Labaran labarai na Disamba 19, 2007

Disamba 19, 2007

"Yau an haifa muku Mai Ceto a birnin Dawuda, shi ne Almasihu, Ubangiji." (Luka 2: 11).

LABARAI
1) Kwamitin ya sami ci gaba a kan sabuwar ƙungiya don ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa.
2) Majalisar Taro na shekara tana gudanar da ja da baya.
3) Kimanin 'yan'uwa 50 ne suka halarci bikin fafatawa da Makarantar Amurka.
4) Kudaden ’yan’uwa sun ba da dala 84,000 a matsayin tallafi na yunwa da bala’i.
5) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Buɗewar aiki, da ƙari mai yawa.

KAMATA
6) Yoder don jagorantar Sabis na Inshora don Amintaccen Amfanar 'Yan'uwa.
7) Wittmeyer ya zama darektan riko na Tsare-tsaren Fansho na BBT.

FEATURES
8) Haɗin kai a cikin Bishara a gundumar Ohio ta Arewa.
9) Raba tunanin ɓatattun mishan.

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Don bayanin biyan kuɗi na Newsline je zuwa http://listserver.emountain.net/mailman/listinfo/newsline. Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers je zuwa www.brethren.org, danna kan "Labarai" don nemo fasalin labarai, hanyoyin haɗi zuwa 'yan'uwa a cikin labarai, kundi na hoto, rahoton taro, gidajen yanar gizo, da ma'ajiyar labarai ta Newsline.
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1) Kwamitin ya sami ci gaba a kan sabuwar ƙungiya don ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa.

Kwamitin da ke kula da aikin yadda za a aiwatar da daidaita hukumomin coci guda biyu tare da hada ayyukan Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara, ya gudanar da taronsa na biyu Dec. 10-11. An kafa kwamitin ne bayan an kammala nazarin Bita da Ƙimar da Coci na ’Yan’uwa na Shekara-shekara ta 2007.

Kwamitin aiwatarwa ya ba da rahoton cewa yana ci gaba da samun ci gaba a aikin sa, kuma yana shirya takaddun don sabuwar ƙungiyar. Yarjejeniyar haɗakarwa da aka tsara, gami da sabon tsarin ƙa'idodi da ka'idojin haɗin gwiwa, za a sake duba su a farkon Maris 2008 yayin taron haɗin gwiwar Babban Hukumar, Hukumar Kula da 'Yan'uwa, da Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara.

Za a gayyaci kowace hukumar don amincewa da shirin da aka tsara kafin taron shekara ta 2008 ya yi la'akari da shi. Za a buga taƙaitaccen shirin aiwatarwa tare da ƙa'idodi, labaran haɗin gwiwa, da yarjejeniyar haɗin gwiwa akan gidan yanar gizon Taron Shekara-shekara jim kaɗan bayan an yi la'akari da su a cikin Maris.

Kwamitin Aiwatarwa yana ba da shawarar taron shekara-shekara na 2008 cewa Babban Hukumar da Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa su kasance da haɗin kai a cikin ƙungiya ɗaya, wanda aka haɗa a matsayin “Church of the Brothers, Inc.” da kuma yin kasuwanci a matsayin “Church of the Brothers.” Haɗin kalmar "Incorporated" ko "Inc." za a yi nuni ne kawai a cikin takaddun doka.

Sabuwar kungiyar za ta fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Agusta, 2008. Don ƙarin bayani game da aikin kwamitin aiwatarwa, je shafin yanar gizon kwamitin a gidan yanar gizon taron shekara-shekara a www.brethren.org/ac/revieweval.html.

–David Sollenberger zababben memba ne na kwamitin aiwatarwa, kuma yana aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na fassarar kwamitin.

2) Majalisar Taro na shekara tana gudanar da ja da baya.

Hasashen ra'ayi, yawan taron shekara-shekara, tambayoyin siyasa, matsalolin kudi, da abubuwan kasuwanci don taron shekara-shekara na 2008 duk sun kasance a kan ajanda na Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara a ranar Nuwamba 27-30, a New Windsor, Md.

Taron wanda mai gabatar da taron shekara-shekara Belita Mitchell ya jagoranta, ya kuma haɗa da mai gudanarwa na 2008 Jim Beckwith da zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa David Shumate, Joan Daggett, Jim Myer, Fred Swartz, da Lerry Fogle. Don Kraybill na Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist a Kwalejin Elizabethown (Pa.), ya jagoranci ja da baya na yini da rabi da aka sadaukar don tattaunawa game da hangen nesa na darika da makomar taron shekara-shekara.

Tunani na darika ya kasance cikin ajandar majalisar tsawon shekaru da dama. Lokacin da ta karɓi kundinta daga Babban Taron Shekara-shekara na 2001, ɗaya aiki shine "rabawa da Kwamitin Tsararren alhakin ganin cewa hangen nesa wani yanki ne mai gudana na tsara ƙungiyoyi." Ba a ƙara yin hangen nesa na coci na tsawon lokaci a cikin tsarin ɗarika ba, kamar yadda ya kasance tare da Kwamitin Manufofi da Kasafin Kudi na Babban Hukumar. Tun bayan sake fasalin hukumar a ƙarshen shekarun 1990, kowane ɗayan hukumomin taron shekara-shekara ya ɗauki dabarun aiwatar da shirye-shirye na kowane ɗayansu. Kwamitin dindindin na wakilai na gundumomi ya fahimci aikin sa na hangen nesa ya zama babban aikin sauraro, tattara abubuwan damuwa don isarwa ga hukumomi.

Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara ta aika da bukatar yin la'akari da zaɓuɓɓuka don haɗa aikin hangen nesa ga kwamitin aiwatarwa wanda ke nazarin sake fasalin Babban Hukumar, Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa, da kuma majalisa. Majalisar ta ba da shawarar misalan hangen nesa mai nisa don ɗarikar, kuma ta buga wuraren da za a iya binciko su: manufa, gami da manufa ta ketare, sabunta ikilisiya, da sabon ci gaban coci; jagoranci, nazarin yadda za a iya kiran jagoranci mai mahimmanci, farin ciki, da aminci ga mukamai na darika; almajirantarwa, kira da girma almajirai su yi aikin Yesu; da kuma bauta, raya muhimman ibada a cikin ikilisiyoyinmu da taro.

Wani bangare na ja da baya ya yi magana ko ya kamata a ci gaba da gudanar da taron na darika duk shekara. Majalisar ta yi nazari kan al'amura 10 daban-daban da suka hada da sauya taron wakilai da cikakken taro, zuwa gudanar da taro duk bayan shekaru uku. Majalisar ta fahimci cewa matsalolin tattalin arziki da raguwar halartar taron ne ke haifar da wannan tambayar, kuma akwai fa'idodi da yawa wajen gudanar da taron shekara-shekara. Majalisar ta kuma duba wasu abubuwa da suka hada da tarihi, zamantakewa, da dabi'u na ruhi ga mazhabar taron shekara-shekara. Tattaunawar ta yi nuni da tasirin karuwar jan hankali a cikin al'adunmu daga damar haduwa ido-da-ido.

Majalisar za ta mika wa Kwamitin Shirye-shirye da Tsare-tsare fahimtar cewa an fi son taron shekara-shekara, tare da taron shekara-shekara a matsayin zabi na biyu. An yi yarjejeniya baki ɗaya cewa taron yana buƙatar "sake ƙarfafawa da farfado da shi," kuma majalisar ta haɗa a cikin sadarwarta da dama daga cikin ra'ayoyinta don tabbatar da hakan.

A zamanta na yau da kullum kafin a koma ja da baya, majalisar ta hanzarta aiwatar da cikakken ajandar. Beckwith ya nemi majalisa ta ba da ra'ayi kan ko Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen na iya aika tambaya zuwa Kwamitin Tsare-tsare. Kwamitin ya shirya wata tambaya da za ta aika wa Kwamitin dindindin yana tambaya, “Shin zai yiwu taron shekara-shekara na Cocin ’yan’uwa ya sake nazarin sashe na Bayanin 1983 game da Jima’i da ke magana da ‘’yan luwadi da jima’i’ da kuma shiga cikin darika a cikin nazari da tattaunawa domin a fayyace martanin cocin ga masu luwadi?” (duba Layin Labarai na Nuwamba 21).

Majalisar ta nuna cewa tsarin mulki yana ba da damar yin tambayoyi ne kawai ta hanyar al'ada na gundumomi, daga hukumar taron shekara-shekara, ko kuma daga zaunannen kwamitin kanta. Don haka ana daukar tambayar kwamitin a matsayin neman taimako da fassara daga zaunannen kwamitin. Domin damuwar kwamitin ta zama tambaya don taron shekara-shekara, Kwamitin dindindin zai buƙaci ɗaukar shi azaman tambayar kansa ga taron. Wannan yana nufin cewa ba za a haɗa tambayar kwamitin a cikin ɗan littafin taron shekara-shekara na 2008 ba.

A wasu harkokin kasuwanci, majalisar ta kammala wani bita ga takarda, "Tsarin Tsari don Ma'amala da Matsaloli masu Taimako Mai ƙarfi," wanda taron ya buƙaci ya yi bayan amincewa da shawarwarin daga Kwamitin Nazarin Sunan Denominational a 2004. Takardar takarda za a aika zuwa kwamitin dindindin.

Majalisar ta kuma sami ingantaccen rahoton kuɗi na kyauta da rajista a taron na 2007, wanda ke ba Asusun Taro na Shekara-shekara damar samun ci gaba don rage gibinsa; ya amince da kasafin kudin 2008 na kusan dala 550,000 tare da samun kudin shiga da ake tsammani na $585,000; ya shirya tambayoyi da yawa na damuwa ga kwamitin aiwatarwa; samfoti sabon bidiyo na talla don Taron Shekara-shekara; bikin cikar sabuntawa ga kundin tsarin mulkin darika; kuma ya gudanar da bitar aikin shekara biyar don daraktan zartarwa na Babban taron shekara-shekara Lerry Fogle. Taron majalisa na gaba zai kasance daga 8-11 ga Maris, 2008, a Elgin, Ill.

–Fred W. Swartz shine sakataren taron shekara-shekara.

3) Kimanin 'yan'uwa 50 ne suka halarci bikin fafatawa da Makarantar Amurka.

Fiye da mutane 11,000 ne suka taru a Fort Benning, Ga., a ranar 16-18 ga Nuwamba don kallon zanga-zangar shekara ta 18th na Makarantar Amurka (SOA), ciki har da mambobi kusan 50 Church of the Brothers. An gudanar da zanga-zangar a karshen mako a watan Nuwamba tun shekara ta 1990, wanda ke nuna ranar tunawa da ranar 16 ga Nuwamba, 1989, da aka kashe limamai shida a El Salvador. Masu shirya SOA Watch sun ce sojoji 18 daga cikin 26 da abin ya shafa sun halarci Makarantar Amurka.

SOA, wanda aka sake masa suna Cibiyar Haɗin Kan Tsaro ta Yamma (WHINSEC) a cikin 2001, makarantar horar da yaƙi ce ga sojojin Latin Amurka. Masu zanga-zangar sun ce yana koyawa jami'an tsaro daga kasashen Latin Amurka amfani da dabarun danniya, kuma wadanda suka kammala karatun digiri sun hambarar da halastattun gwamnatoci. Sun ba da misali da juyin mulkin da aka yi wa shugaban kasar Chile Salvador Allende a shekara ta 1973. SOA Watch wani yunkuri ne na rashin zaman lafiya don rufe SOA/WHINSEC da canza manufofin kasashen waje na Amurka da SOA ke wakilta.

A daren Juma'a ne aka gudanar da tarurrukan karawa juna sani da kade-kade a wata cibiyar tarurruka. A ranar Asabar, mutane sun taru a wajen kofar Fort Benning don gudanar da wani gangami, kuma titin ya yi layi da teburi sama da 100 da ke wakiltar kungiyoyi daban-daban. Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington ya ba da albarkatu game da aikinsa, Cocin 'yan'uwa, da Ma'aikatar Aikin Noma ta Ƙasa, da kuma haɓaka kofi na Kasuwancin Kasuwanci da Cakulan don Musanya Daidaitawa.

A ranar Lahadin da ta gabata ne aka gudanar da wani shiri na tsawon sa’o’i uku inda mahalarta taron suka yi tattaki dauke da giciye yayin da aka rera sunayen wadanda aka kashe a hukumar ta SOA. Jami’an Fort Benning sun bayar da rahoton cewa, jami’an gwamnatin tarayya sun kama masu zanga-zangar 11 da laifin yin kutse, kuma za su fuskanci zaman gidan yari na tsawon watanni shida saboda rashin biyayyar jama’a. Wadanda suka yi jawabi sun hada da dan takarar shugaban kasa Dennis Kucinich, Rabbi Michael Lerner, da wanda ya kafa SOA Watch, Father Roy Bourgeois.

An gudanar da taron Cocin 'Yan'uwa da yammacin ranar Asabar ta ofishin 'yan'uwa Shaida/Washington. Kungiyar dalibai daga Kwalejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., sun halarci taron tare da 'yan'uwa daga sassan kasar. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi, "Wane batun adalci ne ya fi muhimmanci a gare ku?" kungiyar ta ba da amsa da suka hada da shige da fice, sauyin yanayi, kisan kare dangi, kiwon lafiya, da yaki. Phil Jones, darekta na ’Yan’uwa Shaida/Ofishin Washington ne ya jagoranci tattaunawar.

Gabaɗayan jin daɗin ƙarshen mako ya kasance na kuzari da bege, har ma da jerin jana'izar da ya zama tunatarwa game da bala'o'in da suka faru. Shirin na SOA Watch ya kasance lokacin da aka ce ba a yarda da take hakkin dan Adam ba.

–Rianna Barrett abokiyar majalisa ce a Ofishin Shaida na Yan'uwa/Washington na Cocin Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa.

4) Kudaden ’yan’uwa sun ba da dala 84,000 a matsayin tallafi na yunwa da bala’i.

Taimako na baya-bayan nan daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya (GFCF) da Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa (EDF), kuɗaɗe biyu na Coci na Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa, jimillar dala 84,000 da aka bayar don magance yunwa da agajin bala’i.

• An ba da dala 30,000 daga GFCF ga Hukumar Kiristoci ta Honduras, don yin aiki tare da ƙauyuka takwas don haɓaka samar da abinci, kasuwanci, da madadin tsarin kuɗi ga talakawan yankin.
• Dala 15,000 daga GFCF ta tafi hidimar Coci ta Duniya (CWS) sakamakon matsanancin karancin abinci a Zimbabwe.
• Dala 10,000 daga EDF yana biyan kuɗaɗen kashe kuɗi don Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa 'Huricane Katrina Project Sake Gina Rushe 1 a Lucedale, Miss., wanda yanzu an rufe. Abubuwan da aka ware a baya ga wannan aikin tun 2006 sun kai dala 105,000.
• $8,000 daga EDF an ba CWS don ta'azzara rikicin jin kai a Myanmar (Burma).
• $ 7,000 daga EDF yana zuwa Commision de Trabajo Ecumenico Dominicano bayan Tropical Storm Noel, wanda ya haifar da ambaliya mai yawa a cikin DR.
• $5,000 daga EDF ta amsa wani mataki da Ikklisiya suka yi tare da roko biyo bayan girgizar kasa a Peru.
• $4,000 daga EDF na tallafawa aikin CWS a Somaliya tare da wasu 400,000 da suka rasa matsugunansu.
• $ 3,000 daga EDF an ba CWS bayan ambaliya a Nicaragua.
• $2,000 daga EDF yana zuwa roko na CWS don ambaliya a cikin Pacific Northwest.

5) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Buɗewar aiki, da ƙari mai yawa.

Jerry Duble ya yi ritaya daga matsayinsa tare da Cocin of the Brother General Board a ranar 31 ga Disamba. Ya kasance mai kula da kula da gida don Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor da ke Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Ya fara aikinsa tare da Babban Hukumar a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a 1994, yana aiki da SERRV International. Duble ya kasance babban ma'aikaci a Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor tun daga 1999. Shi memba ne na Ikilisiyar Edgewood na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor.

Lois Duble yana yin ritaya a karo na biyu daga shirye-shiryen Cocin of the Brother General Board a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Ayyukan Bala'i da Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa. Ta yi jimlar shekaru 18 tare da cibiyar.

LethaJoy Martin ta fara ne a ranar 17 ga Disamba a matsayin mataimakiyar shirin a cikin Ma'aikatar Harkokin Bala'i ta Yara na Cocin of the Brother General Board, a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Tana komawa aiki bayan hutu daga Gidan Talabijin na Jama'a na Maryland. , Inda ta shiga cikin samar da shirye-shirye irin su "Wall Street Week" da "Great Performances." Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da mishan na Mays Chapel United Methodist Church a Timonium, Md., da sakatariyar Good Bears of the World. Tana da digiri na farko a fannin watsa shirye-shirye da gudanar da kasuwanci daga Jami'ar Anderson (Ind.).

Tammy Chudy za ta ƙaura daga aiki na ɗan lokaci zuwa matsayin aiki na dindindin tare da Brethren Benefit Trust a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2008. Takenta zai zama wakilin sabis na membobin Plans Plans.

Gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma ta nada Richard Hart a matsayin ministan zartarwa na riko tun daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2008. A baya ya yi wa gundumar hidima a irin wannan matsayi kusan shekaru biyar da suka wuce.

Gundumar Kudu maso Yamma ta Pacific tana neman babban ministan zartarwa na gunduma. Hakki shine yin aiki a matsayin zartarwa na gundumar, ƙarfafa bambancin yanayi na ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa; hada kai da hukumar gunduma wajen tsara hangen nesa; bayyana da kuma inganta hangen nesa na gundumar; ƙarfafa dangantaka da fastoci da ikilisiyoyi; saukaka wurin zama makiyaya; gudanar da aikin hukumar gundumar. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da sha'awar game da yuwuwar Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa da buɗewa ga ja-gorar Ruhu Mai Tsarki; kyaututtukan makiyaya da na annabci; zurfin imani da rayuwar addu'a; balaga ta ruhaniya da amincin Kirista; kasancewarsa dalibin litattafai tare da kyakkyawar fahimtar ilimin tauhidi da tarihin 'yan'uwa; ma'aikata da ƙwarewar gudanarwa na ƙungiyar; sassaucin aiki tare da ma'aikata, masu sa kai, makiyaya, da jagoranci na kwance; kwarewa tare da girma da canji; Ƙwarewar sadarwa tare da ikon gina dangantaka tsakanin al'adu, tiyoloji, da iyakokin ƙasa; abilidad para escuchar y crear puentes en medio de la diversidad cultural, teologica y geografica. An fi son digiri na biyu, Ingilishi da ƙwarewar harsuna biyu na Spain suna da fa'ida. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa kuma a ci gaba ta hanyar imel zuwa DistrictMinistries_gb@brethren.org. Ana buƙatar masu nema su tuntuɓi mutane uku ko hudu don ba da wasiƙar magana. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine 15 ga Fabrairu, 2008.

Cocin of the Brother General Board yana neman darektan Cibiyar Taro da Tallace-tallace a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., don farawa a farkon 2008. Wannan sabon matsayi zai jagoranci duk wani bangare na Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor (sabis na cin abinci, sabis na cin abinci). daidaita taro, da kuma kula da gida) da kuma jagoranci haɓakawa, aiwatarwa, da kimanta tsarin dabarun tallan tallace-tallace. Daraktan zai kasance da alhakin ƙara yawan adadin ajiyar kuɗi da kudaden shiga na cibiyar taro, dole ne ya kasance mai ƙwarewa a cikin ingantaccen sabis na abokin ciniki, kuma yana da alhakin tabbatar da cewa an biya bukatun kowane baƙo ko mai sa kai. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da ikon yin hulɗa tare da mutunci da girmamawa a ciki da kuma bayan Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa, aƙalla shekaru biyu na gwaninta haɓakawa da aiwatar da ingantaccen tsarin talla, aƙalla shekaru biyu na ƙwarewar gudanarwa na otal ko cibiyar taro, ƙwarewar gudanarwa gabaɗaya, ilimi da gwaninta wajen bunkasa kasafin kudi. Ƙwarewar haɗin kai mara riba da sa kai an fi so. Ana buƙatar digiri na farko, zai fi dacewa a cikin gudanarwa ko tallace-tallace. EOE/ADA. Aika ci gaba tare da wasiƙar murfin ba daga baya ba daga Janairu 16, 2008, zuwa Joan McGrath, Mai Gudanar da Albarkatun Jama'a, Cibiyar Sabis na Yan'uwa, Akwatin PO 188, New Windsor, MD 21776; ko ta e-mail zuwa jmcgrath_gb@brethren.org.

Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) yana neman manajan wallafe-wallafe don cika cikakken aikin wucin gadi na shekara guda a Elgin, Ill., ana samun nan take. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da kula da wallafe-wallafen BBT; yin hidima a matsayin babban marubuci; bayar da rahoto kan labarai da bayanan da suka shafi yankunan ma'aikatar BBT; tallafawa bangaren lafiya na BBT da zuba jari na al'umma; sarrafa jadawalin wallafe-wallafe, abun ciki don wallafe-wallafe da gidan yanar gizon, da ƙirƙirar rubuce-rubuce da ayyukan hoto; yin aiki tare da mai gudanarwa na samarwa da masu tsara kwangila; taimakawa ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarcen talla da talla; da tafiya zuwa al'amuran darika kamar yadda aka ba su. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da aƙalla digiri na farko, wanda zai fi dacewa a cikin Sadarwa, Turanci, Talla, Kasuwanci, ko filin da ke da alaƙa, tare da ƙwarewa ko ƙwarewa a rubuce, kwafi, ko sarrafa ayyuka. Ilimin kasuwanci yana taimakawa. An fi son zama memba mai ƙwazo a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Albashi yana gasa tare da hukumomin Ƙungiyar Fa'idodin Ikilisiya na girman kwatankwacin girman da iyakokin ayyuka. An haɗa cikakken fakitin fa'ida. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa da ci gaba tare da tsammanin adadin albashi zuwa Nevin Dulabaum, 1505 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; ko e-mail zuwa ndulabaum_bbt@brethren.org. Don tambayoyi ko bayani game da matsayi, da fatan za a kira Dulabum a 847-778-8274.

Masu kula da bautar taron matasa na manya na ƙasa Jim Chinworth da Becky Ullom sun fara shirin taron da za a yi a kan jigon “Ku zo Dutsen, Jagora don Tafiya,” bisa Ishaya 2:3. Taron ya gudana Agusta 11-15, 2008, a Estes Park, Colo. Masu magana za su hada da Michaela Camps daga Atlantic Southeast District, Thomas Dowdy daga Pacific Southwest District, Matt Guynn daga ma'aikatan On Earth Peace, da Laura Stone daga Kudu / Gundumar Indiana ta Tsakiya. Masu gudanar da ibadar baƙo sune David Sollenberger da Walt Wiltschek. Ana fara rajistar kan layi ranar 7 ga Janairu, 2008 da ƙarfe 12 na rana tsaka. Za a rage kudin zuwa $300 ga wadanda suka yi rajista tsakanin Janairu 7 da Feb. 14. Je zuwa http://www.nyac08.org/.

Cocin Black River na 'yan'uwa a Spencer, Ohio, ya gudanar da bikin kaddamar da wani sabon ginin coci a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba. Shekara guda da ta wuce a jajibirin Kirsimeti da wuta ta lalata ginin cocin Black River.

Lititz (Pa.) Area Meals on Wheels yana shirya abinci daga kicin na coci a Lititz Church of Brother tun 1973. A watan Nuwamba, an ba da abinci na miliyan 1. A ranar Lahadi, 25 ga Nuwamba, an karrama masu aikin sa kai na cocin da Lititz Area Meals on Wheels a matsayin wakili daga Ofishin Lancaster County of the Aging sun raba tsokaci, kuma magajin garin Lititz Russell Pettyjohn ya karanta sanarwar amincewa da hidimar al'umma.

An buga wani faifan bidiyo na "Farm News Show" daga WGN a wani bangare a harabar Pinecrest Community, Cocin of the Brethren da ke Dutsen Morris, rashin lafiya. kusa da Dutsen Morris. An shirya nunin don ranar 22-24 ga Disamba akan hanyoyin sadarwar tauraron dan adam da tasa. Za a watsa shi a karfe 7 na safe da 5 na yamma ranar 22 ga Disamba, da karfe 7 na safe ranar 23 ga Disamba, da karfe 5 na yamma ranar 24 ga Disamba.

Ana ba da Ziyarar Koyo Biyar a cikin 2008 ta Sabon Ayyukan Al'umma, ƙungiyar sa-kai mai alaƙa da 'yan'uwa. tafiye-tafiyen suna maraba da kowane zamani don koyan wuraren da ake fama da rikici a duniya da gina dangantaka da maƙwabta da halittun Allah. Yawon shakatawa na koyo zai je Nepal a ranar 5-15 ga Janairu, yana nazarin wuraren talauci da ƙarfafa mata; zuwa Ecuadorian Amazon a kan Mayu 18-29 don bincika gandun daji da kuma koyi game da barazanar da ke gare shi; zuwa Guatemala a ranar 15-25 ga Yuni don ziyarta tare da al'ummomin ƴan asalin, duba ƙoƙarin sake dazuzzuka, da yuwuwar yin haɗin gwiwar coci-zuwa coci; zuwa Honduras a kan Yuli 19-28, inda mahalarta za su zauna kuma suyi aiki a cikin al'umma mara kyau; zuwa Denali National Park, Alaska, a ranar 7-15 ga Agusta, don duba namun daji da tasirin dumamar yanayi; da kuma Burma a ranar 18-27 ga Agusta, inda kungiyar za ta yi nazarin talauci, danniya, da kuma ziyartar kauyukan Kirista. Je zuwa http://newcommunityproject.org/tours.shtml ko tuntuɓi darektan David Radcliff a 888-800-2985 ko ncp@newcommunityproject.org.

Tom Lehman, ma'aikacin laburare a Jami'ar Notre Dame kuma memba na Cocin Mennonite, yana neman zane-zane na Brethren da Mennonite aikin mishan a Puerto Rico a cikin 1940s da 50s don tarin kan layi. Yana fatan waɗanda ke da nunin faifan Puerto Rico za su samar da su don dubawa. Don cikakkun bayanai tuntuɓi Tom Lehman, 17701 Tanager Lane, South Bend, IN 46635; 574-272-3817; telehman@gmail.com. Duba tarin kan layi a www.flickr.com/photos/tlehman/collections/72157600017663873.

6) Yoder don jagorantar Sabis na Inshora don Amintaccen Amfanar 'Yan'uwa.

Randy Yoder ya fara Janairu 1, 2008, a matsayin darektan Sabis na Inshora na Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT). Zai yi aiki na ɗan lokaci daga gidansa a Huntingdon, Pa., tare da lokuta a ofisoshin Elgin (Ill.) na BBT sau biyu a wata.

Tun daga Afrilu 2006, Yoder ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan wucin gadi na Tsare-tsaren Inshorar Yan'uwa na BBT. A baya ya kasance wakilin ma'aikatan filin BBT tare da yawancin aikinsa ya mayar da hankali kan Shirin Likitan 'Yan'uwa da Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa. A cikin 2005, ya taimaka wajen kafa Cibiyar Bayar da Shawarwari ta Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun kuma kuma ya sauƙaƙe tarurrukan da suka shafi inshora a ko'ina cikin ƙungiyar. Ya kuma wakilci Tsarin Kiwon Lafiya na ’yan’uwa a taron shekara-shekara kuma ya taimaka gabatar da zaman fahimtar juna. Kafin ya shiga BBT, ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru 20 a matsayin ministan zartarwa na gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya.

A cikin sabon matsayi, babban aikin Yoder shine samar da kulawar Sabis na Inshora na BBT da gudanar da shirin bayar da tallafin sabis da ya shafi Tsarin Kiwon Lafiyar Rukunin Ministoci, wanda aka amince da shi a taron Nuwamba na hukumar BBT. Zai ci gaba da aiki tare da Shirin Lafiya na hukumar, sannan kuma zai kasance yana da alhakin bincike da haɓaka sabbin tsare-tsare a ayyukan inshora da inshora.

7) Wittmeyer ya zama darektan riko na Tsare-tsaren Fansho na BBT.

Jay Wittmeyer ya karbi matsayin darektan riko na Shirye-shiryen Fansho da Ayyukan Ma'aikata na Ma'aikata na Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT), tun daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2008. A sabon matsayinsa, zai yi aiki a Ƙungiyar Gudanarwa na BBT.

Wittmeyer ya fara aiki da BBT a ranar 30 ga Oktoba, 2006, a matsayin manajan wallafe-wallafe. A cikin wannan rawar, ya haɓaka ilimin tsare-tsaren fensho na BBT ta hanyar halartar tarurrukan Kwamitin Zuba Jari na hukumar, da rubuta wasiƙun labarai masu alaƙa da fensho da sauran hanyoyin sadarwar fensho. Har ila yau yana da sha'awar kudi da zuba jari.

Ya yi digirin digirgir a cikin harshen Ingilishi da kuma canjin rikice-rikice tare da mai da hankali kan ci gaban kungiya, sannan kuma ya jagoranci taron karawa juna sani kuma yana da gogewa a fagen magana. A baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin darektan Lombard (Ill.) Mennonite Peace Center, kuma daga 1996-99 ya yi aiki da Mennonite Central Committee a Bangladesh a matsayin jami'in raya al'umma, kuma daga 2000-04 ya yi aiki da MCC a Nepal a matsayin daraktan ayyuka na aikin kiwon lafiyar al'umma, kuma a matsayin mai gudanarwa na ci gaban kungiya a asibiti.

