“Gama ruwaye za su fito cikin jeji, koguna kuma a cikin hamada.” - Ishaya 35:6b
LABARAI
1) Memba na darikar ya ragu da mafi girma cikin shekaru biyar.
2) 'Yan'uwa suna ba da haɗin kai a cikin Inshorar Kulawa ta Zaman Lafiya.
3) Wadanda suka ci lambar yabo ta kulawa da kungiyar 'yan uwa masu kulawa ta karrama.
4) Tallafi na zuwa rikicin Lebanon, Katrina sake ginawa, yunwa a Guatemala.
5) Taron Gundumar Yamma ya ga alamun sauyi.
6) Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta gudanar da taron gunduma karo na 38.
7) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Motsa ofishin taron shekara-shekara, da ƙari.
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8) An sanar da sabon mai magana da taron manya na kasa.
9) Bethany Seminary don karbar bakuncin ja da baya.
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10) Nemo tushen fata a Iraki.
Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers, je www.brethren.org, danna kan “Labarai” don nemo fasalin labarai, ƙarin “Brethren bits,” links to Brothers in the news, da links to the General Board’s photo albums and the. Taskar labarai.
1) Memba na darikar ya ragu da mafi girma cikin shekaru biyar.
Membobin Cocin ’Yan’uwa sun ƙi da mafi girma a cikin shekaru biyar a cikin 2005, ƙasa da membobi 1,861 ko kashi 1.42 cikin ɗari. Jimlar membobin ƙungiyar da aka ruwaito sun faɗi ƙasa da 130,000 a karon farko tun 1920s. Kasancewar memba na ɗarika yana kan koma baya tun farkon shekarun 1960, kamar yadda ya kasance ga yawancin ƙungiyoyin "masu layi" a cikin Amurka.
Membobin ƙungiyar a Amurka da Puerto Rico a ƙarshen 2005 ya tsaya a 129,340 bisa ga alkalumman da “Book of the Church of the Brethren Yearbook” ta buga ta Brother Press. Adadin bai hada da membobin Cocin 'yan'uwa a wasu kasashe da suka hada da Najeriya, Brazil, Indiya, Jamhuriyar Dominican, da Haiti ba. Cocin na Najeriya ya ba da rahoton adadin membobin kusan 160,000 a farkon wannan shekara.
Goma sha biyar daga cikin gundumomi 23 na Amurka sun ba da rahoton raguwar zama memba a bara, ɗaya (Oregon/Washington) ya ba da rahoton cewa ba a samu canji ba, kuma bakwai sun ba da rahoton karuwar membobin.
Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta Atlantika ta sami karuwar kashi mafi girma, sama da kashi 2.66 cikin ɗari tare da ribar net ɗin membobi 52. Atlantic Northeast, riga mafi girma gunduma, girma girma tare da mafi girma riba riba a bara. Ya ba da rahoton karuwar mambobi 101 (.68 bisa dari), don jimlar 14,947.
Mafi girman raguwar lambobi da kashi sun fito ne daga gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma, ƙasa da membobi 472 ko kashi 16.38. Gundumar Missouri/Arkansas ta ragu da kashi 12.79 cikin ɗari, asarar membobi 82, ta koma bayan Idaho ta zama ƙaramar gundumar. Wasu gundumomi uku-Kudu/Central Indiana, Michigan, da Yammacin Marva-suna da raguwar kashi 3.75 ko fiye.
Cikakkun ikilisiyoyi sun ragu da tara, amma an sami sabbin abokai huɗu da sabbin ayyuka huɗu da aka maraba a cikin shekarar. Jimillar matsakaicin yawan halartar ibadar mako-mako ya ragu da kusan mutane 2,500 daga shekarar da ta gabata, zuwa 65,143. Kuma adadin masu yin baftisma ya kasance mafi ƙanƙanta a tarihin kwanan nan, inda aka ba da rahoton 1,660 kawai. An ba da rahoton baftisma guda 1,955 a shekara ta 2004 da kuma 2,923 a shekara ta 2003.
Ƙididdigar “Littafin Shekara” da aka sabunta sun dogara ne akan bayanan da ikilisiyoyin suka bayar waɗanda ke juya rahotannin ƙididdiga. A cikin 2005, kashi 69 cikin ɗari na ikilisiyoyin sun ba da rahoto, daidaitaccen martani ga shekarun baya; Kashi 71 cikin 2004 an ruwaito a XNUMX.
Littafin “Yearbook” ya kuma ba da jerin bayanan tuntuɓar mutane da ƙididdiga na ikilisiyoyi, gundumomi, da hukumomin ƙungiyar, da kuma ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa da ke da alaƙa. Ana samun bugu na 2006 daga Brotheran Jarida; don yin oda kira 800-441-3712.
2) 'Yan'uwa suna ba da haɗin kai a cikin Inshorar Kulawa ta Zaman Lafiya.
