"Ku yi shiru, ku sani ni ne Allah." Ps. 46:10 a
LABARAI
1) Majalisar Ma'aikatun Kulawa tana nazarin "warkar da Shiru."
2) Majalisar ta amsa tambayar "Bayyanawar Rudani".
3) Taron karawa juna sani na kungiyar Ministoci ta bukaci da a dauki sabon salo.
4) Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ya aika da agaji zuwa Asiya da ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa.
5) Tawagar Church of the Brothers ta yi tattaki zuwa Sudan.
6) Rahotanni daga tarurrukan gundumomi uku na baya-bayan nan.
7) Masu sa kai na Kula da Yara na Bala'i suna shiga cikin damammaki na musamman.
8) Ofishin taron shekara-shekara yana motsawa zuwa sabon jadawalin aiki.
9) Yan'uwa rago: hukumar BBT, Waje Ministries, da sauransu.
KAMATA
10) Babban Hukumar ta nemi daraktan labarai/mataimakin editan Messenger.
ABUBUWA MAI ZUWA
11) Mark DeVries zai yi jawabi Taron Ma'aikatar Matasa.
12) Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center za ta sadaukar da harabar.
13) Camp Mack yana shirin sadaukar da sabon ƙauyen Ofishin Jakadancin.
BAYANAI
14) fakitin "Source" ya zo cike da kayan don faɗuwa.
1) Fiye da ’yan’uwa 250 ne suka taru a Cocin Bridgewater (Va.) na ’Yan’uwa Aug. 14-16 don mai da hankali kan “Warkar da Shiru,” jigon Majalisar Ma’aikatun Kulawa ta bana.
Ƙungiyar Kula da 'Yan'uwa (ABC) ce ta dauki nauyin taron na shekara-shekara. Ma'aikata da masu aikin sa kai daga ABC, Cocin of the Brother General Board, da kuma A Duniya Aminci sun tsara taron don fastoci, diakoni, malamai, da masu kulawa, suna mai da hankali kan ci gaban ruhaniya da taimako mai amfani tare da al'amurran kulawa.
Kowanne cikin hidimomin bautar taro guda uku sun yi amfani da ayyuka daban-daban na ikilisiya don wakiltar ruhun warkarwa da alherin Allah. A ranar Alhamis, an gayyaci masu halarta don yin ikirari shiru sannan su wanke hannayensu da tawul a matsayin alamar gafara.
A cikin saƙonta na buɗewa, Marjorie Thompson, wacce ke aiki a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Hanyoyi don Ruhaniya ta Kirista, ta nemi ’yan’uwa da su rabu da duniyar da ta damu da “24/7” kuma su rungumi rayuwar da ke girmama lokacin Asabar. “Idan muka dauki lokaci don yin addu’a, muna shaida gaskiya da ikon gaibi. Idan muka huta, muna shaida alheri da kulawar Allah,” in ji Thompson.
Tilden Edwards, wanda ya kafa Cibiyar Shalem, ya ba da sakon daren Juma'a. Bayan wata cibiyar ibada mai cike da gurasar burodi, Edwards ya yi magana game da yunwar da mutane ke da shi ga Allah a duniya da kuma yadda, ta hanyar ayyukan ruhaniya da al'adun bangaskiya, yunwar ta cika. "Za mu kasance marasa natsuwa har sai mun gane a karshe wuri guda na hutawa yana cikin Allah, ba kawai a matsayin ra'ayi ba amma a matsayin gaskiya mai rai," in ji Edwards. Kiɗa da ƙungiyoyin liturgical sun taimaka wa masu halarta a tsakiya su mai da hankali ga ruhun Allah. An gayyaci mahalarta don karɓar gurasa a matsayin alamar ƙauna da alherin Kristi.
A wajen rufe ibadar da aka yi a daren Asabar, Deforia Lane ta ba da labari daga rayuwarta da kuma aikinta a matsayin abokiyar daraktar Cibiyar Ciwon daji ta Ireland da kuma darektan Kula da Kiɗa a Asibitocin Jami'ar Cleveland. Ta bayyana yadda waƙa za ta iya yin hidima ga mutanen da ke fuskantar matsalolin rayuwa. Mahalarta sun sami kide-kide da lokutan shiru yayin ibadar, wacce ta rufe da hidimar shafewa. Jama'a suka yi gaba bi-biyu zuwa teburi da kyandirori da kwanonin mai suna shafa wa juna hannu da mai da wata albarka ta musamman.
Carol Scheppard, farfesa a fannin falsafa da addini a Kwalejin Bridgewater, ya jagoranci nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da safe. Nazarin ƙwazo da ta yi na annabawa Amos da Irmiya ta bincika yadda mutane masu bangaskiya suke fuskantar matsalolin rayuwa. A cikin kallon Amos 1-5, Scheppard ya bincika yadda mutane ke fuskantar matsaloli; yadda al’umma za ta shagaltar da su daga Allah; da kuma yadda masu imani ke yin kasada idan sun kasance masu bege. Tare da Irmiya a matsayin abin koyi, Scheppard ya ɗauki mahalarta tafiya don gane bege fiye da kanmu da kuma tare da Allah.
Kowace rana, ana gudanar da bita kan batutuwan kulawa iri-iri. Marlene Kropf, shugabar zartarwa na Ofishin Rayuwar Congregational Life for Mennonite Church Amurka, ta jagoranci tarurrukan bita guda huɗu baya ga daidaita abubuwan ibada. Sauran jagoranci na tarurrukan 39 sun fito ne daga hukumomin ’yan’uwa da ƙwararru ko ’yan ƙasa waɗanda ke da hannu a hidimar kulawa. Tsakanin zaman bita, an ga lokacin shiru da gangan don bai wa mahalarta lokaci don tunani ko hutawa. Hakanan ana samun damammaki don dandana tafiya ta labyrinth, tai chi, motsin tunani, motsin tukwane a motsi, ko shuru cikin launin ruwa.
Limamai ashirin ne suka shiga cikin wata waka ta Chaplains, wadda ta gabatar da liyafar cin abincin rana guda biyu tare da bayyana tarurrukan bita na musamman ga malaman coci. A lokacin abincin rana, Wendy Miller, farfesa da darektan ruhaniya a Gabashin Mennonite Seminary, da Ralph McFadden, wakilin ma'aikatan ABC na Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa Chaplains da kuma tsohon malamin asibiti sun gabatar da gabatarwa.
Bayan taron, mutane 14 ne suka halarci taron karawa juna sani da Cibiyar Nazarin Jagorancin ‘Yan’uwa ta ‘Yan’uwa ta gabatar. Nancy Faus da Tom Mullen ne suka jagoranta, taron karawa juna sani ya binciki "Kulawar Makiyaya a Zamanin Rikicin."
2) Biyo bayan wani mataki na taron shekara-shekara na wannan shekara a Boise, Idaho, Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara a ranar 15 ga Agusta ya ba da amsa ga "Tambaya don Bayyana Rudani" wanda Gundumar Michigan ta aiko.
Wakilai a Boise sun amince da shawarar kwamitin dindindin na tambayar, wanda ya yi magana game da matakin taron na 2002 kan ba da lasisi da nada 'yan luwadi. Shawarar ta bayyana cewa "damuwa da tambayoyin da ke cikin tambayar za a karɓi kuma a nemi Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara don amsa waɗannan batutuwa."
Shugaban majalisar Earl Ziegler da mai gabatar da taron shekara-shekara na 2004 Chris Bowman ya ba da amsar da kansa ga taron gundumar Michigan, taro a Cibiyar Taro ta Wesleyan a Hastings. An karanta wasikar majalisar ga wakilai da sauran wadanda suka halarci taron, bayan kammala tambayoyi da amsa.
Wasiƙar ta yi magana da sakin layi na ƙarshe na tambayar, wanda ke neman ƙarin haske kan yadda aikin taron na 2002 ya “yi dace da tsarin mulki da tsarin da ya gabata” kuma ya tambayi “yadda za mu ci gaba da ba da lasisi da naɗaɗɗen matsayi na gaba.” Gundumar Michigan ta kafa tarihi, kuma ta haifar da cece-kuce, a cikin watan Yuni 2002 ta hanyar nada ɗan luwadi a fili.
Amsar da Majalisar ta bayar, wanda alhakinta ya haɗa da fassara ayyukan Taron Taron Shekara-shekara, ya ce matakin na 2002 “ba ya saɓa wa tsarin siyasa a cikin ikirari na mutane don yin hidima a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.” Wannan matakin, in ji shi, “yana nufin cewa babu wanda aka san yana yin luwadi da madigo da za a ba shi lasisi ko kuma nada shi a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.” Ya lura da matsayin Babban Taron Taron Shekara-shekara a matsayin “ikon ƙarshe na Cocin ’yan’uwa a cikin dukan al’amura na tsari, tsari, siyasa, da horo,” bisa ga tsarin ɗarika.
Sauran tambayoyi da damuwa da aka taso a cikin tambayar sune "na tauhidi ko yanayin tsari," in ji wasiƙar, kuma tana buƙatar "ƙarin tattaunawa a cikin gundumar da dukan ɗarika." Majalisar ta ce za ta "ƙarfafa da jagoranci" irin wannan tattaunawa.
3) Jeffrey Patton na Easum Bandy Associates ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai magana don taron karawa juna sani na kungiyar Ministoci na Cocin 'yan'uwa na bana, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 9-10 ga Yuli a Boise, Idaho.
Kungiyar Ministoci a kowace shekara tana daukar nauyin taron karawa juna sani na shekara-shekara, wanda ministocin za su iya samun horo daga fitaccen mai magana kan batutuwan da suka shafi ma’aikatar.
Easum Bandy, bisa ga gidan yanar gizonta, ƙungiya ce da burinta shine taimakawa "shugabanni su tsara abubuwan da suka fi dacewa, gano maƙasudi, haɓaka sabbin dabaru, da motsa ikilisiyoyin don magance sha'awar ruhaniya, masu neman ci gaba na yau da kullun."
Patton - wanda ya maye gurbinsa bayan mai magana na asali David Loughery, shi ma na Easum Bandy, dole ne ya janye - ya kalubalanci ministocin darikar da su kalli ma'aikatar ta wata sabuwar hanya tare da raba fahimtar da aka samu daga shekarunsa na ma'aikatar makiyaya. Ya bayyana cewa al’adar yau ta bambanta da na dā, kuma ƙwararrun masu hidima su ne waɗanda za su sami sababbin hanyoyi don yaɗa ƙauna da bisharar Kristi.
Da yake lura cewa mutane sun saba da tunanin “ciki-kwali” (salon hidima na al’ada) da kuma tunanin “waje-akwatin” (hanyoyi daban-daban na salon hidima na gargajiya), Patton ya ce ƙwararrun ministoci a yau dole ne su koyi tunani. "Bayan akwatin" - ɗaukar hanyoyin zuwa hidima waɗanda suka bambanta sosai a cikin wannan al'ada ta zamani.
Kristi ya kira Ikilisiya domin ta girma, ta yadu, kuma ta ƙara girma, in ji shi. Don yin wannan, Ikilisiya dole ne ta yi hidima ta sabbin hanyoyin da ba a taɓa yin amfani da su ba ko kuma a yi tunani a baya.
4) Sabbin tallafi guda biyu daga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na Babban Kwamitin zai aika da dala 15,000 a matsayin taimakon agaji ga yankunan Asiya da ambaliyar ruwa ta lalata.
Kasafin dala 7,500 zai aika da taimako zuwa arewa maso gabashin Indiya, inda ambaliyar ruwan da ta haddasa damina ta raba sama da mutane miliyan 4.5 da muhallansu. Za a yi amfani da kudaden ne wajen rarraba kayayyakin agajin gaggawa, da tufafi, da gina matsugunan ambaliyar ruwa a yankunan da suka fi fama da rauni.
Tallafin na biyu na dala 7,500 zai je kudancin China. Mummunan ambaliyar ruwa ta raba miliyoyin mutane da muhallansu a wurin, inda da yawansu ke zama a matsuguni na wucin gadi da fama da cututtuka da kamuwa da cutar. Ana kuma hasashen karancin abinci a nan gaba saboda lalata amfanin gona. Za a yi amfani da kudaden ne wajen rarraba abinci, magunguna, gina gidaje da makarantu, da kayayyakin aikin gona.
Dukan tallafin biyu suna amsa kira ne na Sabis na Duniya na Church. An bayar da tallafi goma sha biyar daga asusun a bana.
5) Tawagar Church of the Brothers Faith & Advocacy na tafiya kudancin Sudan daga Agusta 22 zuwa 6 ga Satumba. Wadanda suka jagoranci kungiyar sune Phil da Louise Baldwin Rieman, limaman cocin Northview Church of the Brethren a Indianapolis da tsohon ma'aikatan mishan Sudan tare da kungiyar. Sabuwar Majalisar Cocin Sudan (NSCC).
Ofishin Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya ne ke ɗaukar nauyin tafiyar. Sauran mambobin kungiyar sun hada da Amy Beery na Indianapolis; Daraktan Amincin Duniya Barb Sayler, na Westminster, Md.; Kelly Burk na Richmond, Ind.; Otto Schaudel na Leola, Pa.; da Phillip Jones, darektan Babban Hukumar Sabon Haɗin Kan Ofishin Shaida/Washington (DC).
Ma’aikaciyar Brethren Merlyn Kettering, mai ba da shawara, da Harun Ruun, babban sakatare na NSCC, da ke Nairobi, Kenya ne ke jagorantar ziyarar a Sudan. Ana iya shirya gabatarwar taron jama'a ta waɗannan mahalarta kai tsaye tare da su ko ta hanyar kiran Janis Pyle a ofishin Haɗin kai a 800-323-8039.
6) Rahotanni daga tarurrukan gundumomi da dama na Cocin ’yan’uwa da aka gudanar a watan da ya gabata:
- Filayen Arewa: Taron ya gudana a watan Agusta 1-3 a Jami'ar Arewacin Iowa ta hanyar amfani da lakabin ɗarika, "Ci gaba da aikin Yesu. Lafia. Kawai. Tare,” a matsayin jigon. Rijista ya kasance 219. Jeff Neuman-Lee na ikilisiyar Panther Creek ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa, kuma membobin Panther Creek sun ba da yawancin jagorancin kiɗa na karshen mako. A cikin kasuwanci, wakilai sun amince da kasafin kudin gunduma na 2004 na $107,310; da ake kira Tim Peter a matsayin zababben shugaban kuma zababbun sauran shugabannin gundumomi; ya amince da rushe ikilisiyar Brooklyn (Iowa); kuma ya nada kwamitin rukunin yanar gizo don yin la'akari da zaɓuɓɓukan wuraren taron gunduma na gaba. Matasa da manya a taron sun tattara kayan makaranta 250 da za a aika zuwa Afganistan ta hanyar Sabis na Duniya na Coci, kuma wakilan ikilisiyoyin sun dauki wasu jakunkuna zuwa gida don cike da karin kayan.
- Kudu maso gabas: Taron ya sadu da Yuli 25-27 a Kwalejin Mars Hill (NC) tare da taken "Tsaya akan Dutse," daga 2 Tas. 2:15. Mai jawabin taron shi ne Russell Payne na Coulson Church of the Brothers a gundumar Virlina. A harkokin kasuwanci, wakilai sun zartas da kasafin kudin shekara mai zuwa, sun amince da sabbin dokokin sansani na Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas, da kuma amince da muhimman bayanan kimar yankin, kamar haka: “1. Allah, Mahalicci yana sa kauna da alherinsa na Allah ga dukkan bil'adama; 2. Bisa ga Yohanna 14:6 Yesu Kiristi shi ne kaɗai Mai Ceto da Ubangiji. Shi kaɗai ne ke da ikon fanshi ɓatattu; 3. Mun gaskanta da Littafi Mai-Tsarki tare da Sabon Alkawari a matsayin mulkin bangaskiya da aiki; 4. Limamin coci, shugabanni, da ƴan majalisa su yi koyi da jagorancin bawa ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ruhu Mai Tsarki; da 5. Ya kamata ikilisiyoyin da ke cikin gundumar su kula da haɗin kai da gunduma, ɗarika da dukan jikin Kristi.” An gudanar da taron tunawa da fastoci uku da suka mutu a shekarar da ta gabata, kuma an ba da girmamawa ga mutane biyu da suka kammala shirye-shiryen Cibiyar Ci gaban Kirista da Horar da Ma’aikata (TRIM). Mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara Chris Bowman ya raba sabuntawa a cikin lokacin tambaya-da amsa taron shekara-shekara. Jigon 2004 zai zama “Almajirai,” daga Matt. 28:19, tare da Tim Coulthard yana aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa.
- Western Plains: Haɗu da Agusta 1-3 a Jami'ar Kudancin Colorado a Pueblo tare da taken "Bear . . . ku gafarta wa juna,” daga Kol. 3:12-13. Ken Frantz na ikilisiyar Haxtun ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa. An yi rajista 206, tare da wakilai 73. Babban daraktan zaman lafiya na On Earth Bob Gross ne ya jagoranci wata tattaunawa da safiyar Juma'a. Masu gabatar da ibada a lokacin karshen mako sune Frantz; David Smalley, fasto na ikilisiya Topeka (Kan.), Keith Funk, fasto a Quinter (Kan.); da Joyce Petry, Fasto na Antelope Park, Lincoln, Neb. Takaitacciyar "Jigin Bangaskiya" da aka dauki nauyin shekaru goma don shawo kan tashin hankali an shiga tsakani ta cikin zaman kasuwanci. A cikin kasuwanci, wakilai sun amince da ministocin da aka naɗa tare da shekaru 30 ko fiye da hidima; ya tuna da ministoci hudu wadanda rayuwarsu ta kare a shekarar da ta gabata; magance buƙatun rufe Fredonia (Kan.), Rocky Ford (Colo.), da Verdigris (Emporia, Kan.) ikilisiyoyin; kuma ya amince da kasafin kudin gunduma na 2004 na $145,164. Sauran masu magana sun haɗa da Don Vermilyea a kan Tafiya a Ƙasar Amirka; Anne Albright ta McPherson (Kan.) A kan tafiyarta zuwa Iraki tare da Ƙungiyoyin Masu Aminci na Kirista; John Doran na Antelope Park (Lincoln, Neb.) akan kula da halittar Allah; da Sarah Hoffman na Monitor (Kan.) akan kiranta zuwa hidima. An kuma bayar da tarurrukan bita da dama. Matasa sun shafe karshen mako suna gina gidan wasan kwaikwayo a karkashin kulawar mai kula da bala'in gundumar da masu taimakawa. An sayar da shi a wani gwanjon yammacin Asabar wanda Projects Unlimited ya dauki nauyinsa.
7) Masu ba da agaji a cikin shirin kula da yara na bala'i na Cocin of the Brother General Board sun sami gogewa na musamman guda biyu don yin hidima a cikin 'yan makonnin nan.
A ranar 9 ga Agusta, masu sa kai na DCC guda biyar daga Cocin ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa a Indiana - Homer da Rosetta Fry, Phyllis Davis, Jean Ann Replogle, da Fredette Cash - sun halarci wani bikin baje kolin Ambaliyar ruwa mai fa'ida, wanda aka gudanar a kantin Lowe a Kokomo. . Kula da yara masu bala'i ya dauki kungiyar ne bisa gayyatar hukumar bada agajin gaggawa ta tarayya FEMA domin bada kulawa ga yaran iyalai da suka halarci bikin.
Taron, wanda FEMA, Indiana Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (INVOAD), da Lowe's suka dauki nauyinsa, ya ba da damammaki na ilimi. Kwararrun gine-ginen da suka cancanta don magance matsalolin dawo da ambaliyar ruwa sun jagoranci asibitoci akan gyaran gyare-gyare da dabaru.
Sa'an nan, a cikin wannan makon da ya gabata, an gayyaci DCC don yin haɗin gwiwa tare da Ma'anar Bala'i na Lutheran da Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Arewa don ba da kulawa ga yara ƙanana a cikin sansanin. Masu aikin sa kai na DCC Julie Sword ta Illinois wata Phyllis Davis ta Indiana ta yi aiki a matsayin masu ba da shawara ga Camp Nuhu, wanda ke cocin Almasihu Lutheran Church a Roseau, Minn.
Camp Nuhu shiri ne na tushen Kirista wanda ke taimakawa ci gaba da warkarwa ta ruhaniya da tsarin ruhi ga yara (maki K-6) da bala'i ya shafa. Ya haɗu da tallafin farfadowa ga yara tare da nishaɗi don samar da "kwarewa ta musamman, mai haɓakawa ta ruhaniya, da warkarwa." Sati na yau da kullun na Camp Nuhu yana faruwa a cikin al'ummar da bala'i ya shafa, muddin sararin ya kasance lafiya, kuma - idan abin ya shafa - ya murmure sosai don samar da yanayi mai daɗi da maraba.
A cewar mai gudanarwa na DCC Helen Stonesifer, sansanin yana gayyatar yara, a cikin sansanin kwana, don aiwatar da bala'in bala'i ta hanyar kwatanta shi da bala'in Nuhu kamar yadda yake a cikin Tsohon Alkawari. Jigon kowace rana ya ƙunshi sashe na labarin Nuhu. Yayin da suke ci gaba ta labarin Nuhu, yaran suna ci gaba ta labarin nasu da kuma yanayin farfadowa da bala’i.
Stonesifer ya rubuta cewa: "Tare da ƙwararrun ma'aikatan da ke kula da su, yara da iyalansu suna samun tallafi ta wurin gano cewa takwarorinsu suna da irin wannan ra'ayi da tsoro," kuma ta wurin Kristi, akwai ƙarfi da bege na gaba."
8) Tare da amincewar Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara, ma'aikatan taron na shekara-shekara za su matsa zuwa sabon jadawalin aiki daga ranar 2 ga Satumba.
Yin aiki tare da makonni na aiki na kwanaki hudu, babban darektan Lerry Fogle zai kula da lokutan ofis daga 7 na safe zuwa 5 na yamma Litinin zuwa Alhamis. Mataimakiyar taron Rose Nolan za ta kula da waɗancan sa'o'i guda Talata zuwa Juma'a.
Tare da sabon jadawalin, za a fadada kasancewar ma'aikata a ofishin a kowace rana ta mako, wanda zai ba da damar yin hulɗa tare da mazaɓa daga bakin teku zuwa bakin teku. Ana aiwatar da sabon jadawalin aiki bisa ga gwaji, tare da tantance nasararsa da kuma buƙatun da Majalisar za ta gudanar a bazara mai zuwa.
9) Yan'uwa: Sauran taƙaitaccen bayanin kula daga kewayen darika da sauran wurare.
- Kwamitin Amintattun 'Yan'uwa a taron bazara, ranar 8 ga Yuli a Boise, Idaho, ta zabi Dick Pogue na Susan, Va., a matsayin shugaban hukumar na shekara mai zuwa. Fred Bernhard na Arcanum, Ohio, an kira shi a matsayin mataimakin kujera. Kwamitin BBT na gaba zai hadu da Nuwamba 21-22 a McPherson, Kan.
- Wani zaman tattaunawa don shirin Sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar ya faru a wannan makon da ya gabata a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa da ke New Windsor, Md. Janar ma'aikatan Hukumar Chris Douglas da Mary Jo Flory-Steury, tare da darektan hulda da cocin Kolejin Manchester Wendi Hutchinson, sun shafe lokaci. kimantawa da jin labarai daga abubuwa daban-daban na wannan bazara. Matasa matasa goma sha shida ne suka halarci shirin, suna hidima a matsayin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ma’aikatu daban-daban. Shekara ta takwas ke nan da aka gabatar da shirin.
- Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatun Waje (OMA) za ta gudanar da taronta na kasa Nuwamba 14-16 a Camp Blue Diamond kusa da Petersburg, Pa. Yohann Anderson, wanda ya kafa "Wakoki da Ƙirƙiri," zai zama baƙo mai magana a kan taken "Ƙungiyar Abokan Hulɗa da Jama'a. Dynamics." Ana gayyatar shugabannin coci, malamai, matasa, shugabannin sansani, da sauran masu sha'awar halarta. Kudin shine $80 don cikakken rajistar Juma'a zuwa Lahadi, $45 don Asabar kawai, lokacin da Anderson zai gabatar. Komawar daraktoci da manajoji na OMA na shekara-shekara zai biyo bayan Nuwamba 16-21, kuma a Camp Blue Diamond. Jadawalin su zai haɗa da taron bita, waƙa, da tafiya zuwa Kwalejin Juniata.
- Dutsen Dutsen Hermon, Tonganoxie, Kan., Yana gab da kammala aikin sabon gininsa mai amfani da yawa. Sabon tsarin yana haɗe zuwa ɗakin cin abinci kuma zai ba da ƙarin ofis da wuraren aiki.
- Aikin Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na Babban Kwamitin Ikilisiya na Yan'uwa zai ci gaba a Columbus, Miss., har zuwa Satumba. Masu ba da agaji suna sake gina gidaje a cikin yunƙurin dawo da guguwa. Ma'aikatan Amsar Gaggawa suna binciken yiwuwar sabbin ayyuka a Missouri ko Illinois. Wakilan martanin bala'o'i a Indiana, Ohio, da West Virginia, suma suna ci gaba da tuntuɓar ƙungiyoyin cikin gida don tantance buƙatun taimako don farfadowar ambaliyar ruwa.
- Ofishin Cocin 'Yan'uwa Washington ya karbi bakuncin Grace Mishler, babbar ma'aikaciyar mishan ta hadin gwiwa ta Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya a Vietnam, Agusta 15-19. Tare da hidimar hidim din kungiyar hidiman na 'yan majalisar dokoki da Emily Liver, ta yi bayanin aikinta ga ma'aikatan majalisa, kungiyar ta kasa kan tawaya & Cibiyar Rabilitation. Mishler yana aiki a matsayin malami/ma'aikacin zamantakewa a Jami'ar Vietnam ta ƙasa a Ho Chi Minh City. Daga cikin nasarorin da ta samu akwai samar da wani kwas kan wayar da kan jama’a na nakasassu. Ikklisiya ta Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa da Ofishin Jakadancin Mennonite na Gabas ne ke daukar nauyin shigarta.
- ’Yan’uwa ishirin sun yi tafiya zuwa ƙasar Honduras ta Tsakiyar Amurka don ziyarar koyo ta kwanaki 10 a farkon watan Agusta. Mahalarta taron, ciki har da matasa 11, sun fito daga gundumomi takwas. Kungiyar ta yi tattaki zuwa wata karamar al’umma da ke kudancin kasar inda suka taimaka wajen gina asibitin kiwon lafiya tare da samun jagoranci kan yanayin zamantakewa da tattalin arziki daga mai masaukin bakinsu, Hukumar Cigaban Kirista. Kungiyar ta kuma ziyarci kauyukan da taimakon ci gaban 'yan'uwa suka taimaka tare da zagayawa kan Ruins na Mayan a Copan. Jagoran gwaninta shi ne tsohon darektan Shaidun ’yan’uwa David Radcliff, yanzu yana aiki tare da New Community Project. Shugaban ginin kungiyar shine Jim Dodd na Midland, Va., Ya yi tafiyarsa ta 10 zuwa Honduras.
- An karrama darektan Kungiyoyin Masu Zaman Lafiyar Kirista (CPT) Gene Stoltzfus saboda sadaukarwar da ya yi na tsawon rayuwarsa na yin aikin zaman lafiya a lokacin taron shekara-shekara na Cocin Mennonite Amurka na bazara a Atlanta, a cewar wata sanarwa daga cibiyar sadarwa ta Mennonite Mission. Cibiyar Tallafawa Aminci da Adalci ta Cocin Mennonite Amurka ta gabatar wa Stoltzfus tulu mai wakiltar “rayuwar da aka zubo domin Yesu Ubangijinmu marar tashin hankali.” . . . CPT za ta gudanar da wani taron fa'ida a ranar 6 ga Satumba a cocin Douglas Park na 'yan'uwa a Chicago, inda hedkwatar CPT take. Wasan zai ƙunshi mawaƙin gargajiya Dave Martin da sauran masu fasaha na gida. Ana ba da shawarar gudummawar $10; kudaden da aka samu za su taimaka wa CPT ta sake cika kudaden kare doka da aka yi amfani da su sosai a cikin shekarar da ta gabata.
- Jan Eller na Portland, Ore., Ya fara a matsayin sabon mai gudanarwa na Cocin of the Brothers Womaen's Caucus, wanda ya gaji Kara Evans na Claremont, Calif.
- Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) za ta gudanar da taronta na tsakiya da na kwamitin zartarwa daga Agusta 24-Satumba. 2 a Switzerland. Daga cikin batutuwan tattaunawa akwai buƙatu da yuwuwar sake fasalin motsi na ecumenical na ƙarni na 21st. Babban shawarwari kan wannan batu zai faru a ranar 17-20 ga Nuwamba a Antelias, Lebanon. Za kuma a gudanar da shawarwarin matasa. Babban sakatare na WCC Konrad Raiser ne ke jagorantar kokarin.
- Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas tana neman abokin shirin na tushen New York don taron karawa juna sani a cikin Fadakarwa da Farfadowa (STAR), hadin gwiwar Shirin Canjin Rikici na EMU da Sabis na Duniya na Ikilisiya. Abokin zai jagoranci tare da gudanar da ayyukan aikin, wanda ke ba da horo a kan rauni da warkarwa, adalci, da gina zaman lafiya ga shugabannin addini a yankunan da abin ya shafa. Ranar farawa shine Oktoba 1. Don cikakkun bayanai, tuntuɓi Anthony Resto Jr., darektan Albarkatun Dan Adam, Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas, 1200 Park Rd., Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2462. Kira 540-432-4108 ko e-mail restoa@emu.edu.
- Lansing (Mich.) Ikilisiyar Farko ta 'Yan'uwa za ta yi bikin cika shekaru 75 tare da al'amura iri-iri na Oktoba 18-19. . . . Ikilisiyar Hooversville (Pa.) za ta yi bikin cika shekaru 100 a wurin taronta tare da bikin shekara ɗari na Satumba. 7-14. Zai haɗa da ayyukan ibada na musamman, gasasshen gasasshen al'umma da kuma karin kumallo na pancake, abincin rana, wasan kide-kide na bluegrass, buɗaɗɗen taron mic don rabawa, da kuma fikin cin abinci da aka rufe. . . . Cocin East Dayton (Ohio) na 'yan'uwa za ta yi bikin cika shekaru 13 na Satumba 100 tare da kade-kade da cin abinci. . . . Ikilisiyar Charleston ta Yamma (Tipp City, Ohio) za ta yi bikin shekaru 12 na Satumba 14-XNUMX tare da waƙar yabo, nishaɗi da abincin dare, da sabis na ibada na musamman.
10) Cocin of the Brothers General Board yana neman cikakken darektan Sabis na Labarai/mataimakin editan Messenger. Matsayin zai kasance ne a Babban ofisoshi a Elgin, Ill.
Ayyukan da suka wajaba sun haɗa da daidaitawa da rarraba labarai, samar da Newsline, daidaita ɗakin manema labarai a taron shekara-shekara, kula da yada labarai da tallata Messenger, da shirya sashen labarai na Messenger.
Masu nema yakamata su kasance da fasaha a rubuce-rubuce da gyara labarai, fasahar kwamfuta, da sauran batutuwan sadarwa. Ana buƙatar digiri na farko a fagen da ke da alaƙa, kuma an fi son memba mai ƙwazo na Cocin ’yan’uwa.
'Yan takarar da ke da sha'awar su cika fom ɗin aikace-aikacen Babban Hukumar, su gabatar da ci gaba' da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen, kuma su nemi nassoshi uku don aika wasiƙun shawarwari zuwa: Ofishin Albarkatun Jama'a, Church of the Brother General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694. Kira 800-323-8039, ext. 258; ko e-mail: mgarrison_gb@brethren.org.
Ana iya samun cikakken bayanin a www.brethren.org/genbd/GeneralSecretary/Elgin.htm. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine 12 ga Satumba.
11) Mark DeVries, marubucin da ake karantawa sosai kuma Fasto na ma'aikatun matasa da na iyali, shine zai zama babban mai jawabi a taron Ma'aikatar Matasa ta wannan shekara, wanda ofishin Babban Ma'aikatar Matasa/Young Adult Ministries ya dauki nauyinsa.
