"Bikin cikar Cocin 'yan'uwa shekara 300 a shekara ta 2008"
(Jan. 25, 2008) — A karshen mako na 18-20 ga Janairu, ta sami wata tawaga ta Cocin Brothers ta kusan mutane goma sha biyu a Orangeburg, SC, don bikin cika shekaru 10 na sadaukarwar Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Coci. ’Yan’uwa masu sa kai da ke aiki a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa ne suka gina ginin cocin.
Asalin ginin Butler Chapel na ɗaya daga cikin da yawa da masu kone-kone suka lalata a cikin kurwar kona coci a 1995-96. Tare da kuɗi daga Majalisar Coci ta ƙasa da kuma wasu kafofin, tare da taimakon ’yan agaji 300 da ke aiki a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa, an gina wani sabon ginin coci, ba tare da bashi ba.
Bikin na kwanaki uku an yi shi da gauraya mai ban sha'awa na AME da membobin Cocin Brothers. Wa'azin safiyar Lahadi shine kawai babban jawabi. Amma akwai ɗarurruwan “saƙonni” da aka gani kuma aka ji kamar gaisuwa, runguma, rungumar juna, hawaye na farin ciki, da kuma nuna ƙauna. Gabaɗayan taron babban saƙo ne na imani da manufa guda ɗaya, yayin da ƙungiyoyin biyu daban-daban amma iri ɗaya suka haɗu don gode wa Allah saboda abin da ya faru a Butler Chapel.
Duk da haka, taron bikin cika shekaru 10 ya fi mayar da hankali kan gini mai ban sha'awa. Ginin shine kawai kayan aiki don duk abin da ke faruwa a cikin kayan aiki. Cocin Butler Chapel AME ƙaramin ƙauye ne (yanzu ya zama birni) ikilisiya. Ya bayyana cewa ƙaramin ikilisiyar tana ba da shaida a hanyoyi masu ban mamaki. Akwai ƙungiyar mawaƙa guda biyar, ƙungiyar raye-rayen yabo na yara - waɗanda aka horar da su a hankali wajen bayyana ibada ta hanyar motsi, da sauran abubuwan da suka faru da nufin haɓaka sadaukarwa almajiran. Wurin da ke da kyau na musamman ya zama cibiya ga al'amuran gundumomi da yawa, a wasu lokuta yana wuce gona da iri na dafa abinci da sauran ma'aikatan gida.
Daga lokacin da muka shiga ƙofar coci a ranar Juma’a da yamma, har muka tashi ranar Lahadi, an ɗauki ’yan’uwa a matsayin baƙi masu daraja. Akwai tambarin suna a tsanake, da jakunkuna masu kyau da aka cika da kayan abinci iri-iri, littattafan shirye-shiryen da suka ƙunshi bayanai da dama da suka haɗa da sunayen duk waɗanda suka taimaka wajen gina sabon ginin, da abinci guda uku masu daɗi, da kuma kayan ciye-ciye. Ko da muka tashi mun sami “abin ciye-ciye don hanya,” da kwalabe na ruwa da aka naɗe da hoton Cocin Butler Chapel.
Wani abin burgewa a wajen taron shi ne mawakan biki da suka hada da ‘yan uwa da dama da suka samu baiwar waka. Mawakan sun shafe fiye da sa'a guda a wurin taron waka suna koyon yadda ake yin kidan coci a hanyar Butler Chapel AME. Ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta AME ta kira shi "damuwa," amma ƙwarewar ta zama mai mahimmanci ga duk waɗanda suka shiga cikin tsari.
Bikin ya kuma haɗa da “lokacin motsa jiki,” kowane irin karramawa, kyaututtuka, kyaututtuka, da – sama da komai – ɗaruruwan kalamai na ’yan’uwa da ’yan’uwa waɗanda suka kai ga tsinkayar sama.
Tawagar 'yan'uwa ta hada da babbar sakatariyar riko ta Cocin of the Brother General Board, Mary Jo Flory-Steury; Babban membobin kwamitin Russell Betz da Terrell Lewis, ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa Roy Winter, Judy Bezon, da Jane Yount; ma'aikatan sa kai na Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa Glenn da Helen Kinsel, waɗanda suka ci gaba da tuntuɓar Butler Chapel shekaru 10 da suka gabata; da dama daga cikin daraktocin aikin da suka jagoranci ginin –John da Marianna Baker, Stanley Barkdoll, da Earl Dohner; tsohon ma'aikacin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa Torin Eikler; masu aikin sa kai da dama da suka shiga aikin sake ginawa; da ma wasu magoya bayan 'Yan uwa masu sha'awar.
Fatan duk wadanda suka halarta ne cewa za a iya raya alakar da ke tsakanin darikun biyu. Wannan shekara ta tunawa ita ce lokacin da ya dace don farawa.
-Glenn E. Kinsel wani ma'aikacin ma'aikatar bala'i ne na 'yan'uwa masu aikin sa kai wanda ya taimaka tare da haɗin gwiwar sa kai don aikin ginin a Butler Chapel, kuma tare da haɓaka bikin ranar tunawa.
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