A ranakun 17-18 ga Nuwamba, matasa fiye da 100 ne suka taru don wani biki mai suna “Packing the Peace of Christ,” wanda fastoci na Anabaptist da shugabannin matasa suka shirya don su “saurara da kira ga almajiran Yesu su yi aikin salama a Philadelphia.”
Fastoci na Anabaptist da shugabannin matasa sun shirya taron bitar domin mayar da martani ga karuwar tashe-tashen hankula a birnin, tare da tallafi daga kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite, Philadelphia. Ya zuwa wannan bitar, an kashe mutane 359, akasarinsu da bindigogin hannu. Taron ya gabatar da tambayar, “A cikin wannan mahallin ta yaya za mu iya ba da shaida ga Kristi, Sarkin Salama?”
Ƙungiyoyin da suka shiga sun haɗa da Cocin ’yan’uwa, Mennonite, da ’Yan’uwa cikin Kristi. Kimanin rabin ikilisiyoyin Anabaptist na birane 28 da ma'aikatu a cikin babban yankin Philadelphia ne suka shiga cikin shiri da kuma halartar taron bita, gami da Cocin Germantown na Brothers da Fasto Richard Kyerematen. An gudanar da taron bitar a makarantar Mennonite ta Philadelphia.
Wani shagon kofi na yammacin Juma'a ya fara da kiɗan ibada ta Cibiyar Yabo (Indonesia) Philadelphia. Sa'an nan Kirista rap artist Cruz Cordero da Yvonne Platts na Philadelphia Ministry Partnership sun rungumi gasar matasa don ƙirƙirar madadin tashin hankali ta hanyar zane-zane, zane-zane, da rap ko magana. Conrad Moore, ɗan Philly kuma mai koyar da wariyar launin fata a Titin Damascus, ya jagoranci aikin koyarwa na haɗin gwiwa da ake kira "Forum Theater" don yin ƙwarewar samar da zaman lafiya.
Asabar ta kasance kamar sansanin sojan salama na Kristi. Mahalarta taron sun zaɓi biyu daga cikin bitar samar da zaman lafiya guda biyar: “Akido,” kariyar kai ba tare da lahani ba; "Babban Bang," bangarorin biyu na muhawara mai zafi kan dokokin bindigar hannu a Pennsylvania karkashin jagorancin Sarah Thompson na Kwamitin Tsakiyar Mennonite, DC, da Wakilin Jihar Pennsylvania John Myers; "Maganin Rikici a Mahangar Kirista," karkashin jagorancin Barbara Moses, shugabar makarantar sakandare, wadda ta taimaka wa mahalarta su gane "masu jawo fushi" na kansu; "Ƙungiyar Hip-Hop-Menene Naman sa" (watau, "Menene Rikicin"), wanda Cruz Cordero ya jagoranta, wanda ya yi nazarin saƙonnin rap na duniya game da rikici; "Tashin hankali: Matsalar Amirka," jagorancin Conrad Moore wanda ya yi nazari akan tarihin tashin hankali na Amurka kuma ya kammala, "Tashin hankali ba matsala ba ne kawai ga matasan birane - matsala ce ta kasa."
Arbutus Sider ya shirya wasiƙa ga mahalarta don sanya hannu, wanda aka aika zuwa ikilisiyoyin Anabaptist na ƙauye da na kewayen birni a kudu maso gabas Pennsylvania suna neman tallafi don matsawa don samar da ingantaccen dokar bindiga ta hannu.
Ga babban wasan ƙarshe, masu fasahar rap na Kirista huɗu na gida sun yi wa mahalarta taron nunin baiwar yare mai ban mamaki don kiran mutane su yi tafiya cikin hasken Kristi.
Hakan ya ƙare “Tare da Salama ta Kristi,” yana yin kira ga almajiran Yesu su yi aiki don salama a Filafiya. An yi karar kiran. Yi addu'a cewa kiran ya ba da 'ya'ya a cikin rayuwar waɗanda suka ji shi.
– Wannan labarin ya ba da gudummawa ta hanyar Masu Ginin Mulkin Anabaptist Network na Greater Philadelphia, kuma Shannon Burgess, babba a Makarantar Sakandare ta Philadelphia kuma memba na Cocin Mennonite na biyu ya rubuta..