"Dukansu za su rayu cikin Almasihu." - 1 Korinthiyawa 15:22b
LABARAI
1) Amsar Bala'i na Yan'uwa ya buɗe aikin dawo da Katrina na huɗu.
2) Kuɗin ’yan’uwa suna ba da dala 150,000 don yunwa, agajin bala’i.
3) Yan'uwa rago: Gyara, ma'aikata, wuraren aiki, ƙari.
KAMATA
4) Bach ya yi murabus daga makarantar hauza, ya nada darakta na Cibiyar Matasa.
5) Zaure ya yi murabus daga aikin ɗan adam a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa.
Abubuwa masu yawa
6) Ma'aikatar Sulhunta tana tsara taron bitar bazara.
7) Yawon shakatawa yana ɗaukar ƙungiyar kiɗan al'adu zuwa tsakiyar yamma.
8) Abubuwan horo na ma'aikatar diacon/mai kulawa da aka tsara don bazara.
BAYANAI
9) Akwai fakitin bayanai don bikin cika shekaru 300 na ibada.
fasalin
10) Yan'uwa sun halarci gangamin zaman lafiya a birnin Washington, DC
Don karɓar Layin Labarai ta imel ko don cire rajista, je zuwa http://listserver.emountain.net/mailman/listinfo/newsline. Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers, je zuwa http://www.brethren.org/, danna kan "Labarai" don nemo fasalin labarai, ƙarin "Brethren bits," da haɗin kai zuwa 'yan'uwa a cikin labarai, hotuna da hotuna Taskar labarai.
1) Amsar Bala'i na Yan'uwa ya buɗe aikin dawo da Katrina na huɗu.
Response Brethren Disaster Response ya sanar da buɗe wani aiki na hudu mai aiki na Hurricane Katrina na farfadowa a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu. Wannan aikin zai kasance a Chalmette, La., a St. Bernard Parish. Sauran ayyukan dawo da Katrina guda uku suna cikin kogin Pearl, La .; Lucedale, Miss.; da McComb, Miss. Disaster Child Care kuma yana aiki a FEMA "Cibiyar Gida ta Maraba" a New Orleans.
Guguwar Katrina ta haifar da gazawar levee da ta mamaye gidaje a duk fadin St. Bernard Parish tare da ruwan kafa shida zuwa ashirin sama da makonni biyu, in ji jami'ar Brethren Disaster Response Jane Yount. Sama da mazauna Ikklesiya 200 ne suka rasa rayukansu, kuma kashi 100 cikin 50 na gidajen an ayyana su a hukumance. Kusan kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX na mazauna yankin tsofaffi ne.
Response Brethren Disaster Response yana daidaita ƙoƙarin tare da St. Bernard Project, ƙungiyar masu ba da agaji ta gida. Birnin ya dauki nauyin rushe gidaje da share tarkace. Masu aikin sa kai za su yi manyan ayyukan gyare-gyare da suka haɗa da rufi, busasshen bangon bango, shimfidar laminate, famfo, gyare-gyaren lantarki, da rufi, don ba wa mazauna damar komawa gidajensu.
Aikin St. Bernard ya sami tireloli bakwai a kan lamuni daga FEMA don gidaje don masu aikin sa kai na 'yan'uwa da daraktocin ayyuka; tireloli suna cikin rukunin tirela na waɗanda suka tsira daga Katrina. Daraktocin ayyukan da za su bude aikin sune Ken da LouElla Imhoff, tare da Phil da Joan Taylor suna taimakawa. Ma'aikatan aikin na makon farko za su fito ne daga Gundumar Mid-Atlantic, kuma sun haɗa da membobin Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Babban Kwamitin.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Amsar Bala'i na Yan'uwa je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/ersm/DisasterResponse.htm.
2) Kuɗin ’yan’uwa suna ba da dala 150,000 don yunwa, agajin bala’i.
Kudaden Cocin ’Yan’uwa biyu sun ba da jimillar dala 150,000 don agajin yunwa da bala’i, ta hanyar tallafi biyar na baya-bayan nan. Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa (EDF) da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya (GFCF) ma'aikatun Ikilisiya ne na Babban Kwamitin 'Yan'uwa.
An ba da tallafin EDF na dala 60,000 ga SHARECircle, ƙungiyar agaji da gyara da ke aiki a Angola. Kudaden za su taimaka wajen fadada ayyukan zuwa tallafin da Hukumar USAID ta samu kwanan nan na cibiyoyin ciyar da abinci a makarantu a lardin Bie, kuma za su samar da kayayyakin jinya, da magunguna, da kayan makaranta da za a aika daga Cibiyar Hidima ta ‘Yan’uwa da ke New Windsor, Md. Medicine da kayayyaki. Interchurch Medical Assistance (IMA) za ta ba da shi, kuma kayan aikin makaranta da Kyautar Kids Kids Kits za a ba da su ta Coci World Service (CWS).
