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Greetings from Guarjila
The video below tells the story of the relationship between the community of Guarjila and Wallingford United Methodist Church. The video was made by WUMC and shared at an event to raise both awareness of the relationship and funds for … Continue reading
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Tagged fundraising and awareness activities, guarjila, videos, wallingford
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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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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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Vivir el Evangelio – Participantes de Wallingford reflexionan sobre la delegación del 2013
In English Los delegados de la Iglesia Metodista Unida de Wallingford visitaron Guarjila en julio del 2013. Varios participantes enviaron las siguientes reflexiones sobre su experiencia. Mientras viajábamos de vueltaa casa de nuestro reciente viaje aGuarjila, estaba pensando mucho sobre … Continue reading
Posted in Delegaciones, El Salvador, Español, norte al sur
Tagged delegaciones, guarjila, reflexiones, wallingford
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El Salvador and Sister Parish Board hold 2014 Solidarity Walks
–By Julieta Borja and David Ericson The Solidarity Walk is one of Sister Parish’s core fundraising events, organized every year in coordination with participating US churches. The efforts of the US Sister Parish committees enable us to continue strengthening our … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, General, Solidarity Walks, United States
Tagged guarjila, los ranchos, potrerillos, san josé la montaña, solidarity walk, trinity
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Living the Gospel – Wallingford Participants Reflect on 2013 Delegation
En español Delegates from Wallingford United Methodist Church visited Guarjila in July of 2013. A number of participants sent the following reflections on their experience. As we traveled home from our recent trip to Guarjila, I was thinking a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged delegate reflections, delegations, guarjila, wallingford
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Visiones de Guarjila
In English [En abril, miembros de la junta directiva y fundadores de Iglesias Hermanas viajaron a América Central para una delegación con el propósito de celebrar el 25 Aniversario de la organización. Estamos publicando las reflexiones que escribieron los delegados … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 aniversario, greg, guarjila, Junta Directiva, reflexiones
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