Magyar Egyház, 1980 (59. évfolyam, 1-10. szám)
1980-03-01 / 3-4. szám
12 MAGYAR EGYHÁZ DUQUESNE, PA. During the Easter Season 180 members received the Holy Elements in communion. On Easter Sunday the entire Sunday School attended church service to see communion administered. Baptism: Abby Rose Sabo, the daughter of Stephan Sabo and his wife, the former Amy Anastas was christened in our church on March 16th. Godparents are Louis Thomas and Diane Tomovcsik. New member: Patty Hassko was received into membership by reaffirmation of faith on March 23. The Rev. Árpád Orosz was our guest speaker at our Wednesday Lenten Vesper Service on March 26th. Funeral: John Orosz, residing in Clearwater, Fla., an honorary member of our congregation was laid to rest on March 5th. May the Lord console the members of the bereaved family. Future plans: A special congregational meeting was called for April 20th, to discuss the renovation of our church kitchen. Our Women's Club is holding a “Four Season” Party on April 20th. On May 4th, Sunday, our church is hosting the Women’s Annual Spring Conference of the Western Pennsylvania Hungarian Reformed Churches. Details on these plans will be published in the next issue. McKeesport, pa. On February 24th and March 16th the Christian Fellowship organized a Craft Class for all age groups of our congregation. The craft class is conducted by Mrs. Eva Suchant. On March 2nd the Christian Fellowship had a bake-sale. The Women’s Guild had a kolbaszsale on March 25th. The joy of our Easter-celebration was increased by the fact that so many members and friends of our congregation attended our worship services. From Maundy Thursday through Easter 295 people were in church. 197 took Holy Communion in church, 4 at home. All together 201 people partook of the Lord’s Supper. — Mrs. Margaret Jardanhazy sang a solo at our Good Friday evening service. Our newly organized choir sang at our 9:30 a.m. Easter service, under the direction of Mrs. Caroline Halas, increasing the devotional level of our celebration. We published our Newsletter, this time also in Hungarian. We had three funerals: Mr. Joseph Szabó was buried on February 27th, Mrs. Regina Toth on March 17th, and Mrs. Anna Vary on March 18th. The comforting love of God be with the bereaved families. TRENTON, N. J. Baptism: On December 16th Timothy James, the child of James Brennan and his wife nee Gabriella Pandak, on December 30th Alyson Lynn, the child of Peter Thompson and his wife Dawn Dani and on January 13th Jason Daniel, the child of James Mercer and his wife nee Margaret Szilagyi, received the sacrament of Holy Baptism. Marriages. On December 29th John Szilagyi and Pamela Piljar, on January 1st Henry Leingang and Jane Ellen Nagy, on February 9th David P. Sheppard and Holly Michelle Johnson and on February 16th Alexander Nagy and John Savoca, were married in our church. Funerals. On December 14th Mrs. Joseph Asszony, on January 29th Mr. Stephen Földvary, on February 27th Mr. Stephen B. Nagy, on March 7th Mrs. John Melsky and on March 11th Mr. Emery Varga, were buried. The congregational meeting was held on January 27th. Total income of the church treasury in 1979 was $65,737.91, total expenses $74,831.18. The expenses include $20,000 bank certificates purchased in 1979. Total assets of the church treasury on December 31, 1979 was $83,960.40. There were 14 baptisms, 3 confirmations, 15 marriages and 30 funerals in 1979. The newly elected members of the church council were published in the last issue of this paper. Officers of the Lorántffy Zsuzsánna Society for 1980. Hon. president: Mrs. Stephen Kovács, president: Mrs. Joseph Jenei, 1st vice president: Mrs. Helen Beke, 2nd vice president: Mrs. Margaret Schmidt, secretary: Mrs. Ethel Varga, treasurer: Mrs. Julius Kovács, trustees: Mrs. Helen Acs and Mrs. Bela Emri. Officers of the Women’s Guild for 1980. President: Mrs. Mary Kitchen, vice president: Mrs. Alice Lepold, secretary: Mrs. Margaret Connor, treasurer: Mrs. Yolanda Miklovics, soc. secretary: Mrs. Helen Ebert, Trustees: Mrs. Helen Acs and Mrs. Margaret Ero. A Seniors Club of our church was organized in February and the following officers were elected: Hon. president: Mrs. Stephen Kovács, president: Mrs. Helen Horvath, vice president: Mrs. Helen Ebert, secretary: Mrs. Irene Czarnecki and treasurer: Mrs. Elsie Corrado. The interior of the parsonage was re-painted and the study of the pastor was remodeled in February with the $2,215 generous donation of the Women’s Guild. A memorial service was held in our church on March 2nd in memory of Mrs. Kenneth Ture who lost her life in an automobile accident in Germany. Her brother-in-law Mr. Ronald Ture also participated in the service. Our Sunday School children again sent their Advent Bank donations to a missionary couple in India. The Women’s Guild visited and presented gifts to our elderly church members in Nursing Homes at Christmas. The Lorántffy Zsuzsánna Society gave $2,000 to the church as their Christmas donation. The Christmas tree was donated again by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Matthias, Sr. The Young Married Couples Club had a successful spaghetti dinner on February 24th, in the school. The bronze plaque of Louis Kossuth in the Trenton City Hall was decorated with a wreath by the Trenton Chapter of the Hungarian Federation, on March 15th. Mr. Imre Bogár, elder, was honored as the “man of the year” at the annual elders’ dinner on March 16th. Congratulations. Mr. Rudolph Shlegle spoke to our congregation, March 9, about the Gideons Bible Society. Our people helped this praise-worthy organization with $150.00. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO The members of our congregation once again gave testimony of their love toward God and our Saviour, by attending the Easter worship services in great numbers. They testified their belief that Christ will return again to this earth by partaking in the Lord’s Supper. At the time of this writing we are in the process of buying the last empty lot around the church. After this lot will be bought we can proceed and establish our own parking lot. Actually a whole corner will be ours. We give glory to God, that He helped us acquire these four empty lots. Baptism: In the home of his grandparents, we baptized James Thomas, the son of James David Westhead and his wife, Victoria Lee Roberts, on Monday, March 24th. Godparents: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roy King. Wedding: On February 23rd, Velma I rella and Stephen Kovach were married in our church. Witnesses were: Mr.
