Magyar Egyház, 1983 (62. évfolyam, 1-5. szám)

1983-08-01 / 4. szám

MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 11. oldal Rev. Joseph Kecskemethy and his wife from Maine, Rev. Imre Bertalan, pres­ident of the Hung. Ref. Federation and his wife from Washington, D.C., further­more Mrs. Yolanda Ferenczy from New Port Richey, Fla. with her goddough­­ter Jutka Tengely from Miskolc, Hun­gary were the visitors of the pastor and of the congregation. Mr. James Kovary, Jr. and his wife attended church service as visitors. He is serving in the military in Germany. Rev. Nagy participated and spoke at the Hungarian Day on August 14th at Bethlehem. The Rev. Lajos Medgyesi, who fin­ished his theological studies at the New Brunswick Ref. Seminary took an ex­amination test before the committee of the Hung. Ref. Church in America on August 22nd in Perth Amboy, NJ. His test was excellent in the Hung, church history, homiletics, liturgy, creeds of the Hung. Ref. Christians and our church laws and constitutions. Our Father’s Day Picnic was a suc­cessful one. Thanks to the ladies who took care of the food and also thanks to the consistory members for the re­freshments. World Wide Comunion service will be held on October the second. Mrs. Irene Kieffer were hospitalized. Many Thanks to Mr. Steve Toth, Jr. who did some outside painting on the parsonage. Sometimes in September, Mrs. Nagy will go to Texas where she will visit with her sons and a newborn grandchild the daughter Stephany of Paul and Janet Galantay who was born on Au­gust 27th. CARTERET, NJ During the summer most of the church activities were slow moving. In the or­ganization of the Men’s Club we had the regular twice monthly trips to At­lantic City, with a very good attendance. The Lorantffy Women’s Guild had an interesting experience, when they were asked to serve at an Indian wedding, held at our rented Bethlen Hall. The women were welcomed to try the food, hot and spicy and participate in the re­ception. It was an experience! The meetings of our different organi­zations were halted for the summer and resume their regular schedule in Sep­tember. During the summer the Women’s Guild had a very successfull picnic for its members, in a local park. Our Pastor and his family partici­pated on the New Jersey Ministerial meeting on July 11th, in the home of the Rev. Steven Kovács in Trenton. Our Pastor Emeritus presented an excellent historical essey about the early reforma­tion. These meeting were originated with the intent to learn from our experienced, scholarly collegues. The Rev. Kovács and Rev. Hamza had very interesting presentations also. During our Pastor’s vacation The Rev. Steven Kovács served our pulpit on one Sunday, and our own John Nemish, the Chief Elder of the Synod preached on the other. Thanks to both of them. Sunday School started on September 18, which contains a small sermonette for children in church, and the fellow­ship of offertory, and is followed by Christian education in the basement of the church. Cathecism for Confirmation is held every Tuesday night from 7- 8:30 P.M. for young people age 13 and over. On October 2 the Lord’s Table will be set for World Wide Communion and New Wine. On October 22 we will hold our Annual Dinner Dance and also cel­ebrate the 80th Anniversary of our church’s foundation. McKeesport, pa On Pentecost Sunday we celebrated the Holy Communion during both of the worship services and Holy Com­munion was celebrated as our thanksgiv­ing for the new bread on August 7, 1983. The Ladies prepared the annual Fath­er’s Day Dinner. The highlight of our Summer activities is the International Village. This is a city-wide ethnic event, when besides our Hungarian booth about a dozen other na­tionalities are selling their ethnic food and preparing the programs of folk dances and singing. This year we cel­ebrated at the front of our church in the city park the 23rd International Vil­lage. This event is growing every year and from our congregation we had about a hundred people working in preparing or selling the food. We are thankful to the Lord for the good attendance of our services and also for the success of our social activities. From our church record: On June 4, 1983 the pastor celebrated the wed­ding of Emerson G. Raush and Sharon L. Patrucci. May the blessing of the Lord be upon their marriage. Funerals: Alex Banasky. Born April 18, 1904. Died on June 22, 1983. Date of funeral: June 25, 1983. Joseph A. Martin. Born September 6, 1918. Died on July 24, 1983. Date of funeral: July 27, 1983. Arpad Nemeth. Born on May 2, 1896. Died on August 13, 1983. Date of funer­al: August 13, 1983. “In fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” 1. Cor. 15:20. Schedule of our special church oc­casions for the rest of the year: World Communion will be celebrated on October 2. Thanksgiving for the New Wine, Communion will be celebrated on November 27. Holy Communion will be celebrated on December 23, at 7:30 p.m. The Lighting of Christmas Candles will be held on December 24 at 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion will be celebrated on Christmas Day at both of the services. Watch-Night service at 7:30 p.m. on December 31. PERTH AMBOY, NJ The Summer months showed a slow down in the life of our church due to the vacation time of our members and also of our various church organizations. However, the regular church services were attended nicely during this hot summer weather. Our Vacation Bible School was held from August 8th to August 19. The attendance showed be­tween 30 and 40 children participating daily. The theme was “Prayre.” We sincerely thank all of the dedicated teachers and helpers that made such an interesting and joyful experience avail­able to our children. With the coming of September the or­ganizations all have a very busy sched­ule planned. Many of our Church Coun­cil members will be attending the Pres­byters Conference in Ligonier on the Labor Day weekend. Rev. Torok will also be attending. — On September 11th the beginning of our Religious Educa­tion instructions will start off with a RALLY DAY program in our Church Center. A Gospel Magician will provide entertainment and the second annual Balloon Release by our children will be from the church parking lot. — The

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