FAITH PRODUCES ABOUNDANCE - 78TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 25. 04. 2010
«Faith produces abundance» – this would probably be an appropriate headline for the Annual Conference in Hungary and a good summary of this year’s theme of the UMC in Hungary. Does this mean that a prosperity gospel has put down roots among the Hungarian Methodists? No way!


ALSO IN THIS YEAR: 1+1% ! - TECHNICAL NUMBER: 0073 25. 02. 2009
Please, offer your 1+1% to the United Methodist Church in Hungary and the Márta Mária Foundation in 2009 as well. You can support our spiritual and social service being exercised among children, young adults, families, elderlies, gypsies and disabled people by this benefaction. Our technical number is 0073, and the tax number of the Márta Mária Foundation is 19231945-1-17.

ALSO IN THIS YEAR: 1+1% ! - TECHNICAL NUMBER: 0073 19. 05. 2008
Please, offer your 1+1% to the United Methodist Church in Hungary and the Márta Mária Foundation in 2007 as well. You can support our spiritual and social service being exercised among children, young adults, families, elderlies, gypsies and disabled people by this benefaction. Our technical number is 0073, and the tax number of the Márta Mária Foundation is 19231945-1-17.

GENERAL CONFERENCE 2008 21. 04. 2008
"A Future with Hope" is the motto of our General Conference, that starts on 23th April in Forth Worth (Texas). Official website: General Conference 2008 On the Conference, that is organized in every four years, the number of the participants is 1000 serving in the United Methodist Church (UMC) all over the world. The Hungarian Methodist Church is represented by Gábor Szuhánszky, pastor of the Budakeszi Circuit, and István Ambrusz lay from Nyíregyháza Circuit. The website of the Conference is: General Conference 2000, General Conference 2004


76TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE 16. 04. 2008
The 76th Annual Conference of the Hungarian Methodist Church was held in Szolnok, where the Methodist Congregation was established 60 years ago. The festive service was was organized in the town hall, where István Kurdi, and Robert Hecker gave a lecture on the Congregation’s history. Dr. Patrick Streiff sermoned on this occassion, who appointed Zoltán Kovács to be the pastor of the Szekszárd District for a probation. István Csernák superintendent was reappoined for 2 years again by the Conference, who will lead the service till 2010.

NEW WEBSITES 05. 04. 2008
Three new websites was created int he last months. They are the following: Szeged Circuit, Miskolc Circuit, and the Noah's bark – the website of the Children Service Committe).

THE RESULTS OF THE CHURCH PROJECT FOR 2008/2009 04. 04. 2008
According to the Church Council’s decision (31th March) 900.000 HUF will be distributed among the districts from our internal financial source. Among the 18 supported programmmes there are meetings for children, adolescents, youths, married, pensioned people, retreat for women, and youths, mission days for gypsies, puppet-, and bibliodrama camps, music camp, scout camp.

WILFRIED BOLAY IN HUNGARY 03. 04. 2008
Wilfried Bolay, the leader of the German Tent Mission ((Missionswerk - Zeltmission) helped our Congregations’ mission service between 3th to 6th April. On 3th April he gave a congregational seminar on Tent Mission’s Evangelization by bus, in the Budapest-Óbuda District. The Congregation EmK-Mobil service will bw held in May 2009. He spent the weekend (4th to 6th April) in Nyíregyháza, where he lectured on the conregation-planting. He sermoned also on the Sunday service.

BIBLE'S YEAR 2008. 25. 03. 2008
The content of the Metodista journal in March:

John Wesley: Let’s be me a book’s man!
Dr. Hecker Walter: 2008 – The Bible’s year
Szuhánszki János: Who wrote the Bible?
Khaled A. László: Biblical life – biblical holiness
Szuhánszki János: Irregular new year’s eve in Pécs
Dr. Lakatos Judit: Aliansz Prayer Week in Nyíregyháza
The story of the Marriage’s Week
Csernák István: About the prayer - personally
Szabó Andor: Volunteers from West-virginia in Kaposszekcső
Why differents the Bible from other books?
Trove in the loft. Exciting? That’s more!


HOW TO READ THE BIBLE? 02. 03. 2008
The Presbyter’s Conference of the Hungarian Methodist Church was held in Piliscsaba from 20th to 23th February, where presyters, laymen and priests met from all over the country. The performer was Heinrich Bolleter retired bishop, the title of his lecture was „The old men in the church and society”. Péter Balla professor, the lecturer of the New Testament Department of the Károli Gáspár Reformed Theology was also invited to give a lecture on „How to read the Bible?”. The lecture was followed by a vivid discussion.

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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.
John 1,14

CALENDAR

Annual Conference
Szekszárd, 12-15. May 2010

Meeting for pastors
Budapest, 7-8. June 2010

Fonds Sunday
13. June 2010



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