Calvin Synod Herald, 2013 (114. évfolyam, 3-12. szám)

2013-11-01 / 11-12. szám

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CALVIN SYNOD HERALD

Installation Service Of The Calvin Synod Officers

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on September 14th, members of the Calvin United Church of Christ Fairfield, Connecticut, together with area congregational members, gathered for the Installation of the newly re-elected Bishop of the Calvin Synod the Rt. Rev. Bela Poznan and members of the Conference Council: Aux. Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. Csaba Krasznai; Synod Presbyter: Mr. James Balias; Synod Treasurer: Rev. Viktor Toth; and General Secretary: Rev. Stefan István Torok.

The Service of Installation started after 3:00 pm. Participants in the service were the followings: Pastor Raul of the Guatemalan Christian Church: who holds worship services with his congregation at the Fairfield Church; Rev. Kent Siladi, Connecticut Conference Minister and President of the Conference Minister’s Association; United Church of Christ, Rev. András Szász, pastor of the Perth Amboy Magyar Reformed Church; Gabriella Szilagyi from the host congregation recited a poem by Janos Bodas “Lehetetlen”; Rev. Stefan István Torok, General Secretary of the Calvin Synod, pastor of the Calvin Hungarian Reformed Church of Woodbridge, NJ; Rev. Peter Toth, Dean of the Lakeside Classis of the Calvin Synod, pastor of the Hungarian Reformed Church of Lorain, OH; Rev. Viktor Toth, treasurer of the Calvin Synod, pastor of the First Hungarian Reformed Church of Hawthorne, CA; Rev. László Ujj, Dean of the Eastern Classis of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America, pastor of the Hungarian Reformed Church of Trenton, NJ; Rev. Joseph Vásárhelyi, pastor of the Hungarian Reformed Church of Passaic, NJ; Father Balint of the Church of St. Emery’s in Fairfield, CT; Mr. James Balias, Synod Presbyter of the Calvin Synod; Pastor Bennett, pastor of the Truth and Life Ministeries of Fairfield, CT; also holding services at the host church, Rev. Csongor Kovács, Secretary/Treasurer of the Eastern Classis of the Calvin Synod, pastor of the First Hungarian Reformed Church of New York City; Rt. Rev. Dr. Csaba Krasznai Aux. Bishop of the Calvin Synod; Rev. Les Martin of the Kossuth Foundation in Washington DC; Rev. Dr. August Molnár, Chairman of the American Hungarian Foundation, New Brunswick, NJ; Dr. Evelyn Molnár, Consul General of the Republic of Hungary; Jill Pongracz Murrell, Chief Elder of the Hungarian Reformed Church of Lorain, OH; Attila B. Poznan, son of Bishop Poznan, student at the Palmer Theological Seminary and the Rt. Rev. Bela Poznan, Bishop of the Calvin Synod, United Church of Christ, pastor of the Calvin United Church of Christ, Fairfield, CT. Special thanks to Julianna V. Poznan organist.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the service was that instead of one preacher declaring the Word of God, all officers of the Conference Council delivered a message focusing on the theme presented at the Synod meeting held this past May in Ligonier, PA.

The service of Installation was bi-lingual, it started with the presentation of the Bishop by Synod Presbyter Mr. James Balias. The words of authorization and appointment were read by Rev. stefan Torok, followed by the introduction of the newly

re-elected Bishop by the most Senior Pastor in the Hungarian Reformed Church community Rev. Dr. August Molnár.

Also all members of the Conference Council individually took part in the presentation of the promises the installed Bishop made concerning His service.

The official Oath of Office was administered by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Csaba Krasznai, Aux. Bishop.

Upon the installation of the Bishop, he in turn proceeded with the Installation of the members of the Conference Council.

The presentation of the Conference Minister’s Medallion was conducted by the Rev. Kent Siladi, Conference Minister, Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ.

The final closing words of response were from the Installed Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Bela Poznan.

The service concluded with the singing of "My Country ‘tis of Thee" and the "Himnusz," the National Anthem of Hungary.

Following the long worship service, everyone enjoyed a fellowship dinner.

Rev. Stefan Torok