Cocin gargajiya na ’yan’uwa na ƙauna na hidimar liyafa, gami da wannan burodin tarayya da aka yi a gida da kofuna ɗaya, sun buɗe Taron Shugaban Ƙasa a Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany a kan jigon, “Bikin Ƙaunar Rayuwa.”
“Bikin Ƙaunar Rayuwa” shine jigon taron shugaban ƙasa karo na shida da aka gudanar a Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany a Richmond, Ind. Taron Taro na Farko na Afrilu 3-4 ya kasance ƙarƙashin jagorancin Bethany da tsofaffin ɗalibai. Taron da aka yi a ranar 4-5 ga Afrilu ya ƙunshi baƙon jawabai da masu gabatarwa da suka haɗa da mai fafutuka da mai zaman lafiya Shane Claiborne, Janet R. Walton na Ƙungiyar Tauhidi ta Tiyoloji, Ruth Anne Reese na Makarantar Tauhidi ta Asbury, da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo kuma marubucin wasan kwaikwayo Ted Swartz.
Taron shugabannin da suka gabata sun yi magana da jigogi iri-iri, daga “Nassosin Ji na Salama” a 2008 zuwa “Littafi Mai Tsarki a Kasusuwanmu” a cikin 2013. Manufar taron ita ce gina al’umma a tsakanin waɗanda ke makarantar hauza, babban coci, da jama'a, da kuma samar da jagoranci na hangen nesa don sake tunani game da rawar da makarantun hauza a cikin jawaban jama'a, ta hanyar nazarin batutuwan da ke cikin tunani da tunani game da batutuwa na imani da ɗabi'a. Taimako daga Gidauniyar Arthur Vining Davis ta ba da taron. (Nemi kundin hoto a www.bluemelon.com/churchofthebrethren/livinglovefeastbethanyseminaryforum2014 .)
Tsofaffin ɗalibai/ae sun taru don taron farko
Sabis ɗin liyafa na soyayya na yamma wanda ya haɗa da wanke ƙafafu, abincin liyafar soyayya, da kuma haɗin kai sun buɗe taron Pre-Forum Gathering, wanda Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Daliban Seminary na Bethany/ae ya ɗauki nauyinsa. Bayan liyafar soyayya, masu halarta kuma sun ji daɗin tsoma ice cream da cobbler ɗin 'ya'yan itace da shugaba Jeff Carter ya yi aiki tare da wasu daga jami'o'i, ƙungiyar ɗalibai, da hukumar.
Faculty da suka gabatar a Bethany Presidential Forum 2014 sun hada da Russell Haitch, wanda ya tambayi yadda Allah "tayar" mu coci ayyuka domin ya kawo canji.
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Carter yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ke gabatar da rana ta gaba, akan maudu'in, "Kamar Almajiran Farko." Tunanin Carter akan al'adun gargajiya na abubuwan bukin soyayya kamar yadda Cocin 'yan'uwa ke yi, an gayyace martani daga masu halarta. Kamar yadda duk gabatarwar taron, Carter's ya ƙare da lokacin tambayoyi daga masu sauraro da kuma martani daga mai gabatarwa. Carter ya mai da hankali kan yadda canje-canje a cikin abubuwan bukin soyayya na iya shafar ma'ana da darajar hidima ga daidaikun mutane da coci. Gabatarwar ta ƙarfafa yin la'akari da gine-ginen al'adu na bikin soyayya, yana barin tambaya a bude: idan muka canza abubuwan liyafar soyayya, shin ma'anar za ta canza?
Har ila yau, gabatarwa daga sashen Bethany Denise Kettering-Lane, mataimakin farfesa na Nazarin 'Yan'uwa, wanda adireshinsa mai suna, "Ta Ruwa, da Mai: Baftisma da Shafawa a cikin Al'adun 'Yan'uwa"; Russell Haitch, farfesa na Ilimin Kirista, wanda ya yi magana a kan batun, “‘Yi Wannan’: Rayuwa da Al’adar Tare da Sabbin Mutane da Matasa”; da Malinda Berry, mataimakiyar farfesa
Shugaban Seminary na Bethany Jeff Carter.
Nazarin Tauhidi, wanda yayi magana akan "Fiye da Hasken Kyandir: Tiyoloji, Ibada, Ayyukan Al'ada, da Fasaha."
Dandalin yana neman sabon ma'ana ga al'adar Yan'uwa
Tare da ɗimbin masu magana da masu gabatarwa daga wajen ɗarikar, gami da masana ilimi, masu fafutuka, da masu fasaha, dandalin da kansa ya ba da ma'ana ga fahimtar al'adar bukin soyayya.
