Calvin Synod Herald, 1996 (96. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)
1996-07-01 / 4. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD- 8 -AMERIKAI MAGYAR REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA News from the Christian Observer Observe all things I have commanded Matthew 28:19,20 The above titled publication received its name from the Great Commandement. It is our closest and oldest Protestant Publication in America following the Calvinistic (Reformed) way of life. With its fine editor, dr. Edwin Elliot, brings important and vital news. Hungarian Library Bears Name of Former Calvin Prof When former Calvin professor of English, Steve VanderWeele, accepted his challenge - with his wife Viola - of assisting in the formation of an English department at a new Hungarian university, he had no idea that just two years later that departments library would bear his name. According to VanderWeele's Calvin colleagues, the tribute is a reasonable tip of the hat to a self effacing gentleman who by himself has arranged for the donation of over 1,000 books to the library that now bears his name. When Steve and Viola arrived in Budapest in the fall of 1993 to begin work at Gaspar Karoli University of the Reformed Church in Hungary they had no idea what to expect. At last count he had sent some 50 boxes, totaling about 1,000 books, from this country to the infant university and its English department library. VanderWeele says it's the least he can do for a country awakening from the doldrums of 100 years of oppression - a country that he thinks is using English as a therapeutic cleansing. 'They're trying hard to forget Russian there", he says. "English is supposed to cleanse out that experience." And VanderWeele is happy to help with that cleansing, marrying the language and discipline he loves to the pursuit of freedom in a country where his picture hangs proudly on the wall in a small library in a small university with big dreams. 250th Anniversary Synod of the Reformed Church (US) The Synod of the reformed Church in the United States held its 250th annual session at Eureka, SD. on May 20-23,1996. The Reformed Church in the US (RCUS) was a German immigrant Protestant denomination whose first churches were organized by the Rev. John Philip Boehm in eastern Pennsylvania in 1725, and whose first synodical assembly was held at Philadelphia on Sept. 29-31, 1747. The present-day Reformed Church in the U.S. is a remnant of the much larger denomination which grew increasingly liberal during the nineteenth century and finally became swallowed upin the modern ecumenical movement of the twentieth century. In 1934 the Eureka Classis, only one of the 58 classes of the RCUS, refused to join with the rest of the denomination In merging with the Evangelical Synod of North America. This Eureka Classis continued the name and theology of the historic Reformed faith while the rest of the denomination became a part of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, which itself merged with Congregational churches in 1957 to form the United Church of Christ. The Eureka Classis slowly gathered and founded other Reformed congregations around the United States, and in 1986 once again formed a synod made up of four classees containing some 40 churches. The 1996 Synod meeting featured special thanksgiving worhsip services, the publishing of a 250th anniversary book, and greetings to and from around the world with which the RCUS is in correspondence and fellow labor. Our Calvin Synod, being in session at exactly the same time, sent a fraternal greeting wire to this loyal Synod of our former adopting Church in America on that glorious 250th Anniversay Celebration. □OO City:______ . State:. Two of our well-known ministers went into early-retirement Rev. Alexander J. Farkas of the Youngstown (OH) church and Rev. Frank Endrei of Cleveland (OH) First Church. Both retired, reaching the age 65, which is unusual for ministers in our Household of Faith, where they were elected for lifetime. Both retired after a remarkable carreer. We wish them a happy and productive life, leaving the burdens of the everyday duties behind. We know both will continue to remain hard-working servants of the Lord in His spacious vineyard wherever for many decades to come. “Well-done, good and faithful servants!" - Serve well and with similar faithfullness in good health and renewed vigor. Farkas Sándor J., a Youngstown-i Magyar Presbyteriánus Egyház nyugalomba vonult lelkipásztora, az iroda emléktáblája mellett, amely jelzi annak dedikálását a Kohut család emlékére. Endrei Ferenc, nyugalomba vonult clevelandi lelkipásztor képe a most megjelent mesterien szép Albumból, melyet az Első Egyház adott ki az új clevelandi Walton Hills-ben épült és felszentelt gyönyötüséges templomáról. Szerkesztői megjegyzés. - Lapunk szerkesztője meleg szívvel külön csatlakozik Lapunk jókívánságaihoz, büszke lévén arra, hogy az előbbi pappászentelési szolgálatát végezhette Isten kegyelméből; valamint, hogy alábbi Gary (IN) egyházába való beiktatást végezhette, és mindkettőjüknek minden fontos további ünnepi alkalmainak szolgálatot-végző részese lehetett hosszú életúton át. 'AD MULTOS ANNOS'! Sándor és Ferencz! Highly recommended and timely Book for reading and a great gift-Book to others! The English version of Transylvanian bishop Kálmán Csiha's book "The Light Through the Bars" is still available. It is the story of the Bishop's six-and-a-half years of imprisonment by the former Romanian Communist regime. It is a unique publication, with 38 immortal poems. The 166-page book is selling for $8.00 + slh. Quantity discounts are available. - Convenient order slip to be used: YES! I would like to order ____copies of Kálmán Csiha's book The Light Through The Bars" # of copies. s/h - add $3.24 for 1 to 5 books TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED = $ Please make checks payable and mail to “The light1 Publication Project 415 Steven Boulevard = $-$ Richmond Heights, Ohio 44143 Name:. If you order 25 copies or more, we otn offer each book to you Jot only $$.00 + s/lr " per copy! “ .Zip:. I
