Cocin Germantown yana gudanar da bikin ranar tunawa da jama'a a hukumance

Cocin Germantown na 'yan'uwa da ke Philadelphia, Pa., ya gudanar da bikin cika shekaru 300 a hukumance a ranar Lahadi, 8 ga Oktoba. Ikilisiya ita ce cocin 'yan'uwa na farko da aka kafa a Amurka. Ya kasance yana bikin ƙarni na hidimarsa tare da lokuta na musamman a cikin 2023.

Duba kundin hoto na kan layi na ranar bikin Oktoba 8 a https://churchofthebrethren.smugmug.com/Germantown-300th-Aniversary-Oct-8-2023.

Ranar da aka soma ikilisiyar Germantown ita ce Ranar Kirsimeti ta 1723, lokacin da ’yan’uwa na farko da aka yi baftisma a Amirka a Wissahickon Creek. Bikin soyayya na farko na 'yan'uwa a Amurka ya biyo baya a wannan rana. Mafi tsofaffin sassan ginin cocin sun kasance 1770.

Da fatan za a yi addu'a… Ga Cocin Germantown na ’yan’uwa, fastoci, membobin coci, da maƙwabta, yayin da ikilisiyar ke kammala bikin cika shekaru 300 da kafuwa. Bari ikilisiya ta ji ƙauna, goyon baya, da ƙarfafawar gunduma da ɗarika.

Wissahickon Creek yanzu shine tsakiyar babban wurin shakatawa a gefen yammacin Philadelphia. Alamar tarihi tana tsaye a bakin rafin a wurin da ake tunanin an yi baftisma. Wasu ’yan tarihi suna tunanin cewa mafi tsufa na gidan tarihi na kusa shi ne wurin da aka gudanar da wannan liyafa ta soyayya ta ranar Kirsimeti, nisan yadi ɗari daga wurin baftisma.

A ranar Lahadi, 8 ga Oktoba, majami'ar Germantown sun yi biki tare da taron ibada na safe inda Fasto Richard Kyerematen ya kawo sakon, da kuma hidimar biki da rana tare da masanin tarihi na Cocin 'yan'uwa Jeff Bach a matsayin bako mai magana da Fasto Barbara Elizabeth Short-Clark a matsayin ibada. shugaba. Abincin rana na musamman ya nuna kajin da membobin coci suka yi a kan gasa a waje, yana aika hayaki mai kamshi a cikin unguwar. An bude makabartar mai tarihi ga maziyarta bayan kammala hidimar bikin. Ranar ta rufe tare da lokacin zumunci akan abincin yamma.

Ranar ta musamman wani lokaci ne na ƙaddamar da sabon Asusun Cika Shekaru 300 a matsayin kyauta don kula da coci a Germantown. Fatan shine a tara dala miliyan 1 don asusun, in ji Kyerematen.

Baƙi da baƙi sun haɗa da jigilar kaya daga yankin Lancaster, da sauransu daga Gundumar Arewa maso Gabashin Atlantika ciki har da shugaban gundumar Pete Kontra. Wasu ’yan’uwa da suke cikin ikilisiya a shekarun da suka shige, ko kuma waɗanda suke da sha’awa ta musamman a tarihinta, sun haɗa da tsohon Fasto Ron Lutz wanda ya taimaka wajen kula da cocin Germantown a lokacin da aka yi barazanar rufe ta. Ƙungiyar mawaƙa da baƙi daga wasu majami'u a yankin Germantown sun kawo tallafi daga unguwar. Hakanan an wakilta Cocin International Church of the Brothers. Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brother in Nigeria) ta aiko da sakon bidiyo. Baƙo na musamman shi ne Roger Moreno, shugaban ASIGLEH (Cocin ’yan’uwa a Venezuela), wanda ya halarta da kansa.