Labaran labarai na Yuni 20, 2007

"A ranar nan zan kira bawana..."

Ishaya 22:20a

LABARAI

1) Ruthann Knechel Johansen da ake kira a matsayin shugaban Bethany Seminary.
2) Babban taron matasa na kasa ya jawo hankalin matasa 800 da masu ba da shawara.
3) Abokan Sabis na Bala'i na Yara akan amincin yara a matsuguni.
4) 'Yan'uwa suna halartar taron kasa kan talauci da yunwa.
5) Yan’uwa na Puerto Rican sun gudanar da taron tsibiri karo na 20.
6) Kungiyar 'Yan Uwa tana gudanar da taron shekara-shekara.
7) Tunawa: 'Yan'uwa marubuci kuma masanin Vernard Eller ya rasu.
8) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, bude ayyukan aiki, da sauransu.

Za a buga rahotannin kan layi daga taron shekara-shekara na Coci na 2007 na ’yan’uwa a Cleveland, Ohio, a kowace rana a http://www.brethren.org/, daga yammacin yamma Yuni 29 zuwa Yuli 4. Shafukan yanar gizon taron a www.brethren. org/genbd/newsline/2007/AC2007/Index.html za ta ba da taƙaitaccen bayani na yau da kullum na abubuwan da suka faru a Taro, rahotanni daga zaman kasuwanci, labarun fassarori, shafin hotuna, da kuma bitar ibada tare da rubutun wa'azin rana da bulletin ibada.

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1) Ruthann Knechel Johansen da ake kira a matsayin shugaban Bethany Seminary.

Kwamitin Amintattun Seminary Seminary na Bethany ya kira Ruthann Knechel Johansen na Granger, Ind., A matsayin shugaba, fara Yuli 1. Makarantar Bethany a Richmond, Ind., ita ce makarantar digiri na biyu da kuma makarantar ilimi don ilimin tauhidi na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa.

Johansen, wanda ya yi hidima a matsayin babban jami’in koyarwa a Bethany kuma ya kasance masani mai ziyara a Makarantar Divinity Harvard (1992-93) da kuma Princeton Theological Seminary (1983-84), ya ce wajen karbar nadin: “Cocin ’yan’uwa, al’ummarmu. , kuma duniya tana buƙatar bangaskiya da hangen nesa na tushen Kiristi Bethany Seminary Theological Seminary da cocinmu sun bayar tun kafuwar su…. Bethany Seminary ba wai kawai wata cibiya ce da ke da alhakin koyar da ƙwararrun limamai ba; kuma hanya ce mai ban sha'awa don nazari da ƙarfafawa ga dukan masu bi a ciki da bayan ɗarikar da ke neman ɗaukar ƙauna, adalci, jinƙai, da salama na Yesu Kiristi a cikin duniya mai yawan tsoro da tashin hankali."

Johansen a halin yanzu farfesa ne a cikin Shirin Nazarin Liberal kuma malami ne na Cibiyar Nazarin Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya ta Joan B. Kroc a Jami'ar Notre Dame. Shekaru 13 ta gudanar da koyarwa a Kwalejin Arts da Haruffa na taron karawa juna sani "Ideas, Values, Images" a Notre Dame. Ta kuma sami lambar yabo ta koyarwa ta Kaneb don ƙwararrun koyarwa a matakin digiri na farko da lambar yabo ta Notre Dame Woman Award.

Tana da digirin digirgir (Ph.D). a cikin Ingilishi tare da girmamawa kan addini, tunani, da tunani na falsafa a cikin adabi daga Jami'ar Drew, MA a Turanci daga Kolejin Malamai na Jami'ar Columbia, da BS a cikin Ingilishi da kiɗa daga Kwalejin Manchester. Ta kasance malamar baƙo a wurare da yawa, gami da ƙungiyoyin ƙwararru, Kwalejin Earlham, Kwalejin Juniata, Kwalejin Manchester, Seminary Bethany, da Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.

Ita ce marubucin litattafai da wallafe-wallafe da yawa, ciki har da "Sauraro cikin Silence, Gani cikin Duhu: Sake Gina Rayuwa Bayan Rauni na Kwakwalwa," "Sirrin Labarin Flannery O'Connor: Mai Trickster a matsayin Mai Fassara," "Haɗuwa Tare: Namiji and Female in a Renamed Garden,” “Peacemaking and Global Justice,” “Our Babel: What Shall We Do with the Language,” and “Juyon from Underneath: On Oppression and Power.” Ta rubuta wa “Rayuwa da Tunani na ’yan’uwa,” “Jagora zuwa Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki,” da kuma mujallar “Manzon Allah”.

Johansen memba ne na Crest Manor Church of the Brothers a South Bend, Ind., kuma shi ne mai gudanarwa-zaɓaɓɓen gundumar Arewacin Indiana na Cocin Brothers. Ta yi aiki a kwamitocin nazarin ɗarika kuma ta kasance memba na Kwamitin Amintattu na Bethany 1985-95.

"Hukumar Amintattu na Makarantar Bethany ta yi matukar farin cikin sanar da nadin Dokta Ruthann Knechel Johansen a matsayin shugabar Cibiyar Nazarin Tauhidi ta Bethany," in ji shugabar Anne M. Reid. “Tana kawo soyayya mai zurfi na Bishara da Mulkin da kuma nuna godiya ga darikar ga ofishin. Kwarewarta na sauraro da sasantawa za su yi amfani sosai wajen taimaka wa makarantar hauza da babbar coci.”

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

2) Babban taron matasa na kasa ya jawo hankalin matasa 800 da masu ba da shawara.

Babban taron ƙaramar ƙaramar ƙasa na farko a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa ya jawo mahalarta 800 zuwa harabar kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) daga Yuni 15-18. Matasa da masu ba da shawara sun shiga jigon nan, “Tsarin Ban Mamaki: Ci gaba da Ayyukan Yesu,” bisa Luka 9:24, yayin da suke bauta, koyo, wasa, da kuma tarayya.

Fitowar wannan taron na farko fiye da biyan tsammanin masu shirya taron, waɗanda ke shirin halartar kusan mutane 400. An ƙaddara girman taron a ƙarshe lokacin da rajista ya wuce ƙarfin a Kwalejin Elizabethtown.

"Ya wuce duk abin da nake tsammani na wannan taron farko na Babban Babban Babban Taron Kasa!" In ji Chris Douglas, darektan ma’aikatar matasa da matasa na babbar hukumar. "Haka kuma ya sa na sa rai in sake yin hakan a lokacin rani na 2009, da fatan a wurin da zai iya daukar karin mahalarta."

Belita Mitchell, mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers, ta gaishe da taron, kamar yadda Stanley J. Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brother General Board ya yi. Jagororin ibada sun haɗa da mawaƙin Kirista Ken Medema, wanda ya ba da jagoranci na kiɗa na ƙarshen mako, da mai wa'azin Baptist Tony Campolo, wanda ya ba da saƙon a daren Juma'a. Campolo ya jaddada cewa mahalarta taron su rika tambayar yadda za su yi sauran rayuwarsu wajen bautar Allah da sauran su. David Radcliff na Sabon Aikin Al'umma ya isar da saƙon safiyar Asabar, yana zuga matasa suyi tunani da kyau game da yadda zaɓin rayuwarsu ke da alaƙa da kula da albarkun da ƴan Adam suka samu gaba ɗaya daga wurin Allah a cikin sifar duniya.

Masu halartan taro da daddare Asabar sun nutsar da ’yan’uwa “extravaganza,” hidimar bauta da ta gayyaci dukansu su shiga cikin ma’aikatu da yawa na Babban Hukumar. A lokacin rufe ibada da safiyar Lahadi, Medema ya nemi matasa su raba nasu mafarki, kwadaitarwa, da alamun Allah yana aiki a rayuwarsu; sai ya mayar da labaran zuwa wakoki a wurin.

–Becky Ullom darekta ne na Identity and Relations for General Board.

3) Abokan Sabis na Bala'i na Yara akan amincin yara a matsuguni.

Bala'i na iya afkuwa a ko'ina, a kowane lokaci. Lokacin da al'umma ta shafa, abokai da maƙwabta suna haɗa kai ta hanyar wurare da yawa don taimakawa mabukata. Ɗaya daga cikin muhimman ayyukan agajin bala'i ya haɗa da samar da mafaka mai aminci.

A yau, kungiyoyi uku sun tabbatar da aniyarsu na taimakawa daya daga cikin manyan kungiyoyin da bala'i ya shafa. Sabis na Bala'i na Yara (tsohon Kula da Yara na Bala'i), ma'aikatar Cocin of the Brother General Board, tare da Red Cross ta Amurka da Save the Children wajen sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar fahimtar juna da ke bayyana yadda ukun za su hada kai don kafa “Safe Spaces” a matsugunan ƙaura na gaggawa a lokacin bala'in bala'i a Amurka.

An sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar a yau, Yuni 20, a Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Rayburn a matsayin wani ɓangare na taƙaitaccen bayani da tattaunawa game da "Shirye-shiryen, Amsa da Farfadowa ga Yara" tare da Congressworman Corrine Brown.

A cikin alkaluman bala'i na baya-bayan nan daga shekara ta 2006, kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta ba da rahoton cewa kusan mutane 450,000 ne suka mafaka sakamakon bala'o'i kamar guguwa, guguwa, wasu guguwa, ambaliya, gobara, da fashewar abubuwa. An kiyasta cewa aƙalla kashi ɗaya bisa uku na waɗanda ke neman mafaka yara ne.

