“Tsarki ya tabbata ga Allah a cikin sammai mafi ɗaukaka, da salama a duniya…” Luka 2: 14
LABARAI
1) Brotheran uwantaka Benefit Trust sun ɗauki jagororin saka hannun jari masu alaƙa da batsa, caca.
2) Ana Tattalin Arzikin Fansho na Yan'uwa.
3) Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara ta kafa burin yin rajista don taron 2007.
4) Kula da Yara na Bala'i don yin aiki a New Orleans cikin 2007.
5) Sabon Aikin Amsar Bala'i na Yan'uwa yana buɗewa a Mississippi.
6) Yan'uwa bits: Gyara, ayyuka, ma'aikata, more.
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7) Taron karawa juna sani na balaguro zuwa Brazil zai ziyarci majami'u 'yan uwa.
8) An fara yin rijistar taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista.
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9) Cocin farko Antarctica?
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1) Brotheran uwantaka Benefit Trust sun ɗauki jagororin saka hannun jari masu alaƙa da batsa, caca.
Shekaru da yawa Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) ta ɗauki matakin haɗin gwiwa a kan sassan masana'antu huɗu waɗanda ke haɓaka samfuran da suka saba wa kalaman Coci na ’yan’uwa da kudurori: tsaro, barasa, taba, da caca. Yanzu BBT ta ɗauki matakin yaƙar batsa.
A cikin tarurrukan faɗuwarta, da aka gudanar a ranar 16-18 ga Nuwamba a Bridgewater, Va., Kwamitin Amintattu na BBT ya zaɓi ƙarfafa dabarun saka hannun jari na hukumar (SRI) ta hanyar ɗaukar allon zamantakewa na biyar don saka hannun jari. Wannan yana nufin BBT za ta daina saka hannun jari a kamfanonin da ke samar da kashi 10 ko fiye na kudaden shiga daga samarwa ko rarraba batsa.
Nevin Dulabaum, darektan sadarwa na BBT da darektan SRI na wucin gadi ya ce: “Cocin ’yan’uwa na da kalamai guda biyu da suka shafi batsa, wanda taron shekara-shekara na 1985 ya amince da na baya-bayan nan. “Tun daga wannan lokacin, harkar batsa ta haɓaka sosai ta hanyar bunƙasa Gidan Yanar Gizo na Duniya, tauraron dan adam da talabijin na USB, da kuma fina-finai na kallo a otal. Tare da yaduwar batsa na batsa, lokaci ya yi da BBT ta ba da sanarwa game da wannan masana'antar. "
A cewar Forbes, masana'antar batsa a cikin 2001 shine kasuwancin $ 2.6 zuwa $ 3.7 biliyan a Amurka. Yawan shafukan batsa ya tashi daga miliyan 14 a shekara ta 1998 zuwa miliyan 260 a shekara ta 2003. Akwai fiye da 100,000 na yin rajista a cikin Amurka da kuma kusan 400,000 a duniya. Rukunan Amurka kusan manyan kamfanoni 1,000 ne ke kula da su, tare da watakila wasu 9,000 da ke aiki a matsayin alaƙa na wasu kafafan kamfanoni na “manyan” kan layi. Jimillar rukunin yanar gizo na “babban-daidaitacce” (hanyar biyan kuɗi da rashin biyan kuɗi) adadinsu ya kai miliyan 4.2 kuma sun ƙunshi kusan kashi 12 cikin ɗari na jimillar Intanet. A duk faɗin duniya, kusan mutane miliyan 70 a kowane mako suna kallon aƙalla rukunin “manya” ɗaya (shafukan duba miliyan 20 waɗanda da alama ana ɗaukarsu a cikin Amurka ko Kanada).
Hukumar BBT ta yanke shawarar cewa lokaci ya yi don faɗaɗa allo akan caca. Shekaru da yawa BBT ta tantance kamfanonin da ke samar da kashi 10 ko fiye na kudaden shiga daga aikin injinan caca. Tare da amincewar hukumar a watan Nuwamba, BBT a yanzu kuma tana tantance kamfanonin da suka cika wannan ma'auni na kashi 10 cikin XNUMX ta hanyar kera waɗannan na'urori.
A matsayinsa na mai sarrafa dala miliyan 400 a cikin kadarori daga fiye da 4,000 Brethren Pension Plan members da 200 Brethren Foundation abokan ciniki, BBT yana da tasiri a kan kamfanonin duniya ta hanyar zuba jari a hannun jari da kuma shaidu. Dabarun SRI na BBT yana da abubuwa uku. Na farko shine nunawa. BBT ya fitar da manyan 'yan kwangilar tsaron Amurka 25 da kamfanoni waɗanda ke samar da kashi 10 ko fiye na kudaden shiga daga tsaro, caca, taba, barasa, da kuma batsa. Bangaren na biyu ya yi kira ga BBT don kalubalantar kamfanonin da BBT ke da hannun jari ko shaidu don inganta ayyukan kasuwancin su, waɗanda galibi suna da alaƙa da yancin ɗan adam ko al'amuran muhalli. Ana yin wannan aikin ta hanyar ayyuka daban-daban, tun daga rubuta wasiƙa da yin tattaunawa da kamfanoni, zuwa gabatar da shawarwari ga masu hannun jarin kamfani. Bangaren SRI na BBT na uku shine Asusun Zuba Jari na Ci gaban Al'umma, zaɓin saka hannun jari wanda ke taimakawa haɓaka haɓakar tattalin arziƙi a yankunan masu karamin karfi.
