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Tag Archives: Español
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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Guatemala 2025 Board of Directors and Representatives Meeting / Reunión de Junta Directiva y Representantes Guatemala 2025
[Español abajo] From August 28 to 31, 2025, the community of Las Margaritas 2, Ixcán, Quiché, hosted the annual meeting of the Board of Directors and representatives of Sister Parish. For four days, members of the Guatemala Board of Directors, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, blog, Español, guatemala, guatemala representatives meeting, guatemala-reps-meeting, Ixcan, Las Margaritas 2, virginia
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Downers Grove FUMC visits UPAVIM // La iglesia metodista de Downers Grove visita UPAVIM
In July 2024, members of Downers Grove First United Methodist Church visited their sister community at UPAVIM in Guatemala. We share some pictures from the delegation and some reflections from the women of UPAVIM. I am thankful to God and to … Continue reading
Posted in Delegaciones, Delegations, Español, Guatemala, norte al sur, North to South
Tagged delegaciones, delegations, downers grove, Español, guatemala, norte al sur, north to south, upavim
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One in heart and soul // Un corazón y un alma
Patricia Cespedes-Schueller, 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
Posted in Delegaciones, Delegations, Español, General, Guatemala, norte al sur, North to South
Tagged board member reflections, delegaciones, delegate reflections, delegations, Español, norte al sur, north to south, reflexiones de delegados, st joan of arc, sur al norte, tierra nueva ii
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We are called to love // Estamos llamados al amor
In April 2024, Danville Congregational Church hosted a Sister Parish Sunday that included special hymns, a children’s message about Holy Week traditions in Guatemala, video messages and prayer requests from their sister community in San Antonio, Guatemala and a sermon … 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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Open Delegation 2023 / Delegación Abierta 2023
[Español más abajo] It’s well known that due to the global pandemic, our in-person delegations had to be postponed or canceled. After a long wait, we restarted our delegations in 2023 and joyfully returned to one of the best parts … Continue reading
Posted in Delegaciones, Delegations, El Salvador, Español, General, Guatemala
Tagged Ciudad de Guatemala, decorah, Delegación Abierta, delegaciones, delegate reflections, delegations, downers grove, Español, featured, guarjila, guatemala, los ranchos, north to south, open delegation, Open Delegation 2023, potrerillos, san josé la montaña, SJLM, st joan of arc, tierra nueva i, tierra nueva ii, travel, travel-2, upavim, WUMC
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