“...Ku tashi ku ɗaga kawunanku, gama fansarku tana gabatowa. - Luka 21: 28b
LABARAI
1) Cocin United Church na Kristi ya zama mai amfani da haɗin gwiwa a Gather 'Round.
2) Kwamitin Seminary na Bethany yayi la'akari da bayanan ɗalibai, yana haɓaka karatun.
3) Kwamitin ya yi hasashen kyakkyawar makoma ga Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa.
4) Fastoci sun kammala Babban Tushen Jagorancin Ikilisiya.
5) 'Yan'uwa suna jagorantar sadaukarwa ga Majalisar Coci ta kasa.
6) Kwamitin ya yi bikin cika shekaru 70 na ma'ajiyar tarihin 'yan uwa.
7) AARM ya canza suna, ya gane membobin kwamitin kafa.
8) Yan'uwa: Buɗe Ayyuka, Tambarin Taron Shekara-shekara, da ƙari.
KAMATA
9) Carol Bowman yana ɗaukar matsayi na cikakken lokaci tare da Babban Hukumar.
10) Steven Crain don yin aiki a matsayin Fasto a harabar Kwalejin Manchester.
fasalin
11) Matasan Haitian Brothers sunyi tunani akan taron daukar ma'aikata.
Don karɓar Layin Labarai ta imel ko don cire rajista, je zuwa http://listserver.emountain.net/mailman/listinfo/newsline. Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers, je zuwa www.brethren.org, danna kan “Labarai” don nemo fasalin labarai, ƙarin “Brethren bits,” hanyoyin haɗi zuwa Brotheran’uwa a cikin labarai, albam ɗin hoto, da tarihin tarihin Newsline.
1) Cocin United Church na Kristi ya zama mai amfani da haɗin gwiwa a Gather 'Round.
A ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, United Church of Christ (UCC) ta rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya don zama mai amfani da haɗin kai na "Tara 'Round: Ji da Rarraba Bisharar Allah," sabon tsarin koyarwa na makarantar Lahadi daga Brotheran Jarida da Mennonite Publishing Network. Sashen Ma’aikatun Cocin na UCC ya shiga yarjejeniyar ne ta hannun kungiyar ‘yan jarida ta United Church Press.
Amsa mai kyau ga Gather 'Round ya bazu har ma ga wasu ƙungiyoyin Kirista guda bakwai. Ƙungiyoyin da ke ba da shawarar tsarin koyarwa ga ikilisiyoyinsu sun haɗa da, alal misali, wasu ƙungiyoyin Mennonite da yawa, Friends United Meeting, Cumberland Presbyterians, da Moravia. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan ƙungiyoyin sun kasance masu amfani da tsarin karatun “Jubilee” na farko, wasu kuma suna zuwa bayan zaɓin Zagaye na Zagaye daga cikin zaɓuɓɓuka da yawa waɗanda aka tantance.
Ikilisiyoyi guda ɗaya daga ƙungiyoyi daban-daban kuma suna samun Gather 'Round online a http://www.gatherround.org/, inda baƙi suka sami damar ƙarin koyo game da manhajar, yi amfani da wasu abubuwan horon da aka bayar yayin karatun. lokacin gabatarwa, da oda kayan kan layi.
Wendy McFadden, mawallafin jaridar Brethren Press ta ce: “Mun yi farin ciki sosai sa’ad da abokan aikinmu na wasu ƙungiyoyin suka yi tunanin kayanmu sosai. “Mun yi aiki tuƙuru don mu samar da mafi kyawun tsarin koyarwa da za mu iya don ikilisiyoyinmu, kuma yana da kyau a ce wasu masu koyar da Kirista da masu shela su gwada Gather’ Round kuma su ce shi ma ya fi kyau ga ikilisiyoyinsu.”
UCC ƙungiya ce ta Amurka a cikin gyare-gyare, masu zaman jama'a, da al'adun bishara. Tare da membobi miliyan 1.26, ya kai girman girman Cocin ’yan’uwa kusan sau goma. "Taimakon su yana ƙarfafa tushen kuɗi na Gather' Round," in ji Anna Speicher, darektan ayyuka kuma editan Gather 'Round.
A halin yanzu UCC ba ta samar da wani tsari da kanta; a maimakon haka Sashen Ma’aikatun Ikilisiya na gida ya zaɓi wasu ƴan manhajoji don tallatawa ga ikilisiyoyin UCC, in ji Speicher. Yawancin masu karatu na UCC sun sake nazarin tsarin koyarwa na makarantar Lahadi kuma suka zaɓi Gather 'Round a matsayin tsarin koyarwa wanda zai fi dacewa ya maye gurbin tsarin karatun Quest Bible, wanda ba za a yi shi ba bayan shekara ta makaranta ta 2007-08.
UCC ta yi niyya don tallata Gather 'Zgaye cikin ladabi a wannan shekara, in ji Speicher, tare da “cikakken shirin” don faduwar 2008. don cibiyoyin albarkatun su, ”in ji Speicher.
Ken Ostermiller, ministan ci gaban manhaja na UCC, ya gayyaci Speicher ya jagoranci wani taron bita a ranar 4 ga watan Disamba don samar da masu ba da shawara kan ilimi 18 da za su jagoranci tarurrukan horo na yanki a kan Gather 'Round. Wadanda aka horar za su gabatar da Gather 'Round in UCC ikilisiyoyin. Masu ba da shawara sun ba da amsa sosai a lokacin gabatar da karatun su, in ji Speicher. "Sun fi sha'awar jagoran iyaye/mai kulawa da Talkabout na gida. Sun kuma ji dadin zaman lafiya da adalci da kuma almajirtar da tsarin karatun, sun ji dadin abubuwan ibada na zaman; cewa muna koya wa yara cewa ibada ba kawai wani abu ba ne da suke zaune a cikin ƙwanƙolin da ba su da daɗi da ƙafafu, amma wani abu ne da za su iya yin nasu.”
’Yan’uwa da ikilisiyoyi na Mennonite su ma sun yi maraba da ƙaddamar da tsarin koyarwa a wannan faɗuwar, suna ba da tabbaci mai ƙarfi ga sabbin kayayyaki waɗanda ke taimakawa haɗa coci da gida da kuma abubuwan da ke kawo ilimin Kirista a kan gaba a rayuwar ikilisiya, in ji Cynthia Linscheid ta Mennonite Publishing Network. Sabbin samfura guda biyu – Talkabout, abin kai gida kwata-kwata wanda aka ƙera don zama akan teburin cin abinci na kowane iyali, da “Haɗa,” jagorar nazarin iyaye/mai kulawa-sun sami babban yabo.
Modesto (Calif.) Coci na 'yan'uwa na ɗaya daga cikin majami'u masu sha'awar game da iyaye / masu kulawa kuma sun gabatar da Talkabout ga dukan ikilisiya, suna ajiye ƙarin akan tebur a ginin coci. "Ina kuma jin abubuwa masu ban al'ajabi game da shirin matasa," in ji wani fasto Russ Matteson. Da yake tunawa da wani motsa jiki na musamman game da addu'a, ya lura cewa matasa sun yi magana game da shi a ranar Lahadi mai zuwa kuma ya ce sun yi amfani da aikin addu'a a cikin mako. Majami’ar ta kuma gayyaci iyaye da su shiga ajin preschool, wanda ya kawo wasu ma’aurata masu aiki biyu da ba su halarci makarantar Lahadi ba saboda ba sa son su rabu da ’ya’yansu a karshen mako.
Tattauna 'Round "yana ƙalubalanci yara su yi tunani cikin sababbin hanyoyi game da abin da ake nufi da yin addu'a, abin da ake nufi da kasancewa tare da Allah - ta hanyoyin da ke ba su kayan aikin da za su iya amfani da su a tsawon rayuwarsu," in ji Matteson.
2) Kwamitin Seminary na Bethany yayi la'akari da bayanan ɗalibai, yana haɓaka karatun.
Kwamitin Amintattu na Seminary Seminary na Bethany ya taru don taron sa na shekara-shekara na Oktoba 27-29 a harabar makarantar a Richmond, Ind. Manyan abubuwan kasuwanci sun haɗa da rahoton ƙididdiga game da ƙungiyar ɗalibai, haɓakar koyarwa, da sabon salo. Shirin taimakon kuɗi don hidimar bayanan ɗalibi. Kwamitin Ilimi na hukumar ya ba da rahoton cewa daidaiton cikakken lokaci na Bethany na zaman 2006-07 ɗaya shine 54.54, daga 46.81 a cikin 2005-06. Kwamitin ya lura cewa rahotannin kididdiga na dalibai a yanzu sun hada da kwatancen ma'auni na bayanan dalibai da hukumar ta tsara. Sauran kididdigar game da ƙungiyar ɗaliban makarantar hauza an raba su ta Kwamitin Harkokin Kasuwanci da Student: sababbin ɗalibai a Bethany sun haɗa da 10 Master of Divinity dalibai na gida, 12 dalibai lokaci-lokaci, da kuma Master of Divinity Connections dalibai shida. Daliban Connections da wasu shida waɗanda a baya aka shigar da su cikin waccan shirin sun haɗa da ƙungiyar ta bana. Hukumar ta amince da shawarwarin daga Kwamitin Al'amuran Dalibai da Kasuwanci don saita kuɗin koyarwa na shekara ta 2007-08 akan dala 325 a kowace sa'a na kuɗi, haɓaka $29. Koyarwar Bethany ta ci gaba da zama ƙasa da matsakaicin adadin kwatankwacin cibiyoyin takwarorinsu. Hukumar ta kuma ba da izini ga gwamnati don ci gaba da haɓaka sabon shirin tallafin kuɗi wanda ke tallafawa bayanan ɗalibai.
A wasu harkokin kasuwanci, hukumar ta amince da binciken 2005-06; ya ba da izini ga gudanarwa don ci gaba da binciken dangantakar kwangila tare da Gudanar da Ma'aikata na Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru; ya amince da sabuntawa da yawa ga dokokin makarantar hauza; kuma sun amince da shawarwarin don canza sunan Jagoran Fasaha a cikin Digiri na Tauhidi (MATh.) zuwa Jagoran Arts (MA), wanda ya fi dacewa da ƙa'idodin ƙungiyoyin masu ba da izini na Ƙungiyar Makarantun Tauhidi a Amurka da Kanada, kuma Hukumar Koyo mafi girma ta Ƙungiyar Kwalejoji da Makarantun Sakandare ta Arewa ta Tsakiya.A wani taron cin abinci, hukumar ta amince da hidimar Dena Pence Frantz a matsayin farfesa na ilimin tauhidi da kuma darektan Jagora na Arts a cikin shirin Tauhidi. Ta karbi nadi a matsayin darekta na Cibiyar Koyarwa da Koyarwa ta Wabash (Ind.) a Tauhidi da Addini, daga ranar 1 ga Janairu.
Hukumar ta kuma yi maraba da sabbin mambobin Betty Ann Cherry na Huntingdon, Pa.; Jonathan Frye na McPherson, Kan.; Rex Miller na Milford, Ind.; da Rhonda Pittman Gingrich daga Minneapolis, Minn.
3) Kwamitin ya yi hasashen kyakkyawar makoma ga Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa.
Kwamitin Binciken Zaɓuɓɓukan Zaɓuɓɓukan Ma'aikatar 'Yan'uwa ya gudanar da taronsa na biyu na Nuwamba 10-12 a cibiyar a New Windsor, Md. Cibiyar Sabis," in ji shugaba Dale Minnich. "Ana nazarin takamaiman shawarwari da yawa - kuma duk waɗannan za su buƙaci Babban Hukumar ta yi la'akari da su lokacin da kwamitin ya ba da rahotonsa na ƙarshe."
Ƙungiya wani kwamiti ne na Babban Hukumar, wanda aka ba da aikin tantance zaɓuɓɓukan hidima a Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa. Kwamitin ya yi ibada tare, ya gana da manyan ma’aikatan hukumar da manyan daraktoci na hukumomin hadin gwiwa guda uku da ke cibiyar, inda suka gudanar da rahotanni sama da 30 daga ayyukan da aka yi a baya ga ma’aikata da mambobin kwamitin, tare da tattauna yadda za a bi wajen gudanar da ayyukansa.
Musamman ma, kwamitin ya gana da Roy Winter, babban darektan Cibiyar Hidima ta ’Yan’uwa kuma darektan Bayar da Agajin Gaggawa, da LeAnn Wine, darektan ayyukan kuɗi na Babban Hukumar, a duk lokacin da aka aiwatar da shi, kuma ya yi hira da Bob Gross, babban darektan zartarwa na ƙungiyar. A Duniya Zaman Lafiya, wanda ke da manyan ofisoshinsa a cibiyar; Bob Chase, babban darektan Babban Gift/SERRV, wanda ke da wuraren ajiyar kayayyaki da kantin sayar da kayayyaki a cibiyar; da Paul Derstine, babban darektan Interchurch Medical Assistance, wanda ke da manyan ofisoshinsa a cibiyar.
Game da makomar cibiyar, rahoton taron ya ce, “Mun yi imanin cewa ya kamata a ci gaba da ƙarfafa Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa, a ƙarfafa su, kuma a ba su da sabon hangen nesa.” Minnich ya zayyana wasu dalilai na wannan shawara ta farko: manufar cibiyar–wanda ya shafi haɓaka ƙoƙarin ƙirƙira don magance buƙatun ɗan adam-ya ci gaba da kasancewa cikin gaggawa; tarihinsa a matsayin mai samar da ma'aikatun hangen nesa da inganci don biyan bukatun ɗan adam, kuma a matsayin mai da hankali ga ƙarfafa mutane don haɓaka shaidarsu a fannonin hidima da samar da zaman lafiya, yana ba da "tafkin sha'awa" wanda ke da ƙima mai daraja don haɓakawa da haɓakawa. ; ma’aikatunta na yanzu da abokan hidima suna da ƙarfi musamman wajen ɗaga hangen nesa don biyan buƙatun ɗan adam, ba da damar sa kai, da ƙalubalantar mutane don haɓaka almajirancin Kirista.
Sabuwar Cibiyar Taro ta Windsor a matsayin hanyar da ke ba da karimci don tallafawa ayyukan abokan hulɗar cibiyar da sauran kungiyoyi suna da damar yin aiki mai girma na ilimi da ƙarfafawa don ƙaddamar da amsa ga bukatun ɗan adam, in ji Minnich. Yayin da Ma'aikatun Sabis da cibiyar taron ke fuskantar wasu ƙalubalen gudanarwa, kwamitin ya yi imanin kowane yanki na ma'aikatar hudu na Babban Hukumar a Cibiyar Sabis ta 'Yan'uwa (Ma'aikatun Sabis, Amsar Gaggawa, haɗin gwiwar hayar tare da wasu hukumomi, da Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor). na iya zama mai amfani da kuɗi don nan gaba, in ji shi.
Kwamitin yana shirin sake ganawa a ranar 23-25 ga Fabrairu don yin aiki kan ƙarin takamaiman shawarwari. Membobin su ne David R. Miller na Dayton, Va.; Dale Minnich na Moundridge, Kan.; Fran Nyce na Westminster, Md.; Dale Roth na Kwalejin Jiha, Pa.; Jim Stokes-Buckles na New York, NY; Kim Stuckey Hissong na Westminster, Md.; da Jack Tevis na Westminster, Md.
4) Fastoci sun kammala Babban Tushen Jagorancin Ikilisiya.
Fastoci tara na Cocin Brotheran’uwa waɗanda kwanan nan suka kammala Advanced Foundations of Church Leadership tsari an karrama su a wani liyafa a Hagerstown, Ind., a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba. Don murnar nasarar da suka samu, ma’aurata, abokai, wakilan ikilisiya, da ma’aikatan da suka taru daga kewayen kasa.
Fastoci da aka gane don kammala shirin sune Eric Anspaugh, Glenn Bollinger, Michael Clark, John Holderread, Bruce Huffman, Peter Kaltenbaugh, David L. Miller, Timothy Peter, Deb Peterson, da Sheila Shumaker.
Tsarin tushen ci gaba, wanda Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ma'aikata ke bayarwa, ya fara ne a cikin Janairu 2005 kuma ya haɗa da ja da baya na kwanaki takwas a cikin shekaru biyu. A wurin ja da baya, fastoci sun gudanar da ɗimbin adabi na jagoranci da fastoci, suna yin addu’a da ibada, sun ba da amsa ga kayan aikin tantancewa, sun yi aiki tare da nazarin shari’o’i, kuma sun shiga cikin yanayin koyo da tallafi na koleji. Malamai sun haɗa da shugabannin makarantun hauza da na ɗarika iri-iri.
Advanced Foundations daya ne daga cikin shirye-shirye guda biyu na shirin Dorewa na Fastoci na Makarantar Yan'uwa. Ƙungiyar fastoci na yanzu don kammala Advanced Foundations ita ce ta biyu cikin irin waɗannan "ƙungiyoyin ƙungiya" guda uku da aka samu ta hanyar tallafi daga Lilly Endowment, Inc. Rukuni na uku, wanda aka kafa a halin yanzu, zai fara aiki a watan Janairu.
Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa ita ce haɗin gwiwar horar da ma'aikata na Cocin of the Brother General Board da Bethany Theological Seminary, kuma za a iya isa a academy@bethanyseminary.edu ko 765-983-1824.
5) 'Yan'uwa suna jagorantar sadaukarwa ga Majalisar Coci ta kasa.
A babban taron Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa (NCC) a Orlando, Fla., daga Nuwamba 7-9, zaɓaɓɓun wakilai Nelda Rhoades Clarke, Jennie Ramirez, da Marianne Miller Speicher ne suka wakilci Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa. sakataren hukumar Stanley Noffsinger kuma darektan shaida Becky Ullom. Jigon, “Domin Warkar da Al’ummai” ya dogara ne a kan Ru’ya ta Yohanna 22:1-2, da ke ƙarfafa ƙungiyoyi 35 na tarayya su maido da kiran Kirista na zama masu sulhu.
A wannan shekara, wakilan ’yan’uwa sun sami dama ta musamman don raba tiyoloji da al’ada ta Cocin ’yan’uwa ta hanyar gabatar da ibadar safiya ga taron. "Masu tsara taron sun nemi jagoranci daga Cocin 'yan'uwa saboda kuncin mu na musamman a majalisa a matsayin Cocin Zaman Zaman Lafiya," in ji Ullom.
Ibadar ‘yan’uwa ta safiya ta hada da kira zuwa ga ibada, wakoki biyu, karatun littafi, da addu’a; sakon wani faifan bidiyo ne na musamman da aka kirkira wanda ya bayyana radadin da duniya ke ciki da kuma wasu hanyoyin da Cocin ’yan’uwa ke amsawa ga wannan radadin. ’Yan’uwa biyar da suka halarta kowannensu ya shiga hidimar, kamar yadda daraktan Kwalejin Brethren Jonathan Shively ya yi, wanda ya cika aikin mawaƙa. (Don samun kwafin bidiyon kyauta, “Yaya Zamu Amsa?” Tuntuɓi Becky Ullom a 800-323-8039 ext. 212.)
A cikin tarukan kasuwanci, Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta tabbatar da wani sakon limamin kiristoci da ke kira da “a gaggauta janyewar sojojin Amurka da na hadin gwiwa daga Iraki…. A matsayinmu na maza da mata masu imani, mun yi imani cewa 'yanci, tare da ingantaccen tsaro, yana dogara ne ga Allah, kuma ana aiki da shi ta hanyar amincewa da haɗin kai na bil'adama, da kuma yin aiki tare da abokan tarayya don samar da al'umma, ci gaba, da sulhu ga kowa da kowa, kuma cewa irin wannan 'yanci da tsaro ba ya cikin wannan yakin na Iraki," in ji sakon.
Daga cikin wakilai kusan 250 da suka kada kuri'a, an ji karar kuri'a biyu da daya "a'a" - wakilan 'yan'uwa da abokai (Quakers) suka jefa wadanda suka ji wasu harshe da ra'ayoyin a cikin sakon fasto ba su dace da zaman lafiya ba. Ullom yace. Za a aika da saƙon fastoci zuwa ga gwamnatin Bush da membobin Majalisar, sannan kuma an gabatar da shi ga masu imani da duk masu son zuciya.
Wakilan sun kuma yi amfani da sabuwar manufa kan fasahar kere-kere ta dan Adam mai taken, “An Yi da Firgici da Abin Mamaki” (www.ncccusa.org/pdfs/BioTechPolicy.pdf). Manufofin sun shelanta tsarkin dukan rayuwar ɗan adam a matsayin halittar Allah kuma ta yi Allah wadai da cloning na ɗan adam. An kuma yarda cewa akwai bambance-bambance a tsakanin ƙungiyoyin memba daban-daban guda 35 game da binciken kwayar halitta.
Wakilai baki daya sun zartar da kudurori guda biyu bisa manufar fasahar kere-kere. Ɗayan ya yi kira da a haramta hana haifuwar ɗan adam a duk duniya. Na biyu ya yi kira da a kara sa ido a kan dakunan gwaje-gwaje na gwamnati da na kamfanoni masu zaman kansu da ke samar da makaman yaki.
A wani bangaren kuma, wata sanarwa da aka fitar kan zaben, ta amince da yadda hukumar NCC ke ba da goyon baya mai karfi wajen kara albashi mafi karanci, tare da nuna matukar farin ciki da godiya ga jihohi shida da suka kada kuri'a don taimakawa wajen fitar da ma'aikata daga kangin talauci, tare da amincewa da cewa irin wadannan manufofin jama'a. yana da kyau ga kasuwanci da ma'aikata"; kuma an zartar da kuduri na kare halittun Allah. "Duba yanayin duniya yana barazana ga ginshikin halittar Allah kuma zai shafi waɗanda ba su da ikon daidaitawa - na ɗan adam da waɗanda ba na ɗan adam ba - mafi wahala," in ji wani sashi. Ya yi kira ga “dukkan Kiristoci, masu imani da kuma mutanen kirki za su duniya su… daidaikun mutane da kuma cikin al’umma, da sauri su rage…
Ƙari ga haka, tsarin yau da kullum ya haɗa da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, bauta, da gabatarwa da wasu mashahuran malaman tauhidi, limamai, da ’yan aji suka gabatar. Don ƙarin bayani game da taron, gami da albarkatu, takaddun manufofi, da hotuna, ziyarci http://www.ncccusa.org/.
6) Kwamitin ya yi bikin cika shekaru 70 na ma'ajiyar tarihin 'yan uwa.
Ana buɗewa tare da girmamawa ta musamman na bikin cika shekaru 70 na Littattafai na Tarihi da Tarihi na ’Yan’uwa (BHLA), Kwamitin Tarihi na ’Yan’uwa ya gana a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., a ranar 3-4 ga Nuwamba. Ma'ajiyar tarihin ma'aikatar Cocin of the Brother General Board ce kuma ta fara a shekara ta 1936, lokacin da aka ba da littattafai da fayilolin JH Moore ga Babban Ofishin Jakadancin.
Ayyukan kwamitin sun haɗa da ƙarfafawa ’yan’uwa bincike tarihi da wallafe-wallafe, inganta adana bayanan tarihi na ’yan’uwa, da ba da shawara ga BHLA.
Ajandar taron ya haɗa da microfilming na 'yan'uwa na lokaci-lokaci da cikakkun mintuna na taron shekara-shekara, canja wurin fayilolin fim na 16-mm zuwa bidiyo a cikin tsarin DVD, ƙarin sabon sarari da kayan aiki don BHLA, bita na ƙasida ga masana tarihin cocin gida, tsare-tsaren don zaman fahimta a taron shekara-shekara na 2007, da kuma bitar kasafin kuɗin BHLA na 2007.
Wendy McFadden, babbar daraktar kungiyar ‘yan jarida ta ‘yan jarida, ta gabatar da rahoto kan ayyukan ‘yan jarida. An ba da kulawa ta musamman ga littafin "'Yan'uwa A Lokacin Yaƙin Duniya" na Stephen L. Longenecker. Kwamitin ya ba da shawarar buga littafin.
Wakilan kwamitin sun zabi Jane Davis don zama shugabar tun daga watan Yulin 2007. Membobin yanzu sune William Kostlevy (shugaban), Jane Davis, Marlin Heckman, da Kenneth Kreider. Kenneth Shaffer darekta ne na BHLA.
7) AARM ya canza suna, ya gane membobin kwamitin kafa.
A taron shekara-shekara na Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Anabaptist (AARM) a ranar Oktoba 30 a Landis Homes Retirement Community a Lititz, Pa., mambobin kwamitin kafa Edgar Stoesz da Henry Rosenberger sun kammala hidimar su tare da AARM.
Stoesz da Rosenberger sun taimaka wajen kafa ƙungiyar a cikin 1993, wanda ya ƙware wajen samar da shirye-shiryen inshora da ayyuka ga ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist masu zaman kansu. Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa (ABC) memba ce.
"Mun yi fatan zuwa Ƙasar Alkawari," in ji Stoesz, yayin da yake magana game da bege cewa wata rana hukumar za ta zama kamfanin inshora nata. "Amma, kamar Musa, dole ne mu leƙa daga wancan gefe kuma mu bar ku, sabbin membobin hukumar su kai mu gida."
Saboda alakar AARM da Ƙungiyar Riƙe Haɗarin Cocin Peace, hukumar ta yanke shawarar canza sunan ƙungiyar zuwa AARM – Sabis na inshora don Ƙungiyoyin Cocin Zaman Lafiya. A cikin 2003 AARM ya zama mai gudanarwa na ɓangare na uku na ƙungiyar riƙe haɗarin ƙasa, Ƙungiyar Riƙe Haɗarin Cocin Peace. Ƙungiyar ƙungiya ce ta memba ta Cocin Brothers, Mennonite, da wuraren ritaya na Abokai suna ba da inshorar abin alhaki ga membobinta. An yi canjin ne domin ƙungiyar a yanzu ba tana hidima ga al’ummomin Anabaptist ba har ma da Abokai, ko Quaker, al’ummomin su ma.
Sabbin mambobin da aka zaba a cikin hukumar sune Edith Yoder, babban darektan Bridge of Hope National, Exton, Pa.; Vernon King, Shugaba na Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa na Gida, New Oxford, Pa .; Brenda Reish, CFO na Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, Ind.; Keith Stuckey, shugaban kungiyar Anabaptist Providers, Lititz, Pa., Zaɓaɓɓen kujera; Neil Holzman, Shugaba na Ayyukan Abokai na Aging, Blue Bell, Pa., Zaɓaɓɓen mataimakin shugaban; Kathy Reid, babban darektan ABC, zababben sakatare; da Larry Miller, Shugaba na Mennonite Financial, Lancaster, Pa., Ci gaba a matsayin ma'ajin.
8) Yan'uwa: Buɗe Ayyuka, Tambarin Taron Shekara-shekara, da ƙari.
- Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) suna neman mai ba da tallafi na ayyukan Falasdinu na lokaci uku cikin huɗu don tallafawa ƙungiyoyin da ke aiki a Hebron da At-Tuwani. Wurin da aka fi so shine ofishin CPT Toronto ko ofishin Chicago, amma sauran rukunin yanar gizon za a yi la'akari. Diyya ita ce kuɗaɗen rayuwa bisa buƙata. Nadin na tsawon shekaru uku ne. Halayen da ake buƙata, ƙwarewa, da ƙwarewa sun haɗa da ƙasa a cikin bangaskiyar Kirista, sadaukar da kai ga fahimtar Kiristanci game da samar da zaman lafiya, gogewa a matsayin mai kawo zaman lafiya ko shirye don shiga cikin ayyukan da ba na tashin hankali kai tsaye da kuma aiki a cikin saitunan rikice-rikice na mutuwa, gogewa a cikin Isra'ila/Palestine, ƙwarewar Ingilishi tare da wasu ƙwarewar Larabci da Ibrananci da ake so, ƙwarewar gudanarwa da sadarwa, gogewa a ciki da sadaukar da kai don wargaza wariyar launin fata da sauran zalunci, iyawa a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar, ƙwarewar haɗin kai da al'adu, da sauran cancantar. Ana ƙarfafa masu launi su yi amfani. Za a karɓi maganganun sha'awa har zuwa Disamba 20. Tuntuɓi Doug Pritchard a bako.242987@MennoLink.org ko 416-423-5525. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.cpt.org/.
- An zaɓi tambari don taron shekara-shekara na Coci na 2007 a Cleveland, Ohio, Yuli mai zuwa. Becky Goldstein na Boise, Idaho ne ya kirkiro shi. Za a sami sanarwar fassarar cikin Ingilishi da Mutanen Espanya nan ba da jimawa ba. Don duba tambarin da ke kan jigon, “Ku Shelar Ikon Allah,” je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac/index.htm.
- *A cikin tunatarwa daga ma'aikatan kuɗi na Cocin of the Brother General Board, ba da gudummawar ƙarshen shekara ga ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyi (Association of Brethren Caregivers, Bethany Theological Seminary, Church of the Brothers General Board, and On Earth Peace) dole ne a kwanan wata kuma wanda aka yi wa alama ta ranar 30 ga Disamba domin a ƙidaya shi a matsayin kyautar sadaka ta 2006 don dalilai na haraji.
- Ana buƙatar ikilisiyoyi na Cocin ’yan’uwa waɗanda ke da tsarin lafiya da jin daɗin rayuwa, ko kuma suke tsara irin wannan shirin, su aika da labarin shirin zuwa Ma’aikatar Lafiya ta ƙungiyar. "Shin, kun ɗauki 'Yan'uwa Haskaka!' himma zuwa zuciya? Shin kuna shirin mayar da hankali kan salon rayuwa mai kyau a cikin ikilisiyarku don 2007? Shin shirin aikin jinya na Lafiya ko Ikklesiya ya kasance wani bangare na hidimarku tsawon shekaru? Masu tambaya suna son sani!" In ji wata gayyata ta labarai daga Mary Lou Garrison, darektan ma'aikatar lafiya a madadin kungiyar 'yan'uwa masu kulawa, 'yan'uwa Benefit Trust, da Babban Hukumar. Rubuta, kira, ko aika imel zuwa Mary Lou Garrison, Daraktan Ma'aikatar Lafiya, Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; 800-323-8039; mgarrison_abc@brethren.org.
- Caitlyn Leiter-Mason sabon ɗan makarantar sakandare ita ce mai tsara shirin ranar 10 ga Disamba "Ranar Fadakarwa ta Darfur (DAD)" a Glade Valley Church of the Brothers. Daga karfe 2-4:30 na rana za a bude cocin domin mutane su samu bayanai game da halin da ake ciki a yankin Darfur na kasar Sudan, da kuma siyan kyaututtukan kasuwanci na gaskiya daga yankin da ke kewaye da Sudan da aka sayar da su ta hanyar babbar kyauta/SERRV. Da karfe 5 na yamma, za a biye da abincin dare tare da gabatar da Phil Jones, darektan Shaidun 'yan'uwa/Washington na Cocin of the Brother General Board. Majami'ar za ta tattara gudummawa don aikin hidimar Cocin Duniya a Darfur. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi dad@gladevalleybrethren.org.
- Mawakan Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) Kwalejin Koleji da Mawakan Kwalejin suna gabatar da Waƙoƙin Kirsimeti Vespers ranar Lahadi, 10 ga Disamba, da ƙarfe 4 na yamma a Majami'ar McPherson na 'Yan'uwa. Taken shine "Kirsimeti, Baya da Yanzu," kuma wasan kwaikwayo zai ƙunshi jerin gwanon kyandir, kiɗan Kirsimeti, da kuma waƙoƙi da yawa. Steven Gustafson ne ya jagoranci ƙungiyar mawaƙa.
- "Gina akan Bangaskiya: Yin Tarihin Gidajen Talauci," wani shirin da zai magance matsalar gidaje mai araha, za a ba da shi ga gidajen talabijin da ke da alaƙa da NBC-TV daga farkon Disamba 10. Shirin na tsawon sa'o'i wanda Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa (NCC) ta gabatar. ) tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da Mennonite Media da Hukumar Watsa Labarun Ƙungiyoyin addinai, sun dubi yadda samar da gida mai aminci da tsaro shine ainihin abin da ake bukata don gina al'umma mai adalci da aiki. Wadanda suka bayyana a cikin shirin sun hada da Shugaba na Habitat for Humanity International Jonathan Reckford, tsohon dan takarar mataimakin shugaban kasa John Edwards da Jack Kemp, da Jim Wallis na Sojourners/Kira zuwa Sabuntawa. Ana ƙarfafa masu kallo su tuntuɓi ƙungiyar NBC na gida don neman a watsar na musamman.
9) Carol Bowman yana ɗaukar matsayi na cikakken lokaci tare da Babban Hukumar.
Carol Bowman ta karɓi cikakken matsayin mai gudanarwa na samar da kulawa da ilimi a cikin Ƙungiyar Tallafawa ta Cocin of the Brothers General Board, farawa Jan. 1, 2007.
Bowman ta fara aiki tare da Babban Hukumar a cikin 1998 a matsayin memba na rabin lokaci na Ƙungiyar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya a Yanki 5. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, ta ɗauki ƙarin matsayi na rabin lokaci a matsayin mai ba da shawara na kudi. Kwanan nan, ta kasance tana ba da ƙarin lokaci don aikin samar da wakilai a cikin ikilisiyoyi.
A cikin sabuwar rawar da ta haɗa, Bowman tana shirin ci gaba da faɗaɗa aiki don taimakawa ikilisiyoyi, gundumomi, da daidaikun mutane tare da samar da fahimi masu aminci da ayyuka na kula da rayuwa gabaɗaya.
10) Steven Crain don yin aiki a matsayin Fasto a harabar Kwalejin Manchester.
Steven Crain zai yi aiki a matsayin fasto na harabar a Kwalejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., daga Yuli 1, 2007. Mataimakiyar limamin harabar Sonia Smith za ta yi aiki a matsayin fasto na wucin gadi daga Janairu 1 zuwa Yuli 1.
Crain zai shiga cikin ma'aikatan Manchester bayan ya kammala aikinsa a matsayin malamin falsafa a Jami'ar Saint Francis a Fort Wayne. Ya kuma koyar a Jami'ar Notre Dame, Jami'ar Valparaiso, Jami'ar St. Francis, Jami'ar Washington, da Canterbury High School a Fort Wayne. Yana da digiri daga Jami'ar Stanford, Fuller Theological Seminary, da Jami'ar Notre Dame, kuma ya horar da hidima a Cocin Episcopal.
Shi memba ne na Cocin Beacon Heights of the Brother a Fort Wayne, Ind., Inda yake hidima a ƙungiyar ibada, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin wakilin Babban Taron Gundumar Arewacin Indiana. A halin yanzu yana neman nadin sarauta a Arewacin Indiana District.
11) Matasan Haitian Brothers sunyi tunani akan taron daukar ma'aikata.
Da Matt Guynn
Tsojoji uku, tare da gogewa tun daga zamanin Vietnam zuwa 2004 a Iraki, sun gama raba abubuwan da suka samu a matsayin wani bangare na wani kwamiti a taron, "Mayar da Ma'aikata: Yaki da daukar Sojoji tare da Rashin Tashin hankali," Nuwamba 3-5 a San. Antonio, Texas.
Michelet Hyppolite, tsohon shugaban ƙungiyar matasa a Cocin Haitian na Farko na ’Yan’uwa da ke Brooklyn, NY, ya tashi a cikakken wuri mai tsarki na Cocin San Antonio Mennonite kuma ya gaya wa ƙuruciyarsa su tashi daga cikin taron: “Sadie! Dauda! Miolson! Josue! Stephen! Janesse!..." Ƙungiyar matasa takwas ko goma sun tsaya.
Ya nuna su, ya tambayi tsofaffin, wace shawara za ku ba wa waɗannan matasan da suka zo tare da ni? Masu daukar aikin soja duk sun mamaye su. Me kuke so ku tabbatar sun sani?"
Tsoffin sojojin sun amsa cewa yana da kyau matasa su yi koyi da abubuwan da suka faru na manyansu da kuma wadanda suka riga su, cewa ba sa bukatar su koya wa kansu cewa yaki bala'i ne kuma yana barin tabo na tsawon rayuwa. Sun bayyana cewa a matsayinsu na Kiristoci yana da muhimmanci a siffata ta wurin bishara, ba ta al’adar tashin hankali ba. Kuma sun bayyana cewa, akwai hanyoyin da za a bi don neman ilimi da horar da ayyukan yi; ko da dole ne ka neme su, ya cancanci ƙoƙari.
Da yake tunani daga baya, ɗan ƙungiyar Sadie Hyppolite ya ce, “Na fuskanci Allah ta wurin kalaman Conrad da sauran tsoffin sojoji sa’ad da suke magana game da yadda suka gane cewa yaƙi ba shine mafita ba. Bangaskiyata ta sami tasiri a cikin cewa na gane cewa da gaske za ku iya yin komai ta wurin Kristi. ”
Hyppolite da matasan da suka tsaya tare da shi suna cikin tawagar mutane 16 daga Brooklyn da On Earth Peace ya kawo. A watan Yuni, Fasto Verel Montauban na Haitian na Farko ya rubuto mani, yana raba cewa daukar aikin soja yana da ƙarfi a manyan makarantu, kwalejoji, da al'ummomin gida a New York. Ya so ya nemo yadda zai sa kungiyarsa ta matasa da kuma al'umma su himmatu wajen mayar da martani. A watan Satumba, na ziyarci Haitian Farko don saduwa da membobin ƙungiyar matasa. Akwai sha'awa sosai game da batun daukar aikin soja wanda A Duniya Aminci ya ba da damar rubuta kudin tafiya zuwa taron Texas don haka babbar tawaga daga Brooklyn za ta iya halarta.
Me zai biyo baya? Na gaba ya zo da fahimtar ikilisiyar Haiti game da yadda za a ci gaba a mahallin Brooklyn. A Duniya Zaman Lafiya zai yi aiki tare da ƙungiyar matasa da sauran shugabannin ikilisiya don nemo da inganta zaɓukan da ba na soja ba na gaba.
Ga wasu ƙarin tunani daga wakilan farko na Haiti:
“Mutanen da suka zo ba da labarinsu, na yi imani Allah ne ya aiko su. Sun zama abubuwan rayuwa da abin koyi a gare mu a matsayinmu na matasa don sanin cewa zaɓinmu yana da sakamako, "in ji Leunz Cadely.
“Alƙawarina: Wannan yaƙin ba zaɓi ba ne. Ina da niyyar fara ƙungiya kuma in shiga cikin makarantu kuma in taimaka wa wasu matasa su yanke shawara mai kyau game da shiga soja,” in ji Sandra Beauvior.
“Na fuskanci Allah da sanin cewa jikina haikali ne ba don a yi amfani da shi wajen yaƙi ba. Na sami alƙawarin samar da zaman lafiya, in yi magana da matasa a makarantu da kan tituna, ina yaɗa kalmar,” in ji David Hyppolite.
–Matt Guynn shine mai gudanar da shedar zaman lafiya na zaman lafiya a Duniya.