Labaran labarai na Fabrairu 28, 2007

"Ubangiji shine haskena da cetona..." —Zabura 27:1a

LABARAI

1) Neuman-Lee da Shumate shugaban 2007 Annual Conference vote.
2) Kwamitin Zartarwa na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya ziyarci agajin bala'o'i a yankin Gulf.
3) Tara 'Ma'aikatan Zagaye sun saita tsare-tsare na gaba
4) 'Yan'uwa suna shiga aikin Darfur na kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.
5) Asusun ya ba da tallafi ga Darfur, kula da yara a New Orleans, Florida guguwa.
6) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, 'Mission Alive,' binciken ABC, da ƙari.

Abubuwa masu yawa

7) Bikin cika shekaru 300 na 'Yan'uwa: Rago da guda.
8) Rijista da gidaje na shekara-shekara yana buɗewa ranar 9 ga Maris.

BAYANAI

9) Abubuwan haɓaka Lafiya na Lahadi suna samuwa.

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1) Neuman-Lee da Shumate shugaban 2007 Annual Conference vote.

An ba da sanarwar jefa kuri'a don taron shekara-shekara na Cocin na 'yan'uwa na 2007, wanda za a yi a watan Yuni 30-Yuli 4 a Cleveland, Ohio. Kwamitin Zaɓe na zaunannen kwamitin—kwamiti na wakilan Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke gundumomi – ya ƙirƙira jerin sunayen ’yan takara, kuma Kwamitin dindindin ya zaɓi ya ƙirƙiri kuri’ar da za a gabatar. An jera wadanda aka zaba ta matsayi:

Zaɓaɓɓen Mai Gudanar da Taro na Shekara-shekara: Jeff Neuman-Lee na Denver, Colo.; David K. Shumate na Roanoke, Va.
Sakataren Taro na Shekara-shekara: Fred W. Swartz na Bridgewater, Va.; Diane (Sabo) Mason na Moulton, Iowa.
Shirin Taro na Shekara-shekara da Kwamitin Tsare-tsare: R. Jan Thompson na Mesa, Ariz.; Sarah B. Steele na Martinsburg, Pa.
Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Raya Makiyayi da Fa'idodi: Peter C. Kaltenbaugh Jr. na Frieden, Pa.; Lucinda Barnum-Steggerda na Crown Point, Ind.
Kwamitin Alakar Interchurch: James O. Eikenberry na Stockton, Calif.; Melissa Bennett na Fort Wayne, Ind.
Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa: J. Colleen Michael na Wenatchee, Wash.; John Katonah na Evanston, Ill.
Bethany Theological Seminary Trustee, wakiltar kwalejoji: Carol A. Scheppard na Dutsen Crawford, Va.; Celia Cook-Huffman na Huntingdon, Pa. Wakilin limamai: Lisa L. Hazen na Wichita, Kan.; William A. Waugh na Greensburg, Pa.
Hukumar Amincewa ta Yan'uwa: Deborah E. Romary na Fort Wayne, Ind.; Willie Hisey Pierson na Plainfield, Ill.
Babban Hukumar, a babba: Laura Guthrie na Chandler, Ariz.; Terrell Lewis na Washington, DC
Akan Hukumar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya: Susan Chapman na Fincastle, Va.; Linda K. Williams ta San Diego, Calif.

2) Kwamitin Zartarwa na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya ziyarci agajin bala'o'i a yankin Gulf.

Kwamitin zartarwa na babban hukumar da ma'aikata uku sun ziyarci ayyukan da suka shafi ma'aikatun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa a yankin Tekun Fasha a ranar 15-17 ga Fabrairu.

Mambobin kwamitin zartaswa sun hada da Janar Janar Jeff Neuman-Lee, mataimakin shugaban Tim Harvey, Dale Minnich, Vickie Whitacre Samland, Ken Wenger, da Angela Lahman Yoder; Ma'aikatan sun hada da daraktan ba da amsa ga gaggawa Roy Winter da kuma mataimakin darektan Zach Wolgemuth, da Becky Ullom, darektan Identity da dangantaka, wanda ya ba da wannan rahoto.

A cikin New Orleans, ƙungiyar ta ziyarci aikin Kula da Yara na Bala'i (DCC) wanda yake a Cibiyar Gidan Maraba ta FEMA. Cibiyar tana ba wa 'yan ƙasa damar samun nau'ikan agajin da ke da alaƙa da guguwa a wuri ɗaya. Yayin da iyaye ke kammala takarda, neman lamuni, ko karɓar shawarwari, yaransu za su iya yin wasa cikin aminci a ƙarƙashin kulawar masu sa kai na DCC.

Kungiyar ta kuma yi tattaki ta karamar Unguwa ta 9 a New Orleans, inda ambaliyar da ta biyo bayan guguwar Katrina ta bar wasu gine-gine a tsaye. Daga cikin waɗanda suka bari, da yawa sun sha ruwa daga tushe kuma sun zauna a askew. Majami'un bulo da yawa sun rage, amma an rufe kofofi da tagogi. Wani Fasto ya fesa lambar wayarsa a ginin domin ’yan uwansa su same shi. Akwai 'yan alamun farfadowa.

An ci gaba da rangadin a kogin Pearl, La., inda nan ba da jimawa ba za a sanya wani gida na zamani a kan harsashin sa ta hanyar amsawar Bala'i na 'yan'uwa. A cikin shirye-shiryen da aka yi a baya, bayan barnar da guguwar Katrina da Rita ta yi, ma’aikatan sun yi fatan za su iya faɗaɗa shirin Ɗaukar Masifu na ’yan’uwa ta hanyar gina gidaje na zamani a wasu sassan ƙasar sannan a kai su Tekun Fasha. Amma tsauraran ka'idojin gini da wasu dokoki sun sa wannan tunanin ba zai iya aiki ba a wannan lokacin, kwamitin zartarwa ya koya.

A wannan maraice, ƙungiyar ta haɗu da ƴan agaji na Brethren Disaster Response kafin su kwana a tirelolin FEMA. Lahman Yoder ya ce "A cikin dare ɗaya, ya wadatar, amma ga wurin dogon lokaci ga dangi, ba zai yanke shi ba," in ji Lahman Yoder. "Ayyukan sake ginawa dole ne su yi sauri don mutane su koma gidajensu su fara rayuwa," in ji ta.

A Chalmette, La., shugabannin coci sun hango wani aikin sake gina ’Yan’uwa da Bala’i. A halin yanzu, ƙungiyar masu sa kai tana sake gina gidan Ron Richardson. Gidan sa yana St. Bernard Parish, kuma yana daya daga cikin gidaje 27,000 da aka lalata a yankin.

Kafin guguwar, St. Bernard Parish yana da yawan jama'a 66,000; mutane 6,000-12,000 ne kawai suka dawo daga bala'in. Liz McCartney, wanda ya kafa St. Bernard Project, ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa ta ce "Abin ban mamaki ne domin waɗannan mutane ne da suka 'yi daidai.' “Sun yi aiki tuƙuru, sun mallaki gidajensu, kuma da yawa suna da inshora. Kashi 30,000 na al'ummar kasar sun yi ritaya. Matsakaicin kuɗin shiga gidan ya kasance $XNUMX kafin guguwar, kuma yawan laifuffuka ya yi ƙasa sosai.”

Daga baya a wannan rana, Kwamitin Zartaswa ya yi murna da bege da farfadowa a wurin sadaukarwar gida a Lucedale, Miss Brother Brothers, masu aikin sa kai, tare da haɗin gwiwar masu aikin sa kai da yawa, sun kammala gida ga Misis Gloria Bradley, wacce ta tsira ba kawai asarar wata mace ba. gida amma kuma bugun zuciya biyu da bugun jini.

A ranar ƙarshe na tafiya, mahalarta sun yi tafiya zuwa Florida don ziyarta tare da ma'aikata daga Rebuild Northwest Florida, kwamitin farfadowa na dogon lokaci a yankin Pensacola.

"Barnar ta yadu sosai," in ji Dale Minnich, wanda ya ba da kansa ga aikin mayar da martani a Chalmette na 'yan kwanaki kafin ziyarar kwamitin zartarwa. "Yana sa na yi tunani game da yadda wannan ya kwatanta da wani abu kamar barna bayan yakin duniya na biyu a Turai, inda ake buƙatar mayar da martani sosai. Da alama a kwato wannan yanki, ana bukatar babban martani."

Harvey, wanda limamin cocin Central Church of the Brothers a Roanoke, Va., ya yi tunani a kan halin da ake ciki a gabar Tekun Fasha a hidimar Ash Laraba ta ikilisiya. "Dole ne mu zama almajirai waɗanda ke amfani da basirarsu don taimakawa sake gina gidaje, rayuka, al'ummomi, ba kawai a cikin New Orleans ba, amma a ko'ina," in ji shi. “Dole ne mu yi almajirai waɗanda za su yi hakanan. Batun tsakiya, dole ne mu yi amfani da muryarmu da matsayi da yanayinmu don yin shawarwari ga waɗanda ba za su iya ba. "

3) Tara 'Ma'aikatan Zagaye sun saita tsare-tsare na gaba

Bikin, kimantawa, da tsare-tsare sune aka fi mayar da hankali a taron “taron” na ma’aikata na ranar 6-8 ga Fabrairu don aikin Taro na Zagaye. Mambobin tawagar da dama, wadanda suka taru daga sassan Amurka da Kanada, sun kuma jagoranci hidimar coci na mako-mako na Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., inda aka gudanar da taron.

Gather 'Round sabon tsarin koyarwar Kiristanci ne wanda 'Yan'uwa Press da Mennonite Publishing Network (MPN) suka samar tare. Ƙungiyar ta yi bikin nasarar samarwa da tallace-tallace na kashi uku na farko. ’Yan’uwa da yawa da ikilisiyoyi na Mennonites suna ba da rahoto masu kyau game da tsarin koyarwa, kuma wasu ƙungiyoyin da yawa sun zaɓi su ɗaukaka tsarin koyarwa ga membobinsu.

