(Mayu 10, 2007) - A ranar 5 ga Mayu, Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany a Richmond, Ind., ta yi bikin farawa ta 102. Biki biyu ne aka yi bikin. An gudanar da bikin bayar da digiri a Bethany's Nicarry Chapel. An gudanar da bikin bautar jama'a a cocin Richmond na 'yan'uwa.
Shugaba Eugene F. Roop ya yi jawabi a wajen ba da digirin digirgir. Adireshinsa mai suna “Albarka” ya dogara ne akan Farawa 12:1-3 da ayoyi biyu na Linjila. Ya gargaɗi waɗanda suka sauke karatu, “Ku shiga hidima a matsayin manzo da wakili na albarkar Allah. Da albarka, ba ina nufin kyaututtuka da alheri, iyawa da basirar da kuke kawowa ga hidima ba. Ina nufin shuru, mai kirkira, mai canza gaban Allah wanda ke tare da tsarkaka na Littafi Mai Tsarki daga murya ta farko a cikin halitta:
Dena Pence, darektan Cibiyar Koyarwa da Koyarwa ta Wabash a Tauhidi da Addini, ita ce mai jawabi na hidimar ibadar la'asar. A cikin sakonta, "Me kuke gani?" Pence ya yi tsokaci game da martanin Marilyn Lerch ga harbin Virginia Tech. Lerch yana aiki a matsayin fasto na Cocin Makiyayi mai kyau na 'yan'uwa a Blacksburg, Va., Kuma ɗaya daga cikin ministocin harabar a Virginia Tech. "Marilyn na bukatar ta mai da hankali sosai kan abin da ke gabanta," in ji Pence, "sai kawai ta ga abin da ake bukata, abin da za ta yi. Ɗauki wannan hoton tare da kai-na mutum, yana neman Allah, yana sauraronsa, da buɗe idanunsa, ba tare da makanta ko yanke hukunci ba - ga abin da suke gani a kusa da su. Mutum yana kallon al’ummar da suke zaune a cikinta, da dukkan alherinta da dukkan karayar ta, sannan kuma ya san abin da za su iya yi na zama bangarenta”.
Tare da farawa, makarantar hauza ta fahimci manyan nasarorin malamai na shekarar da ta gabata. Russell Haitch, mataimakin farfesa na Ilimin Kirista kuma darekta na Cibiyar Hidima tare da Matasa da Manya, an ba shi damar zama. Ya kuma sami lambar yabo ta Littafin Rohrer don littafinsa "Daga Exorcism zuwa Ecstasy: Ra'ayoyi takwas na Baftisma." Scott Holland, mataimakin farfesa na Tiyoloji da Al'adu kuma darektan Nazarin Zaman Lafiya da Nazarin Al'adu, shi ma ya sami lambar yabo don littattafansa guda biyu, "Ta Yaya Labarun Mu Ke Cece Mu?" da kuma "Neman Zaman Lafiya a Afirka." Shugaba Roop, wanda zai yi ritaya a ranar 30 ga watan Yuni, an gode masa saboda shekaru 15 da ya yi yana hidima.
Dalibai goma sha tara sun sami digiri ko takaddun shaida, aji mafi girma tun 1998. Dalibai goma sha biyar sun sami digiri na Master of Divinity, daya tare da Ƙaddamarwa a Nazarin Zaman Lafiya; dalibai biyu sun sami digiri na Master of Arts a digirin tauhidi; biyu kuma sun sami Takaddun shaida a cikin Nazarin Tauhidi.
Wadanda suka sami digiri, da kuma majami'u na gida:
- Jagoran Allahntaka, Ƙaddamar da Nazarin Zaman Lafiya: Carrie Eikler, Ikilisiyar Manchester na 'Yan'uwa, N. Manchester, Ind.
- Jagora na Allahntakar: Michael Benner, Free Spring Church of the Brother, Miffintown, Pa.; Jerramy Bowen, W. Milton (Ohio) Church of the Brother; Torin Eikler, Cocin Arewacin Manchester na Yan'uwa; Tasha Hornbacker, Pleasant Hill (Ohio) Church of the Brother; Daniel House, Glade Valley Church of the Brother, Walkersville, Md.; Gidan Rebecca, Union Bridge (Md.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa; Jennifer Sanders Kreighbaum, Cocin Bear Creek na Yan'uwa, Hatsari, Md.; Brian Mackie, Sabuwar Rayuwa Kirista Fellowship, Dutsen Pleasant, Mich .; Barbara Menke, Cocin Oakland na 'Yan'uwa, Bradford, Ohio; Kelly Meyerhoeffer, Pleasant Valley Church of the Brother, Weyers Cave, Va.; Nathan Polzin, Sabuwar Rayuwa Kirista Fellowship; Thomas Richard, Cocin Fairview na 'yan'uwa, Cordova, Md.; Donald Williams, Stone Church of the Brother, Buena Vista, Va.; Christopher Zepp, Bridgewater (Va.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa.
- Jagora na Fasaha a Tauhidi: Rachel Peterson, New Carlisle (Ohio) Cocin 'Yan'uwa; Carrie Smith, Beaver Creek (Ohio) Cocin 'Yan'uwa.
- Takaddun Nasara a Nazarin Tauhidi: James Sampson, Ikilisiyar Eagle Creek na 'Yan'uwa, Forest, Ohio; Ronda Scammahorn, Cocin Oakland na 'Yan'uwa.
- Christopher Zepp ya sami bambanci don aikinsa na ilimi a cikin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Carrie Eikler, Torin Eikler, Barbara Menke, da Kelly Meyerhoeffer sun sami bambanci don aikinsu na nazarin hidima.
Ƙoƙarin masu digiri na gaba sun haɗa da sana’o’i a hidimar fastoci da ikilisiya, aikin koyarwa, hidimar sa-kai da ƙarin karatun digiri.
–Marcia Shetler darektan Hulda da Jama'a na Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany.