Labaran labarai na Disamba 5, 2007

Disamba 5, 2007

"...Bari mu yi tafiya cikin hasken Ubangiji" (Ishaya 2:5b).

LABARAI
1) Amintattu na Seminary Bethany suna maraba da sabon shugaban kasa da sabon kujera.
2) Rahoton 'ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyar' fastoci masu mahimmanci a taro a San Antonio.
3) Majalisar kasa ta karbi rubutun ra'ayin zamantakewa na karni na 21st.
4) 'Yan'uwa sun yi bikin cika shekaru 300 na ibada a majalissar NCC.
5) CPT tana ba jami'an tsaron Kurdawa horo a kan kare hakkin bil'adama a Iraki.
6) Yan'uwa rago: Ma'aikata, wuraren buɗewa, amsawar guguwa, ƙari.

Abubuwa masu yawa
7) Ma'aikatar Deacon tana ba da abubuwan horo na yanki.
8) Sabunta Cikar Shekaru 300: Bayanin tsare-tsare don 'Blitz sabis,' nunin tarihi.

FEATURES
9) Me yasa Ikilisiyar Farko ta buƙaci wasiƙar lantarki ta mako-mako.
10) Ƙwararrun ikilisiya suna fuskantar ƙalubale mai girma.

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1) Amintattu na Seminary Bethany suna maraba da sabon shugaban kasa da sabon kujera.

Kwamitin Amintattu na Seminary Seminary na Bethany ya gana a ranar Oktoba 26-28 a Richmond, Ind., wanda sabon kujera da sabon shugaba ya jagoranta. An fara taron ne da lokacin ibada da kuma hidimar shafewa ga shugabar Makarantar Bethany mai shigowa Ruthann Knechel Johansen. Shugaban hukumar Ted Flory na Bridgewater, Va., ya jagoranci hukumar ta cikin ajanda.

Hukumar ta kuma yi marhabin da sabuwar mamba Martha Farahat ta Oceana, Calif., kuma ta yarda tare da nadamar murabus din Jim Hardenbrook na Caldwell, Idaho, yayin da shi da matarsa, Pam, suke shirin yin aikin mishan a Sudan a madadin Cocin Brothers. .

Kwamitin Harkokin Ilimi ya ruwaito cewa malamai suna la'akari da hanyoyin da makarantar hauza za ta iya mayar da martani ga maganganun Taron Shekara-shekara na kwanan nan kamar "Zama Cocin Kabilanci" da "Tsarin Membobin Juya." Har ila yau, sun ba da rahoton ci gaba kan tsarin neman malamai biyu na cikakken lokaci waɗanda za su ɗauki nauyin fagage na tiyoloji, tarihin coci, nazarin 'yan'uwa, da kuma babban shirin fasaha. Saboda yuwuwar yuwuwar nauyin ɗalibai, hukumar ta amince da ƙarin neman matsayi na rabin lokaci a cikin karatun 'yan'uwa.

Kwamitin Ci gaban Cibiyoyin Ci gaba ya ba da rahoton cewa an sake fasalin gidan yanar gizon Bethany kuma ya ƙunshi sabbin abubuwa da yawa. Kwamitin ya ba da sanarwar ƙaddamar da sabbin tsare-tsare guda biyu na ci gaba: shirin Jakadi na Ikilisiya don dangantakar Ikklisiya, da ƙungiyar Abokan hulɗar Shugaban ƙasa don masu ba da gudummawa.

Hukumar ta amince da shawarwarin da kwamitin kula da harkokin dalibai da kasuwanci ya bayar na kara kudin karatu na shekarar kasafin kudi ta 2008-09 daga $296 zuwa dala 325 a kowace sa'a. Kwamitin ya raba taƙaitaccen bayanin tambayoyin shekara-shekara da aka kammala ta hanyar kammala karatun ɗalibai na Ƙungiyar Makarantun Tauhidi. Daliban sun bayyana gamsuwa a cikin girman ajin, ingancin koyarwa, da samun damar malamai. Manyan fannoni biyar na fasaha da aka ambata kamar yadda aka fi inganta su ne ikon gudanar da ibada, sanin al'adun addininsu, iya danganta al'amuran zamantakewa da imani, iya wa'azi da kyau, da ikon amfani da fassara nassi.

Kwamitin hadin gwiwa na mambobin hukumar, malamai, da ma'aikata sun sanar da ranakun da za a gudanar da taron kaddamarwa a ranar 30-31 ga Maris, 2008. Za a ba da ƙarin bayani.

A yammacin ranar Asabar, hukumar ta gayyaci malamai da ma'aikata zuwa liyafar cin abincin dare da tattaunawa mai zurfi don gano muhimman dabi'un da ke jagorantar manufar makarantar hauza. Taron rufe ranar Lahadi ya hada da rahoton da shugaba Johansen ya bayar na kwanaki 100 na farko. Ta dandana Bethany a matsayin al'ummar maraba na ƙirƙira da ƙwararrun ɗalibai, malamai, da ma'aikata, kuma ta gano abubuwa uku don haɓakawa: ƙarfafa hanyoyin cikin gida, bayyanawa da sabunta manufar makarantar hauza, da tallata wannan manufa.

–Marcia Shetler darektan Hulda da Jama'a na Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany.