An ba da kyautar EDF na $ 30,000 ga 'Yan'uwa Matsalolin Bala'i don buɗe "Guricane Katrina Rebuilding Site 4" a Chalmette, La. Wannan wani sabon wurin sake ginawa ne don mayar da martani ga guguwar da ta shafi yankin Gulf Coast. Kuɗin zai biya kuɗin tafiye-tafiye, horar da jagoranci, ƙarin kayan aiki da kayan aiki, abinci da gidaje, da wasu kayan gini.
An ware dala 25,000 daga GFCF don rikicin Darfur a Sudan. Taimakon ya amsa kiran CWS na Darfur a farkon 2007. Tallafin zai taimaka wajen gina sabbin wuraren ruwa, kula da ko gyara rijiyoyi da famfunan da ake da su, gina bandakuna, gudanar da ilimin kiwon lafiya da abinci mai gina jiki, da rarraba kayan aiki da iri.
Kasafin dala 20,000 daga GFCF zai yi aiki kan sake dazuzzuka, da samar da murhu da rijiyoyin ruwa a Guatemala. Tallafin ya ci gaba da tallafawa shirin ci gaban al'umma a Guatemala. Ayyukan da aka yi hasashen za a yi a shekara ta 2007 sun haɗa da gina tsarin kula da ruwan sama, gina ingantattun dafaffen dafa abinci, aikin gandun daji, da jigilar takin zamani.
Rarraba $15,000 daga GFCF yana tallafawa Cibiyar Sabis na Karkara a Akleshwar, Indiya. Wannan tallafin ya ci gaba da tallafawa Cocin ’yan’uwa na cibiyar, kuma zai taimaka wa wannan cibiya ta shagaltar da talakawan karkara da kiwon dabbobi, kiyaye kasa, koyar da sana’o’i, kula da ruwa da kasa, dazuzzuka, kiwon lafiyar jama’a, da noman noma da yawa. Za a yi amfani da wani yanki na adadin tallafin-$5,000 don tantance matsayin cibiyar a cikin al'umma mai saurin canzawa.
Don ƙarin game da Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/ersm/EDF.htm. Don ƙarin game da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/global_mission/gfcf.htm.
3) Yan'uwa rago: Gyara, ma'aikata, wuraren aiki, ƙari.
- Gyara: An ba da sunan Nelda Rhoades Clarke, wakilin Cocin ’yan’uwa a Majalisar Coci ta Ƙasa ba daidai ba a cikin Newsline na Disamba 6, 2006. Editan ya yi nadama game da wannan kuskuren.
- Ma'aikatan Sa-kai na Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya Biyu/'Yan'uwa sun tashi daga ranar 21 ga Janairu don fara ayyuka na shekaru biyu a Brazil: Athena Gibble da Katie O'Donnell. Suna cika sabbin mukamai da aka ƙirƙira a ƙungiyar mishan Brazil na Cocin of the Brother General Board. Ƙungiyar za ta taimaka wa ikilisiyoyi su kai ga yin hidima ga al'ummomin da ke kewaye da su, da kuma ƙara yawan gani da kuma ainihi na coci a cikin tsari. Gibble daga York, Pa., wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., Tare da digiri na farko a cikin Mutanen Espanya da aikin zamantakewa. Ikklisiya ta gida ita ce Codorus Church of the Brothers a Loganville, Pa. O'Donnell daga Marmora, NJ, kuma yana da digiri na farko a cikin Mutanen Espanya da na firamare / sakandare, kuma daga Kwalejin Juniata. Ikklisiyar gidanta ita ce Cocin Green Tree na 'Yan'uwa a Oaks, Pa.
- Babban Hukumar ta yi maraba da sabbin ’yan kwadago biyu. Jordan Blevins na Westminster, Md., ya fara horon majalisu a ofishin 'yan'uwa Shaida/Washington na Babban Hukumar a ranar 1 ga Janairu. Jesse Reid, babban jami'i a Kwalejin Manchester, ya fara horon a ranar 31 ga Janairu tare da ofishin Sabis na Labarai a cikin Elgin, Il.
- Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) yana neman mataimaki na tallace-tallace da haɓakawa don cika matsayi na cikakken lokaci na sa'o'i a Elgin, Ill. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da kafawa da kula da hanyar sadarwa na wakilai na ikilisiya da taimakawa tare da ƙirƙira da aiwatar da wasu shirye-shiryen talla da tallace-tallace, mai yiwuwa ciki har da ci gaba. na rumbun adana bayanai; aiki don amintar da wakilan BBT a cikin ikilisiyoyi; samar da sadarwa kowane wata ga wakilai; samar da kayan don tallan da ke da alaƙa da BBT da ayyuka na tushen sashen tare da sashen sadarwa da abokan aiki; daidaita tarurruka na yanki tare da wakilai; tafiye-tafiye na lokaci-lokaci don gudanar da ayyukan cibiyar sadarwa; aiki don kafawa da kula da jerin lambobin sadarwa; ba da taimakon dabaru tare da sauran ayyukan tallan BBT da haɓakawa. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da aƙalla digiri na farko wanda zai fi dacewa a cikin sadarwa, Ingilishi, tallace-tallace, ko filin da ke da alaƙa; gwaninta / gwaninta a cikin sabis na abokin ciniki, sarrafa bayanai, da / ko rubutu; zama memba a cikin Ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa da kuma sa hannu sosai a cikin ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa. Albashi yana gasa tare da hukumomin Ƙungiyar Fa'idodin Ikilisiya na girman kwatankwacin girman da iyakokin ayyuka. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa, ci gaba tare da tsammanin adadin albashi, da bayanin tuntuɓar nassoshi uku zuwa Susan Brandenbusch, 1505 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; ko zuwa sbrandenbusch_bbt@brethren.org.
