“Bikin Cika Shekaru 300 na Cocin ’Yan’uwa a 2008”
"...Ku yi wa juna alheri, masu tausayi, kuna gafarta wa juna, kamar yadda Allah cikin Almasihu ya gafarta muku." (Afisawa 4: 32).
LABARAI
1) 'Yan'uwa sun karbi uzuri game da zalunci na 1700s a Turai.
2) An san hidimar 'yan'uwa a Peace Fest a Jamus.
3) Ba a manta da jirgin da ya ɓace.
4) Sabbin albarkatu suna bikin cika shekaru 300.
5) Anniversary bits da guda.
FEATURES
6) Littafin, madaidaicin sitika, da hawan jirgin ƙasa a Jamus.
7) Gadon 'Yan'uwa: Ba layin jini ba ne, sako ne.
Je zuwa http://www.brethren.org/ don mujallar hoto na abubuwan da suka faru na Anniversary 300 a Schwarzenau, Jamus. Mujallar hoton ta rubuta bikin cikar kasa da kasa na Anniversary a ranar 2-3 ga Agusta, kuma ta nuna aikin mai daukar hoto Glenn Riegel, wanda memba ne na Cocin Little Swatara Church of the Brothers a Bethel, Pa.
Don bayanin biyan kuɗi na Newsline je zuwa http://listserver.emountain.net/mailman/listinfo/newsline. Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers je zuwa http://www.brethren.org/, danna kan "Labarai" don nemo fasalin labarai, hanyoyin haɗi zuwa 'yan'uwa a cikin labarai, kundi na hoto, rahoton taro, gidajen yanar gizo, da ma'ajiyar labarai ta Newsline.
1) 'Yan'uwa sun karbi uzuri game da zalunci na 1700s a Turai.
A yayin bikin cika shekaru 300 na kungiyar 'yan'uwa ta kasa da kasa, da aka gudanar a farkon watan Agusta a Schwarzenau, Jamus, 'yan'uwa sun sami uzuri kan zaluncin da kakannin imaninsu suka sha a farkon shekarun 1700 a Turai. Ingo Stucke, memba ne na Hukumar Mulki na Cocin Furotesta na Westphalia, Jamus, ya ba da uzurin a lokacin da ake gudanar da shirye-shiryen tunawa da ranar 3 ga Agusta.
"Tsagunawar baƙar fata ce a tarihin Cocin Furotesta na Evangelical," in ji Stucke. "Mun yi nadamar zaluncin da aka yi a wancan lokacin kuma muna neman gafarar ku."
Neman gafara ga ’yan’uwa ya biyo bayan shawarar da babbar hukumar mulki ta Lutheran World Federation (LWF) ta yanke a tsakiyar watan Yuli na neman gafara ga zaluncin Lutheran da aka yi wa Anabaptists a ƙarni na 16 a Turai. An yanke shawarar LWF ne bisa shawarar wani kwamiti da memba na Ikilisiyar Evangelical Lutheran da ke Bavaria, Jamus ke jagoranta, kuma ya fito daga kwamitin nazarin Lutheran-Mennonite. A cikin 2006, Cocin Evangelical Lutheran a Amurka ta ba da uzuri na yau da kullun don tsanantawar Lutheran akan Anabaptists.
Stucke ya gabatar da uzurin tare da kalamai da ke lura da cewa yana samun fahimtar tarihin ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist da Pietist. Ya bayyana ra'ayoyi guda uku game da zaman haɗin kai na al'adar bangaskiyarsa da ta 'yan'uwa: cewa an kafa Cocin Furotesta na Westphalia bayan yakin duniya na biyu amma yana cikin yankin Jamus na farko inda haƙurin addini ya yi nasara a tarihi; cewa Kiristocin Lutheran da Refom ne suka tsananta wa Pietists da Anabaptists; da kuma cewa inda taƙawa da ƙungiyoyin farkawa suka yi aiki sun bar alamarsu.
"Lokacin da muka kalli gadon Pietism na yi nadama cewa yuwuwar wannan yunkuri bai bunkasa a nan ba, amma na yi farin ciki da cewa ya bunkasa a wani wuri," in ji Stucke.
Stucke ya bayyana wani biki kamar bikin cika shekaru 300 na 'yan'uwa a matsayin gayyata don sanya abubuwan gama gari a gaba. Ya ce bikin cika shekaru 250 na 'yan'uwa wani muhimmin al'amari ne da ya shafi majami'un Jamus a lokacin sake ginawa bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Bikin na wannan shekara yana ba da wani lokaci don nazarin ra'ayoyin tauhidi game da baftisma da sauran alamomin bangaskiya, da watakila kira don ƙarin tattaunawa game da tiyoloji, in ji shi.
