Layin labarai na Janairu 17, 2007

“Ka girmama Ubangiji da dukiyarka, da nunan fari na dukan amfaninka….” - Misalai 3: 9

LABARAI

1) 'Yan'uwa sun zuba rabin dala miliyan daya domin juya yunwa.
2) Manufar Haiti ta ci gaba da girma.
3) Ƙungiyoyin ƙididdiga suna ba da sababbin zaɓuɓɓukan tanadi don yara, matasa, da manya.
4) Asusun ya ba da $120,000 ga Gabas ta Tsakiya, Katrina, Sudan, a cikin tallafi.
5) Kungiyar inshorar cocin Peace Church ta bayyana rabe-rabe, ta rage farashin.
6) Yan'uwa: Gyara, ma'aikata, wakilan zaman lafiya, da sauransu.

BAYANAI

7) Jerin sharhi yana murna da juzu'i na 20 a cikin shekaru 20.

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1) 'Yan'uwa sun zuba rabin dala miliyan daya domin juya yunwa.

An tara dala rabin miliyan don magance yunwar duniya a cikin 2006 daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya da kuma ci gaban ayyukan da ya haifar ta Bankin Albarkatun Abinci. Manajan Asusun Kula da Rikicin Abinci na Duniya Howard Royer ya bayyana kokarin da aka yi da farko, gami da yakin REGNUH… Bankin Albarkatu. Asusun ma’aikatar ce ta Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa.

Bayar da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya kai $318,000 a 2006. Daga cikin wannan adadin, kusan dala 100,000 sun fito ne daga kamfen na REGNUH na taron matasa na ƙasa wanda ya ƙunshi zakka, gudu/tafiya, da ilimin yunwa da abubuwan ibada. An ci gaba da tallafawa asusun ta hanyar “My 2 Cents Worth” kyauta na ikilisiyoyi, zane-zane na coci-coci da gwanjon yunwa, makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki na hutu da ayyukan sansanin, da kuma kyaututtukan masu ba da gudummawa.

Ayyukan haɓaka 'yan'uwa goma sha huɗu, wasu majami'u masu haɗin gwiwa na sauran ƙungiyoyi, sun tara sama da $200,000 don saka hannun jari a shirye-shiryen Bankin Albarkatun Abinci a cikin ƙasashe matalauta, a cikin lissafin farko na 2006. ’Yan’uwa ne suka ƙaddamar da ayyukan girma na farko a Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Minnesota, da kuma – shirin girbin alkama na hunturu a cikin 2007–Kansas. Sauran masu tallafawa a cikin 2006 sune sansanin 'yan'uwa na farko, Camp Mack a Indiana, da kuma 'yan'uwa na farko da suka yi ritaya, ƙauyen 'yan'uwa a Lancaster, Pa.

Shin gudummawar ’yan’uwa ga irin waɗannan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce kamar Asusun Bala’i na Gaggawa, Sabis na Duniya na Coci/CROP, Heifer International, SERRV, Girbi na Biyu na Amurka, Gurasa don Duniya, da sauran ƙoƙarin mai da hankali kan yunwa da talauci, an yi la’akari da matakin bayarwa. Royer ya ce watakila za a ninka sau uku. “’Yan’uwa suna da sha’awar kai wa matalauta da marasa galihu na duniya,” in ji shi.

Royer ya ce "Wani muhimmin yunƙuri na ƙungiyar a lokacin rani na ƙarshe shine amincewa da Burin Ci Gaban Ƙarni ta Taron Shekara-shekara," in ji Royer. “Amma mafi mahimmanci har yanzu shi ne cewa Cocin ’yan’uwa ba kawai ta sa hannu kan manufofin rage talauci da yunwa ba; martaninsa ya bayyana ’yan’uwa da yawa suna fahimtar kiran Kristi na ciyar da mayunwata kuma su yi aiki zuwa ga lafiya da adalci.”

Duka Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya da Bankin Albarkatun Abinci suna ba da tallafin da ke ba wa hukumomin haɗin gwiwa a ƙasashen da ba su ci gaba damar ƙaddamar da aikin noma mai dorewa. Tallafin a halin yanzu yana tallafawa aiki a cikin ƙasashe dozin biyu.

2) Manufar Haiti ta ci gaba da girma.

Aikin ’yan’uwa a Haiti ya ci gaba da girma a shekara ta 2006, duk da rashin zaman lafiya a tsibirin Caribbean. Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Ofishin Jakadancin Haiti wanda ya gana a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, 2006, a Miami, Fla., ya sami rahotannin cewa ƙoƙarin yana kan matakin farko amma ya riga ya haɗa da ƙungiyar masu bauta kusan 100-ciki har da yara 80-a cikin yankin Delmas. na babban birnin Port-au-Prince. Ƙari ga haka, wuraren wa’azi biyu suna bayyana a yankunan da ke makwabtaka da Croix des Bouquets da La Plaine.

Merv Keeney, babban darektan Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Cocin of the Brother General Board ya ce: “Samun zumunci da wuraren wa’azi biyu a cikin shekaru biyu abu ne mai ban al’ajabi – musamman tare da mai kula da mishan na ɗan lokaci.

