“Ku raira waƙa ga Ubangiji tare da godiya….” - Zabura 147:7a
LABARAI
1) Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa masu kula da yawon shakatawa Advocate Bethany Hospital.
2) Horon jagoranci na bala'i yana ba da ƙwarewa na musamman.
3) Counter-recruitment taron kalubale Anabaptists shaida zaman lafiya.
4) Taron gunduma na tsakiyar Atlantika ya ƙunshi cibiyoyin koyo.
5) Yan'uwa: Gyara, Zikiri, da dai sauransu.
KAMATA
6) Jim Kinsey yayi ritaya daga ma'aikatan Kungiyoyin Rayuwa na Congregational Life.
7) Kevin Kessler da ake kira a matsayin zartarwa na Illinois da Wisconsin District.
8) Tim Button-Harrison ya fara aiki a matsayin riko na gundumar N. Plains.
Abubuwa masu yawa
9) "Ƙananan Abubuwa, Ƙauna Mai Girma" shine jigo na 2007 sansanin aiki.
fasalin
10) Boca Chica, Jamhuriyar Dominican: Gina coci, toshe-by-block.
Don karɓar Layin Labarai ta imel ko don cire rajista, je zuwa http://listserver.emountain.net/mailman/listinfo/newsline. Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers, je zuwa www.brethren.org, danna kan “Labarai” don nemo fasalin labarai, ƙarin “Brethren bits,” hanyoyin haɗi zuwa Brotheran’uwa a cikin labarai, albam ɗin hoto, da tarihin tarihin Newsline.
1) Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa masu kula da yawon shakatawa Advocate Bethany Hospital.
Hujiyoyin zartarwa na zartarwa na kungiyar Hadin Kan'akaryan Briethren da aikin hakki ya yi wa Betity Betrap Statside a cikin Chicago, kafin a fara taron bikin Abc 29-30 a Enly, rashin lafiya.
Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun ta fara tare da Bethany Theological Seminary lokacin da makarantar ke Chicago. Ziyarar ta baiwa mambobin kwamitin zartaswa damar duba canjin asibitin zuwa ba da kulawa ta dogon lokaci, daga samar da lafiya da kula da gaggawa.
Asibitin ya samu karbuwa sosai lokacin da ya sanar da daukar matakin a watan Janairun da ya gabata. A taron da Hukumar ABC ta yi a baya a watan Maris, wakilan Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke hidima a Majalisar Mulki ta Advocate Bethany sun gana da hukumar don ba da rahoto game da dalilan da suka sa asibitin ke ƙaura zuwa kulawa na dogon lokaci da kuma yadda zai fi hidima ga al’ummar da ke kewaye.
A wasu harkokin kasuwanci a lokacin tarurrukanta na faɗuwar rana, Hukumar ta ABC ta kuma amince da gudanar da taron manya na ƙasa (NOAC) a cikin 2008 da 2009, tare da tabbatar da cewa NOAC da taron matasa na ƙasa ba za su sake faɗuwa a cikin wannan shekara ba; ya sami rubutaccen rahoto mai suna "Rahoton Bincike na Kwayoyin Halitta da Jagorar Nazarin" daga wani aikin da ABC da Cocin of the Brother General Board suka kirkira tare da hadin gwiwa; ya ji rahotanni game da ma'aikatunta da abubuwan da suka faru; kuma sun tattauna aikin darikar da hanyoyin da hukumomi ke aiki tare da Stan Noffsinger, babban sakataren hukumar. An gayyaci Noffsinger zuwa tarurrukan a zaman wani bangare na ci gaba da bitar da Hukumar ABC ke yi na Bayanin Hikimar da ta amince da kuma fitar da shi ga mabiya darikar a karshen kaka.
Haka kuma hukumar ta halarci zaman ci gaban hukumar domin tantance abubuwan da ta ke yi a halin yanzu, da hangen nesa da kuma mayar da hankali. Zaman ya hada da wani bangare da ke karfafawa hukumar kwarin gwiwa ta sake tunani kan manufofinta da aikinta na gaba.
Waɗannan su ne tarurrukan kwamitin ƙarshe na John Wenger na Anderson, Ind., wanda ya bar hukumar a ranar 31 ga Disamba. Zai ci gaba da yin hidima a Ma'aikatar Lafiya. Hukumar ta kuma amince da murabus din Gayle Hunter Sheller tare da amincewa da nadin Chris Whitacre na McPherson, Kan., Don kammala wa'adin ta kuma ta wakilci gundumomin yamma.
Don ƙarin game da ABC jeka www.brethren.org/abc.
2) Horon jagoranci na bala'i yana ba da ƙwarewa na musamman.
Oktoba wata ne na farin ciki, jira, da kuma sabon mafari, in ji Jane Yount, mai gudanarwa na Brethren Disaster Response for the Church of the Brother General Board. Watan ya wakilci sabon farkon jagoranci a cikin shirin, yayin da mutane 26 daga jihohi 13 suka halarci horon jagoranci ayyukan bala'i guda biyu a Pensacola, Fla., da Lucedale, Miss.
