John L. McCulough, shugaban da Shugaba na Church World Service (CWS) da kuma mai magana a Global Ministries Dinner a Church of the Brothers Annual Conference, an dauki tare da jigon taron, "Move in Our Midst."
An kuma gabatar da baƙi na duniya da kuma maraba a wurin cin abincin dare, wanda ya yi bikin haɗin gwiwar Cocin World Service da Church of Brothers.
"Ta hanyar haɗin gwiwarmu da Cocin 'yan'uwa, ma'aikatun da muke tallafawa a duk duniya sun ƙunshi ƙaunar Yesu Kiristi, wanda ke tafiya a tsakiyarmu," in ji McCullough. “Lokacin da na tuna wannan jigon ina tunani: karɓuwa, gayyata, da sanarwa. Yana tunatar da mu cewa muna bauta wa Allah mai rai, mai numfashi, mai tsarin aiki.”
McCullough ya gane wurin tarihi na Cocin ’yan’uwa a cikin kafa Sabis na Duniya na Coci. "Ina so in gode muku don jagorancin ku, da kuma haɗin gwiwa mai tarihi tsakanin Cocin 'Yan'uwa da Coci na Duniya," ya gaya wa mahalarta abincin dare. Da yake tuna lokacin da ya yi bauta tare da Kiristoci a Zambiya, waɗanda suke cike da farin ciki da kuzari, ya gaya masa cewa ya ji haka game da taron ’yan’uwa da kuma aikin ikilisiya na bauta wa wasu cikin sunan Yesu.
Duk da haka, akwai wahalhalu a tafiyar, ya tunatar da ’yan’uwa. "Muna kan tafiya ta ruhaniya," in ji shi. "Ruhu yana motsawa tare da mu don yin haɗin gwiwa abin da ba za mu iya yi ni kaɗai ba."
McCullough ya ce, "lokacin da ake ciki yana da matukar muhimmanci, wanda ba za a iya kisa ba," in ji McCullough, yayin da ya lissafta rikice-rikicen da suka gabata da na yanzu da suka hada da yakin Vietnam, takunkumin Amurka kan Cuba, yanayi a Afirka, yakin Afghanistan, yaki da wariyar launin fata a cikin Afirka ta Kudu. Waɗannan sassa ne na duniya inda ’Yan’uwa da CWS suka yi tarayya a hidima cikin sunan Kristi. Samun damar yin aiki tare da Martin Luther King Jr. da Nelson Mandela sun kasance muhimman abubuwan da suka shafi dangantakar, in ji shi.
"Kokarinmu ya kasance cikakke?" Ya tambayi rhetorically game da aikin CWS a tsawon shekaru da kuma a duniya. "Tabbas a'a," McCullough ya amsa tambayar nasa. “Shin mun ƙara ƙarfin ƙarfinmu? A zahiri a'a. Muna kuka da kasawarmu. Amma mu ba mazhabobi 37 ba ne kawai, mu 37 ne na tarayya!”
Ƙoƙarin CWS tare da haɗin gwiwar, McCullough ya ce, tafi ta hanyoyi biyu. “Muna ci gaba da mai da hankali kan kawar da talauci, wanda shi ne kan gaba wajen mutuwa. Tausayi da neman gaskiya tare da yi mana jagora.”
Jigogi daga Matta 25 kamar ciyar da mayunwata, samar da ruwa mai tsafta ga masu ƙishirwa, ziyartar marasa lafiya, tufatar da tsirara, da hidimar waɗanda ke cikin kurkuku, suna nan a tsakiyar aikin Kirista McCullough ya ce. "Neman wuri a teburin masu fama da yunwa da rashin abinci mai gina jiki, tare da kusan mutane biliyan ɗaya a duniya a yau waɗanda ke fama da yunwa, shine jigon wannan hidima cikin sunan Yesu."
- Frank Ramirez limamin cocin 'yan'uwa na Everett (Pa.) kuma memba ne na Tawagar Labarai na Taron Shekara-shekara.