Calvin Synod Herald, 1998 (98. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)

1998-11-01 / 6. szám

CALVIN SYNOD HERALD- 3 -AMERIKAI MAGYAR REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA

The Season of Gratitude attitude

This is the time of year when our thoughts turn to giving thanks for the

many benefits received during year... a thanksgiving tradition established by the Pilgrim forefathers, and faithfully followed by Americans for almost 377 years.

On this forthcoming Thanksgiving Day of 1998, the world events, if they continue to proceed in the direction in which they have been going, give great reason for thanksgiving.

Who would have imagined just a few years ago, of the events in our own native Hungary, East Berlin, Poland, Slovakia and other nations, which are being reborn after years of oppression.

And now, Christmas 1998 is upon us!

Peace on earth and good will to men ought to invade our minds and hearts at this Christmas!

In spite of all the sudden historic changes while celebrating "Holy Night, Silent Night", are we not still surrounded with the deadliest weapons of all ages?

Are we on the side of Peace and Love, or are we adding to the hatreds, quarrels, and bitterness on this earth? Sometime, when you are feeling low and depressed about everything

CALVIN 5YNOD The Spirit of the Past:

A Vision for Tomorrow

WOODBRIDGE CELEBRATES 95th ANNIVERSARY

Celebrating its organization in 1903, the Hungarian Reformed Church in Woodbridge, NJ lifted its voice in a Service of Divine Worship on Reformation Sunday afternoon. The Rt. Rev. Louis Medgyesi challenged the congregation in his discourse to serve Christ

for the continued building of the church of Jesus Christ.

A Rite of Commemoration uplifted in Words of Rememberance the very significant contributions made by pastors and members throughout the ninetyfive years of the church's life.

The pioneer work of the Charter Members, fostered by the founding ministers Rev. Gabor Dokus and Rev. Zoltán Kuthy, and carried on by the generations that followed was underlined by the Rev. Albert W. Kovács, pastor, the current minister who was confimred in Woodbridge by the Rev.

General Synod 22 of the Ü.C.C.

Time: July 1-6, 1999 Place: Providence, Rl

Although by the Constitution of the United Church of Christ the governing authority is exclusively invested in the CONFERENCES of the U.C.C. (in our case in our Calvin Synod) the highest

representative Body of the National Church is the General Synod.

General Synod is formed by the elected representatives of Conferences apportionately sent in by the governing Conferences (in the former Evangelical Reformed Church they were called Synods.) Synod name was only maintained by General Synod and

around you, suddenly a little flash of Hope springs up and you find yourself saying "Isn't it wonderful? God is alive! Peace and Love will win!"

L. Egry.

While most of the service was in English, the founders' native Magyar hymnody was observed in the singing of "Te Benned Biztunk11, the reading of the holy scripture in Hungarian and an eloquent Hungarian prayer led by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Francis Vitéz, Bishop Emeritus of Calvin Synod.

Following the worship, a dinner was held in the Holiday Inn at Carteret, with 110 in attendance.

The Hungarian Reformed Church of Carteret was organized at the same time, with the two churches sharing pastoral services until the thirties, with all rites and sacraments for both entered in the same Church Journal. Their 95th year was also observed with a banquet in their social hall the night before. Their pastor is the Rev. Peter L. Toth. While each goes its own way, and is affiliated with different denominations, the pastors and churches share a warm cooperative relationship.

Calvin Synod, conference of the U.C.C.

Calvin Synod representatives at the present are Rev. Zoltán S. Sutto and Mr. Frank Dudás elected by our Synod and Rt. Rev. Louis Medgyesi ex-officio as bishop.