"...Ku so junanku..." - Yohanna 13:34b
LABARAI
1) Najeriya na son bayar da kyautar $20,000 don sake ginawa da warkarwa.
2) Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa ya ba da tallafi fiye da $ 470,000.
3) Filayen Arewa sun gudanar da taron gunduma na farko na kakar bana.
4) Yan'uwa: Buɗe Ayuba, Girmamawa, da ƙari mai yawa.
KAMATA
5) Leiter ya yi murabus a matsayin darektan Sabis na Bayanai na Babban Hukumar.
6) Donna McKee Rhodes don jagorantar Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley.
Abubuwa masu yawa
7) Ana ba da ajin mishan a Bethany Seminary.
8) An shirya sansanin aikin Najeriya a farkon 2007.
FEATURES
9) Kula da jiki da rai a Jamhuriyar Dominican.
10) 'Yan'uwa Waziri a cikin kungiyar da aka yafe wa laifin tayar da fitina.
Don labarai na yau da kullun da hotuna daga taron matasa na ƙasa (NYC) daga Yuli 22 zuwa Yuli 27, je zuwa www.brethren.org kuma danna hanyar haɗin NYC akan Bar Feature.
Ana samun rahotannin harshen Mutanen Espanya na manyan abubuwan kasuwanci a taron shekara-shekara na 2006 a http://www.brethren.org/AC2006/SpanishBusiness.html. Wani sabon tushen harshen Sifen shine jagorar nazari don Tare: Tattaunawa akan Kasancewar Ikilisiya, wanda aka buga a http://www.conversacionesjuntos.org/ a cikin tsarin pdf da rtf.
1) Najeriya na son bayar da kyautar $20,000 don sake ginawa da warkarwa.
An aika da dala 20,000 ga Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) a matsayin "hadaya ta soyayya" daga Cocin 'yan'uwa da ke Amurka sakamakon lalata wasu majami'u na EYN a rikicin addini. .
A ranar 18 ga watan Fabrairu, coci-cocin EYN guda biyar na daga cikin majami'un kiristoci da dama a Maiduguri da aka kona ko kuma aka lalata su a lokacin tarzomar da aka yi kan zane-zanen Annabi Muhammad. ‘Yan kungiyar EYN da dama sun samu munanan raunuka a tarzomar.
Babban sakatare na EYN YY Balami ya aiko da amsa yana mai yarda da kyautar “tare da godiyar ƙaunar da kuke yi mana,” in ji wasiƙar. “Wannan al’amari na bai-daya ya sake tunatar da mu cewa muna tare, cewa abin da ya shafi EYN ma ya shafi Cocin ’yan’uwa. Da fatan za a mika godiyarmu da gaisuwa ga majami'u da mutanen da suka taimaka da kudi da wadanda suka yi addu'a ga EYN."
Dalar Amurka 20,000 dai ta kai kusan Naira miliyan 2.6 na Najeriya. Kuɗin zai taimaka wa ikilisiyoyi da abin ya shafa da kuma tallafawa ci gaba da ƙoƙarin EYN don samun zaman lafiya da sulhu.
Ikklisiya ta Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa ce ta kaddamar da wannan sadaukarwar a taronta na Maris. An gayyaci Ikilisiya gabaɗaya don shiga cikin sadaukarwar kuma amsa ta kasance mai mahimmanci. Ana ci gaba da karɓar gudummawar sadaukarwar ƙauna. Yi cak ɗin da za a biya ga Church of the Brothers General Board tare da "Nigeria Love Offering" a cikin layin memo, mail zuwa 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.
2) Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa ya ba da tallafi fiye da $ 470,000.
Tallafi na baya-bayan nan daga Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa (EDF) jimlar $471,400 don aikin agajin bala'i a duniya. Asusun ma’aikatar ce ta Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa.
An ba da sanarwar bayar da tallafin dala 350,000 don aikin farfadowa na dogon lokaci a kudancin Asiya bayan bala'in tsunami na Dec. 2004 a taron hukumar da aka yi a Des Moines, Iowa, a ranar 1 ga Yuli. Tallafin wani ƙarin kaso ne don ayyukan agaji da ke da alaƙa da tsunami, wanda shine Cocin World Service (CWS) da ACT International ne ke haɗin kai. Abubuwan da aka ware a baya ga wannan aikin jimillar $320,000.
Ƙarin ware dala 60,000 na ci gaba da tallafawa ayyukan agaji na dogon lokaci da CWS ke yi a Sudan. Kudaden za su taimaka wajen samar da taimako ga mutane fiye da 400,000 da ke ci gaba da zama a sansanonin wucin gadi. Kasafi biyu da suka gabata na wannan aikin jimlar $110,000.
Kasafin dala 50,000 ya amsa roko daga CWS biyo bayan girgizar kasa a Indonesia a tsibirin Java. Kudaden za su taimaka wajen samar da abinci, ruwan sha, matsuguni, tsaftar muhalli, da ayyukan kiwon lafiya da na likitanci, da kuma shirye-shiryen bala'i da shawarwari. Ana sa ran ƙarin buƙatun tallafi na wannan aikin nan gaba.
An bayar da adadin dala 5,000 don roko na CWS bayan guguwar bazara ta haifar da ambaliya da barna a yawancin jihohin da ke gabar tekun gabas. Kuɗaɗen za su taimaka wa al'ummomin su shirya don aikin farfadowa, magance buƙatun da ba a biya su ba, da kuma kula da mafi raunin da ambaliyar ta shafa.
Taimakon dala 4,000 zai samar da abinci na gaggawa don taimakawa wajen hana rikici da agajin yunwa sakamakon fari da rashin amfanin gona a Tanzaniya, a matsayin martani ga roko na CWS.
Rarraba dala 2,400 na ci gaba da tallafawa aikin ba da agajin gaggawa bayan zabtarewar kasa da ambaliyar ruwa ta shafi wani kauye a Guatemala. Tallafin da ya gabata da ya kai dala 20,800 sun samar da abinci na gaggawa, sun taimaka wajen sake gina gada, da kuma taimakawa wajen jigilar kofi zuwa kasuwa. Za a yi amfani da sabon tallafin ne wajen sayan masara na watanni uku. Ana gudanar da rarrabawa da aikin a Guatemala ta ma'aikatan Babban Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya: Ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai Rebecca Allen da ƙwararren Tom Benevento na Latin Amurka.
A cikin wasu labaran agajin bala’i, Response na ’yan’uwa da bala’i yana ci gaba da ayyuka biyu don gyara da sake gina gidaje bayan guguwa a 2004 da 2005.
An buɗe wani aiki a Lucedale, Miss., a tsakiyar watan Janairu, gyare-gyare da sake gina gidajen da guguwar Katrina ta lalata a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 2005. Tun lokacin da aka buɗe aikin, kusan masu aikin sa kai 200 sun gina sabbin gidaje huɗu tare da gyara da tsaftace fiye da 30. wasu, a cewar kodineta Jane Yount. “Mutane da suka mutu a hukumance sun haura 1,836, wanda hakan ya sa Katrina ta zama guguwa mafi muni tun bayan guguwar Okeechobee a shekarar 1928. Katrina kuma ita ce guguwa mafi tsada a tarihin Amurka, tare da asarar dala biliyan 75,” in ji Yount. "An kiyasta cewa gidaje 350,000 sun lalace kuma wasu dubbai da yawa sun lalace."
Response Brethren Disaster Response kuma yana ci gaba da aikin sake ginawa a Pensacola, Fla., bayan barnar da guguwar Ivan ta yi a watan Satumba na 2004, sannan guguwar Dennis ta yi a watan Yuli 2005. Wasu gidaje 75,000 suka shafa. Yount ya ce "har yanzu ana matukar bukatar kasancewar mu a can."
Baya ga ayyukan biyu da ake ci gaba da gudanarwa, shirin yana kokarin samar da sabbin wuraren gyarawa da sake gina gine-gine guda biyu, kuma yana ci gaba da yin la'akari da yiwuwar gudanar da aikin gida na zamani a yankin da guguwar Katrina ta shafa, tare da wani wurin hada-hadar gida na zamani. kudancin Virginia har yanzu ana la'akari da shi. "Manufarmu don farfadowar gabar tekun Gulf shine gina sabon gida daya a mako kuma mu gyara uku," in ji Yount.
Don biyan bukatar ƙarin jagoranci, shirin yana ba da sanarwar mukamai uku ga daraktocin ayyuka na dogon lokaci waɗanda za su iya yin aiki na tsawon watanni biyar ko fiye a cikin shekara guda. Ana ba da kyautar $1,000 kowane wata ko $1,500 ga kowane ma'aurata.
Za a ba da horo biyu a wannan faɗuwar don sabbin daraktocin ayyukan bala'i 30 da mataimakan ayyukan bala'i. Horarwar za ta kasance a kan abubuwan da suka faru a wuraren aikin Florida da Mississippi: Oktoba 1-14 a Pensacola, Fla., da Oktoba 22-Nuwamba. 4 a Lucedale, Miss. Brethren Bala'i Response kuma yana fatan ɗaukar ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa don yin hidima na shekara ɗaya a matsayin mataimakan ayyukan bala'i, masu masaukin baki, ko manajan gida.
Ƙarin ayyukan za su buƙaci ƙarin motoci da kayan aiki masu nauyi kamar haka, gami da manyan motoci masu nauyi, motocin fasinja, motocin fasinja, da ƙaramin mai ɗaukar kaya na gaba ko na baya. Ana neman gudummawar wannan kayan aiki.
Yount ta ƙara kiran addu'a a cikin sabunta ta na baya-bayan nan game da martanin Bala'i na Yan'uwa. "Muna fuskantar hasashen mahaukaciyar guguwa na wannan kakar," in ji ta, "bari mu yi addu'a don rahamar Allah da kariya ga al'umma masu rauni a ciki da wajen iyakokinmu."
