"Ƙauna ba ta ƙarewa." - 1 Korintiyawa 13:8a
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1) Sauƙaƙe nauyin dawo da bala'i a Mississippi.
2) Kula da Yara na Bala'i yana amsawa a New York, Pacific Northwest.
3) Kwamitin hulɗar tsakanin majami'u ya tsara mayar da hankali ga ƙungiyoyin addinai na 2007.
4) Yan'uwa Revival Fellowship BVS sashin ya fara sabis.
5) Ana gudanar da taron gundumomin kudu maso gabas na Atlantic a Puerto Rico.
6) Yan'uwa: Buɗe ayyukan yi, bayarwa ba tare da haraji ba, da ƙari.
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7) An shirya taron manyan matasa na kasa a 2008.
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8) ’Yan’uwa Hidimar Ba da Kai tana ba da fuska ga ikilisiyoyi.
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1) Sauƙaƙe nauyin dawo da bala'i a Mississippi.
Ta hanyar masu aikin sa kai 300 da suka fara isa Mississippi a watan Janairu, Cocin ’yan’uwa ta dau nauyi na iyalai da ba su biya bukatunsu ba bayan guguwar Katrina. Sun taimaka da farko a gundumar George ta hanyar sake ginawa ko gyara gidaje sama da 60, da maye gurbin rufin asiri da kuma daukar wasu ayyuka marasa adadi da suka ba su daraja da abokantaka na al'ummomi da dama da guguwar Katrina ta lalata.
Cocin ’Yan’uwa na ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin sa-kai da yawa waɗanda ke aiki tare a ƙoƙarinsu na shirye-shiryen bala’i ta hanyar Ƙungiyoyin Sa-kai na Ƙungiyoyin Sa-kai na Ƙasa (NVOAD), da aka kafa bayan mummunar guguwar Camille a 1969 don daidaita ayyukan da aka ba wa al'ummomin da bala'i ya shafa. NVOAD ta shiga cikin Shirin Amsa Takaici na Kasa. Shirin ya kasance ginshikin yadda gwamnatin tarayya ke hada kai da gwamnatocin jihohi, kananan hukumomi da na kabilu, da kuma kamfanoni masu zaman kansu a lokacin bala’o’in cikin gida ko na mutum.
"Ina da kira… don taimaka wa mutane da kuma yin amfani da basirata don mayar wa Amurka da mabukata," in ji memba coci Don Atkins, wani mazaunin Indiana wanda ya yi wata guda a Lucedale yana kula da wasu a ƙarshen bazara. Ya yi fiye da shekaru shida yana aikin ba da agajin bala’i tare da Cocin ’yan’uwa.
Atkins da ƙungiyar masu sa kai da yake kulawa sun yi aiki a gidan Naomi Hudson.
Hudson, wani ma'aikacin masana'antar kayan wasanni mai ritaya a gundumar George ya ce "Shingles ya ragu, ruwa ya lalata baranda, kuma ba ni da wutar lantarki ko ruwa tsawon makonni bayan guguwar." “Amma na sami damar ƙaura cikin kwanaki biyu kacal bayan waɗannan mutanen (Cocin ’yan’uwa) sun zo don su taimaka.”
Sabis na Farfado da Bala'i na gundumar George (DRS) sun ba da sunan Hudson ga ma'aikatan agaji na cocin. DRS, wacce ita ma ke hidimar gundumar Greene mai makwabtaka, tana daya daga cikin kwamitocin dawo da dadewa da aka kafa tare da kwarin gwiwar Hukumar Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ta Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Tarayya (FEMA) a ko'ina cikin lardunan Mississippi da suka lalace don yin aiki kan sake ginawa da gyara Guguwar Katrina. Cocin ’yan’uwa na cikin fiye da mambobi 60 ko ƙungiyoyin sa-kai waɗanda ke shiga don taimaka wa mutanen da DRS ta ayyana a matsayin waɗanda ke buƙatar kulawa sosai.
Hudson yana da inshora amma bai isa ya mayar da gidanta don zama ba. ’Yan’uwa masu aikin sa kai sun fito a gidanta da kayan aiki, kayan gini, da mai mai yawa na gwiwar hannu. Ta rama abincin yau da kullun da suka haɗa da gasa naman alade da dankali mai daɗi, cheesecakes, da strawberries.
Masu ba da agaji, ƙanana da manya, coci ne ke horar da su don sake ginawa da yin gyare-gyare.
Ikklisiya tana amsa masifu tun shekara ta 1941 ta hanyar shirinta na ’Yan’uwa game da Bala’i. Sa’ad da bala’i ya afku, Cocin ’Yan’uwa Amsar Bala’i tana ba da ’yan agaji don share tarkace da kuma gyara ko sake gina gidaje ga waɗanda suka tsira daga bala’i waɗanda ba su da isassun kayan aiki don hayan ɗan kwangila ko kuma wasu guraben aiki da ake biya. Kasancewar waɗannan ƙungiyoyin aikin sa kai na taimakawa wajen sauƙaƙa raunin da ake ji a sakamakon bala'i. An kafa Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa a cikin 1960. Cocin kuma an san shi a duk duniya don shirinta na Kula da Yara na Bala'i.
