Msonkhano Wadziko Lonse Wachikulire (NOAC)

Mark Charles - Lachiwiri

Mark Charles ndi wokamba nkhani wapoyera wachangu komanso wopatsa chidwi, wolemba, komanso mlangizi. Mwana wa mkazi wa ku America (wochokera ku Dutch heritage) ndi mwamuna wa Navajo, amaphunzitsa mozindikira zovuta za mbiri ya America ponena za mtundu, chikhalidwe, ndi chikhulupiriro kuti athandize kupanga njira ya machiritso ndi chiyanjanitso cha mtunduwo. Iye ndi m'modzi mwa akuluakulu otsogolera pa Chiphunzitso cha Discovery cha m'zaka za zana la 15 ndi chikoka chake pa mbiri yakale ya US ndi mayendedwe ake ndi anthu amakono. Mark adalemba nawo limodzi ndi Soong-Chan Rah, bukuli Zoona Zosasokoneza: Cholowa Chopitilira, Chodetsa Umunthu cha Chiphunzitso cha Discovery (IVP, 2019). Mark adakhala wodziyimira pawokha ngati Purezidenti waku US pachisankho cha 2020.

Ken Medema - Lachitatu

Kwa zaka makumi anayi, Ken Medema walimbikitsa anthu kudzera mu nthano ndi nyimbo. Ngakhale kuti anabadwa wosaona, Ken amaona ndi kumva ndi mtima ndi maganizo. Kukhoza kwake kulanda mzimu m'mawu ndi nyimbo sikungafanane. Mmodzi mwa akatswiri opanga komanso odziwa bwino omwe akuchita masiku ano, Ken amakonda kupanga nyimbo iliyonse yomwe amaimba ndi luso lopanda tanthauzo.

Kuyambira pamene anabadwira ku Grand Rapids, Michigan, mu 1943, Ken satha kuona ndi maso ake akuthupi. Kuona kwake kumangokhala pa kusiyanitsa kuwala ndi mdima ndi kuona zinthu zazikulu zosaoneka bwino. Iye anati: “Ndili wamng’ono, anthu ambiri sankandivomereza, ndipo ndinkathera nthawi yambiri ndili ndekha. Chifukwa chakuti ndakhala ndikukhala wosiyana ndi ena m’moyo wanga wonse, ndimamvera chisoni anthu amene sanaloledwe, kaya ndi olumala kapena kuponderezedwa ndi ndale kapena ayi.”

Ken wapereka utsogoleri ku NOAC, National Youth Conference ndi Annual Conference.

Ted Swartz - Lachitatu

Ted Swartz ndi mlembi, wochita sewero, wopanga, komanso wothamangitsa goosebumps yemwe wakhala akuyenda mozungulira m'maiko opatulika ndi onyansa kwa zaka zopitilira 30. Amakhala ndi chidwi cha moyo wonse pa kuseka - mafuta okoma auzimu, okoma omwe amati, "ndinu otetezeka kuno." Iye ndiye mlengi kapenanso wopanga nawo masewero opitilira khumi ndi awiri, omwe amasewera ku US ndi mayiko ena.

Posachedwapa adalemba ndikusewera mufilimu yatsopanoyi No Feeling is Final, yotulutsidwa mu 2021. One man show Moyo ndi Comedy idayambanso kuwonetsedwa mu 2021, ndipo akupitiliza kuyendera Zodabwitsa Zopatulika ndi chiwonetsero cha Khrisimasi Ingopatsani 'Em The News ndi wopanga nawo Jeff Raught.

Kuphatikiza pa sewero layekha komanso mawonetsero angapo oyambilira, Ted ndi wokamba bwino komanso mphunzitsi, wojambula zisudzo, nthabwala, zaluso, komanso mzimu wowonetsa chidwi. Iye ndiye woyambitsa ndi Executive Director wa Center for Art, Humor, and Soul. Ted wapereka utsogoleri ku NOAC, Msonkhano Wachinyamata Wadziko Lonse ndi Msonkhano Wapachaka.

Osheta Moore - Lachinayi

M'busa, wolankhula, mayi, mkazi: Osheta Moore imakonda kwambiri kukhazikitsa mtendere, kuyanjanitsa mafuko, ndi chitukuko cha anthu m'matauni. Osheta (amatchulidwa o-she-da, ndipo ayi, sizikutanthauza kalikonse, iye akuti, “abambo anga angopanga kumene”) abusa a Roots Moravian Church motsatira mwamuna wake. Osheta ali ndi chidwi chokonzekeretsa mpingo kuti ukhale ochita mtendere tsiku ndi tsiku. Iye ndi mlembi wa Shalom Sistas, kuyitanidwa kwa amayi kuti agwiritse ntchito lingaliro la Chihebri la Shalom m'moyo wawo watsiku ndi tsiku ndi bukhu lake laposachedwapa, Okondedwa Azungu Amtendere, ndi kalata yachikondi yopita kwa Akhristu oyera paulendo wawo wolimbana ndi kusankhana mitundu. Akumalizanso pulogalamu yake yazaka ziwiri kuti akhale Mtsogoleri Wauzimu kuti athe kuthandiza ochita mtendere ndi machitidwe ndi mapemphero aulendo. Osheta ali ndi "kuwuluka mu baluni ya mpweya wotentha" pamwamba pa mndandanda wa ndowa zake, ndipo ali wotsimikiza kuti chirichonse chiri bwino pambuyo pogona. Ndiwokondwa kulowa nawo NOAC chaka chino! Adalalikira ku National Youth Conference chilimwe chatha.

Lolemba

Jeremy Ashworth ndi mwamuna, bambo, ndi M'busa wa Circle of Peace Church of the Brethren ku Peoria, AZ, chigawo cha Phoenix. Amakonda ma taco.

Lachiwiri

Christina Singh ndi m’busa wa Freeport Church of the Brethren ku Freeport, Illinois kuyambira 2016. Iye ali wokonda kulalikira Mawu a Mulungu, kugwirira ntchito Mulungu, komanso kulera banja la mpingo wake.

Lachitatu

Deanna Brown pakali pano ndi woyambitsa ndi wotsogolera Cultural Connections, ulendo wapadziko lonse wamitundu yosiyanasiyana wa amayi omwe akupita ku India kukatenga nawo mbali pakusintha chilungamo ndi machiritso. Deanna ndi mwamuna wake, Brian Harley, amakhala ku Indiana komwe amakondwerera moyo wozunguliridwa ndi chilengedwe komanso anzawo.

Lachinayi

Lexi Aligarbes ndi Co-Pastor ku Harrisburg First Church of the Brethren. Amakonda kwambiri mautumiki a zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana, kulimbikitsa machitidwe auzimu m'madera osiyanasiyana, ndikukondwerera kulemera komwe kumabwera chifukwa chokhala nawo mu mpingo wa Abale mumzindawu.

Friday

Katie Shaw Thompson ndi m'busa wa Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren ku Elgin, IL, mayi wa ana aŵiri, woluka wofuna kuluka, komanso woyenda panjinga ya nyengo zinayi. Amachita chidwi ndi malemba, nkhani za moyo zomwe aliyense wa ife ayenera kugawana, nthano zongopeka za m'mabuku omwe amakonda, komanso momwe nkhani zomwe timafotokozera zimaumba dziko lomwe tikukhalamo.