Wannan shi ne taro na uku na kwamitin ba da shawara da ke da alhakin sabon aikin Haiti. Matsayin kwamitin shine ya tattara ra'ayi mai faɗi da ƙwarewar manufa don tallafawa da ba da shawara ga kwamitin manufa na L'Eglise des Freres Haitiens da fastonsa, Ludovic St. Fleur, wanda kuma yake aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na manufa. Wakilan kwamitin sun hada da St. Fleur, Jonathan Cadette, Marie Andre Ridore, Gaston Pierre Louis, Wayne Sutton, Jean Nixon Aubel, Merle Crouse, Jeff Boshart, da Keeney.

Babban kwamitin ya amince da aikin a Haiti a watan Oktoba 2004, don amsa buƙatun Haitian Brothers a Amurka da Jamhuriyar Dominican don yin aiki zuwa ƙasarsu ta asali. Ana aiwatar da shi ta hanyar tsarin haɗin gwiwa wanda ya haɗa da shugabannin Haitian Brotheran uwan na Amurka da DR a matsayin firaminista, ƙarƙashin kulawar Babban Kwamitin Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya. An kira Fasto Ludovic St. Fleur don yin hidima a matsayin mai kula da mishan na ɗan lokaci yayin da yake ci gaba da gudanar da ayyukan kiwo a L'Eglise des Freres Haitiens (Cocin Haitian na 'yan'uwa) a Miami.

A watan Nuwamba St. Fleur ya ruwaito cewa bai yi wata tafiya zuwa Haiti ba a cikin watanni shida da suka gabata saboda rashin zaman lafiya da kasada a kasar, inda sace-sacen mutane don neman kudin fansa ya karu. Wannan rashin tsaro ya jinkirta wasu matakan da aka tsara a wannan shekarar. Duk da haka, wasu membobin ikilisiyar Miami Haiti sun ziyarci kuma sun tuntuɓar abokan tarayya a Haiti a wannan lokacin, in ji wani rahoto daga Keney.

Koyarwar ainihin bangaskiyar Kirista ya kasance babban fifiko ga zumunci, kuma an yi baftisma da yawa. Fasto Yves, wanda ya kawo wasu horo da gogewa daga wani coci, an kira shi don ba da kulawar makiyaya ga kungiyar. Ana tallafa masa da wani dan tallafi. An zaɓi ɗalibi ɗaya don horar da makiyaya kuma ana tallafawa don yin cikakken nazari a babbar makarantar hauza a Haiti.

Rahoton Keney ya kara da cewa koyarwa ga dukkan mahalarta taron da horar da jagoranci muhimmin makasudin farko ne na wannan manufa. An yi koyarwa ta farko a tafiye-tafiye na farko da St. Fleur da sauransu suka yi, kuma wani shiri yana tasowa don jerin horo na tsawon mako guda don 2007. Horon zai nemi zurfafa fahimtar imani da ayyukan ’yan’uwa, musamman rawar da ta taka. aikin jagoranci coci, wanda ya bambanta da na kowa a Haiti. Haitian Brothers daga DR za a gayyace su shiga cikin jagorancin abubuwan horo. Manufar da ke da alaƙa ita ce a fassara ƙarin albarkatun Yan'uwa zuwa Creole.

Tsarin yin rajista bisa doka a matsayin coci a Haiti kuma ya kasance yanki mai ba da shawara ga Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Ofishin Jakadancin Haiti. Wannan tsari yana buƙatar Ikklisiya ta sami fastoci guda uku da aka sani, hedkwatar ofis, da kuma wani nau'in isar da sabis ga al'umma. St. Fleur ya ruwaito cewa shi da tawagar fastoci a Miami na iya zama wani bangare na wannan bukatar jagoranci. Bukatar ofis yana haifar da binciken filaye da wuraren don yuwuwar wurin ofishi da ginin coci, tare da yuwuwar makaranta ko wata ma'aikatar.

Hulɗar Cocin ƴan'uwa a Haiti ya koma aƙalla shekarun 1960. Wannan tarihin shigar darika da ayyukan mishan na sirri na baya-bayan nan da 'yan'uwa suka yi ya haifar da haɗakar ma'aikatu na ɗan gajeren lokaci da na dindindin da alaƙa a Haiti. Yiwuwar haɗawa da wasu daga cikin waɗannan yunƙurin, waɗanda yawancinsu ke da ci gaba da goyon bayan 'yan'uwa, na da yuwuwar haɓaka motsi zuwa rajistar hukuma da kuma haɓaka coci mai inganci a ƙasar, in ji Keeney.

Taron na kwamitin ba da shawara ya kuma hada da rahoton kudi da kuma amincewa da zaman fahimtar taron shekara-shekara na shekara ta 2006 wanda mambobin kwamitoci uku suka yi musayar bangarori daban-daban na aikin.

3) Ƙungiyoyin ƙididdiga suna ba da sababbin zaɓuɓɓukan tanadi don yara, matasa, da manya.

Cocin of the Brethren Credit Union ya fara ba da sabon zaɓin tanadi a cikin Disamba don sauƙaƙe ayyukan kulawa nagari. Sabbin samfuran sun haɗa da asusun kasuwancin kuɗi na yau da kullun, asusun ajiyar kuɗi na IRA na gargajiya da na Roth IRA, asusun kasuwancin kuɗin ilimi na Coverdell, da asusun ajiyar kuɗi na musamman guda biyar. Ƙungiyar bashi ma'aikata ce mai alaƙa da Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT).

Biyu daga cikin sababbin asusun ajiyar kuɗi, Kids Club da Youth Club, an tsara su musamman don yara. Ƙungiyoyin bashi suna jin daɗi sosai game da mahimmancin ƙarfafa yara su zama masu tanadin tarbiyya, bisa ga labarin wasiƙar daga BBT, cewa waɗannan asusun suna ba da ƙarin riba. (Don labarin je zuwa www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/news/newsindex.html.)

