Magyar Egyház, 1989 (63. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)
1989-07-01 / 4. szám
MAGYAR EGYHÁZ 15. oldal CARTERET, NJ The Lorantffy Women’s Guild Picnic was held in West Carteret, it was a great success. The summer months are always slow, but our activities still continue. The Crafts group of the Women’s Guild meets throughout the summer every Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the church basement. The Men’s Club runs its fundraising program, meeting every Tuesday night. This event will culminate in a big dinner-dance on September 9, in our Bethlen Hall. Rev. Nitsch and Ilona spent their vacation in Europe, first time for both in Hungary, since the Rev. Nitsch was born in Transylvania, and Ilona in Argentina. During their vacation, our pastor’s mother, the Rev. Elisabeth Nitsch served on two occasions, and Rev. István Kovács on two occasions. We would like to thank them both for their services. We have two young people participating on the Youth Conference, Dawn Fischer and Nicole Fulop, to be held on Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. The fall season will start with Kolbász making on September 11th, and on the 17th we shall participate in the Ethn ic Festival of Carteret. Sunday School will start on September 17, under the leadership of Zsuzsanna Prundl, our new Superintendent. May God give her the wisdom and strenth to do her best for our youngsters’ Christian education. She is also our Hungarian cub-scout leader. Thanks! Flea Market will be held on October 5, 6, 7, please donate and plan to support these our fundraising events. The Annual Dinner will be held on October 21, Saturday evening. We hope you enjoyed your summer, and will return to church full of vitality and new energy. Come home to our church, we need you! NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ Every Sunday the English Worship Service is at 9:30 AM and the Hungarian Worship Service is at 10:30 AM. During the summer months, there is no Sunday School. On Sunday, May 28 the Women’s Guild held a birthday party honoring Mrs. Barbara Yedinock, who is 95 years old. The party was well attended by her relatives, friends and members of our church. Our church donated $2,500 to the Hungarian Heritage Center of New Brunswick. We sent $400 to the Reformed Church of Hungary to help the Hungarian refugees of Erdély. The 14th Annual Hungarian Festival, held on Saturday, June 3, was a huge success. We would like to express our many thanks to all those who helped us. The profit was $11,000. Baptisms: January 29: Katie Lynn Wyttenbach, daughter of Greg and Susan Wyttenbach; February 19: Joseph Bogumil Orosz, son of Mihály and Dorota Orosz; February 26: Jessica Lynn Kovács, daughter of Bert and Patricia Kovács, Jr.; March 5: George Geza Andriko, son of George and Ellen Andriko; June 4: Jason Brett Gabor-Blount, son of Robert and Sandra Blount; June 11: Zachary Evan Vajda, son of Freddy and Debbie Vajda. Weddings: March 18: Arthur Puskas and Christine Carmella; May 27: William Dacey and Lillian Balazsi. Funerals: January 23: Barbara Bodnar of Metuchen at the age of 94; January 28: Charles Koeck of Somerset at the age of 87; February 10: Ambrose Bittay of New Brunswick at the age of 76; March 19: Michael Antosky of Roosevelt at the age of 47; April 18: Elizabeth Valla of Flemington at the age of 81; May 6: Elizabeth Bauer of Edison at the age of 73; May 15:Stephen Olchvary of New Brunswick at the age of 86; May 22: Johanna Lévai of New Brunswick at the age of 89. PERTH AMBOY, NJ It is with great joy and inner satisfaction that we make our report on the past two months. It is with joy and satisfaction that we report on our Open Air Church Service and Church Picnic, which was held in our church yard on June 18th, Father’s Day. We express our thanks to all those organizations and individuals who made this a truly joyful event in the life of the congregation. Also grateful to God for the beautiful weather He has sent our way on this day. The big family, the church members truly enjoyed themselves together with the special American and Hungarian food provided free of charge to all members. At the end of the school year, on June 26th, Monday, we started our Vacation Bible School which lasted for two weeks, and closed its doors on July 7th, with a fellowship day. We would like to extend our very special thanks to all our teachers, helpers and bus driver who have given of themselves, that our children may know more about their faith. Our theme for the Summer Vacation Bible School was: “Searching to Know God.” The Pastor and his wife took their summer vacation after the Vacation Bible School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In their absence Divine Worship Services were conducted by tht Rt. Rev. Dr. Andrew Harsanyi, Bishop of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America. Upon the return of the Pastor and his wife from vacation, together with the congregation they hosted the meeting of the Bishop’s Council on July 23rd and 24th. We extended a warm welcome to all delegates representing our Synod. During the summer month, a special Church Council meeting was held on the subject of the pastor’s request on relocation. The special committee reported on their finding and the Church Council has decided to bring the item before a Special Congregational Meeting to be held on September 24th, following a combined worship service. Also in September the congregation prepares to honor Mrs. Lillian Banyacski, on the 40th Anniversary of being our church organist. Special Church Banquet honoring her will be held on September 17th at 12:30 p.m. Tickets will be available during the month of August and early September. During the summer the Committee dealing with Christian Education met twice to organize ourselves, and provide a more comprehensive Christian Education both to our young and adults. A Pilot program was proposed and accepted by the Church Council for the months of September and October: Family Bible Fellowship will be offered from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Our English Service will satrt at 9:30 a.m. followed by Hungarian Worship Service at 11:00 a.m. It is our hope that our members will participate, together with their children in this our efforts. During August, four of our young people are prepared to attend the Youth Conference, and Labor Day weekend our elders are ready to attend the Presbyters Conference in Ligonier, PA.
