Magyar Egyház, 1989 (63. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)
1989-09-01 / 5. szám
10. oldal MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 6. Recommended that all congregations include a threeyear pledge to the Bethlen Archives and Museum, as part of their yearly budget. 7. Recommended that Church Council Members make greater effort to attend the Annual Presbyter’s Conference, in Ligonier, PA. 8. Recommended that the Bishop’s Annual Conference on Church Unification include a progress report at each Presbyter’s Conference. 9. Recommended that, not only the corrected names and addresses of the Clergy and the Chief-Elder of each Congregation be included in the Bethlen Almanach (Naptár), but also the names and addresses of the Churches. This information should be furnished to the Editor of the Almanac by the Clergy. 10. Recommended that there be a closer communication between Pastors and Church Council members. 11. Recommended that the Lay Preacher Program be actively pursued and encouraged for Youth participation and Church Family Members. 12. Recommended that the Hungarian Reformed Church in America and Calvin Synod United Church of Christ be in favor of a Bethlen Nursing Home Satellite in the Eastern and Western Areas. 13. Recommended that our Churches contribute at least $100 toward the mission work in South America. 14. Recommended that the Churches submit their imput to the Bethlen Almanac (Naptár) in a timely manner (no later than October 31st) so that publication may occur in January. 15. Recommended to the pastors that Communion Cups (small disposable ones) be used at the Holy Communion Service at the Presbyter’s Worship Service at hte iChapel of Moriah, which is held on Monday at the close of the Conference. 16. Recommended that name badges be provided for all the Conference delegates, clergy and visitors. 17. Recommended that Pastors contribute articles concerning Church affairs in both languages to their respective publications. 18. Recommended that responses should be made to all communications requiring an answer or any other action. 19. Recommended to express appreciation to Bishop Elemer Kocsis, Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Church in Hungary, for his visit at the American Hungarian Presbyter’s Association meeting and for bringing greetings of the Reformed Church in Hungary to the Elder’s Conference. We in turn send greeting to our Brethren in Hungary and offer our cooperation as we search the opportunities of serving with the church of Jesus Christ in the home of our origin. 20. We also extend our warmest greeting to Rev. Attila Komlos, Editor-in-Chief of the Reformátusok Lapja, which we consider an effective way of communication between the people of the Reformed faith in Hungary and the descendents of the same faith in the United States. 21. Recommended that the Hungarian-American community in the United States endorsed through the official Church channels encourage the re-opening of the Ancient College of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Sárospatak. Therefore we recommend to our individual Churches and their Consistories to endorse this effort and solicit individual donations and make a worthy contribution to the Sárospatak Foundation, which will be administered by the participating Church bodies. All recommendations were unanimously accepted by the meeting. The 43rd Annual Meeting of the American Hungarian Reformed Presbyter’s Association was closed at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, September 4th. Benediction was offered by Rev. Dr. Zoltán Szucs, Bishop of the Calvin Synod United Church of Christ. God, be with you, will we meet again. HUNGARY: ECUMENICAL EFFORT IN CAMPS FOR GDR REFUGEES The Ecumenical Council of Churches in Hungary organized worship in camps where thousands of people from the GDR (East Germany) had assembled before they were allowed to cross legally into Austria. At the first such service, two children were baptized. Four Hungarian pastors — Lutheran, Reformed and Methodist — visited the camps regularly to offer pastoral care and spiritual support. Many people in the camps have had little or no contact with the church in the GDR, where about half the people are at least nominally Christian, most in United or Lutheran Landeskirchen (regional churches). [EPS] GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE WCC JOINS REFUGEES FROM TRANSYLVANIA FOR WORSHIP The faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches held it meeting August 9-21 in Budapest. During his stay in Budapest, Emilio Castro, General Secretary of the WCC accepted an invitation to join about 200 ethnic Hungarian refugees from Transylvania at a weekly worship service in the Reformed Church center for work with the refugees. [EPS]
