1) The discussion centered around whether Christian churches promote community service. Members discussed that while churches primarily focus on spiritual teachings and worship, they also encourage helping others through various social programs. 2) Some noted that serving communities is an important part of following Christ's teachings to love your neighbor and care for the less fortunate. Others argued that churches exist first for spiritual guidance and worship, but do not discourage community involvement. 3) Most agreed that whether or not directly organized by churches, Christian values of compassion should inspire believers to assist their communities through voluntary service when able. How this is done may vary between congregations but the spirit of serving others is consistent with the faith.

1. Discussion on Duration : 20 Mins.
Chhûngkaw hlawhtling hi
engtia teh tùr nge?
-Ellis H.Pachuau 05042009 0221AMAV
Moderator : Awle hei, ‘Chhûngkaw hlawhtling hi engtia teh
tùr nge?’ tih thupui hmanga inkawm khawmna
hun remchang tak kan nei thei hi a lawmawm
hlein ka hria. Chhûngkaw hlawhtling han tih hian
kan tehfung hman azirin ‘chhûngkaw hlawhtling’
kan tih pawh a inang lo thei hle awm e.
1st Member : Ni e, kan teh dàn azirin henkhatin chhûngkaw
hlawhtling nia kan chhalte pawh henkhatte
chuan kan ti ve kher lo thei tlat a ni.
2nd Member : A dik khawp mai. |henkhata hlawhtling viaua
lang pawh kha a lehlam zawnga teha
hlawhchham ngiang pawh awm ve theih deuh
mai a nia.
Moderator : Engpawhnisela, chhûngkua kan han tih hian eng
chin hi nge huamtîr tùr ni ang?
3rd Member : Kan Bible lamin a sawi dàn aangin han sawi
dáwn ta ila : Bible ziak hun laia a awmzia leh a
huam chin ngau ngau chu zau tak a ni a: Chi
leh kuang bul hnai deuh te, inneihna avànga
laina hnai deuh te, sal te, mi khual pawh laichin
bul hnai an nih chuan chhûngkua hian a huam
thei vek a ni.
2nd Member : E...a lo ni maw? Chhûngkua tih hi kan lam kur
dup tak na a, chutiang taka Bible-in a
huamzautîr chu ka lo hre hlei nem. A
bengvarthlâk hìn e.
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2. 3rd Member : Han sawi chhunzawm leh ta ila : Chhûngkua
chuan thisen thuhmun leh chenna thuhmuna
cheng a kawk a. Chhûngkua chuan in a kâwk
thei bawk. In sa tùrin chhûngkua din a ngai
tihna a nih chu.
1st Member : Chutiang chu chhûngkaw awmzia zau taka
sawina a ni mai a: tuna kan kawhtîr tum tak hi
chu mihring nupaa insiam a, fanaute rawn neia
in khata chêngho hi chhûngkaw bul chu a ni lo
thei lo. Member-te a tlém emaw an tam emaw
pawh nise la, chhûngkua tia sawi an ni.
Moderator : Engpawhnisela, tuna chhûngkua kan han tih
tak hi chuan : mihring nupa leh an fate leh an
chênpui dangte, in khata chênghova
chhûngkaw inrelbawlna pakhat hnuaia
khawsaho hi kan kawhtîr ber ang chu.
2nd Member : Ni e, Bible lam ngaihnêpna ni lovin chutia kan
sawr zim deuh loh chuan a huamzau dáwn lutuk
tlatin ka hria.
Moderator : Chhûngkaw awmzia kan lo hre chiang ta a.
Mithiamte chuan, “Chhûngkua hi sawrkar te
ber,” an an lo ti hìn a. Hei hi a dik thui hlein
ka hria. Chhûngkaw insawrkarna a dik loh
chuan, a fuh tâwk loh emaw, a hat tâwk loh
chuan chhûngkaw ram hi a buai a, henawm
khawvéng a nghawng a, khawtláng leh ram
thlengin a nghawng chhuak hìn a ni.