2) Rahoton 'ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyar' fastoci masu mahimmanci a taro a San Antonio.

Wata kungiya ta kalli bayan zamani, wata kuma a matsayin mai mishan. Wani kuma ya bincika ma’auni na ibada da kai da zuciya ɗaya. Gabaɗaya, ƙungiyoyi shida na fastoci sun yi nazarin tambayoyi iri-iri a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata amma duk da manufa ɗaya ce: tantance halayen da ke ba da gudummawa ga ƙwararrun makiyaya da kuma yadda za a kiyaye su.

Kungiyoyin fastoci sun ba da rahoton bincikensu a yayin wani babban taron fastoci da aka gudanar a ranar 5-9 ga Nuwamba a Cibiyar Sabuntawar Oblate da ke San Antonio, Texas. Taron ya ci gaba da gudanar da ayyukan da ake yi na Dorewa Pastoral Excellence shirin, wanda cibiyar Lilly Endowment Inc. Dubban cibiyoyi ne a fadin kasar nan, ciki har da Makarantar Brethren Academy for Leadership Ministerial, sun samu tallafi mai karimci don ganin an yi kokarin.

"Lilly ta tambayi inda za su iya saka hannun jari mafi kyau don gina coci, kuma sun daidaita kan fastoci," in ji darektan Makarantar Brethren Jonathan Shively, wanda ya jagoranci ƙoƙarin samun ɗayan tallafin.

Ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa huɗu na farko sun ba da rahotonsu a watan Fabrairun da ya gabata. Wani sabon rukunin ƙungiyoyi shida sun fara karatunsu a watan Janairu na wannan shekara, wani aji kuma zai fara a watan Janairun 2008. Ajin ƙarshe na ƙungiyar za a fara a watan Janairu 2009. Ana shirin sake komawa uku a 2008, 2009, da 2010.

Kowace ƙungiyar ƙungiya tana nazarin “tambaya mai mahimmanci” mai alaƙa da hidimar makiyaya, farawa da ƙwarewar nutsewa don nazarin batun a mahallin. Ƙungiyoyin da suka ba da rahoto a San Antonio sun yi tafiya zuwa al'ummar Iona a Scotland, Afirka ta Kudu, Rome, Texas, Hawaii, da kuma taron fastoci a San Diego, Calif.

Yawancin tambayoyin sun ta'allaka ne kan sauyi, na sirri da na jama'a, da kuma canjin al'adar da Ikilisiya ta samu kanta a ciki. Kamar yadda wani ɗan takara ya ce, “Har yanzu ina ƙoƙarin gano abin da ake nufi da zama Fasto a cikin wannan duniyar da ta kunno kai… kuma hakika yana da daɗi sosai.” Wani ya lura, “Mutane kaɗan ne ke bayyana kansu a matsayin Kiristoci…. Ba za mu iya ɗauka cewa akwai mutunta Kirista da Kiristanci ba.” Wannan, in ji shi, yana da kamanceceniya da zamanin pre-Constantine na cocin farko.

Yawancin ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyin yanki ne, suna zana fastoci huɗu zuwa shida daga wani yanki ko yanki. Rukuni ɗaya, ya ƙunshi ma’aurata limamai huɗu da suke hidima tare a hidima tare ko kuma kowannensu yana hidima a ikilisiyoyi dabam-dabam. Wani fastoci da aka haɗaka waɗanda ke hidimar majami'u a kwaleji ko jami'a.

Baya ga rahoton kungiyar, a cikin sa'o'i uku kowanne, taron ya kuma hada da lokutan ibada na yau da kullun. Glenn Timmons, babban darekta na shirin Dorewa Pastoral Excellence shirin na 'Yan'uwa Academy tare da matarsa, Linda, ya kafa sautin a hidimar budewa tare da tunatarwa, "Mulkin Allah yana nuna inda ba mu zata ba. Muna son sarrafa sakamakon maimakon mu yi mamakin alheri. "

Saiti na gaba na ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyar fastoci masu mahimmanci za su ba da rahoto a wani taro a faɗuwar 2008.

-Walt Wiltschek editan mujallar "Manzo" ne.

3) Majalisar kasa ta karbi rubutun ra'ayin zamantakewa na karni na 21st.

Wakilan Cocin ’Yan’uwa sun halarci Babban taron shekara-shekara na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa (NCC) da Coci World Service a ranar 6-8 ga Nuwamba a Iselin, NJ Taken taron shi ne, “Tafiya: Domin Mu Tafiya ta Bangaskiya…” (2 Korinthiyawa 5:7), kuma an ba da lokaci wajen bauta, nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, da tarayya, da kuma kasuwanci. Majalisar ta nada sabbin hafsoshi da sabon babban sakatare, wanda aka kafa don aiwatar da shirye-shiryen sabuwar shekara hudu, ta zartar da shawarwari kan batutuwan zamantakewa, kuma ta karbi rubutun “A Social Creed for the 21st Century.”

"A Social Creed for 21st Century" Hukumar Mulki ta amince da ita a watan Satumba. A cikin 1908 magabacin NCC, Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Tarayya, ta amince da akidar zamantakewa da ta magance batutuwan farkon ƙarni na 20 kamar haɓaka masana'antu, kuma ta yi alƙawarin "aiki tare don ingantacciyar Amurka, mai gaskiya da aminci." A yanzu NCC ta samar da akidar zamantakewa a karni na 21 da ke magance dunkulewar duniya, talauci, da tashin hankali. “Mu—Kiristoci ɗaya da majami’u – mun ba da kanmu ga al’adar zaman lafiya da ’yanci da ke tattare da rashin tashin hankali, haɓaka ɗabi’a, daraja muhalli, da gina al’umma, tushen ruhi na ci gaban ciki da ayyuka na zahiri,” in ji ƙarshen sabon sabon. akidar zamantakewa. Cikakken rubutun akidar yana a www.ncccusa.org/news/ga2007.socialcreed.html.

A daya bangaren kuma, majalisar ta jaddada aniyar hukumar ta NCC na samar da zaman lafiya a yankin gabas ta tsakiya, tare da fitar da wata sanarwa baki daya da ta sabunta manufofin yankin gabas ta tsakiya a shekarar 1980. Sanarwar da aka sabunta ta yi kira da a yi “tattaunawar alhaki” game da batutuwan da suka shafi Gabas ta Tsakiya da kuma mai da hankali kan batutuwan da suka shafi rikicin Isra’ila da Falasdinu, yana nuna damuwa ga raguwar adadin Kiristoci a Gabas ta Tsakiya, tare da yin kira ga masu ra’ayin rikau tsakanin addinai “ba tare da bin ka’ida ba. anti-Semitism da Islamophobia."

Majalisar ta kuma bukaci Majalisar Dokokin Amurka da ta amince da kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa Armeniya a shekarar 1915 a matsayin kisan kare dangi, inda ta zartar da wani kuduri ta hanyar kada kuri'a tare da kaurace wa kuri'a shida; ya ci gaba da yin la'akari da kokarin farfado da gabar tekun Gulf bayan guguwar Katrina, inda ya samu rahoto daga hukumar NCC ta musamman kan sake gina gabar tekun Gulf; tare da kafa asusun tunawa da karrama Claire Randall, babbar sakatariyar mace ta farko ta NCC.

Vicken Aykazian, babban Bishop na Diocese na Cocin Orthodox na Amurka (Gabas), an nada shi a matsayin shugaban NCC; An nada Peg Chemberlin, wata limamin cocin Moravia kuma babban darekta na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Minnesota, a matsayin zababben shugaban kasa; da kuma Michael Kinnamon, limamin Cocin Kirista (Almajiran Kristi) limamin coci, malami, kuma shugaban ecumenical, an zabe shi kuma aka nada shi a matsayin babban sakatare na NCC na tara.

An zabi Stanley Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brothers General Board, a hukumar NCC a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa baki daya.

An zabi mahalarta 'yan'uwa wakilai Nelda Rhoades Clark, Jennie Ramirez, da Marianne Miller Speicher; da wakilan ma'aikata daga Babban Hukumar da suka hada da Noffsinger, Babban Darakta na Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya Merv Keeney, da darektan Identity da Relations Becky Ullom. Haka kuma wanda ya halarci taron a matsayin ma’aikacin NCC Jordan Blevins.

Domin shekara ta 2008 tana nufin sabuwar hukumar ta NCC, kowace kungiya ta tantance wakilanta da za su yi aiki na tsawon shekaru hudu masu zuwa. Wakilan Ikilisiya na Brotheran uwan ​​​​za su haɗa da Elizabeth Bidgood Enders, Ken Reiman, John (JD) Glick, Merv Keeney, Illana Naylor, da Stan Noffsinger. David Metzler da Wendy McFadden za su yi aiki a Hukumar Hulda da Addinai ta NCC daga 2008-2011 kuma.

4) 'Yan'uwa sun yi bikin cika shekaru 300 na ibada a majalissar NCC.

Wakilan Cocin ’yan’uwa da suka halarci taron shekara-shekara na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa su ma sun halarci wani taron al’ada a lokacin taron, “abincin dare na tarayya” inda kowace kungiya ta taru don gina al’umma a tsakanin wakilanta na Ecumenical.

A cikin shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, ’yan’uwa sun haɗu da wakilai daga ƙungiyar Quaker da Cocin Baptist na Amurka a wurin cin abincin tarayya. A wajen liyafar cin abincin na bana, babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger ya bai wa kowane mai halarta kwafin “Sabo daga Kalmar,” littafin sadaukarwa da Brotheran Jarida suka buga don bikin cika shekaru 300 na Church of the Brothers. Da yake da 'yan karin kwafi, ya kuma bai wa shugaban NCC, Michael Livingston daya.

Livingston ya sami tambayoyi da yawa daga wasu game da littafin, tare da mutane suna tambayar yadda za su sami kwafin. A sakamakon haka, an gayyaci Noffsinger zuwa makirufo a lokacin Babban Taro don ba da bayani game da yadda ake ba da odar littafin daga ’yan jarida.

Daga wannan, an sami sha'awa da yawa a cikin cika shekaru 300. Wasu shugabannin darika uku sun bukaci zama wani bangare na kwamitin kan abubuwan da suka faru a Interchurch a yayin taron shekara ta 2008: Roy Medley na Cocin Baptist na Amurka, Stan Hastings na Alliance of Baptists, da Thomas Swain na taron shekara-shekara na Addinin Philadelphia. Ƙungiyar Abokai.

–Jon Kobel manajan ofishin babban sakatare na hukumar gudanarwar.

5) CPT tana ba jami'an tsaron Kurdawa horo a kan kare hakkin bil'adama a Iraki.

Venus Shamal, mataimakiyar daraktan kungiyar kare hakkin bil'adama ta Kurdawa ta Human Rights Watch a Suleimaniya, a arewacin Iraki, kwanan nan ta gayyaci kungiyoyin Kiristoci masu zaman lafiya (CPT) don taimakawa wajen horar da 'yancin ɗan adam na jami'an tsaro daga yankin Kurdawa (KRG).

Ta shaidawa 'yan tawagar CPT Iraki cewa daraktan ofishin tsaro na Suleimaniya, wanda tsohon malami ne, ya fara tallata hakkin bil'adama a ofishinsa bayan da suka yi kakkausar suka kan take hakkin dan Adam na KRG daga Amnesty International da ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka.

Mambobin tawagar CPT a Suleimaniya sun yi jinkirin amsa gayyatar saboda horon da CPT ke samu bai ba da cikakken bayani kan ka'idojin kare hakkin bil'adama na kasa da kasa da aka bunkasa cikin shekaru 60 da suka gabata. Amma kungiyar ta CPT ta amince da gudanar da wannan gajeren horon na tsawon sa’o’i guda bisa la’akari da irin abubuwan da CPT ta samu.

Sa’o’i kadan kafin a fara horon, mai fassara CPT ya shirya tsarin da aka kira mata ya ce ‘yar’uwarta ba ta da lafiya kuma ba za ta iya fassara ba a ranar. Ta tuntubi wata kawarta wacce malamin turanci ne a makarantar sakandaren unguwar. Ya zo gidan CPT kuma ya shafe sa'a guda yana nazarin shafuka uku na farko na takarda mai shafuka 10 da CPT ta shirya kafin tawagar ta tashi don horo. A bayyane yake, ra'ayoyi da ƙamus sababbi ne a gare shi.

Lokacin da tawagar CPT ta isa ajin, mai kula da horon ya bayyana cewa CPT za ta sami sa'a guda kawai don koyarwa, har da fassarar. Masu gabatar da shirye-shiryen CPT sun yanke sassan tattaunawar tasu, lamarin da ya kara rikitar da mai fassarar, amma zaman ya yi daidai. Shamal ta yabawa Peggy Gish saboda labaran da ta zabo daga rahoton cin zarafin fursunonin da tawagar da ke Bagadaza ta rubuta kuma ta rarraba a 2004 (duba "rahotanni na CPT akan wadanda ake tsare da su," a www.cpt.org/iraq/iraq.php).

Bayan haka 'yan kungiyar CPT sun samu damar ziyartar wasu jami'an, wadanda suka fito daga sassa daban-daban na yankin KRG. Wani ya ce musu, "Tsaro babban abin damuwa ne ga Kurdistan." Kwana daya kafin nan, CPT ta samu labarin cewa an tsare mutane 200 da ake zargi da tsaro a wasu gwamnatoci hudu na arewacin Iraki. Wadannan tsare-tsaren sun faru ne bayan da aka samu labarin cewa sojojin Amurka sun sako fursunonin 500 daga gidajen yarin da ke Iraki. A cikin 'yan watannin baya-bayan nan, an kara sabbin fursunoni 10,000 zuwa wuraren da ake tsare da su a Amurka a Iraki.

Horarwar ta kwanaki hudu ta kammala ne a wani atisayen yaye dalibai inda shugaban ofishin tsaro ya zo ya raba takardun shaida tare da musa hannu. Wani abin sha'awa, wannan ofishin yana kan aiwatar da kimanta bukatar CPT na tsawaita biza, abin da ake bukata don ci gaba da wannan aiki. Shamal ya bukaci CPT da ta taimaka da horas da jami’an tsaro a kan hakkin dan Adam nan gaba.

-Cliff Kindy memba ne na Cocin 'yan'uwa da ke aiki a Iraki tare da Kungiyoyin Masu Aminci na Kirista (Memban tawagar Iraki Peggy Gish shi ma 'yan'uwa ne). An dauki wannan rahoto daga wata sanarwa ta CPT ta ranar 26 ga Nuwamba. Asalinsu wani shiri na rage tashin hankali na majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi (Church of the Brother, Mennonite, and Quaker), CPT yanzu yana samun goyon baya da kasancewa memba daga ƙungiyoyin Kirista da dama. .

6) Yan'uwa rago: Ma'aikata, wuraren buɗewa, amsawar guguwa, ƙari.

