"Sama suna ambaton ɗaukakar Allah..." - Zabura 19:1a
LABARAI
1) Majalisar ta sake duba taron shekara-shekara na 2006, ta zaɓi Beachley a matsayin shugaba.
2) Ma'aikatan bala'i suna tunani game da Hurricane Katrina, shekara guda bayan haka.
3) Sashen Sa-kai na Yan'uwa ya fara hidima.
4) Taron Gundumar Michigan yana mai da hankali kan sabbin damar manufa.
5) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Ayyuka, Majalisar Ma'aikatar Kulawa, da sauransu.
KAMATA
6) Del Keeney ya yi murabus daga Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Babban Hukumar.
7) Jay Wittmeyer don shiga cikin Brethren Benefit Trust a matsayin manajan wallafe-wallafe.
Abubuwa masu yawa
8) Bayar da Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya yana gayyatar, 'Ku zo tare da mu.'
9) An fara rijistar 2007 Cross Cultural Consultation.
fasalin
10) Ku tuna masu zaman lafiya.
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.
1) Majalisar ta sake duba taron shekara-shekara na 2006, ta zaɓi Beachley a matsayin shugaba.
Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara ta zaɓi Ron Beachley, wanda ya riga ya jagoranci taron shekara-shekara, don ya jagoranci majalisar na shekara ta 2006-07. Beachley ya jagoranci taron majalisar a watan Agusta 16-17 a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., a cewar wani rahoto daga sakataren taro Fred Swartz.
An kashe babban yanki na lokacin taro don yin bitar ayyukan kasuwanci na taron shekara-shekara na 2006 da aka gudanar a Des Moines, Iowa, a watan Yuli, da gano hukumomi ko mutane don bin diddigin yanke shawara. Majalisar ta kuma saurari rahoto daga sakatariyar taron kan hanyar sadarwa da ke neman hukumomin taron shekara guda biyar da su ba da sunayen wakilai ga Kwamitin Nazarin Fahimtar Shirin – ƙungiyar da za ta yi nazarin shawarwarin "Yin Kasuwancin Ikilisiya" ga taron na 2006.
A wasu harkokin kasuwanci, majalisar ta yi nazari kan rahoto daga tawagar ma'aikatar tallace-tallace ta shekara-shekara inda ta shawarci kungiyar ta duba batutuwan da suka shafi halartar taron da suka hada da raguwa da kuma tsufa; karuwa a cikin jagoranci na ƙungiyoyi biyu na sana'a; karuwar adadin fastoci da ƙarancin sha'awar kiyaye ikilisiyoyin da ke da alaƙa da ɗarika; da kuma barazana ga rarrabuwar kawuna a cikin darikar.
A wani lamari mai kama da haka, majalisar ta yi jawabi kan nauyin da babban taron ya dora mata na hada kai wajen ganin an kafa kungiyar tare da zaunannen kwamitin wakilan gunduma. Mambobin majalisa sun gano da yawa "faɗaɗɗen hangen nesa" ga cocin ciki har da ayyuka masu tasowa da shugabannin manufa, ciki har da manufa na ketare, sabuntawa na ikilisiya, da sabon ci gaban coci; suna kiran jagoranci masu mahimmanci da aminci ’yan’uwa; kira da girma almajirai; da kuma raya muhimman ibada. An isar da waɗannan ra'ayoyin ga ƙaramin kwamiti na zaunannen kwamitin, da nufin duka ɓangarorin biyu da majalisar za su yi aiki da dabarun haɓaka dabaru, in ji Swartz.
Majalisar ta nuna godiya ga babban darektan Lerry Fogle da mataimakan Ofishin Taro na Shekara-shekara saboda cimma burin da aka cimma a cikin tsare-tsaren taron. Kungiyar ta sake duba manufa, hangen nesa, da muhimman dabi'un taron kuma ta sake tabbatar da ingancinsu.
Rahotan bayar da kudade don taron shekara-shekara ya bukaci lokaci mai yawa na tattaunawa ga majalisar, saboda rajistar taron na 2006 ya fadi kasa da yadda aka yi hasashe, in ji Swartz. An samu raguwar wakilai fiye da 100 a shekarar 2006 fiye da yadda ake fata, in ji shi. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan hanyoyin tallafawa taron shekara-shekara ya fito ne daga kuɗin rajistar wakilai. An nuna godiya ga abubuwan da aka bayar na taron da ya kai $47,440 a wannan shekara.
Majalisar ta samu rahoto kan tafiyar da Ofishin Taro na Shekara-shekara zuwa Cibiyar Hidima ta ’Yan’uwa da ke New Windsor, Md., wanda aka kammala a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta.
Majalisar za ta hadu na gaba a ranar 28-29 ga Nuwamba a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.
2) Ma'aikatan bala'i suna tunani game da Hurricane Katrina, shekara guda bayan haka.
Martanin bala'o'in Cocin 'yan'uwa na ci gaba da sake ginawa da kuma gyara gidaje a gabar tekun Fasha sakamakon barnar da guguwar Katrina ta yi shekara guda da ta wuce. A ranar 29 ga watan Agusta ne aka yi bikin cika shekara ta farko na ɓacin ran Katrina.