A halin yanzu yana cikin shirin Horarwa a Ma’aikatar na Makarantar ‘Yan’uwa don Jagorancin Minista, kuma Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill ya ba shi lasisi zuwa hidima.

8) Haɗin kai a cikin Bishara a gundumar Ohio ta Arewa.

"Lokaci ya yi," in ji Walrus, "da za a yi magana game da abubuwa da yawa: takalma - da jiragen ruwa - da rufe-kakin zuma - na cabbages da sarakuna." Don haka in ji waƙar “The Walrus and the Carpenter” daga Lewis Carroll ta “Ta hanyar Gilashin Kallon da Abin da Alice ta samu a wurin.”

A wannan shekarar da ta shige, shugabanni a Gundumar Ohio ta Arewa sun yanke shawarar cewa lokaci ya yi da za mu sake yin la’akari da yadda muke yin wasu ayyukanmu, domin mu yi hidima ga ikilisiyoyi da kuma inganta haɗin gwiwar hidimarmu. Mun gane cewa Allah yana albarkace mu, kuma abubuwa suna tafiya daidai, amma za mu iya yin mafi kyau.

Sun gano hanyoyi huɗu na canji: Tsarin Hukumar Gundumar, hanyar kiran shugabannin gunduma, tsarin gina kasafin kuɗi na gunduma, da muhimman ayyuka/ albarkatu da gundumar ke bayarwa. Sun kuma yanke shawarar cewa lokaci ya yi da za a kimanta kudade da ayyukan Camp Inspiration Hills. Bugu da ƙari, sun yanke shawarar wayar da kan jama'a game da ayyuka da albarkatu da yawa da gundumar ke bayarwa da kuma gayyatar kowace ikilisiya ta sa hannu da goyon baya.

Don a taimaka wajen wayar da kan jama’a Hukumar Gundumar ta nemi mai daukar hoton bidiyo na Cocin Brothers David Sollenberger ya shirya bidiyo game da gundumar. Wannan aikin bidiyon, “Haɗin kai Cikin Bishara,” da aka fara gabatarwa a taron gunduma na Yuli 2007. An saka kwafin faifan DVD a cikin Kundin Ba da Kai na Babban Taron Gunduma na kowace ikilisiya. Ana samun ƙarin kwafi na DVD daga Ofishin Gundumar, kuma za a iya kallon bidiyon ta ziyartar http://www.lahmansollenbergervideo.com/, danna mahaɗin “gallery”, sannan “bidiyo,” sannan kuma “ Abokan hulɗa a cikin Bishara.”

A lokacin farkon faifan bidiyon, mai ba da labari Sollenberger ya ce: “’Yan’uwa sun koyi cewa a matsayin ikilisiyoyi, ba za ku iya yin shi kaɗai ba. Kuna buƙatar taimakon Ruhu Mai Tsarki da ’yan’uwanku a cikin Kristi, masu bi waɗanda suke da fahimtar bangaskiya iri ɗaya. Manzo Bulus ya yaba wa Filibiyawa don haɗin gwiwarsu cikin Bishara (Filibbiyawa 1:4-5), kuma a Arewacin Ohio, haɗin gwiwa yana ko’ina.” Daga nan ya ci gaba da bayyana haɗin gwiwar gundumomi da ke tallafawa fastoci da ikilisiyoyi.

Lokaci ya yi da za mu yi magana a matsayinmu ɗaya ko kuma ikilisiyoyi game da tasiri na haɗin gwiwar hidimarmu. Bidiyon ya kammala da cewa: “Arewacin Ohio wuri ne mai kyau na yin hidima,” in ji bidiyon, “Me ya sa ba za ku yi tarayya da su cikin kyakkyawan aikin da Ubangiji yake yi a tsakaninsu da kuma ta wurinsu ba?” Sollenberger yayi gaskiya: hakika ba za mu iya tafiya shi kadai ba. Yaya muke yi a haɗin gwiwar hidimarmu? Lokaci ya yi da za mu gano.

–John Ballinger shine ministan zartarwa na gundumar Ohio ta Arewa. Asalin labarinsa an buga shi a cikin wasiƙar gundumar.

9) Raba tunanin ɓatattun mishan.

Shekaru saba'in da suka wuce da rabin duniya, wata budurwa, sabon mijinta, da kawarta daga California-dukkan masu wa'azin cocin 'yan'uwa uku - sun bace ba tare da wata alama ba a cikin karkarar China.

A ranar Lahadi, 2 ga Disamba, ikilisiyar Broadfording Church of the Brothers Fellowship a Hagerstown, Md., da wasu ƴan uwa sun share tsawon mil da shekaru yayin da suke ba da abubuwan tunawa da mishaneri uku da sadaukarwar da suka yi don imaninsu.

Mary Hykes Harsh, Alva Harsh, da Minneva Neher sun tashi zuwa kasar Sin a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1935, a cewar Fasto Broadfording Len Smith. Sun bace bayan shekaru biyu a ranar 2 ga Disamba, 1937. "Iyali, hukumar mishan, da ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka sun yi ƙoƙarin warware asirin (bacewarsu) amma babu amsa," in ji Smith.

Daga baya wasu bayanai sun fito daga wani dan kasar China wanda ya yi ikirarin ya shaida mutuwarsu a hannun Jafanawa, in ji Smith. A shekarar 1937, kasar Sin ta shiga cikin bala'in mamayar Japan da kuma tashin hankali na cikin gida. Masu wa’azin mishan sun kasance cikin haɗari sau da yawa saboda ƙoƙarin da suke yi na taimaka wa mata da ‘yan matan Sinawa waɗanda wani lokaci mahara suka zalunce su.

Littafin da aka rubuta a shekara ta 1947 game da taron ya ƙunshi hotunan wurin ’yan mishan a Show Yang, da wasu abokan China, da hoton Harshes da Neher, wanda aka ce an ɗauke shi kwanaki kaɗan kafin su bace.

“Na tuna mahaifiyata ta gaya mani cewa Anti Mary ta rubuta cewa akwai haɗari amma za ta zauna saboda Allah,” in ji Fasto John Mowen, ɗan wa ga Mary Hykes Harsh. An haifi Mowen a shekara ta 1937, shekaru biyu bayan da 'yar'uwar Ruth Hykes Mowen ta tafi kasar Sin. Mowen ya ce ya tuna da kakansa, Charles Samuel Hykes, yana gaya masa cewa lokacin da aka daura auren Mary Hykes da Alva Harsh, "Pappy" ya yi alkawari cewa ba zai taba fitar da Maryamu daga kasar ba.

Amma Maryamu da mijinta sun ƙudurta yin hidimar kiran nasu, har ma a waɗancan lokatai masu wahala, in ji Mowen. Su biyun sun hadu ne lokacin da suke samun digiri a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), in ji Mowen.

Smith ya ce: “An fara aikin wa’azi a China a shekara ta 1908 kuma an aika da masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje kusan 100. An kwashe duka a watan Disamba 1940 kuma ba su sami damar dawowa ba sai 1946.

Mowen ya ce Antinsa Maryamu ce ta farko a cikin danginta da suka sami digiri na kwaleji. Ita ce kuma memba ɗaya tilo a cikin ikilisiyar Broadfording da ta taɓa yin aikin cikakken lokaci, na dogon lokaci.

Arvin Harsh, ɗan'uwan Alva, har yanzu yana raye amma ya kasa tafiya zuwa Broadfording daga gidansa a West Virginia don hidimar. Hidimar ta ƙunshi waƙoƙi da aka zaɓa a hankali kamar su “Zan Je Inda Kake So Na Je,” da “Don haka Na Aika Ka.” Smith ya karanta waƙar da Mary Hykes Harsh ta rubuta.

Sabis ɗin yana da ban sha'awa kuma ya haifar da tattaunawa da yawa game da sadaukarwar da aka yi shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, in ji Mowen. "Na ji tsoron cewa, bayan shekaru 70, mutane har yanzu suna tunawa da kulawa," in ji Mowen. "Coci da danginta sun kiyaye wannan da rai."

’Yar’uwar Mowen, Beverly Mowen Hann, ta tattara bayanai da yawa don bikin daga gidanta da ke Florida. Sannan kuma akwai wani taimako da ba a zata ba. Wataƙila Patricia Robinson ba ta kasance memba na dangin Hykes ba, amma ɗalibin 'yar shekara 16 da ke karatun gida ta sami sha'awar sadaukarwar mutanen uku lokacin da ta ga plaque ɗin da aka kafa shekaru 10 da suka gabata. Patricia ta ce: “Na ambata wa Mama kuma na soma yin bincike a kan kwamfuta. "Na kuma koyi cewa Ruth Mowen ('yar'uwar Mary Hykes Harsh) aboki ne da kakata."

Alamar da ta zaburar da Patricia a cikin aikinta na bincike ya karanta, “Ikilisiya ta ba da wannan abin tunawa domin kada a manta da cikakken ma’aunin ibadarsu ga Kristi.”

–Marlo Barnhart shine mai ba da rahoto na al'umma don "Labaran Herald-Mail" na Hagerstown, Md. An sake buga wannan labarin tare da izini.

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Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford ne ya samar da Newsline, darektan sabis na labarai na Cocin of the Brother General Board, cobnews@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 260. Judy Bezon, Kathleen Campanella, Bekah Houff, Bill Johnson, Bob Kettering, Nancy Knepper, Jon Kobel, Karin Krog, Donna Maris, da Joan McGrath sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoto. Newsline na fitowa kowace ranar Laraba, tare da aika wasu batutuwa na musamman kamar yadda ake bukata. An saita fitowar da aka tsara akai-akai na gaba don Janairu 2, 2008. Ana iya sake buga labaran labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen. Don ƙarin labarai da fasali na ’yan’uwa, ku yi rajista ga mujallar “Manzo”, kira 800-323-8039 ext. 247.