Magyar Egyház, 1972 (51. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1972-11-01 / 11. szám

MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 11 rew) died on Oct. 4. May the God of all comfort grant his grace to the broken-hearted family through the re­surrected Christ. CARTERET, N. J. Thanksgiving communion was cele­brated on November 19. The Annual Congregational Dinner, on October 29, was another affair splendidly organized, well attended and much enjoyed. Short addresses were given by the Rev. Stephen Kovács (Trenton) commemorating the Refor­mation, Judge Alex B. Eger speaking on the revision of the constitution of our church, and Pastor Dr. Andrew Harsanyi reporting on the new phase of the Reformed-Roman Catholic Con­sultation the theme of which is “The Shape of the Unity We Seek.” Children of the Sunday School en­joyed a gay Halloween Party. The Junior Women’s Guild will have a Christmas Party in Bethlen Hall on Thursday, Dec. 7 with a buffet-supper, music and dance. Guests are welcome. Funerals: William Kocsi, Sr., 59 and George Balazs, 75. The grave-marker of Mrs. Esther Piszar was dedicated in Cloverleaf cemetery. DUQUESNE, PA. On Sept. 24th the Rt. Rev. Arpad George, the National Secretary of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America was our guest minister. Baptism: William Brian Horvath, son of William Horvath and his wife, the former Mildred Ulakovic. Godpar­ents are Steve Ulakovic and Janet Dü­pier. Wedding: Andrew R. Peclet and Sandra Lee Gizzi exchanged vows in our church on October 21st. Witnesses were William Matuch and Janet Fer­encé. New member: on October 1st we welcomed Sandy Gizzi to the member­ship of our congregation. We celebrated Thanksgiving Com­munion on November 19th. Our annual Stewardship Fellowship Dinner was held on November 5th. A “Christmas Bazaar” was held by our Women’s Club. The Youth Fellow­ship’s members were in charge of the kitchen and refreshments. Our congregation participated in the following events, organized by the Hun­garian Reformed Churches of Pitts­burgh and vicinity: Reformation Day Service, in Pittsburgh, Grape Harvest Festival for the benefit of the Hun­garian Reformed Radio Program, held at the Free Magyar Reformed Church of McKeesport, Workers’ Conference at United H.R. Church of McKeesport, and a Youth Conference held at the Free Magyar Ref. Church of McKees­port. McKeesport, pa. The 50th anniversary of our church was observed on Sunday, Oct. 22. Both the anniversary worship service and banquet were well attended. Our many thanks to all the committees for their fine and good work. The entire occasion was an excellent example of coopera­tion by so many — young and old alike. Most of our founders have passed away. At the 50th anniversary we con­gratulated the living founders and asked Almighty God to continue to bless them. These founders are: Mrs. Andrew Biro, Mrs. John Biro, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bakos, Mr. and Mrs. John Darnay, Mr. and Mrs. Aron Fazekas, Mrs. Menyhért Fejes, Mr. Andrew Fustos, Mr. and Mrs. Bertalan Juhasz, Mrs. Louis Kerti, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Olah, Mrs. Jo­seph Molnár, Mrs. Sándor Nagy, Mrs. John Simon, Mr. John Szucs, Mrs. Frank Toth, Mrs. Michael Toth. A new English pulpit Bible was do­nated to our church by Mr. and Mrs. William Balogh and family to the glory of God and loving memory of parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gabor Balogh. We are grateful for this beautiful gift. Some of our members attended the Reformation Day Worship Service held in the Hungarian Reformed Church of Pittsburgh. Our pastor said the Hun­garian prayer. Many of our members were present at the Grape Harvest Fes­tival held for the benefit of the Hun­garian Reformed Radio Program. You can listen to this Radio Program every Sunday at 2:45 p.m. PERTH AMBOY, N. J. The annual Christmas Bazaar ar­ranged by the Women’s Guild will be held on Sunday, Dec. 3rd. All organiza­tions of the church will participate. The Christian Youth Fellowship meetings are held every Friday from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Second “Sing- Thing” on November 24th, in the Cha­pel, was well attended. A special Christmas holiday letter will be mailed to our members with the list of the order of services. The new Lord’s Table, in memory of Mr. Andrew Racz, Sr. and the new chancel railing, in memory of Mrs. George Arty, given by their families, were dedicated on November 5th dur­ing the Holy Communion service. The New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance Committee invites the members and friends to this year’s social affair. Tic­kets are available from William R. Schurr, Chairman and Miklós Magyar, Jr. Co-Chairman. HUNGARIAN COOK BOOK Fifth Edition Order from: THE WOMEN’S GUILD 331 Kirkland Place, Perth Amboy, N. J. 088G1 $1.00—Handling & Postage $.25 STATEN ISLAND, N. Y. The pastor serving over eight years retired and the Church gave a very successful farewell dinner. The presi­dent Mr. Louis Kish was the toast­master and 6 guest ministers with many guest members from their own church shared the very emotional farewell greetings. The Women’s Guild donated a very fine TV set. The spirit of the whole event was really Christian. Deceased: Alexander Szabó, 57 years old, after serving his church over 20 years as a treasurer and certified ac­countant with exceptional experience. Our Annual Bazaar was a real suc­cess with 1.253 dollars clear profit. Again many thanks and appreciation to our very diligent co-workers and to the generous donors. The church had a very fine improve­ment in different ways. The new steeple is lighted during the whole night with a very strong spotlight. The very old church plaque was exchanged with a very modern new one. The old rails were exchanged with new ones. The church kitchen ceiling was renewed with a very nice new one, also the light was renewed. Many thanks and appreciation to the very active, untiring co-workers. TRENTON, N. J. A Thanksgiving Dinner was held on Nov. 12th for our members and friends. The Rev. August Molnár, the direc­tor of the American Hungarian Studies Foundation, preached at both services on Nov. 12th and spoke at the Thanks­giving Dinner. Baptisms: Erika Feyti, the child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Feyti, Jr., was baptized on Oct. 29th; Peter Craig Kovács, the child of Captain and Mrs. Stephen Z. Kovács, the grandson of our

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