"Na gode wa kwamitin da ke duba wannan batu kuma ya haɗa da waɗannan abubuwa da suka shafi batsa da caca," in ji Dave Gerber, memba na BBT.
Memban hukumar Eric Kabler ya yarda, “Wannan matakin ya ba Cocin ’yan’uwa damar tsayawa tsayin daka.”
A cikin wasu harkokin kasuwanci, hukumar BBT ta fara tantance canji ga adadin kuɗin da ake biya na Shirin Fansho na 'yan'uwa (duba labarin da ke ƙasa); ta amince da kasafin kuɗin kashe kuɗi na BBT na 2007 na $3,334,725 da babban kasafin kuɗi na $66,550; canja wurin ayyukan tsarewa na dala miliyan 400 na kadarorin da BBT ke gudanarwa zuwa bankin Union na California, bayan bankin LaSalle ya daina ba da waɗannan ayyukan don tsare-tsaren fensho a tsakiyar shekara; ƙudirin da ya ba wa ministoci ko ministocin da suka yi murabus waɗanda suka mallaki ko hayar gidajensu su ayyana kashi 100 na kuɗin ritayar su a matsayin alawus na gidaje da za a fara daga 2007; an bayar da kuɗin da ya kai $123,567 don ƙarin Kuɗaɗen Kuɗi don Daidaita Annuitant shirin (membobi ne tsoffin ma'aikatan Babban Hukumar da aka yi rajista a cikin tsarin ritaya na adalci kafin shigar da su cikin Tsarin Fansho na 'Yan'uwa); kuma sun amince da sabbin zaɓuɓɓuka biyu na asusu don abokan ciniki na Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa.
Hukumar ta kuma sami rahoto daga Cocin of the Brothers Credit Union, wanda a tsakiyar shekara ta 2007 ake sa ran za ta ba da wasu sabbin ayyuka da suka haɗa da yin banki ta yanar gizo, asusun ajiyar kuɗi, katunan kuɗi, da lamuni na gida. A kokarin gaggauta aiwatar da sabbin ayyuka, hukumar ta kada kuri'a don samar da kudade da kungiyar lamuni za ta yi amfani da su wajen hada wani mai ba da shawara mai zaman kansa don taimakawa wajen rubuta manufofin sarrafa cikin gida da tallata sabbin kayayyakinta.
Baƙi 125 da ke wakiltar ikilisiyoyi bakwai da Kwalejin Bridgewater sun shiga cikin hukumar a liyafar cin abincin rana da gidauniyar ‘yan’uwa ta dauki nauyi, wanda aka gudanar a cocin Bridgewater na ‘yan’uwa. Steve Mason, sabon darakta na gidauniyar, ya ba da bayanai na asali game da gidauniyar da ke bayyana matsayinta na ketare alamar sarrafa kadarorin dala miliyan XNUMX.
A watan Nuwamba, Karen Orpurt Crim ta shiga hukumar don taronta na farko, inda ta maye gurbin Mason wanda ya yi murabus a watan Oktoba don shiga cikin ma'aikatan BBT. Hukumar ta amince da Janice Bratton ta sake yin wani wa'adin shekaru hudu a matsayin mamba a hukumar. Hukumar tana kan aikin kiran mutum ya cika wa’adin shekara daya a shekarar 2007-08. Za a ƙaddamar da sunayen ga mukaman biyu zuwa taron shekara-shekara don tabbatarwa. Donna Forbes Steiner an amince da shi a matsayin shugaban kwamitin zaɓe; An sake zaben Gail Habecker a matsayin shugaban kwamitin zuba jari; An sake zaben Bratton a matsayin sakatare.
2) Ana Tattalin Arzikin Fansho na Yan'uwa.
Wani rahoto na gaskiya da aka bai wa Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) wannan faɗuwar ya nuna cewa Asusun Faɗin Ritaye na Shirin ‘Yan Fansho a farkon wannan shekarar ya shiga cikin yankin da ba a taɓa gani ba tsawon shekaru da yawa, idan ba a taɓa samun kuɗi ba.
A cikin shekaru hudu da suka gabata, hukumar ta BBT ta kokawa da yadda za ta tabbatar da cewa Asusun Rinjaye na Ritaya zai iya biyan bashin da ake binsa shekaru da yawa daga yanzu. Yanzu haka dai hukumar ta fara tantance adadin kudaden da ake kashewa na shirin ‘yan fansho.
An yi imanin cewa an daidaita matsayin da ba a ba da kuɗi ba tare da haɓakar haɓakar kasuwannin zuba jari a rabin na biyu na shekara. Amma sakamakon abubuwa biyu ne, a cewar babban jami’in kudi na BBT, Darryl Deardorff: rashin kyawun aikin da kasuwanni ke yi a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata, da kuma yadda ake biyan kuɗin da ake ba wa ‘yan’uwa fensho Plan annuitants sun dogara ne akan zato na gaskiya cewa Ritaya. Asusun Amfani na iya samar da ribar kashi takwas cikin ɗari akan kuɗaɗen “Sashe na A”.