"Babu wani abu da ke koyar da kyawawan ayyukan kudi kamar gwaninta na farko; Buɗe asusun ajiyar kuɗi don yaranku hanya ce mai kyau don fara su kan hanyar samun kulawa mai kyau,” in ji labarin. Ƙungiyar Kids tana samuwa ga kowane yaro har zuwa shekaru 12; Ƙungiyar Matasa daga shekaru 13-18.

Sabbin asusun ajiyar kuɗin Kirsimeti da Club Club an tsara su don ƙarfafa membobin su tsara gaba da adanawa zuwa takamaiman manufa, ta yadda za su guje wa yawan bashin katin kiredit da haɗarin jinkirin biyan kuɗi da yawan riba. Waɗannan asusun suna samun rabo mafi girma fiye da tanadi na yau da kullun, amma suna buƙatar ajiya kowane wata. An iyakance janyewar zuwa hudu a kowace shekara.

Ƙungiyar Mishan ta Matasa na Brotheran uwan da gaske ce ta keɓanta ga Cocin Brothers, a cewar ƙungiyar ƙwadago. Ana ba da sabon kulob ɗin ajiyar kuɗi don ƙarfafa tanadi ga waɗanda ke shirin shiga hidimar ’yan’uwa ko damar ilimi kamar taron matasa na ƙasa, taron zama ɗan ƙasa na Kirista, sansanin aiki, ko ayyukan gida. Ƙungiyar Mishan ta Matasa ta Brotheran'uwa tana samuwa ga kowane mutum, ƙungiyar matasa, ajin makarantar Lahadi, ikilisiya, ko gunduma.

Hakanan ana samun su yanzu daga ƙungiyar kuɗi akwai asusun kasuwancin kuɗin kuɗin Coverdell Education. Ana ƙarfafa iyaye ko kakanni da su buɗe asusun kasuwancin kuɗin ilimi na Coverdell don yara ko jikoki, tare da ba da shawarar gudummawar yau da kullun ga asusun da za a yi a lokacin Kirsimeti, ranar haihuwa, ko a kowane lokaci.

Asusun kasuwannin kuɗi suna samun riba mai yawa fiye da asusun ajiyar kuɗi na yau da kullun, amma iyakance cirewa zuwa shida a wata. Asusun kasuwancin kuɗi na yau da kullun yana ba membobin da ke kula da ma'auni na $2,500 tare da mafi girman ƙimar riba. Asusun IRA na Gargajiya da Roth IRA da asusun Ilimi na Coverdell ba su da mafi ƙarancin ma'auni.

Membobin da ke son ba da gudummawa akai-akai don tanadin ritayar su ko kuma don tanadi don ilimi za su ci gajiyar waɗannan asusun kasuwannin kuɗi; yayin da ma'aunin su ya kai adadin da aka saita, membobi za su iya canja wurin kuɗin su zuwa takaddun shaida na IRA ko Coverdell don samun riba mai girma.

Don ƙarin bayani ko don buɗe kasuwar kuɗi ko asusun kulab, tuntuɓi Church of the Brethren Credit Union a 888-832-1383 ko dkingery_bbt@brethren.org.

4) Asusun ya ba da $120,000 ga Gabas ta Tsakiya, Katrina, Sudan, a cikin tallafi.

Asusun Bayar da Bala'i na Gaggawa na Cocin of the Brother General Board ya ba da jimilar $120,000 a cikin tallafi shida na baya-bayan nan. Adadin ya hada da tallafi na kokarin samar da zaman lafiya a yankin gabas ta tsakiya tare da aikin agajin ‘yan’uwa da bala’i a cikin Tekun Fasha bayan guguwar Katrina, da kuma tallafawa ‘yan gudun hijira da ke komawa kudancin Sudan, da dai sauransu.

Rarraba $40,000 yana goyan bayan roko na Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS) wanda ke magance bukatun jin kai a yankuna da dama na Gabas ta Tsakiya sakamakon yaki da rikici. Wadannan kudade za su ba da kulawar jinya, agajin abinci, kayan aiki, sake gina makarantu, da gyaran hanyoyin ruwa.

Tallafin dala 30,000 yana tallafawa aikin Response Disaster Response 'yan'uwa a McComb, Miss. Wannan sabon aikin "Katrina Site 3" zai gyara da sake gina gidajen da guguwar Katrina ta lalata ko ta lalace. Kuɗin tallafin zai ba da kuɗin balaguro da abinci da gidaje ga masu sa kai, horar da jagoranci, ƙarin kayan aiki da kayan aiki, da wasu kayan gini.

Ƙarin rabon dala 25,000 na ci gaba da ba da gudummawar ayyukan Response Response ’Yan’uwa a “Katrina Site 2” a Kogin Pearl, La. Kuɗin zai ba da abinci, gidaje, sufuri, da kuma tallafi ga ’yan’uwa masu sa kai da ke tafiya zuwa Louisiana don sake gina gida da gyare-gyare. , da kayan aiki da kayan aiki.

