Calvin Synod Herald, 2006 (107. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2006-05-01 / 5-6. szám
2 CALVIN SYNOD HERALD CALVIN UIIDAI n synod MtnnLU Official Organ of The Calvin Synod - United Church of Christ hounded in i 900 AMERIKAI MAGYAR REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA Volume 107 May-June 2006 No. 5-6 Official Organ of the Calvin Synod United Church of Christ - Founded in 1900 CALVIN SYNOD HERALD (ISSN 0161-6900) is published bi-monthly for $10.00/year for individual subscriptions; $8.00/year for groups; $6.00/year for 50 or more copies. Please make checks payable to the Calvin Synod Herald Editor in Chief: Rt. Rev. Koloman K. Ludwig, Bishop Co-Editor: Rev. Dr. Edwin P. Elliott 9400 Fairview Avenue • Manassas, VA 20110 Tel.: 703-335-2844 Co-Editor: Rt. Rev. Joseph Vásárhelyi 220 Fourth St., • Passaic, NJ 07055 Tel.: 973-778-1019 • Fax: 973-778-1026 e-mail: vasarhel@optonline.net Newletters prepared by: Cathy Paksi 419-942-1763 • e-mail: cp72@bright.net Newletters printed by: Gazette Printers 724-349-3434 Periodicals postage paid at Butler, PA POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: CALVIN SYNOD HERALD 264 Old Plank Rd„ Butler, PA 16002-3810 Manuscripts and photographs are not preserved or returned. Send all correspondence to the Editor. The views and opinions of the writers are their own and do not necessarily represent the position of the magazine or Calvin Synod. CALVIN SYNOD HEADQUARTERS: Rt. Rev. Koloman K. Ludwig, Bishop 7319 Tapper Avenue Hammond, IN 46324 Telephone: 219-931-4321 e-mail: KKLudwig@aol.com ________CONGREGATIONAL NEWS________ Calvin Synod Annual Meeting The Annual meeting of the Calvin Synod will be held May 16-19, 2006 in Somerset, Pennsylvania UCC Bridgeport. CT • May 7 - Annual Crop Walk • May 14 - Mother’s Day Breakfast begins at 8:30 AM. • May 21 - Ziti Lunch and Mini Auction at Noon. * June 4 - Pentecost with Holy Communion. • June 11 - Children’s Day Service at 9:30 AM. • June 18 - Father’s Day Service at 9:30 AM. FHRC-LA Hawthorne. CA • Our congregation is interested in forming a bell choir and we are wondering if another church in our Synod has used choir bells for sale. If so, please contact the First Hungarian Reformed church of Los Angeles at 310-355-1475. • May 7 - Mother’s Day Program and Congregational Lunch. • May 21 - Spring Bazaar! • June 4 - Pentecost Worship Service, Confirmation, Congregational Lunch and Presbyters’ Meeting. • June 11 - Last day of Sunday School (tentative date). Congregational Lunch and Presbyter’s Meeting 1PM. WSHRC - Cleveland. Ohio • May 14 - Mother’s Day Bilingual Worship Service at 11 AM followed by a freewill donation festive congregational luncheon. Registration required by Thursday, May 11. • May 20 — Interactive Hungarian Wedding sponsored by the Lydia Ladies Guild and John Calvin Brotherhood with great food (Hungarian chicken soup with csiga, lamb stew, stuffed chicken etc.) and live music, provided by the Hungarians from Akron. Donation: $28, if you come in traditional costumes you get $4 worth of tickets. Tickets are available in the office in person or call 216-476-3736. • May 21 - Confirmation: the Candidates are Nicole Körössy, Alexandra Petrulis, Zsófia Szélpál, and Bence Tóth. May God bless them all abundantly! • June 18 - Father’s Day Bilingual Worship Service at 11AM followed by a freewill donation festive congregational luncheon. Registration required by Thursday, June 15. HRC Fairoort Harbor. OH • May 14 - Combined Service at 10:30AM. Our traditional Mother’s Day dinner will be prepared by the men of the church. • May 28 - Confirmation Sunday. Five church youth will make public confession of their faith and will be admitted to the Lord’s Table. • June 18 - Combined Service at 10:30AM. A Father’s Day brunch will be held prior to the service. Old Trov Pike CC - Davton. OH • May 19-21 - World A’Fair - visit the Hungarian Booth at the Dayton Convention Center! • June 4 - Pentecost, Holy Communion, Confirmation, Acceptance of New Members. • June 18 - Father’s Day. The Call to Our Churches “You have made known to me the paths of life: you will fill me with joy in your presence. ” (Acts 2:28) It was with these words that Peter addressed the crowds on that first Pentecost Day. Something miraculous had happened - he and the other disciples had been touched with the Holy Spirit, and Peter was led to address the crowds that had gathered with them. Filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter was renewed in his determination to follow and serve his Lord, whom he had come to love. Peter had a new vision for what lie ahead in the future for the world, for the people called by God. It was a vision of tremendous change, a vision of new relationship between God and His people, it was a vision of wonder. For almost two thousand years this has been both the gift and challenge we have inherited. It has been a gift, because it has opened a tremendous new relationship for each of us as we are privileged not only to walk in the paths of the Lord, but also we are assured that when we follow His word, He accompanies us every moment of our lives. He is not only our constant companion, He is our strength, our place of sanctuary, our confidant with whom we can share all our difficulties. Through Christ we have realized the words of David in the Twenty Third Psalm, when he declares: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over.” This is a wonderful assurance in life for each of us. But it is also a challenge. The challenge was given us by Christ