A cikin 2003, hukumar ta raba kudade a cikin Tsarin Fansho na Yan'uwa zuwa "Sashe na A" da "Sashe na B", saboda damuwa cewa BBT ba za ta iya ba da kashi takwas cikin dari na annuitization kudi na dindindin ba. Kudaden da aka bayar kafin Yuli 1, 2003, an sanya su a cikin "Asusun Asusu" kuma za su sami ƙimar zato na kashi takwas lokacin da aka kashe su, kodayake hukumar za ta iya canza wannan kuɗin a kowane lokaci. Kudaden da aka bayar bayan wannan kwanan wata an sanya su a cikin "asusun B" kuma za su sami ƙimar zato na kashi shida lokacin da aka kashe su, tare da sanin cewa hukumar za ta tantance ƙimar kowace shekara.
A shekara ta 2005, hukumar ta dauki mataki na biyu don durkusar da asusun fa'idojin ritaya ta hanyar samar da asusu na wucin gadi don tabbatar da asusun zai cika abubuwan da ake binsa na dogon lokaci.
Duk da wadannan ayyuka guda biyu, asusun fa'idodin ritayar ya shiga cikin halin rashin kuɗi saboda kawai saka hannun jari ba su iya cimma isasshiyar adadin dawowar da ya dace daidai da adadin kuɗin da asusun ke bayarwa, in ji Gail Habecker, shugaban kwamitin saka hannun jari. Ta ba da rahoton cewa matsalar ita ce ƙarancin aikin kasuwa a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata, lokacin da S&P 500 ya kai matsakaicin kashi 0.5 na haɓaka yayin da mafi yawan kuɗin da aka daidaita sun ɗan ɗanɗana sama da kashi 2.5.
Habecker ya ruwaito cewa ma'aikatan sun binciki sauran membobin kungiyar fa'idodin Coci masu irin wannan tsarin fansho, kuma sun sami kaɗan suna ba da ƙimar kuɗin shiga cikin kashi shida kuma babu wanda ke ba da kashi takwas. Membobin Ƙungiyar Fa'idodin Ikilisiya da yawa sun ƙaura zuwa bayar da kashi huɗu cikin ɗari na “kudin bene” tare da ƙarin biyan kuɗi kan aikin kasuwa.
A watan Nuwamba, hukumar BBT ta yi la'akari da zaɓuɓɓuka iri-iri don asusun A da B na Tsarin Fansho na ’yan’uwa, amma sun yanke shawarar ba za a iya yanke shawara ba kafin a sake duba matsayin kuɗi na zamani. Wannan binciken, wanda Hewitt da Associates ke gudanarwa, ana sa ran kammala shi a tsakiyar watan Janairu. Kwamitin Zuba Jari na BBT zai gana nan ba da jimawa ba don tantance matakai na gaba.
Hukumar ta amince da baiwa kwamitin saka hannun jari damar sauya adadin kudaden da ake kashewa a asusun na Plan A ba tare da wani mataki na gaba da hukumar ta dauka ba, idan kwamitin ya ga irin wannan matakin ya dace bayan nazarin rahoton matsayin kudade.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Tsarin fensho na ’yan’uwa, tuntuɓi Amintattun Amfana da Brotheran’uwa a 800-746-1505 ko je zuwa www.brethren.org/bbt.
3) Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara ta kafa burin yin rajista don taron 2007.
Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara ta kafa burin masu rajista 4,000 don taron shekara-shekara na 2007 a Cleveland, a wani taron da aka gudanar a ranar 28-29 ga Nuwamba a New Windsor, Md. Dukkan mambobin majalisar sun halarci taron ciki har da shugaba da mai gudanarwa na shekara-shekara na shekara-shekara. Ronald Beachley, mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na yanzu Belita Mitchell, mai gudanarwa Jim Beckwith, mataimakin shugaban gundumar Shenandoah Joan Daggett, tsohon mai gudanar da taron Jim Myer, babban darektan taron Lerry Fogle, da sakataren taro Fred Swartz.
Rijistar 4,000 ita ce adadin rajistar da majalisar ta yi kiyasin cewa za ta yi don dawo da asusun taron shekara-shekara a cikin baƙar fata da kuma cika kasafin 2007, in ji Swartz a cikin rahotonsa na taron. Rajista ya yi ƙasa da yadda ake tsammani a taron shekara-shekara na 2006, Swartz ya ruwaito, musamman a yawan wakilan ikilisiya da ke halarta. Wannan ya haifar da dan gibi wajen biyan kuɗaɗen taron na 2006. Kudin da ake tsammani a Cleveland shekara mai zuwa yana kira ga kasafin kuɗi mafi girma na 2007.
