Jó regelt
kivanok!
Good Morning!
Partner Church Program
North America ~ Romania
Haranglab ~ Bridgewater
Desfalva ~ Belmont
James Hayes-Bohanan
firstparishbridgewater.blogspot.com
Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council
VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT
adopted June 26, 2010
Vision:
We envision a worldwide Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist community that promotes peace,
justice, and liberty for all, supported by partnerships that are integral to congregational life.
Mission:
The mission of the Unitarian Universalist Partner Council is to foster and support partner
relationships between UU congregations and individuals in the United States and Canada with
Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist congregations, orphanages, schools and students in all
other countries where partnering is sought and welcomed. These will be mutually beneficial,
responsibly sustained, and linked by joint and mutual covenants.
We will:
BE a bridge that connects congregations around the world;
REACH across boundaries to collaborate with old and new partners;
CREATE transformational opportunities for pilgrimage and hospitality, for learning and for service;
CHALLENGE ourselves theologically and open ourselves to changed values and behaviors;
ESTABLISH global community as a common commitment of liberal religion;
INITIATE partnerships that promote global friendships, international awareness, human rights, and a better
world; and
SUSTAIN this global vision, enlarging and renewing it as new occasions teach new duties.
Spi-rit of Life, Come un-to me
Él-et lel-ke, jöjj el hoz-zánk
Él-et lel-keh, yöy el hohz-zahnk
Sing in my heart all the stir-rings of com-pas-sion
Aldd meg szi-vünk min-den ö-szin-te nagy ál-mát
Ald meg see-vünk min-den ö-sin-teh nadj ahl-maht
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea
Jöjj a szél-el, a ten-ger-ben
Yöy ah sail-el ah ten-gehr-ben
Move in the hand giv-ing life the shape of jus-tice.
Ve-zesd lel-künk az ö-rök i-gaz-ság utján
Veh-zeshd lel- künk ahz ö-rök ee-gaz-shahg oot-yahn
Roots hold me close. Wings set me free.
Szár-nya-kat kapsz. Sza-bad le-szel.
Sahr-nya-kat kaps. Sa-bad le-sel.
Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.
Él-et lel-ke, jöjj el hoz-zánk, jöjj el hoz-zánk
Él-et lel-keh, yöy el hohz-zahnk, yöy el hohz-zahnk
Romania
Romania - Size
• 46°N, 25°E
cf. Bridgewater, MA: 42°N, 71°E –
Thus Romania has somewhat longer
summer days and somewhat longer
winter nights
• total: 237,500 sq km
• land: 230,340 sq km
• water: 7,160 sq km
Transylvania: 101,000 sq km
Hungary - 1090
Largely defined by Carpathians
Hungary – 1965
Romania
1965
Dacia - 106
Defined by Eastern Carpathians (fortress) and
Danube, Dnister, and Prut Rivers (moat)
Kolozvár
Cluj-Nepoca
Flags
An eagle holding a cross in its beak and a
sword and a scepter in its claws, as well as
the symbols of the five historical provinces
- Wallachia, Moldova, Transylvania, Banat
and Dobrogea.
Romania – Topography
Transylvanian
Basin separated
from:
• Plain of Moldavia
by the Carpathian
Mountains
• Walachian Plain
on the south by
the Transylvanian
Alps
Transylvania
… across the forest
Age Structure
Romania 2003
Age Structure
Romania 2035
Vlad Tepes
1431 – 1476
Ruler of Wallachia
DRACULA
• Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund created the
Order of the Dragon
• Vlad's Dad (also Vlad)
was Dracul – the
dragon
• His son was Dracula –
"son of the dragon"
• … which came to mean
"son of the devil"
The
Impaler
Ruled Wallachia 1448,
1456-1462, 1478
Built monasteries
Effective against Turks
Geopolitical uses today?
Vampire Cinema
Completists
Nicolae Ceausescu
1918 – Dec. 25, 1989
No ordinary communist
Stunning Vistas
Unitarian History
Dinner on the Grounds
Collectable Mug
~~ and that is probably not coffee
Ilona Moldovan
Aggressive Hungarian Hospitality
Localvore
My Inspiration
Improvise
Intergenerational
DIALOG
Thanks to Ambrizeth Lima
Old Wounds
Roma - Gypsies
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