Magyar Egyház, 1960 (39. évfolyam, 1-9. szám)
1960-02-01 / 2. szám
10 MAGYAR EGYHÁZ NEWS FROM THE BETHLEHEM, Pa. Our Junior Youth Fellowship elected the following new officers: Steven Kuronya Jr., president; James Kovary Jr., vice-president; Emma Erdie, secretary; Rosemarie John, treasurer; Frank Kovary, chaplain. They consider to have the Eastern Classis Youth Conference, which is due in October, at our church in Bethlehem. We had our annual congregational meeting on January 24, 1960. We are grateful to God both for the spiritual and material blessings which we received from His hands last year. CARTERET, N. J. Lenten Communion will be observed on Sunday, March 6. The worship service in English will begin at 9 A.M., in Hungarian at 10:30. The World Day of Prayer observance by the Carteret Council of Churches, in which we participate, will serve as the preparatory service in English; it will be held at the Calvary Baptist Church, on Friday, March 4, 8 P.M. Hungarian preparatory service Saturday evening at 7:30. We shall take part in the Council of Churches’ Union Lenten Services. Our congregation will be the host on Thursday, March 10, 7:30 P.M. These services will be held every other Thursday. On alternate Thursdays we shall have Hungarian services. The Troop Committee of our church sponsored Boy Scout Troop No. 84 honored William Comba, scoutmaster, on the occasion of his completing 25 years of service as scoutmaster of the troop. The Pastor gave the invocation and the benediction at a testimonial dinner honoring Mr. Alexander Comba, an elder of our congregation, for 25 years of service as taxcollector of the Borough of Carteret. Baptism: John Jr. son of John Bamburak Sr. and Elishava Mawnis; godparents Harry and Ann Macknowski. Eight members of our Youth Fellowship attended the Eastern Classis quarterly conference. They also participated in the Universal Day of Prayer for Students in Carteret. DETROIT, Mich. In reply to a Duquesne communication, the members of the Chris-CONGREGATIONS tian Youth Fellowship affirmatively voted for participation in the future Western Classis. Three members were graduated from high school this January. Dianna Marth, who will work and attend secretarial night classes, Susan Lee Nagy, who will attend Wayne State University on a scholarship and Richard Szente, who will begin a printer’s apprenticeship. DUQUESNE, PA. Our Congregational Meeting was held on unday, January 24, in conjunction with our first Fellowship Dinner of the year. The supper was well attended, and all members stayed for the meeting and appreciated its high spiritual level. The new officials were elected and duly installed by the Pastor. Recognition was also given to the former Chief Elder, Elmer Shigo, who served our congregation faithfully during the last three years. Officers for I960: Andrew Sapos, Chief Elder; James Lewis and Joseph Kallery, Elders; Joseph Voros, Treasurer; Joseph Toth, Auditor; Charles Nagy, Jr., Recorder of Offering; Julius Nagy, Secretary. Our Church Council has 15 elected members. The one-third of the Council, who served their three year term, were reelected for an other three year term, these are: Frank Kottán, Jr„ James Lewis, Daniel Ochiva, Elmer Shigo, Joseph Voros. Stephen R. Szepesi was elected for one year in place of Frank Horvath, who moved to Ohio. Other members serving one or two years of their term: John P. Darnay, Ernest Kovach, Charles Nagy, Jr. Andrew Sapos; John Estu, Joseph Kallery, Julius Nagy, Joseph Toth and Andrew Wargo. Honorary councilmen, serving during the Hungarian services, are: Miklós Balazs, Sr., Julius Eötvös and Andrew Kis. Deacons for 1960: Gene Genes, Andew Gougler, Robert Kish, Donald Koester, Robert Szepesi, Richard Szuch and Arthur Tusay. The Men’s Club elected the following members: Donald Koester, President; Robert Szepesi, Vice- Pres.; Joseph Voros, Sec.-Treas. McKeesport, Pa. The Youth Fellowship donated $50.00 to the Church. The Youth Fellowship’s new officers for 1960 are: President: Paul Makatura; Vice President: Joseph Brindza; Secretary: Elizabeth Nagy; Treasurer: Emerson Rausch. Their plans for 1960 consist of additional learning of faith and creeds, revision of by-laws, campaign for new members, and fund raising projects. PERTH AMBOY, N. J. The newly elected officers of the Women’s Guild are: Mrs. Priscilla Jenkins president, Mrs. Margaret Szilágyi vice president, Mrs. Elizabeth Larson secretary, Mrs. Helen Deak treasurer, Mrs. Irene Tariska chaplain, Mrs. Margaret Abraham advisor. They were installed by the chaplain and the pastor. The World Day of Prayer will be held this year in the Simpson Methodist Church, our members shall participate. The corporate Holy Communion of the Women’s Guild will be on March 6th. The Youth Fellowship and Club are working diligently. More young people ought to participate in the program. Our youth director, Mr. Herman Dykes, would like to have more cooperation of the parents. The choir members are singing faithfully during the first service under the leadership of Mr. Robert Wert. The choir needs more voices, especially men. The newly elected officers of the Christian Youth Fellowship are the following: Patricia Moran president, Sandra Banyacsky vice president, Peggy Kish secretary, Zsolt Nagyhetenyi treasurer, Frank Baka chaplain, John Latkovich advisor. The newly elected officers of the Men’s Club are: Frank Zambo president, Norman Rhodes vice president, John Tariska treasurer, Norman Bright secretary, George Toth chaplain. ROEBLING, N. J. The Eastern Classis Youth Federation meeting was held in our Church on January 31st. We were very happy to welcome such an unexpected high number of young people. The list of our officers may be found in the Hungarian section. The new officers of the Young Women’s Guild are: President: Mrs. Helen Nagy, Vice-President: Mrs. Julia Birkholz, Secretary: Mrs. Priscilla Bartha, Treasurer: Mrs. Helen Bordash.