A yayin yanayin matsuguni, “Safe Spaces” za su samar wa yara wuraren da za su iya yin wasa, koyo, cuɗanya, da bayyana kansu a ƙarƙashin kulawar babban babba mai kulawa. Safe Space Kits zai ƙunshi kayan da za a iya amfani da su don saitawa da kafa amintaccen sarari a cikin matsuguni. Waɗannan na'urorin da aka riga aka shirya sun ƙunshi kayan da za su sanya wuri na musamman don yara; kayan aiki kamar kayan fasaha, littattafai, wasanni, da kayan wasan yara; da sauran kayan don taimaka wa yara da iyalai a muhallin matsuguni. Ayyukan da aka tsara, kulawa da ake bayarwa a cikin "Safe Spaces" an tsara su don ƙarfafa juriyar yara da taimaka musu su fara aiki ta hanyar motsin zuciyar su bayan bala'i.

Yarjejeniyar bangarorin uku ta bayyana manyan ayyukan hadin gwiwa na kowace kungiya. Dangane da girman da girman bala'i da tasiri da albarkatun da ake da su, Red Cross za ta samar da sarari a cikin matsuguni don ayyukan yara, Save the Children za ta samar da kayan aiki da kayan aiki a cikin nau'i na Safe Space Kit, kuma Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara za su samar da su. masu aikin sa kai don yin aiki tare da yara a cikin matsuguni.

4) 'Yan'uwa suna halartar taron kasa kan talauci da yunwa.

Shugabannin Cocin 'yan'uwa da membobin sun shiga don yin taro mai taken, " Shuka iri, Girman motsi," lokacin karfafawa da sadaukarwa don kawo karshen yunwa da talauci. Daga Yuni 9-12 a Jami'ar Amurka da ke Washington, DC, Bread for the World tare da haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyin addinai 30, abokan tarayya, ƙungiyoyi, da ƙungiyoyin bangaskiya sun tattara fiye da mutane 850 don "shuka iri." Taron ya nuna cewa mutane miliyan 35 a Amurka, da suka hada da yara sama da miliyan 12, ke fama da yunwa kowace rana.

An fara taron ne tare da hidimar ibadar maraice na ranar Asabar mai ƙarfi inda limamin Cocin 'yan'uwa Jeff Carter, na cocin Manassas (Va.) na 'yan'uwa, ya zama jagoran ibada. Carter kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa a duk lokacin kasuwanci da ibada. Sauran shugabannin 'yan'uwa a taron su ne Belita Mitchell, mai gudanarwa na taron shekara ta 2007; Howard Royer, manajan Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya; da Phil Jones, darektan ’Yan’uwa Shaida/Ofishin Washington. ’Yan’uwa da yawa sun halarci taron da suka haɗa da tawaga daga Cocin Manassas na ’yan’uwa don taron ƙungiyoyin addinai.

Bude ibadar ta biyo baya ne tare da zama da aka mayar da hankali kan muradun karni na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/). Salil Shetty daraktan yakin neman zabe na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, ya shaidawa taron cewa, duk da cewa duniya na ci gaba da samun ci gaba wajen cimma muradunta, amma har yanzu kasashen Afirka kudu da hamadar Sahara na can baya. Shetty ya dage cewa dole ne Amurka ta cika alkawuran da ta dauka na samar da taimako mafi inganci da inganci idan ana son cimma muradun. Taron shekara-shekara na Cocin ’yan’uwa ya amince da maƙasudai a shekara ta 2006.

Taron ya kuma kunshi taron shugabannin kasa kan Yunwa da Talauci tare da mai magana da yawun jam'iyyar Republican Sanata Chuck Hagel daga Nebraska, da tsohon wakili kuma a yanzu shugaban jam'iyyar Democratic Leadership Council, Harold E. Ford, Jr. Taron mabiya addinai a babban cocin National Cathedral ya tara kiristoci. , Yahudawa, Musulmai, da sauran masu imani da yawa. An kammala taron ne da rana ta fafutuka kan dokar gona.

Ƙoƙari na musamman ya nemi a yi canje-canje a cikin Shirin Tambarin Abinci, don samar da ingantattun kudade da inganta wayar da kan jama'a da ilimi don tabbatar da masu karamin karfi su sami isasshen abinci mai gina jiki, da kuma samar da ƙarin kudade don raya karkara, da samar da ingantaccen tsarin samar da kayayyaki. Biyan kayayyaki yana zuwa ga amfanin gona biyar ne kawai: masara, auduga, shinkafa, waken soya, da alkama. A shekara ta 2005, kashi 66 cikin 10 na kudaden da aka biya sun kai kashi 10,000 cikin XNUMX na masu samar da kayayyaki, yayin da kashi biyu bisa uku na gonakin suka sami kasa da dala XNUMX a cikin biyan.

"Dukkan abin da ya faru yana ƙarfafawa," in ji ɗan'uwa Brenda Westfall daga Indiana. "Haɗu da mutane daga ko'ina cikin Amurka, tare da irin wannan sha'awar bayar da shawarwari ga masu fama da yunwa, jin masu magana masu ƙarfi ciki har da Sanatoci Kind da Hagel suna ba da shawara ga masu fama da yunwa, da yin zaɓe a madadin mayunwata da masu karamin karfi."

