Tunawa da Belita Mitchell

Belita D. Mitchell, Bakar fata ta farko da aka nada a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma Bakar fata ta farko da ta zama shugabar taron shekara-shekara, ta rasu a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu a gidanta da ke Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Yarinta ya kasance a cikin karkarar Illinois, kusa da Carbondale, da kuma a yankin Detroit. Ta zo wurin Kristi a cikin Cocin Methodist Episcopal Church. Ta halarci Jami'ar Kudancin Illinois inda ta karanta Ingilishi, Faransanci, da kasuwanci. A can ne ta hadu da mijinta, Don Mitchell, wanda ya tsira daga gare ta. Bayan sun yi aure, sai suka ƙaura zuwa garinsa na Chicago kuma suka fara renon iyali ciki har da ɗan da ya rasu a shekara ta 2002, da kuma ɗan auta daga auren mijinta na baya. Daga ƙarshe dangin sun haɗa da jikoki da yawa.

A wani lokaci a Chicago, ta yi aikin taimakon jama'a kuma ta yi la'akari da neman aikin zamantakewa. Duk da haka, a cikin 1972 sun ƙaura zuwa kudancin California, inda ta sami aikin shekaru 30 a matsayin mai gudanarwa na tallace-tallace. A California, dangin sun halarci Cocin Imperial Heights na ’yan’uwa a Los Angeles, inda a hankali ma’auratan suka fara ɗaukar nauyi bisa ga aikin sa kai. A ƙarshe ta zama ɗaya daga cikin Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Baƙi na Cocin ’Yan’uwa, kuma yayin da ta halarci taron tsohon Babban Hukumar ta yi magana a madadin kwamitin—ta kuma fara samun tabbacin kiran da ta yi zuwa hidima.

*Belita Mitchell yana wa'azi don Retreat Intercultural Retreat wanda Harrisburg (Pa.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa ya shirya a 2015. Hoto daga Regina Holmes*

Ta bi tsarin ba da lasisi a gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma, ta kammala karatun horo a cikin shirin Ma'aikatar, ta ɗauki darasi a Makarantar tauhidi ta Fuller da sauransu, kuma ta fara hidima a matsayin abokiyar fasto a Imperial Heights a cikin 1990s. Bayan an kira ta a matsayin fasto na Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Harrisburg, Pa., an nada ta hidima a ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 2003.

"Mitchell ya zana Mattie Dolby, wata mace 'yar Baƙar fata da ta yi wa'azi a farkon 1900s, a cikin taron shekara-shekara na 1995," in ji wata hira da Walt Wiltschek ya yi, wanda aka buga a ciki. Manzon a watan Yuni 2007. "Dolby ta zama minista amma ba a nada ta ba, don haka Mitchell ta ɗauki matsayinta na musamman a matsayin girmamawa ga gadon Dolby."

A cikin 2007, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara tare da yin "addu'a" a matsayin jigon jagorancinta, da kuma kira ga bambance-bambancen ginshiƙi na shekararta a matsayin mai gudanarwa. A cikin 2017, ita da mijinta, wanda a halin yanzu shine darektan Ci gaban Coci na Yankin Arewa maso Gabas na Atlantic, sun sami lambar yabo ta "Ru'ya ta 7:9" daga Ma'aikatun Al'adu na ɗarikar don amincewa da gagarumin jagoranci a ƙoƙarin mayar da Cocin 'Yan'uwa a tsakanin al'adu. coci. A cikin 2022, ita ce mai wa'azi don hidimar ibada ta ƙarshe a taron shekara-shekara a Omaha, Neb.

Tasirin ta, duk da haka, an ji nisa fiye da matsayinta na hukuma a cikin darikar, yayin da ta taimaka kira mutane daga kowane mataki na coci-daga ma'aikatan darika zuwa matasa, daga mata matasa zuwa dattawa na shekarun da suka gabata - zuwa cikin jagorancin Ruhu Mai Tsarki. sadaukarwa ga Yesu Kristi da mutanensa. Ta kasance al'ada na fadar gaskiya ga mulki, kuma ba ta jin tsoron tayar da matsalolin kalubale ga kabilanci da zamantakewa da kuma samar da zaman lafiya. A cikin misali ɗaya, a matsayinta na limamin Cocin Farko a unguwar Allison Hill na Harrisburg, ta fara aiki da yaƙi da tashin hankalin bindiga, tare da sa hannu a cikin Jin Kiran Allah don kawo ƙarshen Rikicin Bindiga, kuma ta zama mai ba da shawara ga ƙoƙarin rigakafin tashin hankali a cikin gida da kuma taron shekara-shekara. . Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ke bayan yunƙurin fara lambun al'umma a First Harrisburg, wanda aka yi niyya don haɓaka "dangantaka, zaman lafiya, da ƙauna" da kuma kayan lambu. Ma’aikatan darika sun ambata abubuwan da ta tuna da bukatu a cikin al’ummomin da ba su da yawa a Amurka a matsayin masu taimakawa wajen daidaita yadda Ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa ta mai da hankali kan manufa ta duniya. Ta rubuta don Manzon mujalla, kwanan nan wata kasida game da Tafiyarta ta Sankofa mai taken “Inuwar Bishiyar Lynching,” wadda aka buga a cikin Janairu/Fabrairu 2018. A cikin 2011, ita ce mai magana ga Martin Luther King Jr. bukukuwan karshen mako a Jami'ar Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester. Ind — ɗaya daga cikin yawancin alkawuran da ta yi na magana cikin shekaru da yawa.

Kamar yadda ta fada yayin wa'azin taron shekara-shekara a 2022, "Abu daya da Yesu ya yi da kyau shine ketare iyakokin zamantakewa da al'adu…. A cikin Ikilisiya, muna bukatar mu daina kallon duk bambance-bambance… kuma mu kalli bukatun…. Idan mun amince da ikon Ruhu a cikinmu, babu iyaka ga abin da za mu iya yi don mu raba ƙauna.”

Shirye-shiryen sabis suna jiran kuma za a raba su idan sun samu.

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