Ya kara da bege na sirri cewa irin wannan tattaunawar na iya haifar da gaskiyar "Domin duka su zama ɗaya." Hadin kai ba game da daidaito ba ne, in ji Stucke, amma game da shaida ga duniya.
2) An san hidimar 'yan'uwa a Peace Fest a Jamus.
Membobin Lutheran Pfarrkirche St. Marien da Marburg Peace Initiative sun shirya bikin zaman lafiya a ranar 1 ga Agusta, ga 'yan'uwa da ke halartar bikin cika shekaru 300 a Jamus. Shirin ya mayar da hankali ne kan tarihi da ci gaban ayyukan Cocin ’yan’uwa a Turai tun daga lokacin yaƙi zuwa yanzu. Fiye da ’yan’uwa 200 sun haɗa da wakilan ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwa don zaman lafiya da ’yan’uwa suka taimaka aka samu bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu.
Ken Rogers, farfesa a Kwalejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., ya gabatar da jawabai na maraice, inda ya lura cewa Kiristoci sun kasance suna taruwa a wannan wuri a Marburg shekaru 900. Fasto na Pfarrkirche, Ulrich Biskamp, ya gaishe da taron da cewa, “Tun da farko, Cocin ’yan’uwa ta damu da zaman lafiya. Ba za mu taɓa mantawa da aikin Cocin ’yan’uwa bayan yaƙin ba, wanda muke godiya sosai.”
Ken Kreider ya ba da rahoto game da aikin ’yan’uwa a Turai, ya fara da aikin Dan West a Spain a cikin 1930s. ’Yan’uwa na gaba sun taimaka a Turai bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II, suna ba da fursunoni a sansanonin POW a Ingila, Netherlands, da Belgium, da kuma rarraba abinci a Faransa.
Shugaban Cocin Brothers MR Zigler ya sami damar shawo kan sojojin Amurka don ba shi damar shiga Jamus bayan yakin don tantance bukatun da ke wurin. Sojojin Amurka sun yarda 'yan'uwa su samar da bukatun jiki na gaggawa na jama'a saboda a cewar Yarjejeniyar Geneva, ikon mamayewa ne ke da alhakin samar da bukatun farar hula, in ji Kreider.
Taimakon ’yan’uwa bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu kuma ya kai ƙasar Poland da kuma Kassel da ke tsakiyar Jamus, wanda aka lalata kashi 80 cikin ɗari a yaƙin. Kadan daga cikin ’yan agaji na asali da suka yi aiki a Gidan ’Yan’uwa da ke Kassel sun halarci bikin zaman lafiya.
Sojojin Amurka bayan yakin sun ba da shawarar cewa cocin ta fara shirin musayar dalibai ga matasan Jamus don zuwa Amurka na tsawon shekara guda. Ta haka ne aka fara musayar musanyar matasa ta Kirista ta duniya (ICYE), wacce a yanzu kungiya ce mai zaman kanta. Wakilai hudu na ICYE sun kori daga Berlin zuwa Marburg don su kasance a wurin zaman lafiya.
Rogers ya lura a cikin jawabinsa cewa bayan shekaru da yawa na aikin agaji, “a fili an sami ƙarin abubuwan da ba kayan agaji ba. Abota ta gaskiya ta haɓaka.” An shirya Kwalejin Brethren Abroad (BCA) a cikin 1962 a matsayin hanyar ci gaba da yin alaƙa mai ma'ana tsakanin 'yan'uwa da mutanen Turai. Birnin Marburg shine farkon rukunin BCA, kuma marigayi Donald Durnbaugh yana ɗaya daga cikin daraktocin sa na farko. Shirin ya faɗaɗa cikin ƙasashe da yawa a wajen Turai ƙarƙashin jagorancin Allen Deeter, kuma yanzu yana da mahalarta daga kwalejoji sama da 100.
Dale Ott, tsohon mai kula da Sabis na Sa-kai na ’Yan’uwa (Turai), ya ba da rahoton cewa “duk inda aka sami rarrabuwa a Turai, ayyukan BVS sun yi ƙoƙarin kasancewa a wurin.” Shafukan BVS sun kasance wuraren tattaunawa da mutane don haduwa su fahimci juna, in ji shi. A lokacin aikinsa na BVS, Ott ya sanya masu aikin sa kai a N. Ireland, Berlin, Poland, Cypress, da Urushalima, kuma ya ziyarci majami'u a yankin Gabas.
Bayan da majami'u da kungiyoyin jama'a a Gabashin Jamus suka fara yunkurin wanda ya kai ga rushewar bangon Berlin, BVS ta fadada wuraren aikinta zuwa Jamhuriyar Czech, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, da Belgrade, karkashin jagorancin Kristin Flory, Sabis na 'Yan'uwa (Turai). ) mai gudanarwa na shekaru 20 da suka gabata. Fadadawa ya faru duk da raguwar albarkatun shirin. Flory ya yi ƙaulin wani mai ba da agaji yana cewa, “Muna rayuwa ne a cikin duniya mai cutarwa kuma ikilisiyoyi suna bukatar su amsa wannan cikin ƙauna.”
