By Brian Mackie
Cocin Nettle Creek na 'yan'uwa a Hagerstown, Ind., za ta yi bikin shekaru 200 a ranar Lahadi, Oktoba 11. An fara taron a 1820 kuma yana da tarihin musamman, ciki har da karbar bakuncin taron shekara-shekara na 1864 (yanzu ana kiran taron shekara-shekara) na 'Yan'uwa - na ƙarshe inda shahidin yakin basasa John Kline ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa.
[An gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na 1864 jim kaɗan kafin a yi wa Elder Kline kwanton bauna, aka harbe shi, aka kashe shi ranar 15 ga Yuni, 1864, yayin da yake tafiya gida zuwa Virginia a kan doki. Ana kyautata zaton cewa masu goyon bayan kudu ne suka kashe shi saboda yadda ya fito fili ya yi yaki da bauta.]
Shekaru da yawa bayan haka, dattijon Nettle Creek LW Teeter (1885-1923) ya yi hidimar ƙungiyar a ayyuka da yawa ciki har da mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara na 1897 da aka gudanar a Frederick, Md. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin gundumomi da yawa ciki har da mai gudanarwa da magatakarda, kuma yana kan Manchester Kwamitin Amintattu na Kwalejin. Teeter ya rubuta Sharhin Sabon Alkawari kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga adiresoshin Bicentennial Brothers a cikin 1908.
Tarihin ikilisiya ya zo ne kawai shekaru huɗu bayan Indiana ta zama ƙasa, sa’ad da ’yan’uwa Baptist na Jamus na farko suka zauna a yankin Nettle Creek a shekara ta 1820. Wasu masu wa’azi daga ikilisiyar Mile Four Mile a kudancin Richmond, Ind., kusa da Boston, Ind., sun zo don su taimaka. fara coci. ’Yan’uwan Nettle Creek na farko sun haɗu don bauta a gidaje a cikin shekaru 25 na farko. A cikin 1845, sun gina ginin cocin tubali na farko. Saboda matsalolin tsarin, dole ne a maye gurbin ginin farko da ginin bulo na biyu a cikin 1875, wanda aka gina a kusa da wannan dukiya, inda yake tsaye. An kira shi da "Brick Meetinghouse" ko "Brick Church," wanda ke kan hanyar da a yanzu ke ɗauke da sunanta, "Brick Church Road."
A cikin 1850s, Nettle Creek ya fara White Branch da Locust Grove majami'u, wanda bisa hukuma ya rabu a cikin 1955, kowanne yana ƙara biya, ƙwararrun ministocin, bagade, gilashin gilashi, sabon ko gyara wuraren tsafi tare da baftisma, da fastoci da danginsu don rayuwa. .
1950s da 1960s lokaci ne na canji, girma, da faɗaɗawa ga Cocin Nettle Creek, wanda ya keɓe sabon Wuri Mai Tsarki a 1968. Kasancewar membobin Nettle Creek, Locust Grove, da majami'u na White Branch sun yi girma a cikin 1970s da 1980s kamar yadda Iyalai da yawa na yanki sun shiga cikin waɗannan majami'u uku.
A ƙarshen shekarun 1990, duka majami'u uku sun fara raguwa a ƙididdigewa, amma waɗannan shekaru 20 da suka gabata kuma sun sake ganin sabon yunƙuri na hidima ga al'umma da ci gaba da yin ibada, gami da amfani da fasaha. Daga 2014-2019, Nettle Creek da White Branch sun haɗu da ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce don samar da “Shirin Gidan Rediyon Labari mai daɗi,” wanda ke nuna saƙon majami'u biyu. A halin yanzu, majami'u biyu yanzu suna yawo da ibada akan Facebook Live.
Za a fara bikin zagayowar ranar da karfe 9:30 na safe (lokacin Gabas) tare da gabatar da tarihi, sannan za a gudanar da taron ibada da karfe 10:30 na safe tare da shugaban makarantar tauhidi na Bethany Jeff Carter a matsayin mai wa'azi. Ranar za ta ƙare tare da abincin farar fata. Ana gayyatar mutane don halartar kai tsaye ko kusan ta hanyar taron Facebook a www.facebook.com/events/660454728223482 .
- Brian Mackie fasto ne na Cocin Nettle Creek na 'Yan'uwa.
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