Calvin Synod Herald, 1972 (72. évfolyam, 8-12. szám)

1972-12-01 / 12. szám

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CALVIN SYNOD HERALD

world. Like Bartók they found the Key that opened the door to mankind. A never-ending list of celebrities in every field of human endeavor, from every national background and tradition intermingled with the Club’s own Magyar culture. This interaction became the corner-stone and life of the Magyar Club. This I believe, is the embodiment of the American ideal and dream. It cherishes the distinctive characteristics of each ethnic culture and at the same time admires, respects and appreciates the cultural traditions of every national group.

This multi-cultural approach will not be a melting pot in which all the ingredients lose their basic form and flavor. Rather, it will be a Rainbow, with all the national colors readily discernable, yet all are embodied in the Rainbow so as to become one and indivisible.

What else can I say? The Hungarian Magyar Club, on this Golden Anniversary, is a proud and rich color in the American Rainbow.

We remember gratefully on this night, the founding fathers for their foresight, understanding and devotion to this organization.

Also, we pause to remember the many members now gone to their reward who lived and laughed and enjoyed life with us.

We are especially thankful for those who have given this Club leadership over the past fifty years. Their devotion, loyalty, dedication, sacrifice is a shining chapter in our history.

May the blessings of God Almighty continue on this Magyar Club and may generations to come remember and continue the grand tradition begun here fifty years ago.

Best wishes for your continued growth and prosperity.

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FOR MEN ONLY — One of the problems of the church may be seen in the following stanza:

“Take my WIFE and let her be, Consecrated, Lord to Thee:

Help her now Thy will to see,

But, Dear Lord, don’t count on me.”

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A sermon can help people in different ways. Some rise from it greatly strengthened while others wake up refreshed.

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Mother: “Tiny babies can’t talk!”

Johnny: “Oh, yes they can. Our Sunday School teacher said that Jacob cursed the day he was bom.”

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Don’t read the Bible if you don’t want to become a better person.

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Keep the spotlight on yourself and you’ll never see the stars.

Black UCC Clergyman Organizes New Denomination

The Reverend Albert B. Cleage Jr., minister of the Shrine of the Black Madonna United Church of Christ in Detroit, has transformed his Black Christian Nationalist movement into what may become a new denomination, the Black Christian Nationalist Church Inc.

Mr. Cleage, national chairman of the new church, has written an ordination service and has ordained eight clergymen, who have been given the Swahili title of “mwalimu” which means “teacher.” He is noted for his claim that “Jesus was a black revolutionary.” (The United Church Herald did a a cover story, February 1968.)

Cleage has himself taken the Swahili name Jaramogi Adebe Agyeman. The English interpretation is “liberator, blessed man, savior of nation.”

The Black Christian Nationalist Church is buying three buildings to be used as houses of worship; the Detroit zoning board has approved the use of one, a former warehouse, for a five-year period.

In a formal statement, “Understand but not condone,” the Reverend James H. Hargett, secretary for Black Ministries of the UCC Council for Church and Ministry, said:

“Only if one has read Albert B. Cleage’s book, The Black Messiah, is it possible to understand why he had to conclude that if form follows function his practical theological position necessitated a new form for fulfillment. The founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Reverend Richard A. Allen, at an earlier point in American history came to the same conclusion after exhausting every avenue in an effort to fit with dignity into a predominately white structure. The moment of his ‘Here I stand, I can do no other’ is clebrated in the black community as a high mark of self determination.

“I hope Jaramogi Adebe Agyeman of the Black Christian Nationalist Church Inc. will retain his standing in the United Church of Christ. He has contributed brilliantly to the UCC Black Caucus’ demands for increased opportunity for black members within the United Church of Christ, and has helped make the church more sensitive to and aware of its need to respond to the agenda of black people.

“Through dual standing he could also retain his participation in the pension fund and health insurance program of the United Church of Christ. The least we can do is express our appreciation of his past leadership and understanding of his need to create a new wineskin for his ministry by allowing him to do what 90 percent of the black ministers cannot do — retire someday with dignity, after having struggled against the indignities of racism.”

— Rhocla J. Rhodes

A.D./Nov. 1972/Page 52