"Wataƙila ba za mu kasance masu basirar fasaha ba, kuma ƙila ba mu saba da kafofin watsa labarun ba, amma mun san ikon taɓawa don warkar da mutane." Wannan zance daga Edward Wheeler, shugaban makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Kirista mai ritaya kwanan nan wanda ke wa'azi don bautar maraice a lokacin taron manya na ƙasa, na iya kwatanta ƙarfin kwarewar NOAC.
An kammala taron manyan manya na kasa (NOAC) 2013 a ranar Juma’ar da ta gabata, 6 ga Satumba, bayan mako guda na jawabai na duniya, kide-kide, wasan kwaikwayo, da nune-nune, karfafa ibada, da ba da damar yin nishadi da zumunci. Taron wanda aka gudanar a tafkin Junaluska da ke Arewacin Carolina, taron ya samu halartar mutane kusan 800, wanda Ma’aikatar Manya ta kungiyar ta shirya da kuma Ministocin Rayuwa na Congregational Life.
Gudanar da jagorancin taron ya hada da Kim Ebersole, mai kula da NOAC, da Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life, tare da Kwamitin Tsare-tsare na NOAC na Bev da Eric Anspaugh, Deanna Brown, da Delora da Eugene Roop. Bugu da kari, wasu masu aikin sa kai da ma'aikata da dama sun kasance a hannunsu don taimakawa wajen ganin an samu nasarar gudanar da shirin na NOAC na bana.
Masu ba da tallafin kuɗi sun haɗa da Brethren Benefit Trust, Hillcrest, Peter Becker Community, Pinecrest Community, da Dabino na Sebring.
Don ƙarin labarai da hotuna daga NOAC 2013, je zuwa www.brethren.org/news/2013/noac-2013 .
Masu wa'azi suna kiran manya don taimakawa warkar da duniya
“Ba kayan ado ba ne. Maganar mutuwa ce, da tashin matattu.” – Mai wa’azin NOAC Dava Hensley, tana magana game da giciye da take sakawa a matsayin shaida ga waɗanda ta sadu da su.
Dava Hensley, wanda ya yi wa’azi don hidimar buɗe ibada da fastoci First Church of the Brothers, Roanoke, Va., ya kawo “haske a cikin duhu” zuwa NOAC–cikakke da sanduna masu haske da aka miƙa wa masu ibada don kadawa a ƙarshen hidimar. Da yake magana a kan Ishaya 58:6-10, Hensley ya yi tambaya, “Mun hura haskenmu? Za mu yi haske a cikin duhu!" Annabi Ishaya ya ƙalubalanci mutanen Allah su fahimci cewa “ibada ta gaskiya aiki ce,” in ji ta. Kalubalenta ga ikilisiyar tsofaffi: “Me ya hana mu barin haskenmu ya haskaka cikin duhu? Ina kalubalantar mu. Yaushe ne karo na ƙarshe da muka ƙyale haskenmu ya haskaka a cikin duhu?”
Rev. Dr. Edward Wheeler, yana wa'azi ga NOAC 2013.
Jagora a cikin Ƙungiyar Baftisma ta Duniya kuma shugaban ƙwararren malami a Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Kirista, Rev. Dr. Edward L. Wheeler ya ba da wa'azin yammacin Laraba kuma ya ci gaba da ƙalubale ga NOACers don kasancewa da aiki a duniya. Saƙonsa, “Tseren Bai Ƙare tukuna ba,” ya dogara ne akan Ibraniyawa 12:1-3. Ya yi kira ga masu bauta su bi misalin Yesu, su tuna da girgijen shaidu, kuma su yi tseren bangaskiya da na rai har ƙarshe. Ya kuma yaba da ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce na shugabannin 'yancin ɗan adam da na talakawan da suka tashi-kuma har yanzu suna tsayin daka-a kan masu ɓata ikon duniya cikin sunan Yesu Kristi. “Ban san ku ba, amma bangaskiya da kuma misalin iyaye da ’yan’uwa da ’yan’uwa waɗanda suka kiyaye bangaskiya kuma suka yi tseren sun albarkace ni.” Manya suna da abubuwa da yawa da za su bayar, kuma suna da kowane dalili na yin tseren aminci ko ta yaya za a yi kamar a ci gaba da gwagwarmayar har zuwa ƙarshe, in ji shi. "An ƙaunace mu kuma duniya tana buƙatar mu mu ƙaunaci baya."
A safiyar Juma'a, an kawo saƙon rufewa na NOAC 2013, "Na yi tunanin Za a sami Refreshments," ya kawo ta. Kurt Borgmann, Fasto na Manchester Church of the Brothers a N. Manchester, Ind. Kalubalen ya ci gaba, yayin da ya kira masu halartan NOAC da su zama “sassantawa” na duniya, ba wai kawai neman nasu wartsakewa a cikin coci ba. Ko da yake ya zana dariya ta hanyar tunanin amsoshi ga tambayar, “Lokacin da ’yan’uwa biyu ko uku suka taru me kuke tsammanin za su yi?” – Amsa lamba ɗaya (ding, ding, ding) cin ice cream – Borgmann bai gamsu da barin NOAC ba. gama kawai ta hanyar yin bikin raba abubuwa masu kyau. Da yake lura cewa Kiristoci da yawa suna tunanin “maƙasudin ikilisiya na farko shi ne mu ba kanmu abinci da abinci,” ya tuna wa NOAC cewa ’yan’uwa za su iya yin abin da ya fi haka kuma sau da yawa. "Wataƙila cocin ya kamata ya yi kama da zamantakewar ice cream kuma ya zama kamar sanwici ga marasa gida," in ji shi. Borgmann ya ƙalubalanci ikilisiya, ya cika kuma yana shirye ya tashi a ƙarshen ibada, “Ba ku buƙatar annashuwa. Kuna shakatawa…. Wane wartsake kuka shirya don baiwa duniya?”
"Ni ba maganin ice cream ba ne, ba ni da maganin potluck… amma kwanan nan, a gare ni cewa samun wani abu makamancin haka sau ɗaya a cikin ɗan lokaci ya isa. Bari kanmu mu ji zafin yunwa fa? … ciyar da mayunwata fa, da kwance sarƙoƙin zalunci, raba gurasarmu ga mayunwata fa?” –Kurt Borgmann, Fasto na Manchester Church of the Brother, a cikin sakonsa na NOAC 2013
Sauran damar ibada fiye da manyan ayyukan ibada guda uku sun haɗa da nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki na yau da kullun wanda ke jagoranta Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, farfesa na Wa'azi da Bauta a Bethany Theological Seminary; da kuma ibada daban-daban guda biyu na safiya da Joel Kline, fasto na Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., da Dana Cassell, fasto na matasa a Manassas (Va.) Church of the Brothers. Ayyukan "Haɗu da Sabuwar Rana" wanda Ma'aikatar Matasa ta Matasa ta jagoranci sun haɗa da motsi na tunani, ƙungiyar raira waƙa a kan giciye sama da tafkin Junaluska, da kuma tafiya ta labyrinth.
Masu iya magana sun haɗa da Tickle, Mouw, da Lederach
"Mun zo nan ne don bauta wa Mulkin Allah, kuma labari ne zai yi shi, kuma mu ne masu ba da labari, ni da kai." - Phyllis Tickle
Phyllis Tickle ya fara gabatar da jawabai a NOAC a safiyar ranar Talata na taron. Bayan jin ka'idarta na "zagayowar shekaru 500 na canji da damuwa" mai yiwuwa mutum ya ji tsoro game da ikirari cewa "muna rayuwa cikin lokacin babban tashin hankali," amma Tickle ya ɗaure shi duka tare da ban dariya, fahimta, da bege. . An santa da jerin sa'o'inta na Allahntaka kan kiyaye tsayuwar sa'o'i, da kuma littattafai sama da dozin biyu kan addini da ruhi, Tickle ƙwararriya ce kan “Kiristanci na bullowa” kuma ministar eucharistic kuma malami a Cocin Episcopal da kuma tsohon malamin kwaleji kuma shugaban ilimi a Memphis College of Art. Da yake lura cewa yanayin rayuwar gida ya canza babu makawa, yayin da mata suke samun daidaito a aikin yi, kuma akwai ƙarancin iyaye da ke koyar da yara labarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, Tickle ya ba da aikin gida ga manya: “Ya rage namu mu kakanni kuma manya ne. - kakanni, wadanda su ne suka san labaran, dole ne mu koma mu saka wadancan labaran cikin rayuwar jikoki da jikokinmu.” Idan tsofaffi ba su yi aikin gida ba, kuma yara ba su koyi labarin Littafi Mai Tsarki ba, Kiristanci na iya tsira, in ji Tickle. Amma, ta yi gargadin, "Cocin ba zai yiwu ba." Ta jaddada ba kawai mahimmancin labari a rayuwar ɗan adam ba, har ma da sabbin fahimtar al'ummomi masu tasowa game da gaskiya da gaskiya - cewa kyawun labari ya ta'allaka ne a cikin "hakikaninsa, ba gaskiyarsa ba" - da yanayin warkarwa na ba da labari, duka don daidaikun mutane da al'umma.
