Magyar Egyház, 1997 (76. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1997 / 1. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 13. oldal FOR 130 YEARS IN THE INTEREST OF DISEASED CHILDREN. The Bethesda Children’s Hospital of the Reformed Church is located in Budapest. It operates with 197 beds, 8 000 bedfast and 90 000 outpatients as a yearly average, as Dr. Tamas Dizseri, general director put it. In the hospital a high-level healing activity is carried on. In 1997 they launch their home care service. Adjunct Dr. Andrea Bekesi’s team consisting of four specialists and nineteen nurses performs a heroic, devoted activity for the sake of children suffering of cancer. It is a speciality of the department that usually the mothers can stay with their children in the ward during the cure. The department resembles much rather a kindergarten than a hospital. This way they also wish to make it be forgotten that this department is the scene of daily tragedies. The secret of Bethesda’s good reputation is formulated by the general director as follows: “Well-trained staff, safe technical conditions, understanding spirit with a deep empathy, and in the background of all this: Christ-like commitment”. They maintain good relations with several hospitals and institutes in the Netherlands, Germany and the USA. Outstanding is the support of the Dutch Friesepoort Foundation that assures a wide-scale professional further training for 50 staff members of the hospital. Financial support can be transferred to the following bank account: Bethesda Children’s Hospital of the Reformed Church of Hungary, bank account No. 504-00026- 2100-4079, Hungarian Foreign Trade Bank, Ltd., Apáczai Csere Janos u. 7. H-1051 Budapest, “Bethesda Hospital Foundation”. Mailing address of the hospital: H-1146 Budapest, Bethesda u. 3. Phon/ Fax: 00-36-1-343-1186 or 00-36-1-343-1070 * * * THE HISTORIC MEMORIAL ORGAN OF THE DEBRECEN GREAT REFORMED CHURCH restored and on November 17 the renewed organ was inaugurated within the scope of a thanksgiving service. The organ of unprecedented value has three manuals, 58 registers and 4326 pipes. Karoly Sepsy, organist-minister reported on the construction of the organ. Besides the organistminister D. Hedvig Jakab and Dezső Karasszon organists served at the special organ concert The costs of the restoration was contributed to with considerable donations by the city of Debrecen as well as the Rhine and the Baden Evangelical Churches from Germany * * * REFORMED NEWS ON THE INTERNET. The basic information of the Consultative Synod of the Hungarian Reformed Churches, the preliminary introduction of the latest issue of Reformátusok Lapja, the contents of Vilaghirado (journal of the World Federation of Reformed Hungarians and the news of Reformpress (in English also) as well as the mailing list of the Reformed Church in Hungary has appeared on the Internet, for the time being in Hungarian only. The home page is maintained by the volunteer contribution of László Szundy, a Budapest engineer. The news can be accessed through: http://www.mretzs. isys.hu. — NEWS FROM OUR CONGREGATIONS — — EGYHÁZI HÍREK — BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA Pastor: Ronald R. Hari 635 High Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18017 Telephone: (610) 838-8203 Chief Elder: Robert F. Csizma Telephone: (610) 866-1156 Our Hungarian Ev. Reformed Church is indeed fortunate in that each Sunday, our congregation celebrates a rebirth of our church. It is exciting to see our regular members welcome our visitors and potential new members with courtesy, and true love as they enter our church and worship with us. We are especially happy when we see our very young children and grandchildren, who have very little knowledge of our Hungarian language feel comfortable as we worship in the English and Hungarian languages. We are especially proud of our two lovely young ladies who are in our confirmation class and feel that our Hungarian Reformed Church is one that wants them to be one with us. We welcome our regular worshippers and potential new members and hope that they will feel that we are one with them in providing an atmosphere of Christian love and friendship. We are indeed fortunate that all of our members and guests regularly take Communion and our children are blessed at the Lord’s Table. Throughout the years our members are very supportive of our church by regular donations, special donations, paying of church dues and supporting our bazaars, bake sales, dinners and our annual summer picnic. Their support is not only in