An bayar da adadin dala 15,000 a matsayin martani ga kiran da CWS ta yi na taimaka wa mutanen Sudan da suka rasa matsugunansu da ke komawa gidajensu a kudancin Sudan. Wani abokin tarayya na CWS, Churches Ecumenical Action a Sudan, zai yi amfani da kudaden, don samar da ruwa da tsaftar muhalli da kuma ayyukan ilimi da kiwon lafiya ga mazauna 66,000, masu gudun hijira, da kuma wadanda suka dawo.

Rarraba $5,000 yana goyan bayan sabon aikin na tsawon shekara don Kula da Yara na Bala'i a New Orleans. Aikin da ake kira "The Road Home" ya kasance bisa bukatar FEMA, don ba da taimakon kula da yara ga iyalai da suke komawa gida zuwa New Orleans a cikin 2007. A ranar 2 ga Janairu, FEMA tana buɗe Cibiyar Gidan Maraba ta Louisiana a matsayin "Tsayawa Daya-Tsayawa- Siyayya” hukumomin gidaje da ƙungiyoyi waɗanda za su iya ba da albarkatu ga waɗanda dole ne a kwashe su yayin guguwar Katrina da Rita. Za a kafa cibiyar kula da yara masu bala'i a Shagon Tsaya Daya. Kuɗin tallafin zai tallafawa balaguron sa kai, abinci, gidaje, da horo. Ana kuma sa ran tallafin nan gaba.

Tallafin $5,000 ya amsa roko na CWS bayan ambaliya da lalacewar guguwa a wannan faɗuwar a yawancin jihohi ciki har da Washington, New York, Texas, New Mexico, North Carolina, Alabama, da Hawaii. Taimakon zai tallafa wa aikin gina iya aiki ta hanyar CWS Disaster Response and Recovery Liaisons a cikin waɗannan jihohi, da kuma ƙungiyoyin farfadowa na gida na dogon lokaci.

5) Kungiyar inshorar cocin Peace Church ta bayyana rabe-rabe, ta rage farashin.

Peace Church Risk Retention Group, a taron masu hannun jari na shekara-shekara a Baltimore Md., ta bayyana rabon rabon dala 500,000 ga masu hannun jari, wanda za a biya nan da 15 ga Maris. Hukumar ta kuma sanar da cewa za ta rage farashin sabunta ta na 2007 da kashi 11 cikin dari.

"Wannan wata muhimmiyar rana ce a gare mu," in ji Ed Brubaker, shugaban hukumar. "Mun fara farawa mai kyau, muna ci gaba da samun ci gaba mai kyau, kuma yanzu lokaci ya yi da za mu dawo da jarin mu."

Ƙungiyar Risk Risk na Cocin Peace ƙwararrun inshora ce da aka kafa shekaru uku da suka gabata ta Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa (ABC), Sabis na Abokai don Tsufa, da Ayyukan Kiwon Lafiya na Mennonite. Ƙungiyar tana wakiltar hukumomin kula da lafiya na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, Ƙungiyar Abokan Addini, da Mennonites - duk majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi - don samar da abin alhaki ga 42 na wuraren aikin jinya da na ritaya. AARM ne ke gudanar da ƙungiyar, mai gudanarwa na ɓangare na uku a Lancaster, Pa.

"An dade ana tunanin cewa wuraren cocin zaman lafiya sun sami damar yin inshorar bukatunsu ba tare da dogaro da kudaden da suka wuce kima da dillalan inshorar kasuwanci ke karba ba," in ji Brubaker, "kuma cikin shekaru uku, mun nuna ci gaba a babban birnin kasar. da kuma ajiyar kuɗi, har ya zuwa inda ya dace a yi rabon kuɗin kuɗi.”

A cikin tarihinta na shekaru uku, Ƙungiyar Riƙe Haɗarin Cocin Peace har yanzu ba ta biya wani da'awar ba. Kathy Reid, babban darektan ABC, kuma mamba kuma jami'in hukumar gudanarwar kungiyar ta ce "Wani bangare na nasarar da muka samu shi ne babban fifikon da muke ba da kulawa ga kasada." “Lokacin da abin ya faru a cibiyoyinmu, muna koya wa masu rike da manufofinmu su kai rahoto gare mu domin mu dauki matakan da suka dace don ganin an magance wadannan abubuwan a matakin gudanarwa kuma kada su zama nakiyoyin da za su iya binnewa.”

Wannan hanya ta ɗan bambanta da tsarin tunani wanda ya zaɓi kada ya ba da rahoton abubuwan da suka faru ga masu ɗaukar inshora saboda tsoron karuwar ƙimar. Ilimin kula da haɗarin haɗari ya yi aiki sosai wanda maimakon haɓakar ƙimar, ƙimar sabuntawar 2007 za ta ragu da kashi 11 cikin ɗari. Ana ba da darussan horon kula da haɗari a duk shekara a wurare daban-daban a cikin ƙasar.

Ƙungiya Risk Risk Church na Peace a halin yanzu yana bin ƙa'idodin da AM Best ya kafa, wata hukumar ƙididdiga ta inshora sananne a cikin duniyar inshora, don "mafi kyawun ayyuka" ga kamfanonin inshora. Hakanan yana da niyyar neman yin ƙima daga AM Best.

Don ƙarin game da ma'aikatun da ke da alaƙa da Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa je zuwa www.brethren.org/abc.

6) Yan'uwa: Gyara, ma'aikata, bude aiki, da dai sauransu.