• Pat Papay ta sanar da yin murabus daga Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) daga ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 2008. An ɗauke ta aiki a matsayin babban ma’aikacin ofishin tallafi na BBT a 1995, kuma tun daga lokacin ta kasance “mai farin ciki” ga hukumar fiye da shekaru 12. . Baya ga sarrafa allo, ta na sarrafa wasiku da aika wasiku, ta ba da odar kayayyakin ofis, ta shirya bukukuwa na musamman na ma’aikatan, da kuma yin wasu ayyuka daban-daban. Shirye-shiryenta na gaba sun haɗa da haɗuwa da mijinta, Ron, cikin ƙarin lokaci mai kyau tare, da yiwuwar komawa makaranta. BBT za ta shirya bikin aikin Papay yayin da Afrilu ke gabatowa.
• Ed da Betty Runion da Art da Lois Hermannson sun kammala sharuɗɗan sabis a Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor (Md.) a matsayin ɓangare na ƙungiyar masu ba da agaji a Cibiyar Sabis ta Yan'uwa.
• Ana karɓar aikace-aikacen don Ƙungiyar Tafiya ta Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa ta 2008 wanda Ofishin Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Manya, Ofishin 'Yan'uwa Shaida/Washington, da Ofishin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa na Cocin of the Brothers General Board, da kuma Amincin Duniya da Ma'aikatun Waje ke bayarwa. Ƙungiya. An kafa Ƙungiyar Tafiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa ta farko a lokacin rani na 1991 a matsayin ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa na shirye-shiryen Babban Hukumar. Tun daga wannan shekarar ana buga tawaga a duk lokacin bazara. Tawagar ta yi tattaki zuwa sansanoni a ko’ina cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa don tattaunawa da sauran matasa game da saƙon Kirista da al’adar ’yan’uwa na samar da zaman lafiya. ’Yan’uwa matasa masu shekaru tsakanin 19 zuwa 22 za a zaɓi don ƙungiyar 2008. Ana biyan kuɗi ga membobin ƙungiyar. Don fom ɗin aikace-aikacen da za a iya saukewa je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/witness/YPTT.htm. Aikace-aikacen ya ƙare Fabrairu 4, 2008. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Brethren Witness/Washington Office a 202-546-3202.
• Ministries Bala'i na 'yan'uwa sun ba da rahoton cewa Cocin 'yan'uwa ya ba da gudummawa ga martani na kasa da kasa ga Cyclone Sidr, wanda ya afku a kudancin gabar tekun Bangladesh a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba. An gudanar da amsa ta hanyar Church World Service (CWS) da ACT International (Action by Churches). Tare). CWS ta ce adadin wadanda suka mutu ya zarce 3,000, inda ake sa ran adadin zai karu. Amsar ta ACT ta fara ne da tallafin farko na dala 50,000, tare da wani aiki na ɗan gajeren lokaci don samar da fakitin agajin iyali na abinci da suka haɗa da shinkafa, ɓaure, mai, gishiri, da buhunan ruwan salin ruwan bushewar baki. Membobin ACT za su rarraba fakitin agaji a wuraren da abin ya fi shafa, da nufin ba da agajin gaggawa ga iyalai 7,098 da guguwar ta shafa wadanda ke wakiltar sama da mutane 35,500. An ba da kulawa ta musamman ga matalauta da marasa galihu, mata, yara, tsofaffi, da nakasassu. "Akwai iya samun adadin wadanda suka tsira har miliyan uku da ke bukatar taimako," in ji CWS.
• Miyan Chicken for the Soul da HCI suna ba da dama ga Aminci a Duniya don samun kwamiti akan kowane kwafin "Miyan Kaji don Rai: Labarun Don Mafi Kyau" wanda aka sayar daga gidan yanar gizon Aminci na Duniya, mai ba da gudummawa ta On. Mataimakiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya Linda K. Williams wacce ita ce mawallafin littafin. Tare da kowane sayan, kwamiti na kashi 20 ya zo kan Amincin Duniya; ziyarci www.brethren.org/oepa/support. A Duniya Zaman Lafiya ya kuma ba da shawarar sauran lokacin Kirsimeti na ba da dama a cikin wasiƙar ta na baya-bayan nan, kamar girmama ƙaunataccen ta hanyar ba da gudummawa ga Amincin Duniya, wanda zai aika wa mai karrama kyakkyawan katin biki. Wasikar ta ba da misalan abin da kyaututtukan biki za su iya cim ma: $20 za ta biya kuɗin fakitin bayanai kan daukar ma'aikata, $75 za ta ba da taimakon tallafin karatu ga mutum ɗaya da ke halartar taron bita na Ma'aikatar Sulhunta, kuma $1,800 zai ba da tallafi ga ɗaya memba na gaba. Kungiyar Tafiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa na bazara. Tuntuɓi kan Amincin Duniya, Akwatin gidan waya 188, New Windsor, MD 21776.
• Kwasa-kwasan na shekara mai zuwa da Makarantar ‘Yan’uwa don Shugabancin Masu Hidima ke bayarwa a buɗe suke ga ɗalibai a cikin Koyarwa a cikin Ma’aikatar da Ilimi don Shirye-shiryen Ma’aikatar Rarraba, Fastoci, da kuma mutanen da ba su aiki ba. Makarantar horarwa ce ta haɗin gwiwar horar da ma'aikatar ta Cocin of the Brother General Board da Bethany Theological Seminary. Ana ba da “Rayuwar Kullum a Zamanin Littafi Mai-Tsarki” Janairu 14-18, 2008, a Bethany Seminary a Richmond, Ind., Tare da malami Stephen Breck Reid. Ana ba da “Irmiya” Fabrairu 4-Maris 15, 2008, akan layi tare da malami Susan Jeffers, yi rajista ta Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley (SVMC). Ana ba da “Wa’azin Kan Dutse” 7-10 ga Fabrairu a St. Petersburg (Fla.) Church of the Brothers tare da malami Richard Gardner. "Fasto a matsayin Ruhu Mai Tsarki" an ba da shi Fabrairu 21-24, 2008, a La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brothers tare da malami Paul Grout. Ana ba da “Ni, Cocina, da Kuɗi” a ranar 3-9 ga Maris a Cocin Troy (Ohio) na ’yan’uwa tare da malami Steve Ganger. Ana ba da "Vitality Church da Bishara" Afrilu 17-20, 2008, a Juniata College a Huntingdon, Pa., tare da malami Randy Yoder, rajista ta hanyar SVMC. Tuntuɓi Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista a www.bethanyseminary.edu/academics_programs/academy ko 800-287-8822 ext. 1824. Don yin rajista don darussan Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley, tuntuɓi 717-361-1450 ko svmc@etown.edu.
• Majami'ar Middle River Church of the Brothers a New Hope, Va., tana bikin sake gina wurinta bayan wata gobara da ta lalata sassan cocin sama da shekara guda da ta wuce, a cewar wani rahoto daga WVIR-TV na Charlottesville, Va. Gobarar da ta tashi a watan Nuwamba. 7, 2006, ya lalata rufin wuri mai tsarki kuma dukan ginin ya sami lahani. Rahoton ya ce "Bayan watanni 13 na addu'a da kimanin dala miliyan 1.5, yanzu sabon wurin yana cike da rufin katako, kayan daki masu kyau, da sabon fenti," in ji rahoton. An shirya hidima ta farko a cikin Wuri Mai Tsarki a ranar Lahadi, 9 ga Disamba.
• Tun da safiyar jiya, masu gudanar da ayyukan agaji na gundumar Oregon da Washington sun ba da rahoton cewa "dukkan majami'u masu rauni da mutanen yankin Oregon da Washington ba su da kyau daga sabon fushin yanayin hunturu," a cikin faɗakarwar imel. Masu gudanar da ayyukan Nancy Louise Wilkinson da Brent Carlson sun ce hukumomin ba da agajin bala'i na jihar Washington za su tara tawagogin masu sa kai don taimakawa wajen tsaftace gidajen da ambaliyar ruwa ta mamaye. "Fiye da gidaje 1,000 a gundumar Lewis suna da ruwa mai zurfi a cikin gidan, kuma wasu kananan hukumomi ma abin ya shafa," in ji su. Tuntuɓi Nancy Louise Wilkinson a 360-848-1827 ko theshepherdsgarden@verizon.net, ko Brent Carlson a 503-697-7500 ko brentcarlson1@earthlink.net. A wani labarin kuma daga gundumomin, wani gwanjon agajin bala'i ya tara dala $4,059.50 a taron gunduma na bana. Za a yi amfani da kuɗin don taimakawa ayyukan sake gina gida da na ƙasa da kuma taimaka wa masu sa kai na bala'i tare da kuɗin sufuri.
• An zaɓi sabbin mambobi goma a kwamitin amintattu na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.). Ƙungiyar ta ƙunshi membobin Cocin 'Yan'uwa guda huɗu: Carl R. Fike, mataimakin shugaban OC Cluss Lumber a Uniontown, W.Va., da Cocin 'yan'uwa mai lasisi; Stephen L. Hollinger, shugaban Gine-gine Zaɓuɓɓuka Inc., kuma memba na Manassas (Va.) Church of the Brother; Stephanie LaPrade Naff, sakataren coci na Ikilisiyar Mill Creek na 'yan'uwa kuma memba na Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Shirye-shiryen Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas; da Ronald E. Sink, ma'aikaci mai ritaya na Norfolk Southern Corp., tsohon memba na kwamitin Bethany Seminary kuma mai aiki a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa da ayyukan jama'a a cikin Roanoke, Va., yankin.

