Yuni 25, 2016

Hotunan dashen coci

Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford

Taron dashen Ikilisiya na shekara-shekara yana tattaro tarin mutane masu sha'awar dasa cocin. Ƙungiyar ta bambanta, amma kuma tana da abubuwa da yawa iri ɗaya. Anan ga hotunan da yawa na sabbin ƙungiyoyin da ke girma a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.

Rayayyun Ruwa

Ikilisiyar Living Stream na 'Yan'uwa ita ce ta farko kuma ita kaɗai ta kan layi Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa. An fara watsa shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizon sa na farko a cikin Disamba 2012. Mai shuka shuka da Fasto Audrey deCoursey ya ƙaddamar, tare da taimako daga gundumar Pacific Northwest, Living Stream a halin yanzu ƙungiyar fastoci ke jagoranta wanda ya haɗa da Enten Eller, Monica Rice, da Mary Sue da Bruce Rosenberger.

Tare da keɓantaccen yanayin cocin da ke haɗuwa akan layi, Living Stream yana ba da tsari na musamman na ibada. Bruce Rosenberger ya ce, "Akwai majami'u da yawa da ke ba da hidimar al'ada, amma dangane da kan layi kawai, ban san wasu ba." Living Stream gidajen yanar gizo suna bauta, kuma babu taro na zahiri. Ana ƙarfafa tattaunawa yayin ibada ta hanyar akwatin taɗi da ke gudana tare da bidiyoyin gidan yanar gizon. A cewar Rosenberger, wannan yana ba da wani abu ne kawai majami'u ba za su iya ba. “Muna haɗa kai da mutane da yawa da suke ƙwazo a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa amma a halin yanzu suna wuraren da babu coci na zahiri,” in ji shi. "Muna kuma da mutanen da ba sa yin aiki da Cocin 'Yan'uwa da suke ganin saƙonmu yana da ma'ana."

Rosenberger ya ce cocin yana girma. "Na yi matukar farin ciki da kididdiga da matakin shiga," in ji shi. "Abu daya da ya bani mamaki shine karuwar yawan hirar da ake yi yayin ibadar kai tsaye." A lokacin rafukan kai tsaye, cocin na gani tsakanin na'urori 18 zuwa 25 masu aiki, kusan kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na waɗanda fiye da mutum ɗaya ke kallon su, kuma mutane 12 zuwa 15 suna yin aikin taɗi.

Mafi ban sha'awa, duk da haka, shine "mutanen da ba za su iya yin ibada tare da mu ba a cikin watsa shirye-shiryen watsa shirye-shirye a cikin mako a cikin ɗakunan ajiya," in ji Rosenberger. Ana buga faifai (taskokin) na ibada akan layi, kuma a cikin ra'ayoyin faifan bidiyo cocin na ganin halartar 80 zuwa 150 a kowane mako. Haɗa a www.LivingStreamCoB.org.

Al'ummar Misalai

A cewar mai shuka shuki Jeanne Davies, Tambarin Al'ummar Misalai ya ce duka: jajayen kifin da ke ninkaya a cikin tekun kifaye masu launi iri-iri-amma da alama ya saba wa na yanzu. Hoton mutumin da ke da buƙatu na musamman yana yin iyo ta wata hanya dabam, amma ba hanyar “ba daidai ba”.

Misalai sabuwar al'umma ce ta bangaskiya tare da yara da manya waɗanda ke da buƙatu na musamman da danginsu. Manufar ita ce cocin da kowa ke ba da gudummawa. "Mutanen da ke da buƙatu na musamman kuma suna da kyaututtuka na musamman," in ji Davies. "Ma'aikatar ce da, ba don ba." Har ila yau, al'umma suna maraba da iyalai "na al'ada".

An shirya shi a cocin York Center na 'yan'uwa a Lombard, Ill., Misalai suna samun tallafi daga gundumar Illinois da Wisconsin. Taron kaddamar da shi ya kasance a tsakiyar watan Afrilu. Yayin da ma’aikatar ke ci gaba, ana shirin gudanar da ayyukan ibada na rana ɗaya kacal a kowane wata a wannan bazarar.

