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Application for Community Outreach Ministry Team Project Funds
"Don't be afraid, just have faith"
Unity Church has a partner church, the Unitarian church in Homorodszentpeter, Transylvania, Romania (Saint Peter in the Homorod River valley). This is the only church in a rural village of about 200 people.  The phrase "Don't be afraid, just have faith" was suggested as a motto for our partnership by Rev. Kinga-Reka Szekely, minister at Homorodszentpeter, in a sermon preached to the congregation of Homorodszentpeter and a group of Unity Church pilgrims in August, 2001. For more information about this team, please email [email protected].
Partner Church Timeline with Images

Székely Gate Dedication

On September 6, 2025, the congregation of Unity Church dedicated the Székely Gate gifted to us by our partner church in Homoródszentpéter in Transylvania, Romania. Check out the program and watch the video by Will Hommeyer with reflections about our 35-year partnership and the significance of the gate by former pilgrims, the Minnesota Hungarians and the ministers of both congregations, Rev. Kinga-Réka Székely and Rev. Dr. Oscar Sinclair. Contact [email protected] if you would like to learn more about our partnership and/or the next pilgrimage to Transylvania planned for the summer of 2026. 
Partner Church Team members, together with Unity's Art Team and the Archives Team, have laid out an engaging display in Robbins Parlor of our partnership history including many images, videos and a timeline. Please stop by to take a look!

Transylvania featured in ​National Geographic 

Check out the July 2025 National Geographic article about Transylvania. Our friends are quoted! 

Pilgrimage Reflections from Cairns

Many of the Unity Church members who have made the pilgrimage to Transylvania have shared reflections, art, and photography in Cairns: The Unity Church Journal of the Arts. The following documents are taken from Cairns Vol. 10 and 11. 
  • What the Hands Did. Page 55, Cairns Vol. X, 2018
  • Transylvania Pilgrimage. Special Cairns Section, Cairns Vol. XI, 2019

2024 Pilgrimage

Transylvania Pilgrims 2024
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