7) Ma'aikatar Deacon tana ba da abubuwan horo na yanki.

Labarin deacon a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa ya gauraye, in ji wani rahoto daga Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa (ABC). Wasu ’yan’uwa da ikilisiyoyi suna ɗaukan hidimar dikon a matsayin al’adar kula da matalauta, tsofaffi, da marayu. Wasu kuma suna riƙe abubuwan tunawa da suka gabata, na diakoni a matsayin "masu tilastawa" ƙa'idodin ɗabi'a, kamar ba da shawara ga membobin game da suturar da ta dace, salon gashi, da suturar addu'a ga mata.

"Duk da haka ana tunawa da ofishin dijani, ofishi ne da ya kusan kai shekarun darika," in ji babban daraktar ABC Kathy Reid. “Mafi mahimmanci, a duk inda aka bayyana buƙatun ɗan adam, diakoni sun ɗauki alhakin magance waɗannan buƙatun. Don haka a cikin wannan shekara ta bikin cika shekaru 300, ya dace a sake nazarin gado da halayen diakoni a cikin ƙungiyarmu yayin da muke shiga wani ƙarni na damar yin hidima da kulawa.”

ABC tana tsara jerin shirye-shiryen Horar da Ma'aikatar Deacon na yanki don bazara na 2008. Kowane taron zai ƙunshi nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, gabatarwar jigo, tarurrukan bita da yawa, da kuma bauta. Babban mai magana zai kasance Jay Gibble, tsohon darekta na Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa. Taron karawa juna sani zai magance batutuwa irin su matsayin diacon da ayyuka, daukar sabbin diakoni, wayar da kai ga kowa, da bukin soyayya. Kudin shine $20 ga kowane mutum, kuma za a ba da abincin rana. Ana samun kayan yin rajista a http://www.brethren-caregivers.org/ ko kuma a kira ABC a 800-323-8039.

Ga jadawalin abubuwan Horarwar Ma'aikatar Deacon:

• Yankin Plains: Afrilu 12, 9 na safe - 4 na yamma, a Cibiyar Dallas (Iowa) Church of Brothers, wanda Spurgeon Manor ya dauki nauyinsa, cibiyar ritaya ta 'yan'uwa
• Kudu maso Yamma: Afrilu 19, 9 na safe - 4 na yamma, a Modesto (Calif.) Church of the Brothers
• Arewa maso Yamma: Mayu 10, 9 na safe - 4 na yamma, a Olympia, Lacey (Wash.) Cocin Community na Yan'uwa; da Mayu 11, 1-6 na yamma, a Wenatchee (Wash.) Brothers-Baptist Church
• Gabas: Mayu 31, 9 na safe - 4 na yamma, a Frederick (Md.) Church of Brothers.

8) Sabunta Cikar Shekaru 300: Bayanin tsare-tsare don 'Blitz sabis,' nunin tarihi.

Kwamitin bikin cika shekaru 300 ya ba da bayanin tsare-tsare don “blitz sabis” da kuma nunin kayan tarihi a taron shekara-shekara na 2008 a kan Yuli 12-16 a Richmond, Va.:

• An shirya “baƙin hidima” a ranar Asabar, 12 ga Yuli, da Litinin, 14 ga Yuli. Cocin ’yan’uwa ne za ta ɗauki nauyin ayyukan hidima. Membobin Cocin Brothers kuma za su iya shiga. Kwamitin tsare-tsare ya hada da Rhonda Pittman Gingrich na kwamitin cika shekaru 300, daraktan ma'aikatun bala'i na 'yan'uwa Roy Winter, darektan mai barin gado na ma'aikatar aikin sansanin Steve Van Houten, da kuma mai kula da martanin bala'i na gundumar Virlina Wayne Garst. Za a buƙaci mahalarta su yi rajista a gaba, kuma za a sami ƙaramin kuɗi don biyan kuɗi.
• Shirye-shiryen nunin tarihi sun canza. Maimakon ya nemi ’yan’uwa da mutane, ikilisiyoyi, da gundumomi su ba da kayayyakin tarihi, kwamitin ya tsai da shawarar a gayyaci kowace gunduma don ta kawo nuni. Ana ƙarfafa gundumomi don gano mutane, wurare, abubuwan da suka faru, da abubuwan da suka arzuta abubuwan imani da ayyukan ’yan’uwa. Ya kamata a haɗa ma’aikatu na yanzu da tsare-tsare na gaba waɗanda ke kiran mutane su sa hannu cikin imani da ayyukan ’yan’uwa. Nunawa shine gabatar da bayanai ta hanyoyin da za su koyar da mutane iri-iri, musamman yara. Ƙari ga haka, za a gayyaci wasu hukumomi da ƙungiyoyi waɗanda manufarsu ta shafi kiyayewa da kuma raba gadon ’yan’uwa don su kawo baje koli.

9) Me yasa Ikilisiyar Farko ta buƙaci wasiƙar lantarki ta mako-mako.

York (Pa.) Ikilisiyar Farko ta 'Yan'uwa tana ɗaukar nau'ikan talla da yawa. Akwai sanarwar mimbari, taswirar mako-mako, wasiƙun labarai na wata-wata, ƙasidu, fastoci, gidan yanar gizo, imel na lokaci-lokaci, maganar baki, rahotanni na shekara-shekara, da sauransu. Abin da kamar ya rasa shi ne tsarin da aka tsara don isar da labarai na yau da kullun ga ikilisiya cikin hanzari.

Tunani ya zo, me ya sa Ikklisiya ba ta sadarwa ta hanyar lantarki sau da yawa, watakila kullum ko mako-mako, ga membobinta? Yaya ’yan coci za su ji idan sun fi sanin abin da ke faruwa a ikilisiya, kuma idan sun sami labari da sauri? Me ya sa ba za a sami wani, “mai ba da rahoto” na ikilisiya, ya tattara bayanai daga ƙungiyoyi dabam-dabam a cikin ikilisiya, ya tattara su cikin wani abu da za a raba wa ikilisiya duka, kuma ya zama editan wasiƙar? Me ya sa ba za mu yi amfani da fasahar da yawancin mu ke amfani da ita a wajen coci ba, wato imel? Kuma ga waɗanda ba sa amfani da kwamfutoci akai-akai, me ya sa ba za su buga labaran mako-mako don karɓa a safiyar Lahadi ba?

Wannan tsarin wasiƙar lantarki ta mako-mako yanzu tana amfani da cocinmu. Ikilisiyarmu ta gane cewa ikilisiyar da ta fi sani ta fi mai da hankali da himma. Ga yadda muka aiwatar da shi:

Mai ba da rahoto ba shi ne mai wa'azi ba, ko shugaban hukumar, ko kuma wani mutum a cikin shugabancin coci. Wakilin wani ne wanda fastoci, shugabannin coci, da daidaikun jama’a za su iya zuwa da bayanansu, da sanin cewa ba a wuce kwanaki bakwai ba za a fitar da su. Bai kamata mai ba da rahoto ya zama ƙwararren mutum ba, kawai wanda yake so ya buɗe hanyoyin sadarwa a cikin ikilisiya. Mutanen da suka yi ritaya masu ƙwarewar sarrafa kalmomi ƙwararrun ƴan takara ne. Makullin shine cewa mai ba da rahoto da shugabannin coci suna da kyakkyawar alaƙar aiki ta yadda bayanai za su iya gudana cikin sauri da sauƙi.

Mun ɗauki ranar Juma'a ta imel saboda dalilai da yawa. Na farko, yawancin tarurrukanmu ana yin su ne a farkon mako, don haka ana iya tattara bayanai cikin lokaci don yin ranar fitowar Juma'a kuma ta dace. Na biyu, wasiƙar na iya zama abin tunatarwa ga coci a ranar Lahadi mai zuwa - yana taimakawa tunanin mu don shirya don ibada da nazari, kwanaki biyu kacal.

Ta yaya muke tara adiresoshin imel? A cikin ƴan shekarun da suka shige, cocinmu ta ƙirƙiro jerin sunayen duk membobi da abokai waɗanda ke da imel. A matsayin taimako ga fastoci, mai ba da rahoto yana kula da babban jerin adiresoshin imel.

Wace dabara muke amfani da ita don aika wasiƙar? Don sauƙin aikawa, an raba jerin adiresoshin imel zuwa ƙungiyoyi guda uku masu girman daidai. Sa'an nan kuma ana aika saƙon imel cikin rukuni uku.

Ta yaya mai ba da rahoto yake tuntuɓar ƙungiyoyin coci da kwamitoci daban-daban? Yanzu da wasiƙar ta fara girma, wasu ƴan limaman coci sun ɗauki matakin tuntuɓar ɗan jaridar. A mafi yawan lokuta, duk da haka, mai ba da rahoto yana tuntuɓar su, kuma yana sane da jadawalin taro. Shugabannin kungiyoyi suna ba da bayanai ta waya ko ta imel. Waɗannan mutane masu aiki suna farin cikin cewa wani yana sadarwa a madadinsu.

Yaya tsawon lokaci yake ɗauka kowane mako? Wataƙila sa'o'i uku zuwa biyar.

–Larry Gibble memba ne na York (Pa.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa kuma yana aiki a matsayin ɗan rahoto kuma editan wasiƙar lantarki ta York First.

10) Ƙwararrun ikilisiya suna fuskantar ƙalubale mai girma.

Wanene ya ce, “Ku yi hankali da abin da kuke addu’a, domin kuna iya samunsa”? Yi hankali da abin da kuke ba da shawara ga ikilisiya domin yana iya faruwa.

Don haka ya kasance a Sunnyslope Brothers/United Church of Christ a Wenatchee, Wash., Haɗe da Cocin Brothers da Ikilisiyar United Church of Christ. Wani memba na ikilisiya ya sami wahayi daga wata wasiƙa ta kwanan nan daga Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brother General Board, da Ken Neher, darektan Kulawa da Ci Gaban Masu Ba da Tallafi. Wasikar ta haifar da damuwa game da dala 150,000 na Babban Hukumar ya ba da gibi na 2007, da kuma kyautar dala 15,000 na gaba da aka samu a taron Majalisar na Oktoba.

Wannan memba ya ba ikilisiyar shawara cewa a ranar Lahadi mai zuwa za su ba da kyauta ta musamman don “yi aikinmu don magance matsalar.” Ikklisiya ta yanke shawarar cewa wannan wani abu ne da ya kamata a yi. Wata ƙungiyar mata a cocin ta ɗauki nauyin bikin Kirsimeti na shekara-shekara kuma ta ce, “Mai girma! Za mu yi daidai da duk abin da ikilisiya ta tada. "

A ranar Lahadi, 25 ga Nuwamba, an karɓi kyauta ta musamman kuma ta ƙunshi ƴan daloli sama da $1,300. Tare da wasan Bazaar na Kirsimeti, ya zama $2,700 don shafe ma'aikatun hukumar ta kasa da kasa na shekara.

Yanzu, ga sauran labarin. Sunnyslope taro ne na masu bauta 55 zuwa 65 kawai, amma muna da gaske game da ƙalubalantar sauran ikilisiyoyin 1,030 da haɗin gwiwa a cikin ƙungiyar don yin wani abu makamancin haka tukuna a cikin Disamba. Muna jin wannan mu'ujiza ce da Allah ya hure, kuma mun gaskanta cewa sauran majami'u za su iya samun wahayi irin wannan lokacin da suka ji labarinmu.

–Galen Miller fasto ne mai ritaya a Cocin Sunnyslope. Domin samun cikakken bayani, shi ma suruki ne ga Ken Neher, amma ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya yi yunƙurin yin hadaya ta musamman “kafin ya ji labarinsa!”

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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. Brent Carlson, Rhonda Pittman Gingrich, Cori Hahn, Mary K. Heatwole, Donna March, Kathy Reid, Becky Ullom, da Nancy Louise Wilkinson 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 zuwa Disamba 19. 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.