Waɗannan su ne horon farko irin nasu da Response na Bala'i na ’yan’uwa za su bayar, tare da nuna gogewar rayuwa ta ainihi a wuraren aikin ba da agajin gaggawa. Kowane horo na mako biyu yana cike da koyarwa da zaman haɓaka fasaha, kamar yadda masu gabatarwa daga ƙungiyoyin dawo da bala'i na gida, ma'aikatan Amsar Bala'i, da jagorancin aikin na yanzu sun ba da horo na musamman a fagen gwaninta. Horon ya mayar da hankali ne kan batutuwa kamar gudanar da gine-gine, aminci, gudanar da aikin sa kai, tsara abinci, baƙi, da sauransu.
Baya ga ma'aikata, masu horarwa sun hada da Bob da Marianne Pittman, Larry da Alice Petry, ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'yan'uwa Phil da Joan Taylor, da masanin harkokin tsaro Steve Hollinger.
Mahalarta sun ga yana da fa'ida su aiwatar da abin da suke koya nan da nan, in ji Yount. “Ba bisa ga kuskure muke nan ba, muna nan ta wurin albarka. Mun koya daga kowa a nan,” in ji Eddie Motley, wanda aka horar da shi daga gundumar Kudu maso Gabashin Cocin ’yan’uwa.
Horarwar ta zo karshe, amma an fara tafiya na wadannan masu sa kai. Za su ci gaba da horar da su ta hanyar yin aiki tare da shugabannin ayyukan mayar da martani na bala'i na yanzu don inganta ƙwarewa da kuma zama masu jin dadi a cikin ayyukan jagoranci.
A cikin wasu labaran ba da agajin bala'i, an ba da tallafi uku daga Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa na Ikilisiya na Babban Kwamitin 'Yan'uwa: ƙarin rabon $ 25,000 yana ci gaba da tallafawa wurin sake gina Response Response Brethren a Lucedale; ƙarin rabon dala 3,000 ya kammala tallafin kuɗi don Kula da Yara na Bala'i da sauran masu sa kai a Florida bayan Hurricane Wilma; wani ƙarin kasafi na $1,500 ya kammala bayar da tallafi don aikin tsabtace bala'i na ’yan’uwa a Alabama bayan guguwar Katrina.
Wani sabon guguwar Katrina mai tsaftacewa da sake ginawa ya buɗe a Tammany Parish, La., ranar Oktoba 15. Katrina ta haifar da barna ga Ikklesiya a arewacin gabar tafkin Pontchartrain. Response Brethren Disaster Response ya buɗe aikin a kogin Pearl, ƙaramin gari da ke wajen Slidell.
3) Counter-recruitment taron ƙalubalen mai shaida zaman lafiya Anabaptist.
A jajibirin ƙarshen mako na zaɓe na ƙasa, 'yan'uwa, Mennonites, da sauransu sun taru a San Antonio, Texas, don bincika al'amuran lamiri na ƙasa a ranar 3-5 ga Nuwamba. Taron da aka yi a ƙarshen mako na zaɓe na ƙasa, ƙungiyar ta fahimci cewa yanzu lokaci ya yi da masu son zaman lafiya su yi magana da murya mai ƙarfi game da yaƙi da kuma tasirinsa mai tsada ga al'umma, in ji Phil Jones, darektan Ofishin Brothers Witness/Washington .
Kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite ne suka shirya, karkashin jagorancin ma'aikatan MCC Titus Peachey, taron ya mayar da hankali kan tasirin daukar aikin soja a cikin al'ummomi masu launi da kuma al'ummomin da talauci ya yi tasiri, kuma mutanen launin fata ne suka kaddamar da shi daga Ƙungiyar Anabaptist Consultation on Alternative Service. Maris 2005. Cocin San Antonio Mennonite ne ya karbi bakuncin mahalarta, kuma an ba su dama don sadarwar da gina dangantaka game da batun hana daukar aikin soja.
Taron ya zana mahalarta sama da 70 daga ko'ina cikin Amurka. ’Yan’uwa da suka halarci taron sun haɗa da mazauna San Antonio, ’yan’uwa masu sa kai, ma’aikatan ɗarika Jones da Matt Guynn na Zaman Lafiya a Duniya, ’yan’uwa daga Ohio da Pennsylvania, da wata babbar tawagar matasa daga Cocin farko na Haiti na Brothers a Brooklyn, NY.
Ertell Whigham, abokin limamin cocin Norristown New Life, yayi magana ga taron budewar. Ya raba daga manyan abubuwan da ya samu na soja da shigarsa, ciki har da shekaru shida a cikin Marine Corps tare da rukunin yaki a Vietnam 1968-69, kuma a matsayin sajan daukar ma'aikata 1973-74. Ya kalubalanci taron da ya nemi gaskiyar da ke karkashin alkawuran soja da dama da ake tsammani.
