“Ubangiji ne zaɓaɓɓe na….” - Zabura 16:5a
LABARAI
1) Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta ba da rahoton alkaluman kudade na 2005.
2) Bidiyo ya nuna bacewar wasu masu neman zaman lafiya a Iraki.
3) Kwamitin Nazarin Al'adu ya haɓaka log log.
4) Kwamitin Bethany yana haɓaka karatun karatu, yana shirye don sabunta sabuntawa.
5) Tafiya A Faɗin Amurka yana yin canji a jadawalin ziyarar coci.
6) Kula da Yara na Bala'i ya fitar da adadi na 2005, ya sanar da horo.
7) Kwamitin da ke kula da hulda da majami'a ya yi kira ga nade-nade.
8) Mai zanen littafin yara Raschka ya karɓi Medal Caldecott.
9) Yan'uwa: Zikiri, Taron Shekara-shekara, da sauransu.
KAMATA
10) Scott Douglas yayi murabus daga ma'aikatan ABC.
11) Boshart ya nada babban darektan hukumar Sudan.
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1) Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta ba da rahoton alkaluman kudade na 2005.
A cikin alkaluman bayar da kuɗaɗe na ƙarshen shekara na farko, Ikklisiya ta Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa ta ba da rahoton samun kuɗi na rikodi na shekara ta 2005. Alkaluman sun fito ne daga rahotannin da aka riga aka bincika na gudummawar da aka samu daga Janairu 1 zuwa 31 ga Disamba, 2005. Taimakawa na fiye da $3.6 miliyan ga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa (EDF) kusan daidai da gudummawar da aka bayar ga Asusun Babban Ma’aikatun Hukumar, wanda ya zarce dala miliyan 3.7 wajen bayar da gudummawar da aka samu daga daidaikun mutane da ikilisiyoyi.
Babban sakatare na hukumar Stan Noffsinger ya ce "Babban abin mamaki ga EDF ya kara dala miliyan 2 sabbin daloli a bai wa ma'aikatun hukumar, kuma dole ne a yi bikin." Ƙididdiga masu kama da na 2004 sun nuna “karimcin ’yan’uwa,” in ji Noffsinger. A cikin 2004 EDF ta karɓi ba da ƙasa da dala miliyan ɗaya, jimlar $ 838,037. Bayar da Asusun Ma'aikatun Core ya ɗan ƙaru a shekarar da ta gabata, jimlar $3,829,879 a 2004.
EDF tana ba da tallafi don tallafawa ayyukan agajin bala'i da Amsar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa, Kula da Bala'i, Sabis na Duniya na Ikilisiya, ƙungiyoyin dawo da bala'i na dogon lokaci, da sabis na 'yan gudun hijira.
Asusun Core Ministries yana tallafawa yawancin ayyukan sassan shirye-shiryen hukumar da ba su da kuɗaɗen kansu, ciki har da Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikklisiya, Ofishin Matasa da Matasa, Ƙungiyoyin Ƙarfafa Mishan na Duniya, da Sabis na Sa-kai na Yan'uwa da sauransu.
A cikin sauran jimlar ƙarshen shekara kafin tantancewa, sauran kuɗaɗen Babban Hukumar suma sun sami nasara sosai a cikin 2005: Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya karɓi bada fiye da $295,000 (idan aka kwatanta da $290,820 a 2004); Asusun Jakadancin Mai tasowa ya sami gudummawar fiye da $ 75,000 (idan aka kwatanta da $ 42,788 a 2004).
Cikakken rahoton kudi da aka tantance na Babban Hukumar zai kasance a wannan bazara tare da Rahoton Shekara-shekara na 2005 na hukumar.
2) Bidiyo ya nuna bacewar wasu masu neman zaman lafiya a Iraki.
Wani faifan bidiyo da gidan talabijin na Aljazeera ya nuna a ranar 28 ga watan Janairu ya nuna mambobin kungiyar Kiristoci masu zaman lafiya (CPT) hudu a raye a Iraki, amma ya hada da sabuwar barazanar kisa idan Amurka ba ta saki fursunonin ta a Iraki ba.
CPT ta samo asali ne a cikin Ikklisiya na Zaman Lafiya ta Tarihi (Church of the Brother, Mennonite, and Quaker) kuma shiri ne na rage tashin hankali wanda ke sanya ƙungiyoyin horar da masu zaman lafiya a wuraren da ake fama da rikici. Ya kasance a cikin Iraki tun Oktoba 2002, yana ba da agajin jin kai ta hanyar horo da takardun haƙƙin ɗan adam.
Masu samar da zaman lafiya hudu – Tom Fox, 54, daga Clearbrook, Va.; Norman Kember, mai shekaru 74, daga London, Ingila; James Loney, 41, daga Toronto, Kanada; da Harmeet Singh Sooden, mai shekaru 32, daga Montreal, Kanada – sun bace tun ranar 26 ga Nuwamba. Wani faifan bidiyo a watan Nuwamba ya yi ikirarin cewa an yi garkuwa da masu aikin sa kai na CPT ta wata kungiyar da ba a san ta ba da ake kira Swords of Righteousness Brigades. Tun a watan Disamba, lokacin da kungiyar ta ba da wa'adin ga Amurka ta saki dukkan fursunonin da ke Iraki ko kuma a kashe masu neman zaman lafiya, ba a kara jin ta bakin mutanen hudu ba.
"Muna matukar godiya da farin ciki da ganin James, Harmeet, Norman, da Tom a raye akan faifan bidiyo mai kwanan watan Janairu 21," in ji wata sanarwa daga CPT. “Wannan labari amsa ne ga addu’o’inmu. Muna ci gaba da fata da kuma yi musu addu’a a sake su.”
"Dukkanmu da ke cikin ƙungiyoyin samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista mun damu sosai game da sace 'yan wasanmu," an ci gaba da sakin. "Muna addu'a cewa wadanda suka rike su za su karbi bakuncinsu da alherin da yawancin mu a CPT suka samu a matsayin baki a Iraki. James, Harmeet, Norman, da Tom ma'aikatan zaman lafiya ne wadanda ba su hada kai da mamayar Iraki ba, kuma sun yi aiki don tabbatar da adalci ga dukkan 'yan Irakin, musamman wadanda ake tsare da su."
Shugabannin Cocin ’yan’uwa, da Brethren Witness/Washington Office, da A Duniya Salama sun yi kalamai suna kira da a saki masu zaman lafiya (duba http://www.brethren.org/genbd/newsline/2005/dec0505.htm da http://www.brethren.org/genbd/newsline/2005/dec2905.htm ://www.brethren.org/genbd/newsline/XNUMX/novXNUMX.htm), shiga sauran kungiyoyin addinai da shugabannin duniya ciki har da shugabannin musulmi na Falasdinu da Iraki tare da Majalisar Coci ta Duniya da Majalisar Coci na kasa a cikin Amurka Wasu ikilisiyoyin Coci na ’yan’uwa da kungiyoyi su ma sun gudanar da bukukuwan addu’o’i ga masu neman zaman lafiya.
"Hotunan farko tun watan Nuwamban bara na masu wanzar da zaman lafiya na kiristoci da aka kama a Iraki sun nuna cewa mutanen hudun suna nuna halin ko in kula," in ji Majalisar Coci ta kasa (NCC) a cikin wata sanarwa da ta fitar. "Abokan fursunonin na ci gaba da yin la'akari da abin ban haushi da masu garkuwa da mutane suka zabi wadannan masu fafutukar neman zaman lafiya da kuma masu sukar yakin Iraki don bayyana ra'ayinsu."
Don ƙarin game da Ƙungiyoyin Masu Zaman Lafiya na Kirista duba http://www.cpt.org/.
3) Kwamitin Nazarin Al'adu ya haɓaka log log.
Kwamitin Nazarin Al’adu tsakanin Ikilisiya na Shekara-shekara da Coci na ’Yan’uwa ta kafa ya ƙirƙiro bayanan yanar gizo a ƙoƙarin haɓaka tattaunawa game da ayyukan bincikensa kan al’amuran al’adu a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.
An zabi kwamitin binciken a taron shekara-shekara na 2004 a Charleston a sakamakon tambayoyi biyu, "Zama Ikilisiyar Kabilanci," wanda Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta Atlantic ta kawo; da “Buƙatar Ma’aikatun Al’adu,” daga Gundumar Oregon-Washington. Tambayoyin sun yi nuni ga nassi wajen yin kira don a yi aiki “domin kawo mu cikin daidai da wahayi na Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ikilisiya daga kowace al’umma, da kabila, da al’umma, da harshe, masu haɗin kai cikin bauta a gaban kursiyin Allah.” (Ishaya 56:6-7; Matiyu 28:19-20; Ayyukan Manzanni 15:9; 2 Korinthiyawa 13:12; Wahayin Yahaya 7:9).
Kwamitin ya ci gaba da aiki a kan biyu daga cikin ayyuka biyar, a cikin wani rahoto daga mai rikodin Nadine L Monn. Ƙungiyar tana aiki akan tsarin ci gaban ma'aikatun ma'aikatun al'adu don taron shekara-shekara ta 2010, da kuma kan shawarwarin aiki don ƙungiyoyi, gundumomi, ikilisiyoyi, da membobin coci. Membobin coci masu sha'awar za su iya ziyartar shafin yanar gizon don ganin sabuntawa daga aikin kwamitin da yin sharhi a kansu.
An kuma ƙara ƙarin ga ɓangaren kwamitin na gidan yanar gizon taron shekara-shekara, gami da takardar tambaya don shigar da memba game da shawarwarin aiki, binciken bambancin da aka rarraba ga dukkan ministocin zartaswa na gundumomi, da tebur na shawarwarin Babban Taron Shekara-shekara da aka karɓa tun 1989. .
"Don Allah ku kasance cikin addu'a don ƙungiyar yayin da muke aiki tare don fahimtar wahayi 7: 9," in ji Monn. "Mambobin kwamitin suna neman addu'a a gare su yayin da suke rubuta rahoton taron shekara na 2006."
Mambobin kwamitin sune Asha Solanky, shugabar; Nadine L. Monn, mai rikodi; Darla Kay Bowman Deardorff; Ruben DeOleo; Thomas Dowdy; Neemita Pandya; Gilbert Romero; da Glenn Hatfield, tsohon wakilin majami'ar Baptist na Amurka.
Don ziyarci sashin Nazarin Al'adu na Bangaren Yanar Gizo na Taron Shekara-shekara je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac/multiethnic.htm. Don ziyartar log ɗin yanar gizo je zuwa http://interculturalcob.blogspot.com/.
4) Kwamitin Bethany yana haɓaka karatun karatu, yana shirye don sabunta sabuntawa.
Kwamitin Amintattu na Tiyoloji na Bethany ya taru don wani taron shekara-shekara na Oktoba 28-30, 2005. Amintattun sun amince da karin kudin koyarwa, sun ji ci gaban da aka samu a shirye-shiryen sabunta izinin shiga makarantar hauza, sun yi bikin burin farko da aka cimma ta yakin neman kudi. amince da sabbaticals don baiwa, da kuma maraba da sababbin mambobin hukumar.
Hukumar ta amince da shawarwarin da kwamitin kula da harkokin dalibai da kasuwanci ya bayar na karin kashi 4.96 cikin 2006 na koyarwa a shekarar karatu ta 07-24. Hukumar ta kuma amince da bayanan ɗalibai don shirye-shiryen kammala karatun digiri, takaddun aiki wanda gwamnati za ta yi amfani da shi don saita manufofi game da taimakon kuɗi da ƙoƙarin shiga. Yin bita kan shirin taimakon kuɗi wani bangare ne na dabarun “haɗin kai a cikin shirin kammala karatun digiri” na makarantar hauza. Kwamitin daukar ma’aikata da ci gaban dalibai ya bayar da rahoton cewa, dalibai XNUMX ne aka shigar da su makarantar yaye a wannan kaka.
Kwamitin Harkokin Ilimi ya ba da rahoton ci gaba game da shirye-shiryen nazarin kai da kuma dabarun dabarun sake dubawa a cikin bazara na 2006. Nazarin kai bisa ka'idoji 10 da Ƙungiyar Makarantun Tauhidi ta tsara za a gabatar da su ga hukumar a cikin bazara. .
Har ila yau, an karɓi rahoto game da bita kan tsarin haɗin gwiwar, shirin rarraba ilimi na makarantar hauza, daga Dan Ulrich, mataimakin farfesa na Nazarin Sabon Alkawari kuma darektan Ilimin Rarraba; sannan kuma ya sake duba rahoto daga ƙungiyar ɗalibin Connections na farko game da gogewar ƙungiyar a cikin shirin.
An amince da shawarwarin sabbaticals na malamai a cikin 2006 ciki har da ranar Disamba 2006-Afrilu 2007 don Stephen Breck Reid, shugaban ilimi; a spring 2006 sabbatical for Tara Hornbacker, mataimakin farfesa na Ma'aikatar Formation; da faɗuwar shekara ta 2006 ga Ulrich, a cikin tsammanin dawowar sa ga koyarwa ta cikakken lokaci.
Kwamitin Ci Gaban Cibiyar ya ji cewa makarantar hauza ta cim ma burinta na farko na yaƙin neman zaɓe mai taken “Inspired by the Spirit–Educating for Ministry.” Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya sami kyaututtuka da alkawuran da ya haura dala miliyan 15,700,000. A cikin wasu rahotannin kuɗi, Kwamitin Bincike ya ba da rahoton cewa Bethany ta sake samun rahoton da bai cancanta ba - yabo mafi girma da zai yiwu - daga masu binciken sa na shekara ta 2004-05. Kwamitin Zuba Jari ya ɓullo da sharuɗɗan tantance manajojin saka hannun jari na makarantar hauza, tare da jagororin da suka dace da ma'auni na kowannensu.
Makarantar koyarwa ta Bethany ta ba da rahoto game da halartarsu a taron karawa juna sani na Lexington wanda Lilly Endowment, Inc. ke tallafawa, kuma Lexington Seminary Theological Seminary ya dauki nauyinsa. Taron karawa juna sani ya mayar da hankali ne kan koyarwar tauhidi ga ma'aikatun coci-coci, kuma yana neman tallafawa malamai, shugaban kasa, da shugaban jami'ar yin aiki tare kan wani lamari mai mahimmanci ga cibiyar. Sharuɗɗan zaɓin sun haɗa da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ilimi da ƙwararrun malamai, malamai da gudanarwa waɗanda suka himmatu wajen yin aiki tare don inganta koyo da koyarwa ga ma’aikatun coci, da kwanciyar hankali da ake buƙata don aiwatar da aikin da zai yi tasiri kan yadda cibiyar ke gudanar da ayyukan. aikinsa. Bethany na ɗaya daga cikin makarantun hauza 35 da ke halarta.
Hukumar ta yi maraba da sabbin mambobin John David Bowman na Lititz, Pa.; da Paul Wampler na Manassas, Va.; da kuma Lisa Hazen na Wichita, Kan., Da Jim Hardenbrook na Nampa, Idaho, waɗanda suka kasa halartar taron.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Bethany Theological Seminary je zuwa www.brethren.org/bethany.
5) Tafiya A Faɗin Amurka yana yin canje-canje a jadawalin ziyarar coci.
"Bayan fiye da shekaru hudu da mil 18,000 lokaci ya yi da za a canza yadda ake tafiyar da jadawalin," in ji Don Vermilyea, a cikin wata sanarwa game da Walk Across America. Vermilyea ma'aikaci ne na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa wanda ya fara 'Tafiya a duk faɗin Amurka don Yesu Kristi' a cikin Fabrairu. 2002. Ya fara tafiya a Tucson, Ariz., da burin tafiya zuwa kowace Cocin na 'yan'uwa a Amurka.
Bayan 12 ga Fabrairu, Vermilyea yana roƙon ikilisiyoyi su ɗauki himma wajen shirya masa ziyara, ta hanyar kiran mutanen da za su gudanar da jadawalin ziyarar cocinsa. Vermilyea ya ce ba zai iya yin shiri don ziyarar ikilisiya daga hanya ba, kuma ba zai ƙara yin yunƙurin kiran ikilisiyoyin da ke kan hanyarsa ba don shirya ziyarar.
Ya kuma ba da sanarwar canji da sunan ƙoƙarin: "Babi na ɗaya na 'Tafiya a fadin Amurka don Yesu Almasihu' zai ƙare ranar 12 ga Fabrairu a Jacksonville, Fla.," in ji shi. "Washegari, Babi na Biyu zai fara a matsayin 'Tafiya don Yesu' daga Florida zuwa Michigan."
Vermilyea na shirin kasancewa a Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas daga watan Fabrairu. "Georgia, South Carolina, yammacin North Carolina, yammacin Virginia, da kuma gabashin Tennessee na gaba," in ji shi, ya kara da cewa ya riga ya ziyarci ikilisiyoyin ikilisiyoyi na ’yan’uwa da ke Alabama, a cikin faɗuwar shekara ta 2005.
Bayan Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas, Vermilyea na shirin ketare Kentucky da Indiana akan hanyar zuwa Michigan. Wasu membobin Cocin 'yan'uwa hudu za su zama mutanen da zai tuntube shi na jihohin. Za a bayyana sunayensu da lambobin waya yayin da Vermilyea ke kammala tafiya a Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas.
Frank Thornton, memba na Fruitdale (Ala.) Cocin Brothers kuma tsohon mai gudanarwa na Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas, zai zama abokin hulɗar Vermilyea ga majami'u na Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas. Ana buƙatar ikilisiyoyi masu sha'awar ɗaukar Tafiya don Yesu su kira Thornton a 251-827-6337.
"Idan kai ko ikilisiyar ku za ku so ku karɓi Tafiya, don Allah ku tuntuɓar ta waya kai tsaye da Frank" ko ɗaya daga cikin sauran mutane huɗu waɗanda za a ambata sunayensu don sassan tafiyar, Vermilyea ta nemi, tana neman wakilan ikilisiya suyi magana da kansu. mai tuntuɓar mai suna yankinsu. Thornton da sauran abokan hulɗa sun saba da tafiya kuma za su iya amsa yawancin tambayoyi. Vermilyea ya faɗakar da ikilisiyoyi da suke kan hanyarsa a duk faɗin ƙasar: “Tsarin zai cika, saboda haka sanin lokaci yana da mahimmanci a gare ku.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Tafiya don Yesu, da labarai da hotuna daga abubuwan Don Vermilyea akan hanya, ziyarci www.brethren.org/genbd/witness/Walk.html.
6) Kula da Yara na Bala'i ya fitar da adadi na 2005, ya sanar da horo.
Mai kula da Kula da Yara na Bala'i (DCC) Helen Stonesifer ta fitar da alkaluman karshen shekara don shirin, wanda wani bangare ne na Ma'aikatun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa/Sabis na Cocin of the Brothers General Board. DCC tana horar da masu sa kai don kafa cibiyoyin kula da yara na musamman a wuraren bala'i don kula da kananan yaran da bala'i ya shafa.
Kididdigar 2005 "yana da ban sha'awa sosai," in ji Stonesifer, yana ba da rahoton cewa masu sa kai 148 sun yi hidimar kwanaki 1,372 a cikin cibiyoyin kula da yara 20, suna yin hulɗar kula da yara 3,152 bayan bala'o'i huɗu na halitta da na ɗan adam. "An kiyasta darajar wannan kulawar da aka bayar a $192,628.80," in ji ta. A cikin 2005, an horar da jimillar mutane 162 a Tarukan Horar da Kula da Yara na Bala'i na Mataki na 10 da aka gudanar a Benton, Ark.; Victor, NY; Paw Paw, Mich.; Roanoke, Wa.; La Verne, California; Dutsen Morris, Rashin lafiya; Norfolk, Neb.; Brook Park, Ohio; Sodus, NY; da Farmington, Del. "Tsakar da takaddun shaida, waɗannan masu horarwa za su zama wani ɓangare na cibiyar sadarwar sa kai na DCC wanda ke ba da ƙauna, ta'aziyya, da tallafi ga yaran da bala'i ya shafa," in ji Stonesifer.
Za a ba da ƙarin Bita na Horar da Kula da Yara da yawa a cikin 2006. "Don Allah a ƙarfafa mutane su halarta waɗanda kuka san suna sha'awar kasancewa cikin wannan hidima ga yara," in ji Stonesifer. Kudin kowane bita shine $45; $55 idan kasa da makonni uku kafin taron bita; Masu sa kai na yanzu na iya zuwa kan $25.
Mataki na 1 An shirya Bita na Horar da Masu Sa-kai don Fabrairu 17-18 a Beaverton (Mich.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa; Fabrairu 25-26 a LaMesa (Calif.) Cocin Adventist na kwana bakwai; Maris 3-4 a Modesto (Calif.) Church of the Brothers; Maris 10-11 a Montezuma Church of the Brother a Dayton, Va.; Maris 17-18 a Indian Creek Church of the Brother a Harleysville, Pa.; da Afrilu 28-29 a Deer Park United Methodist Church a Westminster, Md.
Don yin rijista da kuma ƙarin bayani game da Tarukan Horar da Kula da Yara na Bala'i na Mataki na I, duba http://www.disasterchildcare.org/. Don kwafin takardar bita da fam ɗin rajista, kira Diane Gosnell a 800-451-4407.
Masu aikin sa kai na DCC da suka sami horo sama da shekaru biyar da suka gabata suma ana karfafa su da su shiga wani taron horarwa “don gogewa kan kwarewarku,” in ji Stonesifer. "Hanyoyi da manufofi da yawa sun canza kwanan nan kuma muna son ku sani game da su."
Daga cikin canje-canje ga masu aikin sa kai akwai buƙatar hoton kai-da-kafadu, da ake buƙata don alamun tantance hoto, da kuma bincikar bayanan laifin aikata laifuka a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin tabbatar da sa kai. Duk ƙwararrun masu aikin sa kai na kula da yara waɗanda aka horar da su kafin 2000 yanzu ana buƙatar su aika a cikin hoto kuma don samun binciken tarihin aikata laifuka. Masu ba da agajin da suka riga sun sami shaidar asalin laifin aikata laifuka a cikin ofishin DCC na iya yin watsi da wannan buƙatar. Ana iya zazzage fom ɗin bincikar laifuka daga gidan yanar gizon DCC a http://www.disasterchildcare.org/ ko a kira Diane Gosnell a 800-451-4407 ext. 3.
7) Kwamitin da ke kula da hulda da majami'a ya yi kira ga nade-nade.
Kwamitin kan Harkokin Interchurch (CIR) ya ba da kira ga labarai a matsayin nadin na 2006 Ecumenical Citation. Za a ba da ƙasidar ta 2006 ga ikilisiyar Church of the Brothers. CIR kwamiti ne na haɗin gwiwa na Cocin of the Brothers Annual Conference da Babban Hukumar.
CIR ta mayar da hankali a wannan shekara yana kan ikilisiyoyi da ke aiki a dangantakar jama'a, waɗanda suka haɗa da ra'ayi tsakanin addinai. Bisa ga maƙasudai na Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV), shirin Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya, kwamitin ya ba da sanarwar cewa “ana ci gaba da neman ikilisiyoyin Coci na ’yan’uwa da suke da hannu a cikin ayyukan da suka haɗa da addinai, wanzar da zaman lafiya. .”
"A lokacin da ake tashe-tashen hankula tsakanin addinai daban-daban da kungiyoyi a duniya, akwai ikilisiyoyin da suke kai wa, kowanne ta hanyarsa, don cike gibin da ke tsakanin su kuma su zama siffar Kristi a cikin ƙiyayya da rashin fahimta," in ji kwamitin. a cikin kiransa na labarai.
Wadanda suka rigaya sun karbi littafin sun hada da Imperial Heights Church of the Brother a Los Angeles, Calif.; Cocin Beacon Heights na 'Yan'uwa a Fort Wayne, Ind.; da Easton (Md.) Church of Brother. Za a gabatar da ambaton 2006 a wurin abincin rana na Ecumenical na CIR a taron shekara-shekara a watan Yuli.
Za a iya gabatar da sunayen nadin akan layi a www.brethren.org, rubuta a keyword: CIR/Ecumenical. Ranar ƙarshe don nadin shine 15 ga Maris.
8) Mai zanen littafin yara Raschka ya karɓi Medal Caldecott.
An ba da lambar yabo ta 2006 Caldecott Medal ga mai zane na mafi kyawun littafin hoto na Amurka ga yara zuwa "The Hello, Goodbye Window," wanda Chris Raschka ya kwatanta kuma Norton Juster ya rubuta (Michael di Capua Books, alamar Hyperion Books ga Yara). ). Ƙungiyoyin Sabis na Laburare ga Yara, Ƙungiyar Laburaren Amirka (ALA) ne ke ba da lambar yabo ta Caldecott.
Raschka dan Hedda Durnbaugh ne da Donald F. Durnbaugh, "shugaban masana tarihi na 'yan'uwa" wanda ya mutu a watan Agustan bara. Ya kuma kwatanta litattafai da dama da 'yan jarida suka buga.
Game da "Tagar Sannu, Barkwanci," gidan yanar gizon Caldecott ya ce, "A cikin wannan hoton soyayyar iyali, wata karamar yarinya tana gaya mana abubuwan da ta saba yi ta yau da kullum ta ziyartar gidan kakaninta. Salon Raschka ya yi kama da zane-zane na yara ba tare da bata lokaci ba, yana kama da muryar matashin mai ba da labari mara hankali.” Gratia Banta, shugabar kwamitin bayar da lambar yabo, ta ce, "Tare da ƴan layukan kuzari, Raschka ya ba da shawarar duniya mai cike da ƙauna da ban dariya."
Littattafan 'yan jarida da Raschka ya kwatanta sun haɗa da "Benjamin Brody's Backyard Bag" na Phyllis Vos Wezeman da Colleen Allsburg Wiessner, littafin yara game da rashin matsuguni (1991, akwai don $15 da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa, kira 800-441-3712 ko je zuwa www.brethrenpress). .com/store/bpress/8917.html); "R da R: Labari na Haruffa Biyu," wanda Raschka ya rubuta kuma ya kwatanta (1990, a halin yanzu ba a buga); da kuma "Wannan Na Tuna" ta George Dolnikowski, wani abin tunawa da farfesa na haifaffen Rasha Emeritus a Kwalejin Juniata (1994).
Raschka kuma ya kwatanta littattafan yara biyu da memba na Cocin Brothers Jim Lehman ya rubuta kuma ya buga ta Brotherstone Publishers: "The Owl and the Tuba" (1991) da "The Saga of Shakespeare Pintlewood da Babban Silver Fountain Pen" (1990).
Don ƙarin game da Medal na Caldecott duba www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm. Don ƙarin bayani game da 'Yan'uwa Press da kasida ta kan layi duba http://www.brethrenpress.com/.
9) Yan'uwa: Zikiri, Taron Shekara-shekara, da sauransu.
- “Cocin ’yan’uwa na mika ta’aziyyarta ga dangin Coretta Scott da Martin Luther King Jr. a rashin wannan babban shugaba a fafutukar kare hakkin jama’a,” in ji Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brothers General Board. Coretta Scott King ta mutu ranar Talata, 31 ga Janairu, bayan bugun jini a watan Agusta 2005. Ta kasance "mutum ya ƙudura don samar da ingantacciyar duniya wadda dukanmu za mu zauna tare a cikinta daidai gwargwado. Tabbas za mu yi kewar jagorancinta da misalinta," in ji Noffsinger. Sauran shugabannin kiristoci a duniya sun bi sahun shugaba Bush da jiga-jigan siyasa wajen tunawa da Sarki a wannan makon. Shugabar Majalisar Coci ta Amirka ta Amirka, Michael E. Livingston, ta ce "ta kasance mai fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a da 'yancin ɗan adam kuma mai fafutukar hana tashin hankali. Karfinta da karfinta abin sha'awa ne kuma a yi koyi da ita. Za mu ci gaba da yin godiya ga gadon da ta bari a baya.” Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya ta ba da yabo daga babban sakatare Samuel Kobia, “Coretta Scott King wata mace ce mai ban mamaki wacce ta yi rayuwa mai ban mamaki a cikin wani lokaci mai ban mamaki…. Bayan kashe Dokta King, Mrs King ta zama jagora a cikin gwagwarmayar kawo sauyi na zamantakewa, ta nace cewa kada a manta da gadon Dr. King."
- Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara, wanda aka ɗora wa alhakin kula da manufofin taron shekara-shekara, ya kammala bita na "Manual of Organization and Polity" wanda yake tare da shawarwarin taron shekara-shekara har zuwa yau. Ana samun wannan bita na bugu na 2001 akan gidan yanar gizon Taro na Shekara-shekara a www.brethren.org/ac, danna kan "Manufa, Manufofin, da Jagororin" shafin. Wannan bita wani nau'i ne na kundin tsarin mulki na wucin gadi wanda za a sake sabunta shi bayan sake dubawa da wasu hukumomin taron shekara-shekara suka yi da kuma lokacin da aka amince da shi a cikin 2007 na rahoton Kwamitin Bita da Aiki.
- Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) yana tallata Shirin Manyan Manya da ke ba da damar sa kai ga manyan masu aikin sa kai. "Muna rokon ku da ku kawo rayuwarku ta gogewar ku da ƙimar bangaskiya cikin aikin sa kai," in ji sanarwar daga BVS. Duk da yake ana maraba da manya a kowane ɗayan sassan daidaitawa da aka bayar a duk shekara, BVS yana ba da sashin daidaitawa na musamman ga tsofaffi masu shekaru 50 da haihuwa. Ana ba da wannan rukunin wannan bazara a cikin New Windsor, Md., Afrilu 24-Mayu 5. Ranar ƙarshe don kammala aikin aikace-aikacen shine Maris 12. Tsarin tsofaffi ya ɗan bambanta da ƙwarewar BVS ta al'ada ta wasu hanyoyi, gami da guntu. lokacin daidaitawa-kwanaki 10 idan aka kwatanta da makonni uku da aka saba; Ba a buƙatar manyan manya su ɗauki aiki nan da nan bayan fuskantarwa; Ana buƙatar manya da su ƙaddamar da wa'adin sabis na wata shida tare da zaɓi na tsawaita wa'adin su; kuma kwanan watan da za a fara sabis yana yin shawarwari dangane da bukatun mai sa kai da aikin. Tuntuɓi ofishin BVS don ƙarin bayani a 800-323-8039 ko ziyarci www.brethren.org/genbd/bvs/olderadult.htm don saka bayanai game da shirin.
- Portland (Ore.) Cocin Peace na Brotheran'uwa da memba James Groff suna gabatar da shirin talabijin na al'umma na rabin sa'a kowane wata, wanda aka nuna akan Channel 21 a Portland, da kuma akan Channel 11 a Portland da Vancouver, Wash. An fara ƙoƙarin a watan Yuli 2005. "Tsarin shine 'style mujallu' tare da labarai game da abubuwan da Cocin Peace ke ciki," in ji Groff. "Hanya ɗaya ce don sanar da al'umma su san ko mu waye da abin da muke tsayawa a kai." Labarun da aka fito da su sun ba da haske ga Camp Myrtlewood, Ƙungiyoyin Masu Aminci na Kirista, shirin abinci na gaggawa na gida, da kasancewa ikilisiya mai buɗewa da tabbatarwa. Shirin na Fabrairu zai gabatar da sansanin iyali na Song and Story Fest wanda On Earth Peace da sauran su suka dauki nauyin.
- Ra'ayin ya canza a harabar gundumar Pinecrest Community a Dutsen Morris, Ill., A cewar wata sanarwar manema labarai daga Cocin of the Brothers masu ritaya. Masu wucewa yanzu za su iya gani cikin kadada 20 na aikin gine-gine suna shirya don ci gaban dala miliyan 15 da za a kira Pinecrest Grove. Tsarin zai ƙunshi gidaje guda 42 da guda biyu. Cibiyar Al'umma ta dala miliyan 3.5 za ta ba da kantin magani, banki, babban kantin magani, gidan abinci, wurin jin daɗi tare da azuzuwan motsa jiki, da gidan wasan kwaikwayo mai kujeru 200. "Pinecrest yana farin cikin buɗe wannan ginin don irin wannan fa'ida na amfani," in ji Shugaba Carol Davis. "Yana da kyau idan za mu iya mayar da dan kadan ga mutanen da suka kasance suna ba mu kyauta a cikin shekaru 112 da wannan harabar ta wanzu."
10) Scott Douglas yayi murabus daga ma'aikatan ABC.
Scott Douglas ya yi murabus a matsayin darektan Tsofaffin Ma'aikatun Manya na Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa (ABC), daga Yuni 2006. Ya shiga ABC a 1998 a matsayin darektan albarkatun.
A cikin shekaru takwas da ya yi tare da ABC, Douglas ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanar da taro na kungiyar, tsarawa da kuma kula da tarurrukan manya na kasa guda biyar (NOAC), Majalisun Ma'aikatun Kulawa guda hudu, da taron horar da ma'aikatar dicon na yanki guda uku.
A lokacin aikinsa, Douglas ya yi aiki a matsayin ma’aikatan shirye-shirye na ma’aikatun ABC da dama da suka haɗa da Denominational Deacon Ministry, Family Life Ministry, Lafiya: Ma’aikatar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama’a, da Ma’aikatar Manya. A cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata, aikin Douglas ya kasance ma'aikaci na Ma'aikatar Manya. Ya yi aiki tare da membobin sa kai na Ma'aikatar Ma'aikatar Manya don wayar da kan jama'a game da buƙatar hidimar niyya ta, don, da kuma tsofaffi a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa.
"Scott ya ba da gudummawa wajen rabawa tare da babban cocin fahimtar abin da ma'aikatun kulawa ke nufi ga darikar a yau da kuma tauhidin da ke goyon bayan alkawarin Allah da bege ga yalwar rai ga dukan mutane," in ji Kathy Reid, babban darekta na ABC.
Douglas yayi shirin kammala digiri na Master of Social Work daga Jami'ar Illinois, don yin aiki a cikin aikin zamantakewa na asibiti a matsayin mai ba da shawara.
11) Boshart ya nada babban darektan hukumar Sudan.
Jeff Boshart ya karbi sabon mukamin darekta na sabuwar hukumar Sudan Initiative, daga ranar 30 ga watan Janairu. Shi da matarsa, Peggy, sun yi aiki a matsayin masu gudanar da ayyukan ci gaban tattalin arziki a Jamhuriyar Dominican daga 2001-04 ta hanyar Babban Hukumar.
Boshart ya kammala karatun digiri ne a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., inda ya sami digiri na farko na Kimiyya a fannin ilmin halitta da kimiyyar muhalli. Ya kuma yi digiri na biyu a fannin aikin gona da raya karkara a jami'ar Cornell. A 1992-94, da kuma daga 1998-2000, ya yi aiki tare da Educational Concern for Hunger Organisation Inc. (ECHO) a Najeriya, sa'an nan a Haiti a aikin noma al'umma da kuma a matsayin mai ko'inata horo.
Boshart da danginsa a halin yanzu suna zaune a Pennsylvania amma za su ƙaura nan gaba. Boshart zai yi aiki daga Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill.