Magyar Egyház, 1979 (58. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1979-01-01 / 1. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 13 NEWS FROM THE CONGREGATIONS ALLEN PARK, MICH. May God grant to every member of our church a blessed and peaceful New Year! The annual “pork dinner” to honor the officers, elders and other elected leaders of our various organizations will be held on Saturday, January 27th. Mrs. Agnes Pozsgay, faithful receptionist in the church office for 10 years, resigned due to health reasons. Special thanks and appreciation was expressed to her for her loyal and devoted service and a gift was presented to her by the pastor and organist. The officers elected Mrs. Geraldine Vig to be the new secretary of the church. The following new officers of the Martha Circle were installed: president Mrs. Eleanor Gottschalk, vice president Mrs. Diane Galloro, secretary Mrs. Linda Varga, treasurer Mrs. Deborah Indre, historian Mrs. Margaret Tóth. The Dorcas Guild elected the following officers: Mrs. Helen Hermann president, Mrs. Mary Berghoffer vice president, Mrs. Barbara Kessler secretary, Mrs. Irene Széles treasurer, Mrs. Rose Faragó chaplain, Mrs. Margaret Abraham advisor, Mrs. Olga Charbonneau sunshine chairperson. Statistics: in the last year 1978: baptisms 7, marriages 12, funerals 28, confirmations 14, new members 15. DUQUESNE, PA. Our Annual Congregational Meeting will be held after a combined worship service at 10:30 a.m. on January 28th. We will elect new officers and current business will be discussed. The same day, on January 28th, Sunday át 6:00 p.m. we will hold our Fellowship Dinner. McKeesport, pa. On November 26th we held a Congregational Meeting when the following officers and Council members were elected: Chief Elder: Julius Bakos; Vice Chief Elder: Ronald Suchant; Secretary: Mrs. Johanna Doby; Treasurer: Sándor Nagy; Assistant Treasurer and Financial Secretary: Steve Balogh; Recording Secretary: John Kontz; Auditors: Mrs. Grace Kontz and Walter Kosarik. Elders: T. Gabor Balogh, Daniel Caiarelli, William Jardanhazy, James Lewis, Jr., Arthur Papp and Mrs. Sophie Shusner. On November 29th the Women’s Guild held a successful Salad Bar and Card Party. The Women’s Guild held election of officers on December 5th. The new officers: President: Mrs. Theresa Bakos; Vice President: Mrs. Kathy Palmer; Treasurer: Mrs. Margaret Panko; Secretary: Mrs. Sylvia Jordan; Sunshine Lady: Mrs. Mary Fedor; Marketing Researchers: Mrs. Kathy Palmer and Mrs. Fran Papp. The Christian Fellowship collected donations to purchase poinsettias for the decoration of the church. After the holidays the flowers were given to the Bethlen Home of the Aged in Ligonier, Pa., and to the sick of our congregation. Owing to the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Toth, we had a beautiful large Christmas tree in our church during the Christmas Season. It was decorated by the Christian Fellowship. Baptism: on December 3rd Julie Elizabeth Pellegrino, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pellegrino, was baptized in the church. Birth: Dennis Halaszinsky, Jr., son of Dennis and Kathy Halaszinsky, was born on December 22nd. Funeral: Mrs. Helen Lovas, December 28th. And also our brother, Mr. John Jordanhazy lost his beloved wife, Anne. On December 6th the Pastor’s wife, Elizabeth, and their two sons, Csaba and Adam, have arrived to McKeesport, Pa. from Transylvania. TRENTON, N, J. During the Christmas and New Year seasons we had 12 worship services. 300 communicants took the Lord’s Supper. Our assistant minister was the Rev. László Paál from Budapest, who is a postgraduate student in the Princeton Seminary. At the Christmas Eve English service the Sunday School children placed their Advent savings on the Lord’s Table to help a missionary in India. The Christmas tree was donated again by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Matthias, Sr. The poinsettias were the gifts of the Women’s Guild and Mr. and Mrs. William Temple. The Women’s Guild visited our members in nursing homes and presented them with a little Christmas gift. Our pastor preached at the first Wednesday noon service of the new year in the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton. Baptisms: Kimberly Marie, the child of Mr. and Mrs. King was baptized on December 17. Godparents: Mr. and Richard Moravec. Carly Kristen, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Honfi, was baptized on January 14. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Siampa. Wedding: Daniel Kovács, son of our pastor and his wife, and Susan Barns, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Barns, were married on November 18th, in the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church of Cooperstown, N.Y. Our pastor and the local minister officiated. The day after the wedding our pastor was the guest preacher in the same church. Funerals: November 20: Mr. Joseph King, November 30: Bishop Zoltán Béky, December 8: Mrs. John Fityere and December 26: Mrs. Mary Ford were buried. The Lorántffy Zsuzsánna Society sponsored a successful New Year’s Eve dinner-dance in the school auditorium. Christmas donations to the church: The Women’s Guild $2,000.00 and the Men’s Club $100.00. The Sunday School children enjoyed an iceskating party on November 26th, in the Mercer County Skating Center. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO God had blessed our Christmas holydays in every respect. Our members on Christmas Day came to the Lord’s Table in fairly good number and our church was filled especially on Christmas Eve. Even though we do not have the final figures as yet, we already can see that the offering of the members of the congregation is higher than it was in the previous years. The blessing of God be upon the members, who cheerfully are helping our church. Starting in January 1978 and continuing until the end of the year, every Sunday in our Bulletin we had portions from the Bible printed, so that during the year the whole Bible should be read. We are very happy that quite a few members of the congregation have read the Bible from cover to cover. At the beginning of this year we printed a small booklet in which these parts are included and gave to every interested member. We hope that during this year even more members will read the Bible through, and those who have done so last year, will be able to read the Bible a second time. We would like to express our sympathy to the Botty Family and also to the members of our sister congregation for the loss of their pastor Emeritus the Rev. John Botty. God’s comforting power be with them.
