Fraternity-Testvériség, 2006 (84. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
2006-10-01 / 4. szám
congregation as a licensed and commissioned minister. At Pittsburgh Seminary, Rev. Komjáthy wrote two independent studies: A Comparative Analysis of the Congregation Response Prayers of the Lord’s Supper Liturgy of the Hungarian Reformed Church and Identity within the United Church of Christ with Particular Reference to the Reformation of the Palatinate. Her scholastic achievements at the seminary included receiving The Dr. Theodore W. Kalbeek Prize in her middle year and The Paul T. Gerrard Prize in Homiletics and Pastoral Care as a graduating senior. In May of 2001, she was awarded both a Master of Divinity degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and was ordained at the annual Synodical meeting of the Calvin Synod Conference of the United Church of Christ. Her proudest achievements remain her two children, István and Victoria. Both children were raised in the shadow of church life and participated in church, school, sports and community life in Montreal. Currently, István is a board-certified physician of internal medicine and works as a pharmacological researcher and is a medical director of a research clinic. He is married to Dr. Dori Kasparek, also a physician. Victoria, at present, is assistant vice-president of electronic banking and internet development at the HSBC Bank in Buffalo where she lives with her husband, Chris Beckage, and their daughter, Sarah. Desirous to return to the Hungarian Reformed community for educational and religious opportunities, Rev. Komjáthy and her husband developed a curriculum for catechism instruction on the Heidelberg Catechism and Church History. Parallel to this, she continues her life-long study of Reformed Worship and Liturgy, and the teaching of the Genevan Psalter. Rev. Komjáthy uses these rich resources in her pastoral ministry whether in preaching, pastoral care or in the education of confirmands or adults. As pastor of the First Hungarian Reformed Church of Pittsburgh and the Dean of Central Classis, her ministry envisions a faith community demonstrating the fruits the Holy Spirit gained through Bible reading, studying of the Reformed faith, the Heidelberg Catechism and through prayer. Faithful to the heritage of the Hungarian Reformed Church, the preaching of the gospel by Rev. Komjáthy occurs in both English and Hungarian languages. For her, the First Hungarian Reformed Church’s mission in the community encompasses two themes: first, that the church be a source of healing and reconciliation to the locality in which it is placed, and secondly, recognition of the church’s historic place within the city of Pittsburgh. Thus, participation in the work of the local ministerium, the offering of the building for meetings of Narc-Anon as well as work with the Pittsburgh Historical and Landmark Society complement aspects of the church’s mission. These themes resound in her work as Dean of Central Classis. She prays for the development of a classis willing to search, find and implement a new mission with skillful courage. But in all aspects of church work, her hope centers upon — If God is with us who is against us? Peggy Fabri based on her interview with Rev. Komjáthy Branch 151 Manager Page 14 Fraternity - Testvériség
