Bethlen Naptár, 1989 (Ligonier)
Kálvin Egyházkerület
Holy elements have been distributed to 1119 people throughout the year. The pastor has taken the elements to houses 56 times. Average attendance at Bible Study, Wednesday evenings: 20 people. The choir has 15 members. We started Sunday Evening Services, as of August 1. This new frame of worship introduced special musical arrangements, new liturgical format and a time for meditation. We revised our By-Laws, reduced the membership of our Consistory, evaluated the performance of Church employees and formed Church staff: Pamela Kubida, Secretary (312) 468-2920 Steve Toth, Organist (312) 849-4496 Irene Toth, Sunday School Supt. (312) 849-4496 Grace Rozgonyi, Treasurer (312) 868-6776 J anet Bell, Controller (312)534-6871 WHITING, IN Pastor: Koloman K. Ludwig The history of the Hungarian Reformed Church of Whiting Indiana begins with the establishment of the Hungarian Reformed Church of South Chicago in 1898, founded by the earliest Hungarian Reformed people in the area. As more Hungarian Reformed people came to Northwest Indiana, the East Chicago — Hammond — Whiting area, the East Chicago Indiana church was established in 1907, and what was later to be the Whiting congregation moved their membership to this East Chicago church. By 1918 the Whiting congregation had formed itself as a community of worshipers, and on the 19th of March, 1919, the congregation was officially established, and purchased the German Lutheran Church building in Whiting for $4,000.00. Dedicated to the worship of the Lord on the 10th of August, 1919, this building remains the house of worship till this day. While the Hungarian Reformed Church of Whiting was in the main comprised of Hungarian nationals who immigrated to the United States, it was not exclusively Hungarians who made up the congregation. From early on a portion of the congregation was Slovak, both in culture and language, as is the heritage of most of the population of Whiting. These brethren had an opportunity to worship in their own language at a local church, and did indeed take advantage of the opportunity, but soon felt that their calling to the Reformed understanding of service to Jesus Christ was more important than language, and that the brotherhood of the Reformed culture was more compelling than 179
