"Kada ku zama kamar duniyar nan, amma ku sāke..." - Romawa 12: 2
LABARAI
1) PBS don nuna Sabis na Jama'a na Jama'a akan 'Ganewar Tarihi.'
2) Ana kiran matasa manya don samun canji.
3) IMA yana tallafawa martanin 'yan'uwa ga bala'in Katrina da Rita.
4) Kasuwancin Bala'i na Tsakiyar Atlantika ya kafa rikodin.
5) Cibiyar Matasa ta sanar da Donald F. Durnbaugh Legacy Endowment.
6) Yan'uwa guda: Gyara, tunawa, ma'aikata, ayyuka, ƙari.
KAMATA
7) Nadine Pence Frantz ta yi murabus daga Bethany Theological Seminary.
8) Bradley Bohrer ya dauki hayar daraktan shirin Sudan na babban kwamitin gudanarwa.
9) Kwalejin McPherson ta dauki Thomas Hurst a matsayin ministan harabar.
Abubuwa masu yawa
10) Shugaban 'yan'uwa Thurl Metzger da Heifer International ya karrama.
fasalin
11) An kira shugabanni na ruhaniya su 'ji da zuciya ɗaya.'
Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers, je www.brethren.org, danna kan “Labarai” don nemo fasalin labarai, ƙarin “Brethren bits,” links to Brothers in the news, da links to the General Board’s photo albums and the. Taskar labarai. Daga Yuli 1-5, labarai na yau da kullun da hotuna za a buga daga Cocin na 'Yan'uwa taron shekara-shekara a Des Moines, Iowa; je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac.
1) PBS don nuna Sabis na Jama'a na Jama'a akan 'Ganewar Tarihi.'
Wani bangare na jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin "Masu binciken Tarihi" wanda ke nuna Cocin 'Yan'uwa da Ma'aikatan Jama'a (CPS) za su tashi a tashoshin PBS a ranar Litinin, Yuli 10, da karfe 9 na yamma a gabas (duba jerin sunayen gida).
An yi fim ɗin nunin tare da taimakon bincike da masanin tarihin Church of the Brothers Ken Shaffer ya yi, wanda ma’aikatan kamfanin da ke samarwa suka tuntuɓe a watan Nuwamba 2005 sa’ad da suke bin tarihin takardar shaidar Kwamitin Hidima ta ’yan’uwa. Laburaren Tarihi na Brothers da Archives da Shaffer sun ba da bayanan baya, hotuna, da fim. Ma'ajiyar tarihin ma'aikatar ta Cocin of the Brother General Board.
Ba da takaddun shaida da tambari na Kwamitin Hidima na ’yan’uwa yana cikin hanyoyi da yawa da ’yan’uwa suka yi amfani da su don tara kuɗi don tallafa wa sansanonin CPS da waɗanda suka ƙi aikin soja da suka yi aiki a shirin a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Takaddun shaida da katunan tambari sun nuna adadin gudummawar kuma sun bayyana cewa za a yi amfani da tallafin ne ga CPS.
Yayin da Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya kusato, Cocin ’yan’uwa tare da sauran majami’un zaman lafiya na tarihi sun yi aiki tare da gwamnatin Amirka don kafa Hidimar Jama’a a matsayin madadin hidima ga waɗanda suka ƙi shiga yaƙi saboda imaninsu. Yayin da CPS ke ƙarƙashin ikon gwamnati, Ikklisiya ce ta tsara ta, tana gudanar da ita, kuma tana ba da kuɗi.
Cocin ’Yan’uwa ne ke da alhakin sansanonin CPS 33 da ayyuka na musamman. Hakki ya haɗa da kudade, kuma 'yan'uwa sun ba da gudummawar fiye da $ 1,300,000 da abinci da yawa masu yawa don tallafawa CPS.
Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., ta karbi bakuncin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo da fina-finai na "Binciken Tarihi" a ranar Fabrairu 24-25 lokacin da suka yi hira da Harry Graybill, ma'aikacin CPS wanda ya yi aiki shekaru hudu a cikin shirin. Har ila yau, ma'aikatan "Masu binciken Tarihi" sun yi fim da tambayoyi a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) da sauran wurare.
2) Ana kiran matasa manya don samun canji.
Taron matasa na shekara-shekara ya gudana ne a ranar 26-28 ga Mayu a Camp Swatara a Bethel, Pa. Ana zana matasa 99 manya da shugabanni daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar, taron ya mai da hankali kan Romawa 12: 2, “Kada ku zama kamar wannan duniya, amma ku zama masu kama da wannan duniya. canza ta wurin sabunta hankalinku, domin ku gane abin da ke nufin Allah, abin da yake mai kyau, abin karɓa, cikakke.”
“Sa’ad da muka ƙyale kanmu mu canza, za mu iya gane, yarda, kuma mu amsa abin da Allah yake so daga gare mu,” in ji jami’in gudanarwa Emily Tyler.
Bob Etzweiler da Hannah Serfling sune manyan matasa masu magana. Etzweiler ya buɗe ƙarshen mako tare da ƙalubalen kimanta hanyoyin da Kiristoci a matsayin Jikin Kristi dole ne su canza zaɓen rayuwar yau da kullun zuwa maganganun bangaskiya don ci gaba da rayuwa. Serfling ya mai da hankali kan canji da ke faruwa ta wurin neman gafara daga zunubi.
