Biyu daga cikin masu shirya 2015 Intercultural Retreat da aka gudanar a farkon watan Mayu a Harrisburg, Pa., sun rubuta ra'ayoyinsu game da taron:
Taron al'adu ya yi la'akari da abin da ake nufi da zama cocin al'adu a karni na 21
2015 Intercultural Retreat an gudanar da shi a Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Harrisburg, Pa., kuma Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika ta shirya.
Daga Mary Etta Reinhart
“Dukkan Mutanen Allah Suna Cewa Amin” shine jigo mai jan hankali don komawar al’adunmu na karshen mako a Harrisburg (Pa.) Cocin Farko na Yan’uwa inda Belita Mitchell ke hidima a matsayin limamin coci. Kusan mutane 150 daga gundumomi 9 na Cocin ’yan’uwa sun taru don su halarci wannan taron na kwanaki uku. Gundumar Atlantika arewa maso gabas da Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa ne suka dauki nauyin wannan taron daga ranar Juma'a zuwa Lahadi 1-3 ga Mayu. Shugabanni da masu magana da yawa sun ba wa mahalartan ƙwarewa iri-iri da hangen nesa kan abin da ake nufi da zama wani ɓangare na cocin al'adu a ƙarni na 21st.
Masu magana da baƙi sun haɗa da Drew Hart, wani "Ana-Blacktivist" wanda aka sani da koyarwarsa da wa'azi game da martanin Kirista game da batutuwa na launin fata da kabilanci. Ya ƙarfafa sanin hanyoyin daban-daban da al'adunmu na Amirka ke ba da amsa ga mutane masu launi ta hanyar kwatanta kwarewar rayuwarsa a duniyar ilimi da rayuwar al'umma.
Joel Peña wanda fasto ne na Cocin Alpha da Omega na 'yan'uwa, wata ikilisiyar Hispanic mai girma da ƙwazo a cikin Lancaster, Pa., ya jagoranci zaman taro mai jan hankali da ke bayyana yawan mutanen farko-, na biyu, da na uku Asalin Hispanic a Amurka. An ƙalubalanci waɗanda suka halarta don yin la'akari da yadda ƙasarmu da al'ummomin cocinmu za su kasance cikin shekaru 50 yayin da wannan ci gaban ya ci gaba.
Sauran jagoranci sun haɗa da Leah Hileman, wadda ke aiki a fagen dutsen Kirista mai zaman kanta da kuma fasto. Ta jagoranci wani zama mai ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa inda ta ba da misalan yadda al'adun gargajiya za su iya yin tasiri ga salon waƙarmu, ta yadda waƙar waƙoƙi iri ɗaya za ta iya bambanta sosai dangane da al'adun mawaƙa.
Tattaunawa a lokacin Komawar Al'adu sun haɗa da babban mai magana Drew Hart (a dama), ɗalibin digiri na Anabaptist a Makarantar Tauhidin tauhidin Lutheran da mai rubutun ra'ayin kanka a yanar gizo na "Karni na Kirista," wanda ya yi magana game da sulhun launin fata a cikin al'umma.
A safiyar Lahadi LaDonna Nkosi, limamin Cocin First Church of the Brothers da ke Chicago, Ill., ta yi wani zama mai ma'ana da ke bayyana ra'ayinta game da abin da aka fi sani da tauhidin 'yanci. Ministan zartarwa na Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas Craig Smith ya raba saƙon safiya a kan "Climbing Out of Your Rut," a ibadar safiyar Lahadi da ta biyo baya.
Bayan duk waɗannan shugabannin, an yi taɗi na taƙaitaccen zaman ibada a ƙarshen ƙarshen mako karkashin jagorancin Jonathan Bream, Fasto na Cocin Brooklyn (NY) First Church of the Brother; Doris Abdullah, minista mai lasisi a Brooklyn First; da Ron Tilley, babban darektan ma'aikatun 'yan'uwa na Harrisburg First. Ma'aikatan Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya da suka hada da Jonathan Shively, Stan Dueck, da Gimbiya Kettering suma sun ba da jagoranci da ba da gudummawa ga zaman karshen mako da abubuwan da suka faru.
Wasan wake-wake da yabo na ibada da yammacin ranar Asabar na daya daga cikin manyan wuraren da aka gudanar da taron. Ƙwararriyar ƙungiyar ibada ce ta jagoranci kidan bauta ƙarƙashin jagorancin Leah Hileman da Josiah Ludwick, abokin fasto a Harrisburg Farko da Mataimakin shirin bcmPEACE. Sauran mahalarta taron daban-daban sun ba da gudummawar basirarsu don yin wannan maraice mai cike da yabo da ibada.
Taron zumunci a ranar Lahadi ya kasance kyakkyawan lokaci ga mahalarta da masu bauta daga Harrisburg Farko don haɗuwa da shakatawa daga cikakkiyar gogewa mai ma'ana mai ma'ana wanda ya albarkaci mutane da yawa tare da sabunta hangen nesa na yadda za mu iya fitar da bangaskiyarmu a cikin duniyar al'adu da ke canzawa. Godiya da yawa ga fasto Belita Mitchell da ƴan uwa na Harrisburg Da farko ga dukan sadaukarwar da suka yi wajen gudanar da wannan gagarumin taron!
- Mary Etta Reinhart darektan Shaida da Wayar da Kai na Cocin Brethren's Atlantic Northeast District.
Drew Hart, yana magana a Intercultural Retreat
Ana ganin bakan gizo na ɗan adam a 'Dukkan Mutanen Allah Suce Amin'
By Gimbiya Kettering
Daga cikin lungu da sako, mutane sun ɗaga muryarsu suna cewa “Amin” – a ƙarshen addu’a, don tallafa wa masu magana, don nuna juyayinsu da labari, da kuma yabo da bauta. Domin taron Intercultural Gathering na 2015, Harrisburg (Pa.) First Church of the Brother ya cika da mutane daga ko’ina cikin ƙasar, daga al’ummar da ke kewayen cocin-har da wani ɗan’uwa mai wakiltar EYN da ya zo daga Abuja, Nijeriya. Bakan gizo mai kama da ɗan adam daga jarirai zuwa manyan mutane, fastoci zuwa sababbin masu bi; Hakika taron dukan mutanen Allah ne.
Taken, “Dukkan Mutanen Allah Suna Cewa Amin,” ya kasance mai ban sha’awa musamman a matsayin “amin” kalma ce da aka fassara – iri ɗaya a cikin duk harsuna, ba tare da buƙatar fassara a cikin taron da ke yaruka da yawa ba.
Daren bude taron, Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life, ya yi magana game da tasirin "al'adun birane" a kan dukan al'ummominmu. A ranar Asabar, Drew Hart, dalibin Anabaptist na digiri na uku a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Lutheran kuma mai rubutun ra'ayin kanka a yanar gizo na "Karni na Kirista," ya yi magana game da sulhunta launin fata a kasarmu. Joel Peña, babban fasto a Alpha da Omega a Lancaster, Pa., ya yi amfani da yanayin alƙaluman jama'a tsakanin Latin Amurkawa don tattauna yadda muke yin manufa da kai. Jagorancin taron ya kuma haɗa da Stan Dueck yana tattaunawa game da almajiranci da Leah Hileman da ke jagorantar zama kan hidimar kiɗa.
Tushen nassi da bangaskiya, yawancin tattaunawar kuma sun tabo abubuwan da ke faruwa a yau da kuma al'amuran yau da kullun. An bayyana damuwar da za ta yi nisa game da labarai cewa sun dace da mu duka a matsayin ’yan’uwa mata da ’yan’uwa cikin Kristi. Mutane sun ba da labarinsu na sirri kuma an albarkace su ta hanyar ji daga juna.
Tabbas, babu wani taron al'adu tsakanin al'adu da aka kammala ba tare da kiɗa ba. Tun daga waƙoƙin gargajiya har zuwa waƙoƙin yabo, waƙoƙin sun saba. Kuma wakokin sun kasance sababbi, wanda marubutan wakokin da suka yi su suka raba. Rubutun sun kasance cikin Turanci da Mutanen Espanya. Wani lokaci, murya ɗaya ce ta ɗaga wasu lokutan kuma ta fi ɗari. Dukkan godiya ta tabbata ga Allah. Amin!
Taro na Al'adu wani aikin haɗin gwiwa ne wanda Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya na Cocin Brothers, Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika, da Cocin Harrisburg na Farko na 'Yan'uwa ke tallafawa.
- Gimbiya Kettering darekta ne na ma'aikatun al'adu na cocin 'yan'uwa.