Wani sabon shirin Inshorar Kulawa na Ikilisiya na Zaman Lafiya yana samuwa yanzu ta hanyar Fellowship of Brethren Homes, ƙungiyar Ikilisiyar Ikilisiya ta cibiyoyin ritaya, da Associationungiyar Kula da Yan'uwa (ABC). Sabon shirin ya magance matsalar “kula da ba a biya ba” da ’yan’uwa suka yi ritaya ke fuskanta. A cikin shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, fiye da dala miliyan 14 a kowace shekara 18 daga cikin cibiyoyi 22 sun kashe don kula da tsofaffi waɗanda ba su da kuɗin biyan kuɗin kulawa na kansu.
Don Fecher, darektan haɗin gwiwar ya ruwaito "Yayin da yawan jama'a da ƙungiyoyinmu ke ci gaba da tsufa, (bangaren da ya fi girma cikin sauri na yawan jama'ar Amurka shine ƙungiyar 80 da mazan jiya), matsalolin kuɗi akan wuraren ritayarmu suna ƙaruwa," in ji Don Fecher, darektan haɗin gwiwar. Ba zai yuwu ba tallafin gwamnati na kulawa na dogon lokaci zai karu, ko kuma mafita ta majalisa ta yiwu ma, in ji Fecher. "Har ila yau, ba zai yuwu wata cocin 'yan'uwa ta juya wani mazaunin cikin bukata ba," in ji shi.
Ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar ecumenical tare da sauran majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi - Mennonites da Abokai - haɗin gwiwar yana ba da damar duk wanda ke da alaƙa da Cocin 'yan'uwa don cin gajiyar shirin Inshorar Kulawa ta Zaman Lafiya. Duk wanda ke da alaƙa da Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa na iya shiga tare da matansu, ’ya’yansu masu shekara 18 zuwa sama, iyaye, kakanni, ’yan’uwa, surukai, ’yan’uwa, da kakanninsu.
Shirin zai biya fa'idodin sabis na kulawa na dogon lokaci a cikin gidan mutum, wurin zama mai taimako, wurin kula da manya, ko gidan jinya, kuma yana samuwa don ɗaukar cutar Alzheimer/dementia. Shirin yana da tabbacin sabuntawa kuma yana ba da tsare-tsaren ƙididdige haraji.
A halin yanzu, farashin kayan aikin taimako ya tashi daga $900 zuwa $3,000 a kowane wata dangane da abubuwan jin daɗi da aka bayar da sabis ɗin da ake buƙata, a cewar ABC. Har ila yau, kusan kashi 90 cikin 46,000 na ayyukan rayuwa na al'umma ana biyan su ne da kuɗi masu zaman kansu, in ji Cibiyar Tallafawa Rayuwa. Ƙungiyar Inshorar Lafiya ta Amirka ta ba da rahoton cewa an kiyasta yawan kuɗin ƙasa na shekara guda a gidan kula da tsofaffi zai kai fiye da dala XNUMX, kuma a wasu yankuna na iya sauƙaƙa sau biyu wannan adadin.
"Kudaden kulawa na dogon lokaci na iya haifar da babbar barazana ga tsaro na kuɗi a lokacin da mutum ya yi ritaya," in ji Fecher. “Inshorar kulawa ta dogon lokaci kuma ya dace da wanda ya kai shekarun aiki don kariya daga cututtuka, nakasa, ko raunin mota ko haɗarin wasanni. HMOs da manufofin inshorar kiwon lafiya na gargajiya gabaɗaya ba sa biyan sabis na kulawa na dogon lokaci.
Don neman ƙarin bayani game da shirin ko neman ƙimancin farashi tuntuɓi ƙungiyar gudanarwa, Senior Ministries Insurance Alliance of Harrisburg, Pa., a 800-382-1352.
3) Wadanda suka ci lambar yabo ta kulawa da kungiyar 'yan uwa masu kulawa ta karrama.
Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa (ABC) ta amince da masu karɓar kyautar kulawa ta shekara-shekara na hukumar yayin liyafar 3 ga Yuli a taron shekara-shekara na Cocin 'yan'uwa a Des Moines, Iowa.
Fasto Chuck Boyer mai ritaya na La Verne, Calif., An gane shi har tsawon rayuwarsa na kulawa. A cikin hidimarsa, ya ba da shawarar samar da zaman lafiya da kuma waɗanda aka bari a gefe a cikin al'umma da kuma coci, in ji ABC. Ya yi hidima ga Cocin ’yan’uwa a matsayin darekta na hidimar sa kai na ’yan’uwa, mai ba da shawara kan zaman lafiya, fasto, da mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara. A lokacin da yake matsayin mai ba da shawara kan zaman lafiya, Boyer ya mai da hankali kan matsalolin zaman lafiya na gida, aiki, da ilimi. A shekara ta 1988, ya zama babban Fasto na Cocin La Verne na Brothers, inda ya kasance mai himma a ayyukan gidaje da abinci, da kafa sabuwar ma’aikatar da ke tallafa wa mata a matsayin hidima, da kuma nuna tausayi ga ikilisiyarsa, musamman waɗanda suka ji an ware su. daga al'ummar Imani.
