US-Colombian presbyteries forge decade-plus relationship
Presbyteries in Seattle and Barranquilla have created a partnership based on friendship and learning
SEATTLE — For more than a decade, Seattle Presbytery has been engaged in a growing relationship with Presbiterio del la Costa in Barranquilla, Colombia.
They haven’t been building homes, repairing storm damage, or any of the other activities often associated with international “mission” work. The two presbyteries have been building relationships.
“We've lived into this partnership in different ways,” said the Rev. Eliana Maxim, Co-Executive Presbyter of Seattle Presbytery. “It’s been trips back and forth, them coming here, us going there, primarily learning from one another and experiencing ministry in our two very different contexts, but finding where the commonalities are and building on that.”
In a new three-part series of videos, learn how this partnership came to be, how it has impacted congregations in Seattle and Barranquilla, and how other mid councils and congregations can embrace similar partnerships.
In this week’s story, we hear how the partnership began and evolved from a presbytery-to-presbytery relationship to some church-to-church partnerships.
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Seattle-Barranquilla — HERMANAMIENTO
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Seattle-Barranquilla — HERMANAMIENTO
Next week: How a Lilly Endowment Grant helped support and inform the Seattle-Barranquilla relationship.
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