Claiborne, wanda ya kasance fitaccen mai magana a taron matasa na kasa na 2010 kuma ya yi aiki tare da Ƙungiyoyin Aminci na Kirista a Iraki, shi ne wanda ya kafa kungiyar bangaskiya mai sauƙi a Philadelphia. Ya bibiyi abubuwan da suka faru na rayuwa wanda ya kai shi aikatawa don bin Yesu, wanda ya bayyana a matsayin sadaukarwa don neman “hanyoyin mulkin,” tun daga ƙuruciyarsa a Tennessee ta hanyar sa kai tare da Uwar Theresa don shiga cikin motsi. na iyalai marasa gida a Philadelphia. Sana'ar da iyalai marasa matsuguni na cocin da aka yi watsi da su a Philadelphia ya kai ga al'ummar Simple Way wadda Claiborne ke rayuwa kuma a halin yanzu.
Shane Claiborne mai son zaman lafiya ne kuma mai fafutukar kirista, kuma wanda ya kafa al'umma mai niyya ta Sauƙaƙan Way a Philadelphia.
Da yake magana kan batun, "Wata Hanya ta Rayuwa," Claiborne ya ba da labaru da yawa daga aikinsa da na al'ummarsa - tun daga harba bindigogin hannu zuwa sassa na fasaha, zuwa dasa lambunan al'umma a cikin guraben da ba kowa - wanda ke kwatanta "abin da ake nufi da shi. zama bambancin al'ada…. Wannan shi ne abin da Allah yake yi a duniya, yana samar da al'adun gargajiya." Ya rufe da addu’a, “Ka ba mu mafarkai da hangen nesa, Ya Allah, don abin da kake son yi a duniya…. Ka taimake mu mu yi soyayya da ku sosai har mu zama kamar ku.”
Jawabin ilimi guda biyu da aka bayar da safiyar 5 ga Afrilu ya fara da cikakken nazarin Yohanna 13, babi na “hanyar” a cikin bisharar Yohanna da ke kwatanta jibin ƙarshe da Yesu ya ci tare da almajiransa da kuma abin koyi ga ’yan’uwa na ibada na ƙauna. Ruth Anne Reese, Shugaban Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Beeson kuma farfesa na Sabon Alkawari a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Asbury a Wilmington, Ky., ta lura cewa “ƙauna ita ce mataki na farko kuma mafi girma na wannan babin. Bai isa ya sami ilimi ba sai da soyayya.” A cikin labarin Yohanna na abubuwan da suka faru na jibin ƙarshe, Yesu ya nuna ƙauna sa’ad da yake fuskantar haɗari da ha’inci, da kuma cin amana, har da abokansa da mabiyansa na kud da kud. Yana kwatanta irin rayuwar da mabiyan Yesu za su ɗauka, in ji ta ga taron.
Albarkar Ruth Anne Reese ga mahalarta taron: “Kowace rana ta zama liyafar soyayya yayin da kuke neman rayuwa ta hidimar ƙauna”
Dagewar da Yesu ya yi wajen yi wa almajirai hidima da ƙauna waɗanda ba da daɗewa ba za su ci amana da kuma musun shi abin koyi ne ga fastoci a yau, in ji ta, tana mai kira da a san hakikanin aiki a cikin ikilisiya a matsayin al’umma. "Cin amana da ƙaryatawa suna durƙusa a layin tarayya tare da mu," in ji ta. “Ko da ’yan uwa sun ci amanar bukin soyayya, ana karfafa su da su amsa addu’a da jin kai.” Ta bukaci mahalarta taron da su nemi ilhami ba ga tsari da kuma yadda ake gudanar da bukin soyayya ba, sai dai ga Ubangijin da bukin soyayyar ke nunawa. “Za mu iya dogara ne kawai a tsakiyar cin amana lokacin da muke kallon Yesu. Dole ne ku kalli Yesu don manufa, kuma al'umma ita ce rayuwa mara kyau daga wannan gaskiyar. "
Idin soyayya ya ke?