- Bridgewater (Va.) Al'ummar Retirement na neman cikakken darektan kula da makiyaya. Babban alhakin wannan matsayi shine samar da kulawar makiyaya ga mazaunan Bridgewater Retirement Community, da kuma kari, ba maye gurbin, fastoci na mazauna da gidajen coci ba. Jagora na allahntaka ko digiri na ilimin tauhidi, Horon Ilimin Kiwon Lafiya na Clinical da shekaru biyar ko fiye a cikin ma'aikatar fastoci ko ƙwarewar daidai, naɗawa (ko ba da lasisi) zuwa hidima, da kyakkyawan matsayi tare da Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa ana buƙata. Matsayi yana samuwa Mayu 1. Za a karɓi aikace-aikacen ta hanyar Maris 7. Aika ci gaba zuwa Paul Hoyt, Shugaba, Bridgewater Retirement Community, 302 N. Second St., Bridgewater, VA 22812; 540-828-2666.
- An buɗe matsayi a cikin 'Yan jarida don ƙwararrun kayan aikin sabis na abokin ciniki. Matsayin yana cikin Elgin, Ill., Kuma yana buƙatar difloma na sakandare, ƙwarewar sabis na abokin ciniki na baya, fahimtar asali game da yanayin coci da / ko buƙatu, fahimtar tsaka-tsaki na lissafin kuɗi, da ƙwarewar kwamfuta. Ya kamata ɗan takarar da ya yi nasara ya mallaki ingantacciyar ƙwarewar magana da rubuce-rubuce. Idan kuna sha'awar neman wannan matsayi don Allah a sanar da Karin Krog a 847-742-5100 ext. 258 zuwa ƙarshen ranar kasuwanci 2 ga Fabrairu.
- "Abubuwa guda biyu sun bambanta game da sansanin aiki na 2007 a Najeriya," in ji David Whitten, mai kula da ofishin jakadancin Najeriya na ofishin hadin gwiwa na Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Cocin of the Brother General Board. Whitten ita ce ke jagorantar sansanin aikin da aka fara a ranar 12 ga watan Janairu, kuma ya fara aiki har zuwa ranar 11 ga watan Fabrairu. Yace. Taron ya gudana ne a hedkwatar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN-the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) kusa da Mubi. Whitten ya kara da cewa "Tawagar ta bana ta yi karanci, saboda mahalarta Switzerland da Jamusawa ba su samu damar shiga ba." Ƙungiyar tana yin ayyukan gine-gine a Makarantar Sakandare ta EYN, da ayyukan tsaftacewa da zane-zane don gidan mishan na ma'aikatan da ke kusa da Kulp Bible College. Haɗuwa da 'yan Najeriya kusan goma sha biyu mahalartan Amurka Larry da Donna Elliott na Mt. Morris (Ill.) Church of the Brethren, Robert Elliott na Sumner, Iowa, da Alden da Susanne Chrysler na Estes Park, Colo. Bar Harbor, Maine; dansa Samuel na Dutsen Solon, Va., da abokinsu Brittany Loflin na Grottoes, Va. Amy Waldron, ma'aikaciyar hidimar sa kai ta 'yan'uwa da kuma ma'aikaciyar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya daga Lima, Ohio, tana halartar wani bangare na wayar da kai ga Najeriya kafin koyarwa a Makarantar Sakandare mai zurfi.
- Za a fara rajistar kan layi a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu don taron Babban Babban Taron Junior na Ƙasa na farko na Cocin Brothers. Kasancewar an iyakance ga masu rajista 800 na farko saboda ƙarancin wurin zama. Farashin shine $99 akan kowane mutum ga kowane matashi mai girma da kuma masu ba da shawara, kafin Afrilu 14. Bayan Afrilu 15 farashin zai zama $125. Masu gabatarwa sun haɗa da Tony Campolo, ƴan wasan barkwanci na Mennonite Ted da Lee, da mawaƙin Kirista Ken Medema. Za a gudanar da taron a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) daga Yuni 15-17. Don ƙarin bayani ko yin rijista je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/yya/NatJrHighConf.htm.
- Ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun aikace-aikacen yana gabatowa don Ƙungiyoyin Balaguro na Zaman Lafiya na Matasa na Summer 2007. 4 ga Fabrairu shine ranar ƙarshe don nema. An kafa Ƙungiyar Tafiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa ta farko don bazara na 1991 a matsayin ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa na shirye-shiryen Babban Hukumar, bisa ga sanarwar daga Ofishin Brotheran'uwana/Washington. Tawagar ta bana za ta dauki nauyin daukar nauyin kungiyar 'yan'uwa Shaida/Washington tare da 'yan'uwa 'yan agaji, kungiyar ma'aikatun waje, ma'aikatun matasa da matasa, da zaman lafiya a duniya. Za a zaɓi matasa huɗu ko matasa masu shekaru tsakanin 18-22. Akwai tallafi ga membobin ƙungiyar. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/WitnessWashOffice.html kuma danna kan "Tawagar Tafiya ta Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa" don saukar da aikace-aikacen.
- Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington na Babban Hukumar yana aiki akan Ikilisiyar 'Yancin Bil'adama ta 'Yan'uwa. Manufar wannan sabon aikin shine tattara tambayoyi da labarai daga membobin Cocin na Brotheran uwan da suka shiga cikin Ƙungiyar Haƙƙin Bil'adama, don sakawa a cikin wallafe-wallafe don bikin cika shekaru 300 na Cocin Brothers a shekara ta 2008. The Brothers Witness/Washington Office tuni ya aika da tambayoyi 40 ga mahalarta daban-daban. Idan kuna da labarin da za ku raba game da shigar ku cikin Ƙungiyar Haƙƙin Bil'adama kuma har yanzu ba ku sami takardar tambaya ba, tuntuɓi Brethren Witness/Ofishin Washington a 800-785-3246 ko washington_office_gb@brethren.org.
- Makarantar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista tana ba da darussa da yawa a cikin hunturu da farkon bazara. Daga cikin su akwai “Yanzu Shiru, Yanzu Waƙoƙin: Jikin Kristi a Bauta,” wani kwas na kan layi Maris 11-Mayu 6, wanda Lee-Lani Wright ya koyar (waɗanda aka gama rajistar Fabrairu 16, je zuwa www.bethanyseminary.edu/ pdf%20files/WorshipCourse2007.pdf); da kuma "Church of the Brethren Polity and Practice," a ranar Maris 16-19 a Bakersfield (Calif.) Church of the Brother, wanda Warren Eshbach ya koyar, an bayar da fassarar Mutanen Espanya (ƙaramin rajista na Fabrairu 16, je zuwa www.bethanyseminary.edu/ pdf%20files/CoBPolity.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 bayani tuntuɓi Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista, 765-983-1824, academy@bethanyseminary.edu.
- An yi bikin cika shekaru 96 na cocin Live Oak Church of the Brothers a cikin wata kasida mai mahimmanci a cikin jaridar "Appeal-Democrat" na Marysville-Yuba City, Calif. Labarin mai suna, "Brethren a Blessing for Live Oak" ya kara da cewa cocin ya kasance. "Tsarin ginshiƙi a cikin al'umma." Don nemo labarin akan layi je zuwa www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/2007/01/23/features/focus/focus1.txt.
- Elizabethtown (Pa.) Cocin 'yan'uwa ya kawo fiye da mutane 75 zuwa maci da kuma zanga-zangar adawa da yakin Iraki a Washington, DC, a ranar 27 ga Janairu. "Labarin Patriot-News" na Harrisburg, Pa., ya ba da labarin tafiya ta hanyar jirgin. Kungiyar Elizabethtown ("Midstates at rally straddle 'a fine line'" a www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/116995201396040.xml&coll=1). John Weigel da ’ya’yansa mata biyu suna cikin waɗanda suka fito daga ikilisiyar da za su halarci taron, kuma suna cikin ’yan’uwa da yawa da jaridar ta yi hira da su.
- A ranar 20 ga Janairu, mambobi da abokan Ikilisiyar Dranesville na 'yan'uwa a Herndon, Va., sun hau tare da "Grate Patrol" don rarraba abinci da ruwa ga marasa gida a Washington DC, a cewar jaridar "Great Falls Connection". Jaridar ta ce kungiyar cocin ta shafe shekaru da yawa tana yin wannan aiki a ranar Asabar ta uku ga kowane wata. Masu ba da agaji suna yin miya, suna haɗa kayan abincin rana, suna ba da gudummawar tufafi masu dumi, da rarraba kayan. Don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi coci a 703-430-7872 ko dcoboffice@aol.com.
- Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Kristi a Amurka (NCC) tana kira da a gabatar da lambar yabo ta rubuta wa'azin adalci na farko. Lambar yabon bikin halittar Allah ce a cikin bisharar da aka yi shelar, kuma tana buɗe ga malamai, shugabanni, da sauran shugabannin addini. Shigarwa na iya mayar da hankali kan batutuwan muhalli iri-iri kamar dorewa, ɗumamar duniya, jeji, da ruwa. “Kiristoci suna da hakki na ɗabi’a na kare dukkan halittun Allah na yanzu da kuma tsararraki masu zuwa,” in ji Cassandra Carmichael, daraktan tsare-tsare na adalci na hukumar NCC. "Wannan lambar yabo ta wa'azin za ta taimaka wajen nuna kyakykyawan ayyukan da ake gudanarwa a majami'u a fadin kasar tare da samar da masu fara wa'azi ga shugabannin ibada." Gabatar da wa'azi bai kamata ya wuce kalmomi 1,500 ba. Ranar ƙarshe shine Maris 1. Aika gabatarwa zuwa info@nccecojustice.org. Ƙarin bayani yana a www.nccecojustice.org/sermoncontest.htm da http://www.councilofchurches.org/.
