“Bikin Cika Shekaru 300 na Cocin ’Yan’uwa a 2008”
"Kuma kun cika a gare Shi..." (Kolosiyawa 2:10).
YAN UWA NA DUNIYA SUN YI BIKIN TSARO A SCHWARZENAU.
Kusan mutane 1,000 ne suka hallara a birnin Schwarzenau na kasar Jamus a ranar 3 ga watan Agusta domin bikin rana ta biyu na bikin cika shekaru 300 na kungiyar 'yan uwa na kasa da kasa. An yi bikin a ƙauyen da ke bakin Kogin Eder, inda rukunin farko na ’yan’uwa takwas, da Alexander Mack Sr. ya jagoranta, suka yi baftisma a shekara ta 1708.
Schwarzenau, "wannan karamin garin da ke bakin itace...ya samu suna" don juriya da kuma gudanar da ayyukan addini kyauta, in ji babban mai jawabi na ranar a jawabinsa a wani taron tunawa da rana a dakin hawan Schwarzenau.
Babban mai magana Marcus Meier abokin bincike ne a Cibiyar Tarihin Turai da ke Mainz, kuma masanin ilimin Jamus kan tarihin farko na 'yan'uwa. Gabatarwar tasa ta ci gaba da fayyace dalla-dalla dalla-dalla tasirin Tafsiri da Anabaftisma a kan ’yan’uwa na farko.
Kauyen Schwarzenau yana da tsayin daka don tunawa da 'yan'uwa a duniya, in ji Meier. Baftisma a Schwarzenau su ne “hatimi na farko don ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa da yawa a yau…. A nan gungun mutane takwas ne suka fara kirga kudin,” in ji shi, inda ya nakalto wata jumla daga wakar Alexander Mack.
An fara hidimar safiyar Lahadi na musamman na bikin cika shekaru 300 a ranar. Wa'azi don ibada su ne Fredric G. Miller Jr., fasto na Mount Olive Brothers Church a Pineville, Va., da James Beckwith, mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na Church of the Brothers na 2008 kuma Fasto na Cocin Annville (Pa.) Church of the Brothers. .
An karanta addu'o'i, litattafai, da nassosi daga wakilan biyar daga cikin manyan 'yan'uwa shida: Cocin Brothers, the Brother, the Old German Baptist Brothers Church, Dunkard Brothers Church, da Fellowship of Grace Brothers Churches (the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches). wakili daga babban jiki na shida, Conservative Grace Brethren Churches International, bai iya kasancewa ba).
Mawakan Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) sun rera waƙoƙi guda biyu. Na farko shi ne ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin kiɗan da Cocin ’Yan’uwa Kwamitin Bikin Shekaru 300 ya ba da izini: “Magana, Ya Ubangiji,” na Keith Getty da Stuart Townsend, wanda John Ferguson ya shirya (duba www.churchofthebrethrenanniversary.org/pdfs/song_anthem_order. pdf don ƙarin bayani).
Da yake magana a kan Matta 3:13-17, Miller ya ba da saƙo mai take, “Kyawawan sakamako na nutsewa.” Ya yi maganar baftisma ’Yan’uwa na farko a matsayin “ƙaramar yayyafawar Yesu da aka dunkule a cikin ruwan Urdun.”
Ya jefar da kuɗin Jamus mai shekara 300, da aka yi a shekara ta 1708, cikin ƙaramin gilashin da aka ajiye a kan filin wasa, ya gaya wa ikilisiyar su saurari ƙarar faɗuwarta. “Ku ji muryar cocin da aka kafa a nan shekaru 300 da suka gabata. Na yi imani Allah yana farin ciki sosai idan ya ga sakamakon aikin ’yan’uwa,” inji shi. "Muna da shekaru 300 matasa kuma har yanzu muna jin sha'awar manufa."
Ya yabawa Cocin ‘Yan’uwa a bisa aikin da ta yi na assasa Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Najeriya (Church of the Brothers in Nigeria), wadda ta zama babbar darikar ‘yan uwa a duniya. Ya kuma ba da nasarar da aka samu a Cocin Brethren, wanda ke da ikilisiyoyi kusan 120 a Amurka, in ji shi, amma ya dasa majami’u 2,000 a duniya.
Miller ya ƙarfafa ’yan’uwa a yau su kasance da “zuciya ta zurfafa cikin ƙauna, da kuma nitsar da hannuwa cikin hidima,” kuma ya nanata cewa labarin Yesu Kristi yana samuwa ne kawai ta wurin nutsewa cikin maganar Allah. Ya kara da cewa Gadon ‘Yan’uwa kuma yana kira da a nutse a cikin addu’a. "Ba za a sami cocin 'yan'uwa ba idan ba tare da yin addu'a ba," in ji shi.
Ya rufe da kira ga ’yan uwa da su ci gaba da saurara da kuma jin ra’ayoyinsu na gado. “Lokacin da kuka yi amfani da guduma ko kuma ku halarci hidimar shafaffu, na yi addu’a domin ku ji ƙarar cocin farko da ’yan’uwa na farko,” in ji Miller. “Kuma lokacin da kuka halarci baftisma…ji Uban yana cewa, Wannan Ikklisiyara ce da nake ƙauna, tare da ’yan’uwa na ji daɗi ƙwarai.”
Beckwith ya yi wa’azi mai suna, “Masu Siffar Idin Ƙauna,” a kan nassin Yohanna 13:1-17 da 34-35. ’Yan’uwa Schwarzenau “sun wanke ƙafafun junansu kawai domin Yesu ya faɗi haka,” in ji Beckwith, yayin da ya fara kalamansa game da tasirin Idin Ƙauna a kan al’adar ’yan’uwa da al’umma. Shaidar Idin Ƙauna ita ce “’Yan’uwa sun ɗauki Yesu da muhimmanci kuma su nemi su bi shi a hankali.”
Idin Ƙauna “yana sa mu nuna godiya ga ƙaƙƙarfan buƙatun duniya,” tare da buƙatunta don bincika kanmu, da kuma aikin wanke ƙafar da ke sa mutane da yawa rashin jin daɗi. “Har yanzu yana nuna ƙauna da kulawar zama cikin iyalin Allah cikin aminci,” in ji shi.
Beckwith ya kwatanta ayyukan 'yan'uwa na Ƙaunar Idi a matsayin ba kawai shiri na sirri ko na jama'a don shiga cikin hidimar tarayya ba, amma a matsayin hanya ga Ikilisiya ta shirya don yin hidima ga duniya a matsayin aikin tarayya da Allah. "Shekaru dari uku na bukukuwan soyayya sun tsara mu don nuna kulawa da fahimtar juna," in ji shi. "Bikin Ƙauna ya kasance maganin ruhi ga tashin hankalin duniya."
"Yana da mahimmanci kasuwanci don ayyana zumuncin soyayya, mu bayyana kanmu 'yan'uwa," in ji Beckwith. “Kasancewar Mulkin Allah ne mai zuwa.”
Shirin na rana ya amince da bashin da ’yan’uwa suke bin Schwarzenau, mutanensa, da shugabanninsa na tsawon ƙarni. Manyan baki da dama ne suka gabatar da gaisuwa ciki har da Bernhart, Yariman Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein, wanda ake ganin shi ne majibincin bikin. Yarima Bernhart ya ba da damar yin amfani da filayensa da wuraren aiki don yankin taron Anniversary, gami da mazauninsa, Gidan Manor a Schwarzenau.
A madadin Hukumar Encyclopedia, Dale Stoffer ya gode wa Yariman don ci gaba da karimcin da kakansa, Count Henrich Albrecht ya nuna, wanda ya ba da mafaka takwas na farko na 'yan'uwa a Schwarzenau.
Magajin garin Bad Berleburg da magajin garin Schwarzenau suma sun kawo gaisuwa, hakama baki da suka wakilci gundumomi na Cocin Furotesta, da Oliver Lehnsdorf, limamin cocin Schwarzenau – Furotesta St. Luke Parish a kwaruruka Eder da Elshoff.
