November 15, 1982

International Lech Walesa returned to his family in Gdansk after more than 11 months of detention by the Polish Government. The leader of the outlawed Solidarity union told hundreds of welcoming neighbors that ''we have to reach an agreement, but not on our knees.'' He made the same remark in an interview on the Polish television, the contents of which have not been issued by the authorities, just before he was released from a Government-owned hunting lodge near the Soviet border. (Page A1, Column 6.) Hope for a turn to better Soviet ties was expressed by Vice President Bush and Secretary of State George P. Shultz on their arrival in Moscow for the funeral of Leonid I. Brezhnev. When they were about to leave the Soviet leader's bier, they were invited by the Soviet protocol officer to speak with Mr. Brezhnev's widow, Viktoria. The American delegation then moved to chairs placed near the bier for family members and Mr. Bush expressed the condolences of the American people. (A1:3.)

Lech Walesa, leader of the outlawed Solidarity union, returned to his home here tonight after 11 months of internment and 36 hours in which there had been no word on his whereabouts. He was greeted by hundreds of his neighbors, who gathered around the doorway of his gray, featureless housing-project building as his car pulled up a little before 10:30 P.M. ''Lech! Lech!'' they chanted. ''No Solidarity without Lech!'' The 39-year-old Mr. Walesa walked quickly through the well-wishers into the doorway, which had been decorated with red-and-white Solidarity banners. Courageous but Prudent ''I will assuredly speak out on all matters which interest us in the very near future,'' Mr. Walesa told the crowd, adding: ''In my future conduct I will be courageous but also prudent and there is nothing negotiable in this regard. I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence; you can rest assured of that.''

Negotiators for the National Football League Players Association are drafting a new proposal in an effort to bring management back to the bargaining table, a source familiar with the union stance said last night. A player who attended union meetings at the Loews Summit in Manhattan yesterday and who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of negotiations said that union leaders were ''preparing a package to give to the mediator.'' The package, he said, was being designed to enable resumption of the negotiations with either Sam Kagel, the private mediator from San Francisco who had recessed the talks Nov. 6, or with a Federal mediator, or, possibly, with both. 10-Game Season Possible Two games were played this season before the strike, which reached its 55th day yesterday. If players returned to their teams in time for games to be played by Sunday, the league has determined that the season would contain 10 regular season games, two rounds of playoffs and the Super Bowl, which is scheduled to be played Jan. 30 in Pasadena, Calif. The union has contended the number of games to be played this season is a negotiable item.

Vice President Bush and Secretary of State George P. Shultz arrived in Moscow today for the funeral of Leonid I. Brezhnev and expressed hope that Soviet-American relations could now take a turn for the better. Mr. Bush, in an arrival statement, and Mr. Shultz at an earlier news conference both spoke of a hope and readiness to work toward reduced tensions in United States-Soviet relations, and both suggested strongly that the change of command in the Soviet leadership offered a chance to initiate new efforts. Mr. Bush characterized Mr. Brezhnev as ''a strong man, a fierce fighter for his deeply held convictions.'' The Vice President said his arrival in Moscow was meant to ''symbolize my nation's regard for the Soviet people at this moment of loss and to signify the desire of the United States to continue to work for positive relations between our two countries.'' 'Pursuit of Peace' ''It is in this spirit of seriousness and hope that we have come to Moscow,'' Mr. Bush continued. ''We have come to declare to the Soviet leaders, to the Soviet people and to the world that the United States is devoted to the pursuit of peace and a reduction of global tensions.''

A New Melting Pot: The City in the 80's A series of articles appearing periodically. They sit only blocks from one another - two landmark churches that have witnessed centuries of New York City history. At one, a pastor was kidnapped by Indians. At the other, a pastor was removed during the American Revolution because he prayed too often for the British King. But what is going on today at these churches, situated in the Elmhurst section of Queens, is perhaps no less historic. Faced with extinction only a decade ago, both began seeking parishioners in the new influx of immigrants to the city and, as a result, are undergoing a renaissance. Yet the approaches of the two churches to these immigrants could not be more different. ''The direction of our church is to enable people to accommodate themselves into the American scene,'' said the Rev. Charles L. Sorg, the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, at Queens Boulevard and 54th Street.