A cikin kimantawa da tsarawa na gaba, ma'aikatan sun ba da kulawa ta musamman ga ra'ayoyin masu amfani. "Mun yi matukar godiya ga mutanen da suka gabatar da fom na tantancewa bayan kwata na farko ko kuma suka tuntubi ma'aikatan ta waya da kuma imel," in ji Anna Speicher, darektan ayyuka da edita. "Wadannan maganganun suna taimaka mana gyarawa da haɓaka samfuran Gather' Round. Ana ci gaba da gyare-gyare saboda ana samar da Gather 'Round sabo kowace shekara. Za a yi wasu abubuwan haɓakawa tun farkon shekara ta biyu na tsarin karatun, wanda a halin yanzu ake samarwa.

Speicher ya lura cewa mutane sun mayar da martani musamman ga fifikon haɗa coci da gida. “Mun sami tabbaci da yawa don yin amfani da labarin Littafi Mai Tsarki iri ɗaya ga kowane rukuni na shekaru, don ja-gorar iyaye/Mai kula, da kuma Talkabout na gida. Waɗannan ɓangarorin suna taimaka wa iyalai su haɗa kai a kan jigogin Littafi Mai Tsarki cikin mako.”

Ma'aikatan sun karɓi buƙatun don ƙarin zaɓuɓɓuka masu aiki ga ƙanana da ƙarin zaɓuɓɓuka don masu karatu da waɗanda ba masu karatu ba a sashin Farko, in ji Speicher. "Don haka, za mu sake sabunta littafin ɗalibi na Firamare, 'Good News Reader,' don faɗuwar 2007. Za mu ƙara ƙarin zaɓuɓɓuka a cikin jagororin malamai kuma."

Taron ma'aikatan ya tattara kwamitin gudanarwa, ma'aikatan aikin, da ma'aikatan da yawa na kamfanonin buga littattafai waɗanda ke da wani kaso na lokaci da aka ware don aikin koyarwa. Ma'aikatan aikin sune Anna Speicher, Amy Gingerich, Terry Mast, Rose Stutzman, Nancy Ryan, da Cyndi Fecher. Kwamitin gudanarwa ya ƙunshi Ron Rempel da Eleanor Snyder daga Mennonite Publishing Network, Wendy McFadden daga Brotheran Jarida, da Speicher. Sauran ma'aikatan gidan wallafe-wallafen da ke cikin aikin su ne Merrill Miller, Cynthia Linscheid, da Terry Graber daga MPN, da Karen Stocking da Jeff Lennard daga 'yan jarida na Brethren Press.

4) 'Yan'uwa suna shiga aikin Darfur na kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

A ranar 8 ga watan Fabrairu ne kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya mai taken “Kwamitin kawar da wariyar launin fata, kyamar baki, da rashin hakki na kwamitin kare hakkin bil’adama na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya bayar da sanarwar matsaya da dabarun daukar matakai masu zaman kansu kan Darfur, Sudan.” Memba na Cocin Brotheran'uwa Doris Abdullah yana hidima a ƙaramin kwamiti, mai wakiltar Aminci ta Duniya da Cocin 'Yan'uwa.

A ranar 60 ga wata, kwamitin ya shirya wani taro kan yankin na Darfur ga kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu sama da 10 a cibiyar Majami'ar MDD dake birnin New York a ranar XNUMX ga wata. Makasudin taron dai shi ne bayar da bayanai kan halin da ake ciki a yankin na Darfur da kuma samar da dabarun taimakawa. wajen kawo karshensa. An ba da sanarwar matsayi da dabarun da aka ba da shawara a matsayin "bayanan labari" ga tattaunawa a taron, kuma an ba da kyauta ga kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu don yin la'akari da su.

Sanarwar matsayar ta ce a wani bangare, "Halin da ake ciki a Darfur, Sudan, ya kasance mai hadari, mai ruwa, da kuma tashin hankali. Rahotannin labarai sun sanar da mu cewa yunƙurin bayar da shawarwari har zuwa yau na yin tasiri mai kyau. Wannan yana nuna mana cewa yana da mahimmanci mu kiyaye ci gaban ƙoƙarinmu. A wannan lokaci ana ci gaba da samun mace-mace, ana ci gaba da yin fyade, ana ci gaba da fama da yunwa da munanan matsalolin kiwon lafiya, ana ci gaba da kauracewa matsugunai da rashin bege, kuma wadannan yanayi na yaduwa a kan iyakoki. Mun tabbatar da cewa wannan bala'i ne na haƙƙin ɗan adam wanda ke haifar da wariyar launin fata, wariya, da rashin haƙuri da aka yi niyya….

"Mun fahimci cewa, al'ummomin kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya suna da alhakin nema, nemo, da kuma amfani da kowace dama don fadada wayar da kan duniya game da rikicin Darfur, da kuma sanya wadanda suka zabi yin shiru da rashin nuna halin ko-in-kula a bainar jama'a game da dorewar rikicin. Sanarwar ta ci gaba da cewa, dole ne a yi Allah-wadai da kisan kiyashin da ake yi a Dafur ba tare da wata tangarda ba. "Muna kira ga jama'a da su kawo karshen tashin hankali a Darfur cikin tausayi da sanin yakamata."