Stan Noffsinger, babban sakataren cocin ‘yan’uwa, ya gabatar da shugabannin kungiyar Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Najeriya guda biyar wadanda suka halarta; da Dave Guiles, babban darektan kungiyar Grace Brethren International Missions, sun gabatar da wakilai sama da 20 daga kasashe daban-daban da ke taruwa a Schwarzenau don fara taron tsare-tsare na kwanaki shida don ayyukan manufa a nan gaba. Masu shirya gasar sun bayyana cewa kasashe 18 ne suka wakilci kasar a bikin na yau.
Hukumar Encyclopedia ta ba da kyaututtuka da dama na godiya ga al’ummar Schwarzenau, sannan ta samu kyaututtuka da dama daga kauyen da kuma manyan baki da suka kawo ziyara. Hukumar ta kuma ba da kyaututtuka na musamman ga kwamitin bikin Schwarzenau, da Heimatverein Schwarzenau, ƙungiyar al'adun gargajiya da ke da alhakin da kuma kula da Gidan Tarihi na Alexander Mack. Daga cikin kyaututtukan, an gabatar da tarin sabbin litattafai da aka buga game da ’yan’uwa don tattara kayan tarihin, ciki har da adadin daga ‘yan jarida, kuma an ba da sandar zaman lafiya ga al’umma.
"Mutanen Schwarzenau sun yi kasala" a shirye-shiryensu na bikin cika shekaru, in ji Dale Ulrich, memba na kwamitin Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc., wanda ya tsara da kuma shirya bikin na kasa da kasa tare da kwamitin bikin Schwarzenau na mazauna gida. Ulrich ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai gudanarwa na dabaru na taron.
Kauyen Schwarzenau yana da yawan mutane 800 kawai, in ji Ulrich, kuma akalla 260 daga cikinsu sun taimaka da aiki mai wahala na mayar da dakin hawan doki na wani dan lokaci daga filin hawan dawaki zuwa wurin taro da mutane 1,000. Juyawa ya haɗa da shimfidar katako na katako, da kuma shigar da mataki, tsarin sauti, da kayan aiki masu haske. Sashen kashe gobara na sa kai na Schwarzenau ya tsaya a duk karshen mako, kuma ya taimaka wajen sarrafa motocin bas da mota. Wani kamfani mai cin abinci na gida ya ba da abincin a cikin babban tanti da ke tsakanin zauren Riding da kogin.
Mazauna kauyen sun kuma ba da wani wurin shaye-shayen kayan shaye-shaye masu sanyi da kayan gasa na gida, sun yi wa ’yan’uwa ɗumi a safiyar Lahadi, kuma sun sayar da kwalaben tunawa da ruwan Kogin Eder, wanda ya zo cike da takaddun sahihanci.
Bernd Julius da Otto Marburger ne suka jagoranci kwamitin Bikin Schwarzenau, kuma sun haɗa da membobin Bodo Huster, Peter Kanstein, da Karin Zacharais. Johannes Haese ya yi aiki a matsayin mai haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Kwamitin Bikin Schwarzenau da kwamitin Encyclopedia na 'yan'uwa.
Hukumar ‘yan’uwa Encyclopedia ta ƙunshi mambobi da ke wakiltar manyan ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa shida. Shugabanta shine Robert Lehigh; mataimakin shugaban kasa Dale Stoffer ya tsara shirin tunawa da rana; sakatare Dale Ulrich ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai gudanarwa na abubuwan Schwarzenau; Terry White shine ma'aji; da Michael M. Miller da Jeff Bach membobin kwamitin ne. Masu ba da shawara ga hukumar don abubuwan Schwarzenau sune Ken Kreider da Ted Rondeau.
Wani ɗan gajeren taro na ibada a kogin ya rufe al'amuran ranar. Jama'a sun taru a bangarorin biyu na kogin Eder da kuma kan gadar da ke kan kogin, domin shiga cikin kankanin lokaci na yabo da addu'o'i karkashin jagorancin gungun 'yan'uwa na Tsohon Baftisma na Jamus. Michael Miller, memba na Hukumar Encyclopedia mai wakiltar ’Yan’uwan Baftisma na Tsohon Jamus ne ya kawo taƙaitaccen bimbini.