Ko da yake guguwar ta yi kaca-kaca a kudu maso gabashin Louisiana, ana iya samun barna mai yawa a cikin nisan mil 100 daga cibiyar guguwar a Mississippi da Alabama, da kuma Louisiana, in ji Brethren Disaster Response, wani shiri na Cocin of the Brethren General Board. . " Adadin wadanda suka mutu a hukumance da aka danganta ga Katrina ya haura zuwa 1,836, wanda hakan ya sa Katrina ta zama guguwa mafi muni tun 1928," in ji Jane Yount, mai kula da martanin bala'in Brethren, a cikin sabuntawar 1 ga Satumba. “Katrina kuma ita ce guguwa mafi tsada a tarihin Amurka, tare da asarar dala biliyan 75. Kimanin gidaje 350,000 ne suka lalace sannan wasu dubbai da dama sun lalace.”
"Tare da bikin cika shekara guda na guguwar Katrina a bayanmu, muna godiya ga dukan masu aikin sa kai da suka bi kiran Yesu su zama hannuwansa da ƙafafunsa," in ji Zach Wolgemuth, mataimakin darekta na Ba da Agajin Gaggawa. “Yayin da muke shiga shekara ta biyu tun bayan daya daga cikin bala’o’i mafi muni da kasarmu ta fuskanta, al’ummomi da kungiyoyin farfado da murmurewa na dogon lokaci suna tsarawa da fara aikin sake ginawa. Bukatar ayyukan da Cocin ’yan’uwa ke ba da martani ga bala’in bala’i yana da girma,” ya kara da cewa.
Martanin Bala'i na 'yan'uwa yana kan aiwatar da buɗe wani sabon wurin aiki a Louisiana, kuma wataƙila zai buɗe wani wurin a gabar Tekun Fasha a wannan lokacin sanyi, in ji ma'aikatan. Wannan ƙari ne ga wurin aikin na yanzu a Mississippi da ɗaya a Pensacola, Fla., Bayan Hurricane Ivan a 2004 da Hurricane Dennis a 2005.
Sabon wurin a St. Tammany Parish, La., an shirya bude shi a ranar 15 ga Oktoba. St. Tammany Parish yana arewa maso gabashin New Orleans a gabar tafkin Pontchartrain. "Sakamakon ruwan sama da guguwa, matakin tafkin Pontchartrain ya tashi kuma ya haifar da ambaliyar ruwa a gabar tekun arewa maso gabas, wanda ya shafi garin Slidell da kewaye," in ji Yount. Martanin Bala'i na Yan'uwa ya kasance yana tattaunawa tare da kwamitin dawo da dogon lokaci a St. Tammany Parish–Northshore Recovery, Inc.–kuma kungiyar tana marmarin taimako, in ji Yount. Aikin zai hada da kowane irin manyan gyare-gyare ga gidajen da suka yi sanadiyar ambaliyar ruwa da iska, tare da tsaftace wasu tarkace da rushewa.
Ana ci gaba da shirye-shiryen horar da 'yan'uwa guda biyu na Ba da Agajin Bala'i don jagorantar sa kai a wannan kaka. Mutane 1 sun amsa gayyatar don halartar aikin hannu, horo na makonni biyu a Pensacola a ranar Oktoba 14-22 da Lucedale a ranar Oktoba 4-Nuwamba. XNUMX. Mahalarta za su koyi duk wani nau'i na gudanar da aikin mayar da martani na bala'i ciki har da gine-gine, aminci, gudanar da aikin sa kai, baƙi, da dafa abinci; za a shirya masu horarwa don ɗaukar matsayin darektan ayyukan bala'i, mataimakin aikin bala'i, ko manajan gida. Don ƙarin bayani jeka www.brethren.org/genbd/ersm.
3) Sashen Sa-kai na Yan'uwa ya fara hidima.
