From Thursday September 18 through Monday September 29 we hosted four adults and five youths from our partner church. Many many thanks to all who helped make this such a memorable and moving visit!! On this page you will find

• Information about our visitors
• Information about the schedule of activities we enjoyed together
• Information about the Székelykeresztúr-Concord Unitarian Congregations’ Friendship House Project

(Click on any of the above to navigate to the corresponding section below) [Rodger Mattlage, our webmaster welcomes comments, questions and suggestions.]

Our Visitors

Here are eight of the nine visitors

Schedule of Activities and Events

The following schedule was also printed in September’s Meetinghouse News and you can also download it. Click here to download => Activity Schedule PDF (113.12 Kb) Click here to see photos => Keresztúri Visit Album

The Székelykeresztúr-Concord Friendship House Project

In 2007, the Romanian government finally returned one of the large Unitarian school buildings that had been confiscated by the former Communist government (which was overthrown in 1989). Unfortunately, the building was so neglected and badly abused that only the shell could be salvaged.

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2007 June Pre-Construction	2007 July Concord Youth excavation & demolition	2007 November demolition done and reconstruction begun	2008 September More reconstruction – front porch	2009 July Concord Youth Landscaping + Kersztúr Workers Inside

Our partner church has completed its ambitious plans to reconstruct the building to house the following

• Ministers’ office
• Library and Archives for their 300 year-old collection of documents
• Parish hall with full kitchen
• Women’s center
• Youth center
• Seven guest rooms to accomodate up to 28 guests and generate much needed income

New – 10/6/2009 – Please see Our Community House Dedication Album for photos of the completed building and the all the September events In July 2009, our Youth Service Pilgrims (18 youths and 6 adults) worked on the landscape around the building and wove rugs for the floors. They also raised an additional $1,320 from our congregation which they donated to the project. In the special collections at our Transylvanian Unitarian Thanksgiving services on September 28th, 2008 our generous congregation contributed $2,954 for the benefit the project. Many thanks to all for your generosity!! Our youth worked on the early stages of this project during their July 2007 service pilgrimage, and our choir pilgrims toured the building a month later during their August visit. Our Concord Partner Church Council applied to our Socal Action Council which generously awarded the project $5,000 in the spring of 2008 The SAC awarded an additional $3,000 in the spring of 2009. Many thanks to the SAC Grants Committee members for their generous support! The cost of the project was estimated to be $310,683. The Keresztúr church has now identified all the funds needed to complete the project. The Community House dedication ceremonies in Székeltkeresztúr were be held on September 19 – 20, 2009. We were represented by Ivan and Ursula Kristoffy, Rodger Mattlage, Pat Brinkman and Peggy Claybrook. And, here in Concord we will celebrated our partnership and the Community House dedication at our Partnership Sunday services on September 20th. Stay tuned for more coverage of these events.

For additional information contact Rodger Mattlage .

[Rodger Mattlage , our webmaster welcomes comments, questions and suggestions.]