"Shin abincin al'ada yana da mahimmanci?" ta tambayi baƙo na biyu ilimi, Janet R. Walton, farfesa na Ibada a Ƙungiyar Tauhidin Tauhidi a New York. “A yayin fuskantar talauci mara tsayawa, tashin hankalin da ba ya tsayawa, zaɓe na yau da kullun da ke jawo mana asarar rayuka, shin akwai wanda ke tunanin cewa abincin al’ada yana da mahimmanci? Ina tsammanin zan yi!" Ta yi nazarin yanayin abinci na al'ada irin su liyafar soyayya da tarayya, da kuma al'adar cin abinci na ƙarni na farko na Greco-Roma wanda Ikklisiya ta farko za ta saba da ita, ta yin amfani da hotunan kafofin watsa labaru iri-iri na abinci da labaru daga sassa daban-daban na tarayya. hidimomin da aka gudanar a ɗakin sujada a Makarantar tauhidi ta Union.
Hidimar rufewa ta haɗa da gurasa da kofi na tarayya. Bayan zaɓaɓɓun daga "Fish Eyes" na ɗan wasan kwaikwayo kuma marubucin wasan kwaikwayo Ted Swartz, an rufe dandalin dandalin tare da bautar da aka tsara a kusa da sassa hudu na bikin soyayya.
Walton ya ɗauka, in ji ta, cewa "dukkanin al'ada suna buƙatar gyara akai-akai" kuma "a cikin dukkan al'ada wani abu yana cikin haɗari." Ta bukaci taron da ya yi la'akari da "rabi" a cikin ayyukanmu na ibada, don inganta hidimar al'umma - waɗanda za a iya barin su, yadda al'adu ke ƙarfafawa ko karya iyakoki, yadda a cikin al'adar al'umma da daidaikun mutane ke tilasta yin zabi. Daga cikin wasu, ta ba da misali da wani taron ibada a Union da aka gudanar a bikin tunawa da yakin Iraki, karkashin jagorancin kungiyar zaman lafiya da adalci. Gawawwakin gawawwaki suna kwance a ƙasa, ɗalibai suna taka rawar matattu na yaƙi. "Ratar da ke ƙasa ya canza komai," in ji Walton. "Don ci da sha, dole ne mu zagaya da su."
Duk da irin waɗannan abubuwan ba za su sami karɓuwa ga kowa ba, in ji ta, kamar yadda gabatarwarta ta ƙarfafa masu sauraro su ci gaba da bincika yadda majami'unsu suke tsarawa da aiwatar da al'ada. Ta jaddada cewa "al'adu masu tasiri sukan jawo mu kusa da abubuwan rayuwarmu…. Lokacin da al'adunmu suka ba da kwarewar da za ta iya lalata fatarmu kuma ta dagula zukatanmu, an kai mu mu yi wani abu." A Union, ta ce, "Muna nufin kan tebur don haɓakawa da karimci…. Samar da sarari ga abin da ba mu sani ba, samar da sarari ga bukatun juna.”
An kammala taron tare da “zamantakewa” da dama da limaman ‘yan’uwa da shugabannin coci suka jagoranta da suka hada da “Bukuwan Soyayya da Sallar Sahilan Afirka” tare da Roger Schrock; “Kawo Yara zuwa Tebur na Kristi” tare da Linda Waldron; taron tattaunawa na "Bikin Ƙauna: Al'ada da Ƙirƙira": "Bikin Ƙaunar Ƙauna" tare da Karen Garrett; da "Bikin Ƙauna Mai Rayuwa: Daga Sake Ƙaddamarwa zuwa Ƙarfafa Bauta" tare da Paul Stutzman.
Idan ba mu ci tare ba, za mu iya yin zaman lafiya tare? Ta tambayi Janet Walton, a cikin bincikenta na ma'anar abincin al'ada kamar bukin soyayya da tarayya.
An fara taron bautar rufewa tare da Ted Swartz yana ba da zaɓi na solo na zaɓaɓɓu daga “Idon Kifi,” yana yin aikin almajiri Bitrus a cikin fage da aka zana daga bisharar huɗu, sannan lokacin ibada cikin tsari na soyayya: jarrabawa. da ikirari, wanke ƙafafu, abinci, da tarayya.
“An taru a matsayin baƙi a teburinka,” in ji shugaban ibada wanda ya ba da addu’ar albarka ga gurasa da ƙoƙon. Gayyata ce da ta dace ga mahalarta su kalli bikin bukin soyayya tare da ikilisiyoyinsu a lokacin Mako Mai Tsarki, tare da kara wayar da kan jama'a kan zurfin ma'anar al'adar da aka saba da su, da idanu bude don sabbin fahimta da sabuwar ma'ana ta fito.
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- Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford darekta ce na Sabis na Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa.