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Delegations 2025 / Delegaciones 2025
[Español Abajo] Delegations 2025 The year 2025 has been a very special one for delegations. As a team, we have witnessed how, little by little, we’ve been recovering from the challenges brought by 2020. Although there is still work ahead, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, blog, chichipate, decorah, delegaciones, delegations, El Estor, el salvador, Español, Freyburg, guarjila, guatemala, north to south, Santo Tomas, st thomas, UCC, UMC, wallingford, WUMC
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Southern Encounter & Open Delegation 2024 / Encuentro del Sur y Delegación Abierta 2024
November was a great month! We had the blessing to participate in the Southern Encounter, where representatives from every community in Guatemala and El Salvador traveled to Chichicastenango (Guatemala) and there, together with the group from the Open Delegation, we … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024, Chichicastenango, Delegation, el salvador, guatemala, open delegation, San Antonio Cunen, southern encounter, travel
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Changing the way I look at the world //Cambiando la manera en que veo el mundo
Jan Heikes, a member of the Sister Parish Board of Directors, gave the following talk during a Sister Parish-themed service at Wallingford United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington. The Sister Parish board rotates the location of meetings to visit current … Continue reading
Open Delegation: A letter from the SP board // Delegación abierta: una carta de parte de la Junta Directiva
[Español más abajo] There is so much we want to share with you about the Open Delegation in November. So many stories, so many experiences. It had been four years since the last Open Delegation, and Cathy Burrell, current member … Continue reading
Posted in Delegaciones, Delegations, El Salvador, Español, General, Guatemala, norte al sur, North to South, South to North, United States
Tagged Comunidades, Delegación Abierta, Delegación abierta 2023, delegaciones, delegate reflections, delegations, el salvador, Español, featured, guarjila, guatemala, iglesia, los ranchos, north to south, open delegation, Open Delegation 2023, reflexiones, san josé la montaña, SJLM, st joan of arc, tierra nueva i, tierra nueva ii, travel, travel-2, upavim, Visitas
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To you I give, from you I receive: Guarjila visits WUMC // A ti doy, de ti recibo: Guarjila visita WUMC
2023 South to North Delegation, Guarjila – WUMC, Seattle / Delegación Sur a Norte, Guarjila – Seattle [Español más abajo] Wallingford United Methodist Church celebrated 24 years of its relationship with Guarjila, El Salvador with a South to North delegation … Continue reading
Posted in Delegaciones, Delegations, El Salvador, Español, General, South to North
Tagged blog, Delegación, Delegation, dios, el salvador, Español, fe, featured, guarjila, S-N, Seattle, south to north, wallingford, WUMC
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Migrant Ministry Call // Llamada de Ministerio de Migrantes
(Versión en español más abajo) On Thursday, May 5, the northern and southern communities that are part of Sister Parish and some invited friends had the opportunity to meet Cristina Coronado and hear about her work on the Mexico-United States … Continue reading
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Tagged actividades virtuales, el salvador, guatemala, United States, virtual activities
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Time to remember, time to tell // Tiempo de recordar, tiempo de contar
A CCR event for repopulated communities in Chalatenango, El Salvador // Un evento de CCR para las comunidades repobladas en Chalatenango, El Salvador (Versión en español más abajo) March 5, 2022 The Association for the Development of Communities in Chalatenango … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, Español, General, News
Tagged ccr, el salvador, eventos, events, guarjila, san josé la montaña
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2020-A Sister Parish Year Like No Other / El año en Iglesias Hermanas como ningún otro
Español abajo Message from Sister Parish Inc. Board member Cathy Burrell The Sister Parish, Inc. Board and staff began January excited about the new year. Most of the Board participated in the Open Delegation in November 2019 and were energized … Continue reading
Reflexión de un médico en El Salvador
por Carlos Orellana Carlos es médico en una clínica rural en Chalatenango, El Salvador. También es un líder comunitario y un miembro muy activo en el hermanamiento que su comunidad Potrerillos mantiene con Decorah First United Methodist Church. El último … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, Español, News
Tagged covid-19, decorah, el salvador, potrerillos
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Wallingford and Guarjila celebrate 20-year anniversary / Seattle y Guarjila celebran 20 años
(español abajo) In February, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the relationship between Wallingford United Methodist Church and the community of Guarjila. During our delegation, we joined in festivities for the community’s patron saint, we worshiped, we learned about the … Continue reading
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