Bayanin taron shekara-shekara na 2000 "Kula da Talakawa" yana ba da shawarwari don aiki akan talauci da yunwa (www.brethren.org/ac/ac_statements/2000Poor.html). Yayin da Cocin ’Yan’uwa ke ci gaba da yin aikin Kristi, za a dasa iri don yin motsi.

–Emily O'Donnell yar majalisa ce a Ofishin Shaida/Brothren Witness/Washington.

5) Yan’uwa na Puerto Rican sun gudanar da taron tsibiri karo na 20.

Ikilisiyoyi na ’yan’uwa da ke Puerto Rico sun yi taronsu na Tsibiri na 20 a farkon watan Yuni. Ikklisiya sun kuma yi bikin yaye daliban aji na uku daga Cibiyar Tauhidi ta Puerto Rico.

A ranar 1 ga Yuni, Instituto Teológico de Puerto Rico ta ba da takaddun shaida na ɗalibai tara don kammala buƙatun da suka dace don kammala karatunsu daga shirin horar da hidima na Cocin ’yan’uwa a Puerto Rico. Wannan shine aji na uku da ya sauke karatu.

Lorens Crespo Reyes, ɗalibi da ya sauke karatu kuma fasto na La Casa del Amigo a Arecibo, ya ba da saƙo mai ƙarfafawa bisa 1 Korinthiyawa 4:20, “Gama Mulkin Allah ba ga magana ba, amma ga iko.” José Calleja Otero, ɗalibi da ya sauke karatu wanda ya soma hidimar bishara ta rediyo a watan Disamba, shi ne babban mai wa’azi na buɗe ibada na Majalisar Tsibiri ta 20 a wannan maraice.

Wani ɗalibi da ya sauke karatu, Miguel Alicea Torres wanda limamin coci a Rio Prieto, ya kawo wani sabon kasuwanci ga taron da rana ta gaba. Ya fara aikin coci a San Sebastian a matsayin ci gaban hidimarsa ta rediyo, kuma yana neman amincewa daga wakilan taron.

An samu cikar taron taron da wakilai 22 da suka halarta, da wasu baki 24 da suka yi rajista. Carol Yeazell, darektan riko na Ƙungiyoyin Rayuwa na Ikilisiyar Ikilisiya ta Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa, ta kawo gaisuwa daga babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger, kuma daga babbar ministar gundumar Atlantic ta Kudu maso Gabas Martha Beach wadda ba ta iya zuwa wannan shekara ba.

A cikin sauran harkokin kasuwanci, an karɓi rahotanni, an tattauna batun kasafin kuɗi, da kuma gabatar da sunayensu. Mai gudanar da taron na yanzu shine Jose Medina, tsohon wanda ya kammala karatun tauhidi kuma mai hidima mai lasisi daga cocin Manati. Zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa shine Severo Romero, tare da Ana D. Ostolaza da Nelson Sanchez sun sami tabbaci a matsayin sakatare da shugaban hukumar, bi da bi.

Za a gudanar da babban taro na shekara mai zuwa a Cocin Castaner na ’yan’uwa, wadda ta samu karuwar kashi 30 cikin 6 a wannan shekarar da ta shige kuma tana tattaunawa kan bukatar fadada wuraren ibada. Kwanakin da za a yi taro na gaba shine 7-2008 ga Yuni, XNUMX.

–Carol L. Yeazell darektan riko ne na Ƙungiyoyin Rayuwa na Ikilisiya don Babban Hukumar.

6) Kungiyar 'Yan Uwa tana gudanar da taron shekara-shekara.

Haɗin Kan Gidajen ’Yan’uwa ya gudanar da taron shekara-shekara a Brethren Hillcrest Homes a La Verne, Calif., daga Afrilu 1921. Taken wannan shekara shi ne “Ma’amala da Sojojin Waje.”

Shugaban Hukumar Kula da Lafiya ta Amurka, Larry Minnix, shine babban mai magana a taron. Minnix ya gabatar da "Shirye-shiryen Yanayi-Tsarin Doguwa da Iska," yana tattaunawa akan jagoranci da tsara yanayin.

Hakanan an gabatar da Lowell Flory, darektan ci gaban cibiyoyi a Seminary Theological Seminary, da Larry Bowles, darektan ci gaba na Hillcrest Community. Flory da Bowles sun ba da gabatarwar haɗin gwiwa mai taken, “Al’ummata ce – Ci gaba da Tara Kuɗaɗe a cikin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙarfafa da Babban Cocin ’Yan’uwa.” Ana samun kwafin waɗannan gabatarwar akan buƙata.