Dabarun da aka ba da shawarar daukar matakin sun hada da aika wasiku zuwa ga Sakatare-Janar na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya Ban Ki-Moon, Kwamitin Kare Hakkokin Dan Adam na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, da sauran hukumomin kasa da kasa da na kasa, daidaikun shugabannin siyasa, da kungiyoyin siyasa. Kwamitin ya kuma ba da shawarar kafa wata tawaga ta mabiya addinai daban-daban zuwa birnin Khartoum na kasar Sudan, da kuma matsa lamba kan kamfanoni da kamfanoni masu zuba jari a Sudan.

A wani aikin kuma, kwamitin yana shirya gabatarwa don "Bikin cika shekaru 200 na ƙarshen bikin bautar da ke tsakanin tekun Atlantika," wani zaman taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya wanda ya fara a ranar 26 ga Maris tare da kakakin Rex Nettleford, shugaban Hukumar Hannun Bawa ta UNESCO.

"Na yi farin ciki da aikin Doris da kuma reshen kwamitin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya," in ji daraktan Ofishin Brethren Witness/Washington, Phil Jones, wanda kuma ya lura cewa furucin da ƙaramin kwamitin ya yi a wasu batutuwa ya ci karo da matsayin Cocin ’yan’uwa na rashin tashin hankali. don mayar da 'yan'uwa zuwa takarda mai taimako na Shekara-shekara na 1996, 'Rashin Rikici da Tsangwama na Bil'adama,' "in ji Jones (je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac/ac_statements/96Nonviolence.htm).

"Darfur na ci gaba da kasancewa daya daga cikin matsalolin da nake fuskanta a aikina," in ji Jones. "Idan muka ce kisan kiyashi yana faruwa, wanda na tabbata shi ne, kuma duk da haka shiga cikin makamai, ta kowace hanya, ba shine amsar ba - to ya zama kalubale mai mahimmanci mu fito da wata hanyar da ba ta dace ba."

Domin bayanin matsayi na karamin kwamiti, tuntuɓi Abdullah a angramyn45@aol.com.

5) Asusun ya ba da tallafi ga Darfur, kula da yara a New Orleans, Florida guguwa.

Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya ba da dala 45,000 don rikicin Darfur na Sudan; $20,000 don aikin Kula da Yara na Bala'i a New Orleans; da dala 4,000 na amsa guguwa a Florida.

Tallafin na Sudan yana wakiltar ƙarin kasafi da ci gaba da tallafawa ayyukan agaji na dogon lokaci ta Coci World Service (CWS). Kudaden za su taimaka wajen samar da magunguna, abinci mai gina jiki, matsuguni, makarantu, da samar da ruwan sha ga sama da mutane 300,000. Kaso uku da aka ware a baya na wannan aikin jimlar $170,000.

Tallafin don Kula da Yara na Bala'i kuma yana wakiltar ƙarin rabo. Shafin na New Orleans yana ba da taimakon kula da yara ga mutanen da ke komawa gida zuwa yankin bayan guguwar Katrina da Rita, bisa bukatar FEMA. Tallafin yana tallafawa kudaden sa kai.

Rarraba don Florida yana goyan bayan CWS Response Disaster Response and Recovery Liaisons, na gida na dadewa kungiyoyin dawo da, da kuma jigilar kayan albarkatun bayan guguwa da guguwa a tsakiyar Florida ranar 2 ga Fabrairu.

6) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, 'Mission Alive,' binciken ABC, da ƙari.