"Don haka mun zo bakin wannan kogin shiru don yin bankwana," in ji Miller. Duniya ta saurari azaba da wahala sosai, in ji shi, amma kuma duniya ta ji ɓacin rai 24 sa’ad da aka ɗauke ’yan’uwa takwas na farko daga ruwan baftisma. Ya rufe da albarka ga wurin, mutanen Schwarzenau, da 'ya'yansu da zuriyarsu. Ya matso kusa da kuka, ya ce, “Allah ya kai ku a nan Schwarzenau.”
Ga ’Yan’uwa, Miller ya ba da wannan albarka: “Bari mu tafi da irin wannan farin ciki, salama, da bege da waɗannan mutane takwas suka samu shekaru 300 da suka shige…. Addu’armu ita ce, nan gaba shekara 300, dukanmu mu sake tsayawa tare cikin Mulkin Allah.”
Bauta ta ƙare tare da rera Doxology, Addu'ar Ubangiji, da kuma yabo.
Bayan korar da aka yi, har yanzu mutane da dama sun tsaya na wani dan lokaci a bakin kogin da kuma kan gadar, a wani lokaci na nuna godiya ga bikin. Wasu sun yi amfani da damar su tsoma ƙafafu ko hannayensu a cikin kogin.
An tabbatar da wani kalami da Meier ya yi a lokacin shirin rana: Ga ’yan’uwa, “yin baftisma… ne ya kafa ginshiƙin.”
ANA YIWA YAN'UWA MATASA BAftisma A CIKIN EDER
Matasan Cocin 'yan'uwa biyu sun yi baftisma a Kogin Eder a Schwarzenau da yammacin rana, bayan kammala taron ibada na karshen mako na cika shekaru 300. Lauren Knepp da John Michael Knepp–waɗanda ‘yar’uwa ne kuma ɗan’uwa-sun kasance cikin ƙungiyar yawon buɗe ido daga Amurka karkashin jagorancin Dana Statler na Lancaster, Pa., kuma suna tafiya tare da danginsu.
Ta wurin baftismarsu, su biyun sun zama membobin Cocin Curryville na ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa a Pennsylvania.
"Sun so a yi musu baftisma," in ji Statler, ya kara da cewa iyalansu sun amince da bikin kafin tafiya. Statler, wanda abokin limamin coci ne na ƙauyen Brothers a Lititz, Pa., ya yanke shawarar yin hidimar bayan ya sami izini daga limamin cocin Everett, kuma bayan ya tuntuɓi kwamitocin tsare-tsare don abubuwan Schwarzenau.
Otto Marburger, mai kula da Kwamitin Bikin Schwarzenau, ya ba da aron makiyayarsa a bakin kogi a matsayin wurin yin baftisma. Marburger ma ya tashi da sassafe don yanka bishiya da datsa don shirya wurin.
"A ganina a matsayina na fasto, yi wa wani baftisma a Kogin Eder abin girmamawa ne," in ji Statler.
Ya kara da cewa, “Abu mai mahimmanci shine yanke shawara, ba wurin ba. Ba wasan kwaikwayo ba ne kawai a Schwarzenau, yanke shawara ne."
Bayan baftismar da matasan biyu suka yi, wasu mutane biyu sun shiga cikin ruwa don su sake yin baftisma a cikin ruwan Eder. A tsaye guiwa a cikin ruwa don yin addu'a, kowannensu ya yi wa ɗayan baftisma.
An ba da gayyata ga masu yin baftisma a lokacin Shirin Tunawa da rana, kuma ’yan ƙaramin taro ne suka shaida su a kowane gefen kogin, da yawa da kyamarori a hannu. Yayin da masu yin baftisma suka tashi daga ruwan kogin, bayan addu’a, ’yan’uwa suka amsa da tafi.
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