3) Filayen Arewa sun gudanar da taron gunduma na farko na kakar bana.
Gundumar Plains ta Arewa ta gudanar da taron gunduma a ranar 1 ga Yuli a Des Moines, Iowa. Kasuwanci, zumunci, da kuma ibada sun ta'allaka ne a kan jigon "Tare: Muna Rayuwar Ƙaunarmu ga Yesu," sun yi taron na awa uku kafin taron shekara-shekara na 2006.
An fara taron ne da lokacin sada zumunci, wanda ya ci gaba ta hanyar cin abincin rana yayin da aka gabatar da rahoton hukumar gundumomi. Bayan cin abinci, wakilai 76 sun zauna kuma mai gudanarwa Diane Mason ya kira taron don yin oda.
Daga cikin kasuwancin har da tattaunawa da amincewa da gyare-gyare da yawa ga Kundin Tsarin Mulki da Dokokin gundumar. Wata tattaunawa ta shafi tsara taron gunduma na 2008 da sauran bukukuwan cika shekaru 300 na ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa a waccan shekarar. A cikin jefa kuri'a, wakilai sun kira Lois Grove a matsayin zababben mai gudanarwa. An ƙaddamar da kasafin kasafi tare da tunatar da wakilai su kai wannan labari zuwa ikilisiyoyinsu.
Gwaninta shiru na wuraren tsakiyar tebur, kyandir ɗin da ke ɗauke da jigon taron da tambarin, ya tara $906 don kuɗin gundumar.
An rufe taron tare da girka sabbin zaɓaɓɓun shugabanni, sannan kuma sabis na haɗin gwiwa wanda ya zama kira don tunawa da “rayuwar soyayya ga Yesu” yayin da mahalarta ke tashi.
A shekara mai zuwa yankin Arewacin Plains zai hadu da Agusta 3-4 a Kudancin Waterloo (Iowa) Church of Brothers karkashin jagorancin mai gudanarwa Jerry Waterman.
4) Yan'uwa: Buɗe Ayuba, Girmamawa, da ƙari mai yawa.
- Cocin of the Brother General Board yana neman darektan Sabis na Watsa Labarai don cika cikakken matsayi wanda yake a Elgin, rashin lafiya. Abubuwan da suka dace sun haɗa da haɓakawa, kiyayewa, da aiwatar da tsarin fasaha don tallafawa shirye-shiryen Babban Kwamitin; samar da alhakin gudanarwa don ayyukan yau da kullum; kiyayewa da haɓaka tsarin hardware da software masu dacewa; haɓaka kasafin kuɗi, sa ido, da bayar da rahoto a fagen sabis na bayanai; samar da ingantaccen ingantaccen tallafi na amfani da kwamfutoci don biyan buƙatun mai amfani. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da ilimi da ƙwarewa wajen tsarawa da aiwatar da tsarin bayanai; ilimi da gogewa a cikin ci gaban kasafin kuɗi da gudanarwa; Ƙarfafa ƙwarewar fasaha a cikin shirye-shirye da kuma nazarin tsarin; gwanintar gudanarwa da jagoranci na ci gaba. Ilimi da ƙwarewar da ake buƙata sun haɗa da ƙaramin digiri a cikin ilimin kimiyyar bayanai ko filin da ke da alaƙa; aƙalla shekaru biyar na mahimman ƙwarewar sabis na bayanai, gami da nazarin tsarin da ƙira, da shirye-shiryen da suka haɗa da cibiyoyin sadarwa. Ana samun bayanin matsayi da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen akan buƙata. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Agusta 12. Ana gayyatar 'yan takarar da suka cancanta don cika fom ɗin aikace-aikacen, ƙaddamar da ci gaba da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen, kuma suna buƙatar nassoshi uku don aika wasiƙun shawarwari ga Ofishin Albarkatun Dan Adam, Church of the Brother General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694; Bayani na 800-323-8039 258; kkrog_gb@brethren.org.
- Chris Douglas, darektan Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Cocin of the Brother General Board, yana cikin tsofaffin tsofaffin ɗalibai biyar da aka karrama a Kwanakin tsofaffin ɗalibai a Kwalejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind. Sauran su ne tsohon malamin kwaleji Allen C. Deeter, William R. Eberly. , da Arthur L. Gilbert, da koleji Melvin L. Holmes. Deeter farfesa ne na Addini da Falsafa kuma an san shi da jagoranci wajen faɗaɗa kwalejojin 'yan'uwa a ƙasashen waje; Eberly farfesa ne na ilimin halitta kuma marubucin "Tarihin Kimiyyar Halitta a Kwalejin Manchester"; Gilbert shi ne farfesa a fannin lissafin kudi, wanda ya jagoranci fadada sashen lissafin kudi da kuma digiri na digiri; Holmes babban mai siye ne mai ritaya a AM General Corporation a South Bend, Ind., kuma shugaban al'umma a cikin dangantakar al'adu. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.manchester.edu/.
