Taron Shekara-shekara na 223 na Cocin Yan'uwa
San Diego, California - Yuni 27, 2009
Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta 'Yan'uwa ta gayyaci wani kwamiti wanda ya ƙunshi Dana Cassell, ma'aikacin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa da ke aiki tare da ofishin BVS; Jordan Blevins, ma'aikatan shirin Eco-Justice na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa; da Matt McKimmy, limamin cocin Richmond (Ind.) Church of the Brother, don magance maudu’in, “Ra’ayin Matasa akan Al’adu, Ikilisiya, da Jagoranci.” Kwamitin ya yi magana ne a wurin taron rayuwar 'yan'uwa da tunani a ranar Asabar, 27 ga Yuni.
Blevins ya zayyana da'irar dangantakar da Yesu ya halitta tare da abokansa a lokacin hidimarsa, sannan ya bayyana cewa yayin da matasa ke neman dangantaka a cikin al'ummomin da suka sadaukar da kansu, al'adun Amurka mafi girma suna neman majami'u bisa dacewa inda masu amfani ke da 'yancin samun abubuwan da suka dace. Kalaman nasa sun fito ne daga wani taro na baya-bayan nan na matasa matasa na Cocin of the Brothers a Arizona, inda suka tattauna yadda jagoranci a Cocin ’yan’uwa zai kasance.
Manya matasa “… ba sa son a tsara su don (ikklisiya), amma su zama coci,” Blevins ya yi imani. "Mutane suna so su ji kamar sun kasance wani ɓangare na wani abu mafi girma fiye da kansu."
McKimmy ya zana dariya yayin da ya yarda Wikipedia ba ya taimaka ma'anar kalmar "al'ada." Duk abin da yake, McKimmy ya nace cewa "al'ada ba ta da kyau." Littafi Mai-Tsarki ya yanke ainihin wannan abin lura lokacin da ya faɗi cewa masu bi suna rayuwa a duniya, amma ba nata ba ne. Ya yi nuni da cewa, akwai dimbin sauye-sauyen al’adu da ake gudanarwa, lokacin da ake samun sauyi tsakanin tsofaffi da sabbin hanyoyin rayuwa. Ƙungiyoyin suna raguwa. "Ayyukanmu na yau da kullun shine canji," in ji shi, kuma Allah yana iya yin aiki a cikin sauye-sauyen al'adu. McKimmy ya yi kira ga ’yan’uwa da su kasance masu himma wajen kawo sauyi maimakon kukan canjin.
Cassell ya zayyana sauyi daga ƙungiyar fastoci da ba a biya ba, na maza kaɗai zuwa halin da ake ciki yanzu wanda ake ganin samfuran hidima da yawa. ’Yan’uwa na farko sun yi shakkar “ma’aikata” waɗanda za su iya faranta wa ma’aikatansu rai kawai. Duk da rashin jituwa tsakanin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya da masu ci gaba yayin da tsarin hidima ya canza, sha'awar kasancewa da aminci ga Allah da nassi shine tushen gardamarsu.
Da yake ambato daga masu cancanta kamar su Dattijo John Kline, da kuma daga mintuna na Taro na Shekara-shekara, Cassell ya tsara canje-canjen da suka sa ’yan’uwa su “karɓi” masu hidima na cikakken lokaci. Sa’ad da aka canja hakki na nadi daga ikilisiya zuwa gunduma, kuma yayin da ake kiran mata a hukumance, “rashin ɗamara” ya zama al’ada.
Kira don bayani game da hidima shine kawai madaidaicin zaren a cikin labarin!
–Frank Ramirez fasto ne na cocin ‘yan’uwa na Everett (Pa.)
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Ƙungiyar Labarai don taron shekara-shekara na 2009 ya haɗa da marubuta Karen Garrett, Frank Ramirez, Frances Townsend, Melissa Troyer, Rich Troyer; masu daukar hoto Kay Guyer, Justin Hollenberg, Keith Hollenberg, Glenn Riegel, Ken Wenger; ma'aikatan Becky Ullom da Amy Heckert. Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, edita. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org.