Yau a NYC - Yuli 24, 2022

“Ku dasa tushenku cikin Almasihu, ku bar shi ya zama tushen rayuwarku” (Kolosiyawa 2:7a, CEV).

“Ya Ubangiji, ka bincika ni, ka san ni” (Zabura 139:1a).

“Allah ya san ku.
Allah yana tare da ku.
Allah yayi muku jagora."

- Asabar da yamma mai wa'azi Rodger Nishioka takaita uku tushe fahimtar Zabura 139. Shi ne babban abokin fasto kuma darektan manya bangaskiya samu a Village Presbyterian Church a Kansas, wanda a baya ya koyar a Columbia Theological Seminary a Atlanta, Ga., kuma ya kasance kasa. mai gudanarwa na Ma'aikatun Matasa da Matasa na Ma'aikatu na Ikilisiyar Presbyterian.

"Dutsen da ke wakiltar ƙasar da kuka fito da kuma mutanen da suka aiko ku nan da albarkarsu."

-– Majalisar Matasa na gayyatar matasa su kawo duwatsu daga majami'u na gida da al'ummominsu don karawa wurin ibada. Kafin wannan gayyata, an buga sanarwar amincewa da ƙasa na Jami'ar Jihar Colorado azaman a bidiyo. Tare da waƙar Hopi a baya, ta yarda cewa ɗakin karatu na NYC yana kan ƙasashen gargajiya na Arapaho, Cheyenne, da Ute. Lokacin ibada ya ba da fifiko ga tsattsarkan yanayi mai tsarki na wannan wuri da lokacin don matasa su raba da ƙarfafa bangaskiyarsu.

“Jigon wannan taro ya ginu ne bisa misali- Allah a matsayin dutse, a matsayin tushe, tushen gina rayuwarmu a kai. Yayin da kuke la'akari da abin da wannan kwatancin na Allah yake nufi a gare ku a wannan makon, ina so ku ɗauki naku misalan Allah tare da ku kuma. Saka su a cikin aljihun baya. Kawo su tare. Ku raba su da juna. A cikin wannan ɗakin kaɗai akwai ɗaruruwan hanyoyi na musamman na tunani game da Allah. Kuma hakan yana da matukar muhimmanci. "

- Audri Svay, theopoet a wurin zama, wanda fasto ne a cocin Eel River Church of the Brothers a tafkin Silver, Ind.

“Me ya sa kuke neman Rayayye a makabarta? Ba ya nan, an tashe shi.” (Luka 24:5b, Saƙon).

“Tare da dukan rarrabuwar kawuna da ke faruwa a cikin al’ummarmu, menene ya kamata ya zama tushenmu guda cikin Yesu? … Yaya muhimmancin sa Yesu mai rai da tashin matattu tushen mu…. Dole ne mu fuskanci ma'anar kabari mara kyau…. Muna bin wanda aka tayar.”

- Mai wa'azin safiyar Lahadi Drew GI Hart, na First Harrisburg (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa, yana ƙarfafa matasa su "saurara ga rayayyun Kristi a cikin duniya." Shi masanin tauhidin jama'a ne, farfesa, kuma darekta na "Tarfafa Tare: Ikilisiyoyi don Adalci na Racial" a Jami'ar Almasihu. Littattafansa, Matsala Na Gani: Canza Hanyar da Coci ke kallon Wariyar launin fata kuma Wanene Zai Kasance Mashaidi? Ƙaunar Ƙawance don Adalci, Ƙauna, da Ceto na Allah, Ikklisiya na ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa da membobin sun yi amfani da su sosai a matsayin jagororin nazari don yin aiki kan warkar da launin fata.

“Bayan kwana shida, Yesu ya ɗauki Bitrus, da Yakubu, da ɗan’uwansa Yahaya, ya kai su wani dutse mai tsayi su kaɗai. Kuma ya sāke a gabansu, fuskarsa kuma tana haskakawa kamar rana, tufafinsa kuma suka haskaka kamar haske.” (Matta 17:1-3, NRSVue).

“Almajiran sun san wanda suke so Yesu ya zama… sarkin da zai hau…. Kuma duk da haka ba wanda Yesu ne. Dutsen saman ba wurin zama na dindindin bane…. Yesu ya ja-goranci waɗannan almajirai su koma cikin kwarin...inda ake buƙatar hidimar jinƙai da gaske.”

- Mai wa'azin yammacin Lahadi Dava Hensley, wacce ke da shekara 16 a matsayin fasto na Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Roanoke, Va. Ta yi hidima a Hukumar Mishan da Ma'aikatar Ikilisiya ta 'Yan'uwa, a Sabon Kwamitin Ci gaban Cocin na Virlina. Gundumar, kuma yana aiki a Ƙungiyar Imani ta Arewa maso Yamma na majami'u suna aiki tare a yankin arewa maso yamma na Roanoke.

"Ikilisiya ba za ta iya rayuwa da kiran Allah na ƙauna ba tare da ku ba, ba tare da ku duka ba ... sai dai idan kun taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin cocinku."

- Tim McElwee, mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers, wanda aka gabatar da shi ga matasa yayin hidimar ibadar maraice. Ya gayyaci matasa da su zo wurin bitarsa ​​a NYC kuma su gaya masa yadda suke son cocin ya kasance, yana ƙarfafa su su yi aiki. "Shin kuna son coci inda duk abokanku suke jin daɗin wanda suke, ba tare da hukunci ba?" Ya tambaya. "To ba za ku iya yin shiru ba. Dole ne ku yi magana."

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