NgoMsombuluko, zingama-21 kuMandulo, izigidi zabantu emhlabeni wonke zizohlonipha futhi zigubhe uSuku Lokuthula Lwamazwe Ngamazwe, olwasungulwa ngo-1981 yiNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene. Ngesikhathi esifanayo imifudlana yababaleki ibalekela izindawo ezinezingxabano emhlabeni wonke, ikakhulukazi ezimpini zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Abantu bayakuhlonipha ukuthula, abantu bayasibona isidingo sokuthula, kodwa izimpi ziyaqhubeka.
NgoSuku Lokuthula kulo nyaka, sizofunda futhi sihloniphe imizamo yabathile bokuthula abasebenza ukuvala ukuhlukana kobutha obubhebhezela izingxabano nezimpi. Sizokwenza futhi ukuzindla kwe-“Yiba Ukuthula” ekhonsathini nezinkulungwane zokuzindla okufanayo emhlabeni jikelele. Konke lokhu sizokwenza eHholo Lomphakathi eThomas Jefferson Memorial Church Unitarian Universalist, 117 Rugby Road eCharlottesville. Uhlelo lwethu luzolandela lolu hlelo:
- 6:00 babuthane eHholo Lomphakathi
- 6:15 qala ukuzindla "Yiba Ukuthula".
- 6:45 vala ukuzindla nge-interlude yomculo enikezwe u-Heena Reiter
- 7:00 qala ingxoxo yephaneli yokuvala Ukwehlukana Kobutha
– 8:30 ukuphetha umcimbi
Iphaneli yethu izofaka:
URoy Hange osebenza njengomfundisi weBandla LamaMennonite laseCharlottesville futhi oke wasebenza neSikhungo Sobulungiswa Nokwakha Ukuthula e-Eastern Mennonite University. URoy usechithe iminyaka eminingi eMpumalanga Ephakathi futhi unolwazi olubanzi ngezingxabano kuleso sifunda.
UMary Reed osebenze ukuze asize izisulu ze-AID eRwanda, njengamanje uhola ngokubambisana nohlelo lokusiza ekwakhiweni kabusha kwemfundo yasemaphandleni e-Cambodia, futhi isikhathi esiningi uhlala e-Thosamling, indela yamaBuddha yase-Tibet enyakatho ye-India.
UCarroll Houle, njengompristi weMaryknoll Fathers and Brothers of the Catholic Church, wakhonza eTanzania iminyaka engu-21, eKenya iminyaka engu-17, naseNhlanganweni Yezizwe Ezihlangene eNew York iminyaka emihlanu.
Amaphaneli ethu azokwabelana ngemininingwane evela kokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo. Wonke umuntu okhona angenza okufanayo, sonke ngethemba lokuqinisa umbono wethu ngezwe elinobulungisa nokuthula. Lo mcimbi uxhaswe yi-Interfaith Cooperation Circle yaseCentral Virginia kanye neCharlottesville Centre for Peace and Justice. Umcimbi umahhala futhi uvulelekile emphakathini. Kuzohlinzekwa ukudla okulula.
Impendulo eyodwa
Uzoba khona.