“Kada ka ji tsoro, gama na fanshe ka. Na kira ka da suna….” - Ishaya 43:1b
LABARAI
1) Kwamitin taro ya gana da Majalisar Mennonite.
2) Yan'uwa yan agaji suna shiga cikin shirin sana'o'i.
3) Daliban Seminary na Bethany da abokai sun ziyarci Girka.
4) Yan'uwa: Gyara, zikiri, buɗaɗɗen aiki, ƙari.
KAMATA
5) Eshbach ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaban Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley.
6) Krouse ya kammala hidima a matsayin mai kula da manufofin Najeriya.
BAYANAI
7) Abubuwan da ke zuwa nan ba da jimawa ba don tattaunawa tare.
fasalin
8) Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya yi kira ga masu neman zaman lafiya da su 'Shine Light' a Washington.
Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers, je zuwa www.brethren.org, danna kan “Labarai” don nemo fasalin labarai, ƙarin “Brethren bits,” links to Brothers in the news, da links to General Board’s photo albums and the. Taskar labarai. An sabunta shafin a matsayin kusa da kullun.
1) Kwamitin taro ya gana da Majalisar Mennonite.
An yi taro tsakanin Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen taron shekara-shekara da wakilan Majalisar Mennonite Brethren Mennonite for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Interests (BMC) a ranar 21 ga Janairu a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill. taron, wanda aka gudanar bisa gayyatar Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen, ya biyo bayan fitar da ka'idojin da aka gyara don nuni da rarraba wallafe-wallafe a taron shekara-shekara.
Kwamitin “ya ga yana da muhimmanci a gana ido-da-ido da ’yan Majalisar Mennonite na ’yan’uwa bayan sun ƙaryata game da neman baje koli a Taron Shekara-shekara na 2006,” in ji mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara Ronald Beachley. BMC, wanda aka kafa a 1976, ya buƙaci baje kolin fiye da shekaru 20, a cewar daraktan BMC Carol Wise. An ƙi waɗannan buƙatun.
A taron, an shafe lokaci ana magana game da tarihin BMC, dangantakarta da shirin haɗin gwiwa na Janar, da dangantakarsa da Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen, in ji Beachley. Waɗanda suka halarci taron sun kalli bidiyon “Body of Dissent,” da BMC ta shirya. Wakilan kwamitin sun bayyana dalilan da ya sa ba a ba BMC damar baje kolin taron shekara-shekara na 2006 ba, kuma ƙungiyar ta yi magana game da yadda za a ƙarfafa da haɓaka tattaunawa. Taron ya kasance "tattaunawar salon juna, tare da dukanmu mun binciko hanyoyi daban-daban don inganta tattaunawa da ciyar da coci gaba," in ji Wise.
Beachley ta ruwaito cewa "wakilan Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Tsara-tsare sun ji cewa manyan dalilan da suka nuna ba a ba wa BMC damar baje koli ba sun shafi matsayin cocin game da dangantakar ɗan luwaɗi da madigo da kuma damuwa ga waɗanda ke cikin darikar da ke kallon nassi daban." Tattaunawar ba ta haifar da wani babban ci gaba ba kuma ba a yanke shawara ba, in ji shi, "amma kasancewa a teburin tattaunawa shine mataki na farko."
Nemo ƙa'idodin da aka sabunta kwanan nan don nunin taron shekara-shekara da rarraba wallafe-wallafe a www.brethren.org/ac/ danna kan "Manufa, Manufofin, da Jagororin."
2) 'Yan'uwa masu aikin sa kai suna shiga cikin shirin sana'a.
Wani aikin matukin jirgi yana baiwa masu aikin sa kai guda 11 tare da Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) damar yin tunani game da kiran su na sana'a. Aikin na tsawon shekara na shirin Binciken Tiyoloji na Sana'a na Gidauniyar Lilly don masu aikin sa kai na cikakken lokaci ne. Ana aiwatar da shi tare da ƙungiyoyin sa kai guda biyar: BVS, Lutheran Volunteer Corps, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Shirin Shekarar Mishan, da Shekarar Presbyterian a cikin Mishan.
Kowace kungiya tana da nata mai gudanarwa don aikin-Mai gudanarwa na BVS shine David Witkovsky, ministan harabar a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa. James Ellison, wani minista mai wa'azi na Cocin Presbyterian yana aiki tare da yara da matasa masu haɗari a gidan Mother Jones House. a Wheeling, W.Va., mai ba da shawara ne ga aikin kuma yana ziyartar kowace ƙungiyoyin sa kai don yin hira da mahalarta da kuma masu aikin sa kai na "tsofaffin dalibai". Jagoran tawagar masu gudanarwa Wayne Meisel, shugaban Corella da Bertram F. Bonner Foundation tun daga 1989 ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan shirye-shiryen bayar da tallafin karatu na sabis na sirri da kuma jagora mai taimako a cikin gwagwarmayar yaki da yunwa (duba http:// www.bonner.org/).
Asusun Ilimin Ilimin Tauhidi ya zama mai sha'awar ƙungiyoyin sa kai a matsayin tushen aikin matukin jirgi saboda suna wakiltar ɗimbin matasa da ke shiga cikin cocin da za su iya zama shugabannin coci a nan gaba, Ellison ya bayyana.
Ƙungiyoyin sa kai-da kuma masu aikin sa kai-za su amfana daga tsarin da ya dace don fahimtar sana'a, in ji Ellison. BVS na fatan wannan aikin zai taimaka wa masu sa kai su “tunanin da gaske game da inda Allah ya kira su a wannan lokaci da kuma bayan haka,” in ji darekta Dan McFadden. Masu aikin sa kai da yawa sun zaɓi hidima ta cikakken lokaci saboda ɓangaren ruhaniya na irin wannan aikin, in ji shi.
Aikin, wanda ya fara a ƙarshen lokacin rani na bara, zai ƙunshi ja da baya uku ga mahalarta 11 na BVS, wanda Witkovsky ke jagoranta. Kowane mai sa kai mai shiga yana neman mai ba da jagoranci don yin jagora cikin tunani game da kira da sana'a, kuma kowane ana tambayarsa ya shiga cikin himma a cikin al'ummar addini na gida. A cikin Maris, masu sa kai guda shida daga kowace ƙungiya za su halarci taro a Jami'ar Princeton.
Ellison yana yin hira da masu aikin sa kai da kuma tsofaffin ɗaliban BVS, yana ziyartar wuraren da aka sanya masu sa kai, da kuma taimakawa kan batutuwan da suke tadawa. A cikin wannan tsari zai taimaka wa BVS gano abin da ke aiki da abin da ba ya aiki ga mutanen da ke amfani da kwarewar sa kai don taimaka musu su gane kiran su. An ba da tallafin $20,000 ga BVS daga Asusun Ilimin Tauhidi don biyan kuɗi don waɗannan abubuwan da suka faru da kuma wasu ayyukan da BVS ke yi don sauƙaƙe tattaunawa da fastoci.
Masu sa kai za su koyi abubuwa da yawa game da kansu, amma haka ma ƙungiyoyin da ke shiga. Ellison ya ba da misalan rauni da ƙarfi da ƙungiyoyin ke ganowa ta hanyar ganawa da ma'aikatan juna. "Tsarin 'Yan'uwa ya burge kowa sosai," in ji shi. Jagorancin makonni uku na BVS yana da "zurfin gaske," kuma ita ce kungiya daya tilo da ta sami aikin sa kai a lokacin fuskantarwa, in ji shi. BVS kuma ya kasance "na musamman" a cikin "ƙarfin fahimtar al'umma da kuma ainihin asali tare da darika," in ji shi.
Ma'aikatan wasu hukumomin sa kai "sun damu da yadda Dan yake ciyar da masu aikin sa kai a lokacin da ake ba da horo," in ji Ellison da murmushi. Masu sa kai na BVS suna karɓar dala 2.25 ne kawai a kowace rana don abinci yayin da ake karkatar da su, kuma an kashe wani ɓangare na tsarin koyo yadda ake siyayya da cin abinci daidai da wannan ƙaramin kuɗin. Wani damuwa da aka taso tare da maganganun "harshe-in-kunci" da Ellison ya yi shine "ranar da aka sauke" a lokacin daidaitawa, inda aka watsar da nau'i-nau'i na masu aikin sa kai a wani wuri da ba a sani ba kuma dole ne su sami hanyarsu ta komawa fagen fama bayan aiki kyauta. ga iyali ko kungiya a hanya. "Ta hanyoyi da yawa (sauran hukumomin sa kai) sun yi tunanin hakan wani kyakkyawan abu ne da za a yi," in ji McFadden game da ranar da aka tashi.
Ellison yana fatan matukin jirgin na shekara guda zai fadada zuwa wani shiri na shekaru da yawa, kuma zai hada da karin kungiyoyin sa kai a nan gaba. Sakamakon ƙarshe na aikin zai kasance rahoto da kuma tsara don ƙarin zuba jari a cikin shirye-shiryen sa kai, in ji shi.
McFadden yana fatan masu sa kai da suka shiga "suna sauraron kiran kuma suna mai da hankali ga wannan kiran," in ji shi. “Shin muna neman ƙarin fastoci? Tabbas. Amma babban hoto shi ne hidima ga dukanmu da muke ƙoƙarin bin kiran Almasihu.”
Don ƙarin bayani game da BVS duba www.brethren.org/genbd/bvs/index.htm.
3) Daliban Seminary na Bethany da abokai sun ziyarci Girka.
Dalibai 12 na Bethany Theological Seminary da abokai kwanan nan sun shafe kwanaki XNUMX suna yawon shakatawa a wuraren tarihi da na addini a Girka, tare da Nadine Pence Frantz, farfesa na nazarin tauhidi. Daliban Bethany da suka yi rajista a cikin Jagoran Allahntaka (M. Div.) da Jagora na Arts a Tiyoloji (MATh.) ana buƙatar shirye-shiryen digiri don ɗaukar aƙalla kwas ɗaya a cikin karatun al'adu wanda ya haɗa da ƙwarewar kai tsaye da tunani kan yanayin al'adu. banda nasu. Kwasa-kwasan al'adu daban-daban suna haɓaka godiya ga ɗalibai da mutunta ra'ayoyin al'adu daban-daban, ƙara ƙarfin su na sukar al'ummarsu da al'adunsu, da ba su damar bincika damar yin hidima a cikin yanayin zamantakewa da al'adu daban-daban.
Kungiyar ta bar Amurka a ranar 27 ga Disamba, 2005 kuma ta dawo a ranar 8 ga Janairu, 2006. Tafiyar ita ce ta farko da Dr. Frantz ya kai Girka, kuma ta hada da Mycenaean, Greek Greek, Roman, Kirista na farko, Byzantine da kuma wuraren Orthodox na Girka a cikin babban yankin. Girka da Peloponese. Biranen da aka ziyarta sune Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Lousios Gorge, Mystras, Geraki, Sparti, da Koranti. Ana buƙatar ɗaliban su yi ɗan karatu kuma su haɗu don shirye-shiryen kafin balaguron karatu da kuma yin takarda a wani wuri ko wani ɓangaren tafiyar da zarar sun dawo. Uku daga cikin matafiyan ba sa ɗaukarsa a matsayin kwas don samun lada amma suna da sha'awar ƙarin koyo game da tarihi da al'adun Girka.
Dr. Frantz ya ce: "Tafiyar ta kasance cakuda mai ban sha'awa na tarihi, al'adu da mutane," kuma ta taimaka mana mu fahimci al'adu da mahallin cocin da ya bunkasa cikin al'adun Girka.
Tafiyar ta kasance kyakkyawar gogewa ga ɗalibai masu shiga waɗanda za su ci gaba da tasiri kan karatunsu da tafiye-tafiyen bangaskiya. Sue Ross na Fort Wayne, Ind., ta ce tafiyar ta ba ta damar “gani” wasu tarihin da ta karanta a cikin littattafai. “Da yake tsaye a wurin Bulus a Koranti ya kawo mini wasiƙunsa da rai.” Kendra Flory na McPherson, Kan., ta lura, “Haɗin kai ta zahiri tare da ƙasar tarihin addininmu da na ruhaniya ya sa ni tambayoyi da yawa game da imanina da tafiya ta ruhaniya, da kuma fuskantar al'adun Girka na zamani da al'adunta na duniya da na ruhaniya suna da tasiri. ya kawo ni wuri na musamman na tunani game da al'adun kaina." Laura Price of Empire, Cal ta ce: “Yadda na kusaci yin wa’azin Kalmar Allah zai bambanta tun da na hango duniyar da aka gaya mata a cikinta. "Zan tuna kuma in ji daɗin wannan gogewar har abada," in ji Sandra Jenkins daga Clarksville, Ohio.
Don ƙarin bayani game da damar al'adu ko shirye-shiryen ilimi na Bethany, tuntuɓi Ofishin shiga a 800-287-8822 ext. 1832.
4) Yan'uwa: Gyara, zikiri, buɗaɗɗen aiki, ƙari.
- gyare-gyare: An ba da ranar mutuwar Coretta Scott King a matsayin Fabrairu 31 a cikin Fabrairu 1 fitowar Newsline; daidai kwanan wata ita ce Janairu 31. Hakanan a cikin fitowar 1 ga Fabrairu, kwanakin hutu don babban jami'in ilimi na Bethany Stephen Reid ba daidai ba ne; daidai kwanakin su ne Dec. 2006-Afrilu 2007.
- Tsohon ɗan mishan na China da Ecuador Rolland C. Flory, ɗan shekara 93, ya rasu a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu a wani asibiti a Fort Wayne, Ind. Ya kasance a Cocin Timbercrest na Gidan ‘Yan’uwa a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., tun 1989. Aikin Flory Babban kwamitin Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa ya hada da hidima a kasar Sin a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, tare da matarsa Josephine, ita ma ta rasu. Ma'auratan sun fara aikinsu a kasar Sin a shekarar 1940 amma a watan Fabrairun 1941 sun koma Philippines saboda mamayar da kasar Japan ta yi wa kasar Sin. A ƙarshen shekarar an saka su a sansanin ‘yan gudun hijira na Japan, inda aka tsare su har zuwa Fabrairu 1945. A lokacin da yake horo, Flory yana ɗaya daga cikin masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje huɗu da ke sansanin da suka sha dukan tsiya da azabtarwa sa’ad da ake yi musu tambayoyi. Bayan dawowarsa Amurka, Flory ta sami digirin aikin gona daga Jami'ar Cornell. Daga nan ne ma’auratan suka koma kasar Sin, inda suka shafe shekaru uku suna aikin wa’azi a karkarar ‘yan’uwa da ke lardin Kiangsi. Bayan sun yi nazarin yaren Mutanen Espanya a Costa Rica, sun yi shekara takwas a hidimar ’yan’uwa a Llano Grande, Ecuador. Dawowa daga Ecuador, Florys ya koma West Lafayette, Ind., Inda ya yi aiki a Sashen Grounds na Jami'ar Purdue har zuwa ritaya a 1978. Flory ya girma a China, bayan ya yi tafiya tare da iyayensa masu wa'azi na mishan Raymond C. Da Lizzie M. Neher Flory. sa’ad da yake ƙarami a 1914, kuma ya dawo tare da su Amurka a 1927. Ya halarci makarantar sakandare a Grants Pass, Ore., kuma ya sauke karatu a Kwalejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., a 1938. Flory ya rasu da ɗansa Jim. Flory da matarsa, Eileen, ta ɗan John Flory da matarsa, Becky, da kuma jikoki uku. Za a gudanar da taron tunawa da Timbercrest Chapel a wani lokaci mai zuwa.
- Patricia L. “Pattie” Bittinger Stern, mai shekara 75, ta mutu ranar 5 ga Fabrairu, a McPherson, Kan. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar 11 ga Fabrairu a cocin McPherson na 'yan'uwa. Ita da mijinta, Irven, sun yi hidimar Cocin ’yan’uwa a hidimar fastoci, a matsayin ma’aikatan mishan a Najeriya da kuma masu gudanar da ayyukan gundumomi. An haife ta a Garkida, Nigeria, a ranar Kirsimeti 1930, 'yar Church of the Brethren mishan Desmond da Irene Bittinger. Bayan kammala karatunsu a Kwalejin McPherson kuma sun halarci Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany, Pattie da Irven sun yi aiki a Najeriya tare da Cocin of the Brothers General Board daga 1954-62. Sun taimaka wajen fara Kulp Bible College of Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–the Church of the Brother in Nigeria), tare da Pattie koyarwa da hidima a matsayin shugabar makarantar mata, kuma Irven ya zama shugaba na farko na kwalejin. A 1962 sun koma Kansas, inda Pattie ya koyar a makarantun gwamnati. A 1974 ma'auratan sun koma San Diego. Sun kasance ministocin haɗin gwiwa na Gundumar Kudu maso Yamma daga 1985 har zuwa ritaya a 1993-ma'aurata na farko da miji da suka yi hidima a cikin irin wannan matsayi. Ayyukan sa kai na ƙungiyar sun haɗa da hidima a Hukumar Gundumar Kudu maso Yamma ta Pacific, a matsayin shugaba, da kuma hukumar Brethren Hillcrest Homes a La Verne, Calif., Sabon Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Coci, Kwamitin Gudanar da Shirin, da kwamitocin nazarin taron shekara-shekara. akan Falsafar Mishan da Fahimtar Yan'uwantaka. Abubuwan da suka shafi ecumenical sun haɗa da Majalisar Shugabannin Addinai a Kudancin California da taron Pacific kan Ofishin Jakadancin Kirista na Duniya, a matsayin shugaban. Ta kasance ministar da aka naɗa a cikin Cocin ’Yan’uwa kuma, bayan ta yi ritaya, Sterns ta haɗu tare da Live Oak (Calif.) Cocin of the Brothers. Kolejin McPherson ta karrama su a cikin 1991 tare da lambar yabo ta lambar yabo a matsayin fitattun tsofaffin ɗalibai. Tun lokacin da suka ƙaura zuwa Cedars a McPherson, Sterns sun ci gaba da yin aiki a cikin coci da kuma aikin gundumar Western Plains. Ta rasu ta bar mijinta, ‘ya’ya uku, jikoki 6, da jikoki hudu. An tsara kyaututtukan tunawa don Cocin McPherson na Asusun Gina Yan'uwa da ke aiki akan samun dama ko Kwalejin McPherson.
- Stanley Wampler, tsohon ministan zartarwa na gundumar Shenandoah da Tri-District Executive, ya mutu a ranar 31 ga Janairu yana da shekaru 86. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar 4 ga Fabrairu a Cocin Farko na Brothers a Harrisonburg, Va. Wampler ya yi baftisma a 1928 a 1954. Cocin Pleasant Valley Church of the Brothers a Weyers Cave, Va., kuma ya ba da lasisi kuma aka nada shi don hidima a Majami'ar Mill Creek na 'yan'uwa a Port Republic, Va. Ya yi hidimar fastoci a Virginia sannan a matsayin babban jami'in gundumar daga 1984 har zuwa ritaya a 1954. Ya kasance shugaban gundumar Northern Virginia 65-1965, na Tri-District of Virginia (Eastern, Northern, and Second) 67-1967, da kuma gundumar Shenandoah tun daga halittarta a 1984 har zuwa 1944. Ana tunawa da shi don taka rawar jagoranci. a fahimtar da bukatar gidajen ritaya a yankin kudu maso gabas na Cocin Brothers, tare da hangen nesa wanda a yanzu ya zama Ƙungiyar Retirement Community Bridgewater da kuma wasu al'ummomin da suka shafi 'yan'uwa biyu. A cikin mukaman sa kai Wampler ya yi hidimar ƙungiyar a Majalisar Zartarwa na Gundumar a matsayin shugaba, a kan zaunannen kwamitin taron shekara-shekara, da kuma a kan kwamitin kan dangantakar interchurch. Ya kuma yi aiki a kan kwamitocin ecumenical ciki har da Majalisar Majami'u ta Virginia a matsayin shugaban kasa, Chaplain Services of the Churches of Virginia a matsayin shugaban kasa, Ma'aikatar Kasuwancin Masana'antu da Shirye-shiryen Chaplaincies na Asibiti, da Hukumar Kula da Lafiya ta Bridgewater. A cikin ritaya ya kasance ministan ziyara da maraba ga ikilisiyarsa. Wampler ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) da Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany. Ya kasance a cikin soja a Turai Theatre a 45-59. Ya rasu ya bar matar sa mai shekaru 2003, Mazie Kirby Wampler; 'ya'ya biyu, Wayne Wampler da matarsa, Sue, da Jerry Wampler da matarsa, Barbie; jikoki shida; da kanne da kanwa. Diyarsa, Joyce Wampler Ferranti, ta rasu a cikin XNUMX. Iyalin sun ba da gudummawar tunawa ga Bridgewater Healthcare Foundation ko zuwa Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Harrisonburg.
- Cocin of the Brother General Board na neman mai kula da mishan a Najeriya, don yin aiki ta hanyar shirin Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya. Wannan matsayi na cikakken lokaci na ma'aikata, wanda ke cikin Najeriya, yana da alhakin zama jagoran tawagar tawagar Najeriya da kuma haɗin kai na farko tare da jagorancin Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN-Cocin of the Brothers in Nigeria). Wanda aka fi so ya kawo horon makarantar hauza da gogewar kiwo, da iya fayyace ainihin Ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa, ƙwararrun dabarun gudanarwa da sadarwa, da iya koyon wasu yaren Hausa. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da ƙasa a cikin al'adun Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa, tiyoloji, da siyasa; basirar sadarwa ta baka da rubuce; ikon sauƙaƙa canji da ƙarfafa wasu; ikon yin aiki tare tare da abokan aiki a cikin mahallin ƙungiya. Ilimin tiyoloji wani kadara ne kuma ƙwarewar manufa ta ƙasa da ƙasa da/ko ƙwarewar fastoci ƙari ne. Matsayin zai bude a lokacin rani, zai fi dacewa a watan Yuni. Ana samun bayanin matsayi da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen akan buƙata. Za a karɓi aikace-aikacen kuma za a ci gaba da neman har sai an cika matsayin, tare da wa'adin farko na Maris 7 don 'yan takara su nuna sha'awar. Ana gayyatar ƴan takarar da suka cancanta don cika fom ɗin aikace-aikacen Hukumar, gabatar da ci gaba da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen, da kuma buƙatar nassoshi uku don aika wasiƙun shawarwari ga Ofishin Albarkatun Jama'a, Cocin of the Brother General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin , IL 60120-1694; Bayani na 800-323-8039 259; mgarrison_gb@brethren.org.
- Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru (ABC) tana neman darektan Ma'aikatun Iyali da Manya na Manya. Matsayin yana da cikakken lokaci, yana samuwa a ofisoshin ABC, farawa daga Mayu 15. Abubuwan da suka dace sun haɗa da samar da jagoranci don fassarar, ci gaba, da haɗin kai na manufa da albarkatu na Ma'aikatar Manya da Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta ABC; da kuma samar da fassarar shirin da albarkatun da za su yi amfani da bukatun ikilisiyoyin, gundumomi, da taro a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da ƙaramin buƙatun ilimi na digiri na farko tare da tushen aikin zamantakewa, sabis na iyali, ilimin gerontology, ko filin da aka fi so. Kwarewar da ake buƙata ta haɗa da cikakken ilimi da gogewa a cikin haɓaka albarkatu, horar da jagoranci ko koyarwa; gwaninta yin aiki tare da shekaru daban-daban (yara, matasa, iyaye, tsofaffi) akan batutuwan da suka shafi rayuwar iyali; sadarwa da basirar hulɗar juna; ikon yin aiki da kansa kuma a cikin ƙaramin ƙungiya; sadaukarwa da fahimtar tsarin Ikilisiya na Yan'uwa, imani, da ayyuka. Za a fara karɓar aikace-aikacen nan da nan, tare da ranar ƙarshe na Maris 14. Ana samun bayanin matsayi da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen akan buƙata. Ana gayyatar ƴan takarar da suka cancanta don ƙaddamar da ci gaba, wasiƙar murfi, fom ɗin aikace-aikacen, da kuma buƙatar mutane uku don aika wasiƙun shawarwari ga Mary Lou Garrison, Daraktan Albarkatun Jama'a, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; mgarrison_gb@brethren.org. Don ƙarin bayani game da ABC duba http://www.brethren-caregivers.org/.
- Ana buƙatar masu sa kai na fassarar Mutanen Espanya a taron shekara-shekara na 2006 a Des Moines, Iowa. Ana buƙatar masu fassara na sa kai don fassarar lokaci guda yayin zaman kasuwanci da ayyukan ibada a taron da za a yi tsakanin 1-5 ga Yuli. Duk mai sha'awar ya tuntuɓi Nadine L. Monn a nadine_monn@yahoo.com ko 215-844-1534 don ƙarin bayani.
- Za a ba da albarkatu don wakilai masu jin Mutanen Espanya da baƙi a taron shekara-shekara na wannan shekara. Rahoton shekara-shekara na hukumar, shirye-shiryen ibada, da sabbin abubuwan kasuwanci za a fassara su cikin Mutanen Espanya don amfani da wakilai a taron shekara-shekara na 2006 a Des Moines, Iowa. Idan kuna sane da kowane wakilai masu jin Mutanen Espanya ko gayyata baƙi ko baƙi, tuntuɓi Nadine L. Monn don tsara albarkatun a nadine_monn@yahoo.com ko 215-844-1534.
5) Eshbach ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaban Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley.
Warren Eshbach ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaban Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley, Haɗin gwiwar Ilimin 'Yan'uwa na Bethany Theological Seminary da gundumomin Atlantic Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Middle Pennsylvania, Southern Pennsylvania, da Western Pennsylvania. Ya cika aikin wucin gadi na tsawon shekaru tara.
A taronta na lokacin sanyi, Kwamitin Zartarwa na cibiyar ya amince da murabus din "da matukar nadama" a cewar Bob Neff, shugaban Hukumar Mulki. "A matsayin hukumar da al'umma, muna da abubuwa da yawa da za mu yi murna a cikin jagorancin Warren, samfurin ilimi mai mahimmanci, ma'aikata masu tasiri da sadaukarwa, ingantaccen tsarin kula da kudi, da kuma yin rajista," in ji Neff. "Wadannan yanayi suna ba mu damar magance rashin kyakkyawan shugaba daga matsayi mai ƙarfi."
Jagorancin Eshbach a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa ya haɗa da mukamai a matsayin darektan kula da Pastoral a Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa a New Oxford, Pa., 1997-2000; Ministan zartarwa na gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania 1983-97; limamin gidan 'yan'uwa 1972-76; da kuma makiyaya guda uku. Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban malami na Kwalejin tauhidin tauhidi na Bethany kuma ya kasance mai koyarwa ga Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista da Cibiyar Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Keystone. Har ila yau, a halin yanzu yana aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin babban jami'in koyar da ilimin tauhidi na Lutheran a Gettysburg, Pa.
A cikin mukaman sa kai, ya kasance memba na kwalejojin Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), Community Home Community, Cocin of the Brother General Board 1998-2003-inda ya yi aiki a matsayin kujera na shekara guda-kuma ya yi aiki a kan Kwamitin zartarwa na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Pennsylvania.
Eshbach yana shirin yin aiki ta hanyar lokacin miƙa mulki don samar da ci gaba ga cibiyar hidima, sannan yana fatan ba da ƙarin lokaci ga iyalinsa, koyarwa, da rubuce-rubuce.
6) Krouse ya kammala hidima a matsayin mai kula da manufofin Najeriya.
Robert Krouse ya kamalla wa’adin aikinsa na mai kula da ayyukan wa’azi a Najeriya, daga watan Yuli, 2006. A lokacin zai yi aiki na tsawon shekaru biyu, yana aiki ta hanyar Global Mission Partnerships Programme na Church of the Brothers General Board tun watan Yuli. na 2004.
A Najeriya, shi da matarsa Carol, sun yi aiki tare da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Krouses ya kuma shafe shekaru biyu yana aikin mishan a Najeriya daga 1985-87. A wannan lokacin sun yi aiki don buɗe sabuwar manufa ga EYN.
"Bob ya yi amfani da kyaututtukansa kuma ya ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci a fagen sabunta jam'i da ci gaban jagoranci, yana jagorantar tarurrukan bita a duk faɗin ƙasar da suka shafi kashi 85 cikin XNUMX na fastoci masu ƙwazo a cocin Najeriya," in ji Merv Keeney, babban darektan Global Mission Partnerships. . “Shi da Carol kuma sun yi aiki a rukunin tsara shirye-shirye don maganin EYN na AIDS, kuma ya yi aiki a kwamitin bayar da tallafin karatu. Duk wannan a lokacin da yake jagorantar tawagar Cocin of the Brothers a Najeriya.”
Wannan lokaci a Najeriya ya biyo bayan kusan shekaru 10 na yin aikin dashen coci a Pennsylvania, inda Krouse ke kafa limamin Cocin Cornerstone Christian Church a Lebanon, Pa. Krouse ya kammala karatunsa na Jami'ar Temple da Bethany Theological Seminary.
7) Abubuwan da ke zuwa nan ba da jimawa ba don tattaunawa tare.
Jagoran tattaunawa don "Tare: Tattaunawa akan Kasancewa Ikilisiya" zai fito daga manema labarai nan ba da jimawa ba, a daidai lokacin taron horo ga wakilan gundumomi a New Windsor, Md., Fabrairu 24-26. Jagorar taɗi yana ɗaya daga cikin albarkatu da yawa da aka riga aka samu ko kuma na zuwa nan ba da jimawa ba don sauƙaƙe tattaunawa mai faɗi game da abin da “zama coci” ke nufi.
Tattaunawar tare an fara ta ne daga Majalisar Gudanarwar Gundumomi a cikin 2003, tare da wata sanarwa ta damuwa da kuma kira ga ɗarikar da za ta fara tattaunawa game da "ilimin coci," ko abin da ake nufi da zama coci. Tun daga lokacin ne kwamitin wakilan shugabannin gundumomi da hukumomin taron shekara-shekara ke aiwatar da shirin aiwatar da irin wannan tattaunawa a duk faɗin ƙasar.
Jagorar tattaunawa tare da James Benedict, fasto na Union Bridge (Md.) Church of the Brothers ya rubuta, Brother Presse ne ya buga kuma za a yi amfani da shi a taron shekara-shekara na wannan bazara da kuma taron gundumomi da yawa da abubuwan yanki a wannan shekara da na gaba. Hakanan ana samun jagorar don tattaunawa tare a cikin ikilisiyoyi, azuzuwan makarantar Lahadi, da ƙananan ƙungiyoyi. Jagoran yana da farashi na musamman akan rangwame ga ƙungiyoyi kuma ana iya siyan shi akan $4.95 kwafin, da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa. Kira 800-441-3712.
An ƙara jagoran tattaunawa da ɗan gajeren DVD. Ƙungiyoyi su yi odar littafi ɗaya ga kowane ɗan takara, da DVD ɗaya don ƙungiyar. DVD ɗin yana da farashi na farko na $4.95, kuma ana iya ba da oda daga Brotheran Jarida.
Wani hanya don tattaunawa tare shine gidan yanar gizo, yana ba da bayanin tsarin tattaunawar, bayanan baya, albarkatun ibada, nassosi, da sauran kayan cikin Ingilishi da Mutanen Espanya. Yayin da tattaunawa ke gudana a ko'ina cikin rukunin, za a buga gajerun bayanai daga kowace rukunin tattaunawa a rukunin yanar gizon. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.togetherconversations.org/ (Turanci) ko www.brethren.org/together/eventsSp.html (Spanish).
Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki mai zuwa a cikin jerin, "Jagora don Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki" 'Yan'uwa Press suna ba da shawarar a matsayin ƙarin nazari don tattaunawa tare. The Summer (Yuni, Yuli, da Agusta) Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na 2006 da James Eikenberry ya rubuta, "Kira don Zama Kiristanci," yana mai da hankali kan 1 da 2 Korinthiyawa don yin la'akari da yanayin ikkilisiya. Ana samunsa daga Brotheran Jarida akan $2.90 kwafi ko $5.15 a babban bugu, da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa. Kira 800-441-3712.
8) Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya yi kira ga masu neman zaman lafiya da su 'Shine Light' a Washington.
By Todd Flory
A cikin ginshiƙin Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Washington, kusan goma sha biyu mambobi ƙungiyar masu samar da zaman lafiya ta Kirista (CPT) da magoya bayanta sun taru don yin ibada, ci, zumunci, da kuma nazarin dabaru na abubuwan da suka faru a wannan rana. A ranar Laraba ne kungiyar ta shirya gudanar da zanga-zanga a wajen hedikwatar kamfanin Lockheed Martin da ke kudancin Maryland.
Domin nuna adawarta da yakin Iraqi, CPT ta gudanar da wani gangamin ‘Shine the Light’ a birnin Washington, DC, daga ranar 19 zuwa 29 ga watan Janairu, inda ake gudanar da zanga-zangar a wajen wata cibiya ta daban a kowace rana. Kowane zama ya ƙare da addu'a a wajen fadar White House. Yawancin magoya bayan wannan harka, ciki har da Ofishin Brothers Witness/Washington na Cocin of the Brother General Board, sun shiga tare da CPT a lokuta daban-daban a cikin yakin na mako da rabi.
"Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Shine the Light yana haskakawa a kan cibiyoyin yaƙi da kuma waɗanda aka kama, waɗanda aka kama da kowane bangare na yaƙi," in ji Cocin Brothers da mamba na CPT Cliff Kindy. “Yana da haske don saki. Yayin da muke aiki da batutuwan da suka shafi adalci da zaman lafiya, watakila abin da ke ƙasa shi ne batun iko; wa ke da iko.”
A wajen Lockheed Martin, gauraye da kade-kade, taguwar ruwa, murna, da izgili daga fasinjojin da ke tuki a kan titin sun tarbi kamfen din Shine the Light a yayin da mambobinsa ke tafiya da niyya a gaban kamfanin a cikin layin fayil guda rike da kyandir da alamu. Wasu mutane biyu da ke tafiya a bakin titi har na tsawon mintuna kadan sun tsaya domin shiga cikin kungiyar a zanga-zangar. "Kasancewar mu a waɗannan cibiyoyi shine gayyata ga waɗanda ke can su fito daga ciki, kuma a canza su da haske," in ji Kindy.
Wasu daga cikin cibiyoyi da yakin neman zaben ya ziyarta sun hada da ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka, ofisoshin daukar sojoji, ma'aikatar tattara kudaden shiga, hukumar leken asiri ta tsakiya, da Pentagon. A cewar Kindy, an karɓi ƙungiyar tare da mafi ƙarancin karɓa yayin ziyarar Pentagon. Lokacin da wasu jama’a suka tsaya don tattaunawa da ‘yan CPT, kuma da suka taru domin yin addu’a, jami’an tsaro sun karu daga masu gadi biyar zuwa 25.
Kindy ya yi imanin cewa sanin jama'a da tausayinsu ga sauran mutane da sassan duniya, haɗe da ayyukan da suka dace, na iya ƙara taimakawa wajen samar da zaman lafiya a duniya. "Mun daina biyan kuɗi ga IRS, kuma yaƙin ya tsaya," in ji shi. “Masu daukar ma’aikata sun daina daukar ma’aikata, kuma yakin ya tsaya. Lockheed Martin ya daina kera makamai, kuma yakin ya tsaya. Idan daya daga cikinsu ya tsaya, yakin ya tsaya. Ko da fitar da daya daga cikin ginshikan yana dakatar da yakin.”
–Todd Flory ma'aikacin Sa-kai ne na 'Yan'uwa kuma abokin majalisa ne a ofishin 'yan'uwa Shaida/Washington.