"Lokacin da kuka bi ta cikin ruwa, zan kasance tare da ku..." - Ishaya 43:2a
LABARAI
1) Babban taron majalisar wanda ya mamaye batun kadarorin.
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2) Tunani na Iraki na Peggy Gish: 'Tom, za mu yi kewar ku sosai.'
Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers, je www.brethren.org, danna kan “Labarai” don nemo fasalin labarai, “Brethren bits,” links to Brothers in the news, and links to General Board’s photo albums and the Newsline rumbun adana bayanai. An sabunta shafin a matsayin kusa da kullun.
1) Babban taron majalisar wanda ya mamaye batun kadarorin.
Cocin of the Brothers General Board ya kokawa da shawarwari daga Kwamitin Kula da Dukiya a taronta na Maris 9-13 a New Windsor, Md. ., da Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa da ke New Windsor. Sauran harkokin kasuwanci a wurin taron sun hada da bayanai kan fadada shirin ba da agajin gaggawa da kuma shirin sansanin aiki na ofishin matasa da matasa.
Hukumar ta yi watsi da shawarar ba da hayar ko kuma sayar da Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa, kamar yadda Kwamitin Kula da Kaddarori ya ba da shawarar. Ya yi kira a maimakon haka don bincika zaɓuɓɓukan ma'aikatar a gidan. (Don samun rahoton yanke shawara na hukumar, duba Newsline Special na Maris 12 ko je zuwa www.brethren.org kuma danna kan “Labarai”; don rahoton Kwamitin Kula da Dukiya je zuwa http://www.brethren.org/ genbd/Sakataren Janar/SOPreport.pdf).
Daga cikin shirye-shiryen Janar guda uku da ke New Windsor, kwamitin ya lura da matsalolin kudi da ke fuskantar biyu - Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor da Ma'aikatun Sabis, waɗanda ke jigilar kayan agaji a duniya. Kwamitin ya kammala da cewa Amsar Gaggawa ta uku-ba ta dogara da sabon wurin Windsor ba. Jigilar kayan kayan aiki da farko aikin kwangila ne ga wasu ƙungiyoyi, mafi girma shine Sabis na Duniya na Coci, Taimakon Kiwon Lafiya na Interchurch (IMA), da Taimakon Duniya na Lutheran. Kwamitin ya koyi cewa waɗannan kungiyoyi suna tsammanin za a koma baya wajen jigilar kayayyaki saboda "ba a sami ƙarancin buƙata da amfani wajen aika tufafi a matsayin martanin da ya dace ga bala'i a duniya" kuma sun fi son siyan kayan a cikin gida saboda yana da inganci kuma yana ƙarfafa tattalin arzikin gida. .
A cikin shawarwarin da suka yi, mambobin kwamitin sun yi tambayoyi game da abubuwan da suka shafi kudi na shawarwarin, "kudin ɗan adam" na irin wannan yanke shawara dangane da ayyuka da dangantaka da al'ummar New Windsor, tarihi da al'ada na Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa, da kuma darajar. ba da sabis ga abokan hulɗar ecumenical.
Wasu mambobin kwamitin sun ce suna son karfafa shirye-shirye a New Windsor don ci gaba "da karfi." Hukumar ta yi kokawa da yadda za a ci gaba da kyau, kuma tare da ƙaramin rinjaye suka zaɓi ƙirƙirar kwamiti don “binciko zaɓuɓɓuka don ma’aikatun da suka danganci kadarorin da ke da alaƙa da Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa.”
A wani bangaren kuma, hukumar ta kara fadada tsarin kasafin kudinta na shekarar 2006 don hasashen fiye da adadin tallafin da aka saba samu daga asusun gaggawa na bala’i, da kuma hada da sabbin mukaman ma’aikata uku. Matsayin ma'aikatan babban darekta ne da kuma ma'aikacin "a cikin kasar" don sabon shirin na Sudan, da kuma mataimakin darekta na Ba da Agajin Gaggawa. Tasirin sauye-sauyen za a daidaita su ta hanyar samun kudin shiga. An ƙara mizanin kasafin kuɗin kashe kuɗi da dala 883,900 zuwa jimlar $10,145,470.
Daraktan Ba da Agajin Gaggawa Roy Winter ya gabatar da shawarar fadada ginin gidaje ga wadanda suka tsira daga guguwar gabar tekun Gulf ta hanyar gina gidaje na zamani, kuma ya sami tallafi daga hukumar. "Na yi farin ciki sosai," in ji mamban hukumar Ramona Pence. "Ina tsammanin wannan yana tafiya daidai."
Makasudin aikin gida na zamani sun haɗa da gina gida a mako guda, faɗaɗa zuwa ƙarin wuraren sake ginawa a Tekun Fasha, da jawo masu gudanar da ayyuka na dogon lokaci da ƙarin masu sa kai don yin aiki duka a Virginia da Gulf. Sabon aikin zai iya kafa "masana'antu" a kudancin Virginia inda za a hada gidajen, kuma yana iya fadada damar masu aikin sa kai na bala'i don yin aiki kusa da gida kamar yadda gundumomi za su iya gina sassan gidaje a waje. Aikin zai buƙaci sayan ƙarin motoci da kayan aiki don samar da ƙarin wuraren aikin. Wannan aikin kari ne ga ayyukan gyara da sake ginawa a Ohio, Florida, da Mississippi, kuma ba zai maye gurbin aikin gargajiya na shirin ba. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ofishin Amsar Gaggawa a ersm_gb@brethren.org ko 800-451-4407.
Da yake gabatar da sabon jagora a cikin shirin sansanin aiki na hukumar, Chris Douglas, darektan Ofishin Matasa da Matasa, ya ba da shawara don faɗaɗa ma'aikatar ta hanyar ɗaukar ƙarin ma'aikata. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, ma'aikatar sansanin aiki da farko ta kasance na ƙanana da manya manyan matasa da matasa, kuma ma'aikatan Sa-kai na Brotheran'uwa ne suka gudanar da su a ƙarƙashin kulawar Douglas. Shawararta ta kuma bayyana matsalar buƙatar ƙwarewar sansanin aiki, tare da yawancin sansanonin ayyukan shekara-shekara an “sayar da su” kwanan nan. Akwai kuma kira ga damar sansanin aiki don haɗa da iyalai, ƙungiyoyin ikilisiya, da kuma sanin al'umma a cikin shirin, in ji ta ga hukumar.
Shawarar sansanin aikin kuma ta sami amsa mai daɗi. "Ya yi daidai da mafi ƙarfin zuciya, labarai masu ban sha'awa da za mu yi tunanin wannan karshen mako," in ji memban kwamitin Kate Spire.
An samu wasu rahotanni kan kudade da kudade; Ƙaddamar da karatun ɗarika, Tare: Tattaunawa akan Kasancewar Ikilisiya; taron majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi da aka tsara a Asiya a ƙarshen 2007; sabuwar manhajar Taro 'Round Sunday School Curriculum; taro na 9 na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya; da matakan farko na shirin Sudan. Ma'aikatan Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya sun ce ana shirin gudanar da jerin tarurrukan Mission Alive biyo bayan martani daga taron farko da aka gudanar a bara. An tsara taron Ofishin Jakadancin Alive na gaba na Afrilu 13-15, 2007, a cikin Shenandoah Valley na Virginia.
Hadaya ta soyayya ga Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brother in Nigeria) ta sami dala $7,723, gami da $5,000 da aka kawo daga Western Pennsylvania District mai gudanarwa na shekara-shekara Ronald Beachley. Hadaya ta mayar da martani ga rikicin addini wanda ya lalata ko lalata cocin EYN guda biyar. Ana gayyatar Cocin Brothers don shiga cikin wannan sadaukarwa ta soyayya ga EYN har zuwa lokacin Azumi.
Sa’ad da hukumar ta yi la’akari da shawarar da ta yanke a cikin ɗakin taro a wasu lokatai da ke cike da tashin hankali da motsin rai, jigon, “Ana Kira Bayan Ruwa,” ya jawo ruwan baftisma. A wurin bude ibada, shugaban hukumar Glenn Mitchell ya ba da labarin baftisma. "Lokacin da na hau matakan da ke gefen nesa kuma ruwan ya digo daga gare ni, na kasance da hankali cewa abubuwa ba za su taba zama iri ɗaya ba."
Mitchell ya tunatar da ƙungiyar cewa ga almajirai na farko, kiran Kristi ya wuce ruwa da suka saba da su a matsayin masunta. "An kira su su tafi," in ji Mitchell. “Akwai kadan hangen nesa a cikin Sabon Alkawari don daidaita rayuwar. Koyaushe a cikin Allah, akwai kira fiye da ruwa na sadaukarwarmu a halin yanzu, sama da gabar saninmu… zuwa manufa da ke jira fiye da inda za mu iya gani, abin da muka sani, da duk abin da muka ƙaunata a matsayin gida. An gayyace mu mu dogara ga ’yan’uwa maza da mata, ga Allah, cikin motsin Ruhu.”
2) "Tom, za mu yi kewar ku sosai."
Peggy Gish, memba na Cocin Brotheran'uwa da ke aiki a Iraki tare da Kungiyoyin Amintattun Kiristoci (CPT), ya tuna Tom Fox, ma'aikacin CPT wanda aka samu gawarsa a Bagadaza ranar 9 ga Maris. 74, na Birtaniya, da James Loney, 41, da Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, dukansu na Kanada - ba a ji duriyarsu ba tun lokacin da aka sami gawar Fox da raunukan harbin bindiga da alamun an azabtar da su. 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 ɗaruruwan ɗarikoki na Kirista (don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.cpt.org). /).
“Idan na fahimci saƙon Allah, muna nan don mu shiga cikin halittar Mulkin Allah mai salama. Kuma shi ne mu ƙaunaci Allah da dukan zuciyarmu, hankalinmu da ƙarfinmu da kuma ƙaunar maƙwabtanmu da maƙiyanmu kamar yadda muke ƙaunar Allah da kanmu,’ Allan Slater ya karanta a lokacin taron tunawa da Tom a wata majami’a da ke Bagadaza. Mun zaɓi karatun daga tunanin Tom Fox ya rubuta kwanaki kafin a sace shi. A gaban majami'ar akwai wani babban hoton Tom, wani fulawar furanni da kuma kunna kyandirori.
"Tom ya bayyana sarai cewa idan wata cuta ta same shi ba ya son kowa ya dauki fansa ko rashin son rai. Ya kira mu mu bi misalin Yesu na ƙauna da yin addu’a ga waɗancan maƙiyan da aka lakafta,’ Na ce a matsayin wani ɓangare na haraji na farko ga Tom. Lokacin da aka zo batun batun zaman talala na Tom sama da kwanaki 100 da mutuwarsa, kalmomin sun yi wuya a fita.
“Abin farin ciki ne ganin a cikin cocin yadda ’yan Iraqi da yawa suka ƙaunaci Tom. Akwai ’yan ikilisiya, wasu maƙwabta Kirista, da abokai da abokan aiki Musulmi.
“Masu taru sun rera wata sigar waƙar, ‘Ka kasance Mai hangen nesa na,’ wanda Tom ya so.
“Maxine ta karanta wasu sassa daga wani rubutun Tom. Ya yi maganar gwagwarmayar da ya yi don kada fushi ya kama, ya yi sanyi, ko ya rabu da radadin da ya same shi, amma don ya koyi tausayi yayin zama da wannan zafin.
“A ranar Juma’a, washegarin da muka sami labarin mutuwar Tom, dole ne mu tsai da shawarar ko za mu ci gaba da yin ko kuma soke taro biyu da aka shirya a gidanmu. Na daya shi ne alakanta shugabanni daga kungiyar masu fafutukar tabbatar da zaman lafiya ta musulmi (MPT) a Najaf da wata kungiyar kare hakkin dan Adam ta Sunni a Bagadaza. Sun kasance suna kafa haɗin gwiwa tsakanin ƙungiyoyin Shi'a, Sunni, Kiristanci, da Kurdawa don yin aiki don hana rikicin addini. Na biyu shi ne danganta MPTers da Falasdinawa Irakin da rayuwarsu ke fuskantar barazana a kullum kuma suna neman a ba su rakiya don tafiya daya daga cikin kan iyakokin Iraki. Duk da yake yana da wuya a gare mu mu shirya waɗannan tarurrukan, yana da mahimmanci mu yi hakan.
“Labarin mutuwar Tom ya dame mu sosai. Muna baƙin ciki-musamman ga dangin Tom. Har ila yau, muna ci gaba da bikin rayuwar Tom yayin da muke tunawa da kalamansa da aikinsa na kawo karshen kowane irin tashin hankali. Ba ya kawar da baƙin ciki, amma yana taimaka mana mu tuna dalilin da ya sa muke nan da kuma dalilin da ya sa Tom ya ci gaba da komawa Iraki kuma ya yarda ya ba da ransa.
"Bikin bikin tunawa da mu ga Tom ya ƙare da kalmomin da muka ji da yawa daga 'yan Iraqi sun bayyana a cikin kwanaki ukun da suka gabata: 'Tom, za mu yi kewarka sosai."