(Fabra. 26, 2007) — “Na gode don sake kiran ku zuwa hidima.” Waɗannan kalmomin, waɗanda wani fasto ya furta a lokacin addu'ar rufewa, sun ƙunshi shekaru biyu na bincike tare da abokan aiki abin da ake nufi da fastoci da ƙwarewa. Da yawa daga cikin fastoci 18 da ke cikin da'irar sun bayyana ma'anar sabuntawa iri ɗaya.
Sustaining Pastoral Excellence, wani yunƙuri na Makarantar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci wanda tallafin Lilly Endowment Inc. ya ba da dala miliyan biyu, yana da nufin bai wa fastoci aƙalla 2 Church of the Brothers damar samun irin wannan sabuntawa cikin shekaru biyar.
Mutane 18 da suka taru a Ellenton, Fla., Fabrairu 12-15 kuma suka haɗa hannu don wannan addu’a su ne rukuni na farko da suka gama waƙar “Mahimman Fastoci” (ViP) na shirin. Taruwa a ƙananan ƙungiyoyin “ƙungiya”, fastoci sun yi shekara biyu suna bincika “tambaya mai mahimmanci” da ta shafi hidima. Kwarewar ta ƙunshi balaguron nutsewa zuwa makoma, galibi a ƙasashen waje, wanda ke taimakawa cikin binciken wannan tambayar.
A wurin ja da baya na Florida, waɗannan ƙungiyoyin sun shafe sa'o'i uku kowannensu yana gaya wa sauran ƙungiyoyin da ma'aikatan Cibiyar Brethren Academy abin da suka koya a cikin tafiyarsu. Wata ƙungiya ta yi nazarin al'adun 'yan'uwa; wani kuma ya yi nazarin salon ibada na tunani; Sauran sun bi tambayoyin da suka shafi manufa da bunkasa jagoranci.
John Weyant, memba na ƙungiyar tsakiyar Atlantic, ya ce nazarin al'adun 'yan'uwa, ciki har da tafiya zuwa wuraren 'yan'uwa a Jamus, ya ba shi wahayi. "Muna bukatar mu sake kafa wannan sha'awar," in ji shi a cikin rahoton kungiyar, "kuma yana farawa a nan."
Ƙungiya da ke nazarin ibadar tunani, daga Kudancin Ohio, sun sami kwarin gwiwa a cikin majami'un Turai suna neman sabbin hanyoyin isa ga sababbin tsararraki a cikin yanayin da ba a sani ba. "Sakon yana da ƙarfi don tsira," in ji memban ƙungiyar Jerry Bowen, "amma dole ne majami'unmu su nemo sabuwar abin hawa don raba wannan saƙon."
Ƙungiya ta Arewacin Ohio ta mai da hankali kan hanyoyin da za a “gane, reno, da kuma sakin baiwar jagoranci” a cikin ikilisiyoyi. “Allah yana ba ikilisiya baiwar shugabanci da take bukata,” in ji sun kammala. "Ba koyaushe muna sane da shi ba tukuna."
Ƙungiya ta Kudu/Tsakiya Indiana ta sami “zuciya” don manufa a Brazil yayin da take neman hanyoyin haɓaka wannan ruhun manufa ɗaya a gida. "Idan kun koma gida kamar yadda kuka bar, kun rasa shi," memba na ƙungiyar Bruce Hostetler ya ce, yana tattaunawa game da kwarewar manufa, ko kusa da gida ko waje.
Kamar yadda waɗannan su ne ƙungiyoyin farko don kammala aikin, sun kasance "aladun Guinea" iri-iri don ganin yadda duk zai yi aiki. Sun yi la'akari da kalubalen da ke tattare da hada kungiyoyin tun farko da kuma tsara yadda za a gudanar da tarukan akai-akai ta hanyar tsarin, amma kowace kungiya ta bayyana cewa ya dace. Abin dariya da dariya sun mamaye rahotannin. Ƙungiyoyi da yawa sun shirya ci gaba da haɗuwa tare a yanzu da aka yi shirin na yau da kullum, tare da gina dangantaka da aka kulla.
“Wannan mako ne na gamsuwa sosai da muka zo nan,” in ji Jonathan Shively, darektan Makarantar Brethren Academy. “Mun yi tsammanin wannan taro na farko zai koya daga gare ku…. Wannan shine sauyi a yadda muke fahimtar fastoci da hidimar Ikklesiya. Abin da kuka yi bai kasance gare ku kawai ba.
Ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyar guda shida sun fara karatunsu a bara kuma za su sami ƙarewa a cikin watan Nuwamba. Wasu kungiyoyi shida kuma suna fara karatunsu a wannan bazarar. Gabaɗaya, kusan fastoci 100 ne yanzu suka tsunduma cikin Dorewar Ƙarfafa Fastoci, yawancinsu suna cikin waƙar Vital Pastors. Wasu 18 kuma sun shiga cikin Advanced Foundations of Leadership Track, wanda ke tattaro ƙungiyoyin fastoci na takwas zuwa 10 don ja da baya a cikin kwata-kwata don nazarin jagorancin fastoci da kuma neman ci gaban kai.
Shively ya kuma lura cewa ’yan’uwa na shirin wani ɓangare ne na “internet mai faɗi” na fastoci da ke da alaƙa da shirin Lilly a ƙungiyoyi da ƙungiyoyi dabam-dabam.
Glenn Timmons, wanda ke tsara shirin Dorewa Pastoral Excellence shirin tare da matarsa, Linda, ya ƙarfafa wannan rukunin ’yan’uwa na farko don yaɗa saƙon abin da suka koya, da ƙarfafa sauran fastoci don neman sabuntawa da sake ƙarfafa da suke bukata. "Ku jakadu ne yanzu," Timmons ya gaya musu, "ko kun gane, ko kuna so, ko a'a!"
–Walt Wiltschek editan mujalla “Messenger” ne na Church of the Brothers.