Calvin Synod Herald, 1978 (78. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1978-03-01 / 3-4. szám
6 CALVIN SYNOD HERALD past structure did not provide sufficient program and leadership opportunity during the inter-camp period. Local youth groups and ministers had limited accessibility to make imputs into the organization’s superstructure. No official channels or positions had been made available to our youth to relate to the decisionmaking process affecting them. And, we were not investing adequately, nor utilizing fully, the potential resource these young lives represent. Thus, after months of discussion and deliberation the following proposal is possible: “Our Synod’s underlying philosophy pertaining to youth work should be one of shared responsibility. No individual or group should alone carry the weight of such an important program. The building block, hence the working unit, is the local youth group. Within this unit, the youth may elect officials as they seen suitable to their size and need. Ministers are ultimately responsible for the youth program in their parish but may choose to delegate leadership of the youth program to responsible, mature laity. The minister and lay leadership provide not only direct supervision but also an important link between the youth group and its congregation. Youth groups shall consist of young people, ages of confirmation through 18; those older than 18 shall serve as advisors to the local group. Each group shall elect a representative to a Classis Youth Committee. In turn, the combined youth groups of the Classis shall elect those representatives to offices with each representative holding some kind of office within the Classis Youth Committee. One lay adult from each congregation having a youth group should serve as Advisor to the Classis Youth Comm. All ministers of the Classis are ex-officio members of the Classis Youth Comm., but one minister, in particular, will be assigned by the Classis Ministerial Association to act as the official Classis Youth Advisor. The four Classis Youth Committees will be under the direction of the Synod Youth Committee which shall be composed of one youth member under the age of 25 elected by the Classis Youth Committee, and one minister or lay adult selected by the Classis Ministerial Association. These eight members, plus a Chairman of the Synod Youth Committee elected by the Annual Synod Meeting every two years, will serve as the highest youth-coordinating body in the Synod. There will be no change in the relationship of the Synod Youth Committee to the Calvin Synod. Objectives of such a youth program, funding, communication system and program content need yet to be discussed and established. Also, the relation of such a program to other youth program in our churches must be examined.” Dramatically small number of participating youth illustrates the urgency of the youth issue in our Synod. We encourage all clergy to make every effort to locate youth within their congregations and invite them into the fellowship of the Calvin Synod. Recommended by the Synod Youth Committee are program suggestions offered by census respondents with which the Classis Youth Committees may chose to utilize: Classis youth retreats, regional youth confenrences, and meetings, camping, choir festivals. Minutes of Calvin Synod, 1972 REV. MATHIAS DAROCZY John 14:2 With mingled emotions and a rich harvest of memories, we meet to honor Mathias Daroczy, whose passing fills our hearts with profound feelings of sorrow. His passing is mourned by the members of his immediate family, to whom we extend the prayerful and loving sympathy of Christian fellowship. His passing is also mourned by his brothers in the Christian ministry and a host of friends, who cherished the warmth and sincerity of his friendship. It is hard for each of us to appreciate that never again in this mortal life will we have his inspiring presence with us. He would wish our words of tribute to be brief and simple. We have known a loyal, dedicated servant of God, we have known a good man and we have enriched ourselves in his love and friendship. His memory is a treasure to last throughout our lives. Long ago, in his early boyhood our beloved friend turned his face, his heart, his whole life toward God, the Father. In his innermost heart he heard the Master’s call: Come, follow me! And he responded by enrolling in Bloomfield College and Seminary to prepare for the Christian ministry. It was there that I first met him, he an upper classman, I a freshman. 1 will ever remember a superb quality which was particularly his, brotherliness. He ever found delight in the aspirations and confidence of the younger students, who looked up to him as a helping brother. After his graduation and ordination he served pastorates in Yonkers, Wharton, Pocahontas, Sharon and 30 years at the West Side Church in Cleveland from whence he retired and came to Florida six years ago. He served in various offices of his Classis and Synod and for many years as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America. o o ö Mathias Daroczy was a faithful minister and servant of God who left the world richer. Like Jesus. His Divine Master, whom he followed daily, “he went about doing good.” Yes, the world is richer because lie lived, worked and died in the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ.
