Magyar Egyház, 1990 (69. évfolyam, 3-6. szám)
1990-05-01 / 3. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 15. oldal DUQUESNE, PA Summer schedule of worship services beginning June 10th, ending September 2nd: Combined Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Communion Sundays: Pentecost, June 3rd, Harvest- Home, August 5th. Our Youth Fellowship visited Bethlen Home on April 29th. We visited Susan Wargo, an honorary elder and member of our church, and spent a delightful afternoon in the Home. The Annual Women’s Spring Conference, held on the first Sunday of May, was observed in Springdale, ladies of the four HR churches of the Pittsburgh area participating. Anthony Beke, Chief Elder of our Synod visited us and we were glad to welcome him in our worship service on May 27th. the Pittsburgh Area Hungarian Reformed Churches (Duquesne, Homestead, McKeesport, Pittsburgh) are planning a summer picnic to be held at Scenic View, the William Penn Association’s camp and resort. Other activities: Mother’s Day & Father’s Day Dinner (on the respective dates) prepared by men of the congregation and the Women’s Club and ladies of the church. Memorial Service in our cemetery, planned for Memorial Sunday. Graduates’ reception & tea hosted by our Women’s Club on June 3rd after services. Women’s Club’s Srawberry Festival on June 10th, 12 noon-4 p.m. Vacation Bible School: August 6-10. PERTH AMBOY, NJ Our Easter celebration was truly blessed by the Lord. Our church was filled with joy over the Resurrected Christ, and all adult members of the congregation shared in the Sacrament of the Holy Communion. On the first Sunday of May, our ladies joined together with the women of our sister churches to participate in the Annual Church Women United Conference in Staten Island, New York. It was a great pleasure to share our bus ride with the women from Roebling and Carteret to Staten Island. Another joyful event of the spring and early summer was the visit of the brother of our Pastor Andrew Torok, who stayed with the pastor’s family for two months, and returned to his loved ones on May 11th. On May 13th we celebrated Mother’s Day. Again our church was filled with worshippers reminding ourselves of the precious gifts of mothers. Special celebration and message was delivered at our Combined Worship Service, when we also shared in the Sacrament of the Holy Communion. At the close of the worship our children from the different Sunday School classes made their flower presentation to the mothers. Following the service a warm invitation was extended to the members of the congregation to further honor mothers during a Fellowship Coffee hour sponsored by the church. On May 18th and 19th our Pastor together with the Bishop of our Synod Dr. Andrew Harsanyi participated at the Meeting of the Western Classis held at the Hungarian Reformed Church of McKeesport, PA. On May 27th our Pastor was conducting worship services at our sister church in Carteret, New Jersey, where in the absence of a full time Pastor, the Confirmation of their young people took place. On May 24th, Ascension Thursday, special worship was held in our congregation commemorating the Ascension of our Lord, and the Confirmation of the following young people took place: James Berecsky, Mia Fiore, John Hansen, Thomas Greene, and Stacey O’Connell. Following the service a fellowship of Christian love was offered by the members of the Church sponsored by the members of the Women’s Guild. On May 27th at 2:00 p.m. Memorial Service and Tombstone Dedication was held in our Calvary Cemetery'. The following Tombstones were dedicated erected in memory of Mr. Joseph Banyacski, Mr. Zoltán Orosz, Mrs. Helen Deak. May God bless the memory of our faithful members. On the First Sunday of June, the Birthday of the Christian Church Pentecost was commemorated, at which time Holy Communion was again observed by the members of the congregation. Our next events that we look forward to will be the celebration of Father’s Day and our Church Picnic with an open air Church Service in the church’s yard. Even at this place we extend a cordial invitation to all our members to share with us the joy of friendship. Vital Statistics: Baptisms: On April 22nd we accepted into the fellowship of the Church of Christ Carolyn Ann firstborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kim Latkovich. Funerals: Mr. Joseph Molnár at the age of 89 was hurried, who gave his life back to Almighty God on March 4th. Mr. Norman Rhodes died suddenly at the age of 67. His funeral was held on March 30th. On March 28th our sister Helen Balog Deak at the age of 80 have turned to the Lord. On April 16th at the age of 68 Mr. Andrew Glazer turned to the Lord. On April 17th at the age of 79 our sister Mrs. Jolán Torok Nagy gave her life to the Lord. On May 16th at the age of 90 our sister Mrs. Mary Karmazsin was hurried. May God bless the memory of our beloved brothers and sisters. Wedding: On May 26th Miss Lisa Krestner and Antal Helyes were united in Christian marriage. May God bless and keep the union between these two lovely people. YOUNGSTOWN, OH Doctor of Ministry Degree: Reverend Fuleki has successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis, entitled “A Renewal in the American Hungarian Reformed Church,” on Tuesday, April 24. Graduation date was set at May 19. The Church Council decided that it will be unable to hold funeral services in the church unless the family or the funeral home can provide eight (8) pall bearers. Previously our elders participated in the pall bearing services. Today, the few who do attend are physically unable to perform this pall bearing task. All the area funeral homes will be notified of our decision, and we hope that in time of need, this will be explained to the family. We thank the members of the Fellowship Circle for a successful and delicious dinner on the 22nd of April. $549.50 was raised with 105 attending and 4 take out dinners. Vacation Bible School is going to be held if we can have 3 teachers to volunteer to help. Please consider volunteering your time and services, so we may minister to our children.