Kula da Yara na Bala'i (DCC) ya ba da hannun bayan-Katrina ga yara sama da 2,700, yawancinsu an kwashe su, a wurare 14 a cikin jihohi 9, gami da Mississippi. Shirin yana horar da, ba da shaida, da kuma tattara masu aikin sa kai zuwa wuraren bala'i a Amurka don ba da agaji ga yara ƙanana na iyalai da ke fama da bala'o'i na halitta ko na mutum. Hakanan ana samun ƙwararrun masu ba da shawara don sanar da ilmantar da iyaye, malamai, ma'aikatan al'umma, da sauran jama'a game da illolin bala'i ga yara.
Ƙungiyoyin sa-kai muhimmin ɓangare ne na shirin FEMA na Ma'aikatar Tsaron Cikin Gida ta Amurka don ba da tallafi da jagora ga jihohin da ke murmurewa daga bala'i.
“Na sami sababbin abokai daga ko’ina a duniya,” in ji Hudson game da ’yan’uwa.
Ji na juna ne.
"Muna samun ƙarin daga wannan aikin fiye da yadda muke sakawa," in ji Atkins.
–Wannan labarin ya fito asali a matsayin sanarwar manema labarai daga FEMA da Hukumar Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ta Mississippi. Ana sake bugawa anan tare da izini.
2) Kula da Yara na Bala'i yana amsawa a New York, Pacific Northwest.
Masu sa kai shida na Kula da Yara na Bala'i (DCC) a halin yanzu suna hidima ga iyalai da guguwa ta shafa a jihar New York. Ma’aikatar Majami’ar ta ’yan’uwa kuma tana binciko yadda za a mayar da martani ga guguwar da aka yi a yankin Arewa maso Yamma na Pacific, in ji wani rahoto daga mai gudanarwa Helen Stonesifer.
An kafa Cibiyar DCC a Cibiyar Farfado da Bala'i ta FEMA a Buffalo, NY, biyo bayan wani bala'in dusar ƙanƙara a ranar 12-13 ga Oktoba wanda ya zubar da dusar ƙanƙara biyu a yankin New York. Guguwar ta sa mutane kusan 400,000 ba su da wutar lantarki na tsawon kwanaki. Iska mai ƙarfi da ƙanƙara mai nauyi da dusar ƙanƙara ta saukar da bishiyoyi da layukan wutar lantarki. Yayin da dusar ƙanƙara ke narkewa da sauri, wasu gidaje sun jimre da ambaliya ta ƙasa. Lalacewar ta samo asali ne daga bishiyoyin da suka fado kan rufin gidaje, zuwa ƙafafu da dama na ruwan ambaliya a cikin gidaje, in ji Stonesifer.
Cibiyar kula da yara ta New York ta buɗe ranar 6 ga Nuwamba "kuma za ta kasance a buɗe har tsawon lokacin da ake buƙatar ayyukanmu," in ji Stonesifer. Barbara Weaver daga Tonawanda, NY, tana aiki a matsayin manajan ayyuka.
Kula da yara masu bala'i kuma yana tantance bukatun iyalai da guguwar ta shafa a arewa maso yamma, inda wasu yankuna na jihohin Oregon da Washington suka samu ruwan sama inci 26 a rana ta karshe. Kusan kowane kogi da magudanan ruwa sun cika ambaliya, inda da yawa ke sama da ƙafa 15 sama da matakin ambaliya, kuma ruwan sama mai ƙarfi ya tilasta wa makarantu, hanyoyi, da rufe masana'antu a yankin Tillamook na Oregon, in ji Stonesifer.
Mai gudanarwa na yanki na DCC Carol Elms yana tuntuɓar hukumomin agajin bala'i, irin su Red Cross ta Amurka da FEMA, don ba da sabis na kula da yara da kuma bincika adadin iyalai da yaran da abin ya shafa, kuma idan ana shirin buɗe matsuguni, cibiyoyin sabis. , ko cibiyoyin dawo da bala'i.
3) Kwamitin hulɗar tsakanin majami'u ya tsara mayar da hankali ga ƙungiyoyin addinai na 2007.
Kwamitin Harkokin Interchurch (CIR) ya gana Satumba 22-24 a Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill.
An yanke shawarar cewa mai da hankali kan tattaunawar tsakanin addinai da fahimtar juna zai nuna gudummawar da CIR ta bayar ga taron shekara-shekara na 2007. Mai magana da yawun Ecumenical Luncheon zai kasance ministan 'yan'uwa kuma masani Paul Numrich, farfesa na Addinin Duniya da Tattaunawar Inter-Religious for the Theological Consortium of Babban Columbus, Ohio. Za a ji jigon jigon, “Za Mu Iya Magana? Musulmi da Kirista mai bishara su zo tare.”
