Newsline Church of Brother
Satumba 14, 2018
By Linetta Ballew
Camp Swatara (Bethel, Pa.) yana bikin cika shekaru 75 a cikin 2018 tare da cikakken shekara na abubuwan da suka faru da shirye-shirye na musamman kan jigon “Faɗa Labari: Shekaru 75 a Tudun Blue.” An gudanar da babban bikin karshen mako na Agusta 3-5, tare da daruruwan abokai na sansanin, ciki har da 'yan sansanin da ma'aikatan da suka wuce, suna halarta.
A ranar 3 ga Agusta, ma'aikatan sansanin da masu aikin sa kai sun karbi bakuncin "Ranar A Rayuwar Sansani," inda mahalarta zasu iya jin dadin ɗakin budewa na sansanin, abincin iyali, ayyukan nishaɗi, da sabis na vespers karkashin jagorancin Del Keeney. Da yammacin Juma'a an gabatar da wani gidan kofi tare da daidaikun mutane da kungiyoyi suna raba basira daban-daban da al'adun gargajiya da sabbin abubuwan ciye-ciye ga kowa.
4 ga Agusta ita ce babban ranar bikin, don "Faɗa Labari." Washe gari birding da pancake karin kumallo ya fara ranar. An ba da zaɓuɓɓukan ayyukan safiya a ko'ina cikin sansanin, ciki har da hawan keke, jirgin kasan ganga, gasar wasan golf, filin buɗe ido na yanayi, gasar kamun kifi, kwale-kwale da iyo, gasar ping-pong, wasanni na cikin gida da waje, da hasumiya mai hawa. Tsohon jami'in gudanarwa Marlin Houff ya jagoranci yawon shakatawa na "bayan fage", kuma masanin tarihin sansanin Jon Wenger ya sanya hannu kan kwafin littafin bugu na tunawa da ya tattara, "Faɗa Labari: Camp Swatara, Shekaru Saba'in da Biyar na Ma'aikatar Waje."
Nunin tarihin da Tim Byerly ya kafa ya kasance don baƙi su duba cikin yini. Abubuwan nune-nunen sun haɗa da tsofaffin samfuran wuraren sansanin, wasan hannu na "Swataraopoly", hotuna da yawa, tarin T-shirt na sansanin, da sauran abubuwa masu ban sha'awa da yawa daga cikin shekaru da yawa-ciki har da tsofaffin zane-zane don dannawa.
Motocin abinci da tashoshi sun ba da abincin rana, sannan baƙi suka taru a “Dinners Decade” na yau da kullun don cim ma abokai na shekarun da suka yi a sansanin. Wani shiri na rana a ƙarƙashin tanti a filin wasa na West Lodge ya ƙunshi "bayani iri-iri" na ayyuka da suka haɗa da waƙoƙi, masu magana, skits, manaja / mai gudanarwa da kuma sassan ma'aikatan shirye-shirye, da kuma bayanan tarihi da suka shafe tsawon shekaru 75 na sansanin. Shugaban kwamitin amintattu Dale Ziegler ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da bukukuwa.
Maraice ya fara da abincin dare, sannan zaɓin nishaɗi kamar wasan ninkaya na yamma, ƙaramin golf, faɗuwar faɗuwar rana, da faɗuwar rana ta Rockpile. Wani sabis na vespers wanda Kyle da Kaity Remnant suka jagoranta a Cathedral na waje da gobarar sansani ta ƙare ranar.
An rufe karshen mako tare da ibadar safiyar Lahadi a cikin Zauren Zumunci na Iyali. Yeater Sisters sun ba da kiɗa na musamman, kuma Ralph Moyer ya ba da wa'azin da ya haɗa dukan bikin tare. Ya kammala da waɗannan kalmomi: “Don haka ga shekaru 75 da suka gabata—muna bikin ku, Camp Swatara! Kuma ga shekaru 75 masu zuwa—ga waɗanda za su yi hidima da waɗanda za su zo sansani. Allah ya ci gaba da sakawa Camp Swatara albarka ya kuma yi amfani da shi wajen taimakawa wajen kawo mulkin Allah. Amin."
Tun da farko a cikin shekara, an gudanar da bukukuwan bukukuwan yanki a cikin al'ummomin da suka yi ritaya uku, an gudanar da wani abincin dare a sansanin ma'aurata da ke da alaka da sansanin, kuma an jagoranci Hike Tarihi akan "ranar haifuwa" sansanin, Yuli 22. Abubuwan da suka rage a cikin shekara guda. bikin ya haɗa da bikin ranar tunawa a Fall Fun Food Fest (Satumba. 29), bukukuwan a Atlantic Northeast District Conference (Oktoba 5-6), da Dinner na Gudunmawa na Shekara-shekara (Nuwamba 2). Ana iya samun ƙarin bayani game da waɗannan abubuwan da suka faru akan layi a www.campswata.org.
Linetta Ballew ita ce mai kula da Camp Swatara tare da mijinta, Joel.
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