Friday, August 23, 2019

Right at the Heart Conference 2019

Youth and Children lama thawktute pualin Right at the Heart Conference 2019 chu 26 August atanga 1 September 2019 thleng hian Sunbury Conference Centre, Sunbury Court, London-ah neih a ni dawn. He Conference-ah hian India Eastern Territory aiawhin Captain K Rohlupuia Territorial Youth Secretary leh Captain Charles Chalrimawia Territorial Children’s Officer te chu an tel ang. Conference hi General Brian Peddle leh Commissioner Rosalie Peddle World President of Women’s Ministries hovin bul tanna leh a kharna hun hman a ni ang.


Rilru hrisel tak nei turin tunlai naupangte leh thalaite hian chhuan lo awm tawhte aia nasa in an nunah tawnbuak tur an ngah a, Social Media chak tak leh Technology sang tak in lumlet karah hian kaihruaitu an mamawh takzet a ni. Mordekaia'n lalnu Estheri hnena, 'lal nihna i lo chan hi hetih hun atan ngei hian a ni dawn lawm ni?', [Estheri 4:14] tia a lo zawh ang khan, kan tunlai huna naupangte leh thalaite kaihruai tur hian Salvation Army hi Pathianin dinhmun pawimawh takah a dah a, chumi atana kaihruaitu turte lo thuam chakna atan he hunbik hi buatsaih a ni.

He Conference-ah hian khawvel pumpuia Territory leh Command tin atanga TYS leh TCO, mi 100 an kalkhawm dawn a ni. Conference chhung hian kan naupangte leh thalaite rawngbawlna tihchak dan turte, rinna kawnga intuh ngheh zawk dan turte, him zawka an awm theih dan turte, rilru hrisel zawk an neih theihna tura enkawlna pek dan turte zirho a ni ang. Zirtirna hi mithiam bik, khawvel hmun hrang hrang  atanga thlan bik te’n an pe dawn a, heng bakah hian Bible Study leh Zone hrang hrang anga sawihona hun neih a ni bawk ang.

CS Lewis- a chuan, 'Naupangte hi hna pawimawh tak laka min la pengtu an ni lo. Anmahni hi kan hna pawimawh ber chu an ni' (Children are not a distraction for more important work. They are the most important work), tiin a sawi. Kan Territorial Commander, Commissioner Lalzamlova pawh hian kumin atangin Facebook-ah Salvation Army thalai kum 30 hnuailamte pual group - Youth of SAIET a siam a, thalaite ngaihdan leh an harsatnate hriatpui a, ngaihven zuina atana siam a ni. A kum huamchhunga awm i nih hlauh chuan lo join ve ngei i tum dawn nia.

Right at the Heart Conference hi kum 2015 khan Sunbury Court-ah neih alo ni tawh a, tuna Conference neih tur hi a vawi hnihna a ni. Captain Charles Chalrimawia, kan Territorial Children’s Officer chu Right at the Heart Conference Programme  Committee-ah hian South Asia Zone aiawhtu a ni mek bawk a ni.

Jean Ralte

Friday, August 16, 2019

LEAGUE OF MERCY 2022

Heng ka unau te berte zinga mi pakhat chunga in tih chu ka chunga ti in ni (Matthaia 25:40)

Hmuchhuaktu William Booth-a fapa - Commandant Herbert Booth-a, Canada-a Territorial Commander anih lai khan Toronto-ah League of Mercy (Khawngaihtu Pawl) hawnna inkhawm December 16, 1892 a an neih thu ziak a ni a, an inkhawmna chanchin hi December 31, 1892 khan Canada War Cry-ah tarlan a ni. He pawl lo ding tharin a tum chu -  Sipai Pawl-a hmeichhiate in-unauna tichak a, damdawiin te tlawhin, Krista hnathawh chu mamawhtute hnen thlengphaka thawk chhuak tura din a ni.   February 4, 1893-a War Cry chhuakah chuan League of Mercy chuan hna a thawk ta ngei a ni tih a puang a, hemi hnu hian ramdangahte pawh League of Mercy chu a darh zau ta zel a. He hmangaihna leh khawngaihna rawngbawl hnaah hian mipa leh hmeichhiate an thawk tlang a, khawvel hmun thenkhatah chuan Community Care Ministries tih a ni bawk.