- Matt Guynn, mai gudanarwa na shaida zaman lafiya don Amincin Duniya, yana da wakoki da aka buga a cikin wani sabon littafi, "Kasancewa Wuta: Rubutun Ruhaniya daga Tsakanin Zamani," wanda Andover Newton Theological School ya buga. Littafin tarihin rubuce-rubucen ruhi ne daga ƙarni na X da Y da masu ba su jagoranci, kuma ya haɗa da kasidu, almara, waƙoƙi, da wa'azi. Ana siyar da shi akan $12.95, tare da samun ci gaban Cibiyar Matasa ta Faith Youth. Don ƙarin je zuwa www.ants.edu/about/publications/index.htm.
- Sabis na Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa (BVS) yana riƙe da lokacin rani 30 ga Yuli-Agusta. 18 a Sabon Windsor (Md.) Cibiyar Taro. Wannan zai zama rukunin BVS na 270, kuma zai ƙunshi masu sa kai 21 daga ko'ina cikin Amurka da Jamus. Rabin rukunin cocin ’yan’uwa ne, tare da sauran sun fito daga wurare dabam-dabam na bangaskiya. An shirya balaguron nutsewar ƙarshen mako zuwa Baltimore tare da damar sa kai a wuraren dafa abinci na miya da wuraren kai hari, da kuma gidan Jonah. Masu ba da agaji kuma za su sami damar yin aiki a Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa na yini ɗaya, da kuma wuraren hidima da yawa a gundumar Carroll. A BVS potluck yana buɗe wa duk masu sha'awar ranar Agusta 5 a 6:30 na yamma a Union Bridge Church of the Brothers. Becky Snavely na ofishin BVS ya ce "Don Allah a ji 'yanci ku zo ku maraba da sabbin masu aikin sa kai na BVS kuma ku raba abubuwan da kuka samu," in ji Becky Snavely na ofishin BVS. "Don Vermilyea kuma zai kasance a wurin don raba abubuwan da ya faru daga Walk Across America. Kamar kullum tallafin addu’ar ku yana maraba kuma ana bukata,” ta kara da cewa. "Don Allah a yi addu'a ga rukunin, da mutanen da za su taɓa a cikin shekarar hidimarsu ta BVS." Don ƙarin bayani kira 800-323-8039 ext. 423.
- Masu sa kai na Kula da Yara na Bala'i (DCC) sun ziyarci Cibiyoyin Farfado da Bala'i na FEMA guda biyar a Pennsylvania don gudanar da bincike kan bukatar kula da yara sakamakon mummunar ambaliyar ruwa da ta afkawa kwarin kogin Susquehanna da magudanan ruwa tun lokacin da guguwar Agnes ta yi a shekarar 1972. Sama da mazauna 200,000 aka kwashe saboda tashin hankali. Ambaliyar ruwa, in ji kodineta na DCC Helen Stonesifer. Ambaliyar ruwan ta shafi koguna, tafkuna, da al'ummomi da dama daga jihar New York zuwa North Carolina. Har ila yau ana gudanar da bincike game da bukatar kula da yara a California, inda aka kona gidaje a wata babbar gobarar daji a gabashin Los Angeles.
- Community Church of Waterford, Cocin of the Brothers a Goshen, Ind., ta gudanar da Babban Bikin Buɗewa a ranar 7 ga Mayu tare da mutane sama da 400.
- Jonathan Emmons zai gabatar da Recital Organ Organ a Antioch Church of the Brothers a Rocky Mount, Va., A ranar 29 ga Yuli da karfe 4 na yamma Emmons ya kasance mai shirya taron shekara-shekara na 2004 a Charleston, W.Va. Taimakawa za su tallafawa Auction Yunwa ta Duniya, haɗin gwiwar ikilisiyoyi 10 a gundumar Virlina. An shirya gwanjon kanta a ranar 12 ga Agusta, farawa daga 9:30 na safe, a cocin Antakiya. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.worldhungerauction.org/.
- Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) suna da ƙaramin ƙungiyar masu zaman lafiya a Bear Butte, SD, daga Yuli 3-Agusta. 15 don tsayayya da ci gaba da ci gaba ba tare da tashin hankali ba da mamaye ƙasar da kabilun Amurkawa suka ɗauka mai tsarki. Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin 30 sun nemi taimakon CPT yayin da suke adawa da wani sabon ci gaba da suka hada da mashaya da wurin shakatawa da ake kira "Sturgis County Line" a kan kadada 600 a gindin Bear Butte. Kowace shekara, dubban ƴan ƙasar suna tafiya don yin addu'a a butte. Makon karshe na sansanin zai zo dai-dai da taron shekara-shekara na Sturgis karo na 66 wanda ke kawo masu babur 500,000 zuwa yankin.
- Tawagar mata masu samar da zaman lafiya ta Kirista (CPT) zuwa Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kongo an shirya shi a ranar 18 ga Oktoba zuwa Nuwamba. 2. Fyade ya kasance makamin yaki tsakanin 'yan bindiga a kasar Kongo. Wakilai za su gana da matan Kongo da kungiyoyin kare hakkin bil adama domin shaida illolin yakin da kuma sanin irin rawar da kasashen yamma ke takawa a rikicin. Wakilai sun tara $3,100 don biyan farashi; taimakon kudi na iya samuwa. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Yuli 31. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.cpt.org/ kuma danna "Delegations."
- Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa (NCC), Coci World Service (CWS), da Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) sun ba da sanarwar hadin gwiwa a ranar 14 ga Yuli, suna kira ga hanyoyin warware tashin hankali a Isra'ila, Lebanon, da Falasdinu. “Ko za a taɓa kawo ƙarshen tashin hankali a ƙasar da muke kira mai tsarki? Menene tashin hankali ya warware wadannan shekaru 60 da suka gabata? Menene tashin hankali ya warware makonnin da suka gabata?” sanarwar ta tambaya. Hukumomin NCC, WCC, da CWS sun yi kira da a gaggauta dakatar da kai hare-hare a kowane bangare, kuma sun bukaci gwamnatin Amurka da sauran kasashen duniya da su amince da nasarorin da aka cimma a baya a shirye-shiryen samar da zaman lafiya, tare da taimakon Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da su nemi hanyoyin warware rikici ba tare da tashin hankali ba ga dukkan bangarorin da abin ya shafa. . Sun kuma bukaci mabiya addinin Kirista da su yi addu'a ga duk wadanda suka sha wahala kuma suka mutu sakamakon wannan tashin hankali, da iyalansu da al'ummominsu, da kuma shiga ayyukan agaji da bayar da shawarwari don samun zaman lafiya. Don cikakken bayanin je zuwa http://www.councilofchurchs.org/.
- Dattijon ’yan’uwa John Kline na tarihi na zamanin yakin basasa da kuma filin noma za a sayar da shi nan da watanni shida masu zuwa daga masu shi Mennonite, a cewar Paul Roth, limamin Cocin Linville Creek na Brethren a Broadway, Va. Roth yana neman mutane. a cikin ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa waɗanda za su iya taimakawa wajen tsara siyan kayan da kuma zane don amfani da shi. Masu mallakar suna son baiwa 'yan'uwa haƙƙin farko na ƙi kan kadarorin, in ji Roth. Ya kara da cewa masu ci gaba na cikin gida suna sha'awar siyan kadar kadada 10 da sanya gidajen gari a kai. "Yana da mahimmanci mu dauki mataki cikin sauri." Tuntuɓi Roth a 540-896-5001.
5) Leiter ya yi murabus a matsayin darektan Sabis na Bayanai na Babban Hukumar.
Ed Leiter ya mika murabus dinsa a matsayin darektan Sabis na Watsa Labarai na Cocin of the Brother General Board, yana aiki a Cibiyar Hidima ta Brothers da ke New Windsor, Md. murabus din nasa zai yi tasiri nan da 31 ga Disamba.
Ya yi aiki a babban hukumar gudanarwar hukumar tsawon shekaru 25, tun daga shekarar 1988. Ya yi aiki a cibiyar sabis daga 1984-87 a matsayin mai tsara shirye-shirye, sannan daga 1988-2004 a matsayin jagoran shirye-shirye da manazarta. Ya ɗauki matsayinsa na yanzu a cikin Yuni 2004.
Leiter ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) tare da digiri a Gudanar da Kasuwanci da kuma mai da hankali kan Kimiyyar Kwamfuta. Bayan karatun koleji ya yi hidima a hidimar sa kai na 'yan'uwa. Shi memba ne na Union Bridge (Md.) Church of the Brothers.
6) Donna McKee Rhodes don jagorantar Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley.
Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley ta sanar da nadin Donna McKee Rhodes a matsayin babban darektan fara Aug. 1. Ta yi aiki a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata a matsayin shugaban Certificate da Ci gaba da Ilimi Shirye-shiryen a cibiyar, wanda shine haɗin gwiwar ilimi na ma'aikatar. Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany da gundumomi biyar a arewa maso gabas.
Rhodes ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., tare da digiri na farko a fannin ilimi. Ta sami takardar shedar horon ta a ma'aikatar ta Makarantar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista a cikin 1996 kuma a halin yanzu tana yin rajista a matsayin ɗalibi na lokaci-lokaci a Seminary na Bethany. Rhodes kuma ya kammala shirin horo na shekaru uku a cikin jagoranci na ruhaniya ta hanyar Oasis Ministries. Ita ma’aikaciya ce da aka naɗa a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.
Rhodes da danginta suna zaune a Huntingdon, Pa., kuma membobin Cocin Stone na 'Yan'uwa ne. Za ta yi aiki daga gidanta kuma daga babban ofishin cibiyar a harabar Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.).
7) Ana ba da ajin mishan a Bethany Seminary.
Za a ba da wani kwas mai taken, “Ƙaƙwalwar ’Yan’uwa: Tare da Littafi Mai Tsarki da Tebur,” a Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany a Richmond, Ind., a ƙarshen mako uku na wannan faɗuwar: Satumba 8-9, Oktoba 6-7, da Nuwamba. 3-4. Ana samun kwas ɗin ga ɗalibai a cikin babban waƙa na allahntaka, ko don Horarwa a ƙimar ma'aikatar.