Gyara: Karen Orpurt Crim ya shiga hukumar Brethren Benefit Trust a cikin kaka na shekara ta 2006. Newsline ta ruwaito ba daidai ba a ranar 20 ga Disamba cewa Karen Crim Dillon ya shiga hukumar BBT.
Shanita Hamlin ta yi murabus a matsayin ƙwararriyar sabis na abokin ciniki na Brotheran Jarida don fara aiki tare da Chicago Metro AEYC, Sashen Illinois na Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Yara ta Ƙasa. A cikin wannan matsayi za ta sanar da masu samar da makarantun gaba da sakandare game da kudaden da aka ware don inganta makarantun gaba da sakandare a Illinois, kuma za ta taimaka musu wajen neman kudaden. 17 ga Janairu ita ce ranarta ta ƙarshe tare da 'yan jarida. "Shanita ta kasance mai ba da shawara mai karfi don sabon tsarin Gather 'Round Curriculum a cikin wadannan muhimman watanni na gabatarwa," in ji Wendy McFadden, babban darektan 'yan jaridu. "Za mu yi kewar ta a ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida."
Wendi Hutchinson, darektan hulda da coci a Manchester College da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., ta yi murabus daga mukamin a ranar 12 ga Janairu. Ta fara ranar 16 ga Janairu a matsayin darektan dangantakar tsofaffin ɗalibai da abubuwan musamman na Kwalejin Kasuwanci da Ayyukan Iyali a Jami'ar Purdue a yammacin Lafayette, Ind. Yawancin a Kwalejin Manchester za su raba nauyin dangantakar cocin bayan murabus din Hutchinson, ciki har da sabon fasto Steve Crain, amintattu, shugaban Manchester Jo Young Switzer, malamai, da sauransu a kan ma'aikatan kwalejin. Fasto na harabar da shugaban Switzer za su raba jagoranci don dangantakar coci; Sakatariyar shigar da dalibai Sandy Bendsen zai ba da tallafin gudanarwa. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi mataimakin shugaban zartarwa Dave McFadden a dfmcfadden@manchester.edu.
Diane Ford Jones na Cleveland, Ohio, an nada shi darekta na kowace Cocin A Peace Church (duba http://www.ecapc.org/). John Stoner, wanda ya kafa kuma mai gudanarwa na shekaru biyar da suka gabata, zai ci gaba a cikin rawar shawara. Jones minista ne da aka nada a Cocin United Church of Christ (UCC), kuma tun 2002 ya kasance ministan sadarwa da aikin ilimi na UCC Justice and Witness Ministries, a ofishin kungiyar na kasa. Ta yi shekaru masu girma tare da Cocin Mai Ceto a Washington, DC, kuma tana da digiri na biyu a cikin allahntaka da aikin jarida daga Jami'ar Boston. Za ta jagoranci tsarin tsare-tsare, inganta tarurruka, kula da samar da tsarin nazarin zaman lafiya ga majami'u, fadada talabijin da sadarwar yanar gizo, kuma za ta inganta rajistar Ikklisiya na Aminci ta kasa. Ƙungiya mai zaman kanta ta fara kowace Cocin A Peace Church wanda ya haɗa da wakilan Cocin na Brothers.
Kamfanin Sabis na Rarraba/MutualAid eXchange (MAX), kamfani ne da kamfanin inshorar asarar rayuka da ke hidimar Anabaptists a duk faɗin Amurka da Kanada, suna neman mai samarwa/wakili a ofishinsa na Goshen, Ind. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da haɓaka ƙaƙƙarfan haɗin kai ga al'ummar Anabaptist, samar da dama don samar da inshora na MAX, da kuma isar da kyakkyawan sabis ga membobin. Kwarewar inshorar da ta gabata da lasisin Inshorar Dukiya da Lalacewar abin ƙari. Ana iya la'akari da horar da mutumin da ya dace ba a riga an ba shi lasisi ba. Don ƙarin koyo game da kamfani da waɗanda yake hidima, ziyarci http://www.mutualaidexchange.com/. Ana iya aika da ci gaba ta imel zuwa skwine@maxkc.com ko fax zuwa 877-785-0085.
Tawagar wanzar da zaman lafiya a Gabas ta Tsakiya da hadin gwiwar kungiyoyin samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) sun isa Isra'ila/Falasdinu a ranar 11 ga Janairu. Tawagar za ta kare ne a ranar 22 ga Janairu. Tafiya ta fara ne a Kudus da Baitalami, sannan kuma za ta wuce zuwa Isra'ila. Hebron da ƙauyen At-Tuwani, don shiga cikin ayyukan CPT na ci gaba da tashe-tashen hankula, rakiya, da takaddun shaida. Membobin tawagar 12 sun haɗa da mahalarta daga Amurka, Kanada, Ghana, da Ireland ta Arewa, gami da da yawa tare da haɗin gwiwar Cocin 'yan'uwa. Shugaban wakilai Rick Polhamus memba ne na Pleasant Hill (Ohio) Church of the Brothers. Kungiyar ta shirya ganawa da sojojin Isra'ila, mazauna Isra'ila, iyalan Falasdinawa, da masu kare hakkin bil'adama da masu zaman lafiya daga Isra'ila da Falasdinu; shiga cikin shaida na jama'a wanda ba tare da tashin hankali ba yana fuskantar zalunci da tashin hankali; rangadin 'bangon tsaro' da ke raba Isra'ila da gabar yammacin kogin Jordan; da kuma ziyartar iyalan Falasdinawa wadanda gidajensu da rayuwarsu ke fuskantar barazana ta hanyar fadada matsugunan Isra'ila. Bibiyar ayyukan tawagar a http://hebrondelegation.blogspot.com/. Don ƙarin bayani jeka www.brethren.org/oepa/programs/special/middle-east-peacemaking/index.html.
