Mission Trip to Nicaragua Photos
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Mission Trip to Nicaragua in January 2008;
Purpose is to meet with possible partners
- DATES: January 22-31 2008
TRIP LEADER: Rev. Sue Fisher
Thirteen persons were a part of the group; a photo is below the list of participants:
1. Randy Tullis
Randy is an Elder at West Hollywood Presbyterian Church.
2. Felipe Martinez
Felipe is a Presbyterian minister and Pastor of Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Gardena, CA
3. Alba Luis
Alba is an Elder at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.
4. Alicia Loncar
Alicia is the moderator of the Deacons at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.
5. Diane Kenney
Diane is a Presbyterian minister serving as campus minister at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She was on the Presbytery's first trip in 2006.
6. Ada Hernandez
Ada is an Elder at Immanuel Presbyterian Church.
7. Lee Gardner
Lee is a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles
8. Sue Fisher
Sue was on the Presbytery's first trip to Nicaragua in 2006. She is a Presbyterian minister serving as Director of Empowerment Ministries at Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles
9. Leslie Evans
Leslie is an elder at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.
She was on the Presbytery's first trip to Nicaragua in 2006.
10. Linda Culbertson
Linda is a Presbyterian minister serving as the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of the Pacific.
11. Jennifer Cruz
Daughter of Ada Hernandez (# 6)
Jennifer is a member of Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.
12. Jason Gamble
Jason is a Presbyterian minister and Pastor of Culver City Presbyterian Church
13. Kee Dae Kim
Kee Dae, from South Korea originally, is a Presbyterian minister and Pastor of Church of Peace.
Left to right, back row: Randy Tullis, Sue Fisher; middle row: Ada Hernandez, Leslie Evans, Alicia Loncar, Diane Kenney, Jason Gamble; seated in front: Alba Luis, Lee Gardner, Jennifer Cruz. Not pictured: Linda Culbertson, Felipe Martinez, Kee Dae Kim.
ABOUT CEPAD:
CEPAD is Spanish-language acronym for Council of Protestant Churches of Nicaragua. This group "works to serve more than seventy poor communities across Nicaragua through programs that promote justice, peace and equitable solidarity with the aim of empowering people to carry out their own development." (quote from CEPAD)
HOW CEPAD FACILITATES PARTERSHIPS: When a group in North America or Europe applies to CEPAD for assistance in creating a partnership with a Nicaraguan community/group, CEPAD looks for goals, interests, resources, etc. that the two prospective partners have that complement each other. Once a suggested partnership is "on the table" each group needs to decide if this arrangement is, indeed, a desirable situation before the partnership is established. It is expected that the partnership will be mutually beneficial; CEPAD is not soliciting impersonal donations to the Nicaraguan communities that they work with. The Presbytery's application was accepted by CEPAD in the Fall of 2007.
PROCESS BACKGROUND: The Mission Interpretation and Promotion Committee (MIP) sponsored a fact-finding trip to Nicaragua in 2006, using CEPAD as the facilitator. While there, the group saw first-hand how CEPAD's partnership programs operate and decided that their assistance would help the Presbytery establish a rewarding partnership opportunity. After ascertaining that a significant number of the Presbytery's churches were interested in this opportunity, MIP presented their proposal for a partnership application to the Presbytery's General Mission Council which approved their plans and the Presbytery, at its January 2007 meeting, voted to allow the process to go forward. In January 2008 a group of 13 persons will be in Nicaragua to work with CEPAD in selecting a mutually acceptable partner.
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- Enough for Everyone's Sweat-free Ts
manufacturer's website - order desk at pc(usa)
Sweat-Free Ts come direct from the Nueva Vida Women’s Sewing Cooperative (COMAMNUVI) and Fair Trade Zone in Nicaragua. The co-op was created with the assistance of Jubilee House Community, with seed money provided by the One Great Hour of Sharing and distributed by the Presbyterian Hunger Program.
Your One Great Hour of Sharing dollars have helped to build this industry. Please support it now when you need T-shirts for your church and community projects. More about ordering is HERE.
