Calvin Synod Herald, 1990 (90. évfolyam, 2-6. szám)
1990-11-01 / 6. szám
CALVIN SYNOD HERALD — 2 — REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA PAST EVENTS AND NEWS NUGGETS The Ligonier Days: September 2, 3, 4 — Church Workers Conference and Ministerial meeting for Hungarian pastors in Ligonier, PA was held. These traditional Ligonier Meetings are always held on days following Labor- Sunday. The high-light this year was the presence and the lecture of Rev. Ferenc Nagy, president of the Ministerial Association of Hungary. Main topic: the II. World Convention of Hungarian Reformed Churches in Hungary in June 21- 24, 1991. * The Annual District Conference of Presbyters and Church-Workers of the Lakeside Section was held in the First Hungarian Reformed Church at Cleveland (Ohio) on September 30, Sunday, at 2 p.m. President: Ernest Maxim, chiefelder of West-side Hungarian Reformed Church of Cleveland was presiding. Topic for the conference was a concern to us all, Church Growth and Evangelism. The theme for this year was: “Are we lights in a closet, or beacons on a hill?”, with Deut. 4:10b as our scripture for the day. The Conference was held 12 days before October 12, the actual date of the very first Hungarian Reformed Church Service in Cleveland on Oct. 12, 1890 by the first minister in U.S.A. in the person of Rev. G. Jurányi. Emphasis was on the Centennary of that historic event! Oct. 12, 1890 was the Magyar Pentecost in America. Cleveland became the Jerusalem for Hungarians in America. Lecture on topic was deleivered by Rev. Áron Elek. CALVINUCDAI n synod ritryALL/ Reformátusok Lapja OfftaU O^m 04 TS. CUvm IfHj-lkM CM W CkrU hwfcl In I too Editor in Chief: ZOLTÁN D. SZÜCS, Bishop Editor and Publisher: DR. STEPHEN SZABÓ 415 Steven Blvd., Richmond Hts., Ohio 44143 Telephone: (216) 481-3648 Published bi-monthly Individual Subscription $6.00 yearly Group Subscription $4.00 yearly Postmaster send 3579 Form for change of address to 415 Steven Blvd., Richmond Hts., Ohio 44143 Second Class postage paid at Cleveland, Ohio Printed by: Classic Printing Corp. 9527 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44102 Election at Bridgeport, CT The Rev. Dr. Sándor Füleki was elected by majority vote to be pastor of our Bridgeport church. He will succeed The Right Rev. Dr. John Bütösi in that important congregation. He is transfering his ministerial status to our Synod from the Hungarian Reformed Church in America, his previous pastorate being in their Youngstown, OH congregation. * The Lakeside Classis held its Fall meeting on October 8,1990, at the Hungarian Reformed Church in Columbus, Ohio. Delegates were treated to a sumptuous dinner of spicy beef stew (pörkölt) and dessert (strudle). May God bless and preserve such traditional hospitality. The host pastor, Rev. Stephen Nyeste, opened the meeting with devotions based upon the role of women within the church and family. The business meeting was concentrated mainly on the financial status of the Calvin Synod. Discussions focused on how to best improve the situation. Recomendation to that effect will be presented at the next annual Synod meeting. The Lakeside Classis will resubmit its proposed By- Laws change recomendations, since presently there is no standing Synod Committee on By-Laws. (See 1990 Minutes, pp. 66+67) New officers were also elected to the Lakeside Classis. These are: Rev. Louis Medgyesi — Dean, Rev. Raymond Kaiser — Secretary/Treasurer, and Mr. Edward Bihary — Classis Presbyter. The Spring meeting of the Lakeside Classis will be held in early March of 1991, in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Date to be announced. Unfortunately till this day no news of the Fall Meetings of the other three Classees of our Synod were received. (Eastern, Western & Central) More unfortunately Central Classis till today has not acted on election of Classis officers. * Rev. Frank Juhasz Shepherd, was celebrated on the 35th Anniversary of his ordination by the First Hungarian Lutheran Church. The Galla-Banquet was attended by great many of his friends in Kossuth Hall on Reformation Sunday, October 28. * The Replica of Kossuth’s Bust was dedicated in the Hungarian Freedom Fight memorial garden of the Lorantffy Center by the Akron Hungarian Reformed Church on November 4. The original master piece of Csaba Kur was placed into the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington on March 15 with nationwide cellebration. Dr. Miklós Palos, freely elected parliament member of democratic Hungary and State-Secretary to the Prime Minister, was in Cleveland on November 7 as guest of the Bocskai István Hungarian Cultural Society. He spoke on Hungary’s present status in the Calvin Hall of the West Side Hungarian Reformed Church on Puritas Road. The thirtieth Anniversary Meeting of the Magyar Kongresszus was held on November 22-25 in the Sheraton Cleveland City Center Hotel. The three day long Celebration was the most festive occasion of the year for the World’s Magyars. Dr. István Tóth, Magyar Club president, gave a fine presentation on his recent visit to Hungary; Harasztyné Kapossy Kati was in charge of the Literary Evening on Friday; our Editor was in charge of the Protestant Divine Worship Service on Sunday morning. * Eightieth Anniversary of the Fairport Harbor (OH) Church was held on November 4. The church was organized in 1910 with 67 charter members under the leadership of the Magyar Egyházmegye. Solemn Anniversary Service highlighted the Day. Bishop Zoltán Szűcs preached the Hungarian Sermon and Rev. Áron Elek preached the English Sermon as one of the formerpastors. Rev. Lajos Medgyesi led the neighboring ministers into the Sanctuary. After the divine service a warm reception was given with plenty of Hungarian food by the ladies of the congregation. The historic former Fairport, Ashtabula, Conneaut church had 17 pastors in 80 years. Out of them 4 are still living. The present pastor started his ministry in Fairport in 1984. He is also dean of the Lakeside Classis and treasurer of Calvin Synod. * Pastoral Election was held in the Cleveland West Side Church on Nov. 11. Rev. Szabolcs Kálmán, the pastor of the Reseda (Los Angeles) California church was elected to succeed Rev. Áron Elek. Dean Lajos Medgyesi was presiding at the election. In solemn assembly 183 votes were cast. The election was carried by commending majority. Reverends László & Éva Lukácsi are interim ministers until the newly elected pastor will move into Cleveland to assume his pastorate in the church, where our Synod was organized in 1939 and where the first Service was held on October 12, 1890.