Matsalolin Kula da Yara na Bala'i na 1 Horo da aka shirya a farkon 2007 sun haɗa da abubuwan da suka faru a ranar 16-17 ga Fabrairu a Atlanta, Ga.; Fabrairu 23-24 a Tampa, Fla.; Maris 9-10 a Cibiyar Dallas, Iowa; Maris 16-17 a Fort Wayne, Ind.; Maris 23-24 a Natchitoches, La.; da Afrilu 20-21 a Littleton, Colo. Ma'aikatar Kula da Yara ta Bala'i ce ma'aikatar Ikilisiya ta Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa da ke horar da, ba da shaida, da kuma tattara masu aikin sa kai zuwa wuraren bala'i a Amurka don ba da agaji ga yara ƙanana na iyalai masu fama da yanayi. ko kuma bala’o’in da mutum ya yi. Masu aikin sa kai dole ne su zama ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun horo na sa'o'i 27 cikin nasara. Horon ya ƙunshi bayanai kan buƙatun yara bayan bala'i, ƙwarewar koyo don ingantaccen hulɗa tare da yara, da fuskantar bala'i da aka kwaikwayi. Shirin Kula da Yara na Bala'i a halin yanzu yana da masu aikin sa kai da ke aiki na makonni biyu a New Orleans a "Cibiyar Gida ta Maraba" da FEMA ta kafa - tun farkon shekara jimlar masu sa kai takwas sun bauta wa yara 75. Don ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin rajista, ziyarci http://www.disasterchildcare.org/ ko a kira Ofishin DCC a 800-451-4407 (zaɓi 5).
Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci tana ba da darussa da yawa a wannan lokacin hunturu da farkon bazara, daga cikinsu akwai "Faɗakar da Mutuwa, Bayyana Fata: Hanyar 'Yan'uwa zuwa Jana'izar da Ayyukan Tunawa," a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu. Md., Da Maris 12-2 a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., James Benedict ya koyar (ranar ƙarshe na yin rajista Jan. 3, je zuwa http://bts.earlham.edu/academy/pdf/BenedictClass.pdf ); da "Bincika bangaskiyar Kirista: Gabatarwa ga Tiyoloji," wani kwas na kan layi Fabrairu 26-Afrilu 26, wanda Craig Gandy ya koyar (lokacin ranar yin rajista Jan. 28, je zuwa www.bethanyseminary.edu/pdf%29files/IntrotoTheology-Gandy-20m .pdf). Darussan da ake bayarwa ta makarantar suna buɗe don Horarwa a Hidima da Ilimi ga ɗaliban Hidimar Rarraba, Fastoci, da ’yan aji. Don ƙarin tuntuɓar 2007-765-983 ko academy@bethanyseminary.edu.
Sabis na Sa-kai na Yan'uwa (BVS) ya sanar da 2007 Winter Orientation, Janairu 28-Feb. 16 a Camp Ithiel a Gotha, Fla. Wannan zai zama sashin daidaitawa na 273 don BVS kuma zai ƙunshi masu sa kai 16 daga ko'ina cikin Amurka da Jamus. Membobin Cocin ’Yan’uwa da yawa za su halarta, kuma sauran ’yan agaji sun fito daga wurare dabam-dabam na bangaskiya. Babban mahimmanci na makonni uku zai zama nutsewar karshen mako tare da 'yan uwan Haitian a Miami da Orlando, inda masu aikin sa kai za su sami damar yin aiki a bankunan abinci, abubuwan kiyaye yanayi, kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu, da Habitat for Humanity. Hakanan ƙungiyar za ta sami damar yin aiki a Camp Ithiel na kwana ɗaya. A BVS potluck yana buɗewa ga duk waɗanda ke sha'awar ranar 4 ga Fabrairu a 5:30 na yamma a Camp Ithiel. "Don Allah a ji 'yanci ku zo ku maraba da sabbin masu aikin sa kai na BVS da kuma raba abubuwan da kuka samu," in ji Hannah Kliewer na ofishin BVS. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ofishin BVS a 800-323-8039 ext. 423. “Kamar kullum tunaninku da addu’o’inku suna maraba da buqata. Da fatan za a tuna da wannan sabon rukunin da kuma mutanen da za su taɓa a cikin shekarar hidimarsu ta BVS, ”in ji Kliewer.
Reading (Pa.) The First Church of the Brothers, da ke Wyomissing, tana cin gajiyar sha’awar mai haɓakawa ga dukiyarsa kuma tana shirin gina sabon wurin, in ji “Reading Eagle.” Fasto Timothy Speicher ya shaida wa jaridar cewa cocin za ta gina wani sabon wurin a kan kadada uku da za ta rike a bayan kadarar, kuma a halin yanzu za ta yi ibada a cocin Reform na kusa da cocin Oheb Sholom. A lokacin gyaran ginin majami'ar ta hadu a Karatun Farko. Kara karantawa a www.readingeagle.com/re/religion/1615525.asp.
"Ranar Wayar da Kan Darfur" a cocin Glade Valley Church of the Brothers a ranar 10 ga watan Disamba ya kawo mutane fiye da 50 daga majami'u da al'umma don sanin tashin hankalin da ke faruwa a Darfur, Sudan. Caitlyn Leiter-Mason ta shirya taron tare da taimako daga abokai da membobin Glade Valley. Ta ba da rahoton cewa gudummawar da aka bayar daga taron sun haura dala 2,500. Za a aika da gudummawar zuwa Sabis na Duniya na Coci don tallafawa aiki tare da 'yan gudun hijira daga Darfur.
Illinois da Gundumar Wisconsin sun ba da sanarwar sabon ofishin "satellite". Tuntuɓi ministan zartarwa na gunduma Kevin Kessler a sabon ofishin, 120 N. 3rd Ave., Canton, IL 61520; 309-647-4828; kevink.iwdcob@sbcglobal.net. Tuntuɓi mataimakiyar gudanarwa na gunduma Duane Steiner a tsohon ofishin, wanda zai kasance a cocin York Center Church of the Brother a Lombard, Ill.
The Great Plains Office of Church World Service (CWS) ya gane Lee Rodgers, memba na Newton (Kan.) Church of the Brothers, na rabin karni na hidima ga CROP. Shekaru hamsin na kirga kuɗaɗen CROP Yunwar Walk sun isa, in ji Rodgers a cikin sakin CWS. Ya yi ritaya bayan Tafiya na CROP na Oktoban da ya gabata, inda ya kawo karshen gudu da aka fara a 1956. “Na fara aikin banki a 1938,” in ji shi. “Sa’ad da na dawo daga aikin soja a shekara ta 1956, shugabana a banki ya ba ni aikin ma’ajin CROP.” Kodayake a cikin 'yan shekarun nan Rodgers ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'ajin gida, a baya yana da alhakin duk gundumar Harvey, wanda Newton yake. A wancan zamanin na farko, hanyoyin sun dan bambanta, in ji shi. Manoman sun kai alkama zuwa lif ɗin hatsi suna ba da gudummawar ribar. Rodgers ya tattara kuɗin kuma ya aika su zuwa Sabis na Duniya na Coci. Ya tuno da Trains Friendship da za su kwashe hatsi. Rodgers memba ne na tsawon rai na ikilisiyar Newton. “Majami'u sun yi tafiya. Abin da na yi shi ne rike kudin,” inji shi. Lokacinsa na ma'ajin aiki ne na ƙauna, in ji shi. "Yana da daraja."
Wani ma'aikacin ma'aikacin zaman lafiya na Duniya Matt Guynn yana ɗaya daga cikin kwamitin da aka yi hira da shi a gidan rediyon ƙasa a matsayin wani ɓangare na cibiyar horarwa mai fafutuka mai suna Training for Change (duba http://www.trainingforchange.org/). An watsa hirar daga Philadelphia ranar Asabar, 13 ga Janairu, a matsayin wani ɓangare na nunin, "Amurka Karshen mako." Nunin da ke da alaƙa da hutun Martin Luther King kuma ya haɗa da shirye-shiryen bidiyo daga jawaban Dr. King da kuma martanin da mahalarta taron suka yi game da mahimmancin jawabai na yau. Nemo "Amurka karshen mako" a http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/.
CrossRoads Valley Brothers and Mennonite Heritage Center na shekara-shekara taron abincin dare za a yi da karfe 6 na yamma ranar 2 ga Fabrairu a Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Harrisonburg, Va. Tikitin $15, tare da rajista da ake buƙata, kira 540-438-1275. Shirin zai hada da abubuwan da suka faru na 2006, tsare-tsare na 2007, da kuma adireshin Steve Watson, farfesa na addini da falsafa a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) Don ƙarin game da CrossRoads je zuwa http://www.vbmhc.org/.
Sabbin Ma'aikatun Rayuwa suna daukar nauyin Taron Horar da Jagoranci mai taken "Deep and Wide: Expanding Hospitality in the Faithful Church" a ranar Talata, Mayu 8, a Cocin Franconia Mennonite a Telford, Pa. Masu magana da mahimmanci sune Ron Sider da Eddie Gibbs. Mahalarta za su sami kwafin sabon baƙon baƙi da kayan haɗin kai ta Steve Clapp, Fred Bernhard, da Ed Bontrager. Fastoci za su sami .6 ci gaba da sassan ilimi. Ana samun rangwamen kuɗi don rajista da wuri da kuma ga mutane da yawa da suka halarta daga ikilisiya ɗaya. Don ƙarin bayani game da taron da yin rajista, tuntuɓi Kristen Leverton Helbert, darektan Sabbin Ma'aikatun Rayuwa, a 800-774-3360 ko NLMServiceCenter@aol.com.
A cikin mako na Janairu 15-21, wani yaƙin neman zaɓe na Ƙungiyoyin Masu zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) na yin amfani da gurɓatattun makaman uranium za su taimaka wa mazauna yankin Jonesborough, Tenn., yankin don gudanar da zaben kiwon lafiya na unguwar da ke kusa da wani Aerojet Ordnance. shuka inda aka kera makaman. CPT ta gudanar da wata tawaga ta fadowa mai alaka da yakin neman zabe, wanda aka shafe kwanaki biyar a cikin taron addu’o’i a masana’antar inda mahalarta taron suka tattauna da makwabta da ma’aikatan shuka wadanda suka nuna damuwarsu game da matsalolin lafiya saboda karancin sinadarin Uranium, in ji mamban CPT Cliff Kindy. . "Wannan kuri'ar jin ra'ayin kiwon lafiya ta samo asali ne a matsayin martani ga wadancan damuwar. Watakila yana iya zama abin ƙarfafawa don ƙarin cikakken nazari da sahihanci, ”in ji shi. CPT ta sanar da karin wasu tawaga guda biyu da za su gudanar da bincike tare da kalubalantar amfani da gurbacewar makaman Uranium, a ranakun 16-25 ga Maris da kuma 18-27 ga Mayu. Tun daga Jonesborough, tawagogin za su gana da mutanen da makaman suka shafa kuma za su shirya wani ba da shaida na jama'a. Tawagar Maris na iya tafiya zuwa Washington, DC Wakilan za su shirya jigilar nasu zuwa Knoxville, Tenn., kuma su tara $300 don kashe kuɗi. Don ƙarin bayani ko yin amfani da tuntuɓi Ƙungiyoyin Masu Zaman Lafiya na Kirista, 773-277-0253, wakilai@cpt.org; ko duba http://www.cpt.org/. Don ƙarin bayani game da yaƙin neman zaɓe na ƙetare makaman uranium ziyarci http://www.stop-du.org/.

7) Jerin sharhi yana murna da juzu'i na 20 a cikin shekaru 20.

A ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, 2006, marubuta da editoci fiye da dozin biyu da ke aiki tare da Sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ikilisiyar Muminai sun hadu don cin abincin dare don bikin bugu na 20 a cikin shekaru 20. An gudanar da liyafar cin abincin ne a birnin Washington, DC, a karshen taron bita na marubuta da kuma gabanin taron kungiyar adabin Littafi Mai Tsarki da aka fara washegari.

Jerin Sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Cocin Muminai ya fara shekaru 20 da suka gabata tare da buga Elmer Martens' “Irmiya” (1986). Martens yayi hidima na shekaru da yawa a matsayin editan Tsohon Alkawari. Douglas B. Miller na Kwalejin Tabor shine editan Tsohon Alkawari na yanzu; Loren Johns na Associated Mennonite Bible Seminary shine editan Sabon Alkawari na yanzu.

Tare da littafin “Zabura” da aka buga kwanan nan, aikin ya ƙara matsakaita sabon ƙara sau ɗaya a shekara a cikin shekaru 20 da suka shige. Majalisar editan sharhin ta bayyana muradinta na kammala kundin Sabon Alkawari a cikin shekaru 10 da kundin Tsohon Alkawari a cikin shekaru 14. An karɓi sharhin da kyau ya zuwa yanzu a cikin bita mai mahimmanci.

Jerin ya samo asali ne sa’ad da jerin sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki a Papua, New Guinea, ya sa mawallafin Mennoniyawa Ben Cutrell ya yi tambaya, “Ko ’yan Mennoniyawa a Arewacin Amirka za su iya yin wani abu makamancin haka?” Tun daga wannan lokacin ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist da yawa da suka haɗa da Cocin of the Brothers, Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church USA, Brothers in Christ, and the Brothers Church sun haɗu don haɓaka jerin sharhi. Majalisar edita na ƙwararrun malamai da ke wakiltar kowane ɗayan waɗannan ƙungiyoyin coci suna yin taro kowace shekara.

Malamai goma sha tara ne suka hadu a taron bitar marubuta, wanda ya tattaro wadanda suka rigaya suka rubuta sharhin da aka buga a cikin jerin da kuma wadanda ke aiki kan kundin masu zuwa. Taron ya nuna irin abubuwan da marubutan sharhi suka samu na kansu – yadda suka tafi kan tsarin bincike, rubutu, da sake rubutawa. Da yawa sun yi tunani a kan ƙalubalen neman daidaiton daidaito tsakanin fasaha ko tarihi-mahimman bayanai da kuma dacewa na zamani ta hanyoyin da ke sadarwa mai ƙarfi.

Wani kalubalen da marubutan suka fuskanta shine kasancewa masu dacewa ba tare da rubuta abubuwan da suka zama da sauri ba. Abubuwa biyu masu mahimmanci na jerin, waɗanda suka fara bayyana a cikin wasu jerin sharhi, su ne sassan, “Rubutu a cikin Littafi Mai-Tsarki” da kuma “Rubutun cikin Rayuwar Ikilisiya.” Kalubale na uku shi ne gano ma’auni mai kyau tsakanin yadda nassin ya yi aiki a cikin rayuwar Ikklisiya da kuma yadda zai yi aiki a cikin rayuwar Ikilisiya.

Sharhi da aka riga aka buga sun haɗa da "Farawa" na Bethany Theological Seminary shugaban Eugene F. Roop (1987), wanda aka fassara zuwa Rashanci. Roop kuma ya rubuta "Ruth, Yunusa, Esther" (2002). Sauran sharhin marubutan 'yan'uwa sun hada da "Matiyu" na Richard B. Gardner (1991), da "Ayyukan Manzanni" na Chalmer E. Faw (1993). Ƙari ga haka, jerin sun buga “Fitowa,” “Alƙalawa,” “Zabura,” “Misalai,” “Irmiya,” “Ezekiel,” “Daniel,” “Yusha’u, Amos,” “Markus,” “Romawa,” “ 2 Korinthiyawa,” “Afisawa,” “Kolosiyawa, Filimon,” “1 da 2 Tassalunikawa,” “1-2 Bitrus, Yahuda,” da “Ru’ya ta Yohanna.”

Ana samun jerin shirye-shiryen ta hanyar 'yan jarida, kira 800-441-3712 ko je zuwa http://www.brethrenpress.com/.