Newsline Church of Brother
Nuwamba 17, 2017
da Kevin Kessler
An gudanar da taron gunduma na Illinois da Wisconsin a ranar 3-4 ga Nuwamba a cocin York Center of the Brothers da ke Lombard, Ill., akan jigon, “Kada Ku Ji tsoro, Ina kawo muku Bishara” bisa Luka 2:10 . Mai gudanarwa Allegra Hess, memba na ikilisiyar York Center ne ya jagoranci taron.
An fara taron ne da ibada karkashin jagorancin ministocin yankin Arewa maso Gabashin gundumar. Christy Waltersdorff yayi wa'azi akan jigon, inda ya kafa sautin sauran taron. Waltersdorff ya yi shelar, “Kristi ya kira mu zuwa wata hanyar rayuwa, hanyar da ba a siffanta ta da tsoro amma ƙarfin hali; hanyar da ba a siffanta ta da rauni amma ƙarfi; hanyar da ba a siffanta ta da damuwa amma imani.” Ta yi waɗannan tambayoyin: “Idan wannan duhu (tsoron) ba duhun kabari ba fa, amma duhun mahaifa? Idan Allah yana neman ya haifi wani abu mai ban al’ajabi a cikin ikilisiyoyinmu, a gundumominmu, a rukuninmu, a duniyarmu fa? Kuma idan za mu kasance cikin wannan sabuwar rayuwa fa?”
A lokacin taron kasuwanci, wakilai da masu halartan taro sun sami gaba gaɗi na gundumarmu, wadda ke ci gaba da yin hidimomi masu aminci a cikin ikilisiyoyinmu duk da ƙalubalen rayuwa da ke cikin aikin Kristi a bayan Kiristendam da kuma bayan Kiristanci. Gundumarmu ta ƙaddamar da sabbin ma'aikatun da ba na al'ada ba - Community Community da Gathering Chicago. Jeanne Davies, limamin cocin Parables Community, ya raba darajar samar da sarari da damar yin ibada ga nakasassu da iyalansu. LaDonna Nkosi, ba zai iya halarta ba, duk da haka ya ba da bidiyo da gabatarwa kai tsaye da ke bayyana ƙimar ba da damar yin addu'a, haɗin gwiwa, da hidima a gefen kudancin Chicago. Wadannan ma'aikatun biyu masu tasowa shaida ne na rashin tsoro, suna biyan bukatun da ba a biya su ba duk da cikas da a wasu lokuta sukan yi yawa.
An ba ikilisiyoyi shida (Rockford, Polo, Stanley, Canton, Cerro Gordo, da York Center) zarafi su ba da jawabi na minti uku game da ma’aikatun da suke aiki a ciki. Kowane ikilisiya yana da hannu sosai a cikin al'ummarsu, mai da hankali a zahiri, da kuma shiga ayyukan hidimar kere-kere. Ƙari ga haka, dukan waɗanda suka halarci taron sun shirya kuma sun kalli bidiyon ayyukan gunduma da ma’aikatu. Nemo shi a www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb4SmT4ypJU .
Camp Emmaus da Camp Emmanuel suna ci gaba da samar da yanayi don gina alaƙa, haɓaka bangaskiyarmu, da tasiri mai kyau ga rayuwar matasa na shekaru masu zuwa. Duk da cikas na cikas na kuɗi a sakamakon rashin daidaiton kuɗaɗen kuɗin Medicaid na Jihar Illinois, Pinecrest Community da Pleasant Hill Village suna ci gaba da ba da sabis na musamman ga waɗanda ke buƙatar taimako da tsawaita kulawa.
Duk waɗannan ma'aikatun shaida ne na sabuwar rayuwa da gundumar ke murna da tallafawa ta hanyar addu'a, dangantaka, da kuɗi. Gundumar tana samun sabon kuzari, jin daɗi, da haɗin kai ta hanyar ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce na dorewar waɗannan hidimomin da suka shafi Kristi.
Tsoro ya kasance wani bangare na wannan gundumar. Mun ji tsoron yadda bambance-bambancen tauhidi zai iya karya dangantakarmu. Mun ji tsoron yadda ake amfani da ajiyar kuɗi. Mun ji tsoron tsufa da raguwar zama memba. Wasu tsoro sun bayyana a cikin shekarun da suka gabata.
Abin da muka gano, ko watakila sake ganowa, a wannan taron gunduma shi ne cewa ba mu shanye da tsoro ba. Maimakon haka, muna ci gaba kuma muna ci gaba cikin ƙarfin kalmar Allah da aka yi shelar ta wurin annabi Ishaya: “Na zaɓe ka, ban yashe ka ba. Kada ku ji tsoro, gama ina tare da ku, kada ku ji tsoro, gama ni ne Allahnku; Zan ƙarfafa ka, in taimake ka, zan riƙe ka da hannun dama na mai nasara.”
- Kevin Kessler babban minista ne na gundumar Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin.
A cikin ƙarin labarai daga taron gunduma na Illinois da Wisconsin, mai gudanarwa Allegra Hess ya raba cewa dozin ɗin sabbin ƙwai masu launin ruwan kasa daga “Kaji Brethren” da ta mallaka ta haɓaka $50 a gwanjon taron gunduma. Kudaden gwanjon na zuwa ga kasafin kudin gundumar.
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