Richard Muw
Richard Muw, Shugaban makarantar Fuller Theological Seminary mai ritaya kwanan nan, a cikin jawabi na biyu na mako ya kalubalanci taron NOAC da su wuce duniya inda mutane ke jin kawai abin da suke so su ji ko kuma kawai mutanen da suka yarda da su. Layukan da aka zana sosai, suna raba ra'ayoyi daban-daban na gaskiya, sun kutsa kai cikin duniyar bangaskiya, in ji shi, yana tambayar ko zai yiwu mu yi aiki da mu'amala da juna ta hanyar farar hula a cikin tarayyar Kirista. Mouw shine marubucin litattafai 17 da suka hada da "Decency Uncommon: Christian Civility in a Uncivil World," kuma an yi masa taken "Kira don Zama Mutane masu Tausayi: Albarkatun Ruhaniya don Almajiran Kinder da Taimako."
John Paul Lederach
Rufe jerin jigogi uku, John Paul Lederach yayi kira ga NOAC don "mafarkin sabon mafarki na duniya." Wani marubucin Mennonite, farfesa, kuma mai son zaman lafiya, ya yi magana game da "The Art and Soul of Building Peace." Lederach farfesa ne na Nazarin Zaman Lafiya na Duniya a Jami'ar Notre Dame, kuma ya kasance a kan kansa a wurare daban-daban masu zafi a duniya, yana taimaka wa al'ummomin yankin a kokarinsu na samar da zaman lafiya a cikin rikici da yaki. Littattafansa sun haɗa da "Lokacin da Jini da Kasusuwa suka yi kuka: Tafiya ta hanyar Sauti na Warkarwa" da "Ginin Aminci: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Society."
Kade-kade, wasan kwaikwayo, da nuni
Layin nishadi kuma ya kasance ajin duniya, wanda ke karkashin jagorancin Tawagar Labarai ta NOAC na David Sollenberger, Larry Glick, da Chris Stover Brown, waɗanda abin ban dariya suna ɗaukar abubuwan NOAC da bidiyo na yau da kullun sune ɓangaren da aka fi so na ƙwarewar NOAC ga masu halarta da yawa.
Josh da Elizabeth Tindall sun fito tare da membobin ikilisiyarsu daga Cocin Elizabethtown na ’yan’uwa.
Ted Swartz' nunin wani mutum guda mai suna "Dariya Is Tsarkake sarari" ya ba da labari mai ban sha'awa da yage labarin gwagwarmayar sa na sirri biyo bayan asarar Lee Eshleman, abokinsa kuma tsohon abokin tarayya a cikin "Ted & Lee," wanda a cikin 2007 ya kashe kansa.
Josh da Elizabeth Tindall ya ba da wasan piano na maraice da kide kide da wake-wake. Ma’auratan Cocin ’Yan’uwa suna yin a ko’ina cikin ƙasar a matsayin ’yan solo, ’yan pianists, ’yan rakiya, da kuma membobin “The Headliners.” Sun kafa makarantar kiɗa na Keynote a Elizabethtown, kuma dukansu suna koyar da kiɗa a fannoni daban-daban. Josh fasto ne na ma'aikatun kiɗa a cocin Elizabethtown na 'yan'uwa.