- Kudancin Sudan ita ce wurin da wata tawaga daga ranar 7 zuwa 25 ga watan Janairu, wadda New Community Project, wata kungiya mai alaka da 'yan'uwa ta dauki nauyin daukar nauyinta, kuma kungiyar New Sudan Council of Churches (NSCC) ta dauki nauyin shiryawa. A karkashin jagorancin Florence Bayoa na NSCC da David Radcliff na Sabon Al'umma Project, tawagar mutane takwas sun ziyarci al'ummomi da ayyukan muhalli, sun gana da jami'an Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da shugabannin coci, sun zagaya abubuwan adana yanayi, da kuma ba da kayan makaranta da tsofaffi suka haɗa. yara na farko a taron shekara-shekara. "Tawagar ta gano cewa, ko da yake an samu wasu ci gaba a cikin shekaru biyu tun bayan da gwamnatin arewa da 'yan tawayen kudancin kasar suka rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya, akwai kalubale da dama," in ji Radcliff. "Daga cikin wadannan akwai rikici tsakanin 'yan gudun hijirar da suka dawo da kuma wadanda suka rage a baya a lokacin yakin, rashin kayan aiki kamar ruwa mai tsabta, hanyoyin da za a iya amfani da su, kariya ta zazzabin cizon sauro, ayyukan kiwon lafiya, ilimi, shirye-shiryen karatun manya, da horar da sana'o'i." Sabon Shirin Al'umma yana ba da tallafi da ya kai dala 16,000 don ilimin 'ya'ya mata, karatun manya, daskarar dazuzzuka, kekuna, da kuma ci gaban mata a Sudan, in ji Radcliff. Hakanan zai sauƙaƙe sanya masu sa kai da yawa don taimakawa wajen ƙaddamar da makarantun gaba da sakandare a cikin al'ummar Maridi. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.newcommunityproject.org/.
4) Bach ya yi murabus daga makarantar hauza, ya nada darakta na Cibiyar Matasa.
Jeffrey A. Bach, mataimakin farfesa na nazarin 'yan'uwa a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind., Ya yarda da alƙawari da ya fara Aug. 1 a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Matasa na Anabaptist da Nazarin Pietist. Baya ga nadin da aka yi masa na gudanarwa, Bach zai rike mukamin mataimakin farfesa a fannin ilimin addini.
Cibiyar Matasa, dake harabar kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, tana gudanar da bincike da koyarwa tare da daukar nauyin tarurrukan da suka shafi nazarin kungiyoyin Anabaptist da Pietist da farko a cikin mahallin Arewacin Amurka. An ba shi suna don Galen S. Young da Jesse M. Young.
Bach ya sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Bethany a 1983 kuma ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru bakwai a matsayin Fasto na Cocin Prairie City (Iowa) na 'Yan'uwa kafin karatun digirinsa a Jami'ar Duke. Yana da digirin digirgir a fannin addini daga Duke, babban digiri na allahntaka daga Bethany, da digiri na farko a Jamusanci da ilimin firamare daga Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.).
Tare da matsayinsa na koyarwa a makarantar hauza, ya ba da tarurrukan tarurrukan ilimi a gundumomi da ikilisiyoyi a duk faɗin ɗarikar, ya jagoranci shirin nazarin zaman lafiya, kuma ya zama shugaban riko. Bach kuma yana da iko akan Ephrata Cloister da littafinsa, "Voices of the Turtledoves: The Sacred World of Ephrata" (Penn State Press, 2003) ya sami lambobin yabo da yawa ciki har da lambar yabo ta Dale Brown Book Award daga Cibiyar Matasa. Ya buga labarai da yawa da sharhi don “Rayuwa da Tunani ’Yan’uwa” da sauran mujallu. A halin yanzu yana shugabantar kwamitin cika shekaru 300 na taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers.
5) Zaure ya yi murabus daga aikin ɗan adam a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa.
A ranar 3 ga Maris, Ellen Hall za ta yi ritaya daga sashen albarkatun ɗan adam na Cocin of the Brother General Board, wanda ke Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. A halin yanzu tana aiki a matsayin mai kula da albarkatun ɗan adam.
Hall ta karɓi matsayin sakatariyar albarkatun ɗan adam a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a cikin Oktoba 1996. Ta zo cibiyar bayan shekaru 30 na hidimar tarayya a matsayin manajan dabaru. A matsayinta na mai gudanarwa, ta yi aiki tare da ma'aikatan hukumar ta Janar da kuma abubuwan da suka shafi inshora, manufofin albarkatun ɗan adam, da fa'idodi.
