Evangéliumi Hírnök, 1986 (78. évfolyam, 3-24. szám)
1986-04-15 / 8. szám
4. oldal ßnriJflnjBjP ' 1986. április 15. NŐK ROVATA Rovatvezető koordinátor: Kish Gyuláné 2944 Kossuth Rd. N.E. Palm Bay. FL 32905 Calling All Women! The days are passing by so fast and before we know it, convention time will be here. This year the convention will be held July 17th—20th in Alhambra, California. Women’s Day is set for Friday, the 18th. It is not too early to make plans and reservations to attend. Airlines are very busy during the summer months and seats are very limited. It would be wise to make your travel reservations now. 1 would like to urge all women to make plans to attend. We will have a good program with very inspirational speaker. I am sure that you will receive a special blessing. You will also have an opportunity to meet our Christian sisters and brothers in the Los Angeles area. It will be a wonderful time of Christian fellowship. Dont miss it! At our last meeting the Women’s Convention accepted a budget of $1080.00. The budget is designated for both Foreign and Home Missions. We accepted this budget on faith and we pray that the money will come in to our treasury. If you have not made Elnök: Kish Ermine Alelnöki Bíró Gyuláné Titkár: Ciraky Jánosné ylK Pénztáros: Háló Barnabásné 1 your contribution to support this work, either individually or through your women’s society, you can still do so before the fiscal year ends. It must be sent in before April 30th to be included in this year’s report. Please send your contribution to our treasurer, Lenke Halo, 755 Park Avenue, New York City, 10021. I am “Calling All Women” — Remember our convention date, July 18th. Please make an extra effort to be there. You will be blessed for it. If you cannot attend, please pray for our convention and its leaders so that we can continue to carry on the work God has entrusted to us. May God bless you all. With Christian love, Ethel Kish, President Hungarian Baptist Women’s Convention * Purses that Do Not Wear Out It is always an interesting occasion to watch someone unpack trunks or suitcases. I recall standing by my sisters’ trunks and baggage as they returned from college or from a long í ERDÉLY Az amerikai román nyelvű baptista testvéreinknek van egy szépen kiállított, kéthavonként megjelenő angol nyelvű lapjuk The Voice of Truth. Ez a lap, a mi Newsletter című lapunkhoz hasonlóan, az angol nyelvű baptista testvérek felvilágosítását szolgálja, az óhazai vallásos helyzetről. A címnek megfelelően a lap nyíltan megírja a marxista román hatóságok vallásellenes mesterkedéseit és a hívők üldözését. Nem tartanak a lap szerkesztői attól, hogy bátor kiállásukkal ártanak a romániai hívőknek. Azt tartják, hogy az “igazság győz”, és ezért látják jónak, ha az igazságot hangoztatják. Hallgatásukkal a kommunista román kormány intézkedéseit helyeselnék. A “The Voice of Truth” 1986. évi első száma közli, hogy a román hatóságok nyomást gyakorolnak a felekezetek lelkészeire, hogy külföldi vendégprédikátoroknak ne adják át a szószéket, és ne adjanak alkalmat nekik az igehirdetésre. Ez az újabb intézkedés egy rafinált módja a megszorításnak és ellenőrzésnek. A kormány a politikai és a vallásszabadság látszatának fenntartása okából nem tagadja meg a beutazni kívánóktól a belépési engedélyt. Bemehetnek, de szószékra nem állhatnak. A tilalom végrehajtásáról a kézben tartott felekezeti vezetők gondoskodnak. A kommunista államokban élő vallásvezetők már jól megtanulták, hogy a hatóságtól jövő parancs végrehajtását az önkéntesség látszata alatt kell végezniük. Az ateisták felhasználják vallás-korlátozó céljaikra az általuk beállított vezetőket. Ezt a módszert, többé-kevésbé minden vasfüggöny mögötti országban alkalmazzák. Kálmán Szabolcs írása és a mi híreink szerint Magyarországon is. journey. One little niece of mine always asked permission to watch me unpack my baggage. It was an occasion in turn for her as it had been for me. She would jump up with pleasure as I piled discarded articles in her lap. What brought her more pleasure than anything else were the old purses I no longer wanted or used. If there was a handle, she loved to hang it over her arm and pretend a visit to town or to a friend. The old purses brought pleasure to Beppy, but they were absolutely useless to me. All of us recall scores of such purses we are glad to rid from our baggage. In Jesus’ day purses were used; for we read in Luke’s gospel (12:33) the words of Jesus: “Provide yourselves with purses that will never wear out, wealth inexhaustible in heaven where no thief can come nor moth consume. ” (Weymouth’s translation.) How often I have wondered why purses last no longer than they do. No matter of what expensive material they are made, I have never seen one yet that did not wear out some time or other. Jesus gives us the secret. He says it is possible to manufacture purses that do not wear out — do not even get frazzled on the edges! How is it done? There is not a one of us who doesn’t wish to be told that secret. The foundation material for such a permanent purse is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. “Except ye have faith it is impossible to please God.” Accept Him as your personal Savior. The material as shown by your conduct will prove to the world that you have chosen a purse that will never wear out. Another important part ofa purse is the lining. This lining may be called the love of our fellowmen. An observer never sees the lining of one 's purse. It is only the owner who has that privilege. We do not have to remind our fellowmen in words of our love for them. They will know by our actions that we carry out the second great command of our Master when He said, “Love thy neighbor as thyself. ” If we carry out these chief commands of our Lord, we shall have the secret of permanent purses — “inexhaustible riches in Heaven. ” Ruby Udvarnoki
