A Visit to Our Partner Church in Iszlo, Romania
by Lynda Hambourger
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Last week, I shared excerpts from the journal of my trip to UUFR’s partner church in Iszlo, Romania in 2005. Following up, here are photos from Jane Hunt’s photo album of her Partner Church trip with her husband, Jim, and five others in 2001. In addition are more recent photos provided by Cathy Murphy.
Joyce Dunn, Gary Jarvela, Rev. Julie Denny-Hughes, Cathy Murphy, Jim Hunt and (kneeling) Jane Hunt and Leta Thornton arrive in Iszlo. “Isla” is the Romania spelling of the village; “Iszlo” is the Hungarian spelling.
Penny-pinchers Jane and Jim getting on the train.
Joyce, Gary, Jane and Jim enjoy an outdoor dinner in Iszlo.
Jane and Jim at a statue celebrating Hungarian-American Unitarian connections in the Transylvanian city of Târgu Mures (Marosvásárhely in Hungarian).
Rev. Sandor Varga with Jim and Jane in the Iszlo Unitarian Church.
Front of the Unitarian Church in Iszlo; “Ezy Az Isten” is Hungarian for “God Is One.”
Jane dancing with Sandor.
Sandor and Edit Varga visited Raleigh in 2010. Left to right, (front): Lynda Hambourger, Cara Phillips, Cathy Murphy, Edit Varga, Jane Hunt; (back): Rev Tom Rhodes, Sandor Varga, Ron Bannister.
Sisters Kati (bride), Eva (on the left) and Blanca (on the right) at Kati’s wedding. Eva and Blanca and their mother and her partner often hosted UUFR visitors to Iszlo. UUFR provided funds for Eva and Blanca to complete college (Kati’s deafness prevented her pursuing higher education.)
Blanca, her daughter and her husband in 2017.
Bread distribution program for elderly residents in Iszlo. UUFR provided funds to support the program.
A plaque inside the Iszlo church honoring their partnership with UUFR.
Many UUFR members visited our partner church in Iszlo. Share your stories and photos of Iszlo or another memory of a particular community or social action project supported by UUFR. Send stories and photos to