A cikin tattaunawarta, majalisar ta lura cewa Cleveland wuri ne mai kyau ga iyalai. Wakilan majalisar da dama sun gamsu da wuraren taron birnin yayin rangadin da suka yi a farkon watan Nuwamba. Ajandar kasuwanci ta 2007 kuma za ta sami batutuwa masu ban sha'awa da yawa don la'akari da wakilai, wanda zai kara kuzari ga ikilisiyoyin tura wakilai, in ji Swartz.
Majalisar ta amince da wata shawara daga Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Tsare-tsare na sauya fasalin wuraren taron shekara-shekara. Sabon shirin, wanda zai bukaci amincewa daga taron, zai kasance taron taron a Gabas da Tsakiyar Yamma sau hudu a cikin shekaru 12 maimakon jujjuyawar da ake yi a yanzu wanda ke da wurare a cikin waɗannan yankuna biyu kawai sau uku a kowace zagaye. Sauran shekaru na zagayowar za a gudanar da taron sau daya a yankin Arewa maso Yamma, da Filaye, da Kudu maso Gabas, da kuma Kudu maso Yamma. Sabuwar jujjuyawar za ta ba da damar gudanar da taron shekara-shekara a mafi yawan lokuta a yankunan da ke da babban taro na membobin Cocin ’yan’uwa.
A sauran harkokin kasuwanci, majalisar ta fara duba wasu batutuwan kasafin kudi da tallace-tallace da suka shafi taron shekara-shekara. Har ila yau, ta amince da tsarin sake dawo da bala'i ga ofishin taron idan bala'i ko wasu ayyukan katse gaggawa, sun sake tabbatar da manufofi game da buƙatun da za a cika ta hanyar tambayoyi (duba manufofi a www.brethren.org/ac), duba kasafin kuɗi da tsare-tsaren na Kwamitin cika shekaru 300, kuma ya karbi rahotanni ciki har da tunani daga mai gudanarwa Mitchell, rahoton cewa tafiyar ofishin taron shekara-shekara zuwa New Windsor ya cika a kan kasafin kuɗi, da rahoto daga Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen da ke jera ra'ayoyin daga kwamitin aikin sa kan tallace-tallace. Kungiyar ta dage aiki na karshe a kan bita ga takarda kan magance matsalolin da ke haifar da cece-kuce har sai taron shekara-shekara ya watsar da abin da yake kasuwanci a halin yanzu kan Yin Kasuwancin Coci.
4) Kula da Yara na Bala'i don yin aiki a New Orleans cikin 2007.
Hukumar Bayar da Agajin Gaggawa ta Tarayya (FEMA) ta bukaci ma’aikatar Kula da Yara ta Bala’i (DCC) na Cocin of the Brothers General Board don ba da kulawar yara don Shirin “Tsarin Gida” a New Orleans a cikin shekara ta 2007.
Don taimaka wa mutanen da ke komawa yankin bayan an kwashe su daga Hurricanes Katrina da Rita, FEMA tana buɗe "Cibiyar Maraba da Gida ta Louisana" a New Orleans a ranar 2 ga Janairu. Wannan Shagon Tsayawa ɗaya zai ƙunshi hukumomi da ƙungiyoyi waɗanda za su iya ba da albarkatu don mutanen da suka dawo gida. FEMA ta bukaci cibiyar kula da yara a cikin Shagon Tsaya-daya, in ji kodinetar DCC, Helen Stonesifer. "FEMA tana tsammanin cewa wannan taimakon zai kasance har tsawon shekara guda, saboda haka, wannan zai kasance aikin DCC mai gudana," in ji rahotonta.
Stonesifer ya kara da cewa "Wannan wata kyakkyawar dama ce ga duk masu aikin sa kai na kulawa da yara wadanda ke da damar ba da amsa," in ji Stonesifer. "Hakanan zai ba mu damar tsara mutane kafin lokaci," in ji ta.
Yankuna uku na masu sa kai don Kula da Yara na Bala'i ya zuwa yanzu an kunna su don amsawa a New Orleans. Za a buƙaci masu ba da agaji su yi hidima na tsawon makonni biyu. Za a tura tawaga ta hudu da farko don yin hidima na tsawon makonni biyu na farko.
Don ƙarin bayani ziyarci http://www.disasterchildcare.org/ ko a kira Ofishin DCC a 800-451-4407 (zaɓi 5).
5) Sabon Aikin Amsar Bala'i na Yan'uwa yana buɗewa a Mississippi.
Response Brethren Bala'i yana buɗe sabon aikin dawo da Hurricane Katrina a McComb, Miss., Bayan hutu. McComb yana kudu maso yammacin Mississippi, arewa da iyakar Louisiana.
Daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, duk masu aikin sa kai waɗanda aka tsara don aikin Pensacola, Fla., bayan sabuwar shekara za a sanya su zuwa sabon aikin Mississippi. Masu gudanar da ayyukan agaji na gunduma za su sanar da ’yan agaji game da wannan canji, in ji wani rahoto daga Brethren Disaster Response, ma’aikatar Coci na Babban Hukumar ’Yan’uwa.
