Bethlen Naptár, 1985 (Ligonier)
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1985 147 gregations; but we believe “smallness” is not a deterrent to those who consider themselves servants of the Lord, for as His servants, we take on a great task. Our small numbers do not keep us from our mission in the community, they do not keep us from giving generously to our own members stricken by serious long-term illness and unemployment, and our smallness does not stand in our way when other needs show themselves. Only small thinking congregations find themselves unable to fulfill their mission. It is incumbent on our congregations to recognize that in spite of their size, their mission is honorable and achieveable, and only their attitude makes them too small to he a great congregation. We as a fellowship of congregations of the Reformed Faith can only achieve as much as we think we can, we can serve only to the extent we dare to serve God; let our smallness of size not dictate smallness of faith, but let us allow the Spirit of Christ to determine our present and future work. INDIANA HARBOR, INDIANA Lelkipásztor Ludwig K. Kálmán Margaret Augustine, Chief Elder; George Turoci, Assistant Chief Elder; Lester Turoci, Assistant Chief Elder; Margaret Barath, Secretary; Elizabeth Turoci, Treasurer; Margaret Augustine, Ladies Aid President; Mary Augustine, Martha Guild President; Margaret Augustine, organist. The Indiana Harbor congregation is much like many other ethnic congregations in the Calvin Synod and in the United Church of Christ; we have already passed our fiftieth year, the neighborhood in which we were established has drastically changed in the past two decades, and many of our members have moved away from the neighborhood the church is located in. But unlike many other churches, the membership of the Indiana Harbor congregation is stable and involved. Attendance at Sunday worship averages over fifty percent; our Consistory attendance is over eighty percent of the members; the Martha Guild and Ladies Aid attendance is over ninety percent at the monthly meetings. It has been said that a “crowd” becomes a “group” through repeated shared experiences. The Indiana Harbor congregation long ago took one step beyond that and became a family, with a dedication and commitment to Christ and His mission in that small part of the world He entrusted to them. The Ladies Aid and the Martha Guild both have non-reformed members, adopted members of this family of Christ. Some from long ago, some who have been drawn to our circle of friendship in recent years. But as active organizations, both share the mission of the Church of Jesus Christ on a regular basis, and support the formal work of the local congregation with regular gifts. In addition, several times a year, fundraisers are held in which many non-reformed friends of the congregation participate because of the love and acceptance they feel in our circle. Unfortunately, this past year we lost two longtime members; John Csömör and John Galambos, who were good friends of our people, were
