Category Archives: Fellowship

The Glorious Fourth

Yesterday, we celebrated Independence Day.  At many American churches, this is unremarkable.  But here in Romania — in a service where only a few of us were from the United States — it was a different event.  Or, rather, it … Continue reading

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Our Brother in Tanzania

This is Aaron.  Please pray for him. If you worship with us on Sundays, you will usually hear, among the prayers of intercession, something like this:  ”We pray for our partner churches in Romania and New York, and especially for … Continue reading

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Godspeed

Ave atque vale, the Romans used to say:  Hail and farewell. On Pentecost, we said goodbye to some friends.  Charles and Jann were here on sabbatical, Rob and Marsha because of sports.  But seasons and semesters end, and it was … Continue reading

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“U” Sunt Noi!

After worship yesterday, a group from church went to the basketball game — a quarterfinal playoff between Targu-Mures and U-Mobitelco (one of the two Cluj teams).  One of the players for U is an American named Rob Thomson, who frequently … Continue reading

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Gratia Artis

A few hours before worship yesterday, a few of us paid a visit to the Cluj Museum of Art.  (It is, after all, only around the corner from our church!) If you haven’t been there yet, it is worth a … Continue reading

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Come and Warm Up

I mean, no, it isn’t Scandinavia.  But this has been, by all reports, an unusually cold winter for Cluj.  And then came that great week or two — you remember, don’t you? — when the clouds blew off, the sun … Continue reading

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Bible Study for Lent

Does your life seem scattered in different directions?  Do you ever wonder what you are doing — in life, or even in the world?  God has a word for you! Our English-language Bible Study for the season of Lent is … Continue reading

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Cool Gallery Opening in Cluj

Zsuzsa Gajdan is an Hungarian artist, born in 1954.  Her work is mostly abstract, but occasionally figurative bits creep into it:  a thoughtful face, an enigmatic page of writing.  It is art that touches the soul but doesn’t pound home … Continue reading

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