Ko da yake guguwar Katrina ta yi kaca-kaca a kudu maso gabashin Louisiana, ana iya samun barna mai yawa a cikin nisan mil 100 daga cibiyar guguwar a Mississippi da Alabama da kuma Louisiana, in ji wani rahoto daga Jane Yount, mai kula da martanin bala'in Brethren Disaster Response. Adadin wadanda suka mutu a hukumance da aka danganta Katrina ya haura 1,836, lamarin da ya sa Katrina ta kasance guguwa mafi muni tun shekarar 1928, in ji rahotonta. Katrina kuma ita ce guguwa mafi tsada a tarihin Amurka, inda ta yi asarar dala biliyan 75. Kimanin gidaje 350,000 ne suka ruguje tare da lalata wasu dubbai.
'Yan'uwa za su yi aiki a McComb tare da Cibiyar farfadowa ta Kudu maso yammacin Mississippi. Judy Powell Sibley, darekta kuma shugabar cibiyar sadarwa ta ce "Muna farin ciki da fatan samun mutanen ku tare da mu kuma za mu yi duk abin da zai taimaka musu su kasance cikin kwanciyar hankali da wadata." "Tare da zuwanka, na ji an ɗaga babban nauyi don taimakawa iyalai da guguwar ta shafa a yankinmu."
Ayyukan da za a yi sun haɗa da gyaran rufin rufin da ya haifar da lalatawar ruwa a cikin gidaje, da kuma cirewa da maye gurbin bango, rufi, benaye, da dai sauransu. Baƙar fata yana da matsala a gidaje da yawa kuma zai buƙaci tsaftacewa. Wataƙila aikin yana iya gina sabbin gidaje shima. Motar daukar martanin bala'i na 'yan'uwa, motar haya, da tirela na kayan aiki za su kasance a wurin.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Amsar Bala'i na Yan'uwa je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/ersm/DisasterResponse.htm.
6) Yan'uwa bits: Gyara, ayyuka, ma'aikata, more.
- Gyara: “The Brothers Encyclopedia, Vol. 4” Donald F. Durnbaugh da Dale V. Ulrich ne suka haɗa kai, a cikin gyara zuwa Karin Labarai na Dec. 13. Carl Bowman ya yi aiki a matsayin edita mai ba da gudummawa.
- Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) na neman darektan ayyuka na ofis, don cike gurbin cikakken albashi a Elgin, Ill. Daraktan ayyuka na ofis zai jagoranci Sashen Ayyukan ofis; haɓakawa da kula da tsarin tattara bayanai na ƙungiyar mambobi; daidaita ofishin shugaban kasa; kula da tarurrukan hukumar, ajanda, mintuna, da bayar da taimako ga mambobin hukumar; gudanar da ayyukan albarkatun ɗan adam; da sarrafa ofisoshin BBT game da zama, kayan aiki, da kayan ado. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da kayan ofis, kayayyaki, da sarrafa wasiku; tsarin tarho, liyafar maraba, da baƙi; Bayanan ɗan takarar membobin kwamitin bayanan martaba da sadarwa; shirye-shiryen ajandar hukumar da mintuna; sanarwar matsayin ma'aikata, tambayoyin ɗan takara, kwatancen aiki, da sauran ayyukan albarkatun ɗan adam; goyon bayan malamai gaba daya a ofishin shugaban kasa; da sauransu. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da ilimi na gaba da sakandare, aƙalla shekaru biyar na gwaninta a cikin jagoranci ayyuka na ofis ko sarrafa albarkatun ɗan adam, ilimin Ikilisiya na Yan'uwa da tsarin ɗarika, tsari, da tsari. An fi son zama memba a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa amma ba a buƙata ba. Albashi yayi kwatankwacinsa da hukumomin Ƙungiyar Fa'idodin Ikilisiya na girman kwatankwacin girman da iyakan ayyuka. Ya kamata a aika da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen da ci gaba tare da nassoshi uku zuwa ranar 15 ga Janairu, 2007, ta hanyar sadarwar sirri zuwa Wilfred E. Nolen, Shugaba, Brethren Benefit Trust, 1505 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.
- Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) yana neman mataimaki na tallace-tallace da haɓakawa don cika matsayi na cikakken lokaci na kowane lokaci a Elgin, Ill. Ayyukan da suka haɗa da kafawa da kuma kula da cibiyar sadarwar wakilai na ikilisiya da taimakawa tare da ƙirƙira da aiwatar da wasu shirye-shiryen talla da tallace-tallace; taimakawa tare da haɓaka bayanan ɗarika; tabbatar da wakilan BBT a cikin ikilisiyoyi; samar da sadarwa kowane wata ga wakilan ikilisiya; goyon bayan wakilai domin su iya wakiltar BBT mafi kyau a cikin ikilisiyoyin; taimakawa wajen daidaita tarurrukan yanki ko taron cin abinci a taron shekara-shekara don wakilai; tafiye-tafiye na lokaci-lokaci kamar zuwa taron shekara-shekara da abubuwan da suka faru don cibiyar sadarwar wakilai; da yuwuwar tabbatar da kundayen adireshi na coci da tsarawa da shigar da bayanai don gina jerin lambobin sadarwa. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da aƙalla digiri na farko wanda zai fi dacewa a cikin sadarwa, Ingilishi, tallace-tallace, ko filin da ke da alaƙa; ƙwarewa ko ƙwarewa a cikin sabis na abokin ciniki, sarrafa bayanai, da rubutu; zama memba a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa tare da sa hannu sosai a cikin ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa. Albashi yana gasa tare da hukumomin Ƙungiyar Fa'idodin Ikilisiya na girman kwatankwacin girman da iyakokin ayyuka. Don neman aika wasiƙar sha'awa, ci gaba tare da tsammanin adadin albashi, da bayanin tuntuɓar nassoshi uku zuwa Susan Brandenbusch, Brethren Benefit Trust, 1505 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; ko kuma ta imel zuwa sbrandenbusch_bbt@brethren.org.
- Ofishin Taro na Shekara-shekara yana neman mai tsara rajista na cikakken lokaci na wucin gadi don yin aiki a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., daga Maris 1 zuwa Mayu 31, 2007. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da ayyukan da suka danganci tsarin rajista na taron shekara-shekara, gudanar da rahotanni, sarrafa bayanai. biyan kuɗi, yin aiki azaman mai tuntuɓar farko don rajista, da sauran ayyukan malamai. Ƙwarewar da ake buƙata da ilimin da ake buƙata sun haɗa da ƙwarewar sarrafa kalmomi masu ƙarfi, ingantaccen salon sadarwa mai inganci, ƙwarewa tare da aikace-aikacen software kamar Word da Excel, nuna ƙwarewar sabis na abokin ciniki. Kwarewar da ake buƙata da ilimi sun haɗa da shekaru biyu zuwa uku a cikin tsarin ofis na gaba ɗaya, yanayin aiki iri-iri inda ake buƙatar tuntuɓar abokan ciniki kai tsaye, ƙaramin difloma na sakandare. Aika wasiƙar murfin kuma ci gaba zuwa Ofishin Albarkatun Dan Adam, PO Box 188, New Windsor, MD 21776; 410-635-8780; ehall_gb@brethren.org. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Janairu 19, 2007.
- Ana neman masu nema don Tawagar Tafiya ta Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa ta 2007, wacce haɗin gwiwar On Earth Peace, Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatun Waje, Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa, Ofishin Shaida / Ofishin Washington, da Matasa da Matasa Manyan Ministoci na Cocin of the Brother General Hukumar. Ba "ba kawai wani aikin rani ba" bisa ga shaidar sirri daga 2006 memba na kungiyar Margaret Bortner na Palmyra (Pa.) Church of the Brother, kunshe a cikin sanarwar daga On Earth Peace: "Jihohi goma sha biyar, sansanin coci bakwai, taron shekara-shekara , Taron Matasa na ƙasa, ɗaruruwan sababbin abokai, yawancin ice cream, da rana a Hollywood: wannan shine aikin rani na. Tawagar zaman lafiya ta Matasa ta ba da damar da in ba haka ba ba zan samu ba." Tawagar mai mutane hudu suna ciyar da bazara tare suna ziyartar sansanonin Cocin ’yan’uwa don inganta zaman lafiya. "Idan kuna kula da zaman lafiya da adalci kuma kuna sha'awar barin yankin jin daɗin ku na bazara mai zuwa, da fatan za a yi la'akari da yin amfani da…. Zai shimfiɗa ku a ruhaniya, tunani, tunani, da jiki - kuma za ku so shi, "in ji Bortner. Aikace-aikacen ya ƙare Fabrairu 4, 2007. Don ƙarin bayani ziyarci www.brethren.org/genbd/witness/YPTT.htm ko tuntuɓi Phil Jones a Ofishin Brethren Witness/Washington, 202-546-3202, pjones_gb@brethren.org; ko Susanna Farahat a Amincin Duniya, 410-635-8706, sfarahat_oepa@brethren.org.
- DVD na talla don sansanonin ayyuka na 2007 da Coci na Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa ke bayarwa yanzu yana samuwa. DVD ɗin ya ƙunshi cikakken bayani game da sansanin aiki da faɗaɗa shirin sansanin aiki, da kuma bayanan kalanda na 2007. DVD ɗin kayan aiki ne mai amfani don raba falsafar sansanin aiki, kamar yadda yake fasalta tambayoyi tare da masu gudanarwa da mahalarta sansanin aiki da suka gabata. Rajista na sansanin aiki na 2007 ya fara Janairu 3, 2007, akan layi a www.brethren.org. Don neman DVD, rubuta zuwa cobworkcamps_gb@brethren.org ko a kira Amy Rhodes a 800-323-8039 ext. 281.
- Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington ne zai dauki nauyin balaguron bangaskiya zuwa Vietnam a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 2006-Jan. 13, 2007. An cika rajista da wuri don tafiya ta mako biyu karkashin jagorancin Dennis Metzger, wanda ma'aikaci ne na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa a Vietnam daga 1969-74, da matarsa Van. Mahalarta taron za su yi tafiya zuwa Hanoi, Saigon, Long An lardin, kuma su ziyarci ayyukan hidimar duniya na Ikilisiya tsakanin kananan kabilu da kuma cocin Mennonite a Gia Dinh, da sauran ayyuka. Tafiyar kuma za ta ziyarci yankin Di Linh, inda ’yan’uwa shahidi Ted Studebaker ya rayu kuma ya yi aiki a lokacin yaƙin. Sauran balaguron bangaskiya mai zuwa sun haɗa da tafiya zuwa Mexico a cikin bazara na 2007, jagorancin Tom Benevento, da tafiya ta 2007 zuwa Guatemala.
- Kungiyar Orchestra ta matasa ta Elgin tana ba da hayar ofis a Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill., Har zuwa Nuwamba. Ma'aikatan Orchestra ciki har da darekta Kathy Mathews da abokan aiki uku suna mamaye sararin ofis wanda Illinois da Ofishin Gundumar Wisconsin ke amfani da shi a baya, wanda yanzu ke zaune a Cocin York Center of the Brothers a Lombard, Ill.
- Ruth Stokes ta sami lambar yabo ta "Gwarzon Jarumi na Kullum" daga jihar Pennsylvania. An ba wa 'yar shekara 81 memba na cocin Ambler (Pa.) Cocin Brothers lambar yabo a watan Oktoba saboda nasarorin da ta samu a hidimar al'umma. A cikin shekarun da suka wuce ta buga wasan wasan ƙwallon kwando a filin wasa na Yankee a matsayin wani ɓangare na abin da aka yi imani da shi shine wasan ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon mata na farko a gabas, wanda ya wanzu daga 1947-55; bude kantin sayar da kayan wasa tare da mijinta Harry; ya zama daya daga cikin malaman SCUBA na farko a yankin; wasan golf na shekaru 50; kuma kwanan nan sun kafa Share and Care Community a Walnut Meadows masu ritaya a cikin Harleysville. Har yanzu tana koyar da wasannin motsa jiki na ruwa a kwarin Indiya YMCA, in ji jaridar "Souderton Independent". Stokes ta rubuta tarihinta, "Ruthie Brothers Girl," a cikin 1997.
- Wani sabon littafi game da Sam Hornish Jr., direban Indy Racing League kuma memba na Cocin 'yan'uwa daga Ohio, yana samuwa daga "Crescent-News" a Defiance, Ohio. A watan Mayu, Hornish ya ci Indianapolis 90 na 500, yana tuƙi tare da Marlboro Team Penske. Littafin, "Ƙauna don Nasara," ya ba da haske game da aikinsa tare da hotuna fiye da 200 masu cikakken launi. Iyalin Hornish sun shiga cikin aikin, suna ba da hotuna da kuma bayanan tarihi. “The Voice of the Indy Racing League,” Mike King ne ya rubuta jaket. Littafin ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun bugu, shafuka 136, ana samunsa akan $29.95 daga gidan yanar gizon jarida, http://www.crescent-news.com/.
7) Taron karawa juna sani na balaguro zuwa Brazil zai ziyarci majami'u 'yan uwa.
Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci ta sanar da wani taron karawa juna sani na balaguron balaguro zuwa Brazil, tare da haɗin gwiwar haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Coci na Babban Kwamitin 'Yan'uwa da Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany. Tafiyar za ta ziyarci Igreja da Irmandade (Cocin ’yan’uwa a Brazil), daga ranar 17 ga Mayu zuwa 2 ga Yuni, 2007. Za a yi rajista da biyan kuɗi kafin ranar 31 ga Janairu, 2007.
Taron karawa juna sani yana buɗewa ga membobin cocin masu sha'awar da Bethany da ɗaliban makarantar kimiyya. Shugabannin su ne Jonathan Shively, darektan Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa; Marcos da Sueli Inhauser, daraktocin kasa na Igreja da Irmandade; da ’yan’uwa masu hidima na sa kai da suka fara aiki a Brazil. Mahalarta za su ziyarci kowane rukunin ci gaban coci a Brazil kuma su shiga cikin koyo da tunani a kan abin da ake nufi da zama Anabaptists da Pietists masu shuka majami'u da yin hidima a cikin duniya dabam-dabam da ba ruwanmu da addini.
Ƙarin bayani da suka haɗa da fom ɗin faifai da fom ɗin ajiyar kuɗi yana a http://www.bethanyseminary.edu/. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Shively a shivejo@bethanyseminary.edu ko 765-983-1824.
8) An fara yin rijistar taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista.
An fara rajistar kan layi don taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista na 2007 don matasa kan jigo, “Jihar Lafiyar Mu.” Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington da Ofishin Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Ikilisiya ta Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa tare suna daukar nauyin taron karawa juna sani na shekara-shekara a Washington, DC, da Birnin New York. Taron zai gudana ne a ranar 24-29 ga Maris, 2007.
Mahalarta taron za su bincika kuma za su fuskanci ƙalubale da yawancin matsalolin kiwon lafiya da yanayin al'ummar duniya, ciki har da fashewar cutar HIV/AIDS a Afirka da yadda cutar HIV/AIDS ke shafar jama'a a cikin al'ummomin Amurka, da tsananin talauci na yawancin ƙasashen Latin Amurka, da kuma tasirin kula da haihuwa, talauci, da yunwa ga al'ummar duniya. Ƙungiyar za ta yi la'akari da fa'idodi, ƙalubalen, da gata na shirye-shiryen kula da lafiya, da kuma yin shawarwari ga mayunwata, nakasassu, marasa inshora, da marasa murya na duniya. Makon zai hada da jawabai, gabatarwa, ibadar mu'amala, tarurrukan bita, da ziyarce-ziyarce da shawarwari kai tsaye tare da mambobin Majalisa.
Matasan makarantar sakandare da manya masu ba da shawara sun cancanci halarta. Rajista ya iyakance ga matasa 100 na farko da manya waɗanda suka nema; za a dakatar da rajista zuwa ranar 28 ga Fabrairu ko kuma da zarar an sami rajista 100. Kudin shine $350, wanda ya haɗa da masauki na dare biyar, abincin dare a maraice na buɗewa, da sufuri daga New York zuwa Washington.
Don yin rijista je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/yya/CCS.htm. Don ƙarin bayani ko don ƙasidar tuntuɓi ofishin Ma’aikatar Matasa da Matasa Adult a 800-323-8039 ko kuma ta imel COBYouth_gb@brethren.org.
9) Cocin farko Antarctica?
Ƙananan rukuni na mutanen da ke da alaƙa da Cocin Brothers suna aiki a tashar McMurdo a Antarctica: Pete da Erika Anna, waɗanda ke da alaƙa da Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill.; David Haney, memba na Goshen (Ind.) City Church of the Brother; tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai ta 'Yan'uwa (BVS) Emily Wampler; da Sean Dell wanda ya girma a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa a McPherson, Kan.
Wampler ya bar tashar a ƙarshen Satumba zuwa tashar, wanda shine babban tushe na Amurka a cikin Antarctic, wanda Cibiyar Antarctic ta Amurka ke gudanarwa tare da Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta ƙasa mai kulawa, in ji ta. Wampler ya kara da cewa Amurka tana bin yarjejeniyar Antarctic ta kasa da kasa kuma duk amfanin tashar don dalilai na kimiyya ne cikin lumana. Tashar tana kan Shelf Ice Shelf ɗaruruwan mil daga sandar kudu. Ƙasa mafi kusa ita ce New Zealand.
Amma tare da wasu da yawa da ke da alaƙa tsakanin 1,200 ko fiye da mutane a wurin lokacin rani na kudanci, Wampler har yanzu zai ji a gida. "Za mu fara Cocin Antarctica na Farko na 'Yan'uwa!" Ta yi dariya.
Haney ya kasance "ya kasance a kan kankara" a Antarctica na lokacin rani bakwai na kudancin; Pete Anna shine jami'in rigakafin kashe gobara na Sashen kashe gobara na Antarctic, kuma Erika Anna yana aiki tare da sashen a cikin sadarwa; Wampler yana aiki a cikin galey, ko kicin, a matsayin ma'aikacin cin abinci; Dell yana aiki a cikin gini.
Wampler ta yanke shawarar neman matsayi a McMurdo bayan wata abokiyar BVS ta yi aiki a can bara kuma ta nuna hotunan Antarctica. "Tana da irin wannan kwarewa ta musamman," in ji Wampler. "Na yi tunanin zan gwada shi."
Tsarin aikace-aikacen ya kasance mai tsayi, kuma ya haɗa da jarrabawar likita mai tsanani da na jiki, jarrabawar tunani, da gwajin damuwa idan ya cancanta, "saboda dole ne su tashi daga kankara" a cikin yanayin rashin lafiya mai tsanani, in ji Wampler. Kazalika masu tsada, irin waɗannan jiragen na iya haifar da babbar haɗari ga ma'aikatan tasha.
“Hakika ina fatan yin binciko tarihin nahiyar. A kusa da tashar McMurdo komai yana kiyaye ta ta hanyar mu'ujiza, "in ji Wampler, yana ba da misalan tantuna da matsuguni da masu binciken Antarctic na farko kamar Scott ke amfani da su ta wurin sanyi da bushewar yanayi.
A kusa da McMurdo a tsakiyar lokacin rani na kudanci, yanayin zafi na iya matsawa a cikin 30s da 40s tare da sanyin iska yana haifar da yanayin sanyi, in ji Wampler. Amma a baya da kuma daga baya a cikin shekara yanayi yana da sanyi sosai. A tsakiyar lokacin rani akwai sa'o'i 24 na hasken rana, Wampler ya ce: "Rana tana yin ƙananan da'ira a sararin sama."
Wampler zai dawo gida a watan Fabrairu bayan ya shafe watanni biyar a Antarctic. Mutane ɗari biyu ne kawai - ciki har da Annas - za su zauna a lokacin hunturu na kudanci, lokacin da tashar za ta kasance keɓe gaba ɗaya.
Ta kuma yi tsammanin ceton wasu kuɗi, bayan ƴan shekaru na aikin sa kai na cikakken lokaci. "Suna ba ku kuɗin kuɗi, kuma babu wurin da za ku kashe," in ji ta. Bayan McMurdo, Wampler yana fatan sake komawa aikin sa kai a shekara mai zuwa a wurin kiwon doki a Oregon.