Manyan matasa sun taru a Kwalejin Elizabethtown da ke Pennsylvania don Babban Babban Taron Junior na 2015.
Daga Josh Harbeck
Acorn. Ƙananan, talakawa, ko da maras muhimmanci. Amma duk da haka wannan ƙaramin iri yana jujjuya zuwa ƙaton bishiyar itacen oak mai tushe mai tushe.
Wannan canjin shine misalan canji da masu shirya babban taron 2015 na National Junior High Conference da aka gudanar a ranar 19-21 ga Yuni a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) suka yi amfani da shi. Sakon ya zo a fili.
Gabaɗaya, matasa 395, masu ba da shawara, da ma'aikata sun halarci taron kuma sun halarci taron bita, lokutan nishaɗi, har ma da bikin buki yayin da suke raba abinci da ibada tare.
Jigo yana jagorantar matasa ta hanyar canji
Zaman ibada kowanne ya ginu akan misalan canji. Taken daga karshen mako ya dogara ne akan Romawa 12: 1-2, wanda, a cikin sigar Saƙon, ya ce, “Ku ɗauki rayuwarku ta yau da kullun, ta yau da kullun, barcinku, cin abinci, zuwa wurin aiki, da zagayawa cikin rayuwa-kuma Ku sa shi a gaban Allah don hadaya.” Bugu da kari, an tuhumi matasan da kada su bar kansu su “daidaita da al’adunku har ku shiga cikinsa ba tare da ko tunani ba. Maimakon haka, ka mai da hankalinka ga Allah. Za a canza ku daga ciki zuwa waje."
Wadanda suka shirya taron, ciki har da darektan ma’aikatar matasa da matasa ta manya Becky Ullom Naugle, sun so su amince da canje-canjen da manyan matasa ke tafkawa tare da tunatar da su su mai da hankali ga Allah.
"Muna tunanin hotuna daban-daban don canji, kuma acorn ya fara ƙarami kuma ba shi da mahimmanci, amma ya juya zuwa wannan itacen oak mai girma," in ji ta. “Kuma mun yi tunanin hakan zai iya taimaka wa yaran ganin dogon lokaci. Ba game da yadda kuke kama da abin da kuke da shi ba. Allah yana kallon sauran abubuwa."
Kristen Hoffman, mai gudanarwa na Babban Babban Babban Taron Kasa kuma ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai ta 'Yan'uwa, ta ce tana son daliban su ji kuzari. "Muna so mu mai da hankali kan kyaututtukan su da basirar su kuma mu sa su kara kuzari da hakan kuma a shirye su koma kan manyansu," in ji ta.
Masu wa'azi suna raba labarun sirri, kalubale
Wannan tsarin ƙarfafawa ya fara ne da buɗe taron ibada. Lauren Seganos, malami a Cocin Memorial na Jami'ar Harvard kuma memba na Cocin Stone na 'yan'uwa a Huntingdon, Pa., ta sami damar farko don yin jawabi ga mahalarta taron, kuma ta ba da labari na sirri game da lokacinta a ƙarami da babba.
Ta yi magana game da yadda ta ji daɗin rera waƙa da wasan kwaikwayo da yadda za ta gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo a cikin waƙoƙin kiɗa da solo a cikin mawaƙa. Koyaya, wani ɗan aji yakan sami waɗancan jagorori da solos. Seganos ta ce ta karaya sosai, ta ki yarda da damar da ta samu ta rera waka a gidan kofi da makarantar sakandare ta shirya a lokacin babbar shekararta.
Ta gaya wa taron cewa, a yau, za ta iya waiwaya baya, ta ga cewa ta mayar da hankali ga ƙoƙarin zama mafi kyau maimakon yarda da basira da ƙarfin da take da shi. “Dukanmu an halicce mu cikin surar Allah,” in ji ta yayin saƙonta, “amma wani lokacin yana da wuya mu tuna da hakan.”