Sauran masu gabatarwa sun haɗa da JE McNeil na Cibiyar Kula da Lamiri da Yaƙi a Washington, DC; Dick Davis, limamin Cocin Peace Mennonite a Dallas, Texas, wanda ya yi hidima a matsayin limamin sojoji kuma ya yi murabus a matsayinsa a shekara ta 1992 a matsayin wanda ya ƙi saboda imaninsa; da kuma kwamitin mutum uku na tsoffin sojojin da suka iya barin aikin soja a matsayin lamiri. Sun ba da labarin yawan daukar aikin soja, da rashin cika alkawuran da sojoji suka yi, da kuma fahimtar cewa zaben farko da suka yi na soja shi ne wanda ba za su iya girmamawa ba.
An gabatar da tarurrukan bita a kan batutuwa kamar su daukar ma'aikata a makarantu, wariyar launin fata a cikin sojoji, zaman lafiya a matsayin ibada, zabin soja, da ganin daukar ma'aikata a matsayin yunkuri na zamantakewa. Guynn ya gabatar da taron bita akan tushen tiyoloji na daukar ma'aikata.
A ibadar da safiyar Lahadi tare da San Antonio Mennonites, ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa ta Brooklyn ta ba da jagoranci ta hanyar wasan kwaikwayo da kiɗa. Peachey ya ba da wa’azin rufewa, “Hanyar da Daukar Ma’aikata tare da Rashin Haƙurin Bishara” daga Luka 9:51-56, yana tunatar da ƙungiyar cewa tasiri da yawa suna shafar zaɓin da muke yi. Peachey ya ƙarfafa kowa da kowa su fahimci cewa "aikin namu na cikin gida zai iya canza abubuwan da ke kewaye da mu, mataki mafi girma, mafi ƙarfi fiye da watsar da abubuwa cikin fushi."
(Tunanin taron daga matasan Haitian Brothers zai biyo baya a cikin fitowar 6 na Newsline na Dec.)
4) Taron gunduma na tsakiyar Atlantika ya ƙunshi cibiyoyin koyo.
An gudanar da taron gunduma na tsakiyar Atlantic na 40 a Manassas, Va., Oktoba 6-7, wanda ya haɗa da sabuwar hanyar kasuwanci da kuma sabbin "cibiyoyin koyo."
An fara taron ne da wani taron limaman cocin Pre-Conference tare da 'yan wasan barkwanci na Mennonite Ted da Lee, waɗanda suka kawo "ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo" don taimakawa limaman su bincika labaran Littafi Mai Tsarki daga mahangar musamman da kuma buɗe idanu ga ban dariya a cikin labarun. Ted da Lee kuma sun kara da wani sabon salo don yin ibada da yammacin Juma'a, tare da gidan wasan kwaikwayo da ban dariya suna isar da sako kan aikin kulawa, "Zai Ci Nawa?"
An fara zaman Asabar da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki tare da Ted da Lee suna ci gaba da jigon hidima. Fasto Manassas kuma mai gudanar da taro Jeff Carter ya jagoranci masu halartar taron 281 – masu wakiltar ikilisiyoyin 52 – ta hanyar kasuwanci. An yi amfani da sabuwar hanyar kasuwanci, yayin da aka ba wa wakilai cikakkun bayanai game da kowane abu na kasuwanci da safe, tare da lokacin tambaya da amsa bayan kowane bayani, da yanke shawara na ƙarshe da rana.
Yin aiki da shawarwarin daga Ƙungiyar Jagorancin gunduma, taron ya yanke shawarar samar da bincike na gundumomi na shekara-shekara ta hanyar bita ta hanyar CPA na waje. Za a yi bayanan kuɗi na Kayan aikin Ma'aikatar Waje daidai da jagororin kuɗin sa.
A cikin wasu harkokin kasuwanci, wakilai sun amince da karɓar Community of Joy a matsayin mambobi, tare da canjin tsarin mulki wanda ya tabbatar da taron gunduma a matsayin ikon ƙarshe na ikilisiyoyin membobin. An zartar da kasafin kuɗin gunduma na 2007 tare da roƙo ga ikilisiyoyi su ƙara yawan kula da gudummawarsu ga ma’aikatar gundumomi. An tabbatar da jadawali na jagoranci na 2007 kuma an zaɓi mambobi uku na Ƙungiyar kiran Jagoranci. An kira Dale Posthumus a matsayin zababben mai gudanarwa na 2007.
Sabon tsarin ya kuma hada da cibiyoyin koyo kan batutuwan ibada, aikin bishara, da kuma muhimman ikilisiyoyin, wanda hadin gwiwar shugabannin talakawa da ma'aikatan jam'i da na darika ke jagoranta. Ra'ayoyin da aka gabatar a cikin cibiyoyin koyo sun kasance cikin kwarewa na sirri da kuma a cikin bincike da aka samo daga albarkatu iri-iri, kuma sun ba masu halarta aƙalla ra'ayoyi ɗaya ko fiye don gwadawa a cikin ikilisiyoyin su.
