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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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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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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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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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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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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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Migration from a Guatemalan community perspective /// La migración desde la perspectiva comunitaria en Guatemala
(Versión en español más abajo) Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Pedro Sica from Guatemala. He shared his opinion about the national reality and migration from his point of view as a member of a rural community in … Continue reading
Posted in Español, General, Guatemala, News
Tagged entrevistas, guatemala, interviews, migración, migration
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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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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
Hurricanes Eta and Iota – Update and Relief Funds
Hurricanes Eta and Iota have devastated Central America with both immediate and long-term consequences, as hundreds of thousands of people lost homes and/or crops they would have relied on to eat in 2021. In Sister Parish, there were at least … Continue reading
Posted in Emergency Aid 2020, Guatemala
Tagged chichipate, guatemala, las margaritas ii, san antonio
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