Membobi 21 na Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) Unit 270 sun fara sharuɗɗan hidima. Cibiyar Sabis ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., ta karbi bakuncin sashin daidaitawa daga Yuli 30-Agusta. 18. Masu ba da agaji, ikilisiyoyi na gida ko garuruwa, da wuraren zama suna biyo baya:
Phil Bohannon na Lampeter (Pa.) Cocin 'yan'uwa zuwa Camp Alexander Mack a Milford, Ind. Nathan Fishman na New Brunswick, NJ, zuwa Jubilee USA Network a Washington, DC Reike Flesch na Recklinghause, Jamus, zuwa Mataki na 2 a Reno, Nev. Paula Hoffert na Lewiston (Minn) Cocin Brothers to Boys Hope Girls Fata a Lenexa, Kan. Hanae Ikehata na Alzey, Jamus, zuwa Su Casa Catholic Worker House a Chicago, Ill. Anand Lehmann na Eppelheim, Jamus, don Haɗin kai marasa gida na Tri-City a Fremont, Calif. Lawreen McBride na Washington, DC, ba a halin yanzu yana ɗaukar aiki. Meredith Morckel na Majami'ar Springfield na 'Yan'uwa a Akron, Ohio, zuwa Hadin gwiwar Mara gida na Tri-City. Stan Morris na Sacramento, Calif., Zuwa AHEAD Energy Project a Rochester, NY Will Morris na Charlottesville (Va.) Church of the Brother to the Brothers Nutrition Programme a Washington, DC Trevor Myers na Oakland Church of Brother a Bradford, Ohio, zuwa Ma'aikatun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa/Ma'aikatun Ikilisiya na Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa. Emily O'Donnell na Cocin Green Tree na 'Yan'uwa a Oaks, Pa., Zuwa ga 'Yan'uwa Shaida/Ofishin Washington a Washington, DC Katie O'Donnell, ita ma na Green Tree, zuwa Cocin 'yan'uwa a Brazil. Joe Parkinson na Collinsville, Ill., Zuwa San Antonio (Texas) Gidan Ma'aikatan Katolika. Benedikt Reinke na Ahnatal, Jamus, zuwa Lancaster (Pa.) Habitat Area for Humanity. Britta Schwab na Faith Community of the Brother Home Church of the Brothers a New Oxford, Pa., zuwa Gould Farm a Monterey, Mass. Tim Stauffer na Polo (Ill.) Cocin 'yan'uwa zuwa Information Services na General Board a Elgin, Barbara Tello na Minneapolis, Minn., Zuwa Gidan Zaman Lafiya na Chiapas a Chiapas, Mexico. Amy Waldron na Bloomington, Ind., tana binciken wani aiki a Najeriya tare da Global Mission Partnerships of the Church of the Brother General Board, zuwa wani aiki na wucin gadi a Camp Courageous a Monticello, Iowa. Rachael Weber na Majami'ar Mountain View na 'yan'uwa a McGaheysville, Va., Zuwa ga Ƙungiyar Kiristoci ta Duniya a Budapest, Hungary. Leah Yingling ta Clover Creek Church of the Brothers a Fredericksburg, Pa., Zuwa Gidan Yara na Emanuel a San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
Don ƙarin bayani game da BVS kira ofishin a 800-323-8039, ko ziyarci http://www.brethrenvolunteerservice.org/.
4) Taron Gundumar Michigan yana mai da hankali kan sabbin damar manufa.
Taron Gundumar Michigan a ranar 10-13 ga Agusta, mai gudanarwa Mary Gault ta jagoranci kan jigon, "Inda Akwai Ƙauna" (Romawa 13: 8-10). Kimanin mutane 220 ne suka yi rajista ga duka ko bangare na taron a Hastings, Mich., Ministar zartaswa ta gundumar Marie Willoughby ta ruwaito. A taron kasuwanci, wakilai 70 ne suka halarci wakiltan ikilisiyoyi 20 da ke yankin.
An buɗe taron da liyafar soyayya, kuma Stephen Breck Reid, shugaban ilimi na Bethany Theological Seminary, shi ne mai magana don ibada a duk sauran ƙarshen mako. Matasan sun yi amfani da kwarewar taron matasa na kasa wajen gudanar da ibadar maraice. Taron ya kuma haɗa da wasan kwaikwayo ta "Middletree," ƙungiya daga New Life Christian Fellowship Church of the Brothers a Dutsen Pleasant, Mich.
Farin ciki ya ta'allaka ne kan sabbin damar manufa guda biyu, Willoughby ya ruwaito. "A cikin Janairu 2007 Sabuwar Rayuwa Kirista Fellowship yana buɗe sabon shuka coci a yankin Saginaw Valley, kuma ya gayyaci kowa da kowa don zama abokan addu'a a cikin wannan hangen nesa da kamfani," in ji ta. Hukumar gundumar ta ba da izinin Sabuwar Rayuwa ta tuntuɓar ikilisiyoyi na gunduma don ƙarin tallafi.
A cikin wani kamfani na biyu bisa buƙatar Hukumar Kula da Masu Gudanarwa, “tsari ya fara ganin yadda gundumar za ta tsara Cibiyar Kirista ta Sabuwar Girbi, Cocin Allah a cikin Kristi, don siyan tsohon ginin Battle Creek cikin hikima. a halin yanzu suna ibada,” in ji Willoughby. Sabon fasto mai girbi Ivan Lee ya kai ziyara da kansa a taron, wanda ya tattauna la’akari da shi “aiki” ne na neman hanyoyin taimaka wa ikilisiyar matasa. Babu wani mataki da taron ya dauka kan lamarin. Sabuwar Cibiyar Kirista ta Girbi tana da matsakaitan masu halarta sama da 100, suna girma daga kaɗan kaɗan kaɗan da suka gabata; Kashi 60 na masu halarta yara ne.
Wakilan sun kuma amince da kasafin kudin gunduma na 2007 na dala 89,750 da kuma kasafin kudin sansanin na dala 71,650. An amince da wata tambaya a kan “Hana Cin zarafin Yara da Sakaci” kuma za a mika shi ga Kwamitin dindindin, kwamitin wakilai na gunduma zuwa taron Cocin ’yan’uwa na Shekara-shekara.
Zaman hangen nesa ya haɗa da ɗaya game da tambayar, wacce Ƙungiyar Task Force ta Al'adu dabam-dabam ke jagoranta, da kuma gogewar tsarin nazarin ƙungiyoyin "Tare: Tattaunawa akan Kasancewar Coci."
Debbie Eisenbise, Fasto a Skyridge Church of the Brothers a Kalamazoo, Mich., An zaɓi shi a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa. An naɗa Lee Hannahs na Beaverton, Mich., a matsayin mai gudanarwa na 2007. An zaɓi sababbin mambobi biyar a Hukumar Gundumar ciki har da Mary Gault a matsayin shugaba. Frances Townsend, fasto na Onekama (Mich.) Church of the Brother, an zaɓi shi a matsayin wakilin gunduma ga Babban Hukumar na 2007-2012.
Baƙi sun haɗa da shugabar taron shekara-shekara Belita Mitchell da mijinta, Don Mitchell, waɗanda suka jagoranci ƙungiyar mawaƙa da ba ta dace ba a lokacin Waƙar Waƙar Waƙar Asabar.
5) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Ayyuka, Majalisar Ma'aikatar Kulawa, da sauransu.
- Robert Raker, ma'aikacin Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) da ma'aikatan mishan tare da Babban Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya, ya kammala hidimar shekaru biyu a Jamhuriyar Dominican wannan watan. Shi memba ne na Greencastle (Pa.) Church of the Brothers kuma yana koyar da Ingilishi a matsayin harshe na biyu a cikin DR.
- Shirye-shirye da yawa na Cocin of the Brother General Board suna maraba da sabbin masu sa kai na cikakken lokaci ta hanyar BVS. Todd Flory ya fara Satumba 11 a matsayin mataimaki ga darektan BVS; shi memba ne na Cocin McPherson (Kan.) na ’yan’uwa kuma kwanan nan ya kammala hidimar sa kai na shekara guda a Ofishin Brotheran’uwa Shaida/Washington. Hannah Kliewer ta fara Satumba 18 a matsayin mataimakiyar daidaitawa ga BVS; ta kammala hidimar shekara guda a Cibiyar Lantarki da Yaƙi a Washington, DC Trevor Myers ya fara da martanin Bala'i na 'yan'uwa a ranar 18 ga Agusta; shi memba ne na Cocin Oakland na 'yan'uwa a Bradford, Ohio, kuma za a sanya shi zuwa wurin gyarawa da sake ginawa a Pensacola, Fla. Emily O'Donnell ya fara a Ofishin 'Yan'uwa Shaida/Washington a matsayin abokin tarayya; ita memba ce na Cocin Green Tree na 'Yan'uwa a Oaks, Pa. Amy Rhodes ta fara tare da Ofishin Matasa da Matasa Adult Adult a matsayin mataimakiyar mai kula da sansanin aiki; Ta fito daga Roanoke, Va. Monica Rice ta fara Satumba 11 a matsayin mai daukar ma'aikata na BVS; ita memba ce ta Springfield Church of the Brothers a Akron, Ohio, kuma kwanan nan ta kammala shekara tare da Ofishin Matasa da Matasa. Bugu da ƙari, Sue Snyder ya fara Satumba 11 a matsayin shirin sa kai na lokaci-lokaci tare da BVS; Tsohuwar ma’aikaciyar babban ma’aikaci ce wacce ta yi shekara bakwai a BVS a St. Mary’s Westside Food Bank da ke Mamaki, Ariz.
- Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa tana tallata buɗaɗɗen ayyuka guda biyu: mataimakin babban sakatare na Gudanarwa da Kuɗi; da jami'in sadarwa na ofishinsa na Washington. Babban magatakardar babban sakataren yana ba da jagoranci na zartarwa a matsayin Babban Jami'in Kuɗi na kula da harkokin kuɗi da kasuwanci; cancantar cancantar sun haɗa da, da sauransu, shekaru 10 na gwaninta a matsayin mai kula da kuɗi a cikin wata hukuma mai zaman kanta, cikakkiyar fahimtar ayyukan gudanarwa da kuɗi, da gogewa a ofishin ɗarika ko majalisar majami'u ko yanki ko yanki; wuri a New York. Matsayin sadarwar yana cikin ofishin haɗin gwiwa na Washington na NCC da Church World Service, kuma yana buƙatar babban jami'in aikin jarida da hulda da jama'a don ba da tallafin sadarwa ga ofishin NCC da ke Washington kuma, kamar yadda aka ba shi, zuwa sauran sassan NCC da ofisoshin Washington na ƙungiyoyin mambobi; cancantar sun haɗa da digiri na kwaleji a aikin jarida, hulɗar jama'a, tallace-tallace, ko filin da ke da alaka da sadarwa tare da horar da makarantun hauza da ƙari, shekaru biyar na gwaninta a fagen dangantakar watsa labaru, aikin jarida, rediyo ko watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin, ko filin da ke da alaƙa. Bayanin matsayi da cikakkun bayanai na masu nema suna a www.ncccusa.org/jobs/jobshome.html.
