Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) tana gudanar da wani taro na Yuni 6-8 mai taken, "Pietist da Anabaptist Intersections in Pennsylvania: Rayuwa da Tasirin Alexander Mack Jr."
Wannan taron nazarin yana tunawa da ranar haihuwar Mack 300th, wani muhimmin shugaban 'yan'uwa, minista, masaƙa, kuma marubucin waƙa, koyarwa, da ayyukan ibada. An haife shi a Jamus, ɗan Alexander Mack Sr.–wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar Brethren–sannan ya ƙaura zuwa Netherlands sannan kuma zuwa Pennsylvania, inda a ƙarshe ya zama minista na ikilisiyar Germantown.
"Malamai daga fannoni daban-daban za su yi amfani da hanyoyi daban-daban don haskaka aikin Mack da rubuce-rubucen," in ji mawallafin taron. "Wasu daga cikin gabatarwar za su gayyaci tunani a kan madawwamin gado na Mack a cikin mahallin 'yan'uwa da kuma bayansa."
Masu magana sun haɗa da Dale R. Stoffer na Ashland Seminary Theological Seminary; Carl Desportes Bowman na Jami'ar Virginia; Stephen Longenecker na Kwalejin Bridgwater (Va.); William Kostlevy na Kwalejin Tabor; Hedda Durnbaugh na Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa.; Michael Showalter, mai kula da gidan kayan gargajiya na Ephrata Cloister; Bethany Theological Seminary baiwa Russell Haitch, Scott Holland, Denise Kettering Lane, da Daniel Ulrich; Frank Ramirez, Fasto kuma mai ba da gudummawa akai-akai wallafe-wallafen 'yan jarida da "Rayuwar 'Yan'uwa & Tunani"; Karen Garrett, manajan kasuwanci na "Rayuwar Rayuwa & Tunani"; da Daraktan Cibiyar Matasa Jeff Bach, da sauransu.
Bugu da kari, shirin farko na taron ya hada da rangadin taron farko zuwa Germantown da Ephrata Cloisters, bikin wakokin maraice, da lokutan ibada na yau da kullun. Wadanda suka halarci cikakken taron sun cancanci ci gaba da sassan ilimi 1.85. Kudin yin rajista $120, ko $135 bayan 18 ga Mayu. Ana samun ƙimar ɗalibi da kwana ɗaya. Yawon shakatawa da gidaje ƙarin farashi ne. Don ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin rajista jeka www.etown.edu/centers/young-center/files/mack-conference/Mack_conference_brochure.pdfcall ko kira 717-361-1443.
A matsayin wani abu na musamman a lokacin karshen mako, 'Yan'uwa Colleges Abroad (BCA) za su yi bikin cika shekaru 50, "Nazarin BCA a Ƙasashen: 50 Years 1962-2012." Abincin ranar tunawa shine Yuni 8 nan da nan bayan rufe taron, tare da mai magana Robert Johansen, abokin tarayya a Cibiyar Nazarin Zaman Lafiya ta Joan Kroc a Jami'ar Notre Dame. BCA kuma za ta karrama shugabanta mafi dadewa a kan mulki, Allen Deeter. Farashin shine $30. BCA kungiya ce ta hadin gwiwa wacce Coci of the Brothers kolejoji suka fara, a halin yanzu tana tura ɗalibai kusan 400 don yin karatu a cikin ƙasashe 15 na duniya tare da kawo ɗaliban ƙasashen duniya don yin karatu a kwalejojin abokan hulɗa na BCA a Amurka.