Da Lucas Kauffman
Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren matasa da masu ba da shawara na daga cikin kungiyoyin da suka taru a ranar 3 ga watan Janairu domin gudanar da taron rijistar matasa na kasa (NYC). Matasan da ke Highland Avenue Church a Elgin, Ill., sun yanke shawarar gudanar da bikinsu domin su kasance cikin na farko da suka yi rajistar NYC 2014.
Su bakwai ne kawai daga cikin mutane sama da 200 da suka yi rajista a cikin sa'o'i biyu na farko bayan bude rajistar kan layi don NYC da karfe 7 na yamma (tsakiya) da yammacin ranar Juma'a.
Ƙungiyar matasan Highland Avenue sun fara liyafar suna cin abinci na pizza, guntu, kukis, cake, da abubuwan sha. Bayan kallon bidiyon YouTube na yadda ake yin rijista ta yanar gizo, sai suka rabu a dakuna uku daban-daban, suna zaune a nau'ikan kwamfutoci daban-daban, suka tafi aiki.
Nathaniel Bohrer da Elliott Wittmeyer biyu ne daga cikin matasan da suka yi rajista. Bohrer yana fatan ganin tsoffin abokai yayin da yake NYC, kuma yana wasa da Ultimate Frisbee. Dukansu Bohrer da Wittmeyer suna neman cire abubuwa da yawa daga NYC. Bohrer yana fatan ƙirƙirar sabbin alaƙa, kuma ya sami sabon fahimtar yadda cocin ke aiki. Wittmeyer yana neman jin daɗi, yayin da kuma yana koyon wasu tarihi game da ɗariƙar, da sauraron wa'azin da ke koya masa wani abu.
Coordinators NYC suna gudanar da nasu jam’iyyar rajista
Matasa a Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers sun yi rajistar NYC a lokacin ɗaya daga cikin bukukuwan rajista na yammacin Juma'a da aka gudanar a coci-coci da dama a faɗin ƙasar.
Yayin da matasan Highland Avenue ke yin rajistar masu gudanar da NYC Katie Cummings, Tim Heishman, da Sarah Neher suna yin jam'iyyar rijista ta nasu a Babban ofisoshi na darikar. Sun kasance tare da Becky Ullom Naugle, darektan ma'aikatun matasa da matasa, da Sarah Ullom-Minnich, wacce ke cikin Majalisar Matasa ta Kasa.
Hoto daga Lucas KauffmanYouth a Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers rejista NYC a lokacin daya daga cikin maraice na rajista jam'iyyun da aka gudanar a da dama coci a fadin kasar.
Bayan sun ci pizza suka shirya komai, kowannensu ya shiga cikin kwamfuta don kallon yadda rajistar ta shigo. Sun ƙidaya daga daƙiƙa 10, zuwa lokacin buɗe rajista na hukuma. An dauki mintuna biyar kafin a fara rajistar farko. Dole ne a magance ƴan ƙananan matsalolin ta waya. Bayan 9pm suka bar ofis din
Heishman ya ce yana sa ido ga komai, a matsayinsa na mai gudanar da NYC. "Ina fatan ganin duk sunaye sun shigo, da saduwa da mutane da yawa a lokacin NYC. Ina jin daɗin duk masu magana, makada (Mutual Kumquat da Rend Collective Experiment), musamman ayyukan ibada. Zai yi farin ciki sosai ganin komai ya taru a wannan Yuli. "
Fiye da 400 rajista a karshen mako
Wasu daga cikin majami'u da matasa suka yi rajista don NYC a karshen mako na farko: Wakemans Grove Church of the Brothers a gundumar Shenandoah; Ikilisiyar Ambler na 'Yan'uwa da Little Swatara Cocin 'yan'uwa a gundumar Atlantic Northeast; McPherson da Wichita Ikklisiya na Farko waɗanda suka haɗu a Gundumar Plains ta Yamma; Cocin Manchester na 'Yan'uwa a Gundumar Indiana ta Kudu ta Tsakiya; Cocin Gettysburg na ’yan’uwa a gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania; Cocin Oak Grove na 'Yan'uwa a gundumar Virlina; Cocin West Charleston na 'Yan'uwa da Cristo Nuestra Paz waɗanda suka haɗu a Kudancin Ohio District.
Baligi mai ba da shawara yana kallon ɗayan matasan Highland Avenue yana amfani da tsarin rajista na kan layi don NYC 2014
Ya zuwa safiyar Talata, 7 ga Janairu, mutane 464 sun yi rajista don NYC. Wannan ya haura daga mutane 366 a cikin kusan kwanaki hudu na farkon rajistar kan layi don NYC ta ƙarshe a 2010.
Kyakkyawan dalilai don zuwa NYC
Akwai dalilai da yawa da zai sa matasa suyi rajista don NYC, a cewar Heishman. "NYC wuri ne da za ku iya saduwa da Kristi kuma ku ji kiran ku a matsayin mai bin Yesu," in ji shi. "Sau da yawa yana da mahimmanci na ruhaniya ga matasa da yawa a lokacin karatunsu na sakandare."
Wani dalili na yin rajista? Heishman ya ce NYC za ta zama abin fashewa.
Don ƙarin bayani da yin rajista don taron matasa na ƙasa, wanda ke gudana a Jami'ar Jihar Colorado a Fort Collins, Colo., Yuli 19-24, je zuwa www.brethren.org/nyc .
- Lucas Kauffman babban jami'a ne a Jami'ar Manchester a N. Manchester, Ind., kuma mai horarwa na watan Janairu a ofishin Sabis na Labarai na Cocin.