Gloria and Roger Marriott
3ª Calle A 1- 36 Zona 4
Cobán, AV, Guatemala
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Roger and Gloria Marriott been serving in Guatemala since January 2002. In 2006, they began to focus their work in Cobán in order to work with the Kekchis.

The Marriotts had begun their service with PC(USA) with a one-year appointment to help the Association of Presbyteries Mayas-Kekchis (APMK) in its church development work.

Then they served a three-year appointment, beginning in March 2003, working with nine educational institutions of the National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala (IENPG) to improve the services these institutions provide to the indigenous population.

Now the Marriotts have returned to Cobán to work with the Kekchis, but this time their aim is to help the indigenous Kekchi presbyteries to improve the quality of their educational activities.

During their first year in service, the Marriotts work was centered in Cobán, a mountainous, coffee-growing region in central Guatemala. With their change in ministries, they moved to Guatemala City.

"I was first drawn to mission work due to a chance visit to the Mexican border while on vacation in the 1970s," writes Roger. "On one side, lush, green fields of fruit and vegetables. On the other side, only barren land or scraggly fields with a few spindly crops. The contrasts begged the question of how such differences could exist within such a small area, separated only by a man-made border. That led to a lot of readings, return visits to the border, a summer at the border (in Laredo in 1989) with our whole family, mission trips to Guatemala, and now, to our appointment as long-term volunteers."

Roger and Gloria are active members of Hillsboro Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Gloria has taught Sunday school, been on the Budget Committee, the Stewardship Committee, and the Nominating Committee. Roger is an ordained elder and a commissioned lay pastor in the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee. During his recent tenure as chair of the Outreach Mission Unit of the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee, a Hispanic ministry was organized and a presbytery trip to Guatemala was undertaken.

Letters from
Roger & Gloria Marriott

• September 2008
• August 2008
• July 2008
• April 2008
• February 2008
• November 2007
• August 2007 (2)
• August 2007 (1)
• May 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• November 2006
• September 2006
• May 2006
• February 2006
• November 2005
• October 2005 (2)
• October 2005 (1)
• March 2005
• December 2004
• September 2004
• April 2004
• December 2003
• August 2003
• December 2002
• September 2002
• August 2002
• June 2002
• May 2002
• April 2002
• March 2002

During the 14 years prior to their appointment, the Marriotts owned and operated their own business, an executive search company that serves the needs of the graphic arts industry. Prior to that, Roger was as an executive in the fragrance industry for 15 years. Roger holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Central Missouri State University. Gloria has a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

The Marriotts have three adult daughters. Shelby lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina; Meredith lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee; Lindsay serves in the Reconciliation and Mission Exchange program of the PC(USA) in Nicaragua.

Birthdays:
Roger - July 23
Gloria - November 1