Michael Skinner ya kawo wasan kwaikwayon "Tsuntsaye na ganima: Masters of the Sky" zuwa Stuart Auditorium wata rana, cikakke tare da mikiya a tsakanin sauran shaho, falcons, da owls. Yin amfani da gauntlets na fata mai kauri na falconer, Skinner ya nuna tsuntsaye-kowane wanda ba a iya sakewa a cikin daji saboda rauni ko wata nakasa, ya ba da bayanai game da kowane nau'in, kuma ya amsa tambayoyi daga masu sauraro masu sha'awar. Nunin ya ɗauki rabin sa'a a kan lokaci yayin da jama'a suka tsaya don ƙarin, kuma sun ƙare tare da damar masu sa kai don taimakawa tashi daya daga cikin tsuntsaye masu karfi da ban mamaki. Skinner babban darekta ne na Balsam Mountain Trust, wanda ke kula da ilimin muhalli da bangaren bincike na Balsam Mountain Preserve. Shi ne Emmy wanda aka zaba mai masaukin baki na "Georgia Outdoors" akan Gidan Talabijin na Jama'a na Georgia kuma ƙwararren masanin ilimin halittu ne, masanin halitta, mai ɗaukar hoto, mai koyar da muhalli, mai taksi, da mawaƙa.
Sauran abubuwan da suka faru na makon NOAC
Shahararriyar ƙungiyar labarai ta NOAC mai ban dariya tare da mai gudanar da NOAC Kim Ebersole
Tushen Tunawa: Kowace shekara, Brethren Benefit Trust yana ba da Tushen Tunawa da ke girmama membobin Shirin Fansho na ’yan’uwa da matansu, da kuma shugabannin ƙungiyoyin da suka mutu a shekarar da ta gabata. Gabatarwa ta musamman ga NOAC ta girmama waɗanda suka mutu daga Yuni 2011 zuwa Yuni 2013.
Raba Warkar Mu: A bayan Babban Dakin Stuart, ana samun allunan sanarwa kowace rana don taimakawa mahalarta yin tunani a kan jigon wannan rana na warkarwa. Alkalar sanarwa ɗaya ta ƙunshi bayanai game da shirye-shiryen ɗarika akan jigon yau da kullun. Allodi na biyu ya ba da sarari don raba ra'ayoyin mutum game da jigon. Jigogi sune: Yadda kuke warkarwa…kanku (Talata)… al'ummar ku (Laraba)… duniyarmu (Alhamis).
Trekkin' for Peace: Ƙungiya na kusan 100 NOACers sun yi tafiya ko gudu mai nisan mil 2.5 a kusa da tafkin Junaluska a safiyar Alhamis kafin karin kumallo. Kudin rajista na $10 da ƙarin kyaututtuka sun amfana da Tawagar Tafiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Brethren Benefit Trust da Matasa da Matasa Manyan Ministoci ne suka dauki nauyin Trekkin' for Peace.
Tafiyar bas na yamma: Motoci daga NOAC sun ziyarci wurare daban-daban yayin balaguron balaguron rana da suka haɗa da Gidan Biltmore Estate, Gidan Gidan Faransa mai ɗaki 250 na George Vanderbilt; Cibiyar Halittar Dutsen Balsam; da Kauyen Indiyawan Cherokee Oconaluftee.
Wace hikima kuka samo daga shekaru?
Don wasiƙar "NOAC Notes" na kowace rana, an tambayi mutane da yawa "Tambayar Ranar." An yi tambayar ranar Alhamis ga waɗanda ba su da shekaru 90 da haihuwa: Wane hikima kuka koya daga shekarun nan? Ga wasu martani:
"Ku zauna cikin ƙaunar Allah." - Lucile Vaughn, Bridgewater, Va.
Don ƙarin labarai da hotuna daga NOAC 2013, je zuwa www.brethren.org/news/2013/noac-2013 .
- Rahoton daga NOAC 2013 tawagar sadarwa ta NOAC ta Frank Ramirez, mai ba da rahoto ce ta gudanar da ita; Eddie Edmonds, guru mai fasaha; Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, edita kuma mai daukar hoto; tare da taimako daga masu daukar hoto na ma'aikatan BBT Nevin Dulabaum da Patrice Nightingale.