Newsline Church of Brother
Yuni 8, 2017
Daga Emmett Eldred
Abin farin ciki ne don shiga cikin Taron Manya na Matasa na 2017 akan karshen mako na Ranar Tunawa. Yawancin matasa (shekaru 18-35) sun taru a Camp Harmony da ke Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Yamma don yin bimbini a ƙarshen mako na tunani, nishaɗi, da bauta.
Ga mutane da yawa, taron Manya na Matasa aikin hajji ne na shekara-shekara, kuma yana da ban sha'awa don kallon tsofaffin abokai sun sake haɗuwa kuma suna jin daɗin al'adun ƙaunataccen da aka kafa yayin abubuwan da suka faru a baya. Ga wasu, kamar ni, wannan shine babban taron mu na manya na matasa na farko. Abin farin cikin maraba da zuwa cikin irin wannan al'umma mai ƙauna, mai ƙwazo don raba al'adun jiya tare da taimakawa wajen tsara al'adun gobe.
Tunasarwa ce mai ƙarfi ta tabbacin Kristi cewa duk lokacin da mutum biyu suka taru cikin sunansa, yana nan kuma (Matta 18:20). Taron ya kasance gwaninta na yin coci da kyau, kuma na bar ƙarin bege fiye da kowane lokaci game da yadda matasa manya na Cocin ’yan’uwa suke aiki don ci gaba da aikin Yesu, cikin salama, sauƙi, kuma tare.
Taken karshen mako shine "Ƙaunataccen Maƙwabci." Mun yi bimbini a kan babbar doka ta Yesu, da ke cikin Matta 22:37-39: “Ka ƙaunaci Ubangiji Allahnka da dukan zuciyarka, da dukan ranka, da dukan azancinka. Na biyu kuma kamarsa: Ka ƙaunaci maƙwabcinka kamar ranka.
A lokacin hidima hudu, an gayyace mu don yin tunani a kan waɗannan kalmomi ta Wendy McFadden wanda ke aiki a matsayin mawallafin Brotheran Jarida, Monica Rice daga Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) College, Dennis Lohr wanda fastoci Palmyra (Pa.) Church of Brothers, da Emmett Eldred daga DunkerPunks.com (ni ne). Amma yawancin lokuta masu motsa jiki sun zo lokacin kiɗan da Leah Hileman ke jagoranta da kuma lokacin da masu gudanar da ibada Jennifer Balmer da Jess Hoffert suka tsara, kamar sabis na wanke ƙafafu da cibiyar ibada da ta samo asali yayin da karshen mako ke ci gaba.
Tabbas, ibada ba ta ƙunshi hidimomi huɗu ba amma ta mamaye duk ƙarshen mako. Waƙar waƙar sansani, taro a ƙananan ƙungiyoyi, raba basirarmu a lokacin "gidan kofi" - duk ayyukan yabo ne. Kowane lokaci yana ba da damar koyo, tunani, girma, da ƙauna. Kuma mafi kyawun darasi akan ƙaunar maƙwabtanmu ba a fitar da shi daga lacca ba amma an buga shi a ainihin lokacin yayin da muka kafa ƙungiyar maƙwabta kuma muka ci gaba da ƙaunar juna.
A halin yanzu, tarurrukan bita kan batutuwan da suka kama daga tufafi da ainihi zuwa 'yan gudun hijira zuwa haƙuri sun gayyace mu mu girma cikin almajiranmu kuma mu sanya bangaskiya cikin aiki. A yayin zaman saurare tare da babban sakatare David Steele, an kira mu don raba fata, tsoro, da lura game da darikar a cikin ruhi na alheri, fahimta, da manufa guda. Tsawon lokacin tawali'u, alheri, da kyau sun zo cikin ko'ina waɗanda suka mai da idanunmu ga Kristi kuma suka cika zukatanmu da ƙauna ga Allah da juna.
Wataƙila wannan shine taron manya na matasa na farko, amma tabbas ba zai zama na ƙarshe ba. Sau da yawa ana faɗa, kuma na ji ana maimaita shi a ƙarshen mako, cewa matasa da matasa su ne “makomar coci.” Tabbas, wannan gaskiya ne. Amma da saduwa da irin wannan tarin almajirai masu ban sha'awa, masu bege, masu kuzari, kuma bayan shafe irin wannan mako mai cike da shagala muna bauta wa Allah a kowane lokaci, babu shakka cewa mu coci ne, a nan da kuma yanzu.
Ba zan iya jira har sai taron Manya na Matasa 2018 a Camp Brothers Woods, kuma ina fatan ganin ku a can. Har sai lokacin, zan yi aiki a kan ƙaunar Allah da zuciyata, raina, da hankalina, da ƙaunar maƙwabcina kamar kaina.
- Emmett Eldred na Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Cocin 'yan'uwa shine editan DunkerPunks.com kuma dalibi a Jami'ar Carnegie Mellon. Nemo kundin hoto na taron Matasa na Manya, tare da hotunan da Kelsey Murray ya ɗauka, a www.bluemelon.com/churchofthebrethren/youngadultconference2017bykelseymurray .
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