Layin labarai na Maris 29, 2006

"Na adana kalmarka a cikin zuciyata." - Zabura 119: 11

LABARAI

1) Shugaban Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany Eugene F. Roop ya sanar da yin ritaya a taron kwamitin amintattu.
2) Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa ta amince da sabon ƙuduri na ADA.
3) 'Yan'uwa daga dukkan gundumomi da aka horar da su sauƙaƙe tattaunawa 'Tare'.
4) Bala'i Child Care yana murna da horo horo.
5) Binciken zai taimaka wa Ilimi don Ma'aikatar Rarraba ta tantance aikinta.
6) Yan'uwa: Buɗe Ayyuka, Taron Shekara-shekara, da ƙari.

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7) Shirin Jubilee na Yesu yana wartsakar da ikilisiyoyin Najeriya da fastoci.

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) Shugaban Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany Eugene F. Roop ya sanar da yin ritaya a taron kwamitin amintattu.

Shugaban Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany Eugene F. Roop ya sanar da yin murabus daga ranar 30 ga Yuni, 2007, a taron kwamitin amintattu na makarantar na Maris 24-26. Roop ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Bethany tun 1992.

Shugabar hukumar Anne Murray Reid na Roanoke, Va., ta raba sanarwar ga al'ummar Bethany. “Hukumar ta amince da sanarwar Dr. Roop cikin nadama, kuma tare da nuna godiya ga sadaukarwar shekaru 15 da ya yi wa wannan cibiya ta Brothers,” in ji ta.

Roop ya jagoranci makarantar hauza ta manyan sauye-sauye da nasarori da yawa, gami da ƙaura daga Oak Brook, Ill., zuwa Richmond, Ind., A cikin 1994, da alaƙa da Makarantar Addini ta Earlham. Tare da siyar da kadarorin Bethany's Illinois da kafa ayyukan kuɗi masu hankali, makarantar hauza ta yi ritaya duk bashi kuma ta gina babbar kyauta. Kamfen ɗin kuɗi na dala miliyan 15.5 na yanzu, "Ƙaƙwalwar Ruhu-Ilimantarwa don Hidima," ya ƙara ƙarin ƙarfin kuɗi. Bethany ya cimma burin farko na kamfen a watan Satumba na 2005, kuma hasashe ya nuna cewa a ƙarshen yaƙin neman zaɓe a ranar 30 ga Yuni, jimilar za ta iya haura dala miliyan 17.

Duk membobin koyarwa na cikakken lokaci da membobin gudanarwa sun haɗu da ma'aikatan Bethany a lokacin aikin Roop. Daga cikin shirye-shiryen da aka samar a shekarunsa na shugaban kasa akwai haɗin gwiwar ilimi da Makarantar Addini ta Earlham; Haɗin kai, shirin ilimi da aka rarraba; Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci, shirin horar da ma'aikatar da ba ta kammala karatun digiri ba wanda aka gudanar tare da haɗin gwiwar Cocin of the Brother General Board; Cibiyar Bethany don Ma'aikatar tare da Matasa da Matasa Manya; Ƙirƙirar Ma'aikatar, ƙira na musamman ga shirin Jagora na Allahntaka tare da haɗin gwiwar ikilisiyoyin coci da hukumomi; Bankin Al'adu na Cross-Cultural, shirin don taimakawa wajen ba da kuɗin nazarin al'adu ga ɗaliban Bethany; da darussan karatun digiri na waje da aka shirya a Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley a Pennsylvania.

Roop ya kammala karatun digiri ne a Kwalejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.; Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany; da Claremont (Calif.) Jami'ar Graduate. A cikin 2001 an ba shi DD "honora causa" daga Kwalejin Manchester. Roop ya fara koyarwar tauhidi a Makarantar Addini ta Earlham a 1970. Aikinsa a Bethany ya fara a 1977 a matsayin mataimakin farfesa na Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Shi ne marubucin labarai da littattafai da yawa, waɗanda suka haɗa da “Rayuwa Labarin Littafi Mai Tsarki” da sharhi guda biyu a cikin jerin Sharhin Cocin Muminai: “Farawa” da “Ruth, Yunana da Esther.” Ya kasance babban mai ba da gudummawa ga "Seminary Theological Seminary: A Centennial History," wanda aka buga a 2005.

Memba na Kwamitin Amintattu Carol Scheppard na Bridgewater, Va., zai jagoranci kwamitin neman sabon shugaba. Kwamitin zai bude bincike ne a karshen bazara, yana duba masu neman takara har sai an nada, tare da fatan kawo wanda zai amince da hukumar a watan Maris na 2007. Kwamitin ya yi hasashen cewa sabon shugaban zai fara aiki ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2007. Sauran kwamitin binciken. Membobin mambobin kwamitin ne Jim Dodson, Connie Rutt, da Philip Stone, Jr.; Ed Poling, Fasto na Hagerstown (Md.) Church of the Brother; Elizabeth Keller, ɗalibin Bethany; da membobin Bethany Stephen Breck Reid da Russell Haitch.