Joan McGrath zai fara ranar 6 ga Maris a matsayin mai kula da albarkatun ɗan adam na Ikilisiya na Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Ta kawo nau'i-nau'i daban-daban a cikin rawar, kasancewar mai mallakar ƙafar ƙafa zuwa Lafiya a Westminster, Md. ., mai kula da albarkatun ɗan adam na ROI Technologies a Baltimore, kuma manajan Sabis na Ƙungiya don ƙungiya a Bethesda. Ita ce Jami'ar Maryland ta kammala karatun digiri tare da digiri na farko a fannin Fasaha da Gudanarwa.
Paula Martin na New Windsor, Md., An ɗauke shi aiki a matsayin mai tsara rajista don taron shekara-shekara na 2007. Za ta yi aiki a wannan matsayi cikakken lokaci daga Fabrairu 19-Mayu 25 a Ofishin Taron Shekara-shekara a New Windsor. Babban alhakinta shine ayyukan rajista ga wakilai da waɗanda ba wakilai ba da ke halartar taron a Cleveland, Ohio, wannan bazara.
Kwalejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., ta nada Stuart D. Jones a matsayin shugaban rejista, a cikin sake fasalin jagoranci don haɓaka dabarun yin rajista. Jones memba ne na Cocin Manchester na 'yan'uwa kuma ya kasance darektan Cibiyar Ayyuka da kuma babban darektan sabuwar Cibiyar Nasara ta harabar. Ya shiga kwalejin a watan Yuli 2002, kuma ya yi aiki a manyan jami'o'in gudanarwa, tsare-tsare, da kwamitocin shirye-shirye, da kuma jagorantar Sabis na Taro da aiki tare da shirye-shiryen ɗalibai da yawa. Ya yi karatun digiri na farko a Jami’ar Purdue, digiri na biyu a Seminary Theological Seminary, kuma yana neman digiri na uku a fannin ilimi daga Jami’ar Arewa ta Tsakiya.
An kammala aikin sake gina rufaffiyar Cocin of the Brethren General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill. An fara aikin a ranar 4 ga Satumba, 2006, tare da ranar da ake sa ran kammalawa a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, 2006. Duk da haka, yanayin da ba a saba gani ba ya haifar da tsawaita jinkiri da kuma daskarewa ƙasa zai jinkirta gyaran shimfidar wuri har zuwa bazara, in ji Dave Ingold, darektan gine-gine da filaye. . An ba Olsson Roofing kwangilar maye gurbin rufin, Burnidge da Cassell Associates sun ba da tsarin gine-gine da kulawa, kuma STR Gine-gine Resources sun zama masu ba da shawara. Rufin da aka sake ginawa ya haɗa da tsarin rufin da aka ɗora cikakke wanda ke jagorantar ruwa zuwa magudanar ruwa, an rufe shi da murfin roba na Firestone, duk sabon walƙiya na aluminium, sabbin fitilun sama, tukin bututun hayaƙi, sabon kariyar walƙiya, da sabon ƙyanƙyashe rufin. Don rage yawan amfani da makamashi na gaba, aikin ya haɗa da insulating dabi'u waɗanda suka wuce buƙatun rufin jihar Illinois. Ingold ya ba da rahoton cewa an rage farashin sosai saboda ƙaƙƙarfan ingancin ƙirar ginin asali da kayan. Babban hukumar ta amince da kudi har dalar Amurka miliyan 1,400,000 domin gudanar da aikin, wanda aka kammala kan dala 881,000.
Majami’ar Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa ta sanar da ranar da za a gudanar da taro na gaba na Mission Alive: Afrilu 4-6, 2008. Merv Keene, babban darekta na Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya, ya ba da rahoton cewa ana kafa kwamitin tsare-tsare don tsarawa da aiwatar da wannan. Taruwa, bin tsarin irin wannan taron na farko a 2005 a Goshen, Ind. Yankin da kwamitin da ya gabata ya ba da shawarar wannan taron shi ne yankin Shenandoah Valley, kodayake ba a tantance ainihin wurin ba.
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Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa (ABC) ta gayyaci dukan membobin Cocin ’yan’uwa da su kammala ɗan gajeren bincike na kan layi don taimakawa wajen auna yadda ma’aikatunta da ayyuka ga ɗaiɗai ke fahimtar da daidaikun mutane da shugabannin coci. Ana tattara bayanan har zuwa 14 ga Maris kuma za a ba da shi ga Hukumar ABC a taron bazara na Maris 15-16 a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Ana samun binciken a www.brethren-caregivers.org . Ana iya buƙatar kwafin binciken da aka buga ta hanyar kiran ABC a 800-323-8039.
Rijistar kan layi don Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru tana samuwa ta hanyar gidan yanar gizon ABC, www.brethren-caregivers.org. Za a gudanar da taron horo na kwana guda a ranar 10 ga Maris a Bridgewater (Va.) Church of the Brother; Afrilu 21 a Brethren Hillcrest Homes a La Verne, Calif.; da 9 ga Yuni a Cedars a McPherson, Kan. A karon farko, mahalarta na iya amfani da katunan kuɗi ko neman a yi musu lissafin kuɗin rajista na $15.
Iglesia de Los Hermanos (Church of the Brothers) Cristo El Senor a Vega Baja, PR, ya sanar da shirinsa na farko na rediyo, "Minti 30 tare da Jagoranmu," tare da mai masaukin baki da mai bishara na coci Jose Calleja Otero. Shirin zai zo ranar Talata da karfe 8 na dare agogon gabashin kasar. ’Yan’uwa a Amurka za su iya saurara yayin da shirin ke zuwa ta www.unored.com (ku nemi mahaɗin “Mas Estaciones” a ƙasan akwatin “Radio en Television en Vivo” sai ku danna “Nueva Victoria 1350” don haɗawa da tashar gidan rediyo). Fasto Hector Perez Borges, wanda kuma yana aiki a matsayin memba na Cocin of the Brother General Board, ya sanar da cewa watsawar farko ta faru ne a ranar 5 ga Disamba.
Gundumar Virlina ta yi kira da a yi addu'a ga cocin Jones Chapel na 'yan'uwa da ke Martinsville, Va., wanda aka watse kuma aka lalata shi da sanyin safiyar Laraba, 21 ga Fabrairu. "Don Allah a yi addu'a ga membobin cocin da Fasto Barry da Judy lokacin tashin hankali,” gundumar ta nema. "Lalacewar ta yadu kuma a kan dukkan matakai uku na cocin." Wuri Mai Tsarki ya lalace, an karye tagar gilashi da tagogin ajujuwa, an sace kayayyaki daga wurin, an kori na’urorin kashe gobara, an fasa fitulun gari, an lalata motocin fasto Sink, an fasa fasinja an yi fashi, da dai sauransu. Haka kuma an samu barna a wasu gidaje biyu a unguwar. Wasu ’yan coci da masu sa kai daga gundumar sun taimaka wajen tsaftace cocin washegari. ‘Yan sanda na tsare da wani matashi dan shekara 18 da ake kyautata zaton shi ne ya aikata laifin. “Mun yi masa addu’a da fatan zai gane kuskuren da ya yi. Nassosi sun ce ka gafarta… maƙiyanka kuma ka yi addu’a ga waɗanda suke tsananta maka,” Sink ya gaya wa “Martinsville Bulletin.”
Madison Ave. Church of the Brother na ɗaya daga cikin ikilisiyoyi 14 na gida a York, Pa., da kuma wasu majami'u 5,600 na Kirista a duk faɗin ƙasar don shiga cikin rera "Amazing Grace" a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu don gane bikin cika shekaru 200 na kawar da Birtaniya. fataucin bayi da bayar da shawarwari kan ayyukan bautar na zamani. Cocin Bermudian na Brotheran’uwa da Faith Community of the Brother Home Community su ma suna cikin ikilisiyoyin da ke halartar taron, in ji wani rahoto na “York Daily Record.”
David B. Eller ya amsa laifinsa a ranar 21 ga watan Fabrairu a wata karamar kotu ta Dauphin, Pa., kan zargin yunkurin yin hulda da wata karamar karamar kwamfuta da aikata laifi. Eller tsohon darekta ne na Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist kuma tsohon shugaban Sashen Nazarin Addini na Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.). An kama shi a ranar 20 ga Yuli, 2006 (duba rahoton Newsline na Yuli 22, 2006). A cewar wani rahoto daga jaridar harabar, "The Etownian," an shirya yanke masa hukunci a ranar 1 ga Yuni.
Don tunawa da adireshin shugaban 'yancin ɗan adam na 1968 zuwa Kwalejin Manchester an sadaukar da bust na Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a yau, 28 ga Fabrairu, kusa da ainihin wurin da jawabinsa ya yi a harabar kwalejin a Arewacin Manchester, Ind. inda Dr. King ya gabatar da jawabinsa mai taken, "Makomar Haɗin kai," kwalejin ta sadaukar da tsayin tsayin daka mai inci 17 wanda sculptor na Fort Wayne Will Clark ya kirkira. King yayi magana a kwalejin a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1968, watanni biyu kafin a kashe shi a Memphis, Tenn. An yi imanin shine jawabinsa na ƙarshe na harabar. An fara taron ne a tsohon dakin taro na Gymnasium/Auditorium, wanda aka lalata a shekara ta 2000. Bikin sadaukarwar ya kasance a bene na biyu na Likitoci Atrium na Cibiyar Kimiyya, kusan a wurin tsohon dakin taron. Don ƙarin game da kwaleji, ziyarci http://www.manchester.edu/.
Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Ƙungiyar Mata za ta hadu a yankin La Verne, Calif., a ranar 22-25 ga Maris. Kungiyar za ta karbi bakuncin taron membobi da abokai masu sha'awar a ranar Asabar da yamma, 24 ga Maris, da karfe 6:30 na yamma a Cocin La Verne na 'Yan'uwa. Za a samar da Lasagna don abincin dare, tare da zaɓuɓɓukan cin ganyayyaki; kawo salatin ko kayan zaki. Ana buƙatar waɗanda suke shirin zuwa taron su sanar da Kwamitin Gudanarwa ta hanyar imel ta imel agd@riseup.net. Membobin kwamitin gudanarwa sune mai kira Carla Kilgore, Deb Peterson, Lucy Loomis, Audrey de Coursey, Peg Yoder, da shugaba Jan Eller.
Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS) ya yi kira na gaggawa don Kyautar Kayan Makarantan Zuciya da Kits ɗin Jariri. Shirin Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na Hukumar Ikilisiya ta 'Yan'uwa yana goyan bayan wannan roko. A halin yanzu, CWS yana da kusan kayan makaranta 200 a cikin kaya waɗanda ba a ƙaddamar da su don jigilar kayayyaki masu zuwa ba. Bukatun kayan aikin makaranta, tun daga farkon shekara, sun zarce buƙatun a duk shekarar da ta gabata, in ji Donna Derr na ma’aikatan CWS. Kayayyakin kayan jarirai ma yana raguwa, kuma yana buƙatar sake cikawa cikin watanni biyu zuwa uku masu zuwa. Don bayani game da yadda ake tattarawa da aika kayan aiki zuwa Cibiyar Sabis na Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., je zuwa www.churchworldservice.org/kits/school-kits.html da www.churchworldservice.org/kits/baby-kits.html . 'Yan'uwa kuma suna iya ba da kayan makaranta da kayan jarirai zuwa rumfar Amsar Gaggawa a Taron Shekara-shekara a Cleveland, Yuni 30-Yuli 4.
Sabbin albarkatu daga Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa (NCC) sun haɗa da albarkatu don Ranar Duniya Lahadi 2007 ranar 22 ga Afrilu da jagororin nazari kan jeji, da wariyar launin fata. Albarkatun Ranar Lahadi ta Duniya mai taken "Biredin mu na yau da kullun: Masu girbi na bege da masu lambun lambun Adnin" suna yin magana akan adalci a cikin tsarin gona da abinci, tare da bayanan baya, masu fara wa'azi, saƙon sanarwa, ra'ayoyi don nazarin matasa da manya, shawarwari don aiki, da kuma saka shafi biyu yana gabatar da ƙa'idodin tushen bangaskiya don ingantaccen tsarin noma da abinci (jeka www.ncccusa.org/news/070206earthdaysunday.html). Jagoran nazarin jeji, “Daga cikin jeji: Gina Bangaskiyar Kirista da Tsayar da Halittar Allah,” yana ƙarfafa Kiristoci su nemi jeji da wurare masu natsuwa don saduwa da Allah, sabunta da wartsakewa don hidima, da sake gano matsayinsu na masu kula da halitta; yana ba da bayanai da tunani na tiyoloji, masu fara wa'azi, saka bayanai, shawarwari don nazarin manya da matasa, da ra'ayoyin aiki da sabis (je zuwa www.nccecojustice.org/resources.html). "Wariyar Wariyar Muhalli: Jagorar Nazarin Ecumenical" don amfani ne a cikin ilimin Kirista; za a iya sauke ta ta hanyar shiga cikin NCC Eco-Justice network a www.nccecojustice.org/network.

7) Bikin cika shekaru 300 na 'Yan'uwa: Rago da guda.

Kalandar tunawa da shekaru 300 na ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa, wanda aka yi kwanan watan Satumba 2007 zuwa Dec. 2008 kuma yana ɗauke da manyan hotuna 36 na zamani na wuraren tarihi ko abubuwa tare da bayanai masu yawa na tarihi, yanzu suna samuwa daga Kwamitin Bikin Cika Shekaru 300 na Cocin. . Ikklisiyoyi da yawa suna shirin ba da kalanda ga kowane dangin Ikklisiya a matsayin tushen koyarwa da koyo na musamman, kwamitin ya yi rahoton. Ana iya ba da odar kalanda mai shafuka 40 ta Ofishin Taro na Shekara-shekara ko kuma a siya a yayin taron shekara-shekara a Cleveland, je zuwa wurin nunin kwamitocin bikin. Ana iya samun fom ɗin odar amfani kafin taron shekara-shekara a www.churchofthebrethrenanniversary.org. Kalandar mutum ɗaya yana siyarwa akan $ 5 ƙari, jigilar $ 3; ko za a iya ba da oda a yawancin 50 don $200, ko 25 don $100, jigilar kayayyaki da aka haɗa cikin farashin oda. Je zuwa http://www.churchofthebrethrenanniversary.org/.
Memba na Cocin Brothers Al Huston yana ɗaukar Littafi Mai Tsarki na 1776 Sauer zuwa kowace coci da ke son ganin ta, a zaman wani ɓangare na bikin tunawa da ranar tunawa. “Yana ba da wannan a matsayin wata hanya ta taimaka mana mu fahimci muhimmancin Littafi Mai Tsarki a bangaskiyarmu, da kuma aikin hajji na addu’a ga ikilisiya gabaki ɗaya,” in ji Jeff Bach, shugaban Kwamitin Bikin Cika Shekaru 300. Bach ya ƙara da cewa Huston da ɗansa sun ƙirƙiro wani bidiyo da ya yi bayani game da mabambantan Sauer, haɗin kai da ’yan’uwa da kuma Littafi Mai Tsarki da jaridu suka buga. Don ƙarin bayani game da aikin “Ziyarar Littafi Mai Tsarki” ko kuma tsara ziyarar ikilisiya, je zuwa wurin http://www.biblevisit.com/.
Ed-Ventures Inc. yana ba da hanyoyi daban-daban guda uku zuwa Turai a lokacin rani na 2008 wanda kowannensu ya haɗa da bikin cika shekaru 300 a Schwarzenau, Jamus, a farkon Agusta. Kowace kungiya za ta kasance tare da Fasto Church of the Brothers. Zaɓi daga Zurich-Amsterdam, Berlin-Zurich, ko Munich-Amsterdam. Kira 800-658-7128 ko ziyarci http://www.ed-ventures.com/.
Ziyarar Gadon Imani akan Yuli 26-Agusta. 9, 2008, gami da bikin tunawa da Agusta 2-3 a Schwarzenau, Jamus, Mark da Mary Jo Flory-Steury ne suka bayar. Ziyarar ta ƙunshi ziyartan wuraren da ke da alaƙa da Martin Luther, wurin haifuwar Pietism, da wuraren Anabaptist a Jamus da Switzerland. Tuntuɓi Mark da Mary Jo Flory Steury, 4017 Wagner Rd., Kettering, OH 45440; mflorysteu@aol.com.
Farfesa Ken Rogers na Manchester zai ba da yawon shakatawa kyauta na wuraren addini a Marburg an der Lahn (kusa da Schwarzenau) ga ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa a lokacin rani na 2007 da kuma a lokacin rani na 2008. Kowane yawon shakatawa zai ɗauki kimanin sa'o'i uku da ziyartar shafuka kamar su. Ikilisiyar Elizabeth, Tsohon Jami'ar, garin na da, cocin birni, da katafaren gini. Ziyarar za ta kasance na ilimi, tare da Rogers ya zana shekaru na karatu da koyar da tarihin coci da tiyoloji. Waɗanda za su yi balaguro ɗin za su buƙaci biyan kuɗaɗen shiga na ƙima a wasu rukunin yanar gizon, kuma za a nemi su yi la’akari da gudummawar son rai ga “Project for German-American Understanding” wanda sashen ilimin tauhidi na Jami’ar Marburg ke ɗaukar nauyi. Rubuta zuwa HKRogers@Manchester.edu.

