Partner Church

"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 unitypartnerchurch@gmail.com.

Update on Ukrainian Offering

Thanks to all who made contributions totaling $30,000.00 for our partner church in Homoródszentpéter and specifically for their frontline support of the Ukrainian people – both the refugees arriving in Romania, and those staying in Ukraine and facing shortages and hardships of every kind caused by Russian attacks. Our friends in Homoródszentpéter received the funds last week and very much appreciated our support.

How exactly will our funds be used? The village has offered to host and support two families in the village. They also collaborate with a regional Unitarian aid organization (the report in this hyperlink is about their actions prior to receiving our financial contribution) to support Ukrainian refugees in Romania and people still in Ukraine suffering from the war. In the coming weeks they will donate a larger amount towards medication and vitamins that will be sent to the Odessa region. Before or after Easter they will drive to the western part of Ukraine to deliver needed sleeping bags, camp beds, vitamins, etc. They also shared images of their support of refugees.

Images of Ukrainian refugee response in Romania

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.