“Allah ya nuna mani kada in kira kowa mai ƙazanta ko marar tsarki” (Ayyukan Manzanni 10:28).
Quotes na rana
“Mu a matsayinmu na Kiristoci muna da zarafi mu bi Yesu ta wurin al’ummarmu masu launin wariyar launin fata…Yesu wanda ya bayyana tare da mafi ƙanƙanta, na ƙarshe, ɓatattu… kuma yana ganin duniya da ke kewaye da shi daga mahangar ƙasa…. Ku bi Yesu kuma ku rungumi sabon abin da ke cikin wahalar wasu mutane domin shan wahala tare shine…inda muke rayuwa daga almajiran wariyar launin fata a cikin hanyar Yesu.
- Drew Hart, babban mai magana na ranar. Shi mataimakin farfesa ne a fannin ilimin tauhidi a Kwalejin Almasihu, yana da digiri na uku daga Makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Lutheran, kuma shi ne marubucin "Matsalar Na gani: Canza Hanyar da Coci ke kallon Wariyar launin fata." Ya buɗe jawabinsa ta wajen raba “gaisuwa daga Cocin farko na Harrisburg na ’yan’uwa, sabuwar ikilisiyata ke nan!”
"Duk lokacin da muka gayyaci wani sabon zuwa teburin ana canza mu…. An gayyace mu duka don kasancewa cikin wannan taro mai iyawa daban-daban… saboda dukkanmu muna da buƙatu na musamman kuma dukkanmu muna da kyaututtuka na musamman. Amma ba sai mun jira sai karshen zamani ba. Mu fara wannan liyafar!”
- Jeanne Davies, fasto na ikilisiyar Parables yanzu yana taro a wurare biyu a Lombard da West Dundee, Ill., yana wa’azin wa’azin maraice a kan jigon, “Table Maraba.”
"Ya Ubangijin dukkan halitta, ka buɗe idanunmu da zukatanmu zuwa ga gabanka da juna."
- Addu'a daga ibadar wannan yammaci.
Mafi mahimmanci fiye da shirin su ne mutane
Virginia Crim, mai shekaru 101, na Greenville, Ohio, ta halarci kowace NOAC. Wannan shine ta 15. Ta halarci taron na farko tare da mijinta domin “muna tunanin zai zama aiki mai ban sha’awa,” in ji ta. Bugu da ƙari, "mun san mutane da yawa suna tafiya a lokacin."
Mijinta ya rasu bayan sun halarci NOACS guda uku na farko. "Na ci gaba da zuwa," in ji Crim.
Tacigaba da zuwa NOAC domin diyarta ce ta kawo ta. "Zan iya zuwa da kaina," in ji ta. Crim ya kasance malamin makaranta na tsawon shekaru 20. Tana da ‘ya’ya 4, jikoki 11, da jikoki 4.
Da aka tambaye ta ko wane NOAC ne ta fi jin daɗinsa, sai ta amsa, “Kowannensu ya bambanta.” Mafi mahimmanci fiye da shirin su ne mutane. “Akwai wasu mutane da za mu hadu da su a NOAC kowace shekara. Da yawa daga cikinsu sun tafi yanzu,” in ji ta. “Muna da abokai daga ko’ina cikin Amurka. Wannan shi ne wurin da za mu iya haduwa." — Frank Ramirez
Nemo shafin fihirisar labarai na NOAC a www.brethren.org/noac2019 . Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan ɗaukar hoto sun haɗa da Frank Ramirez, marubuci; Jan Fischer Bachman da Russ Otto, ma'aikatan gidan yanar gizon; Walt Wiltschek, editan jaridar Senior Moments na yau da kullun; da Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai (edita).