Rodney E. Mason na Chambersburg, Pa., An gane shi don hidimarsa a matsayin tsohon Shugaba na Peter Becker Community, Cocin of the Brothers Rereat Community a Harleysville, Pa. A lokacin aikinsa Mason ya inganta hidima ga kuma tare da dattawa ta hanyoyi da yawa, tare da haɗin gwiwa. tare da kwarin Indiya YMCA don kawo tauraron dan adam zuwa Peter Becker Community, yana aiki tare da sauran cibiyoyin kula da yanki don ba da sabis ga tsofaffi a cikin al'ummar Harleysville, da kuma taimakawa wajen kafa Ƙungiyar Rikicin Rikicin Ikilisiya na Aminci, haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, Mennonites. , da Abokai. Mason ya yi murabus daga Peter Becker a 2005 don zama Shugaba na Menno Haven Retirement Communities.
ABC ta girmama Bala'i Child Care, wani shiri na Church of the Brother General Board, don samar da fiye da shekaru 25 na kula da yara da iyalai a lokacin fiye da 175 bala'i. Shirin ya horar da masu aikin sa kai sama da 2,500 wadanda ke ba da lokacinsu da ayyukansu. Kula da Yara na Bala'i ya fara ne a cikin 1980 kuma daga baya ya zama wani yunƙuri na ecumenical. Hukumomin haɗin gwiwa suna mutunta shirin da dogaro da su kamar Hukumar Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ta Tarayya, Red Cross ta Amurka, da Sabis na Duniya na Coci. A cikin 1998, an sanya ta a matsayin sabis na kula da yara don taimakawa kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta Amurka biyo bayan bala'in jirgin sama na cikin gida kuma ta kafa ƙungiyar masu sa kai na musamman da aka horar don "Tawagar Kula da Yara Masu Muhimmanci."
Papago Buttes Church of the Brothers a Scottsdale, Ariz., Ya sami lambar yabo ta "Open Roof" don aikinta na samun dama ga mutanen da ke da nakasa. Mutanen da ke da nakasa suna shiga cikin ibada, ayyuka, da jagoranci na coci, ko da yake ikilisiya ba ta da tsarin nakasassu. Papago Buttes ya kai tare da ayyuka da shirye-shirye ga membobin gida na maƙwabta. Idin Ƙauna a ikilisiya ya haɗa da wanke hannu ga waɗanda ke da matsalar motsi, tare da wankin ƙafa na gargajiya. Manya da yara masu naƙasa an haɗa su cikin azuzuwan makarantun Lahadi, tare da samun horo na musamman ga malamai idan an buƙata. An tsara sabon ginin ikilisiyar don ya zama naƙasa gabaki ɗaya. Yanzu ikilisiyar ta soma wani sabon aikin gini, wurin baftisma naƙasassu.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa je zuwa www.brethren.org/abc.
4) Tallafi na zuwa rikicin Lebanon, Katrina sake ginawa, yunwa a Guatemala.
Kudade biyu na Cocin of the Brethren General Board – Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa (EDF), da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya – suna ba da jimillar $68,555 a cikin tallafi uku don rikicin jin kai a Lebanon, sake ginawa bayan guguwar Katrina, da yunwa. shirin agaji a Guatemala.
Hukumar ta EDF ta ba da tallafin dalar Amurka 25,000 don tallafawa roko na Sashen Duniya na Coci don rikicin jin kai da yakin Isra'ila/Hezbollah ya haifar a Lebanon. Kudaden za su taimaka wajen samar da agajin gaggawa na abinci, ruwa, kwanciya, magunguna, da tsaftar muhalli.
Har ila yau asusun yana ba da dala 25,000 don Amsar Bala'i na Yan'uwa don buɗe sabon wurin sake ginawa a yankin da guguwar Katrina ta shafa. Kuɗin zai biya kuɗin tafiye-tafiye, horar da jagoranci, abinci, da gidaje na masu aikin sa kai da ke aikin, da ƙarin kayan aiki da kayan aiki da wasu kayan gini.
A Guatemala, Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya ware tallafin dala 18,555 daga asusun bankin albarkatun abinci na Cocin of the Brothers Foods don ci gaba da tallafawa aikin agajin yunwa a yankin Totonicapan. Wannan ita ce shekara ta biyu na aikin shekara uku don taimakawa haɓaka ɗimbin abinci ta hanyar lambunan al'umma da kuma lambun lambu. Bugu da ƙari, aikin yana haɓaka fasahar da ta dace, ƙungiyoyin al'umma, da wadatar abinci.
5) Taron Gundumar Yamma ya ga alamun sauyi.
Tare da jigon “Ƙaunar Allah Har Abada Da Har Abada,” Mai Gudanarwa LeRoy Weddle ya kira taron gunduma na Yamma a Cocin McPherson (Kan.) Church of Brothers and McPherson College. Taron yana da masu halarta 272 masu rijista.