Bugu da kari, kwamitin yana aiki kan wata sanarwa da ta shafi alakar musulmi da kiristoci da kuma yakin sabili da haka.
CIR ta ɗauki mataki don ba da shawarar zuwa taron shekara-shekara da Babban Hukumar cewa Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa ta zama cikakkiyar ɗan takara a Cocin Kirista tare a Amurka (ƙarin bayani ya bayyana tare da rahoton daga taron faɗuwar Majalisar).
CIR ta kuma tsara shirin karbar rahoto kan Shawarwari da Bikin Al’adu na Cocin ’yan’uwa na shekara-shekara.
Kwamitin ya samu rahoton cewa Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na hukumar, an zabe shi a matsayin kwamitin taron Amurka na Majalisar Cocin Duniya; da kuma cewa Becky Ullom, Janar Darakta na ainihi da dangantaka, an nada shi wakili ga Majalisar Coci ta kasa David Whitten wanda ya dauki nauyin ma'aikata tare da Babban Hukumar a Najeriya.
A wasu rahotanni kuma, wakilin majami'un Baptist na Amurka, Rothang Chhangte, ya ba da rahoto game da ayyukan wannan ɗarikar, an samu rahotanni daga taron shekara-shekara na sauran ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa, da kuma wakilcin CIR a babban taron Cocin Episcopal na Amurka karo na 75.
Kwamitin zai gana gaba ta hanyar kiran taro don ƙarin shiri da tattaunawa da wakilan Cocin ’yan’uwa zuwa Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa.
Membobin kwamitin sun hada da Ilexene Alphonse, James Eikenberry, Michael Hostetter, Robert Johansen, Rene Quintanilla, da Carolyn Schrock, wadanda ba su samu halarta ba saboda jinkirin tashin jirgin da ya shafi yanayi. Stan Noffsinger da Jon Kobel sun ba da tallafin ma'aikata daga Babban Hukumar. Chhangte ya wakilci Cocin Baptist na Amurka a shekara ta biyu a jere.
4) Yan'uwa Revival Fellowship BVS sashin ya fara sabis.
Ƙungiyar Revival Fellowship na ’Yan’uwa na shekara-shekara na hidimar sa kai na ’yan’uwa ta fara hidimar shekara guda a Bankin Abinci na Makiyayi mai Kyau da ke Lewiston, Maine. Ƙungiyar ta kammala daidaitawa Agusta 30 a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.
Membobi biyar na Unit 271 sune Matt Fuhrman na Pleasant Hill Church of the Brother in Spring Grove, Pa.; Tonia Little na Blue Rock Independent Brothers Church a Mercersburg, Pa.; Nathan Meyers na Upton Church of the Brothers a Greencastle, Pa.; da Andy da Renae Newcomer, da yara Abigail da Alex, na ikilisiyar Pleasant Hill.
5) Ana gudanar da taron gundumomin kudu maso gabas na Atlantic a Puerto Rico.
Taron gunduma na shekara-shekara na 82 na Gundumar Kudu maso Gabashin Atlantika, wanda Hector Perez Borges ya jagoranta, an gudanar da shi a tsibirin Puerto Rico. Ikklisiya mai masaukin baki ita ce Yahaya, kuma fasto mai masaukin baki shi ne Norma Medina.
An gudanar da tarurrukan bita guda biyu kafin taron: "Gina Waraka da Ikilisiya maraba" karkashin jagorancin Juan G. Feliciano, da "Ba da Ikon Addu'a: Zama Gidan Ruhaniya Mai Karɓar Allah" wanda Belita Mitchell, mai gudanarwa na Cocin Taron Shekara-shekara na Yan'uwa.
Heriberto Martinez ne ya jagoranci buɗe ibada, tare da matasa daga ikilisiyar Arecibo suna ba da gabatarwar pantomime da kide-kide da ke bin hidimar ibada. An gudanar da sabis na ba da lasisi ta gundumar Martha Beach don Jose Medina na Cocin Manati na ’yan’uwa. An kuma gudanar da nadi a hidimar Jaime Diaz na ikilisiyar Castaner da Hector Perez Borges na ikilisiyar Vega Baja. Diaz da Ana Figueroa sun fassara sabis ɗin.
Matasa sun shiga cikin taron, tare da matasa daga ikilisiyar Arecibo suna ba da jawabi na ban mamaki don hidimar bude ibada da kuma wani kade-kade da ke bayan hidimar, matasa daga tsibirin suna yin karin kumallo a safiyar Asabar.
A cikin zaman kasuwanci, wakilai sun karɓi nadin Wayne Sutton na Miami (Fla.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa. Ana Figueroa na St. Sauran mutanen da aka nada don shugabancin gundumomi su ne James Graybill da Jerry Hartwell a Hukumar Gundumar, Ray Hileman da Isabel Martinez a Majalisar Ci gaban Ikilisiya, Jose Medina a kan Kwamitin Zaɓe da Ma'aikata, da Jerry Hartwell a kan Kwamitin Almajirai da Sulhunta.