A cikin sauran kasuwancin:

Hukumar ta bayyana godiya ga mutanen da suka yi ritaya ko kuma suka kammala hidimarsu a makarantar hauza ciki har da mamban kwamitin Ron Wyrick na Harrisonburg, Va., wanda ya kammala aikinsa a ranar 30 ga watan Yuni; Theresa Eshbach, wacce ta yi ritaya a ranar 30 ga Yuni bayan ta yi aiki a matsayin babban darektan ci gaban ci gaba daga 1993-2004 da kuma abokiyar ci gaba na ɗan lokaci 2004-06; Becky Muhl, kwararre a fannin lissafin kudi, wanda ya shiga aikin a shekarar 1994 kuma ya yi ritaya a ranar 31 ga Agusta; da Warren Eshbach, mai ritaya a matsayin darekta na Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley a wannan bazarar.
Hukumar ta kaddamar da sabon tambarin makarantar hauza. Wannan shi ne canjin zane na farko tun shekara ta 1963, lokacin da aka ƙirƙiri tambarin baya don nuna ƙaura zuwa wurin da makarantar hauza ta kasance a tsohon wurin da take a Oak Brook, Ill. tsakiyar alamar tambarin, wanda ya taso daga ruwan baftisma da kuma karantawa a cikin aikin wankin ƙafa, "in ji sanarwar daga makarantar hauza. "Ƙasashen alamar alamar tana nuna da'irar, ba a rufe ba amma buɗewa zuwa haske daga sama da sababbin muryoyi daga sama. A ƙasan ruwa akwai kifi, alamar da Kiristoci na farko suka yi amfani da su wajen bayyana sadaukarwarsu ga Yesu Kristi, ɗan Allah. A saman ruwan wani nau'i ne wanda…a matsayin littafi, yana nuna tushen Littafi Mai-Tsarki na Bethany da ƙoƙarin neman ƙwararrun ilimi. Kamar kurciya, layukan suna ɗaga kurciya na kasancewar Allah a baftisma da kurciyar salama.” Ƙirƙirar tambarin wani ɓangare ne na aikin tantance cibiyoyi na makarantar hauza, wanda aka haɓaka ƙarƙashin jagorancin Hafenbrack Marketing na Miamisburg, Ohio.
Hukumar ta kira jagoranci don shekarar ilimi ta 2006-07: Anne Reid za ta ci gaba da zama kujera da Ray Donadio a matsayin mataimakin shugaba. Frances Beam na Concord, NC, zai yi aiki a matsayin sakatare. Ted Flory na Bridgewater, Va., zai jagoranci Kwamitin Harkokin Ilimi; Connie Rutt na Quarryville, Pa., Za ta jagoranci Kwamitin Ci Gaban Ci Gaban; da Jim Dodson na Lexington, Ky., za su jagoranci Kwamitin Al'amuran Dalibai da Kasuwanci.
Hukumar ta amince da kasafin kudi na dalar Amurka miliyan 2.15 na kasafin kudi na shekarar 2006-07 tare da amincewa da mutane 11 da za su kammala karatu.

Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.bethanyseminary.edu/.

2) Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa ta amince da sabon ƙuduri na ADA.

Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru (ABC) ta ci gaba tare da shirye-shiryen gabatar da wani sabon ƙuduri game da Dokar nakasa ta Amirka (ADA) ga wakilan taron shekara-shekara. An yanke shawarar ne a lokacin taron hukumar a ranar 24-26 ga Maris a Cocin of the Brethren General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill. Hukumar ABC ta amince da wata sanarwa da ke kira ga ikilisiyoyi su sake ba da kansu ga burin ADA.

Ƙudurin, mai taken "Ƙaddamar da Ƙaddamar Samun Dama da Ƙaddamar Haɗawa," ya bukaci ikilisiyoyi, hukumomi, da kuma tarurrukan Cocin 'Yan'uwa da su ba da damar duk ayyukan su kasance masu isa don "dukkan su bauta, hidima, a bauta musu, koyo, da girma a cikin kasancewar Allah a matsayin masu kima na al’ummar Kirista.”

Ƙudurin ya ƙarfafa waɗannan ƙungiyoyi guda ɗaya don bincika shinge na jiki da na dabi'a waɗanda ke hana masu nakasa shiga cikakkiyar dama; don yin alƙawarin cewa duk ofisoshin ƙungiyoyin da ke da su da na gaba za a canza su ko tsara su don bin ƙa'idodin ADA; da kuma neman cewa ABC ta ci gaba da samar da albarkatu don taimakawa wajen cika waɗannan alkawuran.

"Ko da yake ƙungiyarmu ta yi aiki da gangan don ƙyale nakasassu su ƙara yin ibada a cikin gine-ginenmu, wannan sabon ƙuduri ya nuna cewa har yanzu ana buƙatar ƙarin aiki don tabbatar da cewa an shigar da nakasa a cikin ginin cocinmu," in ji Kathy. Reid, babban darektan ABC da ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Nakasa. Ma’aikatar nakasassu ce ta tsara kudurin kuma ta kawo shi ga Hukumar ABC don amincewa.

Hukumar ta ABC ta kuma ji ta bakin wakilai uku da ta nada zuwa Majalisar Mulki ta Advocate Bethany, wani asibitin Chicago wanda ya fara tare da Bethany Seminary Theological Seminary lokacin da yake a Chicago. Advocate Bethany yana shirin zama asibiti na musamman wanda ke ba da kulawa ta dogon lokaci, matakin da aka bincika a cikin jaridun yankin Chicago tun lokacin da aka sanar a watan Janairu.

John Cassel da Janine Katonah, dukansu na York Center Church of the Brothers a Lombard, Ill., da Jan Lugibihl, babban darektan Bethany Brethren Community Center da ke a Cocin Farko na Yan'uwa a Chicago, suna hidima a Majalisar Mulki tun lokacin da aka nada shi. ABC a matsayin wakilan Church of Brother. Gabatarwar tasu ta gano cewa waɗanda ke cikin unguwar ba su yi amfani da Advocate Bethany sosai ba kuma ƙaura zuwa zama asibiti na musamman don kulawar gaggawa na dogon lokaci yana buƙatar wasu asibitocin yanki.

A cikin sauran kasuwancin, hukumar:

Ya shiga cikin wani taron ci gaban hukumar wanda Jeff Shireman, Shugaba na Gidan 'Yan'uwa na Lebanon Valley a Palmyra, Pa., wanda ya binciko tsarin "Green House" na kulawa da ke ba da kulawar da ba ta da tushe inda ƙungiyoyin mazauna 10-12 ke zaune a cikin gida mai zaman kansa. .
Koyi game da ayyukan haɗin gwiwa da yawa waɗanda suka haɗa da Fellowship of Brethren Homes da Ƙaddamarwar Ikilisiya ta Aminci, ƙungiya mai zaman kanta wacce ta haɓaka haɗin gwiwa tsakanin ABC, Sabis na Abokai don Tsofa, da Ƙungiyar Sabis na Lafiya ta Mennonite. Shirye-shiryen sun haɗa da sabon kamfani don ba da inshorar kulawa na dogon lokaci don ƙungiyar da duk wanda ke da alaƙa da gidajen.
Koyi cewa an horar da wasu ma'aikatan ABC don jagorantar jerin tarurrukan ci gaban hukumar, "Kira zuwa Ayyukan Allah." Waɗannan tsarin horon suna samuwa ga duk kwamitocin majami'u, gundumomi, da hukumomin ɗarikar.
An ji rahotanni game da ma'aikatun ABC ciki har da abubuwan da suka faru: National Adult Conference Sept. 4-8 a Lake Junaluska (NC) Majalisar, da kuma taron shekara-shekara na Shugaba da ma'aikatan Cibiyoyin Retirement na Brotheran'uwa a ranar Mayu 4-6 a Cedars na McPherson, Kan. .
An gane gudunmawar Scott Douglas, wanda ya yi murabus a matsayin darekta na Ma'aikatar Adult Adult daga ranar 1 ga Yuni.

Taron na Maris shine na farko ga sabbin mambobin kwamitin Tammy Kiser na Dayton, Va., Bill Cave na Palmyra, Pa., da Marilyn Bussey na Roanoke, Va. Wani sabon memba na hukumar, John Kinsel na Beavercreek, Ohio, bai iya halartar taron ba. .

Don ƙarin bayani game da Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa je zuwa www.brethren.org/abc.

3) 'Yan'uwa daga dukkan gundumomi da aka horar da su sauƙaƙe tattaunawa 'Tare'.

"Ya kasance mafi kyawun zama coci," in ji Kathy Reid na taron horarwa don "Tare: Tattaunawa akan Kasancewar Coci." Reid babban darekta ne na Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa, kuma ya kasance a cikin kwamitin tsarawa don tattaunawa tare. "Wannan kwarewa ita ce duk abin da nake fata," in ji ta.

Horon da aka yi a ranar 24-26 ga Fabrairu a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., ya kawo mutane fiye da 140 daga ko'ina cikin darikar don yin magana game da abin da ake nufi da zama coci, a cikin shirye-shiryen gudanarwa da jagorancin tattaunawa a yankunansu. . Mahalarta taron sun haɗa da wakilai na dukkan gundumomin Cocin 23 na ’yan’uwa, da wakilan gunduma zuwa Kwamitin dindindin, shugabannin gundumomi, da wakilan hukumomin taron shekara biyar.

Lisa M. Hess da Brian D. Maguire ne suka jagoranci horon. Ma'auratan, waɗanda aka nada a cikin Cocin Presbyterian (Amurka), za su zama jagorori don tattaunawa tare da za a yi a taron shekara-shekara a Des Moines, Iowa, Yuli 1-5. Hess yana koyar da tiyoloji mai amfani (ilimin coci, samuwar ma'aikatar, haɓaka jagoranci, da ilimin Kirista) a Makarantar Tauhidi ta United a Dayton, Ohio; Maguire limamin cocin Westminster Presbyterian ne a Xenia, Ohio.

An yi amfani da sabon jagorar nazari tare da DVD da 'yan'uwa Press suka buga don taimakawa tada zaune tsaye a cikin ƙananan ƙungiyoyi a horon. Jagorar ita ce kayan aiki na farko tare, samar da tsari mai sassauƙa don ƙungiyoyi don sujada, koyo, saurare, addu'a, da tunani, kuma ya haɗa da karatun baya, tambayoyin tattaunawa, da shawarwarin ibada. Jadawalin horon ya haɗa da aiki ko gudanar da yadda tattaunawa tare za ta iya kasancewa a cikin ikilisiya, gundumomi, ko yanki, ta amfani da jagorar da James L. Benedict, fasto na Union Bridge (Md.) Church of the Brothers ya rubuta. .

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Ƙari ga haka, mahalarta kuma sun yi ibada tare kuma sun taru don nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da kuma tsara tattaunawa tare a yankunansu. "Tsarin da cikakkun bayanai don ci gaba da aiwatarwa za a ƙayyade su ta hanyar mutane daga kowane gundumomi da ke wurin," in ji Julie Hostetter a cikin sadarwa tare da mahalarta kafin taron. Hostetter, wanda tsohon memba ne na Ƙungiyar Rayuwa ta Babban Kwamitin, yana cikin ƙungiyar tsarawa tare kuma ya jagoranci kwamitin taron horo.

“Ƙungiyar saurare” ta zama masu rikodin tattaunawar da aka yi. Masu lura da tsari guda uku daga Zaman Lafiya na Duniya sun ba da amsa kan zaman.

Reid ta ce a lokacin da karshen mako ya ƙare, ƙaramin rukuninta da ke wakiltar ra'ayoyin tauhidi daban-daban da gogewa na cocin, sun haɗu. "Mun yi waƙa tare, mun yi dariya tare, mun sha daɗi sosai, kuma muka yi kuka tare," in ji ta. Rukunin mutane bakwai sun hada da maza biyu da mata biyar, dukkansu daga gundumomi daban-daban, da ma’aikatan darika da gundumomi. Sun haɗu da kyau har sun ɗauki hoton rukuni don taimaka musu su tuna da kwarewa, musayar adiresoshin imel, kuma sun ci gaba da tuntuɓar tun lokacin horon, in ji Reid. Kungiyar ta shirya sake haduwa a taron shekara-shekara.

An soma tattaunawar tare a shekara ta 2003 ta wata sanarwa daga shugabannin gundumar da ke nuna rarrabuwar kawuna a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa da kuma yin kira don tattaunawa “game da wane, wane, da kuma menene mu.” Tun daga wannan lokacin, gungun shugabanni da ma'aikatan hukumomin taron shekara-shekara da wakilan shugabannin gundumomi suna shirin tattaunawa mai fa'ida. Tun daga farkonsa, babban manufar aikin shine don taimakawa wajen kawo sabuntawar Ikilisiya.

Taron horarwa "ya kasance gwaninta mai kyau," in ji Lerry Fogle, babban darektan taron shekara-shekara, "amma wanda ke buƙatar wuce tattaunawa game da abin da ake nufi da zama coci, zama Coci. Da fatan hakan zai faru a cikin watanni da shekaru masu zuwa."

Horon na Fabrairu shine matakin tsalle-tsalle don tattaunawa tare daga baya a wannan shekara da na gaba a Babban Taron Shekara-shekara da kuma cikin ikilisiyoyin, gundumomi, da na yanki. A taron na 2006, "Jami'an taron na Shekara-shekara sun ba da zama na tsawon mintuna 30 a kan Haɗin kai wanda ke da damar faɗaɗa tattaunawa da kuma zaburar da mu zuwa hidimar da Allah ya ƙaddara," in ji Fogle. Hakanan ana gayyatar mahalarta taron zuwa taron cin abincin dare na ranar Asabar game da Tare, da kuma zaman fahimtar yamma na Talata.

Tsarin tare zai ƙare a taron shekara-shekara na 2007. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.togetherconversations.org/ ko http://www.conversacionesjuntos.org/.

4) Bala'i Child Care yana murna da horo horo.

Gundumar Shenandoah da cocin Montezuma na 'yan'uwa da ke Dayton, Va., sun dauki nauyin taron horar da yara na Bala'i na Level I (DCC) akan Maris 10-11. "Wannan taron horarwa, wanda Patricia Black ta shirya, ya kasance babban nasara tare da mutane 21 da suka halarci," in ji Helen Stonesifer, mai gudanarwa na shirin. DCC ma'aikatar Cocin of the Brother General Board ce.

Patricia Ronk na Roanoke, Va., da Donna Uhlig na New Enterprise, Pa. Dukansu a halin yanzu suna "sanye huluna da yawa" tare da shirin DCC, in ji Stonesifer. A ranar Asabar, ma’aikatan da aka horar sun bi bi-bi-bi-bi-bi-bi-bi-bi-a-bi ne akan kujeru suna tsawatar abokan zamansu, wadanda suka durkusa a kasa. "Muna yin hakan ne domin su san yadda (ya'yan) suke ji," in ji Ronk. "Koyaushe sanya kanku a matsayin yaron."

Yin saka hannu a Kula da Yara da Bala’i “wani abu ne da nake ji a kai da kuma na ruhaniya game da shi,” in ji Carol Yowell, wata uwa ’ya’ya uku, da ta halarci horon. "Na jima ina son yin hakan." Da zarar mahalarta sun yi nasarar kammala aikin takaddun shaida na DCC, za a samar musu da kayan aiki don yi wa yaran da bala'i ya shafa hidima.

Wani Taron Horon Kula da Yara na Bala'i na Mataki na I wanda aka shirya gudanarwa a Cocin Indian Creek Church of the Brothers a Harleysville, Pa., Maris 17-18, an jinkirta kuma ana iya sake tsara shi don shekara mai zuwa.

Masu aikin sa kai na Stonesifer da DCC Jean Myers da Donald da Barbara Weaver suma sun halarci horon Camp Noah a Minneapolis, Minn., makon da ya gabata. Camp Nuhu yana da tsawon mako guda, sansanin ranar bangaskiya da aka ba wa yara masu shekaru na farko da matasa waɗanda suka fuskanci bala'i. Tsarin koyarwa ya dogara ne akan labarin Tsohon Alkawari na Jirgin Nuhu da tufana.

"Jin wannan labarin da kwatanta kansu da shi yana ba wa yara dandamali don yin magana game da matakai daban-daban da motsin zuciyar su na bala'i," in ji Stonesifer. "Camp Nuhu da shirin Kula da Yara na Bala'i suna da sha'awa iri ɗaya a zuciya sa'ad da ya zo ga taimaka wa yara su jimre da bala'i."

5) Binciken zai taimaka wa Ilimi don Ma'aikatar Rarraba ta tantance aikinta.

Tun daga 1977, Education for a Shared Ministry (EFSM) tana ba da ikilisiyoyi da horar da fastoci a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Shirin wani bangare ne na Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ma'aikata, haɗin gwiwar horar da ma'aikatar Cocin of the Brother General Board da Bethany Theological Seminary.

"Yayin da koyarwa da bukatun jagoranci na fastoci da ikilisiyoyinmu ke ci gaba da canzawa, yana da muhimmanci mu kimanta aikinmu na yanzu kuma mu daidaita don nan gaba," in ji darektan Kwalejin Brethren Jonathan Shively. "A karshen wannan Makarantar Brethren tana gudanar da kimanta shirin EFSM."

Duk ɗaliban EFSM na yanzu da na baya, membobin ƙungiyar LIT, masu kulawa, ministocin zartarwa na gunduma, ma'aikatan EFSM na yanzu da na baya, da sauran waɗanda ke da alaƙa kai tsaye da EFSM ana gayyatar su shiga cikin taƙaitaccen binciken kan layi don kimanta tsari da ingancin gabaɗayan shirin horar da ma'aikatar. Binciken kan layi zai kasance daga Afrilu 3-21 a http://scs.earlham.edu/survey/index.php?sid=4.

Jam'iyya mai zaman kanta za ta tattara martani kuma a tura shi zuwa Cibiyar Nazarin 'Yan'uwa don amfani da ita a cikin tsarin tantancewa. Za a iya tuntuɓar waɗanda aka zaɓa don ƙarin tattaunawa.

"Idan kuna da kwarewa a kowane mataki tare da EFSM, za a yaba da shigar da ku da martani," in ji Shively. Tambayoyi kai tsaye zuwa Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa a efsm@bethanyseminary.edu ko 765-983-1824.

6) Yan'uwa: Buɗe Ayyuka, Taron Shekara-shekara, da ƙari.

Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley (SVMC) tana neman masu neman mukamin darektan zartarwa. Masu nema yakamata su kasance da sadaukarwa mai zurfi ga Yesu Kiristi kuma su kasance memba na Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa. Babban darektan yana ba da rahoto kuma yana da alhaki ga Hukumar Mulki ta SVMC kuma yana haɗin gwiwa tare da shugaban makarantar Bethany Theological Seminary game da bayar da shirye-shiryen karatun digiri na Bethany a SVMC. Wannan matsayi ne na ɗan lokaci. Ofishin SVMC yana a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) Ana karɓar aikace-aikacen har zuwa 15 ga Yuni. Aikace-aikace da tambayoyi yakamata a aika zuwa Dr. Robert W. Neff, The Village a Morrison's Cove, 429 S. Market St., Martinsburg PA 16662.
Ana ci gaba da tsare-tsare don ƙaura Ofishin Taro na Shekara-shekara zuwa Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Matakin zai faru ne a mako na Agusta 21-25. Ofishin zai buɗe don kasuwanci a New Windsor a ranar Litinin, Agusta 28. Lerry Fogle, babban darektan taron shekara-shekara, ya ba da rahoton cewa adireshin Ofishin taron shekara-shekara a New Windsor zai kasance 500 Main Street, PO Box 720, New Windsor, MD, 21776-0720; 410-635-8740 (lambar ofishi na farko); 800-688-5186 (kyauta); 410-635-8781 (darektan zartarwa); Fax 410-635-8742. Za a buga duk bayanan tuntuɓar a cikin 2006 Church of the Brethren Yearbook.
Sanarwa da faɗakarwa daga Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington a wannan makon ya kira 'yan'uwa da su tuntuɓi wakilan majalisa game da wasu dokoki guda biyu na yanzu: dokar shige da fice da Majalisar Dattawa ke muhawara, da ƙudurin kasafin kuɗi da Kwamitin Kasafin Kudi na Majalisar ke aiki. Fadakarwar ta lissafa muhimman batutuwa a cikin dokar shige da fice da suka hada da "ma'aikata miliyan 11-12 da ba su da takardun aiki a halin yanzu a Amurka za su iya neman takardar izinin aiki, bayan sun biya haraji da kuma hukunci; … kungiyoyi da daidaikun mutane da ke ba da agajin jin kai, kamar abinci, sutura, matsuguni, da kula da lafiya, za a kare su daga tuhuma; ... ninka yawan adadin jami'an sintiri a kan iyaka sama da shekaru biyar da fadada shinge, kodayake a Arizona kawai." Sanarwar ta ce, dole ne a daidaita dokar da Majalisar Dattawa ta amince da shi da dokar shige da fice ta Majalisar. Game da kudurin kasafin kudi a majalisar, sanarwar ta ce ana sa ran "raguwa mai cutarwa" ga abubuwan kasafin kudin tarayya kamar taimakon abinci ga tsofaffi, yara kanana, da iyaye mata; ilimi ga marasa galihu; da tallafin kula da yara. Don ƙarin bayani da bayanin tuntuɓar majalisa jeka gidan yanar gizon Brethren Witness/Washington Office www.brethren.org/genbd/WitnessWashOffice.html.
Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington yana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyi su yi bikin Ranar Duniya ta 2006 a ranar Lahadi, 19 ga Afrilu, ko kowace Lahadi da ke kusa da wannan ranar. Ranar Duniya ta wannan shekara ita ce Laraba, 22 ga Afrilu. "Muna farin cikin gabatar da ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa kyakkyawan albarkatu daga tsarin Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa (NCC) Eco-Justice Program," in ji ofishin. "Muna fatan za ku yi amfani da wannan albarkatun don yin bikin duniyarmu da kuma jawo hankali ga kalubalenmu mai mahimmanci na kula da halittun Allah." Cibiyar ta NCC, "Ta hanyar Idon Guguwa: Sake Gina Al'umma Masu Adalci," ya bayyana barnar da yankin Gulf Coast ya yi da kuma batutuwan da suka shafi adalci da muhalli da wariyar launin fata, gurɓataccen guba, da kuma salon rayuwar masu amfani. Yana ba da bayanan baya, bayanin kula na wa'azi, saka bayanai, da tambayoyin nazari don tsara hidimar ibada da aka keɓe ga Tekun Fasha. Je zuwa www.nccecojustice.org/Earth%20Day/index.html.
*Shin kungiyar matasan ku na neman wurin da za ta tsaya a kan hanyar dawowa daga taron matasa na kasa? Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany tana ba da TGIF (yawon shakatawa, wasanni, bayanai, da abinci) a ranar 29 ga Yuli, daga 2-9 na yamma Za a maraba da matasa masu tafiya gida daga NYC a Bethany's Richmond, Ind., harabar. Don ƙarin bayani ko don sanar da makarantar hauza cewa ƙungiyar matasa za ta halarta, tuntuɓi Kathy Royer a 756-983-1832 ko royerka@bethanyseminary.edu.
* Matasa daga jihohin tsakiya da filayen fili za su kasance a Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) a wannan karshen mako, Maris 31-Afrilu 2, don Taron Matasan Yanki kan taken "Ku zo ku gani." Jagoranci ya haɗa da masu gudanar da taron matasa na kasa Cindy Laprade, Beth Rhodes, da Emily Tyler a matsayin masu magana mai mahimmanci; da Seth Hendricks, memba na ƙungiyar Mutual Kumquat, jagoran kiɗa. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi 620-421-0742 ext. 1226 ko replogles@mcpherson.edu.
Taken wannan shekara don “Ayyukan Farkawa” a yankunan Roanoke da Botetourt na Virginia, a gundumar Virlina, zai kasance “Tare: Hana Jikin Kristi.” Taken ya bi Tare: Kasancewar tattaunawar Ikilisiya da aka fara a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Za a gudanar da ayyukan a Hollins Road Church of the Brothers a Roanoke kowace maraice Afrilu 2-5, tare da sakon da David K. Shumate, shugaban gundumar Virlina ya kawo. Wasu ikilisiyoyi da yawa za su gudanar da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki a kan jigo ɗaya.
Yawon shakatawa na bazara na Bridgewater (Va.) Kwalejin Concert Choir mai muryar murya 49, Chorale mai muryar murya 24, da mawaƙin Handbell da ɗalibi ke jagoranta sun haɗa da tasha da yawa a Cocin ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa da sauran wuraren 'yan'uwa. Ana shirya bukukuwan kide-kide masu zuwa a wuraren ’yan’uwa a Oakton (Va.) Church of the Brother da karfe 11 na safe Afrilu 9; Elizabethtown (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa da karfe 7:30 na yamma Afrilu 21; Camp Swatara a Bethel, Pa., da karfe 2 na yamma ranar 22 ga Afrilu; Gidan Yan'uwa na Kwarin Lebanon a Palmyra, Pa., da karfe 7:30 na yamma 22 ga Afrilu; Annville (Pa.) Church of the Brothers da karfe 10:15 na safe 23 ga Afrilu; da Cibiyar Carter a Kwalejin Bridgewater da karfe 7:30 na yamma Afrilu 23. Jesse E. Hopkins ne ke gudanar da mawaƙa da mawaƙa, Edwin L. Turner fitaccen farfesa na kiɗa a Bridgewater. Don ƙarin duba http://www.bridgewater.edu/.
CrossRoads, Valley Brothers da Mennonite Heritage Center a Harrisonburg, Va., Yana ɗaukar nauyin abubuwan biyu a cikin Afrilu: Gidan Buɗe don Breneman-Turner Mill a ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 1-5 na yamma; da Sabis na Rana na Ista na shekara-shekara a ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 6:30 na safe, akan tsaunin CrossRoads. Niƙa mai shekaru 200, wanda nan ba da jimawa ba zai kasance a cikin Rijistar Tarihi ta Ƙasa, ita ce kaɗai da ta rage kafin Yaƙin Basasa a gundumar Rockingham har yanzu tana cike da kayan aikin niƙa. Ana gayyatar jama'a don jin shirye-shiryen gyarawa da adana masana'antar a bude gidan, wanda kuma zai ba da rangadi. Za a gudanar da Sabis na Sunrise na Ista a 711 Garbers Church Rd., wanda Harrisonburg First Church of the Brothers and Weavers Mennonite Church ke daukar nauyinsa. Kawo kujerar lawn. Idan ana ruwan sama jeka Cocin Mennonite Weavers. Don ƙarin bayani duba http://www.vbmhc.org/.
Babban Shagon Kyauta (SERRV) a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Za ta gudanar da Sakin Sakandare na shekara-shekara da Siyar da Kayan Kaya a ranar Maris 30-Afrilu 8, 9:30 na safe-5 na yamma Litinin zuwa Asabar, da 1-5 na yamma. Lahadi. Za a gudanar da siyar a cikin ma'ajin SERRV. Yadudduka, tukwane, kayan ado, kayan daki da ƙari sun kasance kashi 75 cikin ɗari akan farashin asali. Masu sana'a sun sami albashin ciniki na gaskiya kafin a sayar da kowane kaya. Ba a amfani da yara wajen samar da abinci ko kayan sana'a. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.agreatergift.org/.
Valeria Fike, memba na Cocin 'yan'uwa kuma ma'aikacin laburare a Kwalejin DuPage Library a Glen Ellyn, Ill., An nuna shi a bangon "Jarida ta Laburare" a matsayin "Mai sana'a na Shekara." Labarin jagora game da aikinta a matsayin mai kula da tallafin tunani da sabis na Cibiyar Bayanin Kwaleji da Sana'a John N. Berry III ne ya rubuta. Fike ya yi digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin tauhidi daga Bethany Theological Seminary kuma minista ne da aka nada.

7) Shirin Jubilee na Yesu yana wartsakar da ikilisiyoyin Najeriya da fastoci.

Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–Cocin of the Brothers in Nigeria) ta ɓullo da wani shirin sabunta ikilisiya tare da taimakon Robert Krouse, mai kula da mishan na Najeriya na Cocin of the Brother General Board.

Shirin da ake kira Jubilee Yesu, taron ne na kwanaki uku da ikilisiyoyin suka shirya a ranakun Juma’a zuwa Lahadi da nufin zaburar da ci gaban cocin da kuma manyanta na almajirancin Kirista. Shirin ya jaddada gano abubuwan da ke kawo cikas ga ci gaban ruhaniya, gano matakan ci gaba almajiri dole ne ya bi hanyar zuwa girma cikin Almasihu, da haɓaka rayuwar addu'a na sirri da na haɗin gwiwa a cikin al'ummar bangaskiya.

Kusan mutane 10,000 ne suka halarci bikin Jubilee na Yesu, kuma ikilisiyoyi da yawa sun nemi ƙungiyar sabunta ikilisiya ta ziyarce su. Ana samar da irin wannan shirin ga fastoci da masu bishara na EYN. Wani abin da ya ci karo da wannan yunƙurin shine ci gaban ofishin EYN na ci gaban makiyaya tare da Anthony Ndamsai a matsayin kodineta.

Krouse ya ce fastoci 66 sun halarci taron karawa juna sani na bunkasa makiyaya a Abuja, babban birnin Najeriya. Maganar ta yadu kuma fastoci 258 sun halarci taron karawa juna sani na biyu da aka gudanar bayan wata guda. Tun daga wannan lokacin, an gudanar da tarukan karawa juna sani guda biyar a yankuna biyar na EYN, wanda ya baiwa kowane fasto damar halarta. Ana shirin gudanar da jerin tarurrukan karawa juna sani na biyu a kowane wata na tsawon watanni biyar, daga watan Afrilu zuwa kammala a watan Agusta.

Ga rahoton Krouse na farkon Jubilee na Yesu:

“Wannan aikin ya fara ne a matsayin aikin filaye ga ɗaliban Kwalejin Tiyoloji ta Arewacin Najeriya (TCNN). Ana buƙatar ɗaliban su yi aikin fage tsakanin zangon karatun da zai ƙare a watan Mayu da zangon karatu na gaba wanda zai fara a watan Agusta. Na kasance ina ganawa da daliban EYN TCNN a duk ranar Talata don lokacin sallah. Wasu daliban EYN da suka damu da yadda EYN ta nisanta daga koyarwar ’yan’uwa da kuma aiki da su, na daga cikin abin da ya kai ga wannan taron addu’a na mako-mako.

“Bayan watanni da yawa muna yin addu’a tare, da alama Allah yana kiran mu mu fita zuwa ikilisiyoyi da saƙon sabuntawa. Tunanin Jubilee ya fito ne daga Littafin Firistoci 25 inda Allah ya kira mutanen Isra’ila su sami irin tsabtace gida na ruhaniya kuma su sabunta alkawarinsu ga Allah kuma su mai da kansu ga ainihin alkawari a kowace shekara 50. Da alama Allah ya fahimci halinmu na ’yan Adam na manta da mu da kuma yadda aka kira mu mu yi rayuwa.

“Mun yanke shawarar cewa za mu iya kai saƙon Jubilee zuwa ikilisiyoyi 10 a lokacin hutun semester, kuma mun zaɓi wuraren taro da ke tsakiyar gundumominsu kuma masu girma sosai domin a gayyaci ’yan’uwa daga wasu majami’u a gundumar. Kimanin mutane 11,000 ne suka halarci hutun karshen mako guda 10.

“Filibus Gwama, shugaban EYN, ya halarci bikin Jubilee na karshen mako wanda ya gudana a cocin Hildi No. 1. ... Ya ƙare zuwa duk ayyukan. Ya ce da ni, 'Kowa a cikin EYN yana buƙatar samun wannan saƙon. Fastocinmu da mutanenmu sun gaji da wahalar rayuwarsu, kuma Allah zai yi amfani da wannan hidimar ya wartsake su.’ ”