Magyar Egyház, 1982 (61. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1982-05-01 / 5-6. szám
MAGYAR GGYMI 15. oldal Champaigne Park on July 11th. Each organization sponsors its own picnic in June and July. Statistics—Baptisms: Lori Susan Sinclair, daughter of Paul Sinclair and Dorothy V. Hoffer on March 28th; Kristin Elizabeth Casanova daughter of Charles R. Casanova and Paula M. Poletto on May 9th. Marriages: James Wm. Shearer and Marie M. Boroznaki on March 27th; Gary M. Monoogian and Marilyn D. Hinkel on May 15th. May God bless the infants and their loved ones, and grant happiness to our newly wed couples. BETHLEHEM, PA. At Eastertime 54 churchmembers participated in the holy communion. The holy elements were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Balint Balogh, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Toth, Mr. and Mrs. John Mihály, Mr. and Mrs. James Kovary, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Biro, Mrs. Julius Kadar, Mrs. Joseph Matus and Rev. and Mrs. L. Nagy. At Pentecost 30 members participated in the holy communion. The holy elements were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Geza Vegh, Mr. and Mrs. Balint Balogh and Family, Dr. and Mrs. Balint Balogh, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Toth, Mr. and Mrs. John Mihály and Rev. and Mrs. Louis Nagy. Hospitals: Mr. John Waros Sr. our former chief elder had a serious operation. We are praying for his recovery. Mrs. John Mihály and Mrs. Irene Kieffer were hospitalized. Mrs. Kieffer is recovering in Richland Nursing Home. Mr. Andrew Turoczy left Muhlenberg hospital center in good health. Mr. Frank Athis, Mrs. Mary Gor and the Minister and his wife represented our church at the installation of Rev. Kalman Adorján in Trenton, New Jersey, Rev. Nagy preached the Hungarian sermon. We extend our Christian greetings and welcome to Mr. István Harzso mining engineer student from Miskolc, Hungary who is visiting his sister Judit here in Bethlehem. We congratulate Andy Toth, who graduated from Community College. He will continue his education in Rochester, N.Y. Congratulation to István Turoczy Jr. who received a trophy for his musical performance. He plays the piano and the violin. On Mothers Day István Turoczy and Tibor Turoczy recited Hungarian poems in honor of all the mothers. Our Consistory presented a pot of geranium to each mother at the end of our church service. Thanks to Mr. Joseph Biro for taking care of our rose bushes in the church garden. June 20th Father’s Day picnic at the parsonage. CARTERET We had a Maundy Thursday combined Communion service for those who were out of town for Easter. On Good Friday we had two services, in English and in Hungarian. On Easter Sunday, 110 people took Communion in the English and 35 in the Hungarian service. On Ascension Thursday we had a combined worship service, which culminated in the examination of the eight young people who had completed Catechism, preparations for Confirmation. All eight of them showed Christian maturity and serious understanding of the teachings and faith of our Hungarian Reformed Church in America. On Ascension Sunday they were fully confirmed, according to the laws of our church, and were presented by a Confirmation Certificate by the Pastor, and personalized Bibles by our chief-elder, Leonard Sendelsky. The newly confirmed were: Martha Delbacs, Edward Gibbons, Marian Kazsuk, Martha Kazsuk, Steven Kutcher, Ann Marie Legeny, Gregory Miller and Robert Varga. Their first Communion was at the following, Pentecost Sunday when they shared the elements of Holy Communion with immediate members of their families. On June 20th we will celebrate Fathers Day, and also the last day of our Sunday School, presenting each of the children with their attendance pins and certificates. On this Sunday afternoon will be the baptism of Daniel Anthony Tisza- Nitsch, the second son of our Pastor, who was born on May 20th, 1982, 8.3 lb, 22” long. The baptism will be performed by our pastor Emeritus Dr. Andrew Harsányi and the happy grandmother Rev. Elisabeth Nitsch, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba. During these past months the Lorantffy Women Guild was really active with a Flea Market, Kolbász and Hurka making, hosting an Easter Social Hat Party, inviting all the members of the Women Guild of neighboring Hungarian Churches. The ladies who attended will never forget the fun, excellent food and the many prizes given out, all courtesy of the members of our Guild. Under the auspecies of the Guild we have introduced a very succesfull Coffee Social, with excellent home made pastries, after the worship services on the first Sunday of each month. In order to help the Church, the Womens Guild also took upon herself to rebuild