Shugaban Seminary na Bethany Jeff Carter a wajen liyafar cin abincin dare, tare da shugabanni daga Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria, da biyu daga cikin mahalarta taron da suka tattauna batun zama gishiri da haske: (daga hagu) Dauda. Gava, provost na EYN's Kulp Bible College; Joel Billi, shugaban EYN; Musa Mambula, tsohon ma'aikacin EYN wanda a halin yanzu masanin ilimin duniya ne a gidan zama a Bethany; shugaban seminary Jeff Carter; da masu ba da shawara Tim da Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey.
Da Karen Garrett
Jumma'a da tsakar rana na Bethany tsofaffin ɗalibai na Seminary, malamai, dalibai, da abokai sun taru don haɗin gwiwa, don jin maganganun daga shugaban Bethany Jeff Carter, kuma a kalubalanci kalmomi daga ƙungiyar masu gabatarwa.
Har ila yau, an sanar da shi a wajen liyafar cin abincin rana da Coci of the Brothers Seminary ta shirya a Richmond, Ind.: Shugaban ’yan uwa na Najeriya Musa Mambula yanzu haka yana zaune a Richmond a matsayin masani na kasa da kasa a gidan zama na tsawon shekaru biyu. Baya ga yin nasa bincike da rubuce-rubuce, Mambula zai yi aiki tare da makarantar hauza don kafa dangantakar ilimi mai aiki tsakanin Bethany da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Najeriya (EYN, Church of the Brothers in Nigeria).
Carter ya raba wasu 'yan canje-canje na ma'aikata: Jim Grossnickle Batterton yana kammala aikinsa a matsayin mai ba da shawara na wucin gadi, Amy Beery ta fara matsayinta a matsayin mai ba da shawara a lokacin taron mako, kuma Amy Gall Ritchie tana aiki a matsayin darektan shiga na wucin gadi yayin da makarantar hauza ta ci gaba da neman gurbin karatu. babban darektan shiga.
Carter ya kuma sanar da cewa makarantar hauza tana tafiya ne ta tsarin tsare-tsare da kuma gayyato tsofaffin daliban da ke da sha'awar shiga cikin wannan tsari don tuntube shi.
Shirin da ya biyo bayan liyafar cin abincin rana shi ne tattaunawa kan “Kasancewa Gishiri da Haske A Wajen Tebur,” wanda ke magana da fannoni daban-daban na hidima a lokutan rikici. Masu gabatar da kara sun hada da Ed Poling, Christy Dowdy, Shawn Flory Replogle, Audrey da Tim Hollenberg-Duffey.
Poling yayi magana game da shiri na ruhaniya, yana tunatar da ƙungiyar cewa dukanmu, farkon rayuwa, muna haɓaka fahimtar abin da ke daidai da kuskure. Wannan yana da mahimmanci sai dai idan ya zama buƙatu mai tsauri don zama "daidai" kuma ya kai ga wasan "Ni gaskiya, kun yi kuskure." Ya ba da shawarar cewa hanyar da za a shawo kan wannan dabi'a ita ce ba da lokaci a cikin addu'a da yin shiru, wanda zai iya fitar da mu daga kanmu.
Rikicin ikilisiya shine batun Dowdy, wacce ta yi magana daga gogewarta a cikin saitunan ikilisiya. Ta ba da tabbacin cewa rikici zai faru a cikin ikilisiyoyi kuma hanya mai taimako don yin aiki ta hanyar cibiyoyin rikice-rikice akan haƙuri da sauraro, musamman sauraron mutane da yawa da tambayar, "Ina Allah cikin dukan wannan?" Mafi mahimmanci, ta jaddada, kula da rayuwar ku ta ruhaniya.
Flory Replogle ya ba da labari game da rikice-rikice na ɗarika na yanzu, yana mai cewa mu a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa muna “albarka da la’ananne” ta wajen ba kanmu sannu a hankali. Yin yanke shawara a hankali yana iya ba da damar lokaci don aiwatarwa da tunani, amma kuma yana iya jin kamar ba mu isa ba. Daga aikinsa tare da tsarin ba da amsa na musamman, Flory Replogle ya koyi cewa jadawalin lokaci zai iya taimaka mana mu san alkiblar aikin da ke gaba, wanda zai iya ba da damar tattaunawa mai tsauri. Irin waɗannan lokutan lokaci suna buƙatar samar da lokaci don haɓaka sadaukarwa ga sulhu da fahimtar juna, isasshen lokaci don tattaunawa, da sarari inda mutane ke jin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Ikklisiya kuma ta haka za su iya kasancewa da kuzari da zama tare da jiki.
An bai wa Hollenberg-Duffeys taken, "Rikici da Sabuwar Hanya don Ci gaba ga Ikilisiya," yana mai da hankali kan abin da tsoffin tsarin rikici ke nufi ga sabon tsara. Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey ta fara da bayyana cewa tana neman daidaito da niyya. Tim Hollenberg-Duffey ya raba cewa tsarar "kakanni" suna tunawa da coci a matsayin wuri mai yawa, tasirin jama'a, da nasarar kasuwanci. Koyaya, mutane sun ƙaura, kuma tasirin ya ragu. Audrey ya bayyana cewa bambancin yadda matasa da tsofaffi ke amsawa ba su da yawa game da tsararrakinsu, kuma game da ƙwaƙwalwar kamfanoni - sababbin mahalarta a cikin mafarkin coci kuma suna neman wucewa fiye da al'adu saboda ba su san al'adun ba. Tsofaffi sau da yawa sun gaji da canji, yayin da matasa suka rungumi shi.
A wata nasiha ta ƙarshe, Tim Hollenberg-Duffey ya tunatar da ƙungiyar cewa dukkanmu muna da wuraren da muke zana layi, amma muna buƙatar barin mutane su kasance masu rikitarwa.
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