"Bikin cikar Cocin 'yan'uwa shekara 300 a shekara ta 2008"
(Yuni 27, 2008) — Ikilisiyoyi da yawa na ’yan’uwa suna binciken yadda ake gudanar da ayyukan Coci-faɗiyya na Tallafawa Coci, ƙoƙarin da ake yi na haɗin gwiwa da ikilisiyoyi a yankunan da guguwar Katrina ta shafa. Jami'ar Baptist and Brothers Church a Kwalejin Jiha, Pa., ta yi alkawarin shiga kuma an haɗa ta da St. John's Baptist Church a New Orleans.
Cocin 'Yan'uwa ɗaya ne daga cikin ƙungiyoyi shida da ƙungiyoyin ecumenical guda uku waɗanda suka haɗa kai cikin ƙungiyar ma'aikata ta Majalisar Coci ta ƙasa. Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa da Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington suna wakiltar darikar. David Jehnsen, memba na Cocin ’yan’uwa daga Columbus, Ohio, yana aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban ƙungiyar masu aiki kuma ya taimaka wajen kafa ta.
Membobin kungiyar matasan Baptist da Brothers na Jami'ar kwanan nan sun ziyarci kuma sun yi ibada tare da cocin St. John kafin su shiga sansanin aiki na darika. Brittany Hamilton, ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyar matasa, tana yin tsokaci game da ruhun bautar, ta ce, “Da gaske suna yabon Yesu.” Kungiyar matasa da jama'a na sa ran za su karbi bakuncin membobin cocin St. John's Baptist yayin da za su ziyarci Kwalejin Jiha a karshen kaka.
Altoona (Pa.) 28th Street Church of the Brothers ta shirya wani shiri na ba da labari kan Ikklisiya Taimakawa Ikklisiya don majami'u na yankin Altoona a ranar 22 ga Yuni, kuma ta bayyana sha'awar haɓaka dangantakar abokantaka da ɗaya daga cikin ikilisiyoyin 32 na New Orleans da Ikklisiya ke Tallafawa Coci. Ƙungiyar Aiki ta Ƙasa. Bugu da kari, shugaba a cikin Cocin Allah, daga Martinsburg, Pa., ya halarci taron kuma yana tsara hanyoyin haɗin gwiwa a wannan yanki.
A taron Altoona, Phil Jones, darektan ’Yan’uwa Shaida/Ofishin Washington da wakilin Coci na ’yan’uwa ga rukunin aiki, ya gabatar da cikakkun bayanai game da shirin kuma ya ba da ƙarin bayani game da yankin New Orleans kusan shekaru uku bayan Katrina.
"Fata tana nan da rai," in ji shi. “Ko da a lokacin da kuke tafiya a cikin yankin da ya lalace gaba daya na karamar Hukumar Tara, inda kusan ba a sake yin wani gini ba, ko a nan kuna samun bege. Ana samun bege a cikin wani ɗan ƙaramin gida, fenti mai haske wanda aka sake ginawa a cikin wurin lefe ɗin da ya karye kuma ya zuba babban Mississippi cikin gidajensu. " Ya ce wata dattijuwa a gidan ta yi shelar cewa “gayyata ce” ga al’umma su dawo. Yawancin majami'u masu haɗin gwiwa na Cocin Tallafawa Cocin suna cikin wannan al'umma kuma suna matuƙar son komawa, in ji Jones.
Jones ya yi tafiya sau da yawa zuwa New Orleans tun daga Katrina, don halartar tarurrukan da suka shafi Cocin Tallafawa Coci. Zach Wolgemuth, mataimakin darektan ma'aikatun bala'i na 'yan'uwa, ya taimaka wajen samar da wasu albarkatu don farfadowa na dogon lokaci da ƙoƙarin sake ginawa, kuma ya taimaka wajen gano yuwuwar amsa buƙatun sake ginawa a yankunan coci.
Kusan shekaru uku bayan guguwar Katrina ta afkawa gabar tekun Fasha a watan Agustan 2005, coci-coci da dama, musamman a yankunan da aka fi fama da rikici a New Orleans, har yanzu suna fafutukar gudanar da ayyukansu. Fastoci suna ƙoƙarin yin aiki tare da ƙarancin albarkatun ƙasa, yayin da matsalolin zamantakewa a cikin al'ummomin da ke fama da talauci sun karu.
Manufar Cocin Tallafawa Coci shine taimakawa ikilisiyoyi 36 a cikin yankuna 12 galibin Afirka-Amurka waɗanda guguwar ta lalata. Manufar ita ce "sake farawa, sake buɗewa, da gyara ko sake gina majami'u domin su zama wakilai don ci gaban al'umma da sake fasalin al'ummarsu." Ana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyin ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa su zama “Masu Abokan Cocin Katrina” ta hanyar ɗaukar majami’u waɗanda abin ya shafa, da yin alkawarin tallafa wa ƙoƙarinsu na sake ginawa da sabunta al’ummarsu na tsawon shekaru uku.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Cocin Taimakon Ikklisiya, tuntuɓi Brethren Witness/Washington Office, 337 N. Carolina Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003; pjones_gb@brethren.org; 800-785-3246. Ƙarin bayani da bayanan bayanan aikace-aikacen za a samu a taron shekara-shekara.
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