We Felt God's Blessing During the Emergency

Márton Lovász, pastor of Reformed Special College, speaks about the spiritual and social proximity even against physical distance and the challenges of the second part of the school year.

24/08/2020

Behind the Stories

The pandemic has radically transformed the organization of this year’s Arc Camp. We have asked Gergely Gőbel, RCH project manager about the fate of the camp and its special significance during the period of Pandemics.

12/08/2020

címkék: Ark camp

Let's Erase the Differences

Church members support the start of the school year for five hundred disadvantaged children by joining the latest fundraising campaign of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA).

17/07/2020

Written on Recipe

Bethesda Children’s Hospital celebrates the heroes of healthcare and captures the memory of this strange, unifying, yet distancing quarantine time by publishing a cookbook written by the healing community.

13/07/2020

Change Begins with Us

"As for now, the image of the empty churches, we have been confronted with in recent months, is a nightmare from which we can wake up. At the same time it should also be a warning sign."

30/06/2020

Elderly Homes Reopened for Visitors

After a three-month ban due to COVID-19, RCH’s elderly homes can receive visitors again, and also spiritual life can be revitalized. So far there have been no cases of novel coronavirus infection among the residents.

20/06/2020

Our First Duty is Saying Thanks

Due to the emergency situation still in place, the Synod held its session in the church of the Budapest-Fasor congregation, in complying with COVID-19 related restrictions and regulations.

17/06/2020

címkék: day of national cohesion, Synod

Pentecost Message from the Worldwide Reformed Family

The Communication Service of RCH invited members of the WCRC family to read together the biblical story about the first Pentecost as sign of our communion.

07/06/2020

Churches Open Across the Country

The Presidential Council of RCH announced that as of May 18, 2020, local churches can hold worship services and organize other church events with physical presence.

18/05/2020

Don’t Let Them Down!

Georgina Laboda, Student of Political Sciences and resident of the Reformed Roma Special College in Budapest (RefoRom) reflects on the social consequences of COVID-19 for the most vulnearble Roma communities in Hungary.

16/05/2020

Physically Distant but Close in Spirit

When the restrictions of movement and the temporary closure of universities were announced, both Roma Special Collegia of RCH suspended their operation – at least within the walls of the institutions. Activities are still just as intensive as before.

13/05/2020

címkék: Roma Collegium

Churches Open in the Countryside

The Presidential Council of RCH in its decree of May 11 recommends to congregations in the countryside to gradually return back to conventional community life.

12/05/2020

Drive-in Worship in Beregszász

Inspired by the Park and Pray (P+R) worship in Budapest, the Hungarian reformed congregation in Beregszász (Berehove, Ukraine) organized Sunday worship services in the local Drive-in cinema.

11/05/2020

címkék: Sub-Carpathia

Crisis Hotline Expanded

We are in the same boat as we navigate the unprecedented crisis due to the Pandemic. Like many of our partner churches around the world, RCH extended its pastoral care presence on phone and online, both regarding timeframe and the number of the volunteers.

10/05/2020

Let’s Keep Taking Care of Each Other!

Still no worship services should be held in churches with the physical participation of the congregation members – requests the recent decree of the Presidential Council of RCH.

06/05/2020

címkék: coronavirus

Digital Support in Learning

Hungarian Reformed Church Aid is cooperating with civic partners to support vulnerable children in need of mentoring. Matching voluntary mentors and children, with professional support, is key of the program.

02/05/2020

címkék: hungarian reformed church aid (hrca)

RCH Congregation Fundraising for Hospital in Nigeria

Members of Sukoró Reformed Congregation had started a fundraiser to buy medical equipment and supplies to a charity hospital in Nigeria, but the current pandemic has forced them to modify their plans.

30/04/2020

We Don’t Let our Clients Down

It is not possible to reduce the chance of the coronavirus penetrate into social institutions to zero, says András Beszterczey, head of the Diaconal Office. However, he is sure that nurses in Reformed social institutions would never leave their patients alone.

28/04/2020

Peace Even Behind Locked Doors

Pastoral letter of the Presidium of the General Convent of the Hungarian Reformed Church in the days of the COVID-19 epidemic, to the Hungarian reformed congregations in Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.

27/04/2020

címkék: hungarian reformed church (hrc), general convent

P+R: Pray and Rejoice

Photo Report about the first drive-in Church worship in Hungary that was held by the city congregation of Buda in an emptied parking lot of the capital. Socially distanced, still physically close, the congregation celebrated Sunday worship in true fellowship.

26/04/2020