Calvin Synod Herald, 2001 (102. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2001-11-01 / 11-12. szám
2 CALVIN SYNOD HERALD sYNoS HERALD Qflteiol Ogon ol T* CaMn Synod • UnH*d Chuich ot Chiti* ^ Founded H 1900 AMERIKAI MAGYAR REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA Volume 102 Nov-Dec, 2001 No. 11-12 Official Organ of the Calvin Synod United Church of Christ - Founded in 1900 CALVIN SYNOD HERALD (ISSN 0161-6900) is published bi-monthly for $10.00/year for individual subscriptions; $8.00/year for groups; $6.00/year for 50 or more copies Please make checks payable to the Calvin Synod Herald Editor-in-Chief: Rt. Rev. Louis Medgyesi, Bishop Co-Editor: Rev. Albert W. Kovács 94 N. James Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 Tel/Fax: 732-634-1751 Co-Editor: Rev. Steven Geczy 3480 Kent Road, Stow, OH 44224 Tel.: 330-688-5567 Newsletters prepared and printed by: C. Paksi (440) 729-1765 Periodicals postage paid at Cleveland, Ohio POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: CALVIN SYNOD HERALD 415 STEVEN BLVD., CLEVELAND, OH 44143-1723 Manuscripts and photographs are not preserved or returned. Send all correspondence to the Editor. The views and opinions of the writers are their own and do not necessarily represent the position of the magazine or Calvin Synod. Unless a definite request for discontinuance is received we assume that the subscriber wishes his/her subscription continued without the formality of a renewal order. CALVIN SYNOD HEADQUARTERS: Rt. Rev. Louis Medgyesi, Bishop 607 Plum Street, Fairport Harbor, OH 44077 Tel/Fax: 440-352-9256 OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS VACANCIES: Beaver Falls, PA Cleveland, OH (West Side) Lorain, OH Gary, IN Kalamazoo, MI Passaic, NJ Interested ministers must contact the bishop’s office first, and an informative dossier for the church will be sent to qualified clergy. CALVIN SYNOD NOTES The Conference Council met at the beginning of November at Scenic View, the William Penn Center in western Pennsylvania. The meetings were convened by the Rt. Rev. Louis Medgyesi, Bishop, with all members present. The Church and Ministry Committee met several days before. 1. About half of the churches’ unpaid assessments have been remitted, but some $6,600 is still outstanding before the year’s end. V-.................. ------ -------------------------------------------------------j 2. The pulpit has been declared “vacant” by the Synod at Lorain, OH. The pastor, the Rt. Rev. Zoltán D. Szucs will leave the church effective January 31. 3. The pulpit has been declared “vacant” by the Synod at Passaic, NJ. The pastor, the Rev. Marianna Király, will leave the church effective January 31. 4. It must be noted that ministers who may be interested in serving the churches of Calvin Synod must contact the Bishop’s office first, where their credentials will be examined, and those who are qualified will receive the church’s “profile” and may then have their dossiers submitted by the Bishop to the churches. 5. Church and Ministry, with Bishop Szucs’s departure, named the Rt. Rev. Bela Poznan as its new Chairman. He is the pastor of the Fairfield, CT congregation. The vacancy on the Committee will be filled at the Annual Meeting of the Synod. 6. The next Annual Meeting of Calvin Synod will be May 21, convening at 10:00 AM, and concluding at noon May 24th. 7. Church and Ministry will meet next on March 3 and 4, and the Conference Council on March 5-7, again at Scenic View. They will also meet May 19 and 20, at the Synod’s meeting site. 8. The Rev. Joseph Posta has accepted the post of Chaplain at the Bethlen Home, Ligonier, PA, and will commence this ministry on January 1,2002. He had served in this capacity in a part time role, while he was also Curator of the museum and archives collection there. 9. The Conference Council has assigned undesignated benevolence funds from the churches for the September 11 Disaster to the Mercy Corps Mission Fund, helping the children of the Pentagon attack victims. 10. Last minute news arrived of the death of the Rev. Julius Paal, at his home in Munhall, PA. T T lOOch A.nniveRS<\Ry honoR Rod $100 gifts donated to the CALVIN SYNOD HERALD REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA: Miss Lenke E Volosin Rt. Rev. Dr. Francis Vitéz Ms. Janet Vegh United Church of Christ, Bridgeport, CT Hungarian Reformed Church, Lorain, OH Hungarian Reformed Church, Woodbridge, NJ West Side Hungarian Reformed Church, Cleveland, OH Calvin United Church of Christ, Fairfield, CT Hungarian Reformed Church, Columbus, OH West Side Hungarian Reformed Church, Buffalo, NY rbANk yoüii! Please, join us!!!
