Fraternity-Testvériség, 1991 (69. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1991-07-01 / 3-4. szám
Page 6 TESTVÉRISÉG Ligonieri Napok • 1991 • Ligonier Days Bethlen Otthon "A magyar reformátusság életének nemcsak szíve, hanem egységének szimbóluma." Front Row (left to right) Miss Priscilla Hunyady, Trustee Mrs. Pamela Lovász, Secretary Mr. Paul J. Szaniszlo, President Mrs. Janet Vegh, Vice President Central District Back Row (left to right) Mr. Anthony Beke, Trustee Mr. Andrew Lovász, Treasurer Mr. George J. Kasza, Vice President Western District Mr. John Nagy, Vice President Eastern District (not pictured) Mrs. Zoltán Szucs (Barbara), Vice President Lakeside District On September 1 & 2, the 45th annual meeting of the American-Hungarian Reformed Presbyters' Association was held in Ligonier, Pa. at the Bethlen Home conference room. The churches represented were from the following denominations: The Hungarian Reformed Church of America, The Reformed Church of America, The Presbyterian Church, The Reformed Synod of the United Church of Christ, and The United Church of Canada. At the close of the Sunday afternoon session, 86 delegates were present, and by Monday noon 93 were registered. For those who arrived on Saturday or early Sunday morning, a church worship was held at the Chapel of Mt. Moriah. Dr. John Bütösi gave the sermon in Hungarian and Rev. Paul Kovács preached in English. About 1:00 p.m. lunch was served to all delegates in the picnic area of the Bethlen Home. The meeting began on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. with a brief devotion led by Paul J. Szaniszlo, the President. After roll call, reports were heard from the Secretary, Mrs. Pamela Lovász, and the Treasurer, Mr. Andrew C. Lovász. The President, Paul J. Szaniszlo, gave his report which included a summary of the Presbyters' meeting at the II World Conference of Hungarian Reformed Churches in June, as submitted to him by Dr. Zsigmund Ritook of Budapest, President of the Magyar Presbyters. Mr. Szaniszlo also reported of his (Ravasz László) American Hungarian Reformed Presbyters' Association 1991 - 1992 Officers trip to Hungary and his attendance at the opening and closing ceremonies of the II World Conference of Hungarian Reformed Churches. The delegation also heard reports from the Vice Presidents. Representatives from other churches gave reports of their church activities. The assembly also heard from churches that were not in attendance in previous years. All reports were very interesting and were well presented. The main speaker for the afternoon was the Rt. Rev. John Bütösi. His topic was "Lay Ministry". Miss Priscilla Hunyady and Mr. Eric Beke gave reports on this year's youth camp. Rev. Paul Kovács gave a report on the Bethlen Home. He also stated that the construction of the Archives Building will get underway soon. The meeting re-convened at 8:30 Monday morning with a short devotion. The first item on the agenda for the morning was a report by Mr. Edmond Vig on the II World Conference of Hungarian Reformed Churches held in Budapest and Debrecen. The report was very interesting. Dr. Bütösi gave a brief informative talk on the Hungarian Reformed World Federation. All churches are urged to join the Federation. We were honored with a special guest, Bishop Lorant Hegedűs, Bishop of the Reformed Church of Hungary. He spoke to us in Hungarian about the
