Magyar Egyház, 1981 (60. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1981-01-01 / 1-2. szám

great interest in our extended Hungarian High School program through the United States and Canada. May God bless richly our congregation for the courage, faith and vision and may God sanctify our plans to the glory of His Namel * Our newly elected Church Officers: Chief Elder: Edward Vargo Asst. Chief Elder: Ted Szor Secretary: Charles Boehme Treasurer: Emmajean Rutherford Auditors: Simon Adler, Tom Kovács. Members of the Council: József Baksa, Sándor Baksa, dr. Arpad Banda, Lorand Banda, Joseph E. Druga, József Miller, Gabor Patonai, Frank Race, Robert Rutherford, Anna Sala, John Sensenstein, Janos Tokár. * New Officers of our Marta Circle: Hon. President: Mrs. Elizabeth Domotor President: Mrs. Mary Nagy Vice President: Mrs. Alex Sivo Treasurer: Mrs. József Druga Secretary: Mrs. Janos Tokár Flower Lady: Mrs. Gabor Patonai Auditors: Mrs. Terecia Banda Mrs. Matthias Havassy ALLEN PARK, MICH. The Dorcas Giuld members will participate in corporate Holy Communion on March 8th in commemoration of the anniversary of the Guild. The following debutantes and escorts were representatives from our church at the annual White Rose Ball, sponsored by the Detroit Arts Club: Judith A. Gaboczy, Sharon L. Galloro, Tracy Gottschalk, Linda M. King, Lisa M. Milligan, Denies E. Tarkanyi, Karen E. Tar­kanyi, Christine K. Varga: Shab Kazay, Dean Varga, Steven J. LaczayJr., David Toth, Tom Toth, Dan Morro. The new officers of the Martha Circle are: president, Diane Galloro; vice president, Linda Varga; secretary, Margaret Tarkanyi; treasurer, Debbie Indre; historian, Rebecca Kaplar. The newly elected officers of the Men's Club are: president, Jesse Pasternak; vice president, Frank Jacob; secretary, Paul Kulcsár; trea­surer, Louis Czanko; auditor, Leonard Jan­kowski; ticket chairmen, Peter Nagy and Alex Petro; chaplain, Miklós Molnár; correspond­ing secretary, Charles Köteles. The Golden Circle Club sponsored a suc­cessful New Year’s Eve. A pancake breakfast is planned for March 1st, which brings together the members and friends in Christian fellow­ship. We had a special service on January 25th and the choir members decorated the House of God with flowers when our hostages returned home from Iran. Statistics—Baptism: Jason Martin, son of Edward Wm. Silye and Elizabeth S. Gues­­qierre. Marriage: Ferenc Sikos and Sárika Samu on February 2nd. BETHLEHEM, PA. 1980 Statistics: 70 members belong to our church. Legal vot­ing members are 48. There are 28 patronizing members. We held 57 English-Hungarian church services with 1247 participator. 245 par­took of the Lord’s supper. In hospitals and private homes 22 received the sacraments. 12. oldal______________________ MAGYAR £GYftAZ There were 182 family visitations and 103 hospital calls. In the Nursing Home 138 visita­tion occurred. We held 11 consistory meetings and 2 congregational meetings. We baptized 2 children, married one couple here and one couple in McKeesport, Pa. Buried 3 women. We had a congregational dinner, also a tea­­party. — Incomes for 1980: $31,049.60. Ex­penses for 1980: $29,746.53. — The minister was invited to the governor’s office in Har­risburg and also to the White House in Wa­shington, D.C. He preached in Sárospatak, Aggtelek and Alsoszuha Hungary, further­more in Flint, Michigan, Lakeland, Florida and Toronto, Canada. On January 25th 1981 we held our Annual Congregational meeting where Mr. Balint Balogh chief elder, Mr. Steve Toth treasurer, Mr. Steve Turoczy recording secretary and the minister presented the yearly reports to the congregation. Our Congregational Dinner will be held on February 22nd following our morning worship­­service. In March the 3rd the visitation by the Rev. Dr. Andrew Harsanyi dean of the Eastern Classis with the chief elder of the Eastern Classis will take place. Communion service for Lent will be held on March the 8th. The holy elements will be donated by Rev. and Mrs. Louis J. Nagy. We buried Stephen Domyan on February 5th in the Hellertown Union Cemetery. Numerous family members are mourning. May God give concolation to the bereaved family. CARTERET, N J. We gratefully report that large congrega­tions worshipped during the Christmas holi­days (except on the second day of Christmas). The Sunday School children presented a lovely program in church and enjoyed a fine show by Thomas Sándor, Bible chalk-artist. White gifts brought to church by the children were taken to the Salvation Army for distribution before Christmas. The Youth Fellowship went around caroling. Following the New Year morning service the congregation visited the parsonage for an informal “Happy New Year” greeting. Individual donations during the holiday season were again exceptionally high. The annual congregational meeting on Feb­ruary 15 will receive the following reports: re­ceipts in 1980 (no carryover included) $47,045; expenses $44,452. All costs of major renova­tion and building projects are paid. Insurance, Social Security not included, and utilities were our major burdens ($5,000 and $8,000 respec­tively). 