Da Karen Garrett
 Membobin hukumar makarantar sakandare ta Bethany da ma’aikata suna gaishe da baƙi a liyafar da makarantar ta yi a yayin taron shekara-shekara a Grand Rapids. Taron ya ƙunshi mai yin popcorn na ado, da popcorn kyauta ga duk masu zuwa. Hotuna daga Regina Holmes |
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An raba abubuwa da yawa daga shekarar ilimi ta 2010-11 ta Bethany Theological Seminary a taron cin abinci na shekara-shekara na makarantar a ranar Talata, 5 ga Yuli.
An sanar da cewa ajin digiri na 2011 shine mafi girma tun lokacin da Bethany ya koma Richmond, Ind. An gane yawancin masu digiri: Horo a cikin ma'aikatar Linda Banaszak, Sue Bollinger, Cheryl Mishler, da Don Morrison; da Ilimi don Ma'aikatar Rarraba Patrick Godfrey.
An ba da takardar shedar zuwa Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley tare da lura da sake shelarta na shekaru biyar don shirin horar da ma'aikatar Ilimin Certified Training System (ACTS).
Mai magana da yawun liyafar cin abincin na bana ita ce Malinda Berry, mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin ilimin tauhidi kuma darektan shirin Jagoran Fasaha a Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany. Gabatarwarta, "Breaking Stone, Set in Bread: Yadda Sana'o'i ke Canza Halayenmu," sun haɗa da hotuna na gani don nuna hanyoyin da aka bayyana tiyoloji ta hanyar fasaha.
Kamar yadda shirin taron ya bayyana, “Tun shekaru aru-aru, zane-zane na gani wani muhimmin bangare ne na rayuwar ibadar cocin. Tun daga juyin Furotesta duk da haka, yawancin ƙungiyoyin Kirista sun yi ƙoƙari su fahimci dangantakar fasaha da aikin bangaskiya.”
Berry da gangan ya haɗu da jimlolin gama gari "karya burodi" da "sata cikin dutse" don nuna cewa lokaci ya yi da za a karya "dutse" - al'adun da ba za su sake yi mana hidima ba. Ta girma kewaye da zane-zane, kuma daga baya a rayuwa ta gano ra'ayin cewa "Kiristoci su ware kansu daga fasaha," wannan fasaha na duniya ne ba coci ba.
Yanzu, yayin da ta ci gaba da yin tunani ta tiyoloji, tana sake kallon zane-zane a matsayin mahimman sassa waɗanda ke haɓaka tiyolojin mu kuma hanyoyi ne masu mahimmanci da muke bayyana tauhidin mu. Zane-zane na iya kai mu ga ma'ana mai zurfi, ruhi, da imani.
Rufe taron shekara-shekara na 2011 shine ta Ƙungiyar Labarai ta Jan Fischer-Bachman, Mandy Garcia, Karen Garrett, Amy Heckert, Regina Holmes, Frank Ramirez, Glenn Riegel, Frances Townsend, da edita da daraktan labarai Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford. Wendy McFadden tana aiki a matsayin babban darekta na 'Yan Jarida. Tuntuɓar cobnews@brethren.org