the deteriorating front and side steps of the church, for many thousands of dollars. The Church Council also agreed to rebuild the Heating and Air Conditioning system, which worked very insufficiently, using too much energy. The men of the Council also organized a Men Club which already is involved in many different fund raising projects. The President of the newly formed Men Club is Bill Chabena, V. P. Ernie Jenei, Treasurer John Nemish and Secretary Edward Sadowski. They organize bus trips to Atlantic City, two-three buses at a time, Christmas Raffle, and other raffles, New Years Eve Party and other projects. Members of our Church participated at the United Church Women Conference in Perth Amboy, also at the Eastern Area Presbyters Conference, as well as at the installation of the Rev. Adorján in Trenton, where our Pastor had a part in the worship service. He is also active in the Eastern Area Hungarian Ministers Association, where he had a presentation of slides and insight of the years he spent in the Holy Land, studying in Jerusalem for four years. Baptisms: Scott Michael, son of Michael Mesavitz and Gail Comba, April 4; Robert Anthony, son of Antal Kiss and Andrea Danes, May 23; Shaun Ronald, son of Ronald and Doreen Humiston, June 13; Daniel Anthony Tisza-Nitsch, son of Rev. Gabor G. Nitsch and Helen Gróf-Tisza, June 20. May God bless the children and their parents! Funeral: on April 25 we had a Memorial Service for Menyhért Toth, who passed away in Miami, Florida, on the request of his nephew Louis Toth. Mr. Menyhért Toth was an active member of our church for many years as well as an elder. May God bless his memorv! DUQUESNE, PA. Number of members partaking in communion at Eastern time was 190, Pentecost: 103. Members of the 1982 Confirmation Class are: Craig Bednarovsky, David Carman, Shawn Carman, Shannon Crew, Glenn Gougler, Amy Halpern, Suzanne Kardell and Carol Toth. They received their First Holy Communion on Pentecost Sunday, in the fellowship of their families. Baptism: Joshua John Carman, the son of David Carman and his wife, the former Cathy Danko. Godparents are John Danko and Lisa Muhic. Joshua was baptized on May 16th. June 6th, Megan Marie Bence, a daughter of Gary S. Bence and his wife, the former Kimberly Charles was baptized. Godparents are Robert Bence and Holly Charles. Wedding: on May 22nd Douglas Zary and Shari Zeleznik were united in the holy bonds of marriage. Our women attended the Women’s Annual Spring Conference of the Western Penna. Hungarian Reformed Churches, held in Homestead, on May 2nd. Pastor Illés served as guest minister in the Niles, Ohio Hungarian Presbyterian Church, on May 2nd. He baptized Rev. Árpád Orosz and his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Orosz’ daughter, Catharina Suzan. Godparents were dr. Imre Keizler and Mrs. Dorothy Illés. On May 2nd Rev. Bela Olah, presently residing in Ligonier, Pa. (Bethlen Home) was our guest speaker for the Hungarian worship service, and Albert D. Matta, a representative of the Gideons International for the English Worship Service. McKeesport, pa. The son of Thomas Lynn Pellegrino and Deborah E. Solvay, Born March 10, 1982 was baptized on May 8, 1982. The name of the child: Thomas Charles. Godparents: Robert D. Goss, Third and Charlene A. Solvay. In this year we have had three more baptisms already than during the whole year of 1981. Marriages: Robert W. Smith and Patricia A. Jordan married in our church on May 1, 1982. Steven D. Balogh and Deanna Marie Davelli — she is our organist — married in our church on May 22, 1982. Funeral: Bernard Bone, born April 23, 1900 in Hungary, died May 12, 1982. Buried on May 15, 1982. Holy Communion was administered four times during the Easter season and two times at Pentecost. In comparison to the attendance of the year of 1981 we noticed a very great increase of attendance of the Eastern communicants and the church attendance on Mothers Day and the participants at the Mothers Day Dinner was about two times larger than in 1981. The Mother Day Dinner, prepared by the men is always excellent. It is one of the many good reasons to spend the Mothers Day in McKeesport. The Womens Guild will make the Fathers Day Dinner on June 6. We are inviting the ones who used to live in our area and attended our church in the past to join the ones who are still here at the celebration: September 12, 1982. Service will begin at 4:00 p.m. followed by the Dinner. Invitations will be mailed to the area pastors and congregations. Our church is the only one in McKeesport where there are Reformed services held regularly both in Hungarian and English language. We had thirty communicants at the Hungarian service at Pentecost. The largest attendance at the Hungarian service was fifty during this year.