71.25% of all receipts were from individual gifts of our members, the remainder came from dinners, interest, etc. 4.6% of the expenses went for gifts and apportionments. Vital statistics show low figures: 2 baptisms, 4 confirmations, 2 weddings, 9 burials. How­ever, we have a strong Sunday School and Sunday church attendance has been picking up lately. The Junior Women’s Guild will have a dinner-dance on March 7 and a flea market on March 28/29; the Youth Fellowship has scheduled a cake sale for February 22. Funerals: Mrs. Stephen Kalas (Ilona Palla­­gi), 55, on December 13; Mrs. William Wells (Erma Lee McIntyre), 67, on December 27; Mrs. Joseph Rompa (Sophie Kovács), 72, on January 14; Ronald Pross, 33, on January 20. We received the news from Miami that a life­long member of ours, Mrs. Elizabeth Kocsi Toth, had died. “In Christ we shall rise again!” PERTH AMBOY, N J. In our January and February report we would like to give a short summary of our accomplishments which by the grace of God we achieved also present a report of the vital sta­tistics of our church. During the past year we gathered 56 occa­sion at the hungarian and 55 occasion at the english services to hear the Word of God. Holy communion was observed 10 times both hun­garian and english services. Attendance at worship services was satisfactory, however there were many who did not take active part in our church life. Our church organizations, such as the Senior Women’s Club, Women’s Guild, Fel­lowship Circle and Christian Youth Fellowship took an active part in the healthy financial affairs of the church and beside that provided spiritual nourishment for those interested. Our hope is that all these organizations will con­tinue to function and provide opportunities for spiritual and material growth to our members. From our Vital Statistical records: Baptism 11, Marriage 5, Confirmation 7, Funerals 23. The number of funerals include those inactive at the church. God’s name we praise for the joyous moments and may His comfort rest with those in sorrow. Financial Report — Income for 1980: $89.988.09, expenses: $104,997.27. Total remaining at the end of the year is $256,707.68 this amount does not include the interest earned for 1980. Annual Annual Report has been prepared and according to the decision of the Congre­gation was provided to our members two week before the Congregational meeting at the end of January. Our congregational meeting will be held on Sunday February 15th, following a Combined Worship Service starting at 9:00 a.m. In honor of our newly elected officers a Covered Dish Dinner is planned for February 21st Saturday afternoon at 5:30 p.m. Our Trust is in the Lord, that He will be with us and His love and strength will carry us to greater accomplishments in the New Year. TRENTON, NJ. Our annual congregational meeting was held on January 25th. The income of church treasury in 1980 was $73,836.14, the expenses $76,524.46. This amount includes the pur­chase of a $10,000 money certificate. Total assets are $91,589.82. We had 14 baptism, 8 confirmations, 12 weddings and 29 funerals, last year. $16,526 spent on renovation of the buildings in 1980. The members of the new church council, as follows: Chief-elder—Imre Bogár, 1st assist, chief-elder—Joseph Jenei, 2nd assist, chief-elder—Stephen Ture, trea­surer—Jules Borcsik, assist, treasurer— Anthony S. Beke, controller—Joseph Sabo, trustees—Anthony C. Beke and Alexander Sabo, Sr., secretary—John Waldner. Elders: Robert Bechtek, Gabriel Csapó, Bela Emri, Mrs. Margaret Erő, Géza Hegedűs, Walter Katona, Walter M. Katona, Joseph King, William Kraemer, Robert Kroslin, Joseph Mastromarino, William Miklovics, John E. Molnár, Mrs. Helen Parrey, Louis Parrey, Joseph Poedubicky, Dr. John Radvany, Frank

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