Wakilai kuma sun yarda da canje-canjen da aka rubuta; ya yarda da shawarar rufe majami'ar Brandon "Samaritan mai kyau", "wanda aka yi kuma an yarda da shi tare da bakin ciki," in ji rahoton daga Tekun; yarda da shawarar Hukumar Gundumar don kafa Asusun da aka keɓe don manufar taimakawa wajen samar da kwanciyar hankali na kuɗi ga Gundumar; kuma sun yarda na tsawon shekara guda buƙatun daga Hukumar Gundumar don sake duba shawarar taron gunduma na 1998 don rarraba kudaden da ba a ware ba da aka ba gundumar. Za a kafa wani kwamiti kuma za a kawo shawara a taron shekara mai zuwa dangane da kudaden da ba a tantance ba. An ba da burodi da kofi na tarayya bayan zaman kasuwanci.
A lokacin bauta ta ƙarshe, Mitchell ta ba da ƙalubale na ƙarshe ga wasu mutane 70 da suka halarta, kuma an tsarkake Diaz da Borges da hidimar kwanciya da hannu a ƙarshen saƙonta. Baƙi daga hukumomin ɗarika, tare da duk manyan ministocin da suka halarta da kuma babban jami'in gundumar Jorge Rivera da Beach sun shiga hidimar.
6) Yan'uwa: Buɗe ayyukan yi, bayarwa ba tare da haraji ba, da ƙari.
- Yakin Yanayi da Makamashi tsakanin addinai na neman mataimakin darekta. Wannan matsayi na ma'aikatan da aka ba da tallafi na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa yana aiki tare da Ƙungiyar Haɗin Kan Muhalli da Rayuwar Yahudawa, Ƙungiyar Addini ta Ƙasa don Muhalli, da na kasa da na jihohi don daidaitawa masu shirya filin jihohi da aiwatar da ayyuka. Aikin yakin neman zaben shi ne shela da kuma zartar da umarnin Allah a cikin Littafi Mai-Tsarki na kulawa ta hanyar aiki a cikin al'ummar imani don dakile dumamar yanayi, tare da kulawa ta musamman ga bukatun talakawa. Tun daga farkon shekara ta 2006, ƙungiyar za ta tsunduma cikin yaƙin neman zaɓe na ƙasa wanda ke amfani da tsarin ba da shawara kan ilimi. Wuri yana cikin Washington, DC Albashi ya yi daidai da gogewa. Don cikakken aikin aikawa je zuwa www.ncccusa.org/jobs/jobshome.html (gungura ƙasa don nemo aikawa). Aika wasiƙar murfin, ci gaba, da samfurin rubutu zuwa ICEC Search, Attn: Joan Gardner, jgardner@ncccusa.org ko Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa, 475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 812, New York, NY 10115 (an fi son aikace-aikacen lantarki). Hukumar NCC ita ce ma’aikata daidai gwargwado. Ranar ƙarshe don aikace-aikacen shine Nuwamba 27.
- Masu ritaya suna da sabon zaɓi don ba da haraji kyauta ga coci ko hukumomin coci ta hanyar Dokar Kariya ta 2006. Masu shekaru 70 da rabi ko fiye na iya ba da har zuwa $100,000 a cikin 2006-07 kai tsaye daga asusun ritaya na mutum ɗaya. (IRA) ba tare da bayar da rahoton kyautar azaman kudin shiga ba. A baya irin waɗannan kyaututtukan za su kasance masu haraji. Dole ne a yi kyaututtuka a kan ko kafin Disamba 31, 2007, kuma a tura shi kai tsaye daga IRA ta mai gudanarwa ko amintaccen sa. Wasu kuɗaɗen ba su cancanci karɓar irin waɗannan kyaututtukan da suka haɗa da kuɗaɗen kyauta na sadaka, sauran amintattun amintattu, da kuɗin shawarwarin masu bayarwa. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan kuɗi na Cocin of the Brother General Board ko Brethren Benefit Trust, ko mai ba da shawara kan harkokin kuɗi.