Ott ya gane Wilfried Warneck, wanda ya kafa Coci da Aminci, yana ginawa akan ƙoƙarin MR Zigler da masanin tauhidin Mennonite John Howard Yoder. Ƙungiyar ta kafa cibiyar sadarwar Cocin Zaman Lafiya ta Tarihi a Turai, tare da Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya. Masanin tauhidin Mennonite na Faransa da Sakatare Janar na Coci da Zaman Lafiya Marie-Noelle von der Recke ta bayyana cewa Cocin ’yan’uwa ita ce mabuɗin a tushen Coci da Aminci. Membobin Coci da Aminci suma sun taka rawar gani wajen jagorantar Shekaru Goma don Cire Rikicin Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya.
"Rashin tashin hankalin Yesu na cikin jigon Bishara kuma ana kiran Ikilisiya don ta ba da shaida ga wannan rashin tashin hankali a cikin al'umma" ta hanyar nuna kauna da tausayin Allah, in ji von der Recke. “Ƙaunar abokan gaba hanya ce ta gicciye, tana fuskantar tatsuniyar tashin hankali na fansa. Rashin amincewa da aikin zaman lafiya; adalci da hadin kai da wadanda aka zalunta, wadanda aka zalunta da yaki, da zalunci; da bayar da shawarwari game da adalci a cikin batutuwan tattalin arziki da muhalli suna ba da furci ga imaninmu cewa Yesu Ubangiji ne. Dole ne a yi zaman lafiya da adalci a kullum…. Aminci na gaskiya yana samuwa ga Allah.”
Angela Koenig, darektan Eirene International Christian Service for Peace, ta taya Cocin ’yan’uwa murnar cika shekaru 300 da kafu. Eirene, sabis na ƙin yarda a Turai wanda Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi ya kafa, yana haɗin gwiwa tare da BVS wajen aika masu aikin sa kai zuwa Amurka, ko'ina cikin Turai, Amurka ta Kudu, Maroko, Nijar, da Afirka ta Kudu. Eirene ya yi bikin cika shekaru 50 a wannan bazara. "Muna fata kuma muna addu'a cewa 'yan'uwa su ci gaba da yin ƙarfi kuma su ci gaba da yin aiki cikin ruhin waɗanda suka kafa ku," in ji Koenig.
Wolfgang Krauss, wanda ya yi aiki tare da Kwamitin Zaman Lafiya na Mennonite na Jamus tsawon shekaru 25, ya kawo wa Mennonite taya murna a bikin cika shekaru 300. “Ƙungiyar Anabaptist ta fara kusan shekaru 200 kafin… don haka bari ni, a matsayina na babban ɗan’uwa, in taya ’yan uwana maza da mata murna!” Yace.
An kafa kwamitin zaman lafiya na Mennonite na Jamus a cikin 1956 don dawo da wani mai ba da shaida na zaman lafiya na Anabaptist da ya ɓace, Krauss ya bayyana. “Yan Mennoniyawa na Jamus sun rasa matsayinsu na zaman lafiya. Waɗanda suka je Arewacin Amirka sun taimaka mana da yawa bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, tare da taimakon abin duniya da ƙari wajen taimaka mana mu soma wani sabon jawabi cikin tauhidin salama.”
Masu ba da agaji na Mennonite na Turai da Arewacin Amirka su ma suna cikin Ƙungiyar Ba da Shawarar Soja da ke aiki tare da sojojin Amurka da ke tunanin ƙin yarda da imaninsu. Akwai wasu GI na Amurka 70,000 da ke zaune a Turai.
Mambobin kungiyar Marburg Peace Initiative, wadanda kuma mambobin kungiyar St. Marien Parish, sun gabatar da takaitaccen ayyukansu na samar da zaman lafiya a cikin shekaru 20 da suka wuce. Marie-Luise Keller tayi magana ga kungiyar.
Shugaban Cocin Jami'ar da ke Marburg ya yi wa taron jama'a kida da kade-kade da wake-wake, Ikklesiya ta ba da sha'awa, kuma akwai teburin bayanai ga baƙi.
Bayan maraice na bikin ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce na sadaukarwa tsakanin Cocin ’Yan’uwa da ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwarta a Turai, Rogers ya taƙaita duka da cewa, “Na gode wa ’yan’uwanmu na Turai da kuka ba da Cocin ’yan’uwa sosai!”
–Myrna Frantz tsohuwar ma’aikaciyar Sa-kai ce ta ‘Yan’uwa a Coci da Aminci.
3) Ba a manta da jirgin da ya ɓace.
