Nuwamba 21, 2007
"...Ku bauta wa juna da kowace irin baiwar da kowannenku ya samu" (1 Bitrus 4:10b)
ZAGIN LABARI DA DUMI-DUMI
1) Gundumar Atlantika arewa maso gabas ta gana akan taken, 'Allah Mai Aminci ne.'
2) Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta Atlantika tana murnar taronta na 83.
3) Taron Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya ya tabbatar da sabon shirin manufa.
4) Gundumar W. Pennsylvania ta ƙalubalanci membobin su zama gishiri da haske.
5) Gundumar Virlina na murnar taron gunduma karo na 36.
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6) 'Taron' Gundumar Filaye ta Yamma shine cibiyar ƙoƙarin farfaɗowa.
7) 'Ku zo ku yi tafiya tare da Yesu': Labarin Sawun Sawun.
KARATUN SHEKARU 300
8) Sabunta Cikar Shekaru 300: Rago da gundumomi daga gundumomi.
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1) Gundumar Atlantika arewa maso gabas ta gana akan taken, 'Allah Mai Aminci ne.'
Atlantic Northeast District ya gudanar da taron 2007 a kan Oktoba 12-13 a Leffler Chapel a Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. Norman D. Yeater, minista na kyauta na Cocin Chiques na Brothers kusa da Manheim, Pa., ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa. Jigon shi ne “Allah Mai-aminci ne,” tare da nuni na Nassi Filibiyawa 1:6b, “Wanda ya fara aikin nagarta a cikinku, za ya cika shi a ranar Yesu Kristi.”
Daren juma'a ya fara da lokacin waƙar kiɗa wanda ƙungiyar masu ibada ta 'yan'uwa Hanoverdale (Pa.) ke jagoranta. Fasto Belita Mitchell na Harrisburg (Pa.) Cocin Farko na ’yan’uwa, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na 2007, ya raba saƙo mai ƙarfafawa. J. Becker Ginder, Clem Rosenberger, da Curtis Ziegler (bayan mutuwa) an gane su tsawon shekaru 50 a hidimar naɗaɗɗen. Ƙungiyar Ridgeway Community Brass ta buga yayin tarin hadaya. $1,740.50 da aka samu za a raba daidai-daida tsakanin Asusun Tallafawa Cocin Mishan da Ma'aikatun Gundumomi.
Moderator Yeater ya jagoranci wakilai wajen amincewa da rade-radin nadin wadanda aka zaba da kuma kasafin kudi dala 631,345, baya ga samun rahotanni daban-daban. DVD mai ba da labari da hirarraki da aka haskaka shirye-shiryen gunduma. An san shugabannin gundumomi, tare da sabbin shugabanni a gundumar a cikin shekarar da ta gabata. Sabbin ministoci masu lasisi, ministoci da aka naɗa kwanan nan, da fastoci masu hidima ga sababbin ikilisiyoyin an baje kolinsu a baje kolin wutar lantarki. Puerta del Cielo karkashin jagorancin Ramon da Gloria Torres an gane su a matsayin sabuwar ikilisiya.
Taron ya keɓe Paul Steiner, Fasto mai ritaya na cocin Mountville (Pa.) Church of the Brother, a matsayin mai gudanarwa na taron gunduma na shekara mai zuwa, wanda za a yi a ranar Oktoba 10-11, 2008 a Leffler Chapel a Kwalejin Elizabethtown.
-Doris Frysinger yana aiki a matsayin sakatare da editan wasiƙu na Gundumar Atlantika ta Arewa maso Gabas.
2) Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta Atlantika tana murnar taronta na 83.
An gudanar da taron gunduma na 83 na yankin kudu maso gabashin Atlantic a St. Petersburg (Fla.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa. An fara taron ne da tarurrukan karawa juna sani biyu a ranar 12 ga watan Oktoba kuma aka ci gaba har zuwa karshen mako.
An gudanar da taron karawa juna sani kan batun "Tsarin dasa Ikilisiyar Uwa-Yarinya," jagorancin Ray Hileman da Wayne Sutton da hira da Ludovic St. Fleur, fasto na Eglise des Freres Haitiens (Cocin Haitian na 'yan'uwa) a Miami, Fla. ; da kuma kan “Al’adun Zaman Lafiya na Littafi Mai Tsarki da ’Yan’uwa,” da Jean da Phil Lersch suka gabatar.
Carol Mason, mai gudanarwa na Babban Tawagar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya, Area 3 ne ya jagoranci bikin buɗe taron ibada na maraice. Yawon shakatawa na Ofishin Gida na Raymond James, tarin zane-zane da zane-zane mai fa'ida, duk daga masu fasaha masu rai, sun gabaci hidimar ibada.
A lokacin ibadar safiya a ranar Asabar mutane shida sun sami lasisin yin hidima, biyar daga cikinsu sun fito daga cocin Miami Haiti: Founa Augustin, Fred Belony, Jean Nixon Aubel, Henry Pierre, Servillia Attelus, tare da Leah Hileman daga Cocin Bawan Kristi na 'Yan'uwa. Gidajan sayarwa A Cape Coral, Fla.
A cikin zaman kasuwanci, zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa Wayne Sutton ya jagoranci hidimar keɓewa ga wakilai 43 da suka halarta. Wani rahoto daga ministar zartaswa Martha Beach ya kaddamar da bikin cika shekaru 300 na gundumar, inda ya kalubalanci gundumar don "Haskaka" ta hanyar rasa fam 300 kafin taron na gaba. Wadanda ba sa buƙatar rasa nauyi za su ɗauki nauyin waɗanda suka yi ta hanyar ba da gudummawar kuɗi don taimakawa wajen biyan kuɗin da ake kashewa ga masu aikin sa kai masu tafiya zuwa wuraren bala'i. Wani ƙalubale ga masu halartar taro shi ne kowace coci ta yi sa'o'i 300 na wani nau'in aikin amsa bala'i.
Beach ya kuma gode wa dukkan majami'un da suka sadaukar da kansu. A cikin shekara ta huɗu a jere, duk waɗanda suka yi alkawari ko dai sun cika ko sun wuce adadin da aka faɗa. An kuma cika dukkan wuraren bude cocin.
Wakilan sun kada kuri’ar amincewa da shawarar Hukumar Gundumar cewa za a raba duk kyaututtukan da ba a ba wa gunduma ba ta hanyoyi hudu, da za a raba tsakanin Majalisar Raya Ikilisiya, Asusun Gudanar da Hukumar Gudanarwa, Tallafin Karatu na Ma’aikatar, da Gidauniyar ‘Yan’uwa. Wani gwanjon kek don cin gajiyar Majalisar Ci gaban Ikilisiya ya tara fiye da $1,100, tare da $125 shine mafi girman farashin da aka biya na kek ɗaya.
An ba da takaddun shaida ga waɗanda ke hidima, na kowace shekara biyar na hidima. Masu karɓar takaddun shaida sune Cecil Hess, Terry Grove, da Keith Simmons.
John Mueller ya kammala wa'adinsa na shugaban hukumar gunduma a wannan taron. A cikin shekarar da ta shige, yana tafiya fiye da mil 700 zuwa taron Hukumar Gundumar yayin da shi da matarsa, Mary, suka amsa kiran zama masu kula da bala’i a Chalmette, La., na Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa.
Mueller ne ya shigar da jami'an da ke shigowa: James Longenecker, mai gudanarwa; Charles McGuckin, shugaban hukumar gundumar; Keith Simmons, mataimakin shugaban hukumar; Jim Baker, babban memba na hukumar; Jerry Hartwell, a karo na biyu a matsayin darektan ma’aikatar; da Jose Calleja, darektan shaida.
Carol Mason ta kammala taron ta wajen ƙarfafa waɗanda suka halarta su “fita su shuka salama.”
–Martha R. Beach ministar zartaswa ce ta gundumar Atlantic ta Kudu maso Gabas.
3) Taron Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya ya tabbatar da sabon shirin manufa.
Taron Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya ya karbi bakuncin Oktoba 19-20 ta Everett (Pa.) Church of Brothers. Wayne Brockway, fasto na New Enterprise (Pa.) Church of the Brother, yayi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa. Masu aikin sa kai na Everett karkashin jagorancin Leah Pepple, mai gudanarwa a wurin, sun yi maraba da taron da karimci. Jolene Black of New Enterprise ya ƙirƙira kuma ya tsara tambarin taron ta amfani da jigon, “Bi Ni… A ina? yaya? Yanzu?”
Da yammacin Juma'a an gabatar da liyafar Ministoci da Fastoci da Mawakan Ma'aurata karkashin jagorancin Terry Hershberger tare da rakiyar Earla Shehan-Reffner. The Adult Choir of New Enterprise suma sun raba kiɗa. Brockway ya ba da saƙon don buɗe ibada, yana tambayar ko mun sami kwanciyar hankali a cikin majami'u. “Biyan Yesu: Ina?” Laƙabinsa ya dogara ne akan Luka 9:23-26. Shin muna shirye mu bi Yesu duk inda zai so mu je? Brockway ya tambaya.
A cikin zaman kasuwanci, an wakilta majami'u 51 tare da wakilai 160, kuma 144 da ba wakilai su ma sun yi rajista. Wakilan sun tabbatar da wani gagarumin shirin manufa na shekarar 2008 (kasafin kudin 2008) wanda ya bukaci karin kashi 7.6 bisa 2007. Kafin a fara taron, an bukaci fastoci, kujerun hukumar, da ma'ajin kudi da su dauki karin da kuma fifikon ma'aikatar da muhimmanci. Domin cimma burin shirin, an nemi ikilisiyoyin su ƙara yawan kuɗin da suke bayarwa zuwa dala 25 ga kowane memba. An nemi Ikklisiya a ko sama da wannan matakin don yin la'akari da karuwar dala 5 ga kowane memba. Yawancin karuwar da aka wakilta a cikin shirin ana ganin su a cikin ƙarin matsayi na ɗan lokaci na matasa (har zuwa sa'o'i 10 a kowane mako) da ƙarin kashe kuɗi da ke da alaƙa da taron gunduma mai zuwa da baje kolin kayan tarihi da aka shirya don Satumba 26-28, 2008 , a Camp Blue Diamond domin murnar zagayowar cikar 'yan'uwa shekaru 300.
Tawagar Ma’aikatar Matasa da Connie Maclay, limamin cocin Beech Run Church of the Brothers a Mapleton Depot, Pa., sun raba wa wakilan taron ranar Asabar da safe sannan kuma hidimar shafewa da ba da izini ga Ƙungiyar Ma’aikatar Matasa. Joel Rhodes na Cocin Dutse da Kay Guyer na Woodbury (Pa.) Cocin na 'yan'uwa suma sun ba da labarin abubuwan da suka faru a sansanin aiki a wannan bazarar da ta gabata. Doc O'Connor na Point Man Ministries ya raba ra'ayoyin yadda ikilisiyoyi za su iya tallafawa sojojin da suka dawo a matsayin wani ɓangare na Aikin Gida na Maraba da Zaman Lafiya.
Bayar da Ma’aikatar Matasa ta yi ya kai dalar Amurka 1,724, yayin da fanni na Ma’aikatun Ikilisiya da aka bayar ya kai $5,027.30. An tattara katunan gas, katunan waya, da pajamas don Safe Haven, Inc.
An karrama wasu ministoci da dama saboda nasarorin ma'aikatar. An san shi na shekaru 50 ko fiye da hidima Dick Landrum na Huntingdon (Pa.) Stone Church of the Brothers, Michael Olivieri na Albright Church of the Brother in Roaring Spring, Pa. (52 years), da Ron Hershberger na Kwalejin Jiha (Pa. .) Jami'ar Baptist and Brother Church (shekaru 56). An gane Patricia Muthler don kammala horo a cikin shirin ma'aikatar. An karrama Michael Benner don kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany a wannan shekara.
A cikin mukaman jagoranci, James Ake na Cocin Dutse an tabbatar da shi na wani shekara a matsayin ma'ajin. An tabbatar da slate don jagorancin gunduma ciki har da Lori Knepp na Cocin Everett a matsayin mai gudanarwa. Za ta taimaka wa Robert Sell a 2008 haɗewar taron gunduma da baje kolin kayan tarihi. Sauran shugabannin da aka tabbatar sun hada da Dennis Brumbaugh da Dale Dowdy na kwamitin fahimtar kyaututtuka; Pat Gong na Kwamitin Shirye-shirye da Shirye-shiryen; Kelly Ritchey na Kwamitin Bincike; Charles Eldredge na kwamitin dindindin; Sara Miller, Brian Creps, da Dale Roth don Ƙungiyar Gudanarwa na Ma'aikatar Ikilisiya; da Donald Brumbaugh na Pennsylvania sun damu game da Matsalolin Barasa.
An kammala taron tare da mai gudanarwa Brockway yana keɓe Robert Sell a matsayin mai gudanarwa na 2008.
4) Gundumar W. Pennsylvania ta ƙalubalanci membobin su zama gishiri da haske.
Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Yamma ta gudanar da taron gunduma na shekara-shekara na 141 a Smith Hall/Ferguson Theatre a harabar Jami'ar Pittsburgh a Greensburg, Pa., a ranar Oktoba 27. Mai gabatarwa Reba B. Johnson na Indiana, Pa., ya kalubalanci kusan mahalarta 226 tare da taken “Kune Gishirin Duniya…Kune Hasken Duniya.”
Ibada da kade-kade sun shiga tsakani a duk cikin harkokin wannan rana. An gudanar da zaman fahimta da safe. Batutuwan sun hada da bayyani na ayyukan hukumomi biyu na darikar - Babban Hukumar da 'Yan'uwa Benefit Trust, gabatarwa game da ayyukan mishan na kungiyar Sudan Initiative, da kuma gabatarwa game da aikin Camp Harmony, wurin sansanin gundumar.
Wani abin burgewa a taron shi ne gwanjon sa'o'i uku na ministan gundumar Ronald Beachley. An yi hakan ne don ƙarfafa halartar gwanjon shekara-shekara na gundumar karo na biyu da aka yi a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba. Ikilisiya da daidaikun mutane kuma sun kawo isassun Kyautar Kayan Aikin Zuciya don agajin bala'i, don aika da kaya zuwa Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa da ke New Windsor, Md. .
A taron kasuwanci, wakilai 189,259 da ke wakiltar ikilisiyoyi 2008 na gundumar, da ke da ofishinsa kusa da Jerome, sun amince da kasafin dala 194 na shekara ta 53. Gundumar ta ƙunshi majami'u 69 da haɗin gwiwa ɗaya, tare da membobin sama da 9,500.
An shigar da Robert R. Stein na Chalk Hill a matsayin mai gudanarwa na gundumar na shekara mai zuwa. An nada William A. Waugh na Greensburg a matsayin wanda ya zaba. An kira mutane goma sha biyu zuwa tawagar jagorancin gundumar: David A. Baker, AnnaBelle Coleman, Janice Kaltenbaugh, Linda L Reininger, Patti Shaulis, Larry E. Walker, Mildred Z. Hartzell, Phillip A. King, Homer H. Marshall, Guy L Myers, Shirley Baker, da Gary N. Weaver. An kira Myrna P. Baer a matsayin wakilin gunduma zuwa Kwamitin dindindin. An kira Charles B. Statler ga Kwamitin Amintattu na Brethren Home Community Windber, Pa. An kira shi ga kwamitin gudanarwa na Camp Harmony da ke kusa da Hooversville, Pa., John E. Eash, Linda L. Reininger, da Patti Shaulis . An kira mutane biyu don yin hidima a ƙungiyar fahimtar kyaututtuka na gundumar: Bertha Hironimus da Patricia M. Marshall.
–Suzanne Moss ita ce sakatariyar gundumar Pennsylvania ta Yamma.
5) Gundumar Virlina na murnar taron gunduma karo na 36.
An gudanar da taron gunduma na Virlina na 36 a Bonsack (Va.) Baptist Church a ranar 9-10 ga Nuwamba, a kan taken, "BULKI: Mika wuya ga ALLAH, Canjawa cikin KRISTI, RUHU Mai Karfafawa" (Filibbiyawa 4: 4-8). Jimlar rajistar mutane 534 ne, tare da wakilai 249 (ciki har da fastoci 72) da kuma 285 da ba wakilai daga ikilisiyoyi 78 ba. Wadannan sun shiga cikin ibada, zumunci, da fahimtar gundumar karkashin jagorancin mai gudanarwa W. Gregory Broyles na Cocin Oak Grove na Brothers a Roanoke, Va.
Babban mai ba da jawabi na hidimar ibadar Juma’a da Asabar da yamma shi ne Timothy P. Harvey, shugaban Cocin Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa kuma limamin Cocin Central Church of the Brothers a Roanoke. An inganta hidimar maraice na Jumma'a ta hanyar duet, "Tsarki ga Ubangiji, Allahnmu," na Linda Clague da Fred Porter, da kuma zaɓin kayan aiki na mawaƙa da aka zana daga ikilisiyoyin Tsakiya da Oak Grove. Fiye da mutane 460 ne suka halarci hidimar yammacin Juma'a.
Broyles ne ya jagoranci hidimar ibada da safiyar Asabar a matsayin mai gudanarwa na gunduma, kuma ya nuna hasken kyandir ga kowace ikilisiya da wurin taro. A ranar Asabar da yamma, ƙungiyar mawaƙa na matasa da matasa daga ko'ina cikin gundumar suka ba da haske mai ban sha'awa sabis. Mahalarta hidimar yammacin Asabar 208 ne.
An gudanar da liyafar Ministoci da Ma'aurata a ranar Juma'a da yamma a Cloverdale (Va.) Church of Brother, tare da mutane 65 da suka halarta da Jim Beckwith, mai gudanarwa na taron shekara ta 2008 kuma fasto na Cocin Annville (Pa.) Church of Brother, kamar yadda fitaccen mai magana. Bob Gross, babban darektan On Earth Peace, shi ne shugaban shirin Breakfast na Zaman Lafiya wanda ya gabaci taron gunduma a safiyar Asabar.
A cikin zaman kasuwanci, gundumar ta amince da Una Nueva Vida En Cristo Fellowship na Willis, Va., kuma ta zaunar da wakilan haɗin gwiwa. Sabbin kasuwancin sun haɗa da amincewa da Babban Tsarin Yanar Gizo na Bethel na Camp. Wannan cikakken tsari ya ba da cikakken bayani game da hangen nesa na shekara 100 da aka amince da shi a baya, kuma zai jagoranci sauyin sansanin kan al'ummomi masu zuwa. Gundumar ta kuma amince da kasafin kuɗin Hukumar Gundumar na kusan dala 308,000 na shekara ta 2008. Wakilan sun kuma ji cewa kasafin Bethel na Camp na 2008 zai zama dala 617,610. An karɓi kyauta na $3,465.04 don kashe kuɗin taron gunduma.
An kira mutane XNUMX zuwa mukaman jagoranci ciki har da E. Patrick Starkey na Ikilisiyar Titin Titin Tara ta Brethren a Roanoke, Va., a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa. An kira Rosalie R. Wood a matsayin magatakarda; An kira Roger G. Stultz a matsayin wakilin gunduma zuwa Kwamitin dindindin; W. Gregory Broyles an kira shi a matsayin amintaccen Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.); Donna Jamison da Judy D. Mills an kira su zuwa Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen; Dewey V. Broyles, Sandra H. Layman, da James R. Worline an kira su zuwa Kwamitin Zaɓe da Ma'aikata; Michael G. Battle, Sandra Sue Bolton, Jane Fralin Grisso, Mark L. Harmon, William J. Hinton Sr., Gerald L. Hylton, Chuck Martin, Lenoria Naff, Michael L. Pugh, Claude C. Shell, da Harry W. An kira Shelton zuwa Hukumar Gundumar; An kira Terry Harris da Amanda Naff zuwa Kwamitin Ma'aikatun Waje.
Wakilai sun ji rahotanni cewa Cathy S. Huffman za ta ci gaba da yin aiki a matsayin shugabar Hukumar Gundumar na 2007-08. Sauran membobin kwamitin zartaswa sun hada da Ronald Sink a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa, J. Hebron Quesenberry a matsayin shugaban hukumar, Gary L. Basham a matsayin shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa, Kathy Otey a matsayin shugabar hukumar kula da noma, Jerry Wayne Naff a matsayin hukumar kan shugabantar shaida. , Wayne Bailey a matsayin shugaban kwamitin ma'aikatun waje, da Roy A. McVey a matsayin shugaban kwamitin tsawaita Ikilisiya.
An samu rahotanni daga ma'aikatan gundumar, da kuma rahoton hukumar gundumomi mai nishadantarwa da fadakarwa mai taken "Shin Kun fi Shugabancin Gundumar Wayo?" shugaba Cathy S. Huffman ya gabatar da shi. An samu wasu rahotanni daga kwamitocin gundumomi da sauran cibiyoyin gundumomi da na darika. Wani rahoto game da wuraren zama makiyaya ya nuna cewa ikilisiyoyin 26, abokan tarayya, da ayyuka sun shiga cikin tsarin aikin makiyaya a shekara ta 30 ga Satumba. An ba da sunayen sabbin fastoci 15 a cikin ikilisiyoyi 59. Taron ya girmama Donald Kline na shekaru 74 na hidimar hidima da Kermit P. Flora na shekaru XNUMX na hidimar minista.
Za a gudanar da taron gundumar Virlina karo na 37 a ranar 14-15 ga Nuwamba, 2008. Vernon E. Baker, memba na Cocin Topeco na 'yan'uwa a yankin Floyd, Va., zai zama mai gudanarwa.
–David Shumate ministan zartarwa ne na gundumar Virlina.
6) 'Taron' Gundumar Filaye ta Yamma shine cibiyar ƙoƙarin farfaɗowa.
A cikin shekara ta uku a jere, ’yan’uwa da ke Gundumar Yamma sun taru don murnar sauyin da ke faruwa a gundumar da kuma samun sabbin kayan aiki da tallafi don aikin da ke gaba. Wanda ake kira “Taron,” ja da baya na shekara-shekara a cibiyar taro a Salina, Kan., shine jigon babban ƙoƙarin sabuntawa da farfado da yawancin ikilisiyoyi 38 na gundumar.
Kimanin mutane 300 ne suka halarci taron na bana a ranar 26-28 ga Oktoba, suna gudanar da ibada, zaman taro, taron karawa juna sani, da zumunci. An gudanar da bukukuwan yara da matasa a lokaci guda.
Ikilisiyoyi takwas sun shiga “tsari na alkawari” da gundumar a shekara ta 2005, ƙarin takwas a shekara ta 2006, da kuma wasu biyar a wannan shekara. Ikilisiyoyi kowanne yana nada ƙungiyar da za ta kawo canji don yin aiki a fahimi da kafa maƙasudai, kuma kowannensu yana samun horo daga gunduma. Taro yana ba da dama ga ikilisiyoyi su taru, koyo, da kuma ba da labari game da tafiye-tafiyensu.
Ga wasu ikilisiyoyi, canjin ya ƙara ƙaruwa. Ga wasu, ya kasance mai ban mamaki sosai-kamar ikilisiyar Independence a kudu maso gabashin Kansas, wacce ta 'yantar da fastonta don ciyar da mafi yawan lokacinsa yana jagorantar ayyukan agajin bala'i ga yankin da ambaliyar ruwa ta afkawa a farkon wannan shekara. Ƙungiyar matasa ta Independence yanzu tana da mahalarta kusan 50.
Wasu ikilisiyoyin kuma sun sami ci gaba ko kuma sun shiga cikin ma'aikatun al'umma. Wani sabon DVD da Chris Stover-Brown ya ƙirƙira, wanda aka nuna a Gathering, ya ƙunshi labarai huɗu.
Abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a karshen mako sun haɗa da saƙo daga ma'aikacin Bethany Theological Seminary da marubuci Fred Bernhard, da 2007 Annual Conference Manager Belita Mitchell; wani zaman kan ibada karkashin jagorancin Kim Bontrager na Cocin Mennonite Brethren Church na Wichita, Kan.; da kide kide na Seth Hendricks, wanda ya hada kida a taron matasa na kasa na 2006.
Cikakken rahoto kan mahimmancin sauyi na Yammacin Plain zai bayyana a cikin mujallar “Manzo” na Janairu.
–Walt Wiltschek editan Mujallar “Manzo” na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne.
7) 'Ku zo ku yi tafiya tare da Yesu': Labarin Sawun Sawun.
Wanene zai taɓa tunanin cewa zaɓin “Ku zo ku Yi Tafiya tare da Yesu” a matsayin jigon taron gunduma na 2007 na Gundumar Yamma zai taimaka wajen haifar da sabuwar hidima mai ban mamaki?
Kowace shekara kwamitin da ke tsara taron yana zaɓar jigo, kuma ana samar da wuraren ibada don nuna jigon. A wannan shekara, ɗan kwamitin Cheryl Mishler ya tuntuɓi Connie Rhodes, daga Newton (Kan.) Cocin ’Yan’uwa, kuma ta tambaye ta ko za ta yi tunanin yin wuraren ibada. Abin da ya biyo baya ba komai bane illa shiga tsakani na Allah.
Connie ta ɓata lokaci tana tunani da addu'a, da tunani da yin addu'a, game da abin da za ta iya yi don taimakawa ɗaukar jigon taron zuwa cikin taron kasuwanci da bauta. A ƙarshe, ta fara ƙirƙirar cibiyar ibada: ayyukan fasaha masu ban mamaki a kewayen jigon sawun ƙafa.
Kowane zane ya ƙare da siffar ƙafa. Kowane zane an ƙirƙira shi akan kwali mai farar fata. Bugu da ƙari, Connie ta ba da nassoshi na nassi ga kowane zane da kuma nata tunanin game da kowane zanen.
Ga abin da ta ce game da “Sawun Sawun,” kamar yadda ake kiran su yanzu: “Na bar fastocin sawun kwali kyauta da yankan hannu, tare da duk abin da ake yi, da hawaye, da kuma ɓangarorin da ba su dace ba, domin rayuwa tana cike da tsinke, yanke, m, kuma duk da haka santsi da kuma madaidaiciya a wasu lokuta. Musamman tafiya cikin sawun Yesu… yana da kyau tunatarwa a gare mu cewa ba halin da ake ciki ba ne da za a tuna… Kuma wannan yana ba mu halin ruhi. "
Hotunan ban mamaki na Connie sun yi tasiri a kan mahalarta taron. Kyawun kowane zane, da ra'ayi na ruhaniya, da fassarar da kowane mutum ya ɗauka daga zanen ya kasance mai ban mamaki. Mun yi albarka da gaske don samun Connie ta raba basirar da Allah ya ba mu a ƙarshen taron gunduma.
Ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyin da gundumar ta yanke shawarar ci gaba da hidimar "The Footprints" ita ce ba da zane-zane a matsayin katunan rubutu. Ribar da aka samu daga siyar da katunan bayanin za ta amfana da ma'aikatun gundumar Western Plains. Kowane saitin katunan bayanin kula ya ƙunshi katunan 18, gami da zane-zanen sawun ƙafa 17 da kati na tambarin taron gunduma na Western Plains na 2007. Kowane katin yana fasalta sunan zanen, bayanin nassi, da tunanin Connie, tare da barin ciki na katin babu komai. Kowane saitin katunan bayanin kula shine $25 da jigilar $4.60. Oda daga http://www.rochestercommunitycob.org/.
–Terry Smalley memba ne na Rochester Community Church of the Brothers a Topeka, Kan. (tsohon Topeka Church of the Brothers).
8) Sabunta Cikar Shekaru 300: Rago da gundumomi daga gundumomi.
- Gundumar Michigan tana riƙe da "Caravans Caravans Caravans" a matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin bikin cika shekaru 300 na ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa. An gudanar da ayari na farko a ranar 13 ga Oktoba, 20, da 27. “Mun sami LOKACI MAI GIRMA a yau a farkon wannan tafiye-tafiye na ziyartar Coci na ’yan’uwa da ke Michigan,” in ji ministar zartaswa ta gunduma Marie Willoughby a cikin wata sanarwa ta imel. . “Mu 15 ne daga ikilisiyoyi huɗu da muka yi balaguro. Kowace coci da muka ziyarta tana ba mu baƙi da kyau sosai tare da mutanen da ke wurin don ba da labari game da coci, ba da yawon shakatawa, da ba da nishaɗi. Mun kasance a Sugar Ridge, Onekama, Marilla, da Lakeview. Kuma mun tsaya a ofishin gundumar.” Ana shirin ƙarin tafiye-tafiyen ayarin motoci don shekara mai zuwa.
- An shirya bikin cika shekaru 300 na Arewacin Indiana a ranar 20 ga Afrilu, 2008, a Cocin Yan'uwa na Yamma Goshen (Ind.) A cikin ƙarin labarai na ranar tunawa daga gundumar, tana ɗaukar nauyin bas ɗin haya zuwa Bikin Cikar Shekaru 300 a Taron Shekara-shekara na bazara na gaba a Richmond, Va. Middlebury Church of the Brothers' yan'uwa Don da Patti Weirich na Donatti Tours suna tsara kunshin shata na musamman, wanda zai hada da karin bayanai a kan hanya kamar tasha a Lancaster County, Pa., don ganin "A Farko" a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Sight and Sound's Millennium, da yawon shakatawa na Washington, DC Kudin kunshin shine $ 325 (rajista da masauki yayin da ake yin rajista da masauki yayin da ake yin rajista da masauki yayin da ake yin rajista da masauki yayin da ake yin rajista a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Millennium Theater). a taron shekara-shekara zai kasance a kuɗin mutum). Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi theweirichs@verizon.net ko 574-825-2955.
- Gundumar Ohio ta Arewa tana gayyatar kowace coci don ƙirƙirar shinge don bikin cika shekaru 300 na abin tunawa. Bugu da ƙari, toshe daga kowace ikilisiya, gundumar tana neman sa hannun duk fastoci – waɗanda aka nada, masu lasisi, da masu ritaya – don iyakar da ke wajen wajen kwafin.
- Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya tana shirin hada taron gunduma da baje kolin kayayyakin tarihi na shekara ta 2008. Za a gudanar da taron a ranar 26-28 ga Satumba, 2008, a Camp Blue Diamond don bikin cika shekaru 300 na Cocin 'yan'uwa. Ana ci gaba da shirye-shirye don "Taro na Babban Tanti," daren Juma'a "waka ta cikin shekaru 300 na yabo" tare da Nancy Faus, bauta a ranar Asabar da yamma tare da Andy Murray, da hidimar safiyar Lahadi.
- Kwamitin bikin cika shekaru 300 na gundumar Virlina yana haɓaka tsare-tsare don masu sa kai don yin ziyarar bikin “Happy Birthday” na minti biyar tare da kowace ikilisiya a lokacin ibadar safiyar Lahadi tsakanin 1 ga Nuwamba da Fabrairu 29. Ziyarar za ta zama dama ga gundumar. don raba gaisuwa yayin bikin zagayowar ranar tunawa da ƙarfafa kowace coci don haɓaka tsare-tsaren gida na musamman. Ikilisiyoyi masu masaukin baki suna iya zaɓar su mai da jigon bikin ya zama abin da aka fi mayar da hankali a hidimar ibada a ranar Lahadin ziyarar, ko kuma su tsara wani abincin rana na ranar haihuwar dukan coci tare da kek na ranar haihuwa da dukan kayan gyara, ko kuma su yi amfani da ɗaya daga cikin albarkatu na ranar tunawa da kaset da ake samu daga ’Yan’uwa. Latsa.
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