League of Mercy hi Corps-a Women Ministries peng pakhat, mipa leh hmeichhia te thawhhona a ni a, a tum ber chu Tanpuina rawngbawl hna thawh a ni. He rawngbawl hna hi mahnia awm te, khawhar te, piansualna emaw, bawrhsawmna emaw leh thil engemaw bik tak avanga dah hran, mi tlawh mang lohte tan a ni a. Mi, anmahni chauhva chengte emaw Dahkhawmna in - Lung In te, damdawiin te leh tanpuina pek tura lakkhawm te hnen thleng phaka rawngbawl hi a thiltum ber chu a ni.

Mi tupawh, mipa emaw, hmeichhia emaw kum 14 chunglam, Krista tana inpe, midangte lainatna leh hmangaihna an neihzia hmuh theiha tilang te reng reng chu member-an ni thei vek a, member ni duh chuan dilna ah hming an ziak a, Corps Officer-in a dilpui (recommend) thin. League of Mercy chhinchhiahna chu rawng sen chungah Geneva Kros var a ni a (Geneva Cross chu, a dung leh a vang inchen kros hi a ni), in-an tlanna chhinchhiahna a ni a, LOM memberte'n mite an kanvelnaah bel ngei tur a ni.

 
Kum 1983, Eastern India Territory ni a, Lenin Sarani, Calcutta-a Territorial Headquarters awm lai khan kan Home League President Commissioner Ruby Mannam Samuel-i kaihhruaina hnuaiah League of Mercy rawngbawlna hi Calcutta-ah chuan neih a ni tawh a. Sipai Tlangau January 1984 issue-ah Major Zamawii, Secretary for League of Mercy, Central Division chuan October ni 22, 1983 a League of Mercy din anih thu a lo ziak a ni. An din tirh hian League of Mercy member atana inpe mi 22 an nei a, October ni 29-ah member thar 4 in an belh leh a, November ni 5-a member thar 1 nen an zavaiin member 27 an awm thu a tarlang. Heng an inhmuhkhawm hian memberte chuan thawhlawm an kengkhawm a, a hmasaber hian Rs.73/-, a dawtah Rs.44/-, a tum thumnaah Rs.80/-, avaiin Rs.187/- an ngah a ni.

 

Jan198416 LOM

 

An fehchhuahna hmasaber chu October ni 29, 1983 khan Z.E.F. te enkawl Hermon Children's home an tlawh a, tanpuina Rs.140/- lai an hlan a, member 18 an thawkchhuak a ni. Hemi kum vek November ni 5 khan Civil Hospital-a damlo rethei zual mi 8 hnenah kanna thilpek Rs.5/- theuh an hlan bawk a, member 11 an thawkchhuak tih a tarlang bawk a ni. Heng bakah hian Jail tlawhna hunte pawh an hmang a ni.

Kum 1993 khan Territory dinhmun pek kan ni a, tichuan, 17 July, 1994 khan R.M.Hall-ah Territorial League of Mercy Secretary hmasaber turin Major Lalzuithangi (tuna Lieut. Colonel Rtd. ni a Chaltlang Corps-a awm mek) chu Colonel Sawngchhunga, Territorial Commander hmasaber khan a lo nemnghet ve ta a ni. Kum 1995 atangin Lamka Corps leh Saitual Corps ah te din a ni a, Corps dangah te pawh dinchhoh a lo ni ta zel a ni. India Eastern Territory-a League of Mercy din kum 39-na kan hman mek lai hian Centre 111-ah LOM a lo ding ta a, Member pawh 8541 lai kan lo tling ta. Territory level-ah harsatna bik tak nei mi 32 chhawmdawl mek niin, Corps level-ah chhungkua engemawzat hnenah LOM te hian tanpuina an hlan thin a ni.

Chaltlang Corps-ah hian kum 1995 July thla atang khan League of Mercy hi din a ni a, bialtu C.O. Major Laichhingi kaihhruaina hnuaiah din ni in, kan LOM Secretary hmasaber chu Pi Hmingduhawmi a ni a, LOM Treasurer hmasaber Pi Nukimi a ni thung. Tun dinhmunah LOM member 136 Chaltlang Corps-ah kan awm mek a, hemi-ah hian member 36 chu non-Salvationists an ni.

League of Mercy tihtur ber chu vantlang zinga mimal tinte thlarau lam leh tisa lama tanpui an tulna taka va tanpui a ni. Tualchhung mamawhna dan a zir te, memberte dinhmun a zir te in League of Mercy chuan a rawngbawlna chu a her danglam thin a ni.

Friday, August 2, 2019

Enge Harvest Festival chu?

