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| Majalisar Zartarwa ta Gundumar (CODE) ta ba da lambar yabo don Nagarta a Ma'aikatar Pastoral a taronsu na farko na cin abincin dare a taron shekara-shekara: a hannun hagu na gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania Georgia Markey ta ba da lambar yabo ga Janice Custer, limamin Cocin Huntsdale na 'yan'uwa. |
CODE, Majalisar Gudanarwar Gundumar, ta gudanar da abincin dare na farko na shekara-shekara, Yuli 9. Craig Smith, shugaban kwamitin zartarwa kuma ministan zartarwa na gundumar Atlantic Northeast, ya bude taron yana mai cewa abincin dare ya kasance "Bikin Jagoranci. .” Wani abin burgewa a cikin abincin dare shine sabuwar lambar yabo ta fastoci.
Smith ya gabatar da sababbin shugabannin gundumomi a cikin rukuni: Russell da Deborah Payne, Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas; John Jantzi, gundumar Shenandoah; da Hector Perez-Borges, abokin tarayya na Puerto Rico a Gundumar Kudu maso Gabashin Atlantika.
Shirin ya haɗa da Vickie Smith yana raba zaɓaɓɓun waƙoƙin da suka haɗa da "Saboda Yana Rayuwa" da "Idonsa Yana Kan Sparrow."
Jojiya Markey, ministan zartarwa na Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Kudu, ta sanar da wanda ya karɓi lambar yabo don ƙwarewa a cikin Ma'aikatar Pastoral. Ta lissafta halayen ma'aikaci abin koyi a matsayin wanda ke ƙarfafa jagoranci, yana da tasiri mai kyau akan wasu, yana ba da shawara, yana baje kolin zurfin ruhaniya, kuma yana ƙirar alaƙa mai kyau.
Janice Custer, limamin cocin Huntsdale na 'yan'uwa a Carlisle, Pa., ta sami kyautar. Markey ya kwatanta ta a matsayin wadda take ja-gorar ikilisiyarta a matsayin “hannaye da ƙafafun Kristi.” A matsayin mai koyarwa na SVMC (Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley) akan kula da makiyaya, waɗanda ke da bambancin imani na tauhidi suna girmama ta. Markey ya kwatanta ta a kan wanene "wanda yake kuma yana fitar da imaninta."
Custer ta bayyana kanta a matsayin wadda ta san tun tana ‘yar shekara 7 cewa za ta yi wa wasu hidima. A wannan shekarun ta so ta zama zuhudu lokacin da ta girma. Mahaifiyarta Mennonite ta sanar da ita cewa “ba za ta zama ‘yar uwa ba.” A makarantar sakandare ta gaya wa mashawarcinta cewa burinta shi ne ta taimaki wasu ta wajen bauta wa Allah. Mai ba da shawara ya gaya mata ta sake duba wannan burin. Ba ta sake yin tunani ba, kuma yanzu ta gamsu da bauta wa Allah a matsayin mai hidimar makiyaya. Ta rufe kalamanta game da karɓar kyautar da kalmomi masu ƙarfafawa: sa’ad da burinka shine bautar Allah, “ba za ka iya ce wa Allah a’a ka ce eh ga mutane ba,” in ji ta. "Sai dai mu ce eh ga Allah."
A matsayin godiya ga duk ministocin da suka halarci liyafar cin abincin dare, babban jami'in gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma Don Booz ya raba wa ma'aikatar da ta rufe da shirin fim don tabbatar musu da cewa "ba za a taba auna tasirin abin da ministocin suke yi ba."
- Karen Garrett marubuci ne na sa kai ga ƙungiyar labarai na taron shekara-shekara da ma'aikatan Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta 'Yan'uwa.