Calvin Synod Herald, 1997 (97. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)

1997-07-01 / 4. szám

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At the festive banquet on the 21st of May, 1997, Bishop Francis Vitéz and Desmond Parragh (former bishop), received special honors: the former for his exemplary fifty years of service in the holy ministry; and the latter for fifty years of service at the Norridge, Illinois congregation at the time of his retirement as the only one ever to serve the same congregation for a half-century.

At this time of the ONE-HUNDREDTH YEAR of ORGANIZED HUNGARIAN CHURCH LIFE IN THE U.S.A., Certificates of Honor were presented by the bishop to a host of well-deserving servants of the Synod.

The text of the ornamentally-decorated Certificates of Honor reads as follows:

CALVIN SYNOD CONFERENCE of the UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (with the illustrated Coat of Arms)

WHEREAS Jesus Christ called all men to His service, and WHEREAS the Church of Christ provides all men the opportunity to glorify His Name and to serve their fellow men, and WHEREAS Jesus Christ affords each of His servants to bring to Life those gifts and talents bestowed upon them at their creation, and WHEREAS we have amongst us fellow servants who have shown exceptional perseverance and dedication with their gifts and talents to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ in their service to His Church,

NOW THEREFORE, this certificate is presented with deep appreciation for loyal and unselfish service to (NAME INSERTED) in recognition of service as (POSITION ENTERED) to the

CALVIN SYNOD CONFERENCE OF U.C.C.

Signed by the bishop and general secretary

The names of the honories so decorated are as follows:

Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Szabó/Pres., Vice Pres., Pres. Emeritus/Bishop Emeritus; Rt. Rev. Dr. John Bütösi/Pres. Bishop, Deputy Bishop, General Secretary; Rt. Rev. Dr. Desmond D. Parragh/Gen. Sec., Synod Treasurer, Deputy Bishop, Bishop; Rt. Rev. Dr. Francis Vitéz/Gen. Sec., Deputy Bishop, Bishop; Rt. Rev. Zoltán Király/Synod Treas., Gen. Sec., Bishop; Rev. Nicholas Novak/ Synod Treas., Aux. Bishop; Rev. Koloman K. Ludwig/Synod Treas., Gen. Sec.; Mr. Frank A. Dudás/Synod Presbyter; Rt. Rev. Dr. Laslo Medyesy/ Dep. Bishop, Aux. Bishop, Gen. Sec.; Rt. Rev. Zoltán D. Szücs/Gen. Sec., Bishop; Irma Y Carnevale/Synod Presbyter; Rt. Rev. Lajos Medgyesi/Synod Treas., Aux. Bishop; Rt. Rev. Raymond F. Kaiser/Aux. Bishop, Synod Treas.; Rev. Albert W. Kovács/Gen. Sec.; Mrs. Julia V. Reitz/Synod Presbyter; Mr. Wilburn A. Roby, Jr./Synod Treas.; Rev. Dr. Imre Bertalan/Vice Pres.; Rev. László Kecskeméthy/Gen. Sec.; Rev. Julius Paál/Vice Pres.; Rt. Rev. Dr. Desmond D. Parragh/The Faithful Servant of Christ in 52 Years of Pastoral Service; Lili Volosin/R. Kazinczy-Volosin Fund and donation of colors to our Herald.

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our kind in the world. We started in 1900 in Cleveland, Ohio, the Jerusalem of the Hungarian Reformed people in America.

After the great changes ir world history in 1989, our publication went global. In addition to serving our congregations here at home, we could finally enter into our sister churches in Hungary and its succession states. It was God's command to us after the long and painful separation from the churches of the same “Household of Faith”. We are enthusiastically received in the entire Carpathian Basin. We are proud of the fact that during the course of the seven bygone years, we have appeared on time bi-monthly with every single issue. Our paper is the heartbeat of our Synod and the foremost missionary outreach of our God-ordained historical mission.

We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to our subscribing congregations.

Cleveland West leads on top with 300 copies (Good job!)

Other churches making the honor roll include Columbus, OH with 83; Cleveland East with 50; Bridgeport, CT with 43; Davison, Ml with 42; Lorain, OH with 40; Dayton, OH with 35; Fairfield, CT with 33; S. Norwalk, CT with 25; Springdale, PA with 24; Perth Amboy-Rossville, NJ with 18; Wallingford, CT with 18; Fairport Harbor, OH with 18; Indiana Harbor - East Chicago, IN with 15; Gary, IN with 12; Whiting, IN with 12.

With 10 copies each are Los Angeles, CA; Bethlehem, PA; Washington, DC; Buffalo, NY; Kalamazoo, Ml.

With 5 copies each are New York, NY; Woodbridge, NJ; Ligonier, PA; Vintondale, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Homestead, PA.

With 3 copies each are Norridge, IL; Manville, NJ.

In the Synod there are 29 congregations. 4 congregations do not have any subscriptions.

Our non-synodical subscribing congregations are Akron, OH; Free Church 25; Toledo, OH has 20; Brownsville, PA has 3; One congregation in Canada - Winnipeg, has 17.

Individuals who have made spectacular gifts are Lili Volosin (Cleveland); Ida Kelemen (Cleveland); Rose Balogh (Georgia), and some who wish to remain anonymous. Our grateful thanks to them all.

At this year's Synodical meeting, due to the increased mailing and printing costs, it was decided that the group subscription rates had to be raised from the very low $5 annual rate to $8, with the provision that in cases of subscriptions for all members or at least for subscribers of 50 or more copies, the rate will be just $6 per year.

The individual subscription rate will remain at $10 per year.

Please realize that even with the slight increase in the annual subscription rate, our bimonthly publication is still less than $1.35 an issue! The Calvin Synod Herald is and remains a great value, both for its content and its very affordable price! We thank you for your continuing support!