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Unitarian Church of Sharon
4 N. Main St.
Sharon, MA 02067
781-784-3652
E-mail UCS
Partner Church Update
April 2007
Transylvanian Unitarian Radio
There’s a new virtual bridge between us and our fellow Unitarians in Romania— Transylvanian Unitarian Radio on the internet. TUR (the brainchild of Rev. Szolt Solymosi, who once spoke at our church) can be heard anytime, but the live broadcasts in English are on at 6 PM Mondays and Wednesdays (which means the intrepid young radio hosts are broadcasting from Koloszvar at 1 AM). Just go to www.unitarianradio.ro and click on the ‘Live’ button. (You need a Winamp Player for PCs or VLC Media Player for Macs, both free downloads. Details are posted on the Partner Church bulletin board.)
Speaking of technological bridges, some of the $300 we raised this year for our own partner congregation will go toward helping to replace our partner ministers’ computer, zapped in an electric storm this summer, so Erika and Levente can get back into internet communication.
Of course, personal contact beats electronic contact anytime. Check
the Partner Church bulletin board or www.uupcc.org to read about travel
opportunities provided by the UU Partner Church Council, which combine
remarkable sights with a chance to interact with our Unitarian partners.
Group tours still open are Homorod Holiday July 12-24 (ideal for families);
the Youth Pilgrimage July 24-Aug. 8 (youth of both countries traveling
together); Transylvanian Thanksgiving Sept. 25-Oct. 5; and a tour of
the Romanian painted monasteries Oct. 28-Nov. 1. The UUPCC also organizes
personalized trips. Ask me if you want recommendations from experience!
Beth McGregor
November 2006
Computer Troubles
Our partner minister, Erika Demeter, and her family are
well but busy. Both she and her husband Levente have led their larger
congregations through building new churches, with many complications,
and Levente is the head of the Maros District of the Transylvanian Unitarian
Church. Then there was the complication described below in an August
e-mail message from Levente:
“I’m sorry, that my letters are so rare but in May we hade
some very big thunder storms. One of the lightning’s hit the nut
tree in our garden. It was very close. Thank God nobody was hurt, but
all
the TV sets, telephones in our house and around the neighbours. My computer,
which is connected to the telephone line was burned out. Two weeks after
the storm I took my computer to a friend of mine - thought that it has
only a minor problem and can be fixed with not much money, as it happened
last year with the modem - but my friend told that only the hard disc,
the RAM and the monitor survived. To fix the problem took a few month
for me to save 350 USD. Two weeks ago I could pay my computer and took
it home. Since then I`m trying to download almost 1000 mail and messages.
If a cloud arrive everything is stopped in our house. Nothing can get
close to my computer.”
Erika and Levente remain grateful for our assistance to them and members
of the small Gyulakuta congregation, and their offer remains open to
pick up visitors in their ‘new’ car.
Beth McGregor
May 2006
A Note from Our Partner Church
Minister
Dear Friends!
If it is about spring then for us it is about Easter to.
If it is about Easter then it is about Eternal Life. I believe that our
lives are
surrounded with symbols. Even our life can be a symbol, if we reach our
purposes. I believe that we have lots of possibilities during our life
time to show
up all those feelings which are real but we can not see it. We can act
with love, with forgiveness, with patience. We can appreciate the truth,
the honesty,
humanity. When our life getting close to the end and we pass away we still
be present when somebody will remember us. The feelings are eternal. So
I believe in life before death. Here we have the opportunity, here we
can point
our purposes and here we can reach them.
With these feeling we whish you Happy Easter, Happy Life and Happy Remembering.
Erika and Levente
P.S. In the attachment I send some traditional decorated Easter eggs we useing it here. All those decorations are about life and eternaty.
March 2006
The World of Unitarian Global Partners
Our Romanian partner ministers, Erika Demeter and Levente Lazar, write
that they’ve been busy this winter making personal calls on all
the families in their five widespread congregations (getting lots of
use out of their ‘new’ car). This ‘check-in’ helps
them identify needs among their members, like the one she brought to
us in February.
Check out the Social Justice table for new
photos from Gyulakuta and
the 2006 UUPCC Pilgrimage Season flyer. There are options for youth,
families, individuals, and a work trip to help rebuild two flooded villages
in Transylvania. All trips include homestays with fellow Unitarians.
I’ve heard repeatedly from young people about the exhilarating
and meaningful experience of the youth pilgrimage (July 27-Aug. 9 this
year, for youth 15-19). Customized trips for as few as five people can
be designed too; many congregations do this so they can spend more time
in their partner town or village.
The UUPCC is also supporting exciting local-led community development
work in the Philippines, Romania and India. Consider becoming a member
of the UUPCC — there are forms on the Social Justice table for this too.
A Day in the Life of Our Partner Minister
Partner Church Travel Opportunities
2006 Photos from Gyulakuta, Romania
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