Sauran masu magana sun haɗa da Marlys Hershberger, limamin cocin Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Cocin ’yan’uwa, wanda ya yi magana game da ra’ayin cewa an kira kowannenmu mu zama “mai nuna” ƙaunar Yesu Kristi. Craig Smith, ministan zartarwa na Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika, ya zaburar da masu halartar taron su “tafi su yi haka nan” bayan wani sako da ke kwatanta yadda canji ke kama da mutane da coci. Ayyukan ibada kuma sun haɗa da tarayya da shafewa.
Lokacin da ba a yi ibada ba, manyan matasa sun shiga cikin wasu ayyuka da yawa. An gudanar da zaman Padare (bita) akan batutuwan da suka kama daga ba da labari zuwa nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki zuwa sake fasalin ƙaura. Zaman “Hayaniyar Farin Ciki” ya bai wa mahalarta damar rera waƙoƙin da aka fi so yayin da suke koyon sabbin waƙoƙi. Ƙananan ƙungiyoyi, da ake kira Ƙungiyoyin Al'umma, sun hadu sau da yawa a cikin karshen mako.
Wani gidan kofi ya tabbatar da cewa an bai wa Cocin ’yan’uwa matasa ƙwazo da yawa. Lambobin kiɗa sun haɗa da waƙoƙin tuƙi, waƙoƙin kiɗan kiɗa, da waƙoƙi a cikin aƙalla yaruka biyu. Barkwanci ya kasance mai yawan baƙo a ɗakin kuma; Mahalarta sun sha wahala sosai wajen ɗaukar mawaƙin da ke sanye da hular kumfa mai girman lemu mai girman gaske.
Baya ga bayar da bayanai game da ayyukanta, Mutual Aid Association ta gudanar da taron jama'a na ice-cream kyauta da zane don kyaututtukan kofa.
Karshen karshen mako ya ƙare tare da runguma da bankwana ga sababbin abokai da tsofaffi. Da fatan, mutane da yawa za su sake haduwa a shekara mai zuwa a kan ranar tunawa da karshen mako a Camp Harmony a Hooversville, Pa. Har ila yau, ana ƙarfafa matasa su fara yin shirye-shirye yanzu don halartar taron matasa na matasa na kasa na biyu, Yuni 9-13, 2008, a YMCA na Rockies a cikin Estes Park, Colo.
3) IMA yana tallafawa martanin 'yan'uwa ga bala'in Katrina da Rita.
Amsar bala'i na farko a cikin gida ta Interchurch Medical Assistance (IMA) ya ba da $19,500 don sake gina aikin da shirin Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na Coci na Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa ya nuna, a cewar wata sanarwa daga IMA.
An ƙirƙira shi a cikin 1960 don tallafawa ci gaban kiwon lafiya na tushen cocin ketare da ayyukan ba da agajin gaggawa, IMA ba a taɓa kiran ta don taimakawa bala'in cikin gida ba har sai guguwar Katrina ta afkawa jihohin Gulf, in ji sanarwar. Sa'o'i kadan bayan da guguwar ta afku, masu ba da agaji sun fara aika da gudunmawa ga IMA, da yawa daga cikinsu suna maimaituwa masu bayar da tallafi wadanda suka yaba da irin tasirin da taimakon da IMA ke bayarwa ga bala'in tsunami a kudancin Asiya.
Kamar yadda yawan barnar da aka yi ya bayyana a kwanakin da guguwar ta biyo baya, jami’an agaji da ci gaba na kungiyar IMA sun yi kira ga IMA da ta samar da Akwatunan Magunguna na magunguna da kayayyaki na gaggawa. An sanya akwatunan a matsuguni don amfani da jami'an kiwon lafiya da ke kula da bukatun lafiyar yau da kullun na mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu. A cikin kusan watanni hudu, IMA ta haɗu da jigilar kayayyaki guda biyar na samfuran likitanci tare da jimilar ƙimar $89,476.
Yayin da ayyukan agaji suka koma cikin lokaci mai tsawo, ba a buƙatar magunguna da magunguna. Amma asusun gaggawa na IMA na bala'in Katrina bai ƙare ba, kuma IMA ta fara tattaunawa game da ayyukan dawo da dogon lokaci waɗanda ke buƙatar kuɗi.
IMA ta sanar a farkon wannan watan cewa sauran dala 19,500 a Katrina kudaden agajin bala'i za su taimaka wajen sake gina ayyukan karkashin jagorancin Bayar da Agajin Gaggawa. Tallafin kudi da IMA ke bayarwa zai taimaka wajen biyan kayan gini da jigilar su zuwa wuraren da abin ya shafa.
Martanin 'yan'uwa ga guguwa biyu tare ya haɗa da tura masu sa kai na Kula da Yara na Bala'i 128 waɗanda suka yi hulɗa da yara 3,027 da bala'in ya shafa; yana daidaita masu aikin sa kai 183 da suka taimaka wajen tsaftace ko kuma gyara gidajen iyalai 188 a Alabama da Louisiana; sauƙaƙe jigilar kayan agajin da aka ƙima akan dala miliyan 2.1 daga Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., tare da haɗin gwiwar Sabis na Duniya na Coci; da kuma bayar da tallafi da ya kai dala 257,000 don ayyukan ba da agajin bala'i.
Paul Derstine, shugaban IMA ya ce: "Aikin mayar da martani na bala'i na Cocin 'yan'uwa ana mutunta shi sosai a kowane bangare." “IMA tana da himma game da kasancewa da aminci ga bukatun masu ba da gudummawarmu, don haka muna farin cikin samun damar yin amfani da gudummawar da suke bayarwa don ayyukan farfadowa na dogon lokaci don magance bala’o’in guguwar Katrina da Rita. Samun hedkwatar IMA da ke Cibiyar Hidima ta ’Yan’uwa yana ba mu damar ci gaba da ƙulla dangantaka ta kud-da-kud da Amsar Gaggawa.”
IMA ƙungiya ce mai zaman kanta ta ƙungiyoyin agaji da ci gaba na Furotesta 12 da ke ba da taimako ga shirye-shiryen kiwon lafiya na ƙasashen waje na majami'u masu haɗin gwiwa, ƙungiyoyin ci gaba na bangaskiya da ƙungiyoyin agaji, da hukumomin jama'a da masu zaman kansu masu irin wannan manufa. Duba http://www.interchurch.org/.
4) Kasuwancin Bala'i na Tsakiyar Atlantika ya kafa rikodin.
Kasuwancin Bala'i na Tsakiyar Atlantika na 2006 da aka gudanar a ranar 6 ga Mayu a Cibiyar Noma a Westminster, Md., Ya kafa rikodin babban adadin kuɗin shiga na $77,860.50, a cewar wani rahoto daga memba kwamitin Roy Johnson. An sanar da bayanan da aka samu daga gwanjon a taron watan Mayu na Kwamitin Ba da Amsar Bala'i na Tsakiyar Atlantika. Babban kudin shiga da ya gabata daga wani gwanjo shine $70,000.
Daga cikin jimillar kuɗin shiga na wannan shekara, an ba da adadin dala 4,500 ga Gundumar Tsakiyar Atlantika don ba da kuɗin sufuri na masu sa kai na bala'i da ke aiki a wurare masu nisa kamar New Orleans; an aika da adadin dala 73,000 zuwa Asusun Ba da Agajin Bala’i na Coci na Babban Hukumar ’yan’uwa, don a yi amfani da shi don yin hidimar bala’i.
Kwandunan jigo sun kasance sabon kyauta a gwanjon bana. Kwandunan jigo sun ba da gudummawar kuɗin shiga na $829.
A jimla daga gwanjon kwalliya, 161 quilts sun kawo $34,167.50 wanda ke wakiltar karuwar guda 20 da $6,235 akan jimillar bara. Filayen tsumma guda shida da rataye bango ɗaya da aka saya don gwanjon 2007 sun riga sun sami masu tallafawa da ƙwanƙwasa. An ajiye ma'auni na wasu dala 5,000 don farashin farawa na shekara mai zuwa.
Littafin gwanjon na 2006 ya sake zama babban nasara kuma, yana kawo ribar $13,899.97. An buga fiye da 3,000 na littattafan. Debbie Noffsinger ta yi aiki a matsayin mai zane mai zane don ɗan littafin. "Mun taya ta murna saboda babban aikin da ta yi," in ji Johnson.
5) Cibiyar Matasa ta sanar da Donald F. Durnbaugh Legacy Endowment.
Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist, dake Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), tana girmama ƙwararren ƙwararren malami na marigayi Donald F. Durnbaugh ta hanyar ƙirƙirar Durnbaugh Legacy Endowment. Durnbaugh ya rasu a watan Agustan bara.
Kuɗaɗen da aka ba da gudummawar za su taimaka wajen fuskantar ƙalubalen dala miliyan 2 na Ƙungiyoyin Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Jama'a na Ƙasa. Kyautar za ta tallafa wa tarin abubuwan tunani, za ta tallafa wa koyarwa, za ta haifar da kujera ta ilimi a Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist, kuma za ta tallafa wa sauran ayyukan cibiyar. Wasu daga cikin takardu da littattafan Durnbaugh, waɗanda danginsa suka ba da gudummawa, za a yi amfani da su don tallafawa shirin cibiyar na bincike da wallafe-wallafen masana a cikin nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist.
Durnbaugh ana daukarsa a matsayin babban malami na ƙwararrun 'yan'uwa a Turai da Amurka, in ji sanarwar ba da kyauta. Tarihin labarinsa, "Ya'yan itacen inabi, Tarihin 'yan'uwa, 1708-1997," shine ma'auni a fagen nazarin, in ji cibiyar. Durnbaugh kuma ya rubuta “Cocin The Believers: The History and Character of Radical Protestinism,” kuma ya gyara kundin “Encyclopedia ’Yan’uwa da yawa.”
