Majami'un limaman cocin 'yan'uwa sun taru a ja da baya a Cibiyar Sabuntawar Franciscan da ke Scottsdale, Ariz., a yankin Phoenix, a ranar 6-9 ga Janairu. Matan 57 daga ko'ina cikin darikar sun kasance karkashin jagorancin mai gabatarwa Mandy Smith a kan taken, "Taska a cikin tukwane" (2 Korinthiyawa 4:7).
Asalin asali daga Ostiraliya, Smith shine jagoran limamin Cocin Kirista na Jami'ar Cincinnati, Ohio, kuma mai ba da gudummawa na yau da kullun ga "Kiristanci A Yau" da Missio Alliance. Ta yi nuni ga littafinta mai suna “The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry,” sa’ad da ta ja-goranci ƙungiyar wajen bincika yadda ’yan Adam ajizai za su zama abin hawan aikin Allah a duniya.
Smith ta ba da labarin abubuwan da suka faru na Allah masu ƙarfi da ke aiki ta wurin rauninta da rauninta, kuma ta ba da labarin waɗannan abubuwan ga yanayin rayuwar shugabar cocin. Da yake ambaton kalmomin Bulus a cikin 2 Korinthiyawa 12:9-10–“Ya ce mini, Alherina ya ishe ku, gama iko ya cika cikin rauni. Don haka, zan ƙara fahariya da rashin ƙarfi na da farin ciki, domin ikon Kristi ya zauna a cikina” – ta ƙarfafa matan limaman su “juya a cikin” kuma su yarda da nasu rauni da kasawarsu domin su ƙyale Allah ya yi aiki ta wurinsu. .
Da yake magana musamman game da halin da shugabannin Ikklisiya mata suka samu, Smith ya ƙarfafa ƙungiyar su bar jin kunya game da nasu ajizanci da raunin su, kuma su matsa zuwa ga karɓuwa. Ta koyi koyi da Bulus wajen yin fahariya a fili game da nata ajizanci, in ji ta, ta shaida yadda kasawar ’yan Adam ke ƙarfafa iyawar hidima da kuma gaya wa wasu ƙaunar Allah. Sabbin abubuwa na iya yiwuwa yayin da da gangan mutum ya zaɓi ya zama mai rauni, in ji ta, yana ƙarfafa hankali ga lokutan da mutum ya ji “ba komai” kuma yana buƙatar samun waraka sosai domin a lokacin ne Allah zai yi aiki.
"Mafi kyawun hidima yana girma daga dogara ga Allah," in ji Smith, "kuma rauninmu yana koya mana dogaro ga Allah, don haka rauni shine tushen hidima."
Zamanta ya haɗa da "tattaunawar tebur" a cikin ƙananan ƙungiyoyi. An gayyaci matan don ba da labarai daga rayuwarsu da abubuwan da suka shafi hidima. Batutuwa don rabawa sun haɗa, da sauransu, labaru game da yadda wani abu ya zama mai yiwuwa saboda wani ya zaɓi rashin lafiya, hanyoyin da ba su da kyau mutane suna guje wa ko ƙoƙarin gyara rauni da kuma - a daya bangaren - amsoshi masu lafiya waɗanda suka dogara ga Allah, da kuma ra'ayoyi masu amfani don "hutu Asabar" da wasa. Smith kuma ya jagoranci wani zama ta amfani da fasaha da ƙirƙira don gane aikin Allah a duniya.
Baya ga zama tare da Smith, ja da baya ya haɗa da ayyukan ibada na yau da kullun, tarurrukan bita, zaɓuɓɓukan nishaɗi daban-daban, haɓaka alaƙa da zumunci. An ba da kulawar yara, yana ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwar ƙananan matan malamai.
Nancy Sollenberger Heishman, darektan ofishin ma'aikatar, tare da taimako daga manajan ofishin Mishael Nouveau, tawagar tsare-tsaren sun hada da Connie Burkholder, Kathy Gingrich, Sara Haldeman-Scarr, Rebecca House, da LaDonna Sanders Nkosi. Kwamitin ibada ya haɗa da Gidan Rebecca a matsayin mai ba da shawara, Barbara Dickason, Leah Hileman, Cesia Morrison, da Deb Peterson. Tawagar masu yin addu'o'in sa kai ne suka yi wa taron addu'a.
An ba da tallafin kuɗi don tafiye-tafiyen mata da tallafin karatu ta hanyar karimcin ƙungiyar mata da Asusun Mary Blocher Smeltzer. Tallafin kuɗi don kula da yara ya fito ne daga Ƙungiyar Ministoci. Tallafin kuɗi don sufuri ya fito ne daga Gundumar Pacific Kudu maso Yamma da Cocin San Diego na ’yan’uwa.
Nemo kundin hoto a www.bluemelon.com/churchofthebrethren/2020clergywomensretreat .