Davies, wanda ya kasance sabon zuwa dashen coci, ya yi fatan farawa a watan Janairu. Jinkirin ya faru ne sakamakon yawan ayyukan da ake buƙata a bayan fage don fara sabuwar coci. "A zahiri yana ɗaukar lokaci mai tsawo don samun gwagwargwadon ƙungiyoyinku, na doka, na kuɗi a jere, waɗanda ban yi tsammani ba," in ji ta. A matsayin ƙungiyar sa-kai, sabuwar coci tana buƙatar hukumar, dokoki da tsarin mulki, tsarin lissafin kuɗi, banki, inshora.

Haɗin kai kan hangen nesa ga coci tare da sauran mutanen da ke da hannu kuma yana ɗaukar lokaci, in ji ta. Misalai yana da kwamitin membobi hudu, da masu ba da shawara huɗu waɗanda ke aiki tare da Davies a matsayin mai shuka. Hakanan ana buƙata akwai manyan lambobin sadarwa a cikin al'umma. Davies ya yi aiki don yada kalmar ta ziyartar makarantu, dakunan karatu, gundumomin shakatawa, wuraren da ke hidima ga iyalai masu buƙatu na musamman, da gidajen watsa labarai.

An tsara al'ummar Parables bayan Ma'aikatar Bauta ta Misalai a Wayzata, Minn., wanda jagoransa yayi magana a taron Faith Forward a Chicago a bara. Davies ma yana can, kuma an yi masa wahayi. Wannan hangen nesa ya buge ta a matsayin mai girmama mutanen da ke da buƙatu na musamman "kamar masu hikima, kamar masu ba da kyauta, a matsayin malamai," in ji ta. “Wani lokaci darussan suna da wahala, amma suna jujjuya duniya, kamar misalin misalin Yesu.”

Bayan ’yan abubuwan da manya da matasa masu bukatu na musamman da suke ja-gora a ibada, Davies ya ce, “suna koya mana yadda ake bauta, suna koya mana yadda ake yin addu’a.” Nemo ƙarin a www.ParablesCommunity.org.

Cocin da ke Drive

Samfurin harabar "Tsaya a cikin Gap" Gundumar Michigan ma'aikatar da tushen sabon coci dasa motsi, Coci a Drive yana kan gab da samun hukuma hukuma matsayi a cikin coci. Jagoranci ya fito ne daga mai shuka shuki da ministan zartarwa Nathan D. Polzin.

A cikin 1996, New Life Christian Fellowship, sannan Shepherd Church of the Brother, ya kira Polzin don fara wayar da kan ɗaliban koleji a Jami'ar Michigan ta Tsakiya. Wannan isar da sako ya zama Tsaye a cikin Haɗin gwiwar Kiristanci. Fiye da shekaru goma bayan haka, Polzin ya fara sabon babi a Jami'ar Jihar Saginaw Valley, wanda ya zama Coci a Drive.

Ko da yake New Life Christian Fellowship ya zaɓi ya bar ƙungiyar, Tsaya a cikin Gap ya ci gaba a matsayin ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa mai karfi tare da sabon babi a Jami'ar Jihar Ferris da kuma sabon cocin coci, Lost and Found Church in Big Rapids - jagorancin Jake Davis, wanda ya zo wurin Kristi ta wurin Tsaye a cikin Gap a CMU. Polzin yana da babban buri: don kafa Tsaye a Babin Gap da kuma Ikilisiyar Ikklisiya ta 'yan'uwa a duk garuruwan koleji na Division I da II a Michigan.

A halin yanzu, Cocin a Drive ya girma tun da wuri fiye da yadda ake tsammani. Ya yi fatan ya kai matsayin ikilisiya a cikin shekaru 10, amma yanzu “da alama mun cika shekara guda kafin jadawalin.”

Galibi ya ƙunshi matasa manya da ɗaliban koleji, Coci a Drive ta fara jan hankalin tsofaffi kuma tana da hidimar yara masu girma. Yawancin mahalarta sabbin Kiristoci ne, kuma “bangaskiya da aikin Cocin ’yan’uwa sun kama zukata da tunani,” in ji Polzin. “Sha'awar yanki da mazhabobi da sa hannu yana da yawa. Mun sami mutane sama da 30 da suka halarci kowane taron gundumomi biyu da suka gabata, muna da mutane 5 da za su halarci taron shekara-shekara a wannan shekara, kuma da yawa sun halarci sauran taron. Yawancin mutanenmu suna hidima a matakin gundumomi.

Biyu daga cikin mambobinmu, Emily Woodruff da Kindra Krieslers, musamman rikicin EYN [Cocin ’yan’uwa a Najeriya] ke fuskanta,” in ji Polzin. “Tare da hadin gwiwar ma’aikatan darikar, sun samar da abin hawa na musamman na tara kudade da wayar da kan jama’a. Gallery Daya: 1 wani taron fasaha ne da mutane ke taruwa suna koyo tare don yin zane da kansu, yayin da suke jin irin ayyukan da Cocin 'yan uwa a Najeriya ke ciki da kuma halin da 'yan uwanmu EYN ke ciki. Cocin a Drive yana goyan bayan Gallery One: 1 kuma ribar da aka samu za ta amfana da EYN."

Cocin da ke Drive yana ɗokin samun sabbin ayyuka da zarar ta sami matsayin ikilisiya. Shugabanninta da wuri sun yi tanadin buƙatun kuɗi a cikin kundin tsarin mulki domin ikilisiya “za ta sami aiki fiye da kanmu a cikin DNA na cocinmu,” in ji Polzin. Wayar da kan cocin ya haɗa da goyon baya ga Tsaye a cikin Gap a Jami'ar Jihar Saginaw Valley, mishaneri biyu, matsuguni marasa matsuguni, da ma'aikatun gida. Da zarar ya zama ikilisiya akwai wasu buƙatu da yawa a wurin: ware kashi 10 cikin 10 na kuɗin shiga don tallafawa shukar coci na gaba / Tsaya a cikin Babin Gap; ware wani kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX da za a raba tsakanin gundumomi, darika, da makarantar hauza na Bethany; da biyan ma'aikatan kiwo bisa ga ma'auni.

Polzin ya ce: “Mu coci ne da aka fara da yaran jami’a, kuma Allah ya yi abin ban mamaki a tsakaninmu!”

Gathering Chicago

Haduwarta ta farko ita ce liyafar soyayya mai cike da wankin ƙafa da zumunci. a ranar Fentakos Lahadi a ranar 15 ga Mayu, a cikin "ɗaki na sama" a bene na 40 na wani tsayin tsayin daka a kudu da Loop, tare da kyakkyawan ra'ayi na sararin samaniyar Chicago. Poluck na abinci na ƙasashen duniya ya raka tsawan maraice na tattaunawa da zumunci.

Tare da wannan kyakkyawan farawa, da taimako daga Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin, LaDonna Sanders Nkosi yana kafa Gathering Chicago zuwa "al'ummar addu'a da sabis na duniya/ na gida."

Gathering Chicago ba koyaushe za ta hadu a wannan babban ɗakin ba, saboda ba a haɗa shi zuwa wuri ɗaya ba. Wuraren taro na gaba na iya haɗawa da wurin shakatawa na bakin teku a tafkin Michigan, sauran wuraren zama a Lincoln Park ko Hyde Park, watakila wurin da ke ɗaya daga cikin makarantun hauza na birnin. Za a yi "Ranakun Abincin Soul", masu magana da baƙi ciki har da sanannun malaman makarantar hauza, gabatarwa ta masu fafutuka a cikin ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, da kuma shaida daga mutanen yau da kullum.

Sa’ad da take aiki a wahayin, Nkosi ta sami saƙo mai ƙarfi ta wurin addu’a: “Allah yana cewa, ‘Ba na so ku ƙara zama coci ɗaya a cikin dukan waɗannan ikilisiyoyi.” Ta gamsu manufarta ita ce ta samar da al’umma tare da mutanen da ake jin an kira su yi addu’a domin birni, al’umma, da kuma duniya, tare da makasudin “yin addu’a, yin hidima, da saduwa da Kristi.”

Ta hango Gathering Chicago a matsayin da'irar mutane cikin addu'a. "A cikin da'irar, kuna ɗaukar lokaci don jin mutane, menene ya kawo su nan. Kowa yana da murya." Da'irar addu'a tana ƙarfafa mutane su rayu cikin abin da Allah yake kira su yi.

Kirana da gaske shi ne na renon shugabanni,” in ji ta, “da kuma ba da jinkiri ga ma’aikatan shari’a, da mutanen da coci-coci ta yi watsi da su ko kuma wadanda suka saba zama a cikin birni.” Gathering Chicago na "mutumin da ya ce, 'Ina neman zama na zama'."

Nkosi ta kawo dangantakar ƙasashen duniya da Afirka ta Kudu, inda ta shiga hidimar Kirista. Ɗayan makasudin rabawa tsakanin Chicago da duniya shine haɗa mutane tare da haɓaka aikin gama gari ta waɗanda ba za su iya haɗawa ba. "Muna haɗin gwiwa a cikin bishara tare," in ji Nkosi.

Tana sane da cewa wasu mahalarta ba sa son kasancewa cikin ɗarikar Kirista, kuma ba su da sha’awar Cocin ’yan’uwa. Ga mafi yawansu, idin soyayya na ranar Fentikos shine farkon su. Duk da haka, “warkarwar ruhun Yesu Kristi ne, mai nauyi da ba za mu iya ƙarewa [wanke ƙafafu] ba, mu karye mu ci,” in ji ta. "Kowa ya kasance cikin tsoro, yana da ƙarfi sosai." Dubafacebook.com/TheGatheringChicago/.

Hasken Bishara

Watakila majami'ar 'yan'uwa kawai zumuncin Larabci, Hasken Bishara ya fito a matsayin babban shukar coci a gundumar Atlantika ta Arewa maso Gabas. Don Mitchell da Sandy Christohel na hukumar gundumar kan ci gaban cocin sun bayyana cocin tare da ba da labarin yadda ta ci gaba, a wata hira da aka yi da ita a lokacin sabon taron dashen coci na 2016.

Ikklisiya ta Farko ta 'Yan'uwa ta fara Hasken Bishara a Brooklyn, NY, wacce ke da tarihin haifuwar sabbin ikilisiyoyi. Yanzu ta ƙaura zuwa tsibirin Staten, kuma tana da nata ginin, tare da kusan mutane 130 da ke halartar ibada. Ƙungiyar ta haɗa da asali da ƙabilu iri-iri na masu jin harshen Larabci, ciki har da Masar, Siriya, Isra'ila, Labanan, da kuma mutane daga wasu sassan Gabas ta Tsakiya. Fasto Milad Samaan dan asalin Masar ne. Ikilisiyar ta riga tana da wurin wa’azi a New Jersey, inda limamin cocin ya je ya yi wa rukunin Larabci wa’azi da kusan mutane 80 ko 90 daga ƙasar Syria.

Mitchell ya nanata wannan nasarar ta “aiki tuƙuru,” da ikilisiyoyin ikilisiya da shugabanninta, da shugabanni da abokai a gundumar. Ikilisiyoyi na Arewa maso Gabas na Atlantika sun haɗa kai da sabuwar cocin, kuma mutane da yawa a gundumar sun ba ta goyon baya. Alal misali, sa’ad da cocin ta sayi wani gini a tsibirin Staten da aka yi watsi da shi na shekaru goma kuma ya bukaci gyara da yawa, ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarcen da mutane da yawa a coci da kuma gundumomi suka yi ya sa ya zama “wurin bauta mai kyau,” Mitchell. yace. Christophel ya ce bukatar aikin sa kai kamar zane-zane da gyare-gyare ne ya sa jama'ar gundumomi da yawa su ziyarci sabon wurin da ke tsibirin Staten.

Christohel ya taimaka gabatar da sabuwar ikilisiyar zuwa abubuwan da suka shafi ’yan’uwa na musamman, gami da liyafar soyayya ta 2013 da aka gudanar tare da Coventry Church of the Brothers, Providence Church of the Brothers, da shugabannin gunduma. Ya lura cewa ana ci gaba da ziyarce-ziyarcen shugabannin gundumomi zuwa ikilisiyoyi, kuma a wannan shekara a ƙarshen mako na Tuna da Mutuwar Yesu, wasu gungun shugabannin gundumomi suna shirin tuƙi zuwa Staten Island don haɗa kai cikin bauta tare da Hasken Bishara.

Atlantika Arewa maso Gabas yana da taken irin wannan gagarumin aiki, Mitchell ya ce: “Dukkan Ciki: Tafiya, Haɓakawa, Girma, da Ibada.” Kasancewa “dukkan ciki” yana nufin ƙarfafa kowace ikilisiya ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa, da haɗin gwiwa da juna don yin hidima mai inganci, in ji Mitchell. Manufar gundumar ita ce ta "juya halin da ake ciki na makale" a matsayin coci na tsofaffin hanyoyi da matsalolin tsofaffi, da kuma ci gaba tare.

Daji Taro

Yana karbar bakuncin shukar coci a cikin dakinta a Olympia, Wash., sabuwar ƙwarewa ce ga Elizabeth Ullery Swenson. "Muna da rukuni na mutanen da suke shirye, masu sha'awar, kuma masu sha'awar," in ji ta, don haka WildWood Gathering aka haife.

Kungiyar na haduwa sau daya a mako, a yammacin ranar Alhamis. Dakinta bai kai wurin da ake so ba, don haka tana sa ido don samun mafi kyau-wuri a cikin tsakiyar gari, watakila an shirya shi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo ko kuma sararin samaniyar al'umma da yawa.

Wuri yana da mahimmanci saboda taron shine "wuri ne don warkarwa da kuma dawo da aikin ruhaniya" don "'yan gudun hijira na ruhaniya," in ji ta. An yi taron ne ga waɗanda “sun sami cocin da bai dace ba, mai raɗaɗi, keɓantacce, mara kyama,” kuma waɗanda cocin gargajiya “ba ta dace da ra’ayinsu na duniya ba.” Wuraren da ke da wuyar iyakoki na zahiri ko na tunani don ketare, ba za a yi la'akari da sarari mai aminci ba.

Ta ce: “Tsarin nawa yana kokawa da tunanin coci sosai. Zamanta - na millennials - ba su kadai ne take fatan tattarawa ba, duk da haka. Tana fatan WildWood zai kasance tsakanin tsararraki da kuma coci ga daidaikun LGBTQ. "Sun sha wahala mafi wahala wajen nemo al'ummomi masu aminci," in ji ta.

WildWood Gathering ya fara taro a farkon wannan shekara, a cikin Maris. Kafin haka, Ullery Swenson ya shafe watanni hudu zuwa biyar yana shirya filin don shuka, tare da taimakon gundumar. Horowar da ta yi a Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany, inda take aiki a kan ƙwararriyar Allahntaka tare da mai da hankali kan aikin bishara da hidimar mishan, ya ba ta kwarin gwiwar shiga aikin dashen coci. Shigar da ta yi a cikin jagorancin Open Table Cooperative, ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa masu ci gaba, kuma ya taimaka mata ta shirya. Ta ci gaba da ganin Open Table Cooperative a matsayin wani ɓangare na hidimarta na fastoci.

Ga Ullery Swenson, WildWood Gathering wata hanya ce ta isa ga sabon tsara ba tare da ɓata dangantaka, tsaro, da sararin amintacciyar ikilisiyoyin da ke akwai ba. Duk da haka, ikilisiyoyin da ake da su suna da muhimmiyar rawar da za su taka, ta ce: dole ne su ba da ƙarfi da tallafawa sababbin majami'u. Yana da "duka/da" gareta: ana buƙatar ikilisiyoyin da suke da su da sabbin tsire-tsire na coci, duka al'ada da sabbin abubuwa suna da mahimmanci a jikin Kristi. Karin bayani yana nan www.WildWoodGathering.org.

Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford darekta ne na Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa, kuma editan aboki na Messenger. Ita ma minista ce da aka naɗa kuma ta kammala karatun sakandare a Bethany Seminary da Jami'ar La Verne, Calif.

Tyler Roebuck ya taimaka da wannan jerin labaran. dalibi a Jami'ar Manchester, shi ma'aikaci ne na Ma'aikatar Summer Service tare da Messenger da kuma Cocin of the Brother Communication team.