Bethlen Évkönyv, 1993-1996 (Ligonier)
Dr. Vitéz Ferenc, püspök: A Kálvin Egyházkerület
Hall. Tiled the floor in the Kossuth Hall. Bought new padded chairs. Added wheelchair facilities. Landscaped around the entire complex. Purchased a larger computer with an increased memory capacity and a laser printer. Hired a permanent caretaker for the complex. Carpeted the foyer in the Kossuth Hall. All those things were made possible because of the success of the bingo games. As a church family we have Bible study once a week; Hungarian language class once a week; Ladies meet once a week to make csiga; Make sausage twice a year; Celebrate March 15th with a banquet that is sold out weeks in advance; Have a Grape festival every year; Publish a monthly newsletter edited by Rev. Kaiser; Participate in the International festival by baking for the Hungarian booth; Ladies Aid has a Christmas holiday craft sale; Have a luncheon after funerals whenever requested; Have a program and luncheon remembering the Hungarian revolt in 1956-1957; Goodfellowship club (adults) meet once a month to promote lasting friendship within the church; Fellowship time after church services every Sunday; Have a prayer chain that is activated by Rev. Kaiser whenever a critically ill person needs spiritual comfort. A lot of the credit for all this must go to Rev. Kaiser. He is always there. ^ ^ ^ The year of 1994 has been an eventful one for the Dayton church. We have been able to carry on all of the traditional events of the Hungarian community including the traditional Freedom Day celebration in October and the Independence Day celebration in March aling with a grape festival and the traditional csiga making and sausage at Christmas and Easter. Last summer, (1994) 19 of our members and community friends were able to travel to Hungary and had the opportunity of worshiping with members of our sister church (Budapest Frangepan Utcai Egyházközség). Following that we toured Hungary offering to many the first glimpse of the land of their heritage. In 1996 we again plan to offer this opportunity to the members of the church and the community. While we were in Hungary we were able to make a contribution to our sister church of the proceeds from the annual March 15th dinner. The proceeds from the 1994 were 215
