Bethlen Évkönyv, 1993-1996 (Ligonier)

Amerikai Magyar Református Egyház

Our Ladies Guild is the most productive organization of our Church. They organize Flea Markets, Picnics, Chinese Auction, Banquet, Ethnic Day, whenever they are needed their hands are on the deck decorating our buildings, raising funds, preparing delicious meals. Ladies, you are beautiful! The officers for 1995 were Mrs. Pearl Hatten, president, Mrs. Gloria Katko, vice president, Ms. Susan Prundl, treasurersecretary, Mrs. Helen Sheridan, chaplain. Mrs. Judith Sendelsky manages our Special Events Fund well. Our Men’s Club was surviving last year. There is a need to envision a more fruitful future. The members organized a Church Renovation Fund Drive, it was a success. It was their only serious project. Officers in 1995 were Joseph Timari Jr., president, Ernest Jenei, vice president, István Gergely, treasurer, Rev. Peter Toth, secretarychaplain.

We had only a few baptisms, no wedding, no confirmation, many funerals. And God have called some of our strong faithful into the Eternal Home. Our great losses were John Nemesh and Betty Matto, and eleven others who gave their noble souls back to their Creator.

Some years ago I called our Dear Spiritual Home Church a Sleeping Beauty, in the meantime we have become some years older, but many of our inactive members still think that the crew who carried the major part of our existence’s burden is the same as at the time when they deactivated themselves. The reality is that we need all hands on the deck. So I call on all who sleep: Wake Up Oh Sleeper, we need to see your spiritual beauties strengthening our Christian Mission. We have some good signs as well. More and more people stay at the end of the worship service for fellowship. People care about each other. Our church publications are numerous. Every second month we mail our news letter our, our Annual Report includes all our statistics. Our weekly bulletin is full of information, and I try to use it to further our Christian Education.

Our pulpit gives broad panorama of faith by having many guest ministers. Last year we had Rev. István Cahesz from Atlanta, GA, Rev. László Heder from Atlanta, GA, Rev. Ákos Miklós from Pittsburgh, PA, Rev. Zoltán Tarr from Princeton,

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