- Ana neman wani babban darektan gidan zaman lafiya na Indianapolis don jagorantar shirin "binciken nesa" wanda Manchester, Earlham, da Goshen Colleges ke gudanarwa a Indiana, farawa daga baya fiye da Nuwamba 15. Daliban Peace House suna shiga cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da rayuwa, aikin koyarwa na ilimi, da horon horo a cikin ƙungiyoyin birane, tare da mai da hankali kan samar da zaman lafiya da adalci na zamantakewa. Wannan ita ce shekara ta huɗu na shirin shekaru biyar wanda ƙungiyar Lilly Endowment ta tallafa. Babban darektan yana da alhakin kula da gidan da kuma samar da cikakken tsari don motsa shi zuwa ga 'yancin kai mai ɗorewa bayan tallafin tallafi ya ƙare a watan Yuni 2008. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da sadaukar da zaman lafiya da adalci tare da ilimi da kwarewa masu dacewa; tarihin nasara a cikin dabarun dabaru da jagoranci da ingantaccen gudanarwa; asali da basira a cikin daukar ma'aikata, ci gaba, tallace-tallace, hulɗar jama'a; basirar kasuwanci da iyawar kungiya don tantance shirin; rikodin ingantaccen hulɗa tare da matasa manya; basirar dangantakar ɗan adam; rikodin nasara na kasafin kuɗi da sarrafa kayan aiki; dabarun sadarwa; kwadayin kai da karkatar da manufa. Jin daɗin majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi da ka'idar ci gaba kamar yadda ɗaliban kwaleji ke haɓaka ƙarfin ɗan takara. Fahimtar aiki na 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 ƙwararru, da tsarin karatun koleji da jami'a, da shirye-shiryen karatun koleji ana so. Kwarewa a cikin koyarwa da haɓaka manhaja yana da ƙari. Ana sa ran mutunta bambancin mutum da hukumomi. Ana buƙatar mai warware matsalar haɗin gwiwa don wannan matsayi. Digiri na uku ko digiri na biyu a fannin da ke da alaƙa an fi so. Ana fara nazarin aikace-aikacen Satumba 15. Aika aikace-aikace zuwa Dr. Nelson E. Bingham, Mataimaki na Musamman ga Shugaban kasa, Drawer #55, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374-4095. Daidaitaccen Damar Aiki. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa www.plowsharesproject.org/php/peacehouse/index.php.
- BVS tana riƙe da sashin daidaitawar faɗuwar sa daga Satumba 24-Oktoba. 13 a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa da ke New Windsor, Md. Wannan zai zama rukunin na 272 na BVS, kuma zai ƙunshi masu sa kai 19 daga ko'ina cikin Amurka da Jamus. Yawancin membobin Cocin Brothers ne. Potluck tare da rukunin yana buɗe wa duk waɗanda ke da sha'awar Satumba 30, da ƙarfe 6:30 na yamma a Union Bridge (Md.) Church of Brothers. Don ƙarin bayani kira 800-323-8039 ext. 423.
- Ma'aikatar Sulhunta (MOR) na Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya, da Gundumar Tsakiyar Atlantic suna ba da gudummawar horo ga membobin ƙungiyar Shalom waɗanda ke nuna ƙirar hanyoyin sulhu da sauƙaƙe ƙungiya. Wannan horon zai gabatar da 'yan kungiyar Shalom ga shiga tsakani na rikici tare da samar da ingantattun kayan aiki don tuntuɓar juna. Ana gayyatar duk gundumomin gabas don shiga. Taron yana faruwa a ranar 17-18 ga Nuwamba a New Windsor, Md. Jagoranci yana ba da Bob Gross, babban darekta na Amincin Duniya. Farashin shine $50 ga kowane memba na ƙungiyar Shalom ko $100 ga ƙungiyar gaba ɗaya. Ana samun ci gaba da darajar ilimi ta hanyar Makarantar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista. Ranar ƙarshe na yin rajista shine Oktoba 20. Don yin rajista ko don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi Annie Clark, MOR coordinator, a annieclark@mchsi.com.
- Ana gudanar da tarurrukan gundumomi da yawa a wannan karshen mako: Arewacin Indiana ya hadu a Camp Alexander Mack; Kudu/Central Indiana a Salamonie Church of the Brother in Warren, Ind.; Missouri-Arkansas a Camp Windermere a Roach, Mo.; Kudancin Pennsylvania a New Fairview Church of the Brother a York, Pa.; da Yammacin Marva a Moorefield (W.Va.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa.
- Auction Relief Brothers a duk shekara a Lebanon, Pa., ya cika shekaru 30 a wannan shekara. Ana gudanar da abubuwan da suka faru a filin baje koli na gundumar Lebanon Satumba 22-24. Haɗin gwiwar da Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika da Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Kudu suka dauki nauyin yi ita ce mafi girman gwanjon bala'i na Brotheran'uwa. Duane Ness shine shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa. Wani ɓangare na kuɗin da aka tara yana amfana da Asusun Gaggawa na Bala'i na Coci na Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa. A wannan shekara, masu halarta za a ƙalubalanci manufar hada 30,000 Kyauta na Kayan Lafiyar Zuciya. Abubuwan da ke farawa da karfe 9 na safiyar Juma'a, Satumba 22, tare da wuraren dafa abinci da kasuwar manoma - tare da sauran abinci masu yawa a duk karshen mako. Gwanjon sun hada da gwanjon karsana, gwanjon dabbobi, gwanjon rumbun tudu, gwanjon gwanjo, da gwanjon gama-gari. Gift na kayan aikin zuciya yana farawa da karfe 8 na safiyar Asabar. Ana rufe waƙar waƙa da makaɗa a ƙarshen mako da ƙarfe 5:30 na yamma Lahadi. Don cikakken jadawalin je zuwa http://www.brethrenauction.org/.
- "Maɓuɓɓugar Ruwan Rai!" wani karin kumallo na sabunta coci, za a gudanar a Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brothers a ranar Asabar, Satumba 30, daga 8-11:45 na safe Taron zai hada da horar da jagoranci don sabunta coci, wahayi na Littafi Mai Tsarki, da kuma shaidar majami'u a cikin sabuntawa. “A cikin 'Maruruwan Ruwan Rai!' Ikilisiya tana shiga cikin tafiya ta ruhaniya kuma an horar da ta kan jagoranci bawa don zama majami'a mai lafiya tare da gaggawa, manufa mai tushen Kristi," in ji shugaba David Young. Za a ba da kulawar yara. RSVP zuwa Satumba 23 zuwa davidyoung@churchrenewalservant.org ko 717-738-1887. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.churchrenewalservant.org/.
- Peggy Gish, mamba na Cocin 'yan'uwa wanda ke aiki a Iraki tare da Ƙungiyoyin Aminci na Kirista, zai yi magana a Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., a ranar 16 ga Satumba, da karfe 7:30 na yamma za a ba da kulawar yara; 'ya'yan za su yi zaman lafiya pinwheels don sanya a kan lawn coci a matsayin shaida a kan Ranar Addu'a don Aminci ta Duniya 21 ga Satumba.
- Camp Harmony a Hooversville, PA Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Yamma ce ta dauki nauyin taron. Za a ba da abinci, rumfuna, nishaɗi, Lizzie's Attic da Yakubu Shed tallace-tallace na kayan tarawa da kayan tarihi, gwanjon gwanjo da gwanjon kwando, gasa fastoci, gasar cin kek, kasuwar manoma, da ayyukan yara. Don ƙarin je zuwa www.campharmony.org/brethren_heritage/index.html.
- *Bridgewater (Va.) Bikin Ranar Tsarin Mulki na Kwalejin yana nuna gabatarwar Donald B. Kraybill, ƙwararren masani a kan ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist, a kan "Cultural Clash: Amish Conflicts with the State," a 7: 30 pm Satumba 18 a Cole Hall. Paul Grout, mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara na Cocin na 2001 na ’yan’uwa, zai yi magana don Faɗuwar Ruhaniya ta Kwalejin a ranar Satumba 26. A lokacin taron 9:30 na safe, Grout zai yi magana a kan “Yesu a matsayin Jarumi,” kuma a 7:30 pm jigon sa zai kasance "Yesu a matsayin Sufi Monk." Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.bridgewater.edu/.
- Ƙarshen yunwa shine jigon shirin shirin talabijin na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa (NCC) mai suna " Yunwar No More: Fuskantar Bayanan Gaskiya." An ba da na musamman na sa'a ɗaya ga masu haɗin gwiwar gidan talabijin na NBC tun daga Satumba. 10. Takardun shirin yana fuskantar yunwa ta fuskar bangaskiya, yana bayyana cewa ya wuce batun zamantakewa. Howard Royer, manajan Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya na Cocin of the Brother General Board, ya lura cewa shirin na iya zama kyakkyawan albarkatu don Ranar Abinci ta Duniya a ranar Oktoba 16. Ana samun jagorar nazarin a www.councilofchurches.org/hunger .
- Shugabannin coci-coci daga Sudan sun fitar da wata sanarwa da ke kunshe da abubuwan da suka sa a gaba a kasarsu, ciki har da hadewar majalisun majami’u biyu – Majalisar Cocin Sudan da ke arewaci da kuma Majalisar Cocin New Sudan a kudancin kasar. Cocin ’Yan’uwa ya yi aiki tare da majalisun biyu. Sanarwar ta tabbatar da yarjejeniyar zaman lafiyar da aka cimma tsakanin gwamnatin Sudan da kungiyoyin 'yan tawayen kudancin kasar a watan Janairun shekara ta 2005, da kuma shirin samar da zaman lafiya a yankin Darfur karkashin kungiyar Tarayyar Afirka, amma kuma an nuna cewa, an ware majami'u saniyar ware wajen aiwatar da yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya, inda ta nuna damuwa game da ci gaba da tabarbarewar lamarin. fada a yankin Darfur da gabashin Sudan da 'yan gudun hijirar da suka rasa matsugunansu, tare da yin kira da a amince da rundunar wanzar da zaman lafiya ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Darfur. “Mu shugabannin majami’u na Sudan mun sadaukar da majami’unmu don mu goyi bayan hadin kan al’ummar Sudan da kuma tafiya tare a matsayin iyali guda daya. Muna kira ga abokan hadin gwiwarmu/masu ba da taimako da sauran iyalai na duniya da su ci gaba da raka mu a aikin sake gina kasar Sudan,” in ji sanarwar. Shugabannin cocin sun bayyana hakan ne a wani taro da suka gudanar a kasar Kenya a ranakun 17-19 ga watan Agusta a karkashin inuwar taron Coci na Afirka baki daya da kuma Majalisar Cocin Duniya.
6) Del Keeney ya yi murabus daga Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Babban Hukumar.
