Calvin Synod Herald, 1985 (85. évfolyam, 1-5. szám)
1985-08-01 / 4. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD — 2 — REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA CALVIN SYNOD HERALD Official Organ of the Calvin Synod, Conference of the United Church of Christ Rt. Rev. Zoltán Király, Bishop 220 Fourth St. — Passaic, N.J. 07055 Telephone: (201) 778-1019 MANAGING EDITOR: Paul Kantor ADMINISTRATOR: Charlotte K. Kantor 365 E. Woodrow Avenue, P.O. Box 07812 Columbus, Ohio 43207 Telephones: (614) 444-1473 or 444-1319 PUBLISHING OFFICE: Classic Printing Corp. 9527 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44102 Telephone: (216) 631-3626 Published bi-monthly Individual Subscription $6.00 Group Subscription $4.00 yearly Postmaster send 3579 Form for change of address to P.O. Box 07812, Columbus OH 43207 Second Class postage paid at Columbus, Ohio ISSN 0161-6900 REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA A Kálvin Egyházkerület (United Church of Christ) hivatalos folyóirata. A kiadásért felel: Ft. Király Zoltán, püspök 220 Fourth St. — Passaic, N.J. 07055 Telefon: (201)778-1019 ÜGYVEZETŐ SZERKESZTŐ: Kántor Pál ADMINISZTRÁTOR: Kantomé Erdei Sári P.O. Box. 07812, Columbus, OH 43207 Telefon: (614) 444-1473, 444-1319 KIADÖ HIVATAL: Classic Printing Corp. 9527 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44102 Telefon: (216) 631-3626 Megjelenik kéthavonként Egyéni előfizetés $6.00 évente Csoportos előfizetés $4.00 évente A nem kért kéziratokat bélyeggel ellátott válaszborítékok csatolásával küldjük csak vissza. Fényképet nem őrzünk meg. Minden levelezést az ÜGYVEZETŐ SZERKESZTŐ címére kérünk. After numerous reports in the mass media on Romania’s purported independent foreign policy, The Washington Times is to be congratulated for its balanced articles relating to that country. The articles, however, overlooked a particularly disturbing aspect of life in Romania today. To a large extent, the regime’s carefully orchestrated foreign policy attitudinizing is meant for internal consumption and to assuage a population which is brutally deprived of fundamental freedoms and economic welfare. To further its foreign policy posturing, the Romanian govern-The Rev. Aaron Elek (Cleveland, Ohio) was hospitalized at the time of his daughter's wedding. Laura Ann and her husband, Ernest K. Abe came to the hospital to receive her father’s blessing. Rev. Aaron Elek conducted the service in his hospital gown, while connected to the I. V. But to be more official he was robed in the Hungarian “palást”. Neighbors in Need Most congregations of the United Church of Christ will ask their members to contribute to the 1985 Neighbors in Need Offering on World Communion Sunday, October 6. This year, we are asked to remember that “Anything you did for one... you did for me” (Matt. 25:40). With these words comes the realization that we cannot separate Jesus from our neighbor. Our gifts to the Neighbors in Need Offering in 1985 will support five very important programs: An Equal Chance for Children of the Poor; The Office for Church in Society will formulate and advocate state and national policies in behalf of children living in poverty in America. Health Care Coverage for All; The United Church Board for Homeland Ministries will use funds from the Neighbors in Need Offering for work that will help to assure health care coverage for millions of Americans with inadequate health insurance or none at all: the unemployed, the elderly, children, and female heads of single-parent families. Educational Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth through Community Partnerships; The United Church Board for Homeland Ministries has launched a program of educational outreach to minority youth and families in low-income communities in response to the rising high-school drop-out rate. Justice and the National Toxic Pollution Crisis; The Commission for Racial Justice will continue and expand its campaign against the production and disposal of toxic materials, particularly in low-income communities. A Ministry to American Indians The Council for American Indian Ministry uses funds from Neighbors in Need to recruit full-time pastors and train lay leaders for American Indian congregations in the United Church of Christ. Our gifts to the Neighbors in Need Offering help people near to us when their need is greatest. Will you consider a significant contribution this year? while some have died as a result of the physical abuse administered by the authorities. The Romanian government’s systematic and aggressive campaign of forcible assimilation and intolerable treatment of dissidents transgress the Helsinki Final Act and other international human rights agreements voluntarily acceded to by Romania. Accordingly, our relations with Romania should be governed, in that country, not upon a cleverly projected but illusory foreign policy. Frank Koszorús, Jr., Attorney International Human Rights Law Group Hospital Wedding CUIUS REGIO? ment fosters chauvinistic nationalism at the expense of Romania’s national, linguistic and religious minorities, including its approximately 2.5 million Hungarian minority. The result is that in addition to the repression faced by the population at large, Romania’s ethnic Hungarians are subjected to intensified policies aimed at forcibly assimilating and extinguishing the cultural life of the members of that minority. Outspoken opponents are subject to arrest, savage beatings, imprisonment, forced psychiatric treatment and exile. Several individuals have disappeared,