A lokacin abincin rana, Jim Benedict, marubucin manhaja na mako shida "Tare: Tattaunawa akan Kasancewar Ikilisiya," ya amsa tambayoyi kuma ya ba da bayani ga ƙaramin rukuni na wakilai. Ana ƙarfafa aƙalla ƙaramin rukuni ɗaya daga kowace ikilisiya su yi amfani da kayan tare kuma su ba da rahoto ga ƙungiyar nan da Afrilu 2007.
5) Yan'uwa: Gyara, Zikiri, da dai sauransu.
- Gyara: A cikin Newsline na Nuwamba 8, wani "Brethren Bit" yana ba da bayani game da sabon zaɓi don ba da haraji ga masu ritaya ba tare da sunayen duk hukumomin Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwan da za su iya samun kyauta ba. Waɗannan hukumomin sune Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa, Babban Hukumar, Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany, da Zaman Lafiya a Duniya.
- Gundumar Atlantic ta Kudu maso Gabas tana neman addu'a ga dangin Bryan Pata, tauraron kwallon kafa na Jami'ar Miami wanda aka harbe a wajen gidansa a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba. An yanke hukuncin kisa akan mutuwarsa. Fasto Ludovic St. Fleur ne ya gudanar da taron tunawa.
- Marin O'Brien ya fara aiki a Guatemala a matsayin Ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa da kuma ma'aikacin Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Cocin of the Brother General Board. Za ta yi aiki tare da Red Ecumenica na Totonicapan. O'Brien daga Newton, Mass.
- Ofishin Shaida /Washington na neman membobin ’yan’uwa masu sha’awar yin hidima a matsayin wakili a kwamitin Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT). Cliff Kindy na Liberty, Ind., da Orlando Redekopp na Chicago, Ill., Suna kammala sharuɗɗan hidima a matsayin wakilan Cocin 'yan'uwa a kwamitin gudanarwa na CPT. Phil Miller ya ci gaba da aiki a matsayin memban kwamitin da On Earth Peace ya nada. "Na gode da gaske ga Cliff da Orlando saboda hidimar da suke yi wa coci ta hanyar aikinsu tare da Kungiyoyin Amintattun Kirista," in ji ofishin a cikin wani Action Alert. Tuntuɓi Phil Jones, darektan Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington, a pjones_gb@brethren.org ko 800-785-3246.
- "Rayuwa Zuwa Duniya: Ibadah don Zuwan Ta Baptismar Ubangijinmu," na Christopher D. Bowman, yana samuwa daga 'Yan'uwa Press. Ana iya ba da umarnin ƙaramin ɗan littafin ibada na yau da kullun, nassi, da addu'a don zuwan 2006 da lokacin Kirsimeti akan $2 da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa daga 800-441-3712.
- * Ana samun kayayyaki don Bayar Kirsimeti na shekara-shekara don aikin Ikilisiya na Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa don ranar da aka ba da shawarar ta Disamba 3. Kayayyakin kyauta a kan jigo "Ku Tafi tare da Mu a Hanyoyi na Aminci," sun haɗa da bayanan sakawa. , miƙa ambulaf, takardar ayyukan kula, tunanin wa'azi, shawarwarin kiɗa, da albarkatun ibada. Wasu ana samun su cikin Mutanen Espanya da Ingilishi. Oda daga Brother Press a 800-441-3712.
- Gidan yanar gizon Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa (ABC) yana ba da sabon hanyar haɗi don ikilisiyoyin da ke son bayanan shirye-shiryen bala'i na gaggawa ga membobin da ke da nakasa. Haɗin yana aika ikilisiyoyin zuwa wata hanya daga National Organization on Disabilities mai taken "Shirya Kanku: Tips Shirye-shiryen Bala'i ga Mutane masu Nakasa." Ana iya samun damar wannan da sauran albarkatun ta hanyar zuwa hanyar haɗin yanar gizon a www.brethren.org/abc ko ta zuwa kai tsaye zuwa www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=1549&.
- Associationungiyar ga Arts a cikin Ikilisiyar ta ba da sanarwar rashin biyan kuɗi daga cocin da ke cikin shekara ta 2006 na taron 'yan wasan shekara-shekara. Kungiyar ta raba jimillar dala 11,500 kamar haka: Dala 5,700 ga Asusun Kula da Cututtuka na Abinci na Duniya, ma'aikatar Coci na Babban Kwamitin 'Yan'uwa, don taimakawa wajen samar da gidan burodi a Sudan da ƙananan lamuni a Latin Amurka; $4,000 zuwa Gidan Abinci na Birnin Washington (DC); $1,000 zuwa Ma'aikatar Pump House; da $800 ga Sabon Aikin Al'umma don taimakawa ci gaban mata a Nepal.
- Barry da Carol Haller na East Cocalico Church of the Brothers a Reamstown, Pa., suna sake shirya liyafar godiya ta shekara don al'ummarsu, a wannan shekara suna tsammanin kusan baƙi 1,000 a wurare biyu. Ana gudanar da liyafar cin abincin tare da taimakon sauran masu sa kai na al'umma da yawa. Wani labarin a cikin "Jarida mai hankali" na Lancaster, Pa., ya ba da labarin. Nemo yanki mai taken "Ciyarwa Jiki da Ruhohi," a http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/27985.
- Wani sabon hanya daga Shirin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ikklisiya na Ƙasa (NCC) mai suna, "A Tebur na Ubangiji: Godiya ta Yau da kullum," yana ba da kayan aikin coci don yin magana game da yadda bangaskiya zai iya rinjayar zaɓin abinci, don shiga cikin ayyukan siyan abinci na ci gaba, da kuma don bayar da shawarar samar da ingantaccen lissafin noma a 2007. Hukumar NCC na fatan masu imani a wannan lokacin hutu za su tuna da jerin halittun Allah da halittun da ke kawo abinci a teburin iyalansu, in ji sanarwar. "Daga manoma, ma'aikatan gona, al'ummomin karkara, kasa, ruwa, iska, da kuma kasa wadanda suka zama dole don samar da abincinsu, duk sun cancanci a daukaka su yayin da iyalai suke addu'ar godiya a wannan lokacin hutu," in ji NCC. Albarkatun sun magance matsalolin adalci, tattalin arziki, da muhalli da suka shafi samar da abinci da rarrabawa. Ana iya sauke shi kyauta daga Cibiyar Sadarwar Eco-Justice Program a www.nccecojustice.org/network (shiga don samun damar zazzagewar albarkatun).
- Gundumar Virlina ta ba da rahoton cewa "Ƙungiyar Amintattun Kiristocin 'Yan'uwa" tana aika wakilai hudu zuwa gabashin Tennessee daga Nuwamba 24-28, zuwa yankin da ake kira Aerojet shuka a Telford don gudanar da tarurruka da tattaunawa game da samar da makamai ta hanyar amfani da uranium da aka lalata. Ƙungiyoyin Masu Samar da Zaman Lafiya ta Kirista (CPT) suna aiki don ilmantarwa game da illar ƙarancin uranium akan al'ummar yankin, sojoji, da mutane a duniya. Jadawalin ziyarar ya hada da wani abincin dare na tukunyar abinci a cocin Jackson Park na 'yan'uwa a Jonesborough, Tenn., Bayan haka kuma tattaunawa game da "Agent Orange and Depleted Uranium-Ta Yaya Kyakkyawar Jama'a Suke Magance Wadannan Masifu ga Sojoji?" tare da wakilan sashen "Rolling Thunder" na gida na VFW, ranar 24 ga Nuwamba da karfe 7:30 na yamma; tattaunawa a Jami'ar Jihar Tennessee ta Gabas a birnin Johnson a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba a 2 pm; bauta a Jackson Park Church of the Brothers a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba, da karfe 11 na safe; tattaunawa tare da Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, a Aerojet a Telford, ranar 27 ga Nuwamba a 1 pm, pizza da tattaunawa tare da Tennessee Progressives na Farko a Rivers Edge Restaurant a Erwin a ranar Nuwamba 27 a 6 pm; da ganawa da zababben dan majalisa David Davis a birnin Johnson a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba da karfe 8:45 na safe
- A wani labarin kuma daga kungiyoyin masu samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista, wata tawaga ta koma Iraki a farkon watan Nuwamba bayan ta yi wani dan gajeren hutu daga kasar. CPT ta bukaci tawagar da ta yi addu'a, yayin da ta ce ana ci gaba da tabarbarewar harkokin tsaro a Iraki.
- Mafi Girma Gift / SERRV yana riƙe da Holiday Overstock sale har zuwa Nuwamba 26 a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., A cikin Ginin Blue Ridge 9: 30 am-5 pm zuwa Asabar, da 1-5 na yamma ranar Lahadi. Za a rufe siyar a ranar godiya. Rangwamen ya haɗa da kashi 60 cikin XNUMX na duk sana'o'i masu inganci na farko, wasu suna da ragi mai girma. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.greatergift.org/.
- Majalisar Coci na Cocin Evangelical Lutheran a Amurka (ELCA) ta bayyana “baƙin ciki mai zurfi da dawwama da kuma nadama don tsanantawa da wahala da aka ziyartan Anabaptists a lokacin rikicin addini na dā.” Majalisar ita ce hukumar gudanarwa ta ELCA kuma tana aiki a matsayin ikon majalisa na coci tsakanin manyan majami'u. Majalisar ta yi hakan ne domin maganganun da suka gabata sun zama matsala ga dangantakar ELCA a yau da Cocin Mennonite USA da kuma wasu waɗanda suka kafa gadonsu zuwa ’yan canji na Anabaptist na ƙarni na 16, waɗanda rukunin ya haɗa da Cocin ’yan’uwa. Majalisar ta bayyana cewa ELCA "ta ƙi yin amfani da hukumomin gwamnati don hukunta mutane ko ƙungiyoyin da ta saba da tauhidi"; sun yi watsi da gardamar Martin Luther da Philip Melanchthon, masu gyara coci a ƙarni na 16, “inda suka ɗauka cewa hukumomin gwamnati su hukunta Anabaptists saboda koyarwarsu”; kuma sun ƙi irin waɗannan maganganun a cikin Formula of Concord da Augsburg Confession.
- Asusun Ilimin Ilimin Tauhidi (FTE) yana neman zaɓe don abokan tarayya na 2007, gami da Fellowships na Digiri na biyu don ƙarami da tsofaffi, Fellowungiyoyin Ma'aikatar don ɗaliban Allahntaka, tallafin da ya dace don Fellowungiyoyin Ikilisiya don ɗaliban da ke shiga shekarar farko na shirin allahntaka, da Doctoral da Dissertation Fellowships. ga daliban Afirka-Amurka doctoral. Ana gayyatar malaman jami'a da makarantun hauza da masu gudanarwa, limaman harabar jami'a, da limaman coci don zabar 'yan takara. Don cikakkun bayanai je zuwa www.thefund.org/programs.
- A cikin bin rahoton game da itatuwan 'yan'uwa (duba "Brethren bits" a cikin Agusta 30 Newsline), Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., tana da "Big Tree Champions" guda biyu a kan filaye tare da kyaututtuka daga Jiha. na Maryland, in ji Linda Hollinger, tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai ta 'Yan'uwa a cibiyar. "Babban itace zakaran nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'in nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i nau'i) da aka rubuta a cikin jihar," in ji ta. “Beech shunayya kusa da ƙofar Ginin Zigler (zakin cin abinci) yana da tsayi sama da ƙafa 14 a kewaye. Ita, da kuma cypress na hinoki akan filaye da aka jera a matsayin mafi girma a cikin jihar ana iya samun su ta hanyar bincika gidan yanar gizon da ke gaba http://dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/download/forests/bigtreelist.pdf." (An jera itatuwan Cibiyar Hidimar ’Yan’uwa a shafuffuka na 4 da 5.) Ed Palsgrove, darektan Gine-gine da Filaye a cibiyar ya ba da ƙarin bayani. "Mun san cewa rairayin bakin teku mai ruwan hoda wani nau'i ne na musamman na ɗan lokaci kuma mun sanya shi fifiko don kiyaye shi cikin kyakkyawan tsari a cikin shekaru 25 da suka wuce," in ji shi. “Mun gyara shi, an datse shi, an haɗe shi, kuma mun yi amfani da wasu ƙoƙarin tsawon rai. Wani mai kiwo na yankin ne ya zabi wannan tsiron da ake kira hanoki cypress kimanin shekaru biyar da suka gabata kuma mun dauki wasu ‘yan irin wadannan matakan tun daga lokacin domin kula da lafiyarta.”
6) Jim Kinsey yayi ritaya daga ma'aikatan Kungiyoyin Rayuwa na Congregational Life.
Jim Kinsey, memba na Ƙungiyar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya don Yanki na 2 da 4, ya sanar da yin murabus daga hidima ta cikakken lokaci ta hanyar Cocin of the Brother General Board, daga ranar 2 ga Janairu, 2007.
Kinsey ya fara aiki ga Babban Hukumar a cikin 1994, ya fara aiki na cikakken lokaci ga hukumar a cikin 2000. Ya yi ayyuka iri-iri don Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya, tare da sha'awar ƙaramin coci da ma'aikatun karkara da gina ingantaccen tsarin ikilisiya.
Ya kuma yi aiki a wasu mukamai da dama na darika. Kafin matsayinsa na yanzu, ya raba aikin riko na babban darektan ma'aikatar na hukumar, kuma na wani lokaci, duka waɗancan mukamai sun zo daidai da shekaru 17 na hidimar da ya bayar a matsayin babban ministan gundumar Michigan. A shekarun baya, ya yi hidima a matsayin fasto a ikilisiyoyin Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke Michigan da Ohio.
7) Kevin Kessler da ake kira a matsayin zartarwa na Illinois da Wisconsin District.
An kira Kevin L. Kessler don yin aiki a matsayin rabin lokaci a matsayin ministan zartarwa na Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin, mai tasiri Jan. 1, 2007. Tun daga 1993, ya kasance fasto na Canton (Ill.) Church of Brothers, inda zai ci gaba da yin Fasto a kan rabin lokaci.
Kessler ya kammala shirin Ilimi don Raba Ma'aikatar (EFSM) a Canton kuma an nada shi a cikin 1997. Yana aiki zuwa matakin digiri a Kimiyya a Kwalejin Spoon River. Haka kuma yana da gogewar shekaru 17 a harkar banki da hada-hadar kudi, kafin kiran sa zuwa ma’aikatar. A cikin aikin sa kai na coci, ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Hukumar Gundumomi, gami da lokacin kujera, kuma ya jagoranci Tawagar Canjin Gundumomi.
Ofishin gundumar Illinois da Wisconsin za ta ci gaba da kasancewa a cocin Cibiyar York na 'yan'uwa a Lombard, rashin lafiya.
8) Tim Button-Harrison ya fara aiki a matsayin riko na gundumar N. Plains.
Tim Button-Harrison an nada shi ministan zartaswa na riko a Gundumar Plains ta Arewa, daga ranar 13 ga Nuwamba zuwa akalla 31 ga Disamba, 2007.
Button-Harrison ya yi aiki a matsayin Fasto na Cocin ikilisiyoyin Yan'uwa a cikin Gundumar Plains ta Arewa, kwanan nan Ivester Church of the Brothers a Grundy Center, Iowa. Har ila yau, yana kawo ƙwarewar gundumomi zuwa matsayi, ciki har da hidima a matsayin memba na gunduma, mai gudanarwa na gunduma, mai kula da gunduma don horarwa a ma'aikatar, da kuma memba na dindindin.
Ya halarci Kwalejin Manchester, inda ya yi karatu a fannin zaman lafiya da addini, sannan yana da digiri a fannin addini daga Jami'ar Iowa. Ya sauke karatu daga Bethany Seminary a 1990.
9) "Ƙananan Abubuwa, Ƙauna Mai Girma" shine jigo na 2007 sansanin aiki.
Da Amy Rhodes
Kalaman Mother Teresa, “Ba za mu iya yin manyan abubuwa ba; ƙananan abubuwa ne kawai tare da ƙauna mai girma,” in ji shi a taron Matasa na Ƙasa kuma an zaɓi su don ba da kwarin gwiwa ga wuraren aiki na Cocin ’Yan’uwa na bazara mai zuwa.
Wuraren aiki suna ba da damar sabis na tsawon mako guda a duk faɗin Amurka da Amurka ta Tsakiya don manyan matasa, manyan matasa, da matasa. An gudanar da shi a watan Yuni, Yuli, da Agusta, shirin sansanin aiki na Babban Hukumar yana ba da gogewa da ke haɗa hidima, haɓaka ruhaniya, da kuma gadon ’yan’uwa.
Jigon 2007 ya zana a kan 2 Korinthiyawa 9:10, “Gama Allah ne ke ba da iri ga manomi, sa’an nan kuma gurasa ta ci. Haka nan kuma zai ba ku dama da yawa don ku yi nagarta, kuma zai ba da girbi mai yawa na karimci a cikinku.”
Za a ba da sansanonin aiki a cikin sabbin 35 da wuraren da aka sake ziyarta ciki har da Kansas City, Kan.; Camp Wilbur Stover a New Meadows, Idaho; Reynosa, Mexico; St. Croix, tsibirin Virgin; Los Angeles; da kuma Phoenix. Za a bayar da manyan sansanin kananan yara shida, manyan manyan wuraren aiki guda 20, hadaddiyar karamar karamar hukuma daya da babban sansanin aiki, sansanin aiki tsakanin tsararraki uku, manyan sansanin samari guda biyu, da manyan sansanoni biyu na manya da manya.
Shirin yana fatan za a zana farin ciki da aka samu a NYC kuma wata dama ce ga matasa don gano abin da ake nufi da "Ku zo ku gani" (jigon NYC). Travis Beam, mataimaki mai kula da sansanin aiki ta hanyar Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) ya ce: " Wuraren aiki suna hada matasa tare don ba da hidima na mako guda, su fita daga garinsu kuma zuwa wata al'umma don bin koyarwar Yesu na 'ku tafi ku yi hidima'. ).
Shirin yajin aikin da ma'aikatun matasa da matasa na hukumar ta shirya ya fara ne a shekarar 1988. Adadin mahalarta taron ya karu daga 46 a 1988 zuwa 622 a shekarar 2005. Da fahimtar wannan karuwar sha'awar, hukumar ta amsa da tsare-tsaren fadadawa. Canje-canje na farko a cikin shirin shine ƙari na matsayi na ofis gami da cikakken ma'aikaci a matsayin mai gudanarwa da ƙarin matsayi na BVS. Steve Van Houten yana aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa; Travis Beam, Rachel McFadden, da Amy Rhodes mataimakan masu gudanarwa ne. Sabbin matsayi suna tallafawa ci gaban shirin da kuma yawan adadin wuraren aiki da ake bayarwa.
Babban Hukumar ta kuma zayyana hanyoyi da dama na fadada shirin a cikin shekaru masu zuwa, kamar bayar da sansanonin aiki a lokacin hutun bazara da wa'adin watan Janairu ga matasa, tare da kwalejojin 'yan'uwa; samar da damar sansanin aiki ga manya a azuzuwan makarantar Lahadi da sauran kungiyoyi, musamman a lokutan lokacin bazara; da samar da sansanonin aiki tsakanin tsararraki da sansanin ayyukan iyali.
Van Houten ya jaddada cewa dole ne ma'aikata su yi tsammanin koyo kamar yadda suka yi niyyar yin hidima. "Muna koyo da yawa daga mutanen da ke waɗannan wuraren kamar yadda muke raba su," in ji shi. "Muna haɗuwa tare kuma muna tafiya tare da mutane a cikin al'ummomin."
Rijistar kan layi don sansanin aiki ya fara Janairu 3, 2007, je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/yya/workcamps/index.html. Ana samun DVD ɗin talla da ƙasidar bugu akan buƙata-kira 800-323-8039 ko imel cobworkcamps_gb@brethren.org.
-Amy Rhodes ma'aikacin Sa-kai ne na 'Yan'uwa kuma mataimakiyar mai kula da sansanin aiki don Matasa da Matasa Ma'aikatun Manyan Ma'aikata na Cocin of the Brother General Board.
10) Boca Chica, Jamhuriyar Dominican: Gina coci, toshe-by-block.
Na Nancy da Irvin Heishman
Ikilisiyar Boca Chica a Jamhuriyar Dominican tana aiki tuƙuru wajen gina gidan ibada na zahiri, kuma a lokaci guda sun gano cewa Allah yana ƙarfafa gidansu na ruhaniya (1 Bitrus 1:4-5). Wurin da masu hidima a ikilisiya ke gabas da babban birnin Santo Domingo. Yayin da unguwar ta kasance yanki mai matukar talauci, yawancin otal-otal na yawon shakatawa da kuma wasu kyawawan rairayin bakin teku masu a tsibirin ana iya samun su a gefen hanya.
Ikilisiyar Boca Chica ta ƙunshi kusan membobi 120, galibi baƙi Haiti. Ana gudanar da ibada mai rai a cikin Mutanen Espanya da Creole.
A shekara ta 2003, Kwamitin Wa’azi na Duniya na ’Yan’uwa, tare da mambobi a Gundumar Atlantika ta Arewa maso Gabas da Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Kudu, sun ba da damar wannan ikilisiyar da ta girma ta ƙaura zuwa wurin haya don bauta. Kafin wannan sun yi cincirindo a cikin wani rumfar da ba ta da ƙarfi da guntun gwangwani, da rassan dabino da na dabino. Lokacin da aka yi ruwan sama, sai mutanen suka jike kuma sun yi cunkoso a cikin dan karamin fili. Wannan tallafi na shekara-shekara albarka ce mai kyau ga wannan ikilisiya.
A farkon wannan bazara, ikilisiyar ta ji bukatar ƙaura lokacin da mai gida ya fara yanka aladu a cikin kuri'a a bayan wurin ibada. Ƙanshin ƙamshin ya sa a wasu lokuta ba zai yiwu a yi amfani da ginin don ibada ba. Allah ya yi amfani da wannan rashin jin daɗi da kyau, duk da haka, ya ƙarfafa ikilisiyar su fara tara kuɗi don gina ginin coci a kan kadarorin da suka saya da kansu.
Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ke cikin nasarar Boca Chica wajen cimma burin gininta shi ne kyaututtukan ƙwazo na limamin cocinta, Catalice Mardoche, wadda ke ƙarfafa membobinta koyaushe da kuma ci gaba da kasancewa mai kyau. A wani kamfen na farko na yunkurin ginin, an gayyaci membobin da su sadaukar da kansu don yin alƙawarin bayar da kuɗaɗen ginin tubalan da sauran kayayyakin gini. Lokacin da har yara suka zo don yin alkawari, da farko manya sun hana su tunanin cewa ba za su iya bi ba. Amma yaran sun dage. Sun so su yi nasu alkawari! Tun daga wannan lokacin, sun kasance masu goyon bayan aikin da kuma manya.
Wurin gini mai gangarewa da dutse ƙalubale ne. Don ƙirƙirar tushe mai tushe, membobin Ikklisiya sun fara haƙa ramuka ta cikin duwatsu da ƙasa don ƙafar ƙafa, sa'an nan kuma aka aza tubalan. Aikin na gaba mai wahala zai kasance cika ciki tare da ƙaƙƙarfan ƙasa don samar da matakin matakin da za a zubar da ƙasa. Ana yin duk aikin da hannu kuma, ba shakka, a cikin zafin rana mai zafi.
Amma ruhin hadin kai da azama yana da ban sha'awa da gaske. Jagoran Fasto Mardoche da ƙwararrun kwamitin shugabanni, da gaske coci tana da ruhun “iya yi”, da taimakon Allah. Sun san ma’anar gaskiya, “A wurin Allah dukan abu mai yiwuwa ne!”
–Nancy da Irvin Heishman su ne masu gudanar da ayyukan mishan na Jamhuriyar Dominican na Cocin of the Brother General Board.