Del Keeney, babban darekta na Congregational Life Ministries for the Church of the Brethren General Board, ya sanar da murabus dinsa daga ranar 31 ga watan Disamba. Ya amince da kira zuwa ga Fasto Mechanicsburg (Pa.) Church of the Brothers, inda zai fara aiki a watan Janairu. 1 ga Satumba, 2007.
Keeney ya fara aiki tare da hukumar a watan Janairu 2004. Ta wurin matsayin Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya, ya yi aiki a Ƙungiyar Jagoranci na hukumar kuma ya yi hidima a cikin kulawa da goyon bayan ikilisiyoyi. A lokacin da yake tare da hukumar, ya yi aiki duka daga Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill., da kuma daga gidansa a Pennsylvania.
Tare da fiye da shekaru 20 na ƙwarewar hidimar fastoci, Keeney ya yi aiki a ma'aikatu na dogon lokaci da kuma mukaman wucin gadi da gangan. Komawarsa ga wannan aikin ya ci gaba da sadaukar da kai ga lafiya da kuzarin ikilisiyoyi ’yan’uwa. Ya kuma kasance mai koyarwa a cikin Shirin Jagoran Ikilisiya na Ƙarfafa kuma yana riƙe da takaddun shaida iri-iri da suka shafi ci gaban jagorancin cocin. Ya koyar kuma ya koyar da azuzuwan matakin ilimi don Bethany Theological Seminary da Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley, kuma yana da digiri daga makarantar hauza da kuma daga Kwalejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.
7) Jay Wittmeyer don shiga cikin Brethren Benefit Trust a matsayin manajan wallafe-wallafe.
Jay Wittmeyer ya fara Oktoba 30 a matsayin manajan wallafe-wallafe na Brethren Benefit Trust. A cikin wannan rawar, zai sami kulawa ta yau da kullun na kayan bugu na BBT kamar wasikun labarai, sakin labarai, da gidan yanar gizo; za su yi aiki a Ƙungiyar Sadarwar da ke taimakawa wajen ƙirƙirar sababbin kayan tallace-tallace da kuma tsara shirye-shiryen sadarwa; kuma zai kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan marubuta da masu gyara na BBT.
Tun 2004, Wittmeyer ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin darektan Lombard (Ill.) Mennonite Peace Center. Daga 1996-99, ya yi aiki da kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite a Bangladesh a matsayin jami'in raya al'umma. Daga 2000-04, ya sake yin hidima ga MCC a Nepal a matsayin daraktan ayyuka na aikin kiwon lafiyar al'umma, kuma a matsayin mai gudanarwa na ci gaban kungiya a asibiti. Ya kuma koyar da ilimin manya da Ingilishi a matsayin harshe na biyu.
Wittmeyer yana da digiri na farko a cikin ilimin Ingilishi da digiri na biyu a cikin koyar da Ingilishi a matsayin harshe na biyu da sauyin rikici. A halin yanzu yana shiga cikin shirin Koyarwar ’Yan’uwa a cikin shirin Hidima. Shi da iyalinsa suna zaune a Elgin kuma membobin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers ne.
8) Bayar da Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya yana gayyatar, 'Ku zo tare da mu.'
Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na 2006 yana ba da fifiko ga Cocin of the Brother General Board yana gayyatar ikilisiyoyi da membobin coci su “Ku zo tare da mu cikin manufa.” An tsara sadaukarwar don haɓaka da zurfafa alaƙa tsakanin ma'aikatan mishan na ’yan’uwa da ikilisiyoyi. Ranar Lahadi da aka ba da shawarar ga Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya shine 8 ga Oktoba, amma kayan ba a haɗa su da kwanan wata ba.
“Kyautarmu ga aikin mishan wata hanya ce mai ban mamaki a gare mu don yin ‘tafiya da magana,” in ji Carol Bowman, mai ba da shawara kan ci gaban hukumar. "Wannan ita ce cikakkiyar da'irar aminci: almajiranci, kulawa, da bishara."
Albarkatun kyauta sun haɗa da sabon taswirar duniya da ke nuna haɗin gwiwar Yan'uwa na duniya, saƙon sanarwa, bayar da ambulaf, da albarkatun ibada cikin Ingilishi da Mutanen Espanya. Don samun damar albarkatu, gami da nunin faifai na baya don amfani da su a wurin wuta ko wasu gabatarwar kafofin watsa labarai, je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/funding/opportun/WorldMission.htm. Don ƙarin bayani da ƙarin albarkatu game da mishan na Church of the Brothers, kira 800-323-8039 ext. 227.
9) An fara rijistar 2007 Cross Cultural Consultation.
An buɗe rajista ga Cocin Brothers na gaba Cross Cultural Consultation and Celebration, wanda za a gudanar a Afrilu 19-22, 2007, a New Windsor (Md.) Taro Center. Ya kamata a yi rajista a Dec. 1. Ana samun kayan rajista a cikin Turanci da Mutanen Espanya a www.brethren.org, danna maɓallin kalmar "Cross Cultural Ministries."
"Saboda za a gudanar da wannan taron a cibiyar taro a karon farko, za a sami wasu bambance-bambance daga shekarun baya, ciki har da gidajenmu da shirye-shiryen abinci," in ji Duane Grady, ma'aikaci na taron da kuma memba na Rayuwa na Ikilisiya na Ikilisiya. na kungiyar 'yan uwa.