- Kasafin Kudi na Tarayyar Amurka na 2007 ya yi kira da a rage shirye-shiryen bukatun ’yan Adam na cikin gida domin a ba da ƙarin kuɗi don tsaro, in ji wani Action Alert daga Ofishin Brethren Witness/Washington. Faɗakarwar tana goyan bayan kiran aiki na ƙungiyar bangaskiya daga Buƙatun Dan Adam na cikin gida, ƙungiyar aiki na tushen bangaskiya. Za a kammala kasafin kudin a cikin zaman "guguwar duck" na Majalisa mai zuwa. Sanarwar ta bayyana yadda rage kasafin kudin zai shafi shirye-shiryen bukatun dan Adam na cikin gida ciki har da rage shirye-shiryen horar da ayyukan yi a shekara ta biyar a jere; raguwa a cikin kasafin kudin Head Start na dala miliyan 140 kasa da shirin da zai buƙaci samar da matakin sabis na 2006; raguwar dala miliyan 43 don kula da yara, da farko ana bayar da ita ta hanyar Tallafin Kula da Yara da Ci Gaba, mai yiwuwa ya sa yara 11,000 su rasa taimako; kudade don Tallafin Pell don ƙananan dalibai da masu shiga tsakani na dala miliyan 725 a ƙasa da matakin 2006 da hauhawar farashin kaya; kudade don Cibiyoyin Lafiya na Ƙasa wanda ya kai dala miliyan 351 a ƙasa da matakin 2006 da hauhawar farashin kaya. Ofishin yana ba da samfurin wasiƙar da ke bayyana waɗannan damuwar don aika wa jaridar gida ko ga membobin Majalisa. Tuntuɓi Ofishin Shaidu na Yan'uwa/Washington a 800-785-3246 ko washington_office_gb@brethren.org.
- Taron bita mai taken, “Amsa Aminci: Tallafawa da Maraba Waɗanda Suka Zaba Sabis na Soja ko Ƙunar Hankali,” za a gudanar da shi a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba a Majami’ar Almasihu na ‘yan’uwa a birnin Kansas, Mo. On Earth Peace staff Susanna Farahat da Laura Partridge na Kwamitin Sabis na Abokan Amurka, tare da limaman Kansas City Barbra Davis da Sonja Griffith, za su ba da jagoranci don zaman lafiya na tsawon yini wanda Kansas City Metro Parish ke daukar nauyin. Zaɓuɓɓukan sun haɗa da "Rashin Rikicin Kirista," "Daukar Sojoji / Ƙunar Hankali," "Raba Labarun Cikin Al'umma," da "Gidan Tsohon Sojoji." Ana fara rajista da karfe 8:30 na safe Taron yana farawa da ibada da karfe 9 na safe kuma zai ƙare da karfe 4 na yamma Don yin rajista ba tare da farashi ba, e-mail messiah15@isp.com ko a kira 816-678-7664. Ministocin Cocin ’Yan’uwa sun karɓi .5 ci gaba da ƙungiyoyin ilimi don halartar wannan taron.
- Wuta ta tashi a cocin Middle River Church of the Brothers da ke Fort Defiance, Va., da sanyin safiyar ranar 7 ga Nuwamba. An sa wani infeto ya tantance barnar da ta yi a ranar. Gundumar Shenandoah ta nemi addu'a ga jama'a.
- *Taron shirin uwaye da Tots a Annville (Pa.) Cocin 'yan'uwa na bikin cika shekaru 25 da kafuwa. Shirin kyauta yana jan hankalin iyaye mata akalla 30 da ma yara fiye da haka, in ji wani rahoto a jaridar "Patriot-News". Iyaye da Tots suna ba da shiri don iyaye mata da ayyukan yara, wanda ɗaliban Kwalejin Lebanon Valley da sauran iyaye suka koyar.
- Gundumar Virlina ta gudanar da taron gunduma ta Nuwamba 10-11, a Rocky Mount, Va. Shirley Jamison za ta zama mai gudanarwa.
- Bridgewater (Va.) Kwalejin tana aiki tare da kwalejojin al'umma guda biyu don yin digiri na farko ga ɗaliban gida. Bridgewater ya sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Shigar da Garanti tare da Germanna Community Collge a Locust Grove, da Dabney S. Lancaster Community College a Daleville, don ba wa ɗalibai damar cika wasu buƙatu don canja wurin kai tsaye daga kwalejojin al'umma zuwa shirin digiri na farko na Bridgewater. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.bridgewater.edu/.
- "Wane Waye Daga Cikin Malaman Amurka" yana karrama membobin Kwalejin Manchester takwas don ƙwararrun ilimi: James RC Adams, shugaban Sashen Fasaha; Mark Angelos, wanda ke koyar da tarihin Turai da na zamani da nazarin jinsi; Dagny Boebel, shugaban Sashen Turanci; Gregory W. Clark, shugaban Sashen Physics; Mary P. Lahman, farfesa a fannin nazarin sadarwa; Heather A. Schilling na sashen ilimi; Scott K. Strode, shugaban Sashen Nazarin Sadarwa da darektan wasan kwaikwayo; da Janina P. Traxler, shugabar Sashen Harsunan Zamani. Don ƙarin ziyarar http://www.manchester.edu/.
- Cocin the Brother's Womaen's Caucus ya ba Jan Fairchild lambar yabo ta 2006 "Abokin Caucus". Ta yi aiki a Kwamitin Gudanar da Caucus na Mata na tsawon shekaru hudu, gami da lokacin da ƙungiyar ba ta da mai gudanarwa. Fairchild ta yi ritaya daga matsayin ma'aikaci a Oregon da gundumar Washington, kuma a halin yanzu tana zaune a Bloomington, Ind., Inda ta kasance mai aikin sa kai na yau da kullun a Tsarin Rikicin Cikin Gida na Middle Way House.