A cikin wasu gabatarwar, Marlin Heckman, masanin Cocin ’yan’uwa ya ba da wani zama kan ci gaba da tarihin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Myrna Wheeler, malami a Hillcrest, ya jagoranci taron tunawa da Tim Hissong, Shugaba na Community Retirement Community a Greenville, Ohio, wanda ya mutu a ranar 15 ga Afrilu.

Don Fecher, darektan haɗin gwiwar, ma'aikatar Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa ya gabatar da shawara ga Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa don yin la'akari da yiwuwar samar da inshora na kiwon lafiya na musamman ga ƙungiyar ta. Cocin Mennonite Amurka ta yi nasarar amfani da shirin inshorar lafiya ga membobin Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya ta Mennonite fiye da shekaru 10, kuma Neal Holzman, Shugaba na Abokan Sabis na Aging, kwanan nan ya aiwatar da irin wannan shirin don taron Abokai na United. Ga alama akwai isasshen sha'awa daga mahalarta taron don ci gaba da binciken aikin.

Za a gudanar da taron na shekara mai zuwa tare da membobin cocin Mennonite USA da kuma American Baptist Church, a St. Louis, Mo., Maris 2730, 2008. Taron zai samar da lokacin da ƙungiyoyin uku za su yi haɗin kai da kuma tattauna batutuwa iri ɗaya. Tsarin taron zai ƙunshi zaman haɗin gwiwa, da kuma zama daban na kowace ƙungiya.

–Don Fecher darekta ne na Fellowship of Brethren Homes, ma’aikatar kula da ’yan’uwa.

7) Tunawa: 'Yan'uwa marubuci kuma masanin Vernard Eller ya rasu.

Vernard Marion Eller, mai shekaru 79, ya rasu ne a ranar 18 ga watan Yuni a gidansa da ke La Verne, Calif. Wani minista da aka nada a cocin 'yan'uwa kuma farfesa na falsafa da addini mai ritaya a Jami'ar La Verne, ya shahara bayan coci. da'irar littattafan da suka yi amfani da barkwanci da wayo don yada tauhidi da addini.

“Babban buri na rayuwata shi ne in yi ƙoƙari in mayar da hankali kan abubuwa huɗu dabam-dabam da ba a saba gani da juna ba: sadaukarwar Kirista mai ƙarfi; m tunani da malanta; sadarwa bayyananne da karfi; da hikima da ban dariya na gaske,” Eller ya rubuta a cikin fitowar Fabrairu 1980 na Mujallar “Messenger” na Church of the Brothers.

Mafi shahara a cikin littattafansa shine "The Mad Morality" (Abingdon Press, 1970), dokoki goma da aka gani ta idanun "Mad Magazine." Littafin ya sayar da kwafi 30,000 a cikin shekararsa ta farko da rabi na bugawa, kuma an sanya sunansa cikin manyan takardun takarda guda biyar da Furotesta ke karantawa a cikin 1970 ta “Christian Herald.” “Newsweek” ya yaba wa “Mad Morality” a cikin labarin da ya yi bitar tarihin “Mad” a ranar 25 ga Afrilu, 1983, yana mai cewa littafin Eller “daya ne daga cikin abubuwan alfahari na mujallar.”

Har ila yau, daga cikin laƙabi sama da 20 da Eller ya rubuta, akwai “Littafin Mai Tsarki na Littafi Mai Tsarki: Yin Ma’ana Daga Ru’ya ta Yohanna,” “Manual of Arms of Arms for the ‘Armless: War and Peace from Farawa zuwa Wahayin Yahaya,” da “The King Jesus’ Manual of Arms for the ‘Armless: War and Peace from Farawa zuwa Wahayin Yahaya. Littafin Jima'i don Puritans." Littattafan da Brotheran Jarida suka buga sun haɗa da “Towering Babble: God’s People Without God’s Word” da “Cleaning Up the Christian Vocabulary.” Jami'ar Princeton Press ta buga littafinsa na digirin digirgir, "Kierkegaard da Almajirai masu tsattsauran ra'ayi: Sabuwar Ra'ayi." Ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga mujallu da mujallu ciki har da "The Other Side," "Kristian Century," "Kiristanci A Yau," "Journal of Religion," da "Addini a Rayuwa," da kuma "Rayuwar 'Yan'uwa da Tunani" da " Manzo.”

Eller ya kammala karatun digiri na kwalejin La Verne da Kwalejin tauhidi ta Bethany, kuma ya sami digiri na biyu daga Jami'ar Arewa maso Yamma, kuma ya yi digiri na uku daga Makarantar Addini ta Pacific. Bayan kammala karatun digiri a La Verne, Cocin of the Brother General Board ta kira shi ya zama editan wallafe-wallafen matasa, yana aiki a kan ma'aikata daga 1950-56. Ya sadu da Phyllis Kulp na Pottstown, Pa., Yayin da yake jagorantar yawon shakatawa na 'yan'uwa, kuma sun yi aure a 1955.