Cibiyar taro za ta ba da abinci; Farashin kowane abinci zai kasance daga $ 7 zuwa $ 11. Zaɓuɓɓukan gidaje sun haɗa da masauki a harabar don kuɗin da ya kama daga $43.50 zuwa $65.50 ga kowane mutum a kowane dare. Bugu da ƙari, za a sami zaɓi na zama a cikin gidaje, tare da rundunonin da aka nemi su ba da karin kumallo da sufuri kowace rana zuwa cibiyar taro.
Sauran canje-canjen bisa kimantawa daga shawarwarin 2006 sun haɗa da ƙarin lokaci don tattaunawar ƙaramin rukuni da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Grady ya ce, "Muna kuma farin cikin cewa Hukumar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya za ta yi taro a New Windsor yayin taronmu kuma za su kasance tare da mu don wasu sassan taronmu."
10) Ku tuna masu zaman lafiya.
Da David Whitten
Na ji dadi sosai bayan na bar gidan Rev. Anthony Ndumsai a Jos, Nigeria. An gayyace ni cin abinci tare da iyalin mutane bakwai. Ndumsai bai karbi albashi ba a cikin watanni hudu. Hakan bai hana shi gayyace ni a matsayin baƙon abincin dare ba. Daga kallon abubuwan da ke cikin tukunyar, na san sun je kasuwa don siyan nama da spaghetti don shirya abinci mai kyau kamar yadda zai yiwu a cikin yanayi. ’Yan Najeriya mutane ne masu alheri. Abu ne mai tawali'u kasancewa a kan samun ƙarshen irin wannan baƙon.
A lokacin cin abinci tare, ya ba ni labarin da nake so in ba ku.
Kwanaki kaɗan kafin aukuwar namu mummuna na ranar 11 ga Satumba, 2001, rikicin addini ya barke a wannan birni mai zaman lafiya. Fiye da mutane 2,000 aka yi musu baƙar fata, an yi musu kutse, an kona su har lahira. An yi takun saka tsakanin Kirista da Musulmi.
Bayan barkewar tashin hankali na farko, an yi shiru wanda ya kwanta a cikin birnin. Wani musulmi da ’ya’yansa maza biyu an tsare su a gidansu, suna fargabar fita. Abinci ya kare. Uban ya gaya wa ’ya’yansa maza biyu, masu shekara 13 da 11, su je gonarsu su kawo masara su ci.
Gidan gonar yana kusa da Kwalejin Theological of Northern Nigeria (TCNN). Yayin da yaran ke cikin gonakinsu, sai wani Kirista ya gan su da tuki. Mutumin ya tuka mota zuwa TCNN ya shaida wa daliban tauhidi kiristoci cewa wadannan yara biyu ’yan leken asiri ne aka aike su don nemo hanyar da za su kai wa daliban hari.
Da yawa daga cikin daliban ne dauke da adduna da sanduna suka fito suka jefar da kananan yaran biyu a kasa, suka tube musu tufafi, suka fara dukansu. Mutumin da motar ta tafi, ya dawo da gwangwanin man fetur da ashana. Ya kuma ja hankalin daliban da su kona wadannan yaran su zama toka domin ramuwar gayya ga dimbin kiristoci da suka rasa rayukansu a hannun musulmi.
Dalibai da dama da ke kungiyar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa Nigeria (EYN-the Church of Brethren in Nigeria), ciki har da Ndumsai, sun fito domin ganin wannan ta'addancin ya kunno kai. Sun tsaya tsakanin sauran daliban kiristoci da kananan yara biyu musulmi. Daliban Brotheran sun ƙi barin sauran su aiwatar da shirinsu na ramuwar gayya.
Bayan tafka mahawara mai zafi sai wutar ramakon ta yi sanyi, ba da jimawa ba daliban EYN kadai suka rage tare da yaran musulmi biyu. Yaran suka cika buhunansu da masara suka koma gida inda mahaifinsu ya ke jira.
Ndumsai bai ba ni wannan labari ba don alfahari da wani aiki mai kyau da aka yi. Ya ba ni labarin ne saboda alfijir da ya samu a lokacin da lamarin ya faru. Ya kasance da tabbaci game da ikon rashin tashin hankali, ya tabbatar masa cewa koyarwar Yesu game da zaman lafiya yana nufin a yi amfani da shi. Ya juya ya rungumi bangaskiya da ayyukan Cocin ’yan’uwa game da zaman lafiya.
Rabaran Ndumsai a halin yanzu yana makarantar hauza, inda ya kammala digirinsa na biyu. Rubutunsa yana kan tiyolojin zaman lafiya kamar yadda Cocin ’yan’uwa ta fassara.
Bayan na dawo gida daga gidan Ndumsai, na sami abubuwa da yawa don narkewa. Akwai labarai da dama na yadda Musulmi suka ceci Kirista, da Kirista sun ceci Musulmi, a lokacin rikicin Jos a ranar 7 ga Satumba, 2001. Lokaci ya yi da za a ji akalla daya daga cikin wadannan labarai.
–David Whitten shi ne ko’odinetan mishan na Najeriya na kungiyar ‘yan uwa na Coci.