Jim Kinsey, ma'aikatan Ƙungiyar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya na Babban Hukumar, shine jigo mai magana. Sandy Bosserman, ministan zartaswa na Missouri da gundumar Arkansas, ya yi magana a wurin ministan da mata da abincin dare.
An ba da fifiko kan motsin canjin jama'a da ke mamaye gundumar, in ji minista mai zartarwa na gundumar Elsie Holderread. An yi rera waƙa, bauta, raba labarun bangaskiya, da labaran jam'i na canji a cikin ƙarshen mako. Kasancewar matasa 30, wasu suna zuwa kai tsaye daga taron matasa na kasa a Fort Collins, Colo., Ya kasance tasiri mai kyau. Gyaran cocin ya kara daɗaɗaɗaɗaɗaɗaɗɗa ga inganci da jin daɗin taron, Holderread ya ƙara da cewa.
A zaman kasuwanci, wakilai 73 daga ikilisiyoyi 32 sun amince da kasafin kuɗin gunduma na dala 194,000, sun amince da gyara tsarin mulki, kuma suka zaɓi sabbin mambobin hukumar gundumomi takwas kuma suka zaɓi Sonja Griffith a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen shugaba.
Tallace-tallacen Unlimited Unlimited Projects ya haɓaka $4,416.25 da za a raba tsakanin Aikin Heifer, Bishiyoyi don Rayuwa, A Duniya Zaman Lafiya, Kula da Yara na Bala'i, Camp Colorado, Camp Mount Hermon, Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatun Waje, Babban Asusun Gundumar Yammacin Plains, Kwalejin McPherson, Ofishin Jakadancin Lybrook , da kuma yunwar duniya ta Darfur. An sayar da kwalliyar gunduma akan $1,000.
Za a gudanar da taron gunduma na shekara mai zuwa a McPherson, Kan., Yuli 27-29 tare da David Smalley a matsayin mai gudanarwa.
6) Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta gudanar da taron gunduma karo na 38.
Babban taron gunduma na kudu maso gabas karo na 38 a ranar 28-30 ga watan Yuli ya kasance karkashin jagorancin mai gudanarwa Jim Hoffman kan jigo, “Tare a gaban Allah.” Wakilai 94 ne suka wakilci ikilisiyoyi 27, kuma mutane 167 ne suka halarta. An yi addu'a ga matasa da shugabannin da ke dawowa gida daga taron matasa na kasa a Colorado, in ji ministar zartarwa Martha Roudebush a cikin rahotonta na taron.
Babban Fasto Gilbert Romero na Cocin Bella Vista na ’Yan’uwa da ke Los Angeles, ya gabatar da saƙon ƙalubale a yammacin Juma’a da safiyar Lahadi mai taken “Zo Gabansa Za Mu Tafi.”
An zartar da kasafin kudin gunduma na 2007 na dala 80,148 gami da kara matsayin ministocin hadin gwiwa zuwa kashi uku cikin hudu. Ƙungiyar wakilai ta amince kuma ta ƙaddamar da wani sabon abu na kasuwanci wanda ya ba da damar Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Hanya don nema da siyan kayan aiki mafi girma, da kuma sayar da kadarorin na yanzu. Sun kuma amince kuma sun goyi bayan sabon shirin koyarwa na ma’aikatar gunduma “Makarantar Jagorancin Ruhaniya.”
A cikin zaɓe, an kira Jeremy Dykes, Fasto matashi daga cocin Jackson Park Church of the Brothers a Jonesborough, Tenn., ya zama zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa.
An gode wa majami'un gundumomi don ba da $70,674 ga Asusun Katrina Bala'i. Taron ya samu cewa har yanzu ana amfani da wasu daga cikin wannan asusu don taimakawa tare da al'amuran kananan garuruwa a gabar tekun Alabama.
Hukumar Shaidan ta kuma kalubalanci kowace coci a wannan shekarar da ta gabata da ta karbi kudi don Heifer International. Ikklisiyoyi da dama a gundumar sun shiga, inda suka tattara jimillar $25,506. Gudunmawar ta sayi “kwalayen” dabbobi da yawa, na shanu, llamas, da wasu da yawa. Matasan gundumar sun ziyarci Ranch na Heifer a Arkansas akan hanyar zuwa taron matasa na kasa, kuma sun gabatar da cek daga gundumar.
An gudanar da wani lokaci yayin kasuwanci don yin tattaunawa kan ƙananan ƙungiyoyi a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin nazarin ɗarika Tare: Tattaunawa akan Kasancewar Coci. Tattaunawar ta mai da hankali kan tambayar, “Me ake nufi da zama coci?” Wannan lokacin tattaunawa ne mai matukar amfani, Roudebush ya ruwaito. Taron fahimtar juna na daren Asabar ya ba da horon jagoranci ga daidaikun mutane da za su jagoranci ikilisiyoyinsu a wannan tattaunawa.
An gudanar da gwanjon gwanjo tare da kudaden shiga gidan John M. Reed.
