Bethlen Naptár, 1988 (Ligonier)

Kálvin Egyházkerület

MANVILLE, NJ Minister: Rev. Steven G. P. Strickler

Church Membership: 81 active (as of December 1987)

Consistory: 9 elders; Chief Elder Ottó Palágyi; Secretary Peter Jacob, Jr.; Treasurer Jim Kline; Financial Secretary Clifford Irish.

Ladies Aid: 13 women, President Carol Palágyi; Vice President Lillian Vági; Secretary Irene Palágyi; Treasurer Doris Köteles.

Activites: Dinners six times a year, Kolbász making 2 times a year and other fund raising activites.

Sunday morning schedule:

9:30 am Worship Service (average 45 adults and children through 10/87)

10:30 am Christian Education (average 25 adults and children through 10/87)

11:30 am Hungarian Language Worship (average 10 adults through 10/87)

Noteworthy events:

Easter Sunrise Service, Easter, April 19

Confirmation, Pentecost, June 7, seven young men and women confirmed, 100 in attendance Vacation Bible School, August 3—7, attended by 40 children, staffed by 12 adults.

Living Stories, new education curriculum, began September 13.

The Great Supper II, community-wide church dinner (10

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