Bethlen Almanac 2001 (Ligonier)

Nyugati Egyházmegye - Western Classis

nemcsak tükrözik kultúrörökségünket, hanem mindjárt felhívják a figyelmet az itt szolgáló egyházunkra. Negyven éve a garázsunk sarkában hallgató harangunk is megszólal majd a hosszú csend után.

Kicsiny, de életet álmodó és hívő közösségünk mindenkit kér: Támogassátok terveinket, hogy templomunk felépülhessen a Chicago és környéki magyarok, keresztyének hasznára, Isten dicsőségére.

A kezdetet jelentő kapavágás és piknik augusztus 24-én lesz, amelyre mindenkit szeretettel várunk.

Nt. Tóth L. Péter

WHITING, INDIANA

Hungarian Reformed Church Whiting, Indiana

Pastor. Rev. Koloman K. Ludwig Chief Elder: Magdaline Bajzatt

Elizabeth Salas, Assistant Chief Elder; Sylvia McClelland, Secretary; Steve Visnyai, Treasurer.

Our Whiting congregation is unique in many respects. We have as our common bond NOT our national heritage, for we are descended from more than one nation. But rather, we are together because of our common faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and in the knowledge that we are a Nation that knows no language barrier; we are the people of God, called together to honor and serve our Lord. While we have pride in the heritage which our parents bestowed upon us, we glory in our common heritage in Christ Jesus, the one in whose name we were baptized, He who died for us on the Cross.

It is in this spirit that the Reformed people of Whiting have worked together, it is in this spirit that our congregation continues to serve the Lord even as our forefathers offered their lives. The founding fathers did not come to this new world in vain, for their sacrifices have borne fruit. The congregation they established continues to serve the Lord, even if our manner of service is sometimes different: as changing seasons bring new responsibilities to man, so new years bring new opportunities of service to God’s people.

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