Yau a NOAC

NOAC 2009
Taron manya na kasa na Cocin Yan'uwa

Lake Junaluska, NC - Satumba 7-11, 2009

Talata 8 ga Satumba, 2009

Maganar Rana:

"Wadancan mutanen da ba mu yi tsammanin za su kasance cikin al'umma ba su ne za a hada su." - Bob Neff, shugaban nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki, yana magana a kan labarin Ruth a matsayin madadin labari ga iko da iko da tashin hankali na mulkin alƙalai da sarauta a cikin Tsohon Alkawari.

Bayanin Ranar:
Da safiyar Talata, Satumba 8, ta sami wasu mahalarta NOAC a ayyukan "Saduwa da Sabuwar Rana" kafin karin kumallo. Taro na rera ya kasance kafin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da Bob Neff ya ja-goranci (danna nan don karanta rahoto). Babban taron ranar ya biyo baya, tare da baƙo mai magana Rachael Freed a kan maudu’in, “Girbi Hikimar Rayuwar ku: Ƙirƙirar Nufin Ruhaniya da ɗabi’a,” wanda Brethren Benefit Trust ya ɗauki nauyinsa. Gasar golf ta NOAC ta jagoranci rana ta nishaɗi, ƙungiyoyin sha'awa, bita na fasaha, da sauran ayyuka. Shahararriyar mawakiyar jama'a/Indie mawaƙa Carrie Newcomer ta ba da wani wasan kwaikwayo na maraice, wanda MMA ke ɗaukar nauyi. liyafar tsofaffin ɗaliban kwaleji da zamantakewar al'adun ice cream waɗanda Kwalejin Juniata, Kwalejin McPherson, da Kolejin Manchester suka ɗauki nauyin gudanar da maraice.

NOAC Bits da Pieces

NOAC Art Gallery na Farko: Don da Joyce Parker na Ashland, Ohio, suna gudanar da baje kolin, wanda ya haɗa da aikin mahalarta 11 na NOAC da masu fasaha na Brotheran'uwa. Joyce ta ce "Martanin ya yi kyau ga wannan, lokacinmu na farko." “Muna da komai tun daga wasu sandunan da aka sassaƙa, da sauran sassaƙaƙe, zuwa ƙaramin tagulla. Akwai wasu sassaka na itace, akwai kuma aikin mai daukar hoto, sannan akwai kalar ruwa da zanen mai. Oh, da bangon masana'anta guda daya rataye." Parkers membobi ne na Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa (AACB).

Kantin sayar da littattafan 'yan jarida yana ba da sa hannun littafin tare da ɗimbin tsofaffin abubuwan da aka fi so da sabbin wallafe-wallafe. Jeff Lennard, darektan tallace-tallace, ya nuna zaɓin littattafan "kore" lokacin da aka tambaye shi abin da zai iya ɗauka a gida idan yana siya. A saman jerin nasa: "Ya isa: Me yasa Mafi yawan yunwa a cikin Age of Plenty" na Roger Thurlow da Scott Kilman; "Menu for the Future," wani kwas na tattaunawa da Cibiyar Arewa maso Yamma ta Duniya ta buga; da “The Green Bible” wanda ya haɗa da New Revised Standard Version tare da duk sassan da ke da alaƙa da kula da halitta da sarrafa yanayin da aka buga da nau’in kore.

Labarin NOAC na Ranar

Babu shakka shugabar Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany Ruthann Knechel Johansen ta sa ran wasu ƴan kaɗan za su halarci rukunin masu sha'awarta kan "Ƙaunar Ruhaniya don Rabin Rayuwa ta Biyu." Duk da haka bai kamata ya zama abin mamaki ba cewa akwai cikakken gida.

Ta fara da ba da labarin wani matafiyi ya yi karo da wani mugun dodo. Dodon ya tambaye shi, "Mene ne wuri mafi kyau a duk duniya?" Tsoron ɓata wa dodo rai ta hanyar sanya sunan wurin da bai dace ba, matafiyi ya amsa, “‘Mafi kyawun wuri shi ne inda mutum ya ji a gida. Mamaki ya cika, dodo ya ce, “Hakika kana da hikima.

Johansen ta gayyaci masu sauraronta su ji a gida a rabi na biyu na rayuwa, kuma su sanya shi wuri mafi kyau duk da kalubale da yawa. Kyakkyawar tunani, in ji ta, ya zama dole, da kuma alherin fuskantar al'amura maimakon gujewa ko musun su. Ta wannan hanyar ana buɗe sarari don ƙauna da canji.

Ƙaunar Yesu, in ji ta, “an ji kamar jagororin ɗabi’a. Ina so in ba da shawarar cewa sun kasance bayanin yadda abubuwa suke. "

Ta gayyaci dukkan mahalarta taron da su gabatar da kansu da kuma bayyana daya daga cikin al'amuran tsufa da suke fuskanta, sannan ta yi amfani da wasu bayanai daga James Hollis, marubucin littafin. "Neman Ma'ana a Rabin Rayuwa na Biyu" Kuma "Abin da Ya Fi Muhimmanci.”

Yana da mahimmanci, in ji ta, kada mutum ya bar tsoro ya mamaye tunani. "Ta yaya muke rayuwa ba tare da tsoro ba?" Ta tambaya. Fuskantar al'amurra masu rikitarwa da rage kuzari, dole ne mutum ya koyi jure rashin fahimta, in ji ta. "Abubuwa ba sa aiki da kyau."

Daidaita tashin hankali tsakanin duniyar sani da duniyar da ba a iya gani shima yana da mahimmanci. Wata mahimmin fahimtar da ta raba ita ce "aikinmu shi ne cin nasara da manyan abubuwa. Bi hanyar kerawa. Bude sarari don sha'awa." Da yake yin ƙaulin daga babi na uku na Mai-Wa’azi, Johansen ta tuna wa masu sauraronta cewa da akwai lokaci da kuma lokacin kowane abu.

- Frank Ramirez fasto ne na cocin 'yan'uwa na Everett (Pa.).    

Bayyana Campbell,
Beavercreek, Ohio
"Tabbas kin yi daidai,
sai kayi!”

Ed Petry,
Beavercreek, Ohio
"Mai shaida zaman lafiya shine ainihin mahimmin sashi na gadonmu."

Adi Null,
Frederick Md.
“Yana ɗaukar tsawon rayuwa don koyo
yadda ake rayuwa.”

Fred Bernhard,
Harrisonburg, BA.
“Ku zama masu hikima, ku yi hankali, ku zama masu ƙauna;
ku kasance masu kirki, ku kasance masu karimci, kuma koyaushe
ku kasance masu karbar baki.”

Ed Brewer,
Hagerstown, Md.
“Abu biyu. Ku ƙaunaci Ubangiji koyaushe, kuma ku yi amfani da kowane zarafi don yin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki.”

Diane Moyer,
Indian Creek, Pa.
"Ku kasance da hankali."

Farashin Betsy,
Mt. Jackson, Tafi
"Abu mafi ban sha'awa game da 'Yan'uwa shine yarda da ƙauna da hidima."

Edna Wakeman,
Edinburg, Va.
"Ina so in bi al'adar Hidimar 'Yan'uwa kamar yadda MR Zigler da Dan West suka yi."

Tambayoyi & hotuna na Frank Ramirez