DeVries, wanda kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin jigon taron bitar a 1997, zai yi magana a kan "Ma'aikatar Matasa ta Iyali" - take na ɗaya daga cikin littattafan biyar da ya rubuta. Ya kasance a ma'aikatan Cocin Presbyterian na farko a Nashville, Tenn., tsawon shekaru 17.
Za a gudanar da taron a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, daga karfe 9 na safe zuwa 4 na yamma, a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Cost shine $ 15 kuma ya kamata a aika shi tare da takardar rajista ta Oktoba 15 zuwa Chris Douglas, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120. Ana iya samun fom ɗin rajista a cikin fakitin “Source” na Satumba ko a www.brethren.org/mrkconf.html.
12) Kwamitin gudanarwa na Cibiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru-Mennonite za ta gudanar da hidimar sadaukar da kai ga harabar 10-acre na cibiyar a ranar 7 ga Satumba a Harrisonburg, Va.
Bridgewater (Va.) Cocin of the Brothers fasto Robert Alley, wanda ke aiki a matsayin shugaban hukumar, shi ne zai zama mai ba da jawabi. Taron zai kuma haɗa da waƙar yabo na 'yan'uwa da na Mennonite da suka fi so, da yawon shakatawa a kan tudu.
Shirye-shiryen aikin "CrossRoads" akan rukunin yanar gizon sun haɗa da cibiyar liyafar, gidan katako na Mennonite na 1829, dafa abinci na rani, sito na Shenandoah Valley, Gidan Burkholder-Myers na 1854 na yanzu, gidan makaranta mai ɗaki ɗaya, da gidan taro. Cibiyar fassarar za ta yi nufin "kawo tarihin 'yan'uwa da Mennonites" ta hanyar ba da labari da kuma nazarin batutuwan zamani.
Za ta kasance cibiyar fassara ta 'yan'uwa ta farko a Amurka da kuma cibiyar addini ta farko a kwarin Shenandoah, a cewar hukumar cibiyar. Tsare-tsare sun haɗa da ayyukan ilimantarwa ga ƙungiyoyin makaranta, ƙungiyoyin coci da al'umma, da masu yawon buɗe ido, tare da shirye-shirye na musamman da gabatarwa na lokaci-lokaci.
13) Camp Alexander Mack na Milford, Ind., Za ta sadaukar da ƙauyenta na Ofishin Jakadancin, sabon rukunin "yurts" (bukatun Mongolian), a 12:45 pm Satumba 13, yayin taron Gundumar Kudu/Central Indiana. Ana maraba da kowa, kuma ana ba da gayyata ta musamman ga iyalan ’yan’uwan da aka gane.
Ana ba wa kowace bukka sunan dangin mishan na Cocin of the Brother General Board wanda ya yi wa Camp Mack hidima a kan furlough ko kuma ta kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin gundumomin Indiana. A cikin kowace bukka akwai hoto da rubuta tarihin ma'auratan. Iyalai da ƙasashen da aka yi hidima sune: Homer da Marguerite (Schrock) Burke, Najeriya da Puerto Rico; Franklin Henry da Anna (Newland) Crumpacker, China; Adam da Alice (Sarki) Ebey, Indiya; Ira W. da Mabel (Winger) Moomauw, Indiya; Benton da Ruby (Frantz) Rhoades, Ecuador; da Wilbur da Mary (Emmert) Stover, Indiya.
Rex Miller, babban darektan Camp Mack ya ce "Muna son manufa ta zama rayuwa mai rai, mahallin numfashi da kuma bayanin tarihi." "An tsara ƙauyen Ofishin don ƙarfafa ayyuka a matsayin zaɓin sana'a,"
Ana tsara ƙasida ta fassara game da iyalai da aka gane. Don cikakkun bayanai, game da aikin ko sabis na sadaukarwa, kira Miller a 574-658-4831.
14) Fakitin “Source” na Satumba daga ofishin Fassara na Janar ya zo cike da albarkatu don abubuwan da ke faruwa a cikin faɗuwa da bayan haka.
Yankunan da aka rufe sun haɗa da gayyatar shiga Ranar Sallar Matasa a watan Satumba, kayan Bayar da Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a watan Oktoba, fosta a ranar Asabar mai ba da gudummawa ta Nuwamba, fosta na Junior High Sunday, flier kan taron ma'aikatar matasa na Nuwamba. da kuma oda fom ɗin don littafin Ibada na Zuwan daga Brotheran Jarida.
Daga cikin abubuwan da ke ciki akwai babban fayil akan jerin Living Word Bulletin na 2004, jeri na rubutun laccoci na 2004, ƙasidu don taron manyan matasa na ƙasa na rani mai zuwa da na hidimar bazara na ma'aikatar, ɗan foda akan ƙimar lamuni ta atomatik daga Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ma'aikata ta Brotheran'uwa, da kwafi. na Fakitin Seed da Wasiƙar Aminci/Mace ta Caucus a Duniya.