3rd Member : I’n sawi tâkah chuan chhûngkua hi “School
hmasa ber; Damdawi In hmasa ber leh
Missionary Field hnai ber a ni,” an tih hin
bawk tak kha maw le. “Chhûngkua hi sawrkar
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3. tê ber,” kan tih si chuan chhûngkaw inrelbawl
dàn ha leh ha loin chhûngkaw hlawhtlinna
pawh a hril thui thei khawp dáwn a nih chu.
2nd Member : E...tehreng mai. Chumi piah lamah chhûngkaw
din dàn pawhin a hril thui thei khawp ang chu.
Rûk rûk aanga chhûngkaw bulan ngawtte hi
kei chu a dik theiin ka hre lo, insiamhat theih
chu ni tehmeuh mah sela, ser a awm kumkhua
tawh dáwn tlatin ka hria a, chhûngkaw din
dáwn hrim hrim pawhin fimkhur a ngai hlein
ka hria.
1st Member : Chhûngkaw obul a fuh loh chuan chhûngkaw
hlawhtling nih hi thil harsa tak tùr niin ka ngai
kei pawh.
Moderator : Chhûngkaw hlawhtling ni tùr chuan a bul an
hat a pawimawh hmasa kan ti a ni ber mai a.
Engpawhnisela, nang________(2nd Mem-
ber), chhûngkaw hlawhtling hi engtin nge i lo
teh hin han sawi teh khai.
2nd Member : Hlawhtling leh tling lo teh nán hian thlìrna chi
hnih awm theiin ka hria a: pakhatna chu Kristian
thlìrna aangin a ni a; pahnihna chu khawvêl
lam aanga thlìrna a tih theih âwm e.
1st Member : I’n sawi t?kah chuan a ni thei dáwn khawp
mai a. Kristian thlìrna leh khawvêl thlìrna aang
chuan hlawhtling kan tih pawh a inang lo thei
viau ang.
3rd Member : A pahnih aanga thlìr kawp chuan chhûngkaw
hlawhtling nih pawh thil har tak tùr lah ni a!
Moderator : Han sawi tlang nghal law law la maw le.
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4. 2nd Member : A...kei chuan engtiklai pawha tehfunga ka hman
hin chu ‘Kristian chhûngkua an ni em?’ tih hi
a ni. Kawng dangah sum leh pai nei rei ruiin,
eizawna mumal tak neiin, intodelh pawh nise
kei chuan ‘kristian chhûngkua’ an nih loh chuan
chhûngkaw hlawhtlingah ka chhiar thei lo. Chu
chu kristiante thlìrna pawh kan ti thei ang chu.
1st Member : A dik khawp mai. Chhûngkaw dintu hi Pathian
a nih miau avàngin chhûng tinte innghahna
lungphûm chu sum leh paiah, in leh lo-ah leh
thiamna-ah ni lovin Lal Isua Krista hriatnaah a
ni tùr a ni tih hi kei pawh ka ngaih dàn a ni.
3rd Member : Nichina ka sawi tâk ang khán Chhûngkaw
inrelbawl dàn ha leh ha loin chhûngkaw
hlawhtlinna pawh a hril thui thei ka tih kha.
Kristian chhûngkua an ni emaw ni lo emaw
pawh nise la, an inrelbawl dàn a hat tâwk loh
chuan a hlawhtlin theih lohah ka ngai.
2nd Member : Chhûngkua hi hlimna tùr, nun hahchawlhna
hmun leh thin dama awmna hmun tùr a nih laia
inrelbawl fel tâwk loh avànga damlai
hremhmuna chantîr palh pawh awm thei tak
tùr asin.
Moderator : Clyde M.Maramore chuan, “Mipain
damchhûnga a tih tùr ropui ber chu Kristian
chhûngkaw din hi a ni,” a lo ti a. Pa ber chuan
khawvêl thil mamawh ei leh bar, silh leh fen
ha tâwk pe theiin, thiamna sáng leh dinhmun
ha leh ropui tak takahte hlângkái thei mah se
Krista hnênah a chhûngkua a hruai lût thei lo a
nih chuan chhûngkaw hlawhtlingah chhiar an
ni thei lo ang chu.
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5. 1st Member : Miin, tuin emaw, Krista nêna chhûngkua a din
phawt chuan hlawhtlinna hi chu a awm a ni.
2nd Member : Pa, inchhûng lam up taka vawng hìn mi chu
pa hausa inchhûng lam thlahthlam si ai chuan a
dingchangin an hlawhtling zâwk fo hìn.
3rd Member : A...in han sawi chuan, chhûngkaw hlawhtling
ni tùr chuan Kristian chhûngkua din ngei ngei
a ngai a nih ber chu a...
Moderator : Thudang deuh han sawi ila(h) : Ei leh bara
intodelhte pawh hi chhûngkaw hlawhtling an ni
ti pawhin a sawi theihin ka hria a. Ei leh bara
intodelh lo chhûngkua chu chhûngkaw
hlawhtling ni-ah ka ngai thei lo a ni kei chu. Hemi
chungchángah hian sawi belh duh kan nei em?
1st Member : Chumi chungchángah chuan han tuihnih ve
zawk ka’n duh chu : Chhûngkaw hlawhtling
teh nán chuan ei leh bara intodelh hi a key
pawimawh tak chu a ni phawt mai. Ei leh bara
mi a harsat miau chuan Kristian chhûngkua
pawh kha din a harsat theih phah hìn a ni.
3rd Member : Ei leh bara intodelh loh hlauin chhûng tin hi
kan hmanhlel a, tuna kan intodelh lo a nih
pawhin kan thiltih apiang hi nakin hunah tal kan
la intodelh theih nán kan ti a ni ti ila kan sawi
uar lutuk a ni êm lo vang chu.
2nd Member : I’n sawi tâkah chuan a dik khawp mai. Fate
lehkha kan zirtîr chhan te, tuna rim taka hna
kan thawh chhante hi kan nakin hun kan
ngaihtuah vàng chu a ni chiang alãwm. Ei leh
bara intodelh chhûngkua chu mi hlawhtling chu
kei pawh an ni ka ti.
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6. Moderator : Aw le, kan sawi ta nual a, kristian chhûngkua
dintu chhûngkua leh ei leh bara intodelh
chhûngkuate hi chhûngkaw hlawhtling an ni kan
han ti a. Nang___________(1stMember),
chhûngkaw hlawhtling hi engtin nge i lo teh hin
han sawi ve leh thung la mawle.
1st Member : Kei chu in leh lo neih leh neih lohah pawh hian
chhûngkaw hlawhtling chu a teh theih dáwn lo’m
ni ka ti deuh a. Chhûngkaw tam tak, in leh lo
ngaihtuah lêm lo hi kan awm euh niin a hriat a.
Vawiina kan awm dana lungawi ringawt, mi in
hnuaia awm kumhlun ringawt te hi chu kawng
hrang hrangah hlawhtling mah se in leh lo an
neih miau loh chuan chhûngkaw hlawhtling tia
chhiar ngam an ni dáwn em ni ka ti deuh.
2nd Member : Chu laiah chuan han sawi ve duh ka nei a,
hei, Aizawl-ah te phei chuan mi inluah hi kan
tam khawp mai a. Mahnina in leh lo nei lo
chu chhûngkaw hlawhtling kan ni lo chu a ni
phawt mai maw?
1st Member : Ni e, a thu chu a khal deuh mai thei a.
Amaherawhchu, za-ah za chu dik lo deuh mah
se keia tehna chu a ni ve tlat a ni.
3rd Member : Ei leh barah intodelh pawh nise, kristian
chhûngkaw ha tak pawh ni raw sek sek, in
leh lo nei lo, mi in luah kan nih miau chuan kan
la hlawhtling tâwk lo chu a ni mai alawm.
Moderator : Chhûngkua tih leh In tih hi a inzawm tlat avàngin
chhûngkaw hlawhtling teh nán chuan in leh lo
neia khawsak chu tehna pawimawh tak chu a
ni rêng a ni. ___________(3rdMember) hian
engtin nge a lo teh hin han sawi ve thung sela.
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7. 3rd Member : Zirna chungchánga fate hlawhtling tak chhûngkua
hi chhûngkaw hlawhtling tiin a chhiar ngamin ka
hria kei chu. Zirnaa an hlawhtlin nà nâ na chuan
ei leh bar zawn chungchángah te, chhûngkaw
intodelh thu-ah te pawh kawng a kaw nghal ruih
ni hian ka hria.
2nd Member : Chu laiah chuan han sawi ve duh ka nei ve leh
a, nu leh pa tam tak hian kan fate tán zirna
lama rual kan awh lutuk avàngin phaiah emaw
Hostel-ah emaw kan dah bo a; zirna-ah chuan
hlawhtlin pawh an hlawhtling, amaherawhchu
nu leh pa zahna leh thlâkhlelhna te an nei lo
duh khawp a; hnam nunzia an rawn hloh haw
phei chuan manhla lo deuh niin ka hria.
1st Member : A dik khawp mai. Hna ha thawkin awm mah
se nu leh pa ngaihpawimawhna te an tlâkchham
miau chuan chhûngkaw hlim nih a lo har a, chu
chuan chhûngkuaah nghawng ha lo a nei thuai
mai hìn a ni. Zirnaah hlawhtlingin eizawnna
ha pawh thawk vek mah se chhûngkaw hlim
an nih si lo chuan hlawhchhamna chi khat chu
a ni thei tho a ni.
Moderator : Thudang leh deuh. Ruihtheihthil chungcháng
pawh hian chhûngkaw hlawhtling leh hlawhtling
lo chu a hril thui thei viau lo maw?
3rd Member : Hril thui dáwn lo’m ni? Chhûngkaw intodelh
tak, ei leh barah pawh ngaihtuah awm lo, silh
leh fen lamah pawh duh duh nei thei, chenna in
leh lo pawh nei ha eng ang mah sela,
chhûngkaw member zîngah ruihtheihthil ti an
awm phawt chuan chhûngkaw hlawhtlingah
chhiar theih an ni dáwn em ni?
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8. 2nd Member : A dik khawp mai. Chu lo lam zawng chuan
han sawi ilangin- tun laia chhûngkaw tam tak
buaina ruihtheihthil laka chhûngkua an him
phawt chuan chhûngkaw hlawhtlinna chi khat
chu a ni ve rêng rêngin ka hria.
1st Member : Ka pawm khawp mai in sawi chu. Han belh leh
deuh ka’n duh erawh chu ei leh bara intodelh te
kan han sawi a, fate zirnaa an hlawhtlin leh tlin loh
te, fate puitlin leh puitlin loh chungchángte kan
sawi tawh bawk a. Kristian chhûngkaw
chungcháng thlengin kan sawi tawh bawk a.
Khawvêla kan awm chhûng hi chuan sum leh pai
hi kan mamawh reng dáwn avàngin sum leh paia
intodelh chhûngkua hi chhûngkaw hlawhtling chu
an ni dáwn lo’m ni kan ti leh al(h) duh a ni.
3rd Member : A dik khawp mai a; amaherawhchu sum leh
pai lungkham lutuk chhûngkua thildang
ngaihthah leh si ang chi chu an hlawhtlinna a a
khingbái deuh ang chu.
Moderator : Aw le....Kan inkawm hona chu a bengvarthlâk
hle mai a, in lo vei ve hle hlawm a; a lâwmawm
hle mai. Hei hian rah ha tak a chhuah ngei
pawh beisei ila. Chhûngkaw hlawhtling teh tùr
chuan a hlawhtling lo lam nên kan han sawi
pawlh nawk nawk a. A tâwp bera ka han sawi
leh hrãm duh chu: Puan ven sawi chhîngin, tuna
kan dinhmun heuh aanga hmasâwnna rahbi
pakhat tal kan kai theihna tùr leh miten kan
chhûngkua hi ‘chhûngkaw hlawhtling an ni e’
tia min chhiar ve ngei theihna tùrin chhûngkaw
ha din tum ila, tunah kan hlawhtling mai lo a nih
pawhin i bei fat fat ang u.
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