Da Walt Wiltschek
Kimanin mutane 80 ne suka taru a Camp Mardela da ke Denton, Md., a ranar 19 ga watan Mayu don bikin cika shekaru 150 na 'yan uwa na farko da suka isa gabar Gabashin Maryland. A cikin 1869, Yakubu Kline da iyalinsa suka zauna a Caroline County, kusa da inda sansanin yake yanzu. ’Yan’uwa sun gina gidan taronsu na farko bayan shekaru goma, a cikin 1880, kusa da Easton. Ikilisiyoyi Bakwai Mid-Atlantic District suna kan Gabashin Gabas a yau.
Bikin ibadar ranar tunawa, wanda aka gudanar a matsayin wani ɓangare na Ranar Yabawar Mardela, ya haɗa da jawabai daga babban jami'in gundumar Gene Hagenberger, ƙaramin kide-kide da kiɗa na musamman na Jonathan Shively na ArtitryLeads, waƙar waƙar yabo mai ƙarfi, da kuma yawan sakewa wanda ya ce, a wani ɓangare, "Mun sake keɓe kanmu, ikilisiyoyinmu, sansaninmu don zama fitattun hasken Allah a Gabashin Gabas." Sabis ɗin ya ƙare ta hanyar rera waƙa "Ku Tafi Yanzu cikin Aminci," sannan kuma abincin dare na fiki ya biyo baya.
An shirya wasu abubuwan a wannan shekara don bikin sesquicentennial, gami da vespers a gidan taro na Round Top mai tarihi a Easton a ranar 21 ga Agusta da hidimar liyafar soyayya mai daɗin gado a ƙarshen fall.
Nemo wani labari mai zurfi game da Eastern Shore Brothers wanda Star Democrat na Easton, Md., ya buga a www.stardem.com/life/few-in-number-but-faithful-in-witness/article_acfee569-f25f-5d56-8549-d955faf423f2.html .
- Walt Wiltschek limamin cocin Easton Church of the Brothers kuma yana hidima a ƙungiyar edita na mujallar Church of the Brothers “Messenger.”