Calvin Synod Herald, 2003 (104. évfolyam, 3-12. szám)
2003-11-01 / 11-12. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD 3 HRC Fairport Harbor. OH - • Heartfelt congratulations and God’s blessing to lit. Rev. Louis Medgyesi, who will celebrate his 20-year anniversary of ministry at the Hungarian Reformed Church in Fairport Harbor. • Sunday worship service is 9:00 am Hungarian/10:30 am English. 10:30 am Sunday school. Bible Study 1:00 to 2:30 PM. every Monday. Midweek service 7:00 PM. every Wednesday. •Nov. 13-14-15, Hurka preparation and sale. • Dec. 6 Harbor Holiday: We will be having our Bake Sale. • Congregation will have a Kolbász Sale on December 13. HRC Lorain. OH - • The Busy Martha Guild of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Lorain is publishing their first cookbook. The Cookbook Committee will be selling pre-sale coupons for the cookbook for $12.00 each on Sunday mornings between services. For orders that require shipping, please include an additional $5.95 per book to cover shipping and handling. Make all checks payable to “Cookbook Fund”. For more info about ordering a cookbook, call the church office at 440-277-1919. • The Men’s Brotherhood traveled to the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky, Ohio. Six brothers volunteered to help with the Bacon Roast. Starting at 7:00 am., they cleaned, cooked and assembled a Bacon Roast type of picnic. Along with the bacon, veggies and bread, they prepared sausage, hamburgers, hot dogs, and corn on the cob. The fellows at the Veterans Home were so please and the turn out was tremendous. HRC Woodbridge. NJ - • The Woodbridge Lorantffy Women’s Guild will hold its annual “Chinese Auction” on Saturday evening, Nov. 8. It is very popular, with about 200 attending. • The choral Christmas Concert for the community is planned for December 12. Old Troy Pike CC Parton. OH - • Visit our new website at www.DavtonHungarians.com •Every fírst Sunday of the month we have Hungarian worship at 12 Noon, followed by the Magyar Club meeting at our church. • Csiga, noodle makers meet every Tuesday morning from 9:00 am. until noon, followed by lunch. • Our Goodfellowship Club meets every 2nd Saturday, for a potluck dinner and fellowship. • Every third Saturday we cook for the Salvation Army homeless men’s shelter downtown, 150 meals. • Our small group, Bible Study will meet for 7 weeks, starting October 15,2003. • The Lion’s Club meets every first and third Thursday in our Community Room. • The Lazarette Community Dance group for children meets several times a week in our facilities. •The Future of the Church Committee meets every fourth Thursday evening at 6:00 PM. • Homemade sausage, kolbász (fresh and smoked) will be made on December 6th. Please place your orders now by calling the church office at 937-233-5225. 0Continued on page j) kxistmas fetter 2003 “And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.: (Matthew 2:11 NASB) The birth of Christ at Christmas always elicits an “exceeding joy” in the heart and mind of every Christian person that has a ripple effect on other people as well. However the interpretation of the cause of that same joy has different meaning and application for believers and unbelievers alike. For the faithful, Christmas signals the promise of God to send the Messiah, His only begotten Son, for the salvation of lost humanity. For the worldly minded and unregenerate, it simply offers a day off from work to pursue matters hitherto left undone. Thus history repeats itself in the way people react to the birth of Jesus the Christ. We see this dichotomy prominently displayed between the shepherds who beheld the natal star, heard the angelic heralds, and were filled with joy and great anticipation. In contrast we see the reaction of king Herod and his henchmen who felt threatened by the news related by the wise and royal visitors. Herod was not amused nor pleased to hear Old Testament prophecy coming to pass but looked upon the event as a harbinger of his own doom and the end of his reign. While the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ was heralded by heavenly and cosmological messengers the magnitude of the signs were lost upon those who were unwilling to accept His coming. So it is today in our neo-pagan culture that denies the expression of faith in God at school, in our courtroom, on our money, public and government property. The signs of the endtimes, of a dying world, are lost upon those who deriy their need for the Savior, revel in their sins, and feel threatened by the absolute standard of God’s moral laws governing our land. Conversely, faithful Christians need to display the same joy that the shepherds of the field experienced when God’s gracious message touched their heart and soul as they watched over their flocks by night. No doubt their joy revolved around the expectation that the promised Messiah would set up the kingdom of David. Little did they know of God’s plan to set up His Kingdom in the heart of every believer, to transform our lives into the likeness of Jesus Christ, and enable us to bear witness of the good news of His love, mercy, and grace. Therefore let our joyfulness in the celebration of our Savior’s birth be filled with exuberance as we anticipate His imminent return, when the former things of the world will pass away and will be replaced with His everlasting Kingdom. Until then, “maranatha,” come Lord Jesus. Have a blessed Christmas! Louis Medgyesi, Bishop
