Magyar Egyház, 1972 (51. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1972-01-01 / 1. szám
1 MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 9 Are you accepting this responsibility, or do you rather spend all of your energy in criticizing others, such as our youth and ministers, or anyone available, in want of a reasonable contribution to the cause of the Gospel! Dear Youth! Let Christ’s Body hear your concerned voice, seek and find within your own church people who are willing and able to accept you for what you are and for what you stand and what you desire. Closing the generation-gap is as much your responsibility as any one else’s! Hungarian Reformed Christianity cannot afford to waste any more time finding unity. Our able leaders of the churches and our youth must take the initiative to work out an acceptable plan NOW! Church life is declining in many of our communities. Church bells are slowly fading into silence. This does not have to happen, and it will not happen, unless we help it and let it happen. The question is not WHO is guilty, but what are YOU going to do about it NOW ? Instead of complaining about bells fading into silence, let us all grab the ropes and pull together! Louis Illés P.S. If you feel, there is still hope, and I am convinced there is, call on your pastor, or write to the editor of this paper, or write to me. “Bug” your pastor if you never see his name under an article, or if you don’t find your congregation’s name among the congregational news! The editorial committee’s name and address is published on the inside cover of this paper. Don’t complain, write, or do something, or . . . forever hold your peace! The Boy Jesus in the Temple. Lu. 2:41-50. NEWS FROM THE CONGREGATIONS AKRON, OHIO The next meeting of the Western Classis will be held in our church on February 13th, at 3:30 P.M. After the Western Classis meeting, at 4 o’clock we will hold a special installation worship service during which Rt. Rev. Dezső Ábrahám bishop will install our minister as the new Dean of the Western Classis. After the installation service we will continue our celebration with the installation Banquet. We cordially invite our friends from our sister churches to attend on our celebration. We had a wonderful Christmas Holiday. Our church services were very well attended, the participation in the Holy Communion services were better than one year ago. (206 plus 7 in nursing homes and hospitals). Our Christmas income: $1,312.81. The newly elected president of our Youth Group is Michael Pfahler. We wish a very successful year to our Youth Group! During the month of January we organized the Young Adult Circle in our church! We hope that this group will work together in Christian fellowship and will glorify God through faithfulness and witnessing. The building of the Lorantffy Care Center will start — if the weather permits — in March. For further information you can write to: Lorantffy Care Center, Board of the Directors, 2631 Copley Rd., Akron, Ohio 44321. Funerals: On December 19th we buried Domokos Szabó, 83, in Canton, Ohio; on December 29, Mrs. Anna Hegyi, 75. May God comfort their loved ones. The newly elected officers of our Ladies Clubs: Dorcas Guild: president Mrs. Margaret Race, vice president, Mrs. Helen Dudás, secretary: Mrs. Ann Druga, treasurer: Mrs. Anna Sala, flower lady: Mrs. Ann Bukovey, chaplain: Mrs. Ann Druga. Marta Circle: president: Mrs. Mary Nagy, vice president: Mrs. Alex Sivo, secretary: Mrs. Tibor Szőr, treasurer: Mrs. Joseph Druga, flower lady: Elizabeth Bajusz. May God bless richly the good work of our faithful ladies during the new year! Baptism.-. On January 16th on our English service we baptized Lisa Ann Whittten, who is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Whitten. Godparents are Mr. and Mrs. Kris Frase. The child is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blodge Bukovey. On the same service we baptized Jennifer Yolanda Hershey, who is the child of Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Hershey. Godparents are Mr. and Mrs. Michael Spisak. May God bless richly the newly baptized children, their parents, godparents and grandparents. ALLEN PARK, MICH. The Christmas Season was observed with the administration of the Lord’s Supper at both Hungarian and English language services on Christmas Day. Large congregations received the Elements. Church income for the holiday was $12,726. This included the following donations by church organizations: Ladies Aid Society $3,000, Dorcas Guild $2,000, Senior Youth Fellowship $1,000, Golden Circle Club $665, Men’s Guild $200, Intermediate Youth Fellowship $100. Our thanks to the leaders and members of the various church groups and to all congregation members who gave so generously. Preparation of the Annual Report is now under way. All organization officers are requested to turn in their income and activity records for 1971. Youth Activities will be the most important feature of our congregational life this year. The Church Council approved the reorganization of our youth