Ya kasance mai goyon baya kuma abokin Cibiyar Matasa. A cikin 1987, ya sami bambanci na gabatar da lacca na farko na jama'a a abin da zai zama cibiyar. Bayan shekaru biyu, an nada shi Carl W. Zeigler Farfesa na Addini da Tarihi na farko a Kwalejin Elizabethtown, mukamin da ya rike har zuwa 1993. A wannan shekarar, an nada shi Babban Cibiyar Matasa ta farko. A lokacin da yake aiki a cibiyar, ya ci gaba da nazarin addinan Anabaptist da Pietist ta hanyar gabatar da kasidu a tarurrukan ilimi, rubuta kasidu na ilimi, da shirya bitar littattafai. Ya kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tsara taron 1991 na Ƙungiyar Nazarin Al'umma ta Duniya da Majalisar 'Yan'uwa ta Duniya na farko a 1992, duka biyun da aka gudanar a Cibiyar Matasa. Daga 1998 zuwa 2004, ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Cibiyar Matasa.
Haɗe da Kyautar Legacy na Durnbaugh, an kafa damammakin suna da yawa waɗanda ke nuna gadon Ikilisiyar Muminai. Don ƙarin bayani game da waɗannan damar ko don ƙarin bayani game da kyauta, tuntuɓi Allen T. Hansell, darektan dangantakar Coci a Kwalejin Elizabethtown, a 717-361-1257.
6) Yan'uwa guda: Gyara, tunawa, ma'aikata, ayyuka, ƙari.
- Gyara: Beth Gunzel ba mai aikin sa kai ba ne tare da Sabis na Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa, kamar yadda aka ba da rahoton da ba daidai ba a cikin Newsline a ranar 7 ga Yuni. Ita ce ma’aikaciyar Ci gaban Tattalin Arziki a Jamhuriyar Dominican don Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Cocin of the Brother General Board.
- June Swann Hoal, mai shekara 79, na Roanoke, Va., ta mutu a ranar Asabar, 10 ga Yuni. Ta yi hidimar gundumar Virlina a matsayin tsohuwar shugabar ofishin Bethel da ke Fincastle, Va. Roanoke inda ta kasance diacon kuma ta yi aiki a wasu ayyukan jagoranci da yawa ciki har da mamba na Kwamitin Ma'aikatun Waje da kuma mai ba da agaji a Cibiyar Albarkatun Gundumar Virlina. Ta rasu ta bar ‘yarta da surukinta Laura Hoal Heptinstall da Kevin L. Heptinstall, da danta da surukarta Alan Eugene Hoal da Carol B. Hoal, da jikoki hudu, da sauran ‘yan uwa. An gudanar da ayyuka a Cocin Farko na ’Yan’uwa da ke Roanoke ranar 13 ga Yuni. Ana yin abubuwan tunawa ga Cocin Farko na ’yan’uwa ko kuma Cocin gundumar Virlina na Asusun ba da tallafin karatu na ‘yan’uwa.
- A ranar 8 ga Yuni, Jake Blouch ya shiga sashin sadarwa na Babban Hukumar yana aiki tare da mujallar "Manzo". Blouch, wanda ya fito daga Hershey, Pa., zai yi aiki tare da mujallar don rani ta hanyar shirin Sabis na Ma'aikatar Summer. Shi memba ne na Majami'ar Spring Creek na 'Yan'uwa a Hershey kuma dalibi a Jami'ar Fasaha a Philadelphia, inda ya fi girma a cikin wasan kwaikwayo.
- Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) yana neman darektan Tsare-tsaren Amfanin Ma'aikata. Matsayin cikakken lokaci ne da albashi, tushen Elgin, Ill Ayyuka sun haɗa da gudanar da inshorar inshora da tsare-tsaren fa'idar ritaya, sassauƙan kashe kuɗi da asusun ajiyar lafiya, kwangilar sabis na shawarwari na limamai, Shirin Taimakon Ma'aikatan Ikilisiya, da haɗin gwiwar ma'aikatar lafiya tare da Associationungiyar 'Yan'uwa. Masu kulawa. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da tsare-tsare dabaru da haɓaka sabis, Amintaccen Tsarin fensho da bayanin tsarin shari'a, yarjejeniyar ma'aikata, littafin jagora, sabis na tallafi na zahiri, kwangilolin inshora da tsare-tsaren gudanarwa na ɓangare na uku, tsare-tsare da ayyukan tsarin da gudanar da ayyukan membobin. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da zama memba a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa da shiga cikin Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, aƙalla digiri na farko da / ko takaddun shaida a matsayin ƙwararren fa'idodin ma'aikata, kuma aƙalla shekaru biyar na gwaninta a cikin tsarin fa'idodin fa'idodin ma'aikata, doka da aikin likita, gudanarwar albarkatun ɗan adam, ko ƙwarewar gudanarwa mai alaƙa. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa da ci gaba tare da tsammanin adadin albashi zuwa Susan Brandenbusch a 1505 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; sbrandenbusch_bbt@brethren.org.
- BBT yana neman darekta na Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa' yan'uwa Inc. Matsayin cikakken lokaci ne kuma yana da albashi, tushen a Elgin, Ill. Ayyuka sun haɗa da gudanar da ayyuka na asali guda hudu na gidauniyar: sarrafa kadara, sarrafa kyaututtukan da aka jinkirta, taimakon fasaha na fasaha da sabis na abokin ciniki, da kuma faɗaɗa tushen sa hannu a ayyukan tushe. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da tsare-tsare dabaru da haɓaka sabis, haɓaka abokin ciniki da sabis, ilimin tsarin da sa ido kan ayyuka, saka hannun jari da ƙungiyar ma'aikatan haƙƙin jama'a, da kuɗi, ƙasa, da tsara kyaututtuka. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da kasancewa memba a cikin Cocin na ’yan’uwa da shiga cikin ƙwazo a cikin ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa; akalla digiri na farko; ɗaya ko fiye da takaddun ƙwararru masu alaƙa da gudanar da tushe, tsarin kuɗi, bayarwa da aka tsara, ko gudanar da saka hannun jari (ana iya samun kan aikin); kuma aƙalla shekaru biyar na gwaninta a cikin matsayi na gudanarwa mai dangantaka. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa da ci gaba tare da tsammanin adadin albashi zuwa Susan Brandenbusch a 1505 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; sbrandenbusch_bbt@brethren.org.
- BBT na neman manajan Publications. Matsayin yana da cikakken lokaci da albashi, tushen Elgin, Rashin lafiya Ayyuka sun haɗa da kulawar edita na yau da kullun na wallafe-wallafen BBT-wasiƙun labarai, sakin latsawa, rahoton shekara-shekara, gidan yanar gizo, da sauran ayyuka na musamman-da kuma zama babban marubuci. Ayyuka sun haɗa da sarrafa jadawalin wallafe-wallafe, abun ciki don wallafe-wallafe da gidan yanar gizo, ƙirƙirar ayyukan rubuce-rubuce da ayyukan hoto, yin aiki tare da mai gudanarwa na samarwa da masu tsara kwangilar kwangila, taimakawa tare da tallace-tallace da ƙoƙarin talla. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da kasancewa memba a cikin Cocin na ’yan’uwa da shiga cikin ƙwazo a cikin ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa; aƙalla digiri na farko da ya fi dacewa a cikin sadarwa, Ingilishi, ko filin da ke da alaƙa; da ƙwarewa ko ƙwarewa a rubuce-rubuce, kwafi, sarrafa ayyuka, da sadarwar kamfanoni. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa da ci gaba tare da tsammanin adadin albashi zuwa Susan Brandenbusch a 1505 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; sbrandenbusch_bbt@brethren.org.
- Cocin of the Brothers General Board na neman cikakken darektan Kasuwanci da Tallace-tallace na Yan Jarida a Elgin, Rashin Lafiya. Ayyukan da suka haɗa da saiti, saka idanu, da cimma burin tallace-tallace na shekara-shekara; haɓakawa da aiwatar da tsarin talla; kula da sabis na abokin ciniki da jigilar kaya da ayyukan sito; kula da ƙirƙira da sakin kayan talla; gudanar da harkokin tallace-tallace na kantin sayar da littattafai na 'yan jarida a taron shekara-shekara da sauran abubuwan da suka faru; hanyar sadarwa da aiki tare tare da ma'aikatan hukumar gabaɗaya wajen haɓaka sabbin kayayyaki da tallace-tallace. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da ƙwararrun ƙwarewa a cikin tallace-tallace ko tallace-tallace, ikon wakilcin Yan Jaridu da kyau a cikin ƙungiyoyi da tsarin ecumenical, sadarwa ta baka da rubuce-rubuce da ƙwarewar hulɗar juna, ƙirƙira da ƙwarewar ƙungiya, ikon daidaita 'yancin kai tare da haɗin gwiwa, ƙasa ko sha'awar koyan gadon 'yan'uwa. , Tauhidi, da siyasa. Ilimi da gogewa da ake buƙata sun haɗa da digiri na farko a fagen da ke da alaƙa da ƙwarewar aiki a cikin tsarin addini. Ana ba 'yan takarar da ke da ƙwarewar tallan tallace-tallace da suka yi nasara a gaba. Ana samun bayanin matsayi da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen akan buƙata. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Yuli 14. Cika fam ɗin aikace-aikacen Babban Hukumar, ƙaddamar da ci gaba da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen, da buƙatar nassoshi guda uku don aika wasiƙun shawarwari ga Ofishin Albarkatun Jama'a, Church of the Brother General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694; Bayani na 800-323-8039 258; mgarrison_gb@brethren.org.
- "Zobe a Tunawa" zai nuna mummunan ci gaba na sojojin Amurka 2,500 da aka kashe a yakin Iraki, a karshen mako na 24-25 ga Yuni. Ofishin ’Yan’uwa na Shaida/Washington ya ba da sanarwar faɗakarwa da ke bayyana shirin ikilisiyoyin addinai na yin ƙararrawa, musamman ƙararrawar gidajen ibadarsu, don tunawa da dukan waɗanda aka kashe a yaƙin da kuma iyalansu da suka ji rauni. FaithfulAmerica.org ne ya shirya wannan yunƙurin, shirin tsakanin addinai na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa. Vince Isner, darektan FaithfulAmerica.org ya ce "A tarihi ana amfani da karar kararrawa don kiran al'umma tare a lokutan farin ciki, bakin ciki, ko rikici." "Mun yi imanin cewa wannan ba lokacin bakin ciki ba ne kawai, amma wata dama ce ta yin waya a cikin sabon lokacin zaman lafiya." Tuntuɓi Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington a 337 N. Carolina Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003; 800-785-3246; washington_office_gb@brethren.org.
- A Duniya Zaman lafiya a ranar 16 ga watan Yuni ya yi kira da a tuna da boren daliban Soweto na 1976 a Afirka ta Kudu. “Shekaru 95 da suka gabata a yau, ’yan Afirka ta Kudu baƙar fata sun fita daga makarantar sakandare a Soweto don nuna adawa da tilasta wa koyarwar yaren Afrikaans. A ƙarshen ranar, ’yan sanda sun kashe aƙalla ɗalibai 500 da kuma ɗalibai kusan 16 a Soweto da kuma a faɗin Afirka ta Kudu,” in ji Matt Guynn, ko’odinetan Shaidun Peace Witness, a cikin imel ɗin da aka aika zuwa ga Jerin Ayyukan Shaidun Jehobah. . Sauran waɗanda suka tuna da taron sun haɗa da babban sakatare na Majalisar Majami’un Duniya Samuel Kobia, wanda ya nuna girmamawa ga boren Soweto da ya ce hakan ya jawo ƙarshen mulkin wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu. Afirka ta Kudu ta gudanar da bikin na musamman a Soweto kuma ta sanya wa 16 ga Yuni "Ranar Matasa." Majalisar Coci-coci ta Afirka ta Kudu ta sanya ranar XNUMX ga watan Yuni a matsayin “Ranar Yara na Afirka ta Duniya,” a cewar Ekklesia, wani shafin yada labarai na addini na kan layi.
- Fasto Doug Wantz na Cocin Chippewa na 'Yan'uwa a Creston, Ohio, yana ɗaya daga cikin fastoci da yawa da ke fafatawa a jerin tseren "Faster Fast" a Wayne County Speedway a Ohio a ranar 24 ga Yuni. Wantz ya kasance Gwarzon Ƙarshe na bara, bisa ga labarin kan. http://www.wwon.com/. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.waynecountyspeedway.com/.
- Wani sabon kundin albarkatun lacca akan abinci da adalci ya haɗa da tunanin Jean Lersch, na Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a St. Petersburg, Fla. Atlantic Southeast District. Tunaninta ya bayyana a cikin "Bread for the World, Yunwar Kalma: Tunanin Lectionary akan Abinci da Adalci, Shekara C" (oda a http://www.breadstore.org/). Ƙirar tana ba da tunani na Littafi Mai Tsarki na mako-mako, wa'azin yara, da kiɗa don karatun laccoci na Shekarar C, waɗanda ke farawa wannan faɗuwar tare da Zuwan. Yawancin marubuta daga ƙungiyoyi daban-daban sun ba da gudummawa ga ƙarar.
- Wani taro kan "Eco-Justice for All: God's People, God's Planet," ya nuna mamba na Cocin Brothers Shantilal Bhagat a matsayin jagoran bita. Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa a New Orleans ce ta dauki nauyin taron a ranar 1-4 ga Yuni. Bhagat ya yi ritaya daga ma'aikatan Cocin of the Brother General Board, kuma ya jagoranci taron karawa juna sani game da alakar muhalli, tattalin arziki, da zamantakewa.
- Fiye da mutane 50 daga kusan ikilisiyoyi 13 na Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin sun taru a cocin Panther Creek Church of the Brothers kusa da Roanoke, Ill., A ranar 29 ga Afrilu don yin fenti a ginin cocin, matakan gyarawa, aikin rufi da aikin famfo, shigar da injin dumama ruwa. da sabon tanki a cikin kicin, yin aikin lantarki, datsa ciyawa a cikin makabarta, da matsar da bango tsakanin ofis da ɗakin karatu. "An ba da shawarar yin wannan taron shekara-shekara, tare da taimakawa majami'u daban-daban a duk fadin gundumar, tare da ayyukan aiki da kuma kulla zumunci da zumunci tsakanin majami'u," in ji Linda Dooly a cikin jaridar gundumar.
- Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa (NCC) ta shiga ko ba da sanarwa kan batutuwan siyasa da dama na yau da kullun. Babban sakatare Bob Edgar na daya daga cikin shugabannin addinai 27 da suka sanya hannu kan wata sanarwa da ta yi kira da a kawar da azabtarwa a matsayin wani bangare na manufofin Amurka (don amincewa da sanarwar a shiga http://www.nrcat.org/). Hukumar NCC ta sake sabunta wani kira na rufe gidan yarin Guantanamo Bay na Amurka da ke kasar Cuba, bayan kashe fursunoni uku da aka yi; Ya zuwa ranar 15 ga watan Yuni, fiye da mutane 10,500 ne suka sanya hannu a takardar koke a FaithfulAmerica.org suna kira da a rufe wurin (FaithfulAmerica.org shiri ne na NCC; don ƙarin gani www.ncccusa.org/news/060216gitmo.html) . NCC ta kuma bukaci Majalisa da ta kara mafi karancin albashin gwamnatin tarayya zuwa dala 7.25 a sa’a daga dala 5.15 a sa’a, tare da shiga yakin neman zaben ‘Let Justice Roll Living Wage Campaign’. NCC ta ce: "Tara zuwa dala 7.25 a cikin sa'a shine mafi ƙarancin da za mu iya yi a yanzu ga ma'aikatan mafi ƙarancin albashi waɗanda suka yi shekaru tara ba tare da ƙarin karin albashi ba," in ji NCC (don ƙarin je http://www.letjusticeroll.org/).
- Babban sakatare na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC), Samuel Kobia, ya yi kira da a dauki mataki don dakatar da "fasahar ƙarewa" - tsire-tsire da aka yi amfani da su don samar da iri mara kyau, hana manoma sake dasa iri da aka ceto. Wannan fasaha ta "juya rayuwa, wacce baiwa ce daga Allah, zuwa kayayyaki," in ji Kobia. "Hana manoma sake shuka iri da aka ajiye zai kara rashin adalci a fannin tattalin arziki a duk fadin duniya tare da kara wa wadanda ke rayuwa cikin wahala." Hukumar Abinci da Noma ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta yi kiyasin cewa mutane biliyan 1.4 ne suka dogara da iri da manoma suka ajiye a matsayin tushen iri na farko, in ji WCC. Don cikakken sakin je zuwa http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/all-news-english/display-single-english-news/browse/1/article/1634/take-action- to-stop-termi.html.
7) Nadine Pence Frantz ta yi murabus daga Bethany Theological Seminary.
Nadine Pence Frantz, farfesa na ilimin tauhidi a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind., Ya karɓi alƙawari a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Koyarwa da Koyon Wabash a cikin Tiyoloji da Addini, mai tasiri ga Janairu 1, 2007.
Cibiyar Wabash, da ke Kwalejin Wabash a Crawfordsville, Ind., tana aiki a kan batutuwan koyo da koyo tare da sassan addini a kwalejoji da jami'o'i, makarantun hauza, da makarantun tauhidi a fadin kasar. Lilly Endowment ne ke ba da cikakken kuɗin cibiyar.
Shugaban Bethany Eugene F. Roop da Dean Stephen Reid sun amince da murabus din Frantz tare da sanin asarar da ta zo tare da ficewar babban malami da babban jami'in Bethany, a cewar sanarwar daga makarantar hauza. Roop ya ce "Sha'awar Dena na kyakkyawan koyarwa ya bayyana a cikin balagaggen aikinta tare da ɗalibai," in ji Roop. "Wadanda ke koyon koyar da addini a makarantun hauza da kwalejoji za a yi musu hidima tare da Dena a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Wabash."
Frantz ya fara zuwa Bethany a matsayin dalibi a 1977-80. Ta kammala digiri na uku a Jami'ar Chicago kuma ta shiga makarantar Bethany a 1992. Ta mayar da hankali kan bincike da rubuce-rubuce a fannonin kiristi, tiyoloji, fasahar gani, da tauhidin mata. Kwanan nan ta gyara kuma ta ba da gudummawa ga littafin, "Bege Deferred: Reflections Healing Heart on Reproductive Loss." A cikin sauran ayyukan ƙwararru, ta kasance babban darektan Majalisar Ƙungiyoyin Nazarin Addini.
8) Bradley Bohrer ya dauki hayar daraktan shirin Sudan na babban kwamitin gudanarwa.
Bradley Bohrer ya fara aiki a ranar 11 ga Satumba a matsayin darektan shirin Sudan na Cocin of the Brother General Board. Kwanan nan ya yi hidima a matsayin fasto na Cocin Community na Brook Park na 'yan'uwa a Brookpark, Ohio, sama da shekaru 22.
A cikin shekaru hudu da suka gabata ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga likitan daliban hidima, kuma a matsayin malami, a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Ashland. Bohrer kuma ya yi aiki a Gundumar Ohio ta Arewa a matsayin darekta na Ci gaba da Ilimi na Pastoral tsawon shekaru biyu da suka gabata. A 1995-97 ya koyar a Kulp Bible College da ke Najeriya.
Bohrer ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Manchester, North Manchester, Ind., Tare da digiri a cikin wasan kwaikwayon kiɗa da ilimin zamantakewa. Har ila yau, yana da digiri na biyu na allahntaka daga Bethany Seminary, kuma ya sami digiri na likita daga Ashland Seminary.
9) Kwalejin McPherson ta dauki Thomas Hurst a matsayin ministan harabar.
McPherson (Kan.) Kwalejin ta sanar da cewa Thomas Hurst ya karbi mukamin ministan harabar, tun daga tsakiyar watan Yuli. Memba na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa na tsawon rai, Hurst a halin yanzu shine Manajan Filin Yankin Tsakiyar Tsakiyar Atlantika don Shirye-shiryen Al'adu na AFS wanda ke ba da damar iyalai da wuraren makaranta ga ɗalibai a cikin ilimin duniya.
Hurst ya yi aiki a matsayin babban darekta na Amincin Duniya, a matsayin fasto na Cocin Downsville na 'yan'uwa a Williamsport, Md., kuma a matsayin wakilin yanki na Heifer International.
Ya sami digirinsa na farko a Kwalejin Manchester da ke North Manchester, Ind., tare da digiri a fannin zamantakewa; ya kammala karatun digiri na biyu daga Jami'ar Ohio a Gwamnatin Amirka da Harkokin Waje; kammala aikin kwas a Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany a 2003-04; kuma yana da digirin digirgir a fannin gudanarwar ilimi mai zurfi daga Jami'ar Temple.
10) Shugaban 'yan'uwa Thurl Metzger da Heifer International ya karrama.
Za a sadaukar da sabuwar Cibiyar Ilimi ta Thurl Metzger a 1:30 na yamma ranar 4 ga Agusta a Heifer Ranch kusa da Perryville, Ark. Wani memba na Cocin Brothers, Metzger ya yi hidimar Heifer International na wasu shekaru 30 a matsayin babban darektan, darektan Shirye-shiryen kasa da kasa, kuma babban mashawarci, wanda ya fara a 1953. Cocin of the Brothers ya fara aikin Heifer a 1944.
A baya ga hidimarsa ga Heifer, Metzger ya kasance darektan shirin musayar gonakin matasa na Poland na Cocin of the Brothers Service Commission.
Sabon ginin zai hada da fasalin "kore", azuzuwa, da filin ofis don ƙungiyar ilimin Ranch da ƙungiyar Sashen Sa-kai. Za a sanye ta da hanyoyin samun naƙasassu don ɗaukar kujerun ƙafafu, kuma za ta zama mummunan yanayi da mafakar guguwa.
Don bayani game da masauki da sauran shirye-shirye, tuntuɓi Bonnie Williams a 501-889-5124 ko bonnie.williams@heifer.org ba daga baya fiye da Yuni 30.
11) An kira shugabanni na ruhaniya su 'ji da zuciya ɗaya.'
Daga Connie Burkholder
Menene alaƙar hidimar zama da waɗanda suke mutuwa, da hidimar zama darekta na ruhaniya? Taken wannan tambayar ya samo asali ne daga jigon komawar shuwagabannin ruhaniya na Cocin ’yan’uwa daga Mayu 22-24 a Shepherd’s Spring, sansanin da cibiyar taro na Gundumar Tsakiyar Atlantika. Kimanin darektoci na Cocin ’yan’uwa goma sha biyu ne suka halarci taron.
Mun ji amsoshi da yawa ga tambayar ta wurin gabatarwar Rose Mary Dougherty, ’yar’uwar Makarantar Notre Dame da ta yi shekaru da yawa tana horar da daraktoci na ruhaniya a Cibiyar Shalem kuma yanzu tana hidimar asibiti. Da yake raba abubuwan sirri daga waɗannan ma'aikatun biyu, Dougherty ya yi magana game da mahimmancin kasancewa cikakke a kowane lokaci tare da mutum. Ta tunatar da mu mu amince da asiri mai tsarki na tsarin da ke gudana a cikin mutumin da muke hidima tare da shi. Da take ambaton Teilhard de Chardin, ta ce, "Fiye da duka, ku yi haƙuri da jinkirin aikin Allah."
Mun yi la’akari da “jinkirin aikin Allah” a cikin kanmu da rana cikin horo na ruhaniya na shiru. Dougherty ta gayyace mu zuwa wani motsa jiki na addu'a na kawar da ayyukan da muke takawa da kuma abin rufe fuska da muke sanyawa don kusantar fallasa kanmu na gaskiya. Ta lura cewa yayin da muke kusantar kanmu na gaskiya kuma muka bar rahamar Allah ta taba mu, muna iya kasancewa tare da wasu ba tare da manufofinmu sun shiga hanyar ji, maraba, da karbar duk abin da mutum ya kawo ba.
Wani zama na maraice a rukuni na ruhaniya ya ba kowannenmu damar ba da labarin addu’armu a ƙaramin rukuni. Na ga wannan ƙwarewa ce mai ƙarfi ta yin magana da mutanen da suke shirye su kasance a gare ni a cikin tafiyata yayin da na ci gaba da fahimtar ja-gorar Allah a rayuwata.
Umurnin Dougherty ya motsa ni sosai don in haye kowane ƙofa tare da buɗewa ga Allah da kuma kwarewar wani. Ƙofar yana iya zama ƙofa ta zahiri, yayin da muke shiga daki don ganin mutum. Yana iya zama ɗan lokaci kaɗan, lokacin da muka dakata don yin addu'a kuma muka ware abin da ya faru a baya kuma muka shirya kanmu don kasancewa da kasancewa a wannan lokacin.
"Ku saurara da kunn zuciyar ku," in ji Dougherty, yana ambaton Dokar St. Benedict. “Kuma ku saurara. Saurara. Ji.” Irin wannan shine kira da aikin darektoci na ruhaniya. Ja da baya ya ba ni damar ni da sauran mu sami wartsakewa da sabuntawa don bin wannan kiran.
–Connie Burkholder ministar zartaswa ce ta Gundumar Plains ta Arewa.