NOAC 2009
Taron manya na kasa na Cocin Yan'uwa
Lake Junaluska, NC - Satumba 7-11, 2009
Litinin, 7 ga Satumba, 2009
Maganar Rana:
“Lokacin da na yi tunanin abin da zan faɗa muku a wannan maraice, zan iya tunanin abu ɗaya kawai: Na gode…. Kun kasance masu aminci.”
- Shawn Flory Replogle, mai gudanarwa na Cocin of the Brothers na shekara-shekara taron, yana kawo gaisuwa ga NOAC.
| Tambayar Ranar Menene mafi ban sha'awa mil na tafiyarku a nan?
Carol Gardner,
Alma Heisey,
Lavonne Grub,
Marty Hollinger,
Dale Minnich,
Loyal da Sue Vendermeer,
Paul Steiner,
"Duly" Dulabum, (Tattaunawa da hotuna na Frank Ramirez) |
Bayanin Ranar: Ranar farko ta taron tsofaffin tsofaffi na 2009 ta fara ne a Cibiyar Taro na Lake Junaluska (NC) da Cibiyar Komawa tare da rajista na rana, karatun mawaƙa, da abincin dare. An bude dakin baje koli da kantin sayar da litattafai na 'yan jarida da rana don taimakawa mahalarta maraba. A taron ibada na farko da yamma, Chris Bowman ne ya ba da saƙon da yake magana a kan jigon nan, “Ku Nemo Mu Masu Amintacce,” daga Ezra 3:8-13 (latsa nan don rahoto); rera waƙa da waƙoƙin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta NOAC, wanda Wil Nolen ya jagoranta; da kuma raba gadon bangaskiya ta mutane da yawa tare da jagoran ibada Bonnie Kline Smeltzer. Kowane mutumin da ya yi magana ya ƙara daɗaɗɗen kintinkiri zuwa babban saƙa wanda zai yi girma a cikin mako guda, wanda ake gayyatar kowane ɗan takarar NOAC don ƙara zaren. An rufe taron jama'ar ice cream wanda kungiyar 'Yan Uwa ta dauki nauyin rufe ranar.
2009 NOAC Bits da Pieces:
Jimlar rajista: 925 manya manya
Bayar da aka karɓa a wurin buɗe taron ibada: $2,203.21
Labarin Rana
Neman cocin 'yan'uwa na farko a Florida
Masu ba da agaji na NOAC Lester da Barbara Kesselring kwanan nan sun ɗauki lokaci don gano tatsuniyoyi na cocin Keuka – Ikilisiyar Brotheran’uwa ta farko a Florida – kuma sun yi nasara a farautarsu!
Ma'auratan sun shirya wani nuni don bikin cika shekaru 125 na 'yan'uwa a Florida don taron gundumomi na kudu maso gabashin Atlantic a watan Oktoba. Makamashi da bugun 1953 kwafin na Tarihin 'Yan'uwa a Florida da Jojiya: 1925-1950 da James B. Morris suka nufi arewa mai nisan mil 150 don nemo cocin 'yan'uwa na farko na jihar.
Bayani mai haske a cikin littafin (da GPS) "ya mayar da mu cikin wani yanki mai dazuzzuka," in ji Lester. Barbara ta kara da cewa "Mun bi kunkuntar hanyoyi masu kangi da laka har sai da muka fito kan wata babbar hanya sai muka ga alamar Tsohuwar hanyar makabarta," in ji Barbara.
Sai da suka cire wata gaɓar bishiyar da ta faɗo daga kan hanya kuma suka yi shawarwarin datse waya don isa tsohuwar makabartar cocin, amma sun gano kaburbura da yawa ciki har da na limamin cocin na ƙarshe, JN Overhultz.
Ba da daɗewa ba Kesselrings suka sami cocin. mallakin Debby Hoadley ne, wanda gidansa ke kan titi. Sa’ad da ma’auratan suka bayyana cewa su mambobi ne na ƙungiyar da ta gina cocin Hoadley suka amsa, “Eh, Dunkers!”
