Magyar Egyház, 1973 (52. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1973-05-01 / 5. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 0 NEWS FROM THE CONGREGATIONS AKRON, OHIO The church attendance was greater than ever before on our Easter Sunday worship services. 252 person participated in the Holy Communion. Our church income was 3,220 dollars during the Easter Season services. Baptisms: Paul Charles Ágoston, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ágoston. Godparents are Charles and Myrtle Barta. Art Burt Szantay the son of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Szantay. Godparents are Desi and Elizabeth Kitley. May God bless the newly baptized children, their parents and their godparents. Funeral: Mrs. Valentine Kovács, 90, founding member of our church, on April 30th. May God bless her memory among us. Our annual musical church picnic will be held in the Saint Nicholas Park, Barberton, on July 22nd, Sunday. The famous Szitthay band will play and the well known Hungarian Theatre Dance Group will dance Hungarian Folk dances. We will celebrate the 40th anniversary of our church and the 60th anniversary of the First Hungarian Reformed Church in September. “KITCHEN QUEEN” (Famous Hungarian Recipes) Published by the Dorcas Guild of the Christ Reformed Church, Akron, Ohio — Third Edition — More Than 3,000 Copies Sold. Order from: DORCAS GUILD 2631 Copley Rd., Akron, Ohio 44321 Price: $2.25 p.p. ALLEN PARK, MICH. Congregational activities have continued at the usual busy pace through the spring season. On Ascension Day, May 31, we will unite to worship the risen and ascended Christ. The Lord’s Supper will be administered at both services on Pentecost, June 10th. The following week Trinity Sunday will round out the sequence begun on the first Lord’s Day in Advent: from the days of expectation to the fulfillment in the Triune God as made known to us this great holiday. The Christian Youth Fellowship is engaging in fund raising programs in preparation for the Annual Bethlen Youth Conference which will be under the leadership of our Akron group this Labor Day weekend. Plans have been completed for our second annual Hungarian Bible School. Classes will be held weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon, June 18 to 20. To date about twenty children have been enrolled, nearly half of them from outside our congregation. Parents and grandparents are encouraged to help our recruiting effort. The decline of so many of our congregations of Hungarian background has followed the decline of study in the language of the forefathers. Our Pastor was elected to serve as President of the Association of Hungarian Churches and Societies of Greater Detroit. This body has been historically a center for cooperative endeavor and is deeply involved in making Hungarian life and history relevant parts of the scene in our metropolitan area. Miranda Elizabeth, daughter of Bruce and Priscilla Smith, was baptized on Sunday, April 29. Julian Lengyel died at the age of 56 on April 18, Vera Barczi died at the age of 87 on April 20, and Julia Nagy died on April 29 at the age of 88. May their families share in God’s comfort and mercy. HUNGARIAN REFORMED CHURCH COOK BOOK (11,000 copies sold) order from: The Dorcas Guild 9901 Allen Road Allen Park, Mich. 48101 $2.50 — Postage and Handling .30 BETHLEHEM, PA. On Good Friday we had a two-hour combined service. Father György Jani, pastor of the St. Stephen Hungarian Catholic Church of Allentown was our guest speaker. Our Easter worship service was well attended by the church members. The Women’s Club donated a new cover for the Lord’s Table. We are planning a trip to Ligonier, Pa. in the second part of June. The expenses will be paid by the church. A new Hungarian Flag was donated by Julius Szalai and his mother; a new American Flag by Edward Erdie and James Kovary and their families. James Walter Mattus and Emma Erdie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Erdie, were united in Holy Matrimony. May God bless richly the newlyweds. CARTERET, N. J. Eastertide worship services were very well attended with around 250 sharing the sacrament of the Lord’s Table. Participation at the Holy Thursday evening communion gained in attendance. The examination of five senior and 7 junior year confirmands will take place in the sanctuary on Tuesday, May 29, 6:90 p.m. Confirmation of the senior class members will be on June 3 at the 9:30 worship service; they will participate in holy communion for the first time on Pentecost Sunday at the first service. Weddings: in the celebration of an “ecumenical” marriage between James Michael Teleposky and Ethel Susan Papp on April 29. Pastor, Dr. Andrew Harsanyi was joined by the Rev. John Chonko, Pastor of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church, as witnessing minister. The two pastors shared equally in the service. Ethel Papp, a public school teacher, has been the secretary and a teacher of our Sunday School for many years. On April 28, the marriage vows were taken by Robert Edward Darby and Eleanor Hope Tempalsky. Funeral: Balázs Fodor (William Fedor), 62, was buried on April 25. Joseph Kuhn, a member of our congregation for half a century who some years ago moved to Florida, was buried in Seminole, Fla. on April 27. He was 77. Elders Frank Verseki and Walter Kovács were reelected secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the Eastern Classis at the April 8 Annual Assembly in Roebling. Mrs. Agnes Dorko is the new Hungarian secretary of United Church Women elected to this office at the Annual Conference in Trenton, May 6. DUQUESNE, PA. During the Easter Season 260 members received the Holy Elements, this
