Magyar Egyház, 1972 (51. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1972-02-01 / 2. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 9 1972 Officers of our Miami Church with Rev. Stephen Szőke NEWS FROM THE CONGREGATIONS AKRON, OHIO On February 13th, Rt. Rev. Louis Nagy our former bishop, director of the Bethlen Home in Ligonier, preached the word of God in our church. On the same service our new councilmen took the official oath. Our new leaders are as follows: Chief Elder Edward Vargo, Assistant Chief Elder Tibor Szőr, Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. Emma jean Rutherford, Assistant Treasurer Louis Sarandy, Auditors Charles Boehme and Hugo Pfahler, further members of the council József Baksa, Dr. Gusztáv Batizy, Géza Csatlós, József E. Druga, John P. Farkas, István Gyetvai, György Hornyák, John Kató, Alan Laite, Andrew Marhevszky, József Miller, Alex Patonai, Frank Race, Robert Rutherford, Ernest Sala, Mrs. Ernest Sala, John Sensenstein, John Skrapics. May God bless the work of our new leaders. On February 13th after a short special Western Classis Meeting, our Bishop installed into his office our minister as the dean of our Western Classis. The following ministers were present: Rt. Rev. Dezső Ábrahám Bishop, Rt. Rev. Louis Nagy our former Bishop, Dr. László Harangi, István Kovács and Árpád Bakay our former ministers, Károly Darócy, Kálmán Adorján, Sándor Farkas, László Kovács, Gyula Turcsányi, Béla Bernhardt, Dr. Zoltán Kótai, Alajos Bartko, Vitéz Baán and Alex Bale. On the banquet our minister donated $1,000 in memory of his father for the building of the Lorantffy Care Center. Miss Mary Percoco donated another $1,000. Our total income on February 13th was: $3,203.93. Wedding: on January 22nd Miss Patricia Jean Farkas and Charles Louis Biddle were married in our church. Witnesses were John Dunlap and Bruce Pardue. May God bless richly the young couple. Funeral: On January 27th we buried Mrs. József Vinczeller, the wife of nur first Chief Elder. May God bless her memory among us! ALLEN PARK, MICH. The Lenten Season is a time for reflection and, in our fast moving world, a new opportunity to determine where we are beaded as individuals and as members of the Christian community. In this season sermon topics deal with the challenges of modern life and the ways in which we as believers meet them. Even the severe Michigan winter has not dampened the enthusiasm of our congregation. We are especially grateful to the “old timers” who remain young in spirit. Over five hundred guests were present for our annual pork supper and dance, which was held on January 29th. It was good to see so many people who came from so far away to share in “a bit of Hungary.” Mr. James Gaiko, new head of our Men’s Guild, ably aided by a fine staff of officers, continues the great work his precedessor, James Lorencz, did for a number of years. The Golden Circle Club, made up of twenty active couples, has had a busy season. Its new head, Mr. Orville Simon, has had fine cooperation from all the couples. Mrs. Helen Kaplar continues as head of the Dorcas Guild and Mrs. George Kovács leads the Ladies Aid Society, as in years past. These are all active, working organizations, and we are justifiably proud of their efforts for the strengthening of our church’s witness. The Annual Congregational Meeting was held on Sunday, February 20, at both the 9:45 a. m. English language service and at the 11 a. m. Hungarian language service. Since church officers were elected at the November meeting, the Annual Meeting was able to place its emphasis on routine church programming. The Lenten Services of Holy Communion will be held on Sunday, February 27th. From our Church Register: Matthew Mark, son of Dennis and Donna Pitel Tibbetts, was born on November 21,