Sanya tsammanin rashin gaskiya akan kanmu hanya ce mai sauri ta rasa mai da hankali. "Muna cikin al'adar da kowa ke bukatar ya fi kowa kyau a kowane abu, kuma ya fi muni a yau fiye da lokacin da nake yaro," in ji ta. "Ina ganin yana da mahimmanci kada mu mai da hankali kan zama mafi kyau dole ne, amma ku mai da hankali kan abin da ke sa ku farin ciki domin idan muna yin wani abu da ya fito daga zuciyarmu, yana faranta wa Allah rai."
Seganos ta ce ta ji dadi lokacin da masu shirya taron suka tuntube ta. "Sun bayyana mani hangen nesa na karshen mako, tare da hoton acorn da yadda yake da alaƙa," in ji ta. “Ina son nassi; A zahiri ina da hoton wannan a bango na, wannan ayar a cikin fassarar Message, kuma ina tsammanin tana da kyau sosai cewa ita ce ayar da suka ce in yi wa’azi a kanta.”
A safiyar ranar Asabar an faɗaɗa kwatancen canji lokacin da malamin makarantar sakandare na Bethany Steve Schweitzer yayi magana game da tacewa. Ya fara da nuna yadda hotuna daban-daban suke da masu tacewa daban-daban, kamar masu tace launi daban-daban, masu saukin baya da fari, ko ma tacewa mara kyau. Sai ya yi magana a kan matattarar da muke ganin kanmu ta cikin su, ko yadda wasu suke ganinmu, ko yadda Allah yake ganinmu. Taken sa shine ainihi, muhimmin batu ga matasa masu girma.
"Wannan zamani ne wanda amsar tambayar game da sanin ko wanene kai zai iya canzawa kowace rana," in ji shi. "Dole ne mu gane cewa Allah yana kallonmu kamar yadda babu wanda zai iya kuma mu sani cewa Allah ya san wanda muke da kuma wanda za mu zama, don haka ko da mun yi kuskure kuma muka yi kuskure, Allah yana can ya kira mu mu zama abin da zai kasance. Allah yana gani a cikinmu."
Amy Gall Ritchie, tsohuwar limamin Cocin ‘yan’uwa da yanzu haka ke aiki tare da dalibai a makarantar Bethany, ita ma ta yi amfani da hotuna da hotuna a matsayin wani sashe na sakonta a lokacin ibadar da aka yi a daren Asabar. Ta nuna hotunan bishiyoyin da suka girma a cikin iska, bishiyoyin da suka girma a kwance fiye da a tsaye. Ta bayyana yadda yayin da ya kamata mu yi girma a tsaye, mu miƙa wa Allah, iskar matsi na tsara za ta iya sa kowannenmu ya canja alkibla.
Ta ba da labari mai ƙarfi game da matsi na tsara, inda ta kwatanta yadda gungun abokai suka shirya balaguro zuwa kantin sayar da kayayyaki da kuma lokacin da suke wurin, suka tsara wani shiri na cire mutum ɗaya a cikin ƙungiyar. Sanin abin da take yi bai dace ba, sai ta yi gaba da kawayenta. Shirin ya yi aiki.
Da take amincewa da laifinta na yin zaɓi marar kyau, ta ba da shawara ga waɗanda suke ibada a daren: “Za mu yi zaɓi marar kyau,” in ji ta, “amma da sauran zaɓi na gaba. Ba dole ba ne mu ɗauki mummunan zaɓenmu kamar jerin hukunci. "
Gane waɗancan damar zaɓi na gaba shine mabuɗin don guje wa zaɓe mara kyau a nan gaba, ba tare da ambaton laifin da ke tattare da su ba. "Idan muka karaya kuma muka daina, to, muna cikin wannan wuri mara amfani na kunya da kuma laifi," in ji ta. "Kuma gaskiya, idan zan sanya kuzarina a cikin wani abu, ina so in sanya shi cikin alheri."
