Magyar Egyház, 1969 (48. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1969-10-01 / 10. szám
12 MAGYAR EGYHÁZ LET US PRAY----ALMIGHTY GOD, we pray in the name of Him who has unveiled the secret of Thy purpose for humanity; He is before all things. At His feet we hear the song of hope and breathe the prayer of gratitude. We pray Thee that our daily comfort may be born of the conviction that Thou art always near. Impress us, our Father in Heaven, that it is ours to make the unknown future brighter, to see the vision and fulfill it. May we so labor, plan, and live as to he an inspiration and a blessing to others. Oh, breathe Thy silent, life-giving power into us that service may be our souls’ immortal purpose and our richest achievement. No life is useless, neither is its labor in vain that lightens the burden of another. Do Thou harmonize all true works with workers. Encourage us to walk in Thy way, think Thy thoughts, and let the pure, deep splendor of thy spirit dwell in us. In our dear Redeemer’s name. Amen. Bertram J. Sathmary Louis Kossuth Apartments The First Hungarian Church of Miami, organized only 21 years ago, provides a spiritual and social home for our fellow Hungarians in Florida, mostly older folks. Its beautiful, newly-renovated sanctuary and the spacious Kossuth Hall serve not only the local congregation but thousands of tourists as well. In recent years the congregation embarked on a building program adding the new parsonage and the duplex to its property. Now it reached its greatest step in providing an apartment building for its members and friends, its value estimated at $300,000. The apartment building will have 30 units; 22 one bedroom, 4 two bedroom apartments and 4 efficiencies. These will rent for $125 $155 and $90 respectively per month on a year’s lease or longer. Its projected completion date: May 1970. For further information, please contact the Rev. Stephen Szőke, Pastor. Transplants permissible. — Theologians attending the first international symposium on human organ transplants agreed that transplants were “morally licit” but said they should be used as a last resort to save a dying patient. They rejected the sale of human organs and called for greater certainty that a donor was dead and for an international statute containing the definition of death. The symposium was held in Madrid, Spain, as was attended by Roman Catholic, Anglican, Evangelical, Jewish and Mohammedan theologians. (EPS) Reformed/Roman Catholic Talks Approved — (EPS) — The Executive Committees of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and of the International Congregational Council, meeting in -Beirut jointly, unanimously agreed to engage in dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church. A message, sent to Beirut by Cardinal Jan Willebrands, head of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity of the Vatican, said: “Pope Paul VI has given his consent to the setting up of a mixed study commission between the WARC and the Roman Catholic Church.” One of the decisions taken at preliminary consultations with representatives of the Vatican was that the duration of the talks should be clearly defined and limited. A period of three years is suggested for the conversations, beginning with a first meeting in the spring of 1970. The over-all theme for the study is “The presence of Christ in church and world.” The Tenth HUNGARIAN PROTESTANT BALL will be held for the benefit of the Scholarship Fund Friday, November 14th, at 9:00 p.m. in the HOTEL STATLER HILTON Terrace Ballroom Seventh Avenue and 33rd St., New York City. For further information, tickets and table reservations please write or call HUNGARIAN PROTESTANT BALL, 29 East 82nd St., New York, N.Y. 10028. Telephone: (212) RE 4-8144. NEWS FROM THE CONGREGATIONS MISSION SUNDAY On Sunday, November 2nd, 1969, will be “Mission Sunday” in our churches, as it has been the custom in the past few years. No church work can be sustained without serious consideration of its mission work. Our churches have been helpful but much more could be accomplished if all our congregations would wholeheartedly support the Mission Fund of our denomination. I ask the deans of our classes to arrange pulpit exchanges among the pastors wherever practical and possible. In the past years the special envelopes were not utilized to the extent that we should continue to order them in the future. I am asking therefore each church to use a method best suited for the occasion. Kindly send the donations to Mr. Albert St. Miklóssy, Treasurer of Mission Fund, 23 Evergreen Ave., Fords, N. J. 08863. Let us help everyone, but especially our own brethren in need. Dezső Abraham Bishop