Hall ta sanar da cewa ritayarta ta san ƙarin lokacin da ake buƙata don dangantakar iyali. Za ta iya ci gaba da taimakawa da ayyukan albarkatun ɗan adam a cibiyar kamar yadda ake bukata.
6) Ma'aikatar Sulhunta tana tsara taron bitar bazara.
Ma'aikatar Sulhunta (MoR) ta sanar da jadawalin bita na bazara na 2007. "A wannan bazara, akwai wani abu ga kowa da kowa," in ji Annie Clark, mai kula da MoR kuma ma'aikaciyar Aminci ta Duniya. "Muna da kyauta ga waɗanda ke neman gabatarwa don sasantawa da dabarun sauya rikice-rikice da kuma ƙwararrun kwararru."
An shirya wani taron bita na Matta 18 a Glendora (Calif.) Church of the Brothers a ranar Asabar, 24 ga Fabrairu. Ana gayyatar dukkan membobin Cocin na Brotheran’uwa a yankin Los Angeles da maƙwabta da su halarci.
An shirya tarurrukan bita guda biyu don Ƙungiyoyin Shalom: Tsarin Tsakiyar Tsakiyar Yankin Matiyu 18 don Horarwa ga Masu Horaswa a Camp Mack a Milford, Ind., Maris 9-10; da Babban Taron Taro na Ƙungiyar Shalom a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor (Md.) a ranar 18 ga Afrilu.
Za a gudanar da taron bita kan Binciken Godiya ga shugabannin coci, masu aiki, da membobin ƙungiyar Shalom a ranar 19 ga Afrilu a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa. A cikin wannan bita, shugabanni suna koyon ƙwarewar da ake buƙata don jagorantar ikilisiyoyi ta hanyar canji ta hanyar amfani da kyawawan kadarorin ikilisiya.
Taron bitar Ma'aikatar da ke da Wahala a ranar 21 ga Afrilu tana samun tallafi daga Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantic don fastoci da shugabannin jama'a da gundumomi, wanda za a gudanar a Cocin Myersville (Pa.) Church of Brothers.
Ana ba da taron sasantawa da sulhu na Kirista na awoyi 30 a ranar Mayu 4, 5, 11, da 12 a Crest Manor Church of the Brothers a South Bend, Ind.
Lokacin ya ƙare tare da taron bita na shekara-shekara a ranar Asabar, 30 ga Yuni, a wurin taron shekara-shekara a Cleveland, Ohio, kan Binciko Yanke Shawarar Ijma'i.
Ana buƙatar yin rajista don duk taron bita. Don ƙarin bayani, gami da cikakkun bayanai game da abun ciki, farashi, da jadawalin, je zuwa www.brethren.org/oepa/programs/mor/upcoming-events/index.html ko tuntuɓi mai gudanarwa Annie Clark a aclark_oepa@brethren.org ko 260-982 -8595.
7) Yawon shakatawa yana ɗaukar ƙungiyar kiɗan al'adu zuwa tsakiyar yamma.
Yawon shakatawa na kiɗan da Cibiyar Al'adu ta Cross Cultural Ministries na Cocin 'yan'uwa ta dauki nauyin ba da kide-kide na ibada a wurare da dama a Ohio da Indiana. Wasannin kide-kide kyauta ne kuma suna buɗe wa jama'a. Za a karɓi kyauta ta yardar rai.
A cikin yawon shakatawa Janairu 31-Feb. 4, ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta ’yan’uwa masu al’adu dabam-dabam za su gabatar da kide-kide na ibada da kuma ba da shaida, nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, da kiɗan da ke nanata muradin Allah ga coci don nuna bambancin launin fata da ƙabila.
An fara rangadin ne a ranar 31 ga watan Janairu da karfe 6 na yamma a cocin Elm Street Church of the Brothers a Lima, Ohio. Yana ci gaba a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu da karfe 7 na yamma a Cibiyar Community Wesleyan a Dayton, Ohio; Fabrairu 2 da karfe 10 na safe a Community Retirement Community a Greenville, Ohio; Fabrairu 2 a karfe 7 na yamma a Dupont (Ohio) Church of Brother; Fabrairu 3 da karfe 7 na yamma a Osceola (Ind.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa; da kuma wani wasan rufewa a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu da karfe 10 na safe a cocin Eel River Community Church of the Brothers a Silver Lake, Ind., Inda kungiyar za ta taimaka wajen jagorantar ibadar safiyar Lahadi.
Mahalarta taron su ne Gilbert Romero, limamin cocin Bella Vista Church of the Brother a Los Angeles; Joseph Craddock, ministan al'umma a Cocin Germantown na 'yan'uwa a Philadelphia; Larry Brumfield, minista mai lasisi daga Westminster (Md.) Church of the Brother; Ron Free, mawaki daga Frederick (Md.) Church of the Brother; da Duane Grady, na Ƙungiyoyin Rayuwa na Babban Hukumar.
Wannan rangadin wani bangare ne na ci gaba da gudanar da irin wadannan abubuwan da ke faruwa a fadin Cocin ’yan’uwa don inganta bambancin launin fata da kabilanci. Tuntuɓi Duane Grady, Ƙungiyar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya, 3124 E. 5th St., Anderson, IN 46012; 800-505-1596; dgrady_gb@brethren.org.
8) Abubuwan horo na ma'aikatar diacon/mai kulawa da aka tsara don bazara.
Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa (ABC) za ta gudanar da taron Koyarwar Deacon/Mai Kula da Ma’aikatar Kulawa guda uku a wannan bazara, tare da kowane taron binciko jigon “Balm Waraka.” Waɗannan zaman horo na tsawon yini za su taimaki masu kula da coci su koyi abin da ake nufi da zama shugaban coci ko mai kulawa, da kuma yadda za a ba da maganin warkar da Yesu ga mabukata.
Za a gudanar da taron horarwa na Deacon/Ma'aikatar Kulawa a ranar Maris 10 daga 9 na safe zuwa 4 na yamma a Bridgewater (Va.) Church of Brothers, tare da ranar ƙarshe na rajista na Maris 2; a ranar 21 ga Afrilu daga 9 na safe zuwa 4 na yamma a Gidajen Brethren Hillcrest a La Verne, Calif., Ranar ƙarshe na rajista Afrilu 6; kuma a ranar 9 ga Yuni daga 8:30 na safe-3:30 na yamma a Cedars a McPherson, Kan., Ranar ƙarshe na rajista Mayu 25.
Babban gabatarwar Bernie Fuska don taron Bridgewater zai bincika jigon, "Hoton Zuciya mai kama da Almasihu." Fuska fasto ne na Timberville (Va.) Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma ya yi aiki a Babban Hukumar da Tsayayyen Kwamitin. Shi ma'aikaci ne na Canjin Rikici na gundumar Shenandoah kuma memba na cibiyar sadarwa ta Ma'aikatar Sulhun Ma'aikata.
A Hillcrest da Cedars, Wallace Landes zai ba da mahimmin adireshin mai taken "Ka shafe mu, Ubangiji." Landes shine fasto na Palmyra (Pa.) Chruch of the Brother kuma shugaban Hukumar ABC. Shi mamba ne na tsangayar Nazarin Addini a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.).
Kowane taron zai ƙunshi nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, gabatarwa mai mahimmanci, taron bita, da kuma bauta. Taron karawa juna sani zai tattauna batutuwa masu amfani da ke fuskantar diakoni akai-akai a hidimarsu. Kuɗin rajista na $15 ya haɗa da farashin abincin rana don masu halarta waɗanda suka yi rajista ta ranar da ta dace. Za a aika da kayan rajista zuwa ga ikilisiyoyi na Cocin Brothers da ofisoshin gunduma, kuma ana samun su a http://www.brethren-caregivers.org/. Da fatan za a tuntuɓi ofishin ABC a 800-323-8039 tare da tambayoyi.
9) Akwai fakitin bayanai don bikin cika shekaru 300 na ibada.
Fakitin bayani ga ikilisiyoyin da ke son yin odar buguwar “Fresh from the Word,” littafin ibada na yau da kullun don bikin cika shekaru 300 na ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa, yanzu yana samuwa daga Brotheran Jarida.
An aika da fakitin zuwa ga shugaban hukumar coci na kowace Coci na ’yan’uwa. Ya ƙunshi bayani game da littafin sadaukarwa, tsari na oda tare da rangwame don oda na farko, mai samfurin ibada, takardar ra'ayi, tallace-tallacen shirye-shiryen kamara don wasiƙar coci ko saƙon sanarwa, rubutun sanarwa, da fosta.
Littafin ibada ya yi bikin zagayowar ranar ‘yan’uwa tare da ibada guda 366, daya ga kowace ranar tunawa da shekara ta 2008. An zabo marubuta sama da 100 daga dukkan kungiyoyin ‘yan’uwa shida, ciki har da Cocin Brothers, Church Brothers, da dai sauransu. –da kuma daga wasu ƙasashen da ke bayan Amurka inda ’yan’uwa ke bin Kristi a yau. Ibada “na wanzuwa har abada,” kuma ba a haɗa su da ranar mako, domin a iya sake amfani da littafin a shekaru masu zuwa. Ƙirar tana cikin bangon bango, tare da alamar ribbon, kuma ya haɗa da fihirisar marubuta da nassosi, da kuma bishiyar iyali ta ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa.
Ikilisiya na iya yin oda a rangwame kafin ibadar ta fara danna wannan bazara. Yi oda zuwa 15 ga Maris don karɓar ragi daga jerin farashin $20. Babu biyan kuɗi har sai an karɓi littattafan. Umarnin buguwa a wannan rangwame na musamman ba za a iya dawowa ba. Rangwamen kuɗi shine: kashi 25 cikin ɗari a kashe kwafi ɗaya ($15 kowanne); ko kashi 40 akan oda 10 ko fiye ($12 kowanne). Bayan 15 ga Maris, umarni na kwafi 10 ko fiye za su sami rangwamen kashi 25 cikin ɗari.
Don kwafin fakitin, don ba da oda, ko don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi Brethren Press a 800-441-3712.
10) Yan'uwa sun halarci gangamin zaman lafiya a birnin Washington, DC
Emily O'Donnell asalin
Wannan rana ce mai cike da tarihi a ranar Asabar 27 ga watan Janairu, yayin da mafi yawan masu zanga-zangar tun farkon yakin Iraki suka taru a babban birnin kasar domin nuna adawa da karuwar sojojin da kuma bukatar janyewar sojojin Amurka daga Iraki.
Alkaluman da aka yi kiyasin ya kai daga 200,000 zuwa 300,000 yayin da jama'a daga kowane fanni na rayuwa, manya da kanana, suka hada kai a wani tattaki na matsin lamba ga Congress da gwamnatin Bush da su kawo karshen yakin Iraki. United for Peace and Justice ne suka shirya tattakin a birnin Washington DC da misalin karfe 11:XNUMX na safe, taron ya hada da manyan baki kamar su 'yan fim Susan Sarandon da Jane Fonda, 'yan wasan kwaikwayo Sean Penn da Tim Robbins. , Jesse Jackson, dan majalisa Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), 'yan majalisa Maxine Walters (D-CA). Shi ma da yake magana shi ne Bob Watada, mahaifin Lieutenant Watada, jami'in soja na farko da ya ki tura kasar Iraqi kuma a halin yanzu yana fuskantar kotun soji. Fonda ya yi magana da taron jama'a da ke murna yana sanar da cewa "shiru ba zaɓi ba ne."
Sama da mambobi 200 na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne suka taru don halartar wannan maci, bisa gayyata daga Ofishin Brethren Witness/Washington da Amincin Duniya. Kimanin 'yan'uwa 120 ne suka taru da karfe 10 na safe a Cocin Washington City Church of the Brother, gidan 'yan'uwa Shaida/Washington Office. Daga baya wasu ƴan uwa suka haɗa su da su a Babban Mall na Ƙasa.
Elizabethtown (Pa.) Cocin ’yan’uwa ya kawo mutane fiye da 75 zuwa taron. Kwalejoji uku kuma sun aika manyan tawagogin dalibai: Bridgewater (Va.) College, Manchester College a North Manchester, Ind., da Juniata College a Huntingdon, Pa. Sauran mahalarta 'yan'uwa sun yi tattaki daga Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, da Illinois don halartar macijin. .
A cocin 'yan'uwa na birnin Washington, an gudanar da gajeriyar addu'a kuma mahalarta sun sake tabbatar da kudurin Iraki da aka yi a shekara ta 2006 da Cocin of the Brothers Annual Conference ta yi kira da a janye sojoji (domin rubutun kudurin je www. .brethren.org/ac/ac_statements/2006IraqWarResolution.pdf). Bayan faɗuwar addu’a, ’yan’uwa sun yi tafiya tare ɗauke da alamu da ke ɗauke da “Church of the Brothers: A Living Peace Church,” “A Matte of Conscience, A Conviction of Faith,” da wasu alamu da yawa da ke ɗauke da nassosi da kalmomi masu ƙarfafa zaman lafiya.
Bayan muzaharar da aka yi a babban kantin sayar da kayayyaki na kasa, kungiyar 'yan uwa ta kuma yi tattaki tare da dubban sauran jama'a kewaye da ginin Capitol. Wata yarinya ’yar shekara bakwai ta rera waka, “Me muke so?” Masu zanga-zangar sun yi ihu, “Salama.” Yarinyar ta ci gaba, "Yaushe muke so?" Jama'a suka yi ruri, "Yanzu!"
"Da zarar na ji kamar ni ne mafi rinjaye," in ji memba Church of the Brethren kuma tsohuwar tsohuwar makarantar Bridgewater Rebekah Houff. "Sanin cewa galibin kasar suna adawa da shawarar da shugaban kasa ya yanke na tura karin sojoji zuwa Iraki da kuma ganin mutane sama da 200,000 sun zo DC don adawa da yakin lamari ne mai ban mamaki!"
Haɗin da Cocin ’yan’uwa ta yi a cikin maci yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan misalai na sa bangaskiyarmu a aikace. Yunkurinmu na tabbatar da zaman lafiya da adawa da duk wani yaƙe-yaƙe shine ginshiƙi na ɗarikarmu, kuma a ranar 27 ga Janairu an sake tabbatar da wannan alkawari. Mu da gaske majami'ar zaman lafiya ce mai rai, kuma a matsayinmu na almajiran Yesu dole ne mu ci gaba da kira ga kawo karshen yakin Iraki.
–Emily O'Donnell abokiyar majalisa ce tare da Brotheran’uwa Shaida/Washington Office na Cocin of the Brother General Board.