Kwas ɗin yana gabatar da tushen tarihi, na Littafi Mai-Tsarki, da tauhidi na manufa ta 'yan'uwa daga farkon sa, kuma zai ƙalubalanci mahalarta su tsara hangen nesa don makomar manufa ta 'yan'uwa. Bradley Bohrer, wanda aka nada sabon darakta na shirin manufofin Sudan na babban hukumar, zai koyar da ajin da Merv Keene, babban darektan kungiyar hadin gwiwa na Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya ke taimakawa.
Don yin rajista tuntuɓi Deb Gropp, Ayyukan Ilimi, a 800-287-8822 ext. 1821.
8) An shirya sansanin aikin Najeriya a farkon 2007.
Kwanakin da aka yi hasashe na sansanin ayyuka na 2007 a Najeriya shine Janairu 13-Febreru. 11. Tun 1985 aka gudanar da wani sansanin aiki na shekara-shekara a Najeriya wanda Global Mission Partnerships of the Church of the Brother General Board ta dauki nauyinsa, domin ba da dama ga kulla alaka da karfafa juna.
Aikin zai sake mayar da hankali wajen gina Comprehensive Secondary School of Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Shirye-shiryen sun hada da ziyarar wasu ikilisiyoyi a Maiduguri, inda rikici a watan Fabrairu ya kai ga lalata gine-ginen coci guda biyar na EYN. Mahalarta taron za su kasance tare da membobin ikilisiyoyi da abin ya shafa kuma su ga ci gaban da aka samu tare da goyon bayan sadaukarwar ƙauna da cocin Amurka ke bayarwa.
David Whitten, ko’odinetan hukumar ta Najeriya, zai jagoranci sansanin. Farashin da aka kiyasta shine $2,200. Duba www.brethren.org/genbd/global_mission/workcamp/index.html don ƙarin bayani. Aikace-aikace sun ƙare Oktoba 2 kuma ana samun su daga Mary Munson a 800-323-8039.
9) Kula da jiki da rai a Jamhuriyar Dominican.
Daga Irvin da Nancy Heishman
Kwayoyin ra'ayi ya fara girma lokacin da Paul Mundey ya ji fasto Anastacia Bueno Beltre yana wa'azi a taron shekara-shekara na 2005. Beltre fasto ne na San Luis Iglesia de los Hermanos (Church of the Brother) a Jamhuriyar Dominican. Mundey ta ji a cikin wa'azinta farin cikin bangaskiyarta mai ƙarfi da juriya, kuma ta yi mamakin yadda cocin da yake limamai a Frederick, Md., zai shiga cikin aikin DR.
Cocin Frederick na ’yan’uwa a baya ya aika da membobi zuwa tafiye-tafiye na mishan zuwa Latin Amurka amma ba su da alaƙa da ayyukan mishan na ’yan’uwa. Ta hanyar jerin hanyoyin sadarwa, mun yi la'akari da tsare-tsare tare don yadda ƙungiyar 'yan Frederick za su ziyarci DR kuma su saba da aikin 'yan'uwa.
A cikin Maris 2006 ƙungiyar mutane biyar daga Frederick, karkashin jagorancin fasto Bill Van Buskirk da likita Julian Choe, sun ziyarci DR na kwanaki tara. Kwarewar babbar albarka ce ga ikkilisiya a cikin DR kuma da kansa yana canzawa ga ƙungiyar daga Frederick.
Ƙungiyar ta fara tafiya zuwa Fondo Negro, ƙaramin ikilisiya a kudu maso yammacin DR. Mambobin cocin sun ba su rangadin al’umma ciki har da kyakkyawan Kogin Yaque, inda da yawa ke zuwa iyo da wanka. Ƙungiyar ta kuma kwana a cikin gidajen ƴan ikilisiya, "miƙewa" ga Amirkawa ganin cewa ba duk gidajen DR ba ne ke da famfo na cikin gida ko wasu abubuwan jin daɗi. Ƙungiyar Frederick ta ba da ayyukan yara, suna raba sassauƙan sana'o'i kamar "munduwan ceto." Wannan aikin ya sauƙaƙa raba saƙon bishara a sarari kuma ya ba da hulɗa mai daɗi tare da yaran.
Sai ƙungiyar ta koma yankin babban birnin DR don yin kwanaki da yawa tare da ikilisiyar San Jose. Sabanin wurin Fondo Negro na ƙauyen ƙauyen ƙauye, cocin San Jose yana tsakiyar tsakiyar al'umma marasa galihu da ke kewaye da filayen da aka yi watsi da su. Ana kiran wannan nau'in al'umma "batey," wanda ke nufin al'umma inda ma'aikatan baƙi na Haiti ke zaune don masana'antar sukari. A San Jose an yi watsi da masana'antar sukari, don haka mazauna yankin suna samun aiki tare da iyakataccen aiki, mai ƙarancin biyan kuɗi a cikin gonar dabino mai kusa.
