Calvin Synod Herald, 1985 (85. évfolyam, 1-5. szám)

1985-04-01 / 2. szám

CALVIN SYNOD HERALD

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REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA

CALVIN SYNOD NEWS

The Forty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Calvin Synod Conference of the United Church of Christ will be held on May 6—9, 1985 at the Lord Ligonier Inn, Ligonier, Pennsylvania.

PROPOSED AGENDA

May 6, Monday, Lord Ligonier Inn 2:00 P.M. Welcoming Address: Frank Dudás 2:20 Call to order. Roll Call. Quorum. Agenda.

Standing Rules. Committee appointments.

Electing the Nominating Committee.

3:00 Bishop’s Report

3:45 General Secretary’s Report

4:00 Treasurer’s Report

4:15 Reformátusok Lapja Editor’s Report

CALVIN SYNOD HERALD

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4:25 Presentation of Deans’ Reports 5:00 Recess. Dinner.

7:00—9:30 Service of Worship and Holy Communion in Bethlen Home Chapel. (Ferenc Vitéz: preaching, John Butosi: communion.) May 7, Tuesday, Bethlen Home Conf. Room 9:00 A.M. Morning devotion: Eugene Z. Szabó 9:30 Synod Constitution and Bylaws, with coffee break at 10:30

11:30 Reports of S. Butosi, J. Poznan 12:00 Official Synod Photograph 12:15 Visit of Bethlen Home 12:30 Lunch in Bethlen Home, Greetings. Afternoon: Lord Ligonier Inn 2:00 Synod Bylaws (continued)

4:00 Coffee break

4:30 “Church Growth Covenant” — Maggie Beretz, Evangelism Secretary, UCBHM 5:00 “Our Mission in So. America” — slide presentation

5:30 Recess for ‘Tree” evening provided Bylaws are completed.

May 8, Wednesday, Lord Ligonier Inn 9:00 A.M. Morning devotion: Joseph Posta 9:30 Committee on Church and Ministry 9:50 Committee on Travel Expenses 10:00 Committee on Youth Work 10:20 Coffee Break

10:30 Committee on Bishop and Council Reports, Minutes of Annual Meeting 11:15 Committee on Recommendations 12:15 Recess. Lunch as you wish Afternoon: Lord Ligonier Inn 2:00 Classis Bylaws revision 4:00 Coffee break 4:15 Nominating Committee 4:30 Committee on Recommendations 5:15 Committee on Church Papers 5:30 Recess

7:00 Annual Synod Banquet at the Inn

(Roast beef, Stuffed chicken, wine for $12.) On the program: Harangi Testimonial, Eva Petrőczi poems.

9:45 Recess

May 9, Thursday

9:00 A.M. Morning Devotion: Dániel Szabó 9:30 Committee on Recommendations 10:00 Committee on Budget and Finance 10:30 Unfinished Business 11:30 Nominating Committee reports.

Election and Installation of new officers.

12:00 Adjournment. Reimbursement of travel expenses. Lunch (NOT in Lord Ligonier Inn.)

WHAT TO DO

in preparation of our Annual Synod Meeting?

□ ELECT regular and alternate delegates at your consistory meeting and report their names to the Bishop’s Office.

D PAY the first quarter of your Synod Assessment to Synod Treasurer, Zoltán Király (who already mailed you the figures). Churches which fail to do so BEFORE Synod Meeting cannot claim travel reimbursement for their delegates.

□ RESERVE room at Lord Ligonier Inn at your earliest convenience, using the form mailed to churches and ministers. Our group rate is still $32 for single and $35 for double

occupancy. (Lord Ligonier Inn, Loyalhanna St., Ligonier, PA 15658, Phone: 412-238-9545.)

□ EXPECT and study advance material. Amendment to the Constitution has already been mailed on March 6. This is the second mailing. By April 15 delegates received the third and final mailing. (The deans are requested to submit 100 copies of their reports to the Bishop’s Office. The amendments to the Synod and Classis Bylaws were distributed at the 1984 Annual Meeting. Please, find them, study them, and bring along with you to Ligonier... (It is not required to send them out in advance! See Bylaws, Art. XII)

□ COME in car pool, if possible Try to arrive Sunday evening as some committees will meet Monday morning already (e.g. Committee on Church and Ministry at 9 A.M.). But come: it is too expensive to stay home! Come prayerfully that the Lord may graciously bless us at this crucial gathering.

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URGENT CALL: The Hungarian Reformed Church Uniting, at its recent Temporary Administrative Council Meeting, heard reports on the worsening situation of the Reformed Church in Transylvania, and accepted two projects to help them. The two projects cost over $7,000. Because time is the essence, our congregations are urged to make extra efforts to meet this need. Send your money to the respective treasurer as soon as possible.

VACANCIES: In addition to Dayton, New York, Springdale, now Buffalo, NY also became vacant on March 1, 1985 with the resignation of Rev. Marton Kerekes. Interested persons should call the Bishop’s Office. (Phoenixville, Winnepeg, Port Colborn, San Francisco are also looking for pastors. Argentina is also our task!)

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PERSONAL NOTES: Rev. Joseph Kecskemethy underwent another open heart surgery; he is doing fine!... Rev. A. Elek has been operated for internal bleeding; his father passed away in February (Hungary), while his (their) daughter, Laure Ann married Ernest K. Abe on March 31, 1985... At the memorial service of the Rev. L. Hunyady on Feb. 17, 1985, Bishop Butosi expressed the condolances of our Synod... The Rev. Dr. E. M. Fabian, pastor of our now fully consolidated “New Covenant U.C.C. of McKeesport” moved to her new home: 3211 Stewart Ave., McKeesport, PA 15132 (phone remains the same: 412—678-3427)... András Czecze, seminary student at New Brunswick received $1000 from our Cleveland West Side Church and $500 from the New Brunswick Magyar Reformed Church, while Peter P. Bodor, seminary student at Ashland, OH received a loan of $1000 from the Cleveland 1st Church and another $1000 from the Synod’s Morgantown Fund; both of them are under the care of our Synod, graduating in May...

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JUST BRIEFLY: The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America increased its subsidy to the Youth Camp from $1000 to $1500. The camp on Aug. 11 — 17 will have as its theme: “Spiritual Fitness”... The Bethlen Naptár will be available in April... Rev. Sándor Kovács is the new dean of our Central Classis...