Over the past year, we have had to face unexpected situations month after month, yet we have experienced that our Heavenly Father has not left us alone. Newly elected Lay Presidents of RCH about their hope for the year 2021.
Over the past year, we have had to face unexpected situations month after month, yet we have experienced that our Heavenly Father has not left us alone. Newly elected Bishops of RCH about their hope for the year 2021.
RCH joined the initiative of the Karachi based Tehillim School of Church Music & Worship in partnership with the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan to support the reformed families in the country as they prepare for Christmas and witness about Christ's love for all.
RCH is preparing for Christmas with a unique virtual advent calendar. The short, heart-warming daily messages help people realize: even if they in physical distance from their loved ones and friends, they are not alone.
Reformed hospital pastors are standing with the patients too, although they often have to find alternative routes, because not many are allowed to visit those infected with the Coronavirus.
"Our heavenly Father is with us in Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit even amidst of the worst tribulations." Message of the Presidium of the General Convent of the Hungarian Reformed Church to the congregations.
The Presidium of RCH issued a Communique requesting congregations to suspend all church events with physical presence and switch again to online platforms as of 11th November.
The Presidential Council of RCH released new guidelines for congregations in accordance with the strict rules introduced by the Government on 9 November, including curfew, closure of businesses and serious limitation of social events.
During spring, the whole country applauded the nurses and doctors, now it is not rare that they are shouting at them when they ask them to follow the strict pandemic regulations.
The Presidium of RCH issued an appeal asking congregations to fully comply with the preventive measures of the Public Health Authorities and with the proposed guidelines.
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.
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.
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).
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.
"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."
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.
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.