Membobin Frederick sun ji an kira su don amsa ba ga buƙatun jiki kaɗai ba amma har da bukatu na ruhaniya. A cikin shirin tafiyarsu, sun tsara ayyukan haɗin gwiwa don isa ga kowa da kowa. Kamar yadda Van Buskirk ya ce, “Ranar farko ita ce ceto ta jiki. Washegari ceton rai ne." Ko da yake membobin ƙungiyar da yawa sun halarci tafiye-tafiyen manufa a baya, matsanancin talauci a San Jose ya girgiza su. A karkashin jagorancin Dr. Choe, an shirya ƙungiyar don kai wa ga likita. Sun kawo fam 100 na magani, galibi suna mai da hankali kan magance cututtukan dysentery da parasitic da bayar da bitamin da ake buƙata sosai.
Yayin da wannan maganin ya yi tasiri a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci, ƙungiyar ta gane cewa waɗannan matsalolin za su ci gaba da addabar wannan al'umma da sauran makamantansu. Ana iya magance cutar ta parasites, alal misali, amma idan mutane suna shan gurɓataccen ruwa, nan ba da jimawa ba za su sake kamuwa da cututtuka. Don haka, cocin Frederick yana da sha'awar samar da dangantaka mai tsawo tare da manufa a cikin DR, musamman a fannin lafiya. Van Buskirk ya ce: "Ba kawai muna son yin nasara da gudu ba," in ji Van Buskirk a wata kasida a cikin "Frederick (Md.) News Post."
Shugabannin cocin Dominican suna la'akari da yuwuwar haɓaka ma'aikatar lafiya ta rigakafin tare da haɗin gwiwar Babban Hukumar da ikilisiyoyin kamar Frederick. Mu jajirce wajen yin addu’a da gaba gaɗi cewa Allah ya buɗe wa wannan hidima ta tabbata a 2007.
–Irvin da Nancy Heishman su ne masu gudanar da ayyuka na Cocin of the Brother General Board a Jamhuriyar Dominican.
10) 'Yan'uwa Waziri a cikin kungiyar da aka yafe wa laifin tayar da fitina.
Wata Coci na 'yan'uwa minista tana cikin mutane 78 da aka yi afuwa saboda laifin tayar da zaune tsaye a Montana a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya, 'ya'yan itacen Aikin Yafewar Tawaye a Jami'ar Montana. Clemens P. Work, farfesa a fannin shari'a kuma darektan karatun digiri a makarantar aikin jarida ne ya jagoranci aikin.
An shigar da tuhume-tuhume a kan marigayi dattijon Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma minista John Silas (JS) Geiser a ranar 2 ga Yuli, 1918, daga furucin da ya yi a ranar Lahadi, 5 ga Mayu, 1918, yana adawa da yaƙi. Wataƙila an yi maganganun a matsayin wani ɓangare na wa'azi.
Zargin da ake tuhumar Geiser ya kasance "babban sabon abu," in ji Work. Geiser shine "daya tilo daga cikin wadannan shari'o'in da aka yanke wa wani minista… saboda abin da ya fada yayin wa'azi."
A lokacin, Geiser ya yi hidima a ikilisiyar Grandview da ke kusa da Froid, Mont. An tuhume shi a karkashin wata doka da majalisar Montana ta zartar a cikin 1918, wanda ya "lalata duk wani mummunan magana," a cewar Work. Gabaɗaya, mutane 79 a Montana (wanda aka yafe a 1921) an yanke musu hukunci saboda sukar gwamnati a lokacin yaƙi.
An kai rahoton Geiser ga hukuma don yin wannan furucin: “Dukan yaƙi ba daidai ba ne. Ba daidai ba ne a siyan shaidun yanci ko tambarin thrift. Ya kamata mu dage; kuma ina roƙon ku da kar ku saya ko siyan duk wani sharuɗɗa na yanci ko tambarin thrift…. Na gaskanta ba daidai ba ne mutum ya kashe ɗan'uwansa. Wanda ya sayi liberty Bonds da Thrift Stamps don samar da harsashi don kashe mutane ya yi muni kamar kashe kansa. Na yi imani cewa wanda ya sayi 'Yancin Kwando da Thrift Stamps don taimako da tallafawa yakin ya yi muni kamar wadanda suke hayar 'yan bindiga a birnin New York don kashe 'yan uwansu. "
"Kamar yana shelar zaman lafiya ne ko ba haka ba?" yayi sharhi Ralph Clark, memba na ikilisiya na yanzu wanda ke sha’awar tarihin coci. Clark ya gudanar da bincike game da Geiser a madadin aikin yafewa.
