Bethlen Almanac 1997 (Ligonier)
Kálvin Egyházkerület
We welcomed Lajos Gulácsy, Bishop of the Reformed Church in Carpatho-Ukrain. Several lecturers and artists from Hungary gave presentations at our church. We continued to sponsor several Transylvanian seminary students at the nearby Ashland Theological Seminary. Our income for 1996 was $182,334, of this 45% from individual contributions, 33% from our church organizations, 20% from social and cultural activities, and 2% from miscellaneous sources. Our expenses amounted to $180,065, of this 34% for the upkeep of the church property, 33% for payroll, 12% for church organizational expenses, 11% for social and cultural event expenses, and 10% for mission (within and outside of our church). During the year we conducted seven major dinners or dinnerdances, several congregational dinners, other events such as sausage making or card parties (Calvin Brotherhood and Women’s Guild), and a great deal of love and effort went into our weekly bingo games. We would need to enumerate about 100 names here if we wanted to give credit to the most diligent and faithful workers. God bless them all! We pray that God will continue to allow us to grow in His knowledge and in His service! Soli Deo Gloria! Rev. Szabolcs Soby Kalman, Pastor COLUMBUS, OH Pastor. Rev. István Nyeste Chief Elder: Gary Isaacs Hungarian Reformed Church Columbus, Ohio Church Officers: Chief Elder: Gary Isaacs; Vice President: Janet Végh; Treasurer: Irma Carnevale; Secretary: Margaret Leonardo. The congregation in Columbus is a wonderful group of Godly people. No, we are not saints, but the consistory meetings, youth or lay service preparatory discussions often prove that the people are deeply concerned of the present and future of not just our local church, but also our Hungarian Reformed Churches in general. There is a healthy sense of God-fearing in our congregation. Our hard-working people invest not only their labor, but their heart and soul into the well being of our church. The church is of extreme importance here, because we are aware of its being the body of Christ our Saviour on this earth. Even the church building enjoys a great deal of 91
