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                      El Salvador Delegation Photos          

  
                      Delegation January 2016 - Madsen          

  
                      Delegation November 2009 - Madsens          
      

  Delegation 2008 Scholarship Recipients                             	             Hint:   If you &quot;hover&quot; over the slideshow, several controls will appear. If you hover over the person image, the album name will appear. Click on the album name to see the album on the Picasa web site. Click on the text &quot;balloon&quot; to remove or add captions.                 Note:   This is a partial list of recipients.  
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  June 2013 marked the 19  th   delegation trip since the first one in November 1994. Motivated by the vision of Rev. Larry Morkert, former chaplain at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz and his wife Kathleen, the congregations of Light of Life Lutheran (Scotts Valley, California), St. Stephen's&nbsp; Lutheran (Santa Cruz, California), Good Shepherd Lutheran (Salinas, California), Trinity Presbyterian (Santa Cruz, California), Advent Lutheran (Morgan Hill, California), Community Lutheran (Watsonville, California) and Christ Lutheran (Aptos, California) have committed prayer, money and energy toward accompanying our Salvadoran brothers and sisters. Rev. Morkert and Bishop Medardo Gomez of the Lutheran Church of El Salvador visited the community of Guillermo Ungo shortly after the signing of the Peace Accords in 1992. Bishop Gomez suggested that we work with the people of Guillermo Ungo. Light of Life closed in 2003 but a growing, committed group from the other congregations continue building relationships with the people of Guillermo Ungo.    Our first gift helped our communities purchase land with a spring to improve their water supply. Subsequent gifts have supported water improvement, education (computers and scholarships) and health improvement projects.  
  Member Congregations              Chancel Window        St. Stephen's Lutheran  Church    2500 Soquel Avenue  Santa Cruz, California  Pastor Jim  Lapp                            Trinity Presbyterian Church    
  Trinity Presbyterian Church    420 Melrose Avenue  Santa Cruz, California  Pastor Evie Macway                 Lutheran Community Church    95 Alta Vista Avenue  Watsonville, California  Pastor Susan Birkelo        Advent Lutheran Church    16870 Murphy Avenue  Morgan Hill, California  Pastor Anita Warner  
    Christ Lutheran Church    10707 Soquel Drive  Aptos, California  Pastor Dale Sollom-Brotherton            St. Andrew Presbyterian Church    
  St. Andrew Presbyterian Church    9850 Monroe Avenue  Aptos, California  Pastor Anne McAnelly               Participating Congregations            Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd      Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd     580 Larkin Street  Salinas, California   Pastor Sandra Olson Decker      &nbsp;                Objectives and Purposes     The primary objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be the  solicitation, collection, and possession of charitable donations from Santa Cruz  County and any other location, for distribution in, or for the benefit of, the  country of El Salvador, to those organizations and individuals needing  charitable assistance.    Santa Cruz al Salvador is a Charitable Non-Profit California Corporation.    Members        Members of Santa Cruz al Salvador are duly organized churches, or other  religious or charitble organizations.      Each such organization may have only one membership.      There are no fees for making application for membership nor are there any  annual dues.      There is no limit on the number of members.       Directors        There are to be at least three directors; each member appoints two  directors.      The member-appointed directors elect at least one at-large director.        Officers        There are to be at least three officers: President, Secretary and Treasurer  (Chief Financial Officer).      Other officers may be established by the Board of Directors.      Any number of offices may be held by the same person except that neither the  Secretary nor the Treasurer may serve as the President or Chairperson of the  Board.      Vacancies are to be filled by the Board of Directors, although the President  may temporarily appoint an officer until the Board can fill the vacancy.                          &nbsp;        ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:15:09 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.buildrelationships.org/home/about-us/</link><guid>http://www.buildrelationships.org/home/about-us/</guid></item></channel></rss>