Cocin 'yan'uwa da matasa Mennonite a yankunan Denver da Colorado Springs na Colorado sun shiga cikin "Kogin Rayuwa," sabis na karshen mako a kan Agusta 18-20. Dalibai ciki har da matasa daga Cocin Prince of Peace na ’Yan’uwa sun isa Cocin Mennonite na Farko don su bincika yadda al’adar bangaskiyar Anabaptist ke koya musu su kasance da hidima ga wasu. Wasu daliban sun ba da karshen karshen mako na bazara na kyauta, yayin da wasu suka garzaya daga makaranta don halarta.
An raba mahalarta ashirin da shida tsakanin ayyukan sabis huɗu. Ayyukan sun haɗa da zanen Cibiyar Wayar da Jama'a a Cocin Mennonite Brethren Church Park Park; ja da ciyayi da kwashe shara a Lambunan Yarrow, aikin gidaje masu karamin karfi na Mennonite; goge kulob a Ƙungiyar Boys da Girls na Denver; da aikin ofis, aikin yadi, canza pallets zuwa itacen wuta, da ba da abincin rana ga marasa gida a Abokan Franciscan na Talakawa.
A ranar Lahadin da ta gabata, matasan sun ba da rahoton wasu darussa na rayuwa da suka koya daga ƙarshen mako yayin hidimar ibada a farkon Mennonite, kuma suka jagoranci cocin wajen rera waƙa. Ba wai kawai sun cika dandalin tare da kasancewarsu ta zahiri ba, amma tare da raba bangaskiyarsu kuma.
“Ban san yadda marar gida zai kasance ba, amma yanzu na san cewa su mutane ne da gaske,” in ji wani matashi. “Yaran da ba su da zaɓi na inda za su je bayan makaranta za su iya shiga Ƙungiyar Mata da Mata akan $2 kawai a kowace shekara,” in ji wani matashi. Wata matashiya kuma ta lura da gwagwarmayar neman taimako wata uwa ɗaya tana tare da matasanta a ranar motsi, a rana ɗaya da ayyukan hidimar Kogin Rayuwa. Lokacin da matasan Kogin Rayuwa suka shiga don taimakawa, sauran yaran kuma sun fara taimakawa.
Wataƙila darasi na rayuwa daga Kogin Rayuwa ya fi dacewa da taken waƙar "Take Me In," wanda aka rera a lokacin bikin rufewa ta ƙungiyar BlackKnyt wadda membobinta ɗaliban makarantar sakandare ne da ke da alaƙa da Glennon Heights Mennonite Church. Ko da a lokacin da rayuwa ta motsa mu mu kasance a waje, Kogin Rai na karshen mako yana misalta wata hanyar rayuwa dabam da ke ƙarfafa matasa su “ɗaukar mutane” kuma su ba da wasu ayyuka masu sauƙi daga ƙaunar Yesu.
Mennonite Urban Ministries (MUM) da Gano Dama don Watsawa da Tunani (DOOR) ne suka dauki nauyin taron.