Southminster Presbyterian Church Furnishes Chapel at Guatemalan Hospital Serving the Poor

When Rev. Linda McCarty, former resident of Arlington Heights and CEO of the nonprofit Faith In Practice, asked for help from Southminster Presbyterian Church to furnish a chapel at the Hospital Hilario Galindo Hospital in Retalhuleu,

Guatemala, the church's Mission Team jumped at the chance.

Recently, Faith In Practice renovated the Hospital Hilario Galindo, adding an attached chapel where patients and their families could worship and pray. Southminster Presbyterian Church provided the funds for Guatemalan artisans to build pews and a pulpit, riser, communion table and cross.

Rev. McCarty served as an associate at Southminster before joining Faith in Practice. For years, the church has supported the organization's mission to improve the physical, spiritual and economic conditions of the poor in Guatemala through short-term surgical, medical, and dental mission trips and health-related educational programs. Last year, more than 1,200 U.S. volunteers worked beside 900 Guatemalan volunteers to serve more than 25,000 Guatemalan patients.