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Celebrating 30 years – Marshmallow challenges, strategic planning and potluck fun
– by Nancy Wiens, Sister Parish board of directors (May 11, 2018) Marshmallow Challenge, anyone? Building a structurally-sound tower out of spaghetti, marshmallows and tape was the first order of business during a team-building exercise at the board’s April two-day … Continue reading
Member churches called to migration ministries
A number of Sister Parish member churches have recently responded to calls for action on migration and U.S. policy. Wallingford UMC has organized a trip to the border with Opening Borders and coordinated visits to a local detention center. St. … Continue reading
Posted in Education and Advocacy, General
Tagged duluth, duluth first lutheran, human rights, migration, st joan of arc, trinity, trinity church, wallingford
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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
Posted in General
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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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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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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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
Posted in Delegations, El Salvador, General
Tagged delegate reflections, delegations, guarjila, wallingford
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