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

1983-11-01 / 5. szám

MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 12. oldal service of Dr. Miklós Nyary which was held in Staten Island. On September 26th and October 3rd he gave a lecture and preached at the ministerial meeting. On October the 23rd the Rev. Paul Kovács administrator of the Bethlen Home was the guest speaker at our church. His lovely wife was with him also. Our congregation is grateful for his services. The wife of our church recording sec­retary Mrs. Steven Turoczy and Mrs. Rilla Erdie the wife of the late chief elder were in the hospital. At the meeting of the General As­sembly of our Synod Mr. Balint Balogh chief elder of our church and the pastor and his wife represented our church. Rev. Nagy as a member of The Ex­amining and Qualifying Committee for ministers examined four young minis­ters in Perth Amboy. They were or­dained on November 6th. Rev. Nagy preached the Hungarian sermon at the ordination ceremonies. After the November 13th church ser­vice we had a Covered Dish Luncheon. Thanks to the ladies of our church for all the delicious food they brought. Spe­cial thanks to Mrs. John Fabian the pres­ident of the Ladies group, who organ­ized this successful event. December 24th Christmas Eve we will have English communion and worship service at 6:00 P.M. On Christmas Day, December 25th English-Hungarian communion church service will be held at 10:30 A.M. January 10th, 1984, we will have a consistory meeting. On January 29th, 1984, our Annual Congregational meeting will take place after the church service, where we will present the yearly reports to the con­gregation. CARTERET, NJ The 80th Anniversary of our Church was celebrated during our 49th Annual Dinner-Dance, on October 22, in the Bethlen Hall. This event was poorly at­tended. On Reformation Sunday, Octo­ber 30th we held an 80th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service in our church. At the combined English-Hungarian service our Pastor Emeritus, Dr. Andrew Harsa­­nyi preached an uplifting sermon, out­lining the achievements of our church in the past and present. A coffee-cake fellowship followed the church service. During the same week, on Oct. 24, our Pastor participated in the memorial service of the Rev. Alexander Daróczy in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He served our Carteret church for 22 years. The same week, on Thursday, Oct. 27, a memorial service was held in Manville, N. J. in memory of the Rev. Andrew Hamza who passed away suddenly. The General Asembly meeting was held on Nov. 5, where the withdrawal of the Akron, Ohio church was dis­cussed, but not accepted. Tibor Dömötör, pastor of same church was removed as a minister of our denomination for will­fully disobeying the By-Laws of our denomination, and for causing a schism in our church body by organizing his own denomination, of which he declared himself bishop. On Nov. 6th, the Eastern Area Elders Association met in Perth Amboy, where it was decided that the next meeting shall be held in May, 1984, in our church, where all presbyters of the east­ern seacost Hungarian churches will be invited, without denominational differ­entiation. The same afternoon in Perth Amboy an unprecedented event took place, when four young Pastors were ordained into the ministry of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America. Our Pastor took part in the service. On Nov. 11, we participated in the Hungarian Protestant Ball. Our church always patronizes this event, to make it possible to award scholarship to young Hungarian college students. The Christmas Bazaar was held on Nov. 26, 27, with great success. Mem­bers of the Lorantffy Women’s Guild prepare for this event from January on with beautiful handcrafted items. On Dec. 9, present and past members of our Boy Scout Troop #84 honored Bill “the Chief” Comba for the more than 50 years of dedicated service dur­ing a dinner in our Bethlen Hall, home of the scout troop. May God give him many more years of faithful service. The Lorantffy Women’s Guild treated its members to an outing to Hunterton, N. J., where we enjoyed an excellent dinner, and a comedy show “Barrel full of pennies.” The Guild had a very suc­cessful Flea Market and Rummage Sale, Hurka and Kolbász making. The Sunday School Christmas Ser­vice will be held on Dec. 18, on the 4th Sunday in Advent. The Advent can­dles in our church were lit by the mem­bers of the Confirmation class. Christmas Eve at 7:00 p.m. there will be a Musical Candlelight Service. Every­body is invited to this special celebra­tion. On Christmas Day the Lord’s Table will be set for holy communion. Please prepare for it and come. On January 1, 1984, New Yer’s Day there will be a combined service at 11:00 a.m., which will be followed by an open house in the Manse. BAPTISM: Jennifer Lee, daughter of Deborah (George) and Ronald Ruskow­­ski, on Nov. 20. WEDDINGS: April 10, Lisa Jeane Strasko and Gregory Blazewicz; April 24, Donna Rose Loffredo and Tibor Var­ga; June 11, Bette Jane Balka and Henry Lubas; July 17, Eileen Gloria Fulop and István Gergely; Sept. 25, Jeane Merrell and Alexander S. Csabi­­na. May God bless their marriages. FUNERALS: April 7, Klara Furjesz; June 11, Frank Pirigyi; June 23, Wil­liam Schurr, Sr.; Sept. 24, Julia Erdélyi. May they rest in peace. PERTH AMBOY, NJ In our report we would like to list our manifold activities, among them those uplifting events celebrated at our church. During the last two months under the sponsorship of the Fellowship Circle Slimnastic Classes were held with good participation. During the first week of November our activities centered on two special events. Nov. 5th, Saturday morning the Examination Committee of the Synod examined the new students desiring to enter the ministry, and in the afternoon Special Meeting of the General Assemb­ly was held. On both these events you will find individual reports in other parts of this issue. On Nov. 6th, Sunday after the regular Worship Services the meeting of the Eastern Area Elders Association was held in our chapel. The meeting dealt with the changes in their By-Laws prov­iding an opportunity to any churches regardless of their denominational be­longing to join this worthwhile fellow­ship. With joyful hearts members of the assembly welcomed the New Brunswick Elders into its fellowship. During the afternoon with a 4:00 p.m. start a Special Service of Ordination was held in our church. It was an un­­forgetable experience to those who at­tended. Report on this event is also found in this issue. Following the wor­ship service an invitation was extended to all to a Fellowship Dinner given in honor of the newly ordained pastors in our Church Center. We are very proud

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