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Category Archives: El Salvador
Duluth delegates reflect on years of relationship with Los Ranchos
Español The following reflections were shared at an event to celebrate the relationship between First Lutheran Church in Duluth and San Antonio Los Ranchos in El Salvador. Pastor David Tryggestad Delegation taken: March 1998 (Reflection sent Apr 25, 2015) … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Delegations, El Salvador, United States
Tagged anniversary reflections, delegate reflections, duluth, los ranchos
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Wallingford y Guarjila celebran 15 aniversario del hermanamiento
English Celebración de Pentecostés / Iglesias Hermanas Iglesia Metodista Unida de Wallingford 24 de mayo de 2015 Tom: No sé lo que pasó ese día – el día de Pentecostés, sobre lo cual leimos. ¿Es literalmente cierto que las lenguas … Continue reading
Wallingford and Guarjila celebrate 15-year relationship
Español Pentecost/Sister Parish Celebration Wallingford United Methodist Church May 24, 2015 Tom: I don’t know what happened that day – that Pentecost day we read about. Is it literally true that tongues of fire came down and that suddenly those … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Delegations, El Salvador, General, United States
Tagged anniversary reflections, delegate reflections, guarjila, wallingford
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A piece of bread, a plate and a seat for each of us: Lessons from the Solidarity Walk
by Julieta Borja On October 31, the Sister Parish communities in El Salvador gathered to celebrate the IV Solidarity Walk. San Antonio Los Ranchos was the host community this year. For four months we worked together on the preparations for … Continue reading
Las caminatas de solidaridad
En inglés Varias comunidades de Iglesias Hermanas participaron en la Caminata de Solidaridad este año. Organizaron caminatas y estaciones para reflexionar, recaudaron fondos para la organización y coordinaron otras actividades con mucho compromiso y creatividad. El tema de las caminatas … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, Español, Guatemala, United States
Tagged caminata de solidaridad, chichipate, chontala, danville, duluth, guarjila, las margaritas ii, los ranchos, potrerillos, representantes de el salvador, representantes de guatemala, san andres itzapa, san josé la montaña, st joan of arc, tierra nueva i, tierra nueva ii, trinity, upavim, wallingford
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This year’s walk in solidarity
En español This year, numerous Sister Parish member communities participated in the Solidarity Walk, with reflections, walks, fundraisers and other activities. Our theme for the walk this year was, “Building solidarity and cooperation between brothers and sisters,” and we know … Continue reading
Wallingford United Methodist Church visits Guarjila
by Bruce Sherman, for the Wallingford United Methodist Church publication, the Wellwisher When a group travels from Seattle to Guarjila, El Salvador, or comes from Guarjila to Seattle, we call it a delegation. Most of the delegations are from North … Continue reading
Posted in Delegations, El Salvador, North to South
Tagged delegate reflections, delegations, guarjila, north to south, wallingford
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Reflexión sobre Monseñor Romero
In English Por Marta de Monge (miembro del Comité del Hermanamiento) Potrerillos, Nombre de Jesus, Chalatenango, El Salvador Oscar Arnulfo Romero Galdámez nació en Ciudad Barrios en San Miguel el 15 de agosto de 1917. Provenía de una familia modesta, … Continue reading
La promesa de Dios se ha convertido en una realidad: La beatificación de Monseñor Romero
In English Por: Julieta Borja Coordinadora Regional El Salvador Me sentí muy feliz después de escuchar de la beatificación de Monseñor Romero. Para todos nosotros en El Salvador, y para muchas personas en todo el mundo, ha sido un mártir … Continue reading
Finding Our Shared Humanity
A reflection by a former delegate from First Lutheran Church of Duluth, partnered with San Antonio Los Ranchos in El Salvador. During my senior year of high school, I went on my second trip to visit our sister congregation in … Continue reading
Posted in Delegations, El Salvador, General, North to South
Tagged delegate reflections, delegations, duluth, los ranchos, north to south
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