Jó regeltkivanok!

Good Morning!

Partner Church Program

North America ~ RomaniaHaranglab ~ Bridgewater

Desfalva ~ Belmont

James Hayes-Bohanan

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Unitarian Universalist Partner Church CouncilVISION AND MISSION STATEMENTadopted 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; andSUSTAIN this global vision, enlarging and renewing it as new occasions teach new duties.

Spi-rit of Life, Come un-to meÉl-et lel-ke, jöjj el hoz-zánkÉl-et lel-keh, yöy el hohz-zahnk

Sing in my heart all the stir-rings of com-pas-sionAldd meg szi-vünk min-den ö-szin-te nagy ál-mátAld meg see-vünk min-den ö-sin-teh nadj ahl-maht

Blow in the wind, rise in the seaJöjj a szél-el, a ten-ger-benYöy 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 utjánVeh-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-zánkÉl-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 Tepes1431 – 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 Ceausescu1918 – 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

Thanks to Ambrizeth Lima

DIALOG

Old Wounds

Roma - Gypsies

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