Geiser ya koma Froid a 1915 daga Maryland, inda ya fara aikin da daga baya ya ci gaba zuwa Baltimore First Church of the Brothers, bisa ga wani labarin mutuwarsa a cikin mujallar Church of the Brothers “The Gospel Messenger” na Afrilu 27, 1935. Geiser kuma. yayi aiki a matsayin likitan hakori don tallafawa iyalinsa yayin da yake hidima a Grandview. Ikilisiyar da ya yi hidima yanzu ita ce Cocin Baptist/Brethren na Big Sky American tare da haɗin gwiwar Brotheran'uwa da Baptist. A cikin 1927, rashin lafiya ya tilasta Geiser komawa zuwa ƙananan tudu na gabas, inda ya mutu a 1934.
Labarin mutuwar bai ambaci hukuncin da Geiser ya yi na fitina ba. Amma bisa ga binciken Clark, minti na coci ya bayyana ƙarin. A cikin taron jama'a a ranar 14 ga Mayu, 1918, Geiser ya janye wani ɓangare na bayaninsa yana mai cewa bai fahimci hukunce-hukuncen taron shekara-shekara kan siyan ɗaurin yaƙi ba. Clark ya ce mai yiwuwa Geiser yana magana ne akan minti na taron shekara-shekara daga zamanin yakin basasa da ke ba da izinin siyan lamuni na gwamnati.
Ikklisiya ta zaɓi a ci gaba da Geiser a ofishinsa kuma a taimaka masa ya nemi taimakon doka don tuhumar tada zaune tsaye. Sa'an nan, a cikin Yuni 1918, Geiser ya mika murabus ga coci bayan ya bayyana fatarar kudi. Dattawan gundumomi sun yanke hukunci a watan Yuli 1918 suna soke nadin Geiser, in ji Clark. A cikin Satumba 1920, duk da haka, an mayar da shi cikakken hidima. Taron shekara-shekara ya fusata kan ayyana fatarar kudi kuma hakan ne mai yiwuwa dalilin da ya sa aka yanke hukuncin soke nadin Geiser, in ji Clark.
Geiser bai yi zaman gidan yari ba saboda hukuncin da aka yanke masa amma an ci shi tarar $200. "Kamar yadda zan iya tantance su (iyalin Geiser) sun ci gaba da zama a gidansu kuma membobin coci uku sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar belin dala 5,000 kuma memba daya ya biya tarar $200," in ji Clark.
A cikin mutane 79 da aka samu da laifin tayar da zaune tsaye a Montana, 41 sun tafi gidan yari, sauran kuma an ci tarar su. Tsawon hukuncin daurin shekaru 1 zuwa 20 ne, adadin da aka yi masa a zahiri shine watanni 7 zuwa shekaru 3. Tarar sun kasance daga $200 zuwa $5,000. Work ya kara da cewa "Matsa na shi ne da bai kamata a yi kwana daya a gidan yari ba." An zartar da dokar tada zaune tsaye a cikin wani yanayi na zullumi, saboda fargabar kawo cikas ga yunkurin yakin da 'yan kwadago ke yi. "Mutane sun kasance cikin damuwa a lokacin game da yakin da kama 'yan leƙen asiri da abokan gaba na yakin," in ji Work.
Wadanda aka samu da laifin tayar da zaune tsaye galibi “mutanen talakawa ne da ke fadin munanan maganganu game da gwamnati,” in ji Work. Yawancin maganganun da aka tuhumi mutane an yi su ne a asirce ko kuma an yi su ne cikin fushi ko kuma an yi su cikin maye. A kowane hali, wani mai sauraro ya yi fushi kuma ya shigar da mutumin, in ji Aiki. Sau da yawa ba a tuhumi mutumin da abin da ya faɗa, amma don su wane ne. Misali, wasu daga cikin wadanda aka yanke wa hukuncin, 'yan ciranin Jamus ne, inji Work. "Ko kuma wanda ya ba da rahoton su ya yi amfani da doka a matsayin izini don ramuwar gayya ko biya, ko nuna fushi. Ba mu san nawa ne suka fada cikin wannan rukunin ba.”
Aikin yafewa ya taso ne daga bincike don littafin Aiki na 2005, "Mafi Duhu Kafin Dawn: Tada hankali da Magana Kyauta a Yammacin Amurka." Aikin ya samu babban yafewa daga Gwamna Schweitzer na Montana tare da taimakon farfesa Jeffrey T. Renz, na Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Montana, da kuma wani babban rukuni na wasu da suka hada da daliban shari'a da aikin jarida, masana tarihi, da kuma tarihin tarihi. A ranar 3 ga watan Mayu sama da ‘yan uwan wadanda aka samu da laifin tayar da kayar baya 40 ne suka halarci lokacin da gwamnan ya bayar da afuwar.
Game da Geiser, tarihin mutuwarsa ya nuna cewa bai bar abin da ya faru ya shafi ƙaunarsa ga hidima ko kuma arewa maso yamma ba. “Ya ƙaunaci babban arewa maso yamma, amma sama da duka yana ƙaunar cocinsa da rayukan mutane. Ya so ya ga an kafa cocin mu a wannan kasa ta majagaba,” in ji labarin mutuwar.
Don ƙarin bayani game da aikin yafewar Sedition je zuwa http://www.seditionproject.net/.