A 1958, ya fara aikinsa na shekaru 34 a Jami'ar La Verne (sai La Verne College). A cikin shekarun da suka gabata ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar a kwalejoji da yawa, a matsayin babban farfesa a Makarantar Koyon Tauhidi ta Fuller, kuma a matsayin memba na zaman rani a Makarantar Addini ta Pacific. Ya kasance memba na Cibiyar Nazarin Addini ta Amurka, Ƙungiyar Tarihin Ikilisiya ta Amirka, Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida, kuma ya kasance abokin tarayya na Swenson-Kierkegaard Foundation.

Ya kasance memba mai kafa kuma mai hidima na kyauta tare da Cocin Fellowship of the Brothers a La Verne, wanda daga baya ya haɗu da Pomona (Calif.) Church of the Brothers ya zama Pomona Fellowship Church of the Brothers. Ya ba da jagoranci a matsayin mai magana da jagoran nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki a waɗannan ikilisiyoyin, da kuma a sansani da wuraren taro. Ya yi aiki da sharuɗɗan hidima a Babban Hukumar da kuma kan Hukumar Seminary na Bethany, ya kasance wakilin ’yan’uwa ga Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa, kuma ya yi aiki a cikin kwamitin nazari na Cocin of the Brothers Annual Conference wanda ya rubuta 1973 “Statement on Taxation don War."

An haifi Eller a ranar 11 ga Yuli, 1927, a Everett, Wash., Babban ɗan Jay da Geraldine Eller, kuma ya girma a Wenatchee, Wash. A cikin shekarunsa na ƙarshe, ya yi fama da cutar Alzheimer, kuma ana kula da shi a gida har zuwa lokacin da ya yi aure. mutuwa.

Phyllis Eller, matar sa fiye da shekaru 50 ta bar shi; yara Sander Eller na La Verne, Enten Eller na Richmond, Ind., da Rosanna (Eller) McFadden na Goshen, Ind.; da jikoki uku.

Ayyuka za su kasance a Cocin Fellowship na Pomona na 'yan'uwa a ranar 26 ga Yuni, da karfe 11 na safe A maimakon furanni, ana iya yin abubuwan tunawa ga Pomona Fellowship Church of Brothers ko Heifer International.

8) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, bude ayyukan aiki, da sauransu.

• Helen Stonesifer ta sanar da yin ritaya a matsayin mai gudanarwa na Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara (tsohon Kula da Yara na Bala'i) na Cocin of the Brother General Board, wanda zai fara daga Yuli 1. Yin hidima fiye da shekaru 30 tare da Babban Hukumar, Stonesifer ya rike mukamai daban-daban a 'yan'uwa. Cibiyar Sabis a New Windsor, Md., Tun lokacin da aikinta ya fara a 1976. Ta fara hidimar abinci, sannan ta koma SERRV, inda ta yi aiki a wurare daban-daban. A cikin 1989, ta zama sakatariya a ofisoshin Gudanarwa, kuma a cikin 1990 an ɗauke ta a matsayin sakatariyar Kula da Bala'i ta Ƙungiya. A cikin 1998, ta zama manajan ofis da sakatariyar gudanarwa na Ma'aikatun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa/Sabis, yayin da kuma ke ba da tallafi ga Kula da Yara na Bala'i. Sannan, a cikin 2003, matsayinta ya canza zuwa mai gudanarwa na Kula da Yara na Bala'i. Ayyukanta sun haɗa da daidaita martanin bala'i na kula da yara; gudanarwa, horarwa, da tsara Mahimman Amsa Ƙungiyoyin Kula da Yara; daukar ma'aikata, tantancewa, da takaddun shaida na masu aikin sa kai; da tsarawa da haɓaka kalandar shekara-shekara na horo don shirin.
• Rita Taylor sabuwar ma'aikaci ce tare da sabis na cin abinci na New Windsor (Md.) Cibiyar Taro a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa, daga Yuni 12. Taylor ƙwararren mai dafa abinci ne wanda ya yi aiki a kwanan nan a Indian Springs Country Club a Silver Spring, Md. Ita da danginta suna zaune ne a Columbia, Md. Ita Kirista ce mai kishin addini, asalinta an haife ta a Legas, Najeriya, kuma tana kan hanyar zama Ba’amurke. Za ta yi aiki a matsayin jagorar ƙungiyar don lokutan rana da ƙarshen mako, tana aiki tare da manajan shugaba Walt Trail.
• Johanna Olson ya fara aiki a matsayin ma'aikaci na wucin gadi na Ma'aikatar Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa na Cocin of the Brother General Board. Za ta taimaka gadar sauye-sauye a cikin ma'aikata biyo bayan ritayar Helen Stonesifer a matsayin mai gudanarwa na Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara (tsohon Kula da Yara na Bala'i) da kuma ɗaukar sabon darektan aboki. Olson ma'aikacin 'yan'uwa na sa kai ne mai dawowa (BVS) wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da agaji don Amsar Gaggawa a cikin 1994-95. Ta sauke karatu a lokacin hunturu na bara daga Jami'ar Minnesota tare da digiri na biyu a fannin gudanarwa na sa-kai da manufofin jama'a. Ta kuma yi aiki tare da shirye-shiryen 'yan gudun hijira a St. Paul, Minn., da kuma shirin ba da amsa bala'i na Cocin Evangelical Lutheran a Amurka. Za ta yi aiki duka a Cibiyar Hidimar 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Kuma daga gidanta a Illinois.
• Cocin of the Brothers General Board na neman editan gudanarwa na 'yan jarida, don cika cikakken matsayi a Elgin, Ill. Ayyukan da suka haɗa da sarrafa jadawalin wallafe-wallafe don nau'o'in manhajoji, littattafai, bulletins, ƙasidu, da sauran wallafe-wallafe; kula da ofishin edita ciki har da kwangiloli, izinin haƙƙin mallaka, da biyan kuɗi; kwafi-gyare-gyare da gyare-gyaren yawancin wallafe-wallafe; samar da gyare-gyaren abun ciki akan wallafe-wallafen da aka zaɓa; kula da ayyukan ta hanyar rubutawa da ƙira; yin aiki tare tare da marubutan kwangila, masu gyara, masu zane-zane, masu rubutu, da masu daukar hoto; da kuma taimakawa tare da samun sabbin lakabi. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da ingantaccen gyare-gyare da ƙwarewar karantawa da gogewa tare da fa'idodin samarwa da bugu; ikon sarrafawa da tsara bayanai da yawa da saduwa da kwanakin ƙarshe; kyakkyawan ƙwarewar kwamfuta; fahimtar gadon Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa, tiyoloji, da siyasa ko son koyo; sadarwa mai ƙarfi da ƙwarewar hulɗar juna; nuna fasaha wajen kafawa da aiki a cikin tsarin koleji. Ilimin da ake buƙata da gogewa sun haɗa da digiri na farko a fagen da ke da alaƙa, tare da fifikon digiri na biyu, da ƙwarewar samun nasara kafin gyara da samarwa. Za a ba da fifiko ga daidaikun mutane masu aiki a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Ana samun bayanin matsayi da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen akan buƙata. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Agusta 15. Don nema, cika fom ɗin aikace-aikacen Babban Hukumar, ƙaddamar da ci gaba da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen, da buƙatar nassoshi uku don aika wasiƙun shawarwari ga Ofishin Albarkatun ɗan Adam, Cocin of the Brother General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694; Bayani na 800-323-8039 258; kkrog_gb@brethren.org.