- Bazaar Pinecrest na shekara-shekara ya ƙara yawon shakatawa a gida a wannan shekara. Taron, wanda yanzu ya shiga shekara ta 15, yana daukar nauyin Pinecrest Community, Cocin of the Brethren Rerement Center a Dutsen Morris, Ill. Bazaar ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, daga 10 na safe zuwa 4 na yamma yana ba da kyaututtukan biki, kayan gasa na gida, barbecue. abincin rana, da abubuwan da aka yi da hannu ciki har da kayan ado, dolls, tufafi - kuma a wannan shekara yiwuwar siyayya don gida mai ritaya a Pinecrest Grove, ci gaban girma na 20-acre mai aiki. Don ƙarin bayani game da bazaar kira Janell Miller a 815-734-4103 ext. 218. Don ƙarin bayani game da yawon shakatawa, kira Chrystal Bostian a 815-734-4103 ext. 242.
- Sabuwar Ayyukan Al'umma tana gudanar da Faɗuwar Faɗuwa a Camp Brothers Woods a cikin tsaunukan Virginia, a ranar 24-25 ga Nuwamba. Shugabanni sun hada da David da Daniel Radcliff na Sabon Al'umma Project, Carol Lena Miller na kwamitin jeji na Virginia, Chris Keeney na kungiyar taron matasa na kasa, da Susan Chapman, darektan shirye-shirye a Bethel na Camp. Ayyukan sun haɗa da waƙa, rabawa, tafiya, yawon shakatawa na hoto na Nepal da Burma, da ziyara ta musamman ta "St. Francis na Assisi." Farashin shine $40 ga mutum ɗaya, $25 ga kowane ƙarin memba na iyali, iyakar iyali $100. Yi rijista zuwa Nuwamba 20 a http://newcommunityproject.org/fall_retreat.shtml ko tuntuɓi ncp@newcommunityproject.org ko 888-800-2985. The New Community Project is a Brethren-related nonprofit, "bin Christ toward a new community of justice, peace, and respect for God's earth."
- John Braun, wanda ya jagoranci Brethren in Business, ya sanar da cewa hanyar sadarwa ta ƙare. “Fiye da ’yan kasuwa 400 ’yan’uwa sun ba da lokaci da ƙarfafa don tattaunawa game da ’yan’uwa a Kasuwanci. Godiya ta na da yawa, ”ya rubuta a cikin sanarwar. Ya kara da cewa, cibiyar sadarwa ta cimma alaka da ’yan uwa da dama da ke gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci, kuma ta taimaka wajen karfafa harkokin kasuwanci tare da dabi’un ‘yan uwa.
- Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) sun ba da sanarwar wakilai na 2007: Zuwa Yankin Arizona na Maris 1-8 da Mayu 24-Yuni 4, don sa ido kan 'yancin ɗan adam da ganawa da wakilan kungiyoyin kare hakkin ɗan adam, jami'an gwamnati, da daidaikun mutane a bangarorin biyu na iyaka; mahalarta sun shirya nasu sufuri zuwa Tucson, Ariz., Da kuma tara $400 don kan-kasa kudi. Zuwa Colombia Janairu 17-30, Mayu 23-Yuni 5, Yuli 18-31, da Satumba 26-Oktoba. 9, don ganawa da ma'aikatan kare hakkin bil'adama da shugabannin coci don samun hangen nesa game da rikici mafi tsawo da ke gudana a yammacin Hemisphere, da kuma ba da rakiya ga mazauna kauyukan da kungiyoyin masu dauke da makamai suka yi barazana; wakilai sun tara $1,800 don biyan farashi. Zuwa Isra'ila/Falasdinawa a ranar 10-22 ga Janairu, Maris 19-31, Mayu 29-Yuni 10, Yuli 30-Agusta. 11, Oktoba 16-28, da Nuwamba 19-Dec. 1, don ganawa da wakilan zaman lafiya na Isra'ila da Falasdinu da kungiyoyin kare hakkin bil'adama, ziyarci "bangon tsaro," da ziyarci iyalan Falasdinawa da suka yi barazana ga matsugunan Isra'ila; wakilai sun tara $2,000 don biyan kuɗi. Don ƙarin bayani duba http://www.cpt.org/, danna kan "Delegations." Asali wani yunƙuri na rage tashin hankali na majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi (Church of the Brother, Mennonite, and Quaker), CPT yanzu tana samun tallafi da kasancewa memba daga ƙungiyoyin Kirista da yawa.
- Majalisar Coci ta Ƙasa ta fitar da wani rahoto da ke ba majami’u “hanyoyi masu haske don rage kuɗaɗen amfani da kuma kula da halitta.” Ayyukan hasken wuta, dumama, da kuma gidaje na zuwa ne a kan tsadar rayuwa a coci kuma suna yin mummunar illa ga muhalli da lafiyar ɗan adam, in ji NCC a cikin wata sanarwa game da rahoton. “Ma’aikatun Ƙasa da ke da Mahimmanci: Gudanar da Ƙirar Ƙarfi tare da Ingantaccen Makamashi da Tsabtace Fasahar Makamashi” ya bayyana yadda ikilisiyoyin za su iya yin tanadin kuɗi yayin da suke rage hayaƙin carbon da ke haifar da ɗumamar yanayi. Rahoton ya inganta ɗabi'a da kula da kuɗi kuma ya ba da misalan yadda majami'u suka sami nasarar ceto $8,000-$16,000 a shekara ta amfani da fasahohi masu inganci. Zazzage daga www.nccecojustice.org/network (dole ne mai amfani ya yi rajista don hanyar sadarwar don zazzage albarkatu).
7) An shirya taron manyan matasa na kasa a 2008.
"NYAC na zuwa!!! NYAC yana zuwa !!!" In ji sanarwar taron manyan matasa na Cocin Brothers na gaba na gaba, wanda aka shirya a ranar 11-15 ga Agusta, 2008. Matasa matasa daga ikilisiyoyi na Cocin Brothers a duk faɗin ƙasar za su hadu a sansanin Estes Park YMCA a Colorado, kusa da Rocky Mountain National Park.
Za a ci gaba da gudanar da ƙananan taron manya a kowace shekara. An shirya taron 2007 na Mayu 25-27.
Taron na 2008 shine babban taro na biyu mafi girma na "ƙasa" ga matasa, wanda Ma'aikatun Matasa da Matasa na Manyan Ma'aikatun Babban Hukumar ke ɗaukar nauyin. An gudanar da na farko a Snow Mountain Ranch YMCA a Colorado a cikin 2004, kuma an nuna sujada, tarurruka, zumunci, waƙa, da saduwa da sababbin mutane. Matasan 255 da suka halarci taron sun yi kira da a sake yin irin wannan taron, in ji sanarwar daga Daraktan Matasa da Matasa Manyan Ma’aikatun Chris Douglas.
"Shirya yanzu don tarawa da sauran matasa don wannan taron mai ban sha'awa!" Douglas ya ce. "Muna fatan cewa sama da matasa 500 za su zo su taimaka wajen tsara wannan muhimmiyar dama a cikin darikar mu."
Aikin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa na Gudanar da NYAC zai kasance a watan Yuni na 2007. Wannan aikin sa kai na cikakken lokaci zai yi aiki na shekara guda a Ofishin Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Adult a Elgin, Ill. Don nuna sha'awar matsayin mai kula da NYAC, nemi aikace-aikacen daga Chris Douglas a cdouglas_gb@brethren.org.
8) ’Yan’uwa Hidimar Ba da Kai tana ba da fuska ga ikilisiyoyi.
By Todd Flory
Idan ba don wata manufa ba, sabuwar hidima ta ’Yan’uwa ta Sa-kai da aka kafa (BVS) na musamman na majami’u da fastoci da suke ziyarta ya kasance da muhimmanci wajen saka fuska a shirin. Ga fastoci, diakoni, da ƙungiyoyin matasa a cikin ikilisiyoyi 154 a gundumomi 8, wannan fuskar ta Sam Bowman ce, wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya cika shekara ɗaya na balaguron ƙasar don yin magana game da BVS. Bowman ya kasance mai hidima na cikakken lokaci na BVS.
Wasu ma'aikatan BVS guda biyu suma suna ziyarar ikilisiyoyin: Carolyn Gong ta ziyarci fastoci a Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya a cikin makonni da yawa da suka gabata kuma a gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma a farkon shekarar, kuma Monica Rice za ta ziyarci fastoci a arewa da kudancin Ohio a gaba. watanni.
"Manufar ita ce a je ikilisiyoyi, gina gadoji, yin tuntuɓar fuska da fuska, da kuma yin magana game da BVS," in ji Bowman. Ya kara da cewa "Yawancinsu (fastoci) sun gode mani da zuwan, saboda kasancewar fuska, jikin dumi, maimakon wata takarda da za ta iya zamewa a kan teburi a cikin kwandon shara," in ji shi. "Ba zan tafi da gabatarwa ba, amma don saurare."
A yayin ziyarar, babban makasudin ’yan agajin shi ne su tambayi abin da fastoci suka sani game da BVS, don ba da ƙarin bayani idan an tambaye su, sauraron abin da shugabannin cocin suke so ko ba sa so game da BVS, da karɓar duk wata shawara na abin da suke son gani. a cikin BVS. Manufar ta biyu ita ce ta tambayi fastoci tunaninsu game da yiwuwar daftarin soja, da kuma gano irin tallafin da majami'u za su buƙaci idan aka yi wani daftarin aiki.
Masu aikin sa kai sun kuma ba fastoci kayan BVS da fakitin ƙin yarda da lamiri daga Ofishin Brothers Witness/Washington. Bowman ya ce fastoci da yawa ba su da masaniya game da kayan kan kin yarda da imaninsu. "Lamba mai ban mamaki zai ce, 'Ya kamata a sami fakiti na CO's da kuma yadda mutane za su yi rajista a matsayin CO," in ji Bowman, "kuma zan nuna musu fakitin kuma za su ce, 'Oh, wannan yana da kyau. !'
Gong ya ce fastocin da ta yi magana da su sun kasance masu karɓuwa sosai kuma suna goyon bayan BVS, kuma kowace ikilisiya kamar iyali ce. "Gaba ɗaya, ya kasance abin farin ciki sosai," in ji ta, tana kwatanta fastoci a matsayin "ƙauna mai zurfi ga Kristi a cikin abin da suke yi. Aikin rayuwarsu kenan, sha’awarsu.” Wannan sha'awar ce Gong ke fatan zai taimaka wa mutane da yawa su zabi yin hidimar sa kai. "Wani lokaci mutane suna shakkar barin gida," in ji Gong. “Suna zuwa kai tsaye daga makaranta zuwa aiki, amma wannan shine al’adarmu. Ina ganin kowane irin aikin sa kai na da matukar muhimmanci ga kasar nan."
Ya bambanta kamar fiye da mil 17,000 na shimfidar wurare waɗanda Bowman ya tuka ta cikin su, ra'ayoyi kan hidima da zaman lafiya sun kasance sau da yawa iri ɗaya. “Na ga gaskiyar bambancin” a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, in ji shi. Ya bayyana ziyarce-ziyarcen da ya yi a cikin ikilisiya a matsayin abin birgewa. Sau da yawa, a wannan rana, ya yi magana da fastoci waɗanda ke da mabanbantan ra’ayi game da wasu batutuwa. "Na ga dalilin da ya sa wannan mutumin yake dama ko hagu, kuma kowane bangare yana da gaskiya ga abin da suka fada kuma suka yi imani," in ji shi.
Hatta kan batun zaman lafiya, wanda ya kasance kuma ya kasance muhimmin sashe na ainihi na 'yan'uwa, an sami ra'ayoyi mabanbanta. "Dukkan fastocin da na yi magana da su, masu goyon bayan zaman lafiya ne, kuma suna kokarin shigar da hakan a cikin wa'azin da suke yi, amma wasu na da ra'ayi daban-daban na yadda za a inganta zaman lafiya," in ji Gong, yana mai cewa wasu fastocin sun ce su masu son zaman lafiya ne, amma duk da haka. goyon bayan sojoji, yayin da wasu ke kallon sojan a matsayin wani cikas ga zaman lafiya.
Abubuwan da suka dace na BVS ga fastoci sun haɗa da cewa dama ce ta rayuwa ta bangaskiya, bauta wa al'umma da Allah, kuma hanya ce ta ci gaban mutum. Wani al'amari na gama-gari da fastoci da yawa ke son ganin ƙarin a cikin BVS shine aikin bishara da ƙarin wuraren aiki don bangaskiya da raba bangaskiya.
Ganowa ga Bowman shine buƙatuwar sadarwa da haɗin kai tsakanin ikilisiyoyi da ɗarika. Wasu ikilisiyoyin, in ji Bowman, suna jin an katse su daga babbar cocin. Mutane da yawa suna jin ba a isa a mayar da su cikin ikilisiyoyi ba, cewa akwai bukatar a ba da fifiko ga ikilisiya a matsayin mafi ƙarfi a cikin ɗarikar maimakon a mai da hankali kan wasu shirye-shirye ko hukumomi.
Wani ɓangare na ƙirƙirar ingantacciyar ma'anar haɗin kai, Bowman yana ji, yana raba labarai. “Gaba ɗaya, ’yan Cocin ’yan’uwa ba sa yin aiki mai kyau na ba da labarin imaninsu da ikilisiya ko gunduma,” in ji shi. "Zan tambayi, 'Tsoffin BVSers nawa kuke da su a cikin coci? Shin sun taɓa ba da labarinsu?” Fastocin za su amsa, “A’a, ba da gaske ba,” in ji shi.
Bowman ya ce "Muna bukatar mu ba da labari da raba labarunmu, saboda haka ake rarraba abubuwa - yadda muke raba abin da ke da mahimmanci." "Idan za a iya samun abu ɗaya daga wannan, Ikklisiyoyinmu suna son ƙarin hulɗar juna da juna, tare da jagorancinsu, tare da shirye-shirye, kuma zan ce da Allah kuma."
–Todd Flory ma’aikacin Sa-kai ne na ‘Yan’uwa a ofishin BVS da ke Elgin, Ill. A baya ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan majalisa a Ofishin Shaidun Brotheran’uwa/Washington.