Community”
By The HEART Project with Diamond Galindo
While youth had been ministered to in the building in some capacity since the early 1900’s, the youth programs of New Life Centers began in a familiar form in 2004. In the years since that time, many, many youth have grown up to reflect on their experience at “the church” and what God has done in their lives through their time there.
These alumni came together in June 2026 for a one-day workshop to share their stories, each of which were included in the ideology of the mural. Even for Dymond, the mural artist, it was a return to her roots: she too was a proud alum of New Life Centers.
