Reformátusok Lapja, 1972 (72. évfolyam, 1-7. szám)

1972-04-01 / 4. szám

REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA

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of the American Hungarian Art Association and the World Federation of Hungarian Artists. She was vice president of both of the aformentioned organizations.

In the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs, she served as art chairman and as chairman of the federation’s Roebling-Boehm art scholarships.

She is listed in Who’s Who in American Art, Hungarians in America, Who’s Who of American Women and the Dictionary of International Biography.

August J. Molnár-------------^ -----------------THE GENERAL BOARD OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

AT A GLANCE

CHARLOTTE, N. C. -— At its mid-winter business meeting, Feb. 11 - 14, the policy-making General Board of the National Council of Churches:

ADOPTED—A policy statement which encourages Christians to rethink and change their consumer habits toward the goal of a “fuller form of stewardship.”

AUTHORIZED—A new interdenominational ministry of help and counsel for “Vietnam era veterans.”

OPPOSED—Moves in Congress to controvert school busing via a proposed Constitutional amendment and other legislative devices.

CALLED FOR—Widespread reforms in the nation’s criminal justice system — in the jails, prisons and the courts.

SPOKE OUT—Vigorously against what were described as government attempts to chill Christian social action through tax law pressures.

RECEIVED—A statement on the status of Jerusalem, prepared by a panel of 15 distinguished churchmen and scholars, which favors “unification” of the holy city but opposes proposals to establish the city as a separate political entity.

HEARD—Background reports from a special NCC committee on family planning and abortion and

INSTRUCTED—NCC President Dr. Cynthia C. Wedel to name a committee that would draft a proposed policy statement on abortion for later consideration.

TELEGRAPHED—A message to President Nixon welcoming his peace-seeking initiative in his projected meetings with Chinese leaders in Peking.

APPROVED—A motion calling for a study toward a revision of the preamble to the NCC Constitution in line with plans for THE NCC’s restructure.

PROTESTED—“Brutal” violations of human rights in the Soviet Union directed against Jews, Christians and ‘intellectual, political and ethnic dissenters.”

CALLED ON—UN Secretary General Waldheim to restore press accreditation to two recently ousted correspondents of the Taiwanese Central News Agency.

WORSHIPPED—At a special ecumenical service held in First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte and

HEARD—Dr. Wedel, in her sermon, state that widespread change affecting lives today challenges Christians to be “ever alert to discern God’s hand and will in what is happening.”

APPLAUDED—Dutch theologian Dr. C. H. Koetsier, who defined the nature and purposes of the churches’ new mission emphasis on justice, liberation and human development.

DISCUSSED—At length, and in small groups that reported back to the floor, how human development work can be carried out in aid of the poor and oppresed in this country and countries overseas.

WELCOMED—A presentation by a panel of four Roman Catholic and Protestant leaders on the prospect of possible Roman Catholic Church membership in the National Council of Churches.

LEARNED—Of the recent work of the NCC’s Corporate Information Center which now provides church and other non-profit investors with information on the social responsibility policies of corporations.

ACCEPTED—Numerous reports on new developments in the life of the Council, touching on such programs and areas as: action for peace in Southeast Asia (the “Ecumenical Witness” held in mid-January in Kansas City), new minister training programs for the 1970’s, the lay ministry program, communication, new trends in stewardship, the “new look” in faith and order.

WEIGHED—Further reports on developments and church concerns on such topics as drug abuse and alcoholism, local and regional ecumenism, general program planning, developments in China, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

APPROVED—Early planning for content and arrangements for the 1972 NCC General Assembly, to be held in Dallas, Texas, Dec. 3 - 7.

WILL NEXT MEET—June 9 - 10, 1972, in New York City. ----------------» »»--------------------^Arjtcr -five

Pamper the body,

Prod the Soul;

Accept the limitations But play a role.

Withdraw from the front, But stay in the fight;

Avoid isolation,

Keep in sight.

Beware of reminiscing (Except to a child),

To forgetting proper names, Be reconciled.

Refrain from loquacity,

Be crisp and concise;

And regard self-pity As a cardinal vice.

Bertram Sathmary