Our Partner Church in Prague
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A Methodist church in downtown Prague has been a FUMC, Birmingham, Partnership Church for a number of years. This partner church is the Nevo Mesto Jecna Street Church located in Prague 2. We support this church with a yearly gift of $5,000. In addition the Volunteers in Mission (VIM) work teams that have worked in Prague since 2001 visit the church each year.
In October of 2007, our Czech Partnership Church celebrated the 85th anniversary of its founding. Jim and Bev Miller traveled to Prague to represent FUMC, Birmingham, in this celebration.
To prepare for this event the sanctuary was renovated to bring it back to the way it looked when it was first opened for use 80 years ago.
Some photos of the event follow.
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Above: The church on a Sunday Morning. Our annual partnership
gifts helped to pay for the renovations. |
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| Above: Jim Miller reads greeting from Birmingham senior minister Dr. Jack Harnish and from Birmingham pastor emeritus Dr. William Ritter. Our Czech friend, Pastor Jana Krisova, from Bruno, Czech Republic, translates. |
Above: Jim Miller accepts a certificate that thanks Birmingham FUMC for its years of continued support as a partnership church. The Nevo Mesto Church's senior pastor, Alena Prochazkova, presents. |
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