{"id":1381,"date":"2018-07-12T18:12:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T18:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2018\/07\/12\/hungarian-pastor-receives-recognition-for-services-to-families\/"},"modified":"2018-07-12T18:12:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T18:12:22","slug":"hungarian-pastor-receives-recognition-for-services-to-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/hungarian-pastor-receives-recognition-for-services-to-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian pastor receives recognition for services to families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>12 July 2018 | Budapest, Hungary [Csizmadia R\u00f3bert] <\/p>\n<p><strong>G\u00e1bor Mihalec, Family Ministries director for the Hungarian Union, is recipient of the 2018 Kopp-Skrabski Prize.&nbsp; Dr Mihalec is both a pastor and family therapist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1371\" style=\"margin: 5px auto; display: block;\" title=\"G\u00e1bor receiving his prize\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"HUC Kopp Skrabski receiving2\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC_Kopp-Skrabski_receiving2-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>During the award&nbsp;ceremony held at the <em>Kopp <\/em><em>M\u00e1ria Institute for Population and&nbsp;Families<\/em> (KINCS) on June 4, it was stated that Mihalec \u201chas made immense efforts to strengthen and preserve the value of marriage, childbirth and family.\u201d&nbsp; The laudation also acknowledged that he rescued or helped to start hundreds of relationships and marriages through his work as a couples and family therapist.&nbsp; It was noted that he has helped not only couples, but also families and singles by providing useful, professional and practical advice through his many publications.<\/p>\n<p>The award is named after a renowned Hungarian couple, M\u00e1ria Kopp and \u00c1rp\u00e1d Skrabski. The highly acclaimed Professor Kopp (1942-2012) conducted research in areas such as&nbsp;clinical epidemiology, psychophysiology and psychosomatics for almost&nbsp;five decades.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haromkiralyfi.hu\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Three Princes, Three Princesses Movement<\/a><\/em>, established by Professor Kopp in 2009, exists for the main purpose to support young adults in accomplishing their dreams of having children.&nbsp; They seek to help create optimal conditions for the birth of planned children by addressing ten areas for improvement such as work-life balance, financial struggles and unstable relationships. The Movement\/Foundation rewards people who \u201cperform outstanding work for the health of society, for the&nbsp;creation of supportive&nbsp;communities, for a family-friendly approach, for the&nbsp;prosperity of others and for the birth of desired children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-1374\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"HUC Kopp Skrabski group\" width=\"213\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/images_news-2018_HUC-Kopp-Skrabski-group-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>Professor \u00c1gnes&nbsp;Engler, during the award presentation, emphasized that it is a privilege to have people who work in a&nbsp;professional capacity following a personal call, \u201cwhose attitude is to serve others rather than just providing a service.\u201d &nbsp;Based on a biblical paraphrase, she stated that those who work for families and children in the spirit of love \u201care collecting treasures in the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, this was not the first time that the paths of&nbsp;Professor Kopp and G\u00e1bor Mihalec have crossed. Also in 2009, Kopp launched <em>Population Roundtable<\/em> with the aim of exploring the conditions for the improvement of the demographic situation by collaborating with sociologists, psychologists, pedagogues, engineers, economists and social workers. &nbsp;As part of this initiative in 2011-12, she invited the founders of the Adventist run <em>Two-Together Marriage&nbsp;Workshop<\/em>, G\u00e1bor Mihalec and R\u00f3bert Csizmadia, into a working group focused on the development of educational material in family life&nbsp;education.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulating Mihalec on his award, representatives of the Adventist Church in Hungary pray that through his ministry many married couples and families will experience a restoration&nbsp;of their relationships, the re-discovery of love, and through such experiences: discover God\u2014who is Love. 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