Daga nan su biyun suka bi tsohuwar hanya, suna fatan samun gidan JH Moore, wanda aka rubuta a matsayin wanda ya kafa cocin Keuka. Sun haɗu da Hilda Gelhaus, wadda suka ɗauke ta fiye da shekara 90, tana tsaye a gaban wani gida suka gaya mata suna neman tsohuwar parsonage.
"Oh, nawa ne," in ji ta. “Rabaran Moore ya gina wannan gidan. Kuna so ku shigo?"
A cewar Lester, "Ta kai mu gidan kuma ta nuna mana kututturen da ya yanke bishiyoyin harsashin." Har ila yau, sun sami harsashin ginin kicin, wanda ya kasance wani gini daban a bayan gida domin a lokacin kitchen yana iya kama wuta da sauƙi.
"Ta kasance ƙasa kamar yadda za ta iya zama," in ji Barbara, tana mai jaddada yanayin abokantaka na Gelhaus.
Kesselrings kuma sun sami wata turba mai ƙazanta zuwa bakin tafkin ruwa wanda har yanzu unguwar aka sani da "hanyar baftisma."
Bincike ya bayyana tarihin Keuka, Fla., coci:
A 1882 William Woodward ya ƙaura da matarsa daga Iowa zuwa wata gona da ke wajen Manatee, Fla. Manzon Bishara, sau da yawa suna neman wasu su shiga tare da su, tare da neman babbar ƙungiya ta aika ministoci.
Manzon Bishara editan JH Moore ya kula da hanyoyin sadarwa kuma a cikin Janairu na 1884 ya yi tafiya zuwa Florida daga Mt. Morris, Ill., don duba, yana wa'azi sau biyu yayin da yake wurin. Matarsa da ke fama da cutar tarin fuka, ta yarda cewa canjin yanayi zai yi mata kyau.
Moores sun ƙaura zuwa Keuka, ƙaramin gari mai kusan mutane 20. Yana da gidan waya, ma'ajiyar jirgin ƙasa, da wani ƙaramin shago. Su da ’ya’yansu uku (wadanda kusan nan da nan suka kamu da cutar kyanda) suka zauna a wani gida da aka gama da rabi.
Ba a daɗe ba aka gina gidan coci, wanda ya zama makarantar Lahadi da Wuri Mai Tsarki a ranar Lahadi, da ɗakin makaranta na al'umma a cikin mako. Ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 1884, an shirya cocin kuma a ranar 29 ga Janairu, 1885, an gudanar da Idin Ƙauna na farko. Ba da da ewa ba Moore ya gina nasa gida, kuma ya yi aikin katako don samun abin biyan bukata har sai ya sayi gidan gandun daji. An haifi ɗansa na huɗu daga baya a wannan shekarar, 'Yan'uwa na farko da aka haifa a Florida. Mambobin cocin sun ƙaru zuwa 50.
Amma matar Moore ta mutu a 1888 kuma a 1891 ya sake yin aure kuma ya koma Illinois don gyara littafin. Manzon Bishara. (Ya koma Florida a 1916 don ya sami cocin Sebring). Kashe sanyi a 1895 da 1897 ya lalata amfanin gonar lemu kuma ya lalata jarin ’yan’uwa da yawa. Ƙari ga wannan rashin jituwa tsakanin masu bi, kuma an wargaza cocin a shekara ta 1905. Ginin ya ci gaba da hidima a matsayin coci na shekaru da yawa bayan haka.
(References: Morris, James B., Tarihin 'Yan'uwa a Florida da Jojiya: 1925-1950, Hartville, Mo., 1953, shafi na 13-18; Moyer, Elgin S., 'Yan'uwa… a Florida da Puerto Rico, Elgin, Rashin lafiya: 'Yan'uwa Press, 1975, shafi na 63-66)
- Frank Ramirez fasto ne na cocin 'yan'uwa na Everett (Pa.).
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Eddie Edmonds ne ya daidaita Ƙungiyar Labarai don Taron Manyan Manya na Ƙasa na 2009, kuma ya haɗa da Alice Edmonds, Frank Ramirez, Perry McCabe, da ma'aikatan Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, wanda ke aiki a matsayin darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org.