Magyar Egyház, 1965 (44. évfolyam, 2-12. szám)
1965-10-01 / 10. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 13 At the installation dinner of the Rev. László Dienes in Windsor, Ontario, left to right: Dean Tibor Toth, Paul Martin, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, Bishop Louis Nagy. THE ELDERS' ASSOCIATION OF THE HUNGARIAN REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA Eastern and New York Classes ANNUAL ELDERS' CONFERENCE The Annual Elders’ Conference of the Eastern and New York Classes of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America will be held on Saturday, October 30, 1965 at 10:00 A.M. in the Hungarian Reformed Church, 331 Kirkland Place, Perth Amboy, N.J. The elders of all the constituent churches as well as of the neighbor congregations, and all interested men of the churches are herewith cordially invited to attend. PROGRAM: 10:00 A.M. 10:15 A.M. 10:30 A.M. 11:30 A.M. 12:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M. 5:30 P.M. Registration (fee including lunch and supper: $3.00 per person) Opening Devotion “THE ELDER AND HIS CHURCH IN A CHANGING WORLD” — presented by Mr. John Szabó, Elder, Passaic, N.J. Discussion Lunch “TODAY’S CHALLENGE OF BEING AN ELDER” — 1. “The Elder and the Christian Education” — 2. “The Elder and the church administration” — 3. “The Elder and community relations” Summary, Business Meeting, Reports, Resolutions and Election of Officers. Supper (Please report the number of persons planning to attend so that preparations for lunch and supper can be made accordingly—(201) HI 2-7799) Plan to attend this annual conference for Elders and bring others with you. Dezső Abraham Dean Eastern Classis Gábor Csordás Dean New York Classis John Marincsak President Elemér Soltész Secretary Frank Dem jen Secretary COMMUNICATION Mission Sunday November 7 th will mark the Eight Annual Mission Sunday in our Hungarian Reformed Church in America. Missionary work is the life-giving power of the Church. If we want to keep what we have, if we want to grow, if we want to be a Church we must constantly increase our missionary activities. We do not enclose extra envelopes for this purpose. Church members are requested to bring their missionary donations to the worship services on November 7th and the treasurers are requested to forward these donations to the treasurer of the Mission Fund, Mr. Albert St. Miklossy, 23 Evergreen Avenue, Fords, N.J. Individual donations can be sent to Mr. St. Miklossy directly also if so desired. We prayerfully recommend this cause to your Christian concern and generosity. Dr. Sándor Kiss Louis Nagy Chief Elder Bishop Stephen Szőke Chairman, Mission Board I Want My Pastor To Go First Class My pastor is a professional man. The years and money he spent in college and in the seminary could have been spent qualifying him as an attorney, an architect, an engineer, and could have sent him well on his way toward the practice of medicine. But he didn’t want to be an architect or a lawyer; he was called to the ministry. Heaven knows the money didn’t attract him. His is a dedicated, selfless job of service that only a firm faith and a lasting devotion could support. He is my pastor because that faith and devotion wouldn’t let him settle for anything but the Christian ministry. I had a hand in hiring him. I help to pay his salary, and I have a voice in virtually everything he does where my church is concerned. Like my church, he is my responsibility, and I want him to go first class. I have never subscribed to the theory that ministers of the gospel should eat less, dress cheaper, or live more frugally than other professional men. Since he is the chief representative of my church, I want my pastor to look like his people care about him. When he goes to a convention, I want him to have money in his pocket for all his expenses. I don’t want him to have to scrimp and save from his own allowance to accomplish the work of the church. Whether he makes more money or less money than I do matters not a whit. What does matter is that he be compensated in a fashion commensurate with his training, his ability, and his responsibilities. If he chooses to give all of his money to the poor and go threadbare himself, that is his business. If he goes threadbare through my own parsimony, that’s my business. I am proud of my pastor and the work he does. I know he’ll never be rich in material things. But when he attends my conventions, when he speaks publicly, when he maks the rounds of the ministry, I want all who see him to know he has a congregation that loves him. I want my pastor to travel first class. —Jim Wiggins, in The Baptist Standard, Texas (Reprinted from “The Interchurch News”.)