Manajan gundumar Pacific Kudu maso Yamma Eric Bishop ne ya ba da sakon rufe taron a safiyar Lahadi, bisa abin da masu magana da suka gabata suka fada. Ya kalubalanci matasan da su rika tunawa da abin da suka ji a karshen mako, sannan ya kalubalanci manya su ma.
"Dole naku ya zama tsarar adalci," ya gaya wa matasan. “Muna kasawa kuma muna faduwa. Kowace tsara, muna fata na gaba zai zama canjin da muke so da kuma bukata. Idan za mu canza, dole ne mu taimaka nuna muku yadda. "
Ya yi magana kan kuskuren da wasu ke yi na raina kananan matasa. "Muna gaya wa matasa, 'Ku ne nan gaba, amma ku jira.' Amma ina ganin ba su ne gaba ba; sun kasance wani ɓangare na coci a yanzu. Muna bukatar mu shigo da su mu saurare su,” inji shi.
Taron karawa juna sani ya hada da tattaunawar Charleston
Tsakanin zaman ibada, matasa da masu ba da shawara sun sami damar kwancewa ko raunata. Ranar Asabar da yamma ta ba da dama don wasanni da nishaɗi, ta yin amfani da wuraren Elizabethtown don ƙwallon kick, wasan volleyball, da Ultimate Frisbee.
Jadawalin na ranar Asabar ya kuma kunshi tarurrukan bita guda biyu, inda matasa za su iya koyo kan batutuwa daban-daban da suka hada da abin da ’yan sa kai ke yi a Najeriya, yadda al’adun gargajiya ke da alaka da imani, yadda ba za a zama dan iska ba, da dai sauransu.
Masu shirya gasar sun kuma ga damar tattaunawa da mummunan harbin da aka yi a South Carolina. Bishop ya ba da damar sauƙaƙe magana musamman game da abin da ya faru a Charleston, da ƙari gabaɗaya game da tashin hankali da kabilanci. Ya ce dama ce mai kyau don tattauna wasu muhimman batutuwa. "Ya kasance masu ba da shawara ne, amma waɗannan su ne mutanen da ke taimakawa wajen rinjayar matasa," in ji shi. "Yana da ban sha'awa domin akwai wani batu da na ce, 'Ok, mun kasance a nan sa'a guda, don haka maraba da ku zo ku tafi yadda kuke bukata,' amma babu wanda ya motsa."
| Glenn Riegel, mai daukar hoto kuma memba na Cocin Little Swatara na 'yan'uwa a Bethel, Pa., Ya buga kundi daga Babban Babban Babban Taron Kasa na Kasa a www.facebook.com/glenn.riegel/media_set?set=a.10206911494290541.1073741846.1373319087&type=3 . |
Dukkanin tattaunawa da ayyukan sun faru ne a babban bangare saboda kokarin kwamitin gudanarwa, wanda ya hada da Dave Miller, Michelle Gibbel, Eric Landram, da Jennifer Jensen. Hoffman ya ce "A duk lokacin da ake taron da wani abu ya kamata ya faru, su ne farkon wadanda suka ce za su yi." Wannan ya haɗa da bikin bikin daren Asabar, wanda ke nuna rumfunan ayyuka daga Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa, Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis, Seminary na Bethany, da Kwalejin McPherson.
Seth Hendricks ya jagoranci sashin kiɗan na ibada, gami da waƙoƙin yabo da ainihin aiki bisa jigon taron.
Duk ayyukan da haɗin gwiwar da aka yi don ƙwarewa mai kyau.
"Ya kasance wuri mai kyau da lafiya don yara su kasance a karshen mako," in ji Ullom Naugle.
— Josh Harbeck malamin Turanci ne na sakandare kuma memba na Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., Inda yake hidima a matsayin ƙaramin babban malami.