Roudebush ya ce gundumar ta fuskanci wani yanayi na musamman a wannan shekara. "Dan majalisar ya kasance a taron matasa na kasa," in ji ta, "kuma wanda aka zaba ya kasance a NYC. Donna Shumate, wacce za ta zama shugaba a shekarar 2007, tana asibiti tare da sabon jariri.”
7) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Motsa ofishin taron shekara-shekara, da ƙari.
- Ralph McFadden zai yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na taro na biyu na Ofishin Jakadancin Alive, wanda aka shirya don Afrilu 13-15, 2007, yana cike wani ɗan lokaci, matsayi na ɗan lokaci a cikin haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Babban Hukumar. McFadden zai daidaita kwamitin aiki don tsarawa da aiwatar da taron. Zai yi aiki daga Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., kuma daga gidansa a Elgin. Ya yi aiki a Cocin ’yan’uwa a matsayin fasto, zartarwa na gunduma, da zartarwa na Hukumar Ma’aikatun Ikklisiya ta Babban Hukumar. Daga cikin kwarewarsa mai yawa shine daidaita taron matasa na kasa a 1974. Kwanan nan ya kasance wani ɓangare na ma'aikatan Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa Masu Kulawa, kuma ya zama babban malami na Hospice na Arewa maso gabashin Illinois.
- Kamar yadda aka sanar a farkon wannan shekara, Ofishin taron shekara-shekara ya ƙaura daga Cocin of the Brethren General Offices a Elgin, Ill., zuwa Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., wannan watan. Yunkurin yana faruwa a mako na Agusta 21-25. Ofishin zai buɗe don kasuwanci a New Windsor a ranar Agusta 28. Sabon adireshin Ofishin Taro na Shekara-shekara shine 500 Main Street, PO Box 720, New Windsor, MD, 21776-0720; 410-635-8740, 800-688-5186, fax 410-635-8742, babban darektan 410-635-8781. Adireshin imel ba su canzawa ga Fogle (lfogle_ac@brethren.org) da mataimakin taron Dana Weaver (dweaver_ac@brethren.org).
- Ƙungiyar Revival Fellowship na ’Yan’uwa na shekara-shekara don Sabis na Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa za a gudanar da shi a Cibiyar Sabis ta ’Yan’uwa a New Windsor, Md., daga Agusta 20-30. Ana sa ran ma'aikata 11 da masu aikin sa kai.
- Faɗakarwar Aiki daga Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington na Babban Hukumar, mai kwanan watan Agusta 3, ya yi kira da hankali ga Dokar Rage Gurbacewar Ruwa ta Duniya na 2006 (S. 3698), wanda Sanata Jim Jeffords (I, VT) ya gabatar. Dokar "ta dogara ne kan karuwar shaidar kimiyya cewa dumamar yanayi na haifar da babbar barazana ga lafiyar jama'a da jin dadin Amurka da kuma yanayin duniya baki daya," in ji sanarwar. Da kuma ba da cikakkun bayanai game da dokar, faɗakarwar ta yi ƙaulin furucin taron Shekara-shekara na 1991 “Creation: Called to Care,” kuma ya aririci ’yan’uwa su tuntuɓi Sanatocinsu don tallafa wa dokar. "Muryar ku na iya yin tasiri," in ji faɗakarwar. “Kadan kira ko wasiku 10 kan wani lamari na iya isa su gamsar da zababben jami’in da ya goyi bayan wata doka ko kuma kin goyi bayan wata doka. Mu daure mu dage wajen rage dumamar yanayi da kuma kula da muhallinmu.” Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/WitnessWashOffice.html ko tuntuɓi ofishin a 800-785-3246 ko washington_office_gb@brethren.org.
- Gundumar Virlina tana gudanar da taron bita na malamai ga malaman addinin Kirista a kan jigon, “Kira, Kayan aiki, Aiko” ranar 16 ga Satumba daga karfe 9 na safe zuwa 12:30 na yamma a Cocin Germantown Brick na Brothers da ke Rocky Mount, Va. Nassosin nassi. zai zama Kubawar Shari’a 6:4-9 da Afisawa 4:11-12. Taron zai kunshi ibada, horar da malamai, zaburarwa, da kaddamar da malamai. Taron bita zai haɗa da horar da sabon tsarin koyarwa “Tara ‘Zagaye: Ji da Rarraba Bisharar Allah” daga ‘Yan’uwa Press da Mennonite Publishing Network; taron bita kan yi wa masu nakasa hidima; da kuma taron bita kan hidima ga halaye masu wahala. Farashin shine $15 ga mutum ɗaya ko $25 ga rukuni daga ikilisiya. Carol Mason, ma’aikaciyar Kungiyoyin Rayuwa ta Babban Hukumar da kuma malamin makaranta mai ritaya kuma ministar da aka nada tare da digiri na biyu a cikin ci gaban manhaja, za ta ba da jagoranci. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi gundumar Virlina a 540-362-1816.
