Magyar Egyház, 1988 (67. évfolyam, 2-4. szám)
1988-05-01 / 3. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 9. oldal The meeting was very well organized, pastor, officers and members of the Phoenix Church were gracious hosts (perfect meals by women!) also by showing the visitors around as far as Flagstaff and Sedona. It certainly was a memorable event. A.H. The new officers of the if estem C las sis- l. to r.: Dean Demeter, Chief Elder Kun, Secretary George Nagy and Treasurer Andrew Nagy. Secretary Király is missing from the picture. A REFORMED CHURCH COMMISSION TO HELP THOSE WISHING TO SETTLE IN HUNGARY It is a matter of common knowledge today that a growing number of Romanian citizens, the majority of them ethnically Hungarian people of Transylvania, are applying to the Hungarian authorities for permission to settle in Hungary. The position of Hungary is that every person has the basic human right to exercise the full rights of his or her citizenship and nationality in his or her own land of birth, without any discrimination. At the same time, it is a Christian and patriotic duty to give help to those knocking at the doors of our churches and parishes, seeking assistance in settling their official matters, finding living quarters and jobs and, last but not least, in having the comfort of the Gospel. The presidium of the Reformed Church Synod appointed the place of such organized help in the Budapest- Rakosszentmihaly-Sashalom Reformed Church (Pastor: the Rev. Tivadar Panczel) where a number of case-workers take up the matters of those seeking help every Friday afternoon from 3 to 6 o’clock and conduct a service of worship for them from 6 to 8 in the evening. The presidium has called on the reformed pastors of the capital to involve their congregations in this service mainly by creating or finding temporary or permanent work. In Debrecen, the presidium of the Transtibiscan Church District has appointed the Kistemplom-Ispotaly Reformed Church as the center to receive and to help those coming from Transylvania with the intention of settling down in Hungary. CHURCH WOMEN UNITED MET The 28th Annual Conference of Church Women United — Eastern Division of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America was held on Sunday, May 1, 1988 in the Magyar Reformed Church of Perth Amboy, New Jersey. It was attended by about one hundred people, who came from the following churches: Carteret, Linden, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Poughkeepsie, Roebling, Trenton, Staten Island, and Washington. The opening devotion was held at 3:00 p.m. and was conducted by Rt. Rev. Dr. Andrew Harsanyi, Rev. Gabor Nitsch and members of the various churches. The conference was opened by Elsie Loki, President, who extended a warm welcome to all. Then she introduced the speaker Ms. Karen Neary. The topic of her presentation was, “My Heroes Have Always Been Ladies of the Bible.” Officers for 1989 are: Margaret Beke — President, Alice Radvanski — Vice-President, Helen Beke — English secretary, Mary Batiz — Hungarian secretary, Bozsi Dudich — Treasurer, Elsie Loki — Chaplain, Elsie Bodo, Helen Dodge and Irene Kovács — delegates at large. The new officers were installed by Rev. Barnabas Roczey. After the business meeting, the local Women’s Guild served us a delicious dinner which we all enjoyed. The whole event was a wonderful opportunity for fellowship, for growing in our faith, making new friends and renewing those from years past and sharing concerns for our churches. AUSTRALIANIZED BIBLE A novelty in bible translation is the Australianized Bible. Till now, the Good News Bible, The Bible in Today’s English Version which seeks to give today’s readers who use English as a means of communication maximum understanding of the content of the original texts, has appeared so far in a British and an American version. Now the Bible Society in Australia launched a third version using Australian preferred spellings, and follows Australian usage in using metric measurements. Language changes have been made so that it will be accepted by Australians as natural to their word usage, idioms, and form of expression. For example, “oxen” are “bullocks,” “wedding party” is “wedding reception” and “thick woods” are “the bush.”