8) Rijista da gidaje na shekara-shekara yana buɗewa ranar 9 ga Maris.

Za a fara yin rajistar dakunan otal don taron shekara-shekara na 2007 akan layi daga ranar 9 ga Maris. Rijistar gaba na waɗanda ba wakilai kuma za su fara a ranar 9 ga Maris. Taron zai gudana a Cleveland, Ohio, daga Yuni 30-Yuli 4.

Ana ƙarfafa masu halartar taron su yi amfani da wurin zama na kan layi ko kuma su ba da fom ɗin neman gidaje da ke cikin CD ɗin Bayanin Taron Shekara-shekara da za a rarraba a farkon Maris ga kowace ikilisiya. Ofishin taron yana buƙatar mahalarta suyi la'akari da samun dakunan otal ta wurin ginin da, bi da bi, ke ɗaukar farashin wurin taro da sauran wuraren taro. Ana kuma ƙarfafa mahalarta su sami gidaje kafin yin rajistar taron. Don samun matsuguni daga ranar 9 ga Maris, je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac, danna kan “Reservation Housing” a sashin Cleveland na shafin gida.

Rijistar gaba na waɗanda ba wakilai ba zai fara ranar 9 ga Maris akan layi ko ta hanyar rajistar rajista a cikin Fakitin Bayani. Mahalarta za su iya yin rajistar kansu da ’yan uwa, yin rajista don shirye-shiryen rukunin shekaru, da siyan tikiti don abubuwan cin abinci na tikiti. Rijistar gaba ta tanadi sama da kashi 33 cikin ɗari. Ranar ƙarshe shine Mayu 20. Don yin rajista akan layi daga 9 ga Maris, je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac, danna "Rijista" a cikin sashin Cleveland na shafin gida.

Fakitin Bayanin Taro na Shekara-shekara na 2007 da ake rarrabawa akan CD shima zai kasance akan layi a farkon Maris. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac, danna kan shafin "Packet Information" a cikin sashin Cleveland na shafin gida. Ana iya samun kwafin takarda ta hanyar tuntuɓar Ofishin Taron Shekara-shekara a 800-688-5186 ko annualconference@brethren.org.

9) Abubuwan haɓaka Lafiya na Lahadi suna samuwa.

Za a sami albarkatu a wannan makon don ikilisiyoyi na Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke fatan bikin Ƙaddamar da Lafiya ta Lahadi a ranar 20 ga Mayu. Taken jigon na wannan shekara shi ne “Kristi Maɗaukakin Sarki cikin Jiki: Kiwon Lafiyar Ikilisiya da Keɓaɓɓu.” Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru (ABC) tana tallafawa Harkokin Kiwon Lafiya na Lahadi don ƙungiyar.

Ƙaddamarwa na shekara-shekara kowace watan Mayu yana duba batutuwan da suka shafi ma'aikatun cocin masu kulawa. Taken taron na bana ya bayyana yadda shugabannin cocin daga ko'ina cikin darika ke daukaka bukatar limaman coci da 'yan majalisa masu koshin lafiya. “Yesu ya misalta hidima da ke kula da lafiyar jiki, tunani, da kuma ruhaniya na dukan mutane,” in ji sanarwar daga ABC. "Sabuwar da cocin ta sake nanata nasihu kan cikar, ko cikakkiyar lafiya a jiki, tunani, da ruhu, yana da mahimmanci ga wasu su dandana tabawar Kristi."

Abubuwan albarkatu don lafiyar jama'a da lafiyar mutum da ibada za su kasance daga ranar 1 ga Maris a gidan yanar gizon ABC, www.brethren-caregivers.org. Shugabannin ikilisiya na iya buƙatar bugu na albarkatun ba tare da caji ba daga ABC ta hanyar kiran 800-323-8039.