• Ofishin Shaida /Washington da Aminci a Duniya suna neman Ranar Addu'a ta Duniya don Mai tsara tushen zaman lafiya, don cika ɗan gajeren lokaci na kwangilar ɗan lokaci ba tare da fa'ida ba, ana biya a $13.50 a kowace awa. Za a yi aiki daga gida, wasu tafiya na iya zama dole. Wannan matsayi yana da haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyin biyu don tsarawa da shirya ikilisiyoyin ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa a kusa da Ranar Addu'a na Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya a ranar 21 ga Satumba. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun hada da haɓaka da aiwatar da tallace-tallace, wayar da kan jama'a, da kuma tsara shirin; inganta albarkatu da fakitin shiryawa don vigils; yin aiki a matsayin haɗin kai tsakanin masu shirya gida, Amincin Duniya, da Ofishin Shaidu na Yan'uwa/Washington; da kuma gina dangantakar da za ta sa ƙungiyoyin biyu su sadu da ikilisiyoyi don ci gaba da aiki. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da dabarun tsara tushen tushe, ƙwarewar sadarwa, iya kaiwa ga mazaɓa da al'adu dabam-dabam, da kasancewa a Majami'ar 'Yan'uwa na Shekara-shekara a Cleveland, Ohio, Yuni 30-Yuli 4. Sanin asali da Cocin 'Yan'uwa yana da taimako. , kuma an fi son iya harsuna da yawa. Bayani game da Ranar Addu'ar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya a http://overcomingviolence.org/en/about-the-dov/international-day-of-prayer-for-peace. A Duniya Aminci, hukumar kwangila, ba ta nuna bambanci dangane da jinsi, launin fata, al'ada, asalin ƙasa, daidaitawa, shekaru, ko nakasa, kuma yana ƙarfafa duk masu sha'awar yin aiki. Tsarin aikace-aikacen yana farawa nan da nan, kamar yadda ƙungiyoyin biyu ke fatan samun mai shiryawa a wurin Yuni 30 zuwa Satumba. Don amfani, aika wasiƙar sha'awa gami da ƙwarewar da ta dace ga Matt Guynn, Mai Gudanar da Shaidar Zaman Lafiya, Akan Zaman Lafiyar Duniya, mattguynn@earthlink.net, 765-966-2546 (fax). Za a yi la'akari da aikace-aikacen daga safiyar ranar 24 ga Yuni, har sai an cika matsayi.
• "Rayuwar 'Yan'uwa da Tunani" na neman marubuta. Mujallar ilimi ta Church of the Brothers ta zaɓi rubuce-rubuce masu hankali da hankali game da rayuwar coci, tiyoloji, nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, da tarihi, “amma ba koyaushe yana buƙatar bayanan ƙasa ba,” in ji edita Julie Garber a cikin buƙatun gabatarwa. A matsayin samfurin Bethany Theological Seminary da Brethren Journal Association, "Rayuwar 'Yan'uwa da Tunani" an yi la'akari da ita a matsayin mujallar ilimi don buga bincike na malaman makarantar hauza, fastoci, daliban digiri, da malamai. "Shekaru hamsin da daya bayan haka, mutane da yawa suna yin aiki mai kyau da tunani mai kyau wanda ya cancanci watsawa a cikin cocin, don haka mujallar ta gayyaci marubuta kowane nau'i, gami da ƙwararrun malamai, don ba da gudummawa ga tattaunawar," in ji Garber. Ana maraba da ingantattun kasidu, wa'azi, bita, bincike, sharhi, wakoki, da albarkatun ibada. Kwamitin edita yana duba abubuwan da aka gabatar, yana zabar mafi kyawun dalilai don bugawa. Gabatar da rubuce-rubuce zuwa blt@bethanyseminary.edu. Haɗa bayanin lamba. Tuntuɓi jagororin ƙaddamarwa a www.bethanyseminary.edu/blt.
• Ofishin Shaidun Jehobah/Washington yana gayyatar ikilisiyoyin su shiga wani aiki da ake kira “Haske kan Azaba,” wanda Ƙungiyar Addini ta Ƙasa ta Ƙarfafa azabtarwa ta shirya kwafin DVD na fim ɗin “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib” ya kasance ga ikilisiyoyi 1,000 a kan farko zo, fara hidima tushen. An ba da kwafi 10 a cikin makon Yuni 17-950, kuma za a ba da ƙarin 21 a cikin makon Oktoba 28-80. "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" fim ne na HBO na mintuna 800 akan azabtarwa a gidan yarin Abu Ghraib na Iraki, wanda ya dace da manyan masu sauraro kawai. Mai shirya fina-finai Rory Kennedy ya binciki yanayin tunani da siyasa wanda azabtarwar ta faru. Kowane coci mai halarta yana karɓar kwafin DVD ɗin kyauta, jagorar jagora don jagoranci tattaunawa, kwafin “Azabar Al’amari ne na ɗabi’a”–bayani da waɗanda ke halartan nunin da wasu a cikin ikilisiya za su iya amincewa da su, shawarwarin aiki. matakan kawo karshen azabtarwa, da albarkatun don ƙarin bayani. Je zuwa www.nrcat.org/spotlight.aspx don cikakkun bayanai. Ana neman ikilisiyoyin su kira Ofishin Shaidun Jehobah da ke Washington a lamba 785-3246-XNUMX idan an zaɓe su don su ɗauki nauyin tantancewar, don a ba da bayanin ga wasu ikilisiyoyi da ke yankin.
• Ikilisiyoyi da suka yi bikin ƙarni na kwanan nan sun haɗa da Cocin Juniata na ’yan’uwa a Altoona, Pa., tare da bikin ranar 28-29 ga Afrilu, da Cocin Annville (Pa.) na ’Yan’uwa, tare da bukukuwan bukukuwan karshen mako a ranar 28-29 ga Afrilu.
• “Mission Alive” ita ce jigon taron bazara na Matan gundumar Marva ta Yamma, a Cocin Shady Grove (W.Va.) na ’Yan’uwa a ranar 9 ga Mayu. Mutane saba’in da biyar ne suka wakilci ikilisiyoyi 23. Janis Pyle, mai gudanarwa na haɗin gwiwar manufa na haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Babban Kwamitin, ya ba da bayyani game da mishan na ɗarika, bayanai game da ƙoƙarin mishan a Sudan, da dashen coci a Brazil. An ba da tayin $1,220 don shirin Sudan. A wajen taron, an tattara kayan kiwon lafiya 143, kayan makaranta 168, da kayan jarirai 69 don hidimar hidimar duniya ta Coci, kuma an ba da gudummawar dalar Amurka 274 don barguna da dala 612 don aikawa da kayan.
• Cibiyar Retirement na 'yan'uwa a Greenville, Ohio, za ta karbi bakuncin taron masu zaman lafiya na Midwest 2007 a kan taken, "Rashin tashin hankali na Yesu," daga 11 na safe zuwa 4 na yamma a ranar 18 ga Agusta 2002. Masu magana guda uku su ne Rod Kennedy, ministan Baptist na farko. Coci a Dayton, Ohio, farfesa na seminary, kuma jagora a cikin Ƙungiyar Aminci ta Baptist; Thomas Miess-McDