While we’ve been unable to travel to Cuba for the last 2 years, we have been in regular contact with our Nueva Paz family and have continued to pray for each other during these challenging times in both of our countries. Our Mission Committee has also continued to find ways in which to support their Read More
Now that the Covid-19 restrictions have begun to loosen a bit in areas outside of Havana, and having done the work to prepare the sanctuary and community building for a return to in-person worship, our brothers and sisters have also moved quickly to re-start the renovation of the manse. While a lot of work has Read More
Same, but different. Our Cuban brothers and sisters have also been affected by the virus this spring, and have also been quarantining, masking, worshiping at home and continuing to care for their community. In the midst of widespread food shortages on the island, the church continued their Breakfast program, feeding the elderly (at home) AND Read More
In celebration of 10 years of partnership, we visited our friends in Nueva Paz in mid-November, 2019. Attempting to leave Chicago on one of the snowiest Mondays of the year, Pastor Erik, Kevin McDermott, Mindy McMahon and Kathy Wennerstrum spent nearly 17 hours together in O’Hare before re-routing through Newark (arriving Newark at 2:30 am) Read More
Hola and bendiciones from our brothers and sisters in Cuba! Our November 2018 visit to Nueva Paz was, once again, one filled with the love, laughter and generosity of our partner congregation. As part of a small group representing the Presbytery of Chicago’s Cuba partner churches, and honoring the Presbytery’s nearly 20-year covenant with the Read More