Magyar Egyház, 1958 (37. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1958-10-01 / 10. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 11 times as persistent as church people. We militant atheists know that we are strong, because we are fighting for the true cause, against all religion. History will thank us for instilling our atheistic convictions into people who are still stupid enough to believe in religion, and naive enough to hope that supernatural miracles will make up for their own inadequacy and irresponsibility. As lords of the earth and creators of history we must not betray our convictions, for our faith is faith in Communism which in its sincerity is the only true faith in the world.” ISLAM ON THE MARCH “Islam is once more on the march,” according to the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Rev. Joost de Blank, who told a congregation at the annual festival of the South African Church Institute in London that his own diocese lost more people to Islam each year than were converted from Islam to Christianity. The archbishop said that the Church could not evade the racial issue which was involved, because the Moslem appeal says that Christianity is the religion of the white man. “So far,” Dr. de Blank continued, “South Africa has no effective answer to that propaganda. Until we treat our fellow men as brothers, whatever the colour of their skin—and this visibly and outwardly, not in any disembodied and spiritual sense—we have no right to speak.” j\fews 3rom Tike Congregations BRONX, NEW YORK English language worship services are held every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock at our temporary church located at 311 East 83rd St. Sunday School begins every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. The Youth Fellowship is meeting on the first and third Fridays each month, at 7:30 p.m. The first meeting of the fall season was held on September 26th. Besides the “old” members it was good to see several new faces. The Building Fund Drive is progressing and the new church is now under construction on the lots recently purchased at 229-231 East 82nd St. Many of our young people are also making pledges to the new church fund. CARTERET The Junior Women’s Guild observed its 10th Anniversary at a banquet on September 21st. Past presidents were presented with a small golden gavel. On October 2nd the new officers of the Guild were sworn in by the Pastor. They are: Mrs. John Nemish, President, Mrs. Joseph Trakimowitz, Vice-President, Mrs. Forrest Poling, Secretary, Mrs. Joseph Cinege, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. William Lazar Treasurer. Sunday School resumed its activities with 7 departments in session every Sunday. On October 26th the congregation will participate at the 5th Annual Reformation Service in New York’s Brick Presbyterian Church. On October 29th Dr. Andrew Harsanyi will preach at the Reformation Service sponsored by the Carteret Council of Churches to be held at 8 P.M. in the First Baptist Church. The dedication of the new organ and chancel will be at 4:30 on Sunday, November 2nd. The annual banquet will follow at 6 P. M. in Bethlen Hall. Principal speakers will be the Rt. Rev. Zoltán Béky in Hungarian, and Dr. Albert Jochen, Assistant Director of Education of the State of New Jersey in English. Linda Irene, daughter of Harland Burnor and Adrienne Cselle was baptized on September 21; godparents were John Danko and Mrs. Irene Danko. DUQUESNE, PA. The work of the fall season started and, in part, has been completed. After some landscaping and repair work around and on the buildings, the members of the Church Council visited every family in the congregation inviting them to partake of World Wide Communion. These annual visitations are always well received by our members. The last Fellowship Dinner of the year will be held on the first Sunday of November. Tickets for these suppers are not sold, preparations are made on the basis of reservations only. Members of the Women’s Club, beside the above mentioned preparations, are making small Christmas gifts for the aged in our Bethtlen Home. The Women’s Club is actively represented in the local branch of the United Church Women, Mrs. Helen Sapos being the newly elected vice-president of the group. Our young people were well represented at the annual Youth Conference, two of them elected to office: President Francis Helmeczi and Vice-President Robert Szepesi. We have three representatives on the local branch of the United Christian Youth Movement: Lester Helmeczi (who is the president of the group this year), Alex Nagy, Jr., and Michael Tusay. In the last issue we reported some changes in the leadership of our Sunday School, still further change was necessitated by Asst. Supt. Frank Horvath moving to Ohio, Mrs. Stephen Szőke taking his place. In addition to the already reported administrative staff we have the following teachers: Mr. Elmer Shigo and Mrs. Stephen Szőke, Miss Susan Wargo, Miss Irene Deak, Mr. Francis Helmeczi, Mr. Robert Szepesi, Miss Dorothy Horvath, Mrs. Alex Nagy, Mrs. John Horvath, Jr„ Mrs. James Stiver, Mrs. Daniel Ochiva and Mrs. Stephen Sabo in charge of the pre-school department with teachers changing monthly or bimonthly. The Boy Scout Troop leadership was reorganized. Mr. George Harrig accepted the position of Scoutmaster, his two assistants are Robert Szepesi and Gene Genes, John Gavlik being the Jr. Asst. Mr. Joseph Voros remains the Explorer Advisor. The Troop Committee include the Rev. Stephen Szőke, Inst. Rep.; Elmer Shigo, Chairman; B. Robert Balder, Michael Wargo and Andrew Valosik. The Girl Scout Troop had an inspiring Court of Awards & Parents’ Night and a successful bake sale to raise funds for a week-end camping in October. The troop has 29 girls, Mrs. Margaret Szőke being the leader with two assistants, Mrs. Marian Nagy and Mrs. Margaret Horvath. The Troop Committee include Mrs. Elsie Lindahl, Mrs. Josephine Vegnovic, Miss Susan Wargo, Mr. Elmer Shigo and the Pastor.
