Calvin Synod Herald, 2002 (103. évfolyam, 1-10. szám)
2002-03-01 / 3-4. szám
2 CALVIN SYNOD HERALD CALVIN SYNOD HERALD Jrfl»d Church olChfct Founded h 1900 Oftetol Ogon of ** CoMn &/nod - Church of Chitf AMERIKAI MAGYAR REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA. Volume 103 March - April 2002 No. 3-4 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 Manville, NJ Interested ministers must contact the bishop’s office first, and an informative dossier for the church will be sent to qualified clergy. Don’t feel discouraged - even the sun has a sinking spell every night, but it rises again in the morning. Second Century Donors $100 gifts donated to the CALVIN SYNOD HERALD REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA: Miss Lenke P 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 M. Sgt. Andy Boros (Ret.) THANK YOU III Please, join usü! Bethlen Museum - Archives Reports Catalog Progress Significant progress has been made in the cataloging of the Hungarian Reformed churches historical materials in the Bethlen Collection at New Brunswick, NJ. The status of the churches’ donations for future generations to study was reported by Dr. Ilona Kovács to the Board of Trustees of the Bethlen Museum and Archives, Inc., at its January meeting. The Bethlen Home is continuing to serve as a collection point for the BMA, on its behalf. While some BMA held materials are planned to be exhibited at the Home in Ligonier, PA, the Home is not establishing a collection of its own. Additions designated for the BMA archives or museum may also be delivered to the collection’s site, at the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick, by prior arrangement. The contact person is the Rev. August Molnár, a Calvin Synod minister, the Foundation’s president. Calvin Synod continues to collect its own congregations’ records and archival materials at the church in Pittsburgh. The Rev. Joseph Posta is the chair of the Calvin Synod Archives Committee. He served as the collection’s curator, and is currently the Chaplain for the residents at the Bethlen Home. The Rev. Albert W. Kovács is the Synod’s representative and a Trustee on the BMA’s board. The Board also received a request from the ministers’ meeting last September, to increase the number and proportion - to a maj ority - of the BMA Board of Trustees. It was agreed to in principle, and to convene a meeting with the churches to implement the concept. Dr. Kovács reported on the development of a collection “Handbook” to afford access to the materials on hand. Building on previous inventories, the collection has been divided into the areas of Church, Organizations, and Personal. It initiates ongoing work to provide complete descriptions for “archival encoding,” according to the standards of the Society of American Archivists - as applied in the Library of Congress and major universities. The Board expressed its appreciation,with regret that her Fulbrights Visiting Scholar grant will end in June, for her work, which opens the door to remote access and index approach through the Internet.