- Jami'ar Bridgewater (Va.) "ta ji daɗin nasarar tara kuɗi mara misaltuwa a cikin kasafin kuɗi na shekara ta 2005-06," a cewar wata sanarwa daga makarantar. Kyaututtuka da alƙawura sun kai dala miliyan 8,074,548, in ji sanarwar, tare da manyan abubuwan da suka faru a cikin shekarar da suka haɗa da kyaututtuka da yawa a cikin kewayon dala miliyan rabin, da ƙari ga kyautar kwalejin $ 4.2 miliyan. A wani labari daga kwalejin, sabbin malamai tara na cikakken lokaci sun isa tsakiyar watan Agusta don shiga sassan nazarin sadarwa, ilimi, kimiyyar lafiya da motsa jiki, tarihi, kiɗa, da falsafa.
- Kolejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., Yana canza kyautar lissafin kuɗi don nuna canje-canjen buƙatu a cikin mafi girman yanayin lissafin, ya sanar da wata wasika daga shugaban Jo Young Switzer. “Bayan shekaru 15 da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ma’aikata, za mu ba da, a maimakon haka, shirin da zai ba ɗalibai damar kammala sa’o’i 150 da masana’antun lissafin ke buƙata a cikin shekaru huɗu da rabi. ”in ji wasikar. “Kamfanonin kididdigar ƙididdiga a duk faɗin ƙasar sun bayyana a fili cewa sun fi son hayar sabbin akawu waɗanda suka riga sun cika buƙatun sa’o’i 150 kuma a shirye suke su zauna don jarrabawar CPA. Kamfanoni suna gaya mana cewa digiri na biyu ba ya ɗaukar nauyi a cikin yanke shawarar daukar ma'aikata. " Sabon shirin lissafin zai fara wannan faɗuwar. Don ƙarin koleji je zuwa http://www.manchester.edu/.
- An umurci sculptor Jeff Adams ya ƙirƙira wani sassaka na tagulla don nuna ruhun tausayi da aka ba wa tsofaffi a Pinecrest Community a Dutsen Morris, Ill. An gabatar da wani "maquette" ko samfurin sassaken mai suna "The Good Samaritan" a wajen wani tara kudi a Yuli Za a nuna hoton a ƙofar Grove, sabuwar al'umma mai aiki mai girman eka 20 a yanzu a matsayin wani ɓangare na Pinecrest.
- Gidan Fahrney Keedy da Kauye yana riƙe Ranar Gado ta Shekara ta Biyu a ranar 19 ga Agusta, daga 9 na safe zuwa 3 na yamma Abubuwan da suka faru sun haɗa da nishaɗin rayuwa, barbecue kaza, siyar da gasa, siyar da yadi, masu sayar da abinci, masu sayar da sana'a, masu siyar da kasuwanci, da nunin kwalliya. da kuma sanannun autographs. Fahrney Keedy Home da Village yana a 8507 Mapleville Rd., Boonsboro, Md.
- Camp Eder a Fairfield, Pa., Yana karbar bakuncin "Labarun Motsawa, Labarun Waraka" a ranar 22-24 ga Satumba, tare da tallafi daga Jubilee Troupe. Ƙungiyar wani ƙoƙari ne na 'Yan'uwa da sauran su shiga fasahar kere-kere, sauye-sauyen zamantakewa, da sabuntawa na ruhaniya, wanda On Duniya Aminci, Sabon Al'umma Project, da Ƙungiyar Aminci ta 'Yan'uwa suka dauki nauyin. Mai gabatarwa mai mahimmanci ita ce Julie Portman, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ta Obie Award wadda ta kafa Ki Theater a Washington, Va. Ja da baya wata dama ce ta gano wadatar ruhaniya da hanyoyin sabunta al'umma ta hanyar wasan kwaikwayo na mu'amala, motsi, da sauran fasahar kere kere. Ayyukan sun haɗa da aiki tare da kayan aikin ba da labari da kuma bincika labarun sirri; forums don raba basira, ra'ayoyi, kafofin watsa labaru, da binciken; "shiga jikinmu" tare da shiru da wasa; lokacin ibada na sirri da na rukuni; raba abinci da zumuncin tallafi. Malamar InterPlay Judith Reichsman daga Marlboro, Vt., ita ma za ta jagoranci taron bita don samar da kayan aikin ingantawa don ƙara gano labarun sirri. Nemo ƙarin kuma yi rajista akan layi a http://jubileetroupe.org/events/2006-retreat.htm.
- Mambobin Kungiyoyi masu samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) a arewacin Indiana sun fara wani kamfen na rashin tashin hankali na dakatar da samar da gurbacewar makaman uranium. Shugabanni sun haɗa da membobin Cocin na Brotheran'uwa Cliff Kindy da Tom Benevento, wanda shi ne shirin Latin Amurka/Caribbean mai sa kai don haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Babban Hukumar. Tun asali CPT wani shiri ne na majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi (Church of the Brother, Mennonites, and Quakers) amma yanzu yana jin daɗin goyon baya da kasancewa memba daga ƙungiyoyin Kirista da yawa. Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya mayar da hankali ne kan ƙarancin wuraren samar da uranium, kamar waɗanda ke cikin Cibiyar Rocket, W.Va., da Jonesborough, Tenn., Dukansu Alliant Technologies suna sarrafawa ko kwangila, in ji sanarwar daga yakin. Abin da aka fi mayar da hankali shi ne kawai a dakatar da samar da uranium da ya lalace, ba don rufe tsire-tsire ba, in ji sanarwar. Wadanda suka shiga yakin sun shafe sa'a guda cikin shiru da azumi a duk ranar Juma'a, kuma ana kwadaitar da su duba salon rayuwarsu don tambayar yadda mutum yake rayuwan da ba ya bukatar a kare shi da yaki. Shirye-shiryen sun hada da sanya ido kan manyan motocin da ke ciki da waje, da gudanar da bukukuwan addu'o'i ga wadanda suka rasa rayukansu sakamakon gurbacewar makaman Uranium, da kuma tsara taron jama'a kan illar gurbacewar makaman Uranium. Don ƙarin jeka gidan yanar gizon kamfen http://www.stop-du.org/.
- An shirya wani kwararre kan harkokin kasa da kasa da zaman lafiya (NCC) a Fox News a daren yau, 16 ga watan Agusta. Antonios Kireopoulos, mataimakin babban sakataren NCC mai kula da harkokin kasa da kasa da zaman lafiya, Bill O'Reilly zai yi hira da shi. "The O'Reilly Factor." Shirin yana gudana a tashar tashar Fox News da karfe 8 na yamma da 11 na yamma a gabas. Kireopoulos zai tattauna hanyoyin warware yakin Lebanon da Isra'ila, da kuma tushen ta'addanci. Ya ziyarci yankin sau da yawa kuma ya yi aiki a kan batutuwan zaman lafiya na shekaru da yawa. Don ƙarin bayani game da shirye-shiryen NCC je zuwa http://www.councilofchurches.org/.
- Kyauta mafi girma (SERRV) yana ba da "Sayar da Kasuwancin bazara" a kan Agusta 23-26 a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Siyar da za ta hada da kashi 60 cikin XNUMX na kayan inganci na farko. Babbar Kyauta tana sayar da sana'o'in hannu na gaskiya da abinci daga ko'ina cikin duniya ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da ƙananan ƙungiyoyin masu sana'a da manoma. Cocin ’yan’uwa ne suka kafa ƙungiyar. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.agreatergift.org/.
8) An sanar da sabon mai magana da taron manya na kasa.
David Augsburger zai ba da babban taron babban taron a safiyar Laraba na Babban Taron Manyan Manya na Kasa (NOAC), taron da Kungiyar Kula da 'Yan'uwa (ABC) ta dauki nauyinsa. Ken Haughk, wanda ya kafa Stephen Ministries, an shirya yin magana amma an soke shi saboda alhakin kulawa. NOAC yana faruwa Satumba 4-8 a Majalisar Lake Junaluska a Arewacin Carolina.
Augsburger farfesa ne na shawarwarin fastoci a Fuller Theological Seminary a Pasadena, Calif. Wani minista da aka naɗa a Cocin Mennonite, ya rubuta littattafai 20 akan shawarwarin fastoci, aure, rikici, da dangantakar ɗan adam. Littattafansa na baya-bayan nan su ne "Shawarar Fastoci a Gaba ɗaya Al'adu" da "Sasantawar Rikici A Gaba ɗaya Al'adu." Ya kuma koyar a makarantun hauza a Chicago, Indiana, da Pennsylvania, kuma ya kasance mai magana da yawun rediyo ga majami'un Mennonite.
Gabatarwar Augsburger, “Gafara: Kada Ka Ƙashe Wasu Ga Abin Da Suka Yi,” Za a bi da shi a maraicen da hidimar bauta inda ɗan’uwansa, Myron Augsburger, ya zama babban mai wa’azi.
Manya da suka kai shekaru 50 zuwa sama suna iya yin rajista don taron a http://www.brethren-caregivers.org/ ko ta kiran ABC a 800-323-8039.
9) Bethany Seminary don karbar bakuncin ja da baya.
Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind., Za ta dauki nauyin ja da baya mai taken “Bude Zukata – Buɗe Zukata” a ranar 22-24 ga Satumba. Mahalarta za su gano kuma su yi aiki tare da kiransu zuwa hidima ta hanyar addu'a, ibada, zaman rukuni, da lokacin kan su don tunani.
Tara Hornbacker, mataimakin farfesa na Samar da Ma'aikatar, shine jagoran ja da baya. Mai magana mai ban sha'awa, mai ban dariya, kuma mai ba da shawara na hidima, Hornbacker fitaccen minista ne a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa. A matsayinta na jami'a, tana ba da jagora gabaɗaya ga shirin makarantar hauza na shirya mutane don hidima ta hanyar ƙwarewar ilimi, samuwar ruhaniya, da tunani na tiyoloji kan aikin hidima.
Hakanan za'a sami dama ga jagorar ruhaniya na mutum ɗaya, wanda Lisa Lundeen Nagel ta sauƙaƙe, wacce ta kammala karatun digiri na 2006 na Makarantar Addini ta Earlham.
"Bude Zuciya - Buɗe Hankali shine ja da baya da aka kafa a cikin nassi, bauta, da buɗewa ga gaban Allah," in ji Amy Gall Ritchie, darektan haɓaka ɗalibai a Bethany. "Yana kawo koyo da yin aiki tare, yayin da mutane ke zurfafa cikin batutuwan da Allah yake gabatar musu."
Kudin yin rajista shine $25. Za a aika bayani game da masauki da sauran bayanai ga mahalarta masu rijista ta hanyar Satumba 1. Don yin rajista ko don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Ritchie a 765-983-1806 ko ritcham@bethanyseminary.edu.
10) Nemo tushen fata a Iraki.
Memba na Cocin Brotheran'uwa Peggy Gish ya koma Iraki tare da Ƙungiyoyin Masu Zaman Lafiya na Kirista (CPT). Asali wani yunƙuri na rage tashin hankali na majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi (Church of the Brother, Mennonite, and Quaker), CPT yanzu tana samun tallafi da kasancewa memba daga ƙungiyoyin Kirista da yawa. Gish ya shafe yawancin shekaru da suka gabata a Iraki, inda ya fara aiki a can kafin a fara yakin. A da dai tawagar CPT Iraqi tana Bagadaza ne, amma a halin yanzu tana aiki a wani yanki na kasar. Anan Gish yayi tunani akan rashin bege na yaƙi, da tushen bege ga Allah.
“Wani kira ya zo a makon da ya gabata daga wani ma’aikacin kare hakkin dan Adam na Iraqi kuma abokin kungiyar (CPT). A daren jiya, wani ya yi yunkurin harbe shi a kusa da gidansa a kudancin Iraki. Bai san ko wace kungiya ce ke kai wannan hari ba da kuma barazanar da aka yi masa a cikin watannin da suka gabata.
"Wani tsohon mai fassara na tawagar ya gaya mana cewa 'yan bindiga da gungun masu aikata laifuka ne ke iko da unguwanni da dama a Bagadaza. A unguwarsa, a kullum ana gwabza fada a kan titi. A wata unguwar Bagadaza, an kashe mijin wani abokin tawagar – shi ma mai fafutukar kare hakkin dan Adam.
Wani ma'aikacin kare hakkin bil'adama a Najaf ya shaida mana cewa, "Ban gaskanta hakan ba da farko." 'Halin da ake ciki a Iraki ya fi muni fiye da yadda nake zato. Ba zan iya cewa wannan ba yakin basasa ba ne.'
"Wasu 'yan Iraki suna tserewa daga gidajensu, amma yawancinsu ba za su iya fita ba. Suna jin cewa ba su da wani abin da za su yi don canza tashe-tashen hankula da hargitsi. Makonni biyu kacal da suka wuce mai gidan da matarsa suka shaida mana cewa, duk da cewa mafi yawan Bagadaza na da hadari, amma unguwar da muke zaune a ciki ba ta da lafiya. Tun daga wannan lokacin ne suka kira mu suka ce lamarin ya kara kamari. Mutane kaɗan ne ke fita kan titi suna kasuwanci ko sayayya. Sun tafi kuma yanzu sun yarda da sauran abokai da abokan aikin Iraqi waɗanda suka shawarci ƙungiyarmu da kar ta koma Bagadaza.
“Waɗannan mutanen Iraqi kamar danginmu ne. Muna jin ƙauna mai zurfi da baƙin ciki a gare su. Rashin iya raka su ko yin ƙarin taimako yana da zafi. A lokacin sallar asuba mun ambace su da sunayensu. Mun karanta game da kuma magana game da bege, amma mun ji wannan bege wani abu ne da ba za a iya isa ba, wani abu wanda maimakon ya motsa mu, yana tashi a cikin fuskokinmu. Wani abokin aikinmu ya ba da sunan abin da muke ji, 'Yanzu yana da wuya a sami bege ga makomar Iraki.'
“Amma, na yi tunani, annabi Ishaya ya yi magana game da wannan gwagwarmaya sa’ad da ya yi maganar Allah yana fitar da maɓuɓɓugan ruwa a cikin ƙasa mai ƙishirwa ta hamada (Ishaya 35:6-7) da kuma cewa Allah yana tare da mu sa’ad da muke wucewa ta cikin koguna, ta wuta (Ishaya 43:2.) Kamar ruwa a busasshiyar ƙasa, bege abu ne mai tamani a wuraren yaƙi.
“Idan muka dogara akan ikonmu na dakatar da wannan mummunan tashin hankali, mun yi asara. Sa’ad da bangaskiyarmu ta kafu cikin ikon Allah na yin aiki a yanayi da ba zai yiwu ba ne za mu iya daina fid da zuciya kuma mu ƙyale bege ya ƙarfafa mu kuma ya kai mu ga yin aiki. Wannan shi ne begen da nake addu’a da kuma son shiga ciki.”