A cikin Agusta 1958, Ken Kreider bai damu ba ko ya sake komawa Lancaster County, Pa. Dalibin Kwalejin Elizabethtown mai shekaru 24 ya san cewa yana da ƙarancin komawa a kwalejin kuma, musamman, a gidansa.
Abin da ya faru a lokacin rani mai ban tsoro - lokacin da mahaifiyarsa da wasu mazauna Lancaster County 12 suka mutu a cikin abin da aka kwatanta a lokacin a matsayin babban bala'i mafi girma a tarihin gundumar - ya mamaye tunaninsa. Bai san me zai yi ba.
Kreider ya jagoranci ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa ’yan’uwa na Cocin ’yan’uwa zuwa Jamus don bikin cika shekaru 250 da kafa ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa. Sun yi rangadin kasashen Turai na tsawon kwanaki 35, inda suka kammala bikin cika shekaru 250 a birnin Schwarzenau na Jamus. Daga nan sai suka koma Amurka, ta hanyar Netherlands, a jirage uku.
Na biyu daga cikin wadannan jirage dauke da ‘yan uwa mahajjata da sauran fasinjoji, ya fashe ya fada cikin Tekun Atlantika. Dukkan fasinjoji 91 da ma'aikatan jirgin 49 sun mutu. Daga cikinsu akwai mahaifiyar Kreider, Catherine Kreider mai shekaru XNUMX.
Tare da wannan hadarin, rayuwa ga matashin jagoran yawon shakatawa ya canza har abada.
Ci gaba zuwa wannan bazara - bayan shekaru 50. Rayuwa, a wasu hanyoyi, tana maimaita kanta. A ranar 28 ga watan Yuli, Kreider, mai shekaru 74, farfesa na tarihi mai ritaya a Kwalejin Elizabethtown, ya sake komawa Jamus, inda ya jagoranci wata kungiyar yawon bude ido da za ta taimaka wajen tunawa da cika shekaru 300 na kafuwar 'yan'uwa.
Kreider, ba shakka, ya yi fatan wannan tafiya za ta fi farin ciki fiye da na farko. Amma ya kasa manta abin da ya gabata. Kreider ya tuna da sanyin safiyar ranar 14 ga Agusta, 1958: “Na saka su a cikin jirgin sama a Amsterdam kuma jirgin ya gangaro kusa da bakin tekun Ireland. .”
Kreider ya shafe tsawon wannan makon yana makokin mahaifiyarsa kuma yana mamakin yadda zai hau wani jirgin sama don tashi zuwa gida. "Tunanin ya ratsa ni a rai, zai fi sauki kada in koma gida da in koma gida," in ji shi. "Wato ban damu ba ko jirgina ya sauka ko a'a."
Amma Kreider ya hau jirginsa bayan mako guda. Da yake sanar da matashin damuwar kansa, matukin jirgin ya kira shi zuwa ga jirgin. Ya ce masa ba za a sake faruwa ba. Jirgin mahaifiyarsa – Jirgin KLM mai lamba 607E – ya fashe “nan take,” matukin jirgin ya ce. Mutanen da ke cikin jirgin sun mutu kafin su afka ruwan. Babban ma'anar ita ce "hadarin" ba haɗari ba ne.
"Mutanen da ke cikin jirgin (KLM) na Dutch sun ce fashewa ne," in ji Kreider. “Na yi imanin shi ne farkon tashin bama-bamai na jiragen sama. Ta’addanci ne, ko da yake ba zan iya tabbatar da hakan ba.”
Bugu da ƙari ga mahaifiyarsa, Kreider ya rasa kawarsa, Florence Herr, 71, malami mai ritaya wanda ya fara tafiya zuwa waje.
Yawancin sauran fasinjojin Lancaster County suna da alaƙa ko sun yi shirin zama dangi. John Hollinger da Audrey Kilhefner, kwanan nan waɗanda suka kammala digiri na Kwalejin Elizabethtown mai alaƙa da ’yan’uwa da malamai masu zuwa, sun yi aure. Jirgin shine kyautar haɗin kai na Hollinger zuwa Kilhefner. Mambobin ƙungiyar da suka tsira daga baya sun ce ma'auratan "kullum suna hannu da hannu."
Eby Espenshade, mai shekaru 44, daraktan shigar da dalibai a Kwalejin Elizabethtown, ita ma ta mutu a hadarin. Wani memba na yawon bude ido ya tuna cewa Espenshade ya kasance yana koshin gida kuma ya ce ba zai sake ziyartar Turai ba tare da danginsa ba.