‘Harvest’ tih hi Old English thumal ’hærfest’, atanga lak niin, sap-in “autumn” an tih mai, favang tihna a ni. Lo-a thlai thar lakkhawm runpui hun a kawk deuh ber. Favang hunlaia thlabial hi Harvest Moon tiin an vuah a, Harvest festivals chu Harvest Moon hnaih ber Chawlhni-ah an hmang thin a ni. Thlai a lo puitlin tak avanga lawmthu sawina leh rim taka hnathawh rah seng theiha awm ta avanga hlimna lo thleng lawmna hun a ni.


Kan mamawh tinreng min pek avanga Pathian hnena lawmthu kan sawina hunbik Harvest Festival-ah hian, kan thlaithar leh dehchhuah tinreng atanga kan dahhrante  Biakinah kan kengkhawm thin a, chungte chu pawisaah chantirin, chumi tlingkhawm chu kan vela mamawhtute hnenah semdarh a ni thin.

American hovin Thankgiving hmasaber nia an sawi pawh kha, America ram an hmuchhuah hnua an Thlaithar hmasaber lawmna October 1621-a an neih kha a ni a, Harvest Festival a ni. Tichuan, chumi chu chhawm nung zelin ‘Thanksgiving Day’ tia hmangin, kum 1864 atang khan President Abraham Lincoln-a chuan an ram ni pawimawhah puangin an hmang zui ta zel a ni. British ho chuan kum 1843 atang khan Biakin-ah Harvest Festival an hmang tan a, Cornwall-ah Rev. Robert Hawker-a chuan a kohhran mite kokhawmin lawmthu sawina hunbik an lo hmang a ni.

SALVATION ARMY HARVEST FESTIVAL hmasaber nia hriat chu Winslow vawngtu Officer te – Captain McIver leh Lieut. Short te kaihhruaina hnuaia 1890 favang a hman kha a ni. Inrinni atanga tanin Bazar hmun lun laiah harvest festival service neih a ni a, Chawlhniah thlaithar thawhlawmte nalh taka remin urhsun takin hun an hmang a, a tukah Captain Fisher, London hovin an hralh leh a ni. 1909 khan USA-a Salvation Army pawhin an hmang tan. Kum 1929 khan Self Denial Appeal ang hian Harvest Festival Appeal siam a lo ni tawh a, Harvest Festival hi urhsun taka hmangin, thlaithar mai bakah beramno te, puan te pawh an keng khawm thin a ni.


Salvation Army emaw Kristiante chauh emaw hian Harvest Festivals hi kan hmang lo a, khawvel hmun hrang hrangah, hnam tihdan leh lawmdan chi hrang hrang hmangin, leia thil lo to avanga thlai/thingkung lo puitling ta lawmna hunbik chi tam tak a awm. Thenkhat lo tarlang ila - Chuseok - Korea, Olivagando - Italy, Incwala - Swaziland, Pongal - Southern India, Sukkot - Israel, The Moon Festival - China, Taiwan, Singapore leh Vietnam, Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia - Argentina, Kadayawan Festival - Philippines, angte hi an thil tharchhuahte avanga intihhlimna kut an ni.

Kan Harvest Festival danglam bikna chu, tunlai hunah pawh hian ‘MIDANGTE’ kan thupui a la ni fan hi a ni. Thlaithar thawh tur kan neilo a ni thei, amaherawhchu, eitur chhe mai lo turte a kenkhawm theih a, UK leh ramdangah chuan Salvation Army te semdarh leh turin Harvest Festival-ah hian hengte hi an kengkhawm mai thin a ni. Kan ram ah chuan lo nei mi in, kan lova thlai tharte kan kengkhawm a, midangte kenkhawm sa, a man hu aia tovin kan chansak bawk a, chung pawisa tlingkhawm chu Headquarters-ah thehluh a ni a, chanhaite leh thlaraubo manna atan hman thin a ni.

Harvest hian Kristiante nunah tum thuk zawk a nei lo maw?            
Nei e, Krista tana thlaraubote sengkhawm hna leh Salvation Army te’n ‘growing saints’ (mite invawng thianghlim tura zirtir) kan tih mai, midangte Pathian hmangaihna hriatfiah tir tura zirtir hi a ni. Galatia 6:9 [KJV] 'Chuvangin, thil tha tih I ning lo vang u; kan inthlahdah loh chuan a hun takah a rah kan seng ngei dawn si a', tih ziak a ni. Tun Chawlhnia ‘Harvest Festival’ kan hman tur pual hian - mite thinlunga chi nung tuhtu ni thei tura min buatsaih turin Pathian dil ila, tichuan Pathian rinawmna leh Chhandamtu ropui chanchin zirtirin, rah duhawm tak kan seng thei ang.

Jean Ralte