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Presbytery of the Miami Valley, Colombian presbytery celebrate decades of mission-based connection

Posted September 29th, 2023

Four key leaders of the Presbytery of the North Coast in Colombia spent Sept. 7-15, in the Presbytery of the Miami Valley, working with representatives from the Ohio presbytery to strengthen and deepen long-standing relationships between the two presbyteries.

Sharing God’s perspective through partnership in Colombia

Posted June 15th, 2018

You won’t go to India to do something an Indian cannot do,” the Rev. Thomas John told me. He was the site coordinator for the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program in India, and I was a college senior, interviewing to serve as a YAV on the other side of the globe. I don’t think I had any delusions of single-handedly transforming the world, but I was surely guided by a desire to help, to contribute, to be of service. That was in 2002. Today I serve as site coordinator for the YAV program in Colombia, and I encounter those same motivations again and again in current applicants.