Elsie Armstrong, na Holtwood, da dan uwanta, Ruth Ann Armstrong, na Drumore, sun tafi tare da jirgin. Haka ’yan’uwan Joy da Rose Groff, su ma na Drumore. Dukkansu hudun sun kasance a tsakiyar 20s. Mr. da Mrs. Reuben Hummer sun mutu tare da 'yar'uwar Hummer, Maria–duk suna zaune a Ephrata. Mary Stoner, mai shekaru 40, daga Lititz, ita ma ta rasa ranta a hadarin.
An dade ana zaman makokin wadannan mutane. Katunan da ke zuwa daga matattu zuwa ga masu rai ya kara tayar da hankali.
Bakin ciki ya kasance bayan shekaru 50 yayin da Kreider, matarsa, Carroll, da sauransu suka shirya barin Philadelphia zuwa Jamus. Ba zai yiwu a manta da abin da ya faru a shekara ta 1958 ba, amma babban abin da suka fi mai da hankali a tafiyarsu shi ne ga wani abu da ya faru a shekara ta 1708. A wannan shekarar, Alexander Mack ya soma yi wa manya masu bi a Kogin Eder baftisma. Irin wannan aikin, da ake kira Anabaptism, ya sabawa doka. Wannan shine farkon yunkurin ’yan uwa.
A wannan lokacin rani, Kreider ya jagoranci ƙungiyar matafiya 49, ciki har da 13 daga Lancaster County, a kan ziyarar mako biyu da ta ziyarci Schwarzenau da Alps. Shi ne kawai matafiyi da ya yi tafiya a 1958.
Duk da yake tarihi ya kasance sana'ar Kreider, jagorancin yawon shakatawa ya zama sha'awar bazara. Tun lokacin da ya yanke shawarar, bayan haka, don yin wannan jirgin zuwa gida 50 ga Agustan da suka gabata, ya jagoranci balaguron balaguron zuwa duk nahiyoyi bakwai. Babu ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan tafiye-tafiyen, don jin daɗinsa na dindindin, da ya kasance kamar na farko.
-Jack Brubaker ya rubuta don "Lancaster Sabon Era." Wannan labarin ya fara fitowa ne a ranar 28 ga Yuli na jaridar, kuma an sake buga shi a nan tare da izini.
4) Sabbin albarkatu suna bikin cika shekaru 300.
An buga sabbin albarkatu masu zuwa a zaman wani ɓangare na bikin cikar ’yan’uwa na 300th:
"Komawa Schwarzenau: Bikin Shekaru 300 na Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa": Wannan bidiyo na kunshe da bikin cika shekaru 300 na kasa da kasa da aka gudanar a watan Agusta 2-3 a Schwarzenau, Jamus, David Sollenberger ne ya shirya shi don Ƙungiyar Encyclopedia Brethren. Ana samun bidiyon a tsarin DVD kuma ya ba da ƙarin bayani game da abubuwan da suka faru yayin da ’yan’uwa shida na ’yan’uwa suka koma tushensu a bakin Kogin Eder, inda ’yan’uwa takwas na farko suka yi baftisma a shekara ta 1708. DVD ɗin yana ɗauke da labari na minti 12. bayyani na taron, hotunan hotuna na tsawon mintuna uku daga karshen mako, wa'azin da aka yi daga hidimar ibadar Anniversary, kungiyar mawakan Kwalejin McPherson da ke rera taken bikin cika shekaru 300, gabatarwa da Larry Glick ya yi a matsayin Alexander Mack Sr., da kuma yawon shakatawa na bidiyo na Alexander Mack Museum. Oda don $29.95 daga Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc., 313 Fairview Ave., Ambler, PA 19002.
"Schwarzenau 1708-2008": An fitar da sabon littafi game da dangantakar ƙauyen Schwarzenau da 'yan'uwa a cikin Jamusanci da Ingilishi. Otto Marburger ne ya shirya littafin, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da kwamitin Schwarzenau don bikin kasa da kasa na Anniversary. Gano ƙauyen a matsayin mahaifar ’yan’uwa, marubuta daga Schwarzenau da yankin Bad Berleburg da kuma ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa daban-daban sun ba da gudummawa ga littafin. Abubuwan da aka samu za su tallafa wa gidan kayan tarihi na Alexander Mack a Schwarzenau. Yi oda ta hanyar Brother Press akan $25 tare da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa, kira 800-441-3712.
“Tsoffin ’Yan’uwa: Mutanen Hikima da Sauƙi suna Magana da Zamaninmu”: Brotheran Jarida tana ba da bugu na biyu na wannan littafin na James H. Lehman. “Tsoffin ’Yan’uwa” sun yi bitar tarihi, rayuwa, da kuma bangaskiyar ’yan’uwa a Amirka a ƙarni na 19. Hoton ƙwaƙƙwaran al'umma ce mai jajircewa wadda ta yi ƙarfin hali ta bambanta. Rayuwa gaba ɗaya bisa Littafi Mai-Tsarki “yadda ake karantawa,” da kuma saka tufafi da kuma yin abubuwa da suka sa su zama kamar na musamman ga ’yan ƙasarsu da suka ƙware, ’Yan’uwa sun koyi bangaskiya mai sauƙi amma ba mai sauƙi ba. Ga mutanen ƙarni na 21, “Tsoffin ’Yan’uwa suna ba da kalamai masu kyau da ke magana game da hikima mai zurfi a cikin fasahar rayuwa,” in ji wani bita daga ’Yan’uwa Press. Lehman marubuci ne kuma mawallafi kuma memba ne mai aiki a Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill. Oda daga Brotheran Jarida na $18.95 da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa, kira 800-441-3712.
5) Anniversary bits da guda.
- Ana samun mujallar hoto na abubuwan da suka faru na cika shekaru 300 a Schwarzenau, Jamus, a http://www.brethren.org/. Ya rubuta bikin bikin kasa da kasa da ya gudana a ranar 2-3 ga Agusta, yana nuna aikin mai daukar hoto na Church of the Brothers Glenn Riegel.
- Kwamitin Bikin Cika Shekaru 300 ya wallafa sakamakonsa na “Ƙalubalen Halartar Taron Taron Shekara-shekara,” inda aka ƙalubalanci ikilisiyoyi su ninka adadin membobin da suka halarci taron shekara-shekara a shekara ta 2008 don bikin shekaru 300 na ’yan’uwa. Kwamitin ya ba da rahoton 22 cikin ikilisiyoyi 2008 da suka rubuta sunayensu don ƙalubalen sun cimma burin. "Waɗannan da wasu da yawa abin yabawa ne don gudunmawar da suka bayar ga gagarumin halartan taron a XNUMX." Ikklisiyoyi sun haɗa da Cocin Community Olympia-Lacey da Cocin Community View Community a Oregon da gundumar Washington; Duban tsaunuka a gundumar Idaho; Birnin Columbia a gundumar N. Indiana; Blue Ball, Mountville, da "Coci na Farko" a Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas na Atlantic; Community of Joy, Glade Valley, Harmony, and Midland in Mid-Atlantic District; Charlottesville, Flat Rock, Dutsen Sihiyona, da Sunrise a gundumar Shenandoah; da Newport News-Ivy Farms, Moneta-Lake Side, da West Richmond a gundumar Virlina.
- Wasan kide kide da Ken Medema ya yi yana ba da haske a karshen mako na bikin "Tsarin Girbi Mai Girma" na bikin da kuma ibada da Gundumar Shenandoah ta dauki nauyinsa a ranar 5-6 ga Satumba a filin wasa na Rockingham County, Va.. A ƙarshen mako za a yi bikin cika shekaru 300, kuma ana sa ran yawancin ikilisiyoyi da ke yankin za su halarta. An fara ibadar buɗewa da ƙarfe 7 na yamma ranar 5 ga Satumba. A ranar 6 ga Satumba, za a buɗe wuraren tarihi da yawa a yankin don balaguron balaguro da suka haɗa da John Kline Homestead, Gidan Tunker, Cibiyar Tarihi ta Brothers-Mennonite, da Reuel B. Pritchett Museum. . Bikin ya kuma haɗa da baje kolin al'adun gargajiya da bayyanuwa daga alkaluma daga tarihin 'yan'uwa kamar Alexander Mack Sr., John Kline, Anna Beahm Mow, da Sarah Righter Major. Tuntuɓi Ellen Layman a elayman@bridgewater.edu ko 540-828-5452 ko 540-515-3422.
- Northview Church of the Brothers a Indianapolis, Ind., tana shirin bikin cika shekaru 300 a ranar Lahadi, 7 ga Satumba, bisa ga sanarwar a cikin "Indianapolis Star." An fara bikin ne da misalin karfe 9:45 na safe tare da sadaukar da wani faffadan rigar fasaha da aka kirkira don Wuri Mai Tsarki na cocin, sannan an yi liyafa da baje kolin kayayyakin tarihi na Cocin Brothers da suka hada da abubuwan da suka fito daga bikin cika shekaru 300 a Jamus, da kuma Sauer na karni na 18. Littafi Mai Tsarki.
- Har ila yau, a ranar 7 ga Satumba, Cedar Creek, Cedar Lake, da Pleasant Chapel Church of the Brothers a Arewacin Indiana District suna shirin tafiya "Back for the Future" don bikin Anniversary. Abubuwan da za su fara da karfe 6 na yamma a Cedar Lake Church of the Brothers a Auburn, Ind., kuma za su haɗa da skits, nunin tarihi, abubuwan sha, da ƙari.
- Kusan mutane 300 ne suka halarci gaba ɗaya ko wani ɓangare na 25th Annual Homecoming a Spruce Run Church of the Brothers in Lindside, W.Va., a ranar 20 ga Yuli, bisa ga sanarwa a cikin e-newsletter na gundumar Virlina. Kungiyar Mata ce ta dauki nauyin wannan taron, kuma an yi bikin cika shekaru 300 da kuma dawowar jama’a na shekara-shekara. Co-fastoci Dewey Broyles da Rodger Boothe sun jagoranci sabis na sa'o'i biyu wanda ya haɗa da gabatarwar tarihi, labarun da ke nuna bangaskiyar 'yan'uwa, da kuma amincewa da membobin coci. Babban mahimmancin sabis ɗin shine "Ziyarar da Alexander Mack" wanda Larry Glick ya gabatar.
- 'Yan'uwa da suka ziyarci katangar da ke Bad Berleburg, Jamus, a lokacin bikin cika shekaru 300 na duniya, za su nuna sha'awar nasarar Nathalie Zu-Sayn Wittgenstein a gasar Olympics. Ita 'yar wasan dawaki ce kuma 'yar Gimbiya Benedikte ta Denmark da Yarima Richard na Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, wanda danginsu suka ƙidaya babban gidan da ke Bad Berleburg a matsayin mazauninsa. Zu-Sayn Wittgenstein ya kasance a cikin tawagar masu suturar suturar mutane uku na Denmark, kuma ya taimaka wa wannan ƙasar ta sami lambar tagulla a gasar Dressage ta Ƙungiyar. Bad Berleburg yana ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da aka ba da shawarar don 'yan'uwa su ziyarta a lokacin bukukuwan karshen mako. An buga Bible Berleburg, Littafi Mai-Tsarki na Jamusanci daga farkon 1700s, a wurin yayin da garin ya kasance cibiyar ibada.
6) Littafin, madaidaicin sitika, da hawan jirgin ƙasa a Jamus.
R. Jan Thompson, darektan riko na Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Duniya na Cocin ’yan’uwa, ya ba da labarin wannan labarin hawan jirgin da ya yi a Jamus a farkon watan Agusta, a daidai lokacin bikin cika shekaru 300:
A kan jirgin zuwa Frankfurt daga Bad Berleburg, garin da ƙauyen Schwarzenau ya haɗu da shi, Thompson ya fara tattaunawa da wasu ma'aurata da ke zaune a kusa. Heidi da Dieter sun fito daga Switzerland, kuma sun kasance a Bad Berleburg don wani taro kan motsin Pietist.
An sanar da ma’auratan sosai game da ’Yan’uwa da kuma dangantakarsu da Pietists. Sun ambaci wani littafi na kwanan nan wanda wani abokinsu ya gyara kuma ya sadaukar da shi ga wani masanin tarihi na 'yan'uwa, marigayi Donald Durnbaugh. Thompson ya amsa cewa ya san Durnbaugh, wanda shi ne shugabansa a hidimar sa kai na 'yan'uwa.
Dieter ya yi tsalle, ya zaro sabon kwafin littafin daga jakarsa, ya ba Thompson kyauta. Littafin shine "Schwarzenau 1708-2008," Otto Marburger, mai kula da Kwamitin Schwarzenau na bikin kasa da kasa na Bikin Anniversary of Brothers.
Da yake tunawa cewa yana da wani abu a cikin kayansa da zai iya bayarwa a matsayin kyauta, Thompson ya ba wa sababbin abokansa wata takarda mai ban mamaki da On Earth Peace ta buga, wanda ya karanta, “Lokacin da Yesu ya ce, ‘Ku ƙaunaci maƙiyanku,’ ina tsammanin wataƙila yana nufin don yin haka. 'Kada ku kashe su."
Ma'auratan Switzerland sun karɓi kyautar tare da murmushi mai ladabi da godiya. Ba da daɗewa ba Thompson ya fahimci, duk da haka, cewa ba su da mota saboda damuwarsu game da muhalli da tsada.
Thompson har yanzu yana mamakin, "To mene ne suka yi da tambari na?" A nasa bangaren, yana daraja littafin da ya karba a cikin jirgin.
7) Gadon 'Yan'uwa: Ba layin jini ba ne, sako ne.
Sa’ad da aka ce in yi rubutu game da Cocin kakanni na ’yan’uwa da gwagwarmayar rayuwarsu shekaru 300 da suka shige a Jamus, an firgita—domin ’yan uwana bayi ne a lokacin, kuma Alexander da Anna Mack ba sa cikin zuriyar kakanni na. Menene zan iya ba da gudummawa ga wannan layin labarin Jamus?
Sai na karanta “Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust” (Hay House Inc., 2006), labarin tsira da gafarar Immaculee Ilibagiza ga wadanda suka kashe ta wadanda suka yi farautar ta suka kuma yi wa danginta kutse har lahira a lokacin tashin hankalin da ya barke tsakanin ‘yan tawayen. Tutsi da Hutu a 1994.
Wani katon kunya ya wanke ni. Tunanina game da taron tunawa da shekaru 300 ba karamin tunani bane. ’Yan’uwa kakannina ne ba don zuriyar jini ba, amma saboda saƙon ƙauna da salama cikin zuriyar Ubangijinmu da Mai Cetonmu Yesu Kiristi.
A ranar Lahadi, ina zama a coci ina duba iyalai dabam-dabam da suka fito daga ƙabila, al’adu, da ƙabila dabam-dabam, kuma zuciyata tana cike da farin ciki cewa ina cikin wannan coci. Shin wannan haɗakar harsuna da bambance-bambance ne abin da ’yan’uwan farko suka so, ko kuma za su yi mafarkin?
’Yan’uwa na farko suna da nassosi, saboda haka sun san cewa katakon da ke kan Yesu sa’ad da yake rataye a kan gicciye an rubuta shi da Helenanci, Latin, da kuma wasu harsuna na lokacin. Sun sani daga wasiƙun manzo Bulus cewa Ikklisiya ta farko ta ƙunshi cakuda mutane.
Ban da haka, ta yaya bisharar za ta kasance ga ’yan’uwa, da sun kasance ƙaramin ɗariƙar Jamusawa? Hakan zai sa su zama masu karamin tunani kamar yadda na yi kwanaki a baya. Neman zaman lafiya tsakanin masu magana da Jamusanci kawai, da kuma yin watsi da duniya, ba kamar 'yan'uwa ba ne a gare ni.
A cikin "Hagu don Faɗawa," Immaculee ta yi magana game da imanin mahaifinta ƙaunataccen cewa sha'awar ƙiyayya ga Tutsi ba su da alaƙa da maƙwabtansu na Hutu, don haka ba zai cutar da su ba. Amma ƙiyayya wata muguwar ƙwayar cuta ce wadda ƙauna kaɗai za ta iya warkewa-kullum, soyayyar rana. Wataƙila mahaifinta ya yi daidai a imaninsa cewa maƙwabtansu na Hutu ba su ƙi su ba, amma maƙwabtansu sun shiga cikin kisan.
Cutar ƙiyayya tarko ce. A Rwanda an kawo karshen tashin hankalin cikin watanni, amma ya yi sanadin mutuwar mutane miliyan daya. A Bosnia ya dau fiye da shekaru 10, kuma har yanzu yana kunshe ne kawai da ci gaba da kasancewar dakarun wanzar da zaman lafiya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Ana ci gaba da tashe-tashen hankula a Isra’ila da Falasdinu da kuma yankunan da aka mamaye na wannan ƙasar ta dā. Rikici ya sake kunno kai a rikicin da aka shafe shekaru 1,400 ana yi tsakanin Shi'a da Sunni a Iraki. Tashe-tashen hankula sun bazu a yankin Darfur na kasar Sudan a duk fadin Afirka a halin yanzu.
Gwagwarmaya ce mu kasance ’yan’uwa da kuma ɗaukar saƙon salama da ƙauna a cikin fuskantar jarabawowin da yawa don tanƙwara kaɗan. Bai isa a ce ina son maƙwabcina ba, sannan a yi dariya da barkwanci da ke ɗauke da al'ada ko al'adar wani. Bai isa ba a ce, ina ba da kuɗi ga baƙi, sannan in nemi wakilin majalisa ya dakatar da kwararar baƙi zuwa cikin wannan ƙasa. Bai isa ba a ce, na yi imani cewa an halicci dukan mutane daidai, sannan kuma suyi watsi da dokokin da ke lankwasa adalci don ɗaure masu launin fata. Bai isa a yi imani da daidaito na ilimi, gidaje, da sauransu ba, sannan a samar da hanyoyin gwaji waɗanda ke daidaita sakamako a cikin ƙayyadaddun tsari don nuna ƙungiyar masu rinjaye a matsayin masu hikima, mafi wayo, ko mafi dacewa don ci gaba da mulkin kowa.
Wannan bikin tunawa da Cocin 'yan'uwa wata babbar dama ce don tunawa da shekaru 300 na yada sakon zaman lafiya da soyayya. Za mu iya yin bikin al'adun zaman lafiya mai ban sha'awa na kakannin 'yan'uwanmu sun ba mu - al'adar salama da ke wadatar da ɗaukakar Ɗan!
–Doris Abdullah memba ce na Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Brooklyn, NY A cikin ritayar ta yi aiki a kan hukumar Aminci ta Duniya kuma tana wakiltar Cocin 'Yan'uwa a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a matsayin memba na karamin kwamiti na NGO don kawar da wariyar launin fata. . An fara buga wannan tunani a matsayin sadaukarwa a cikin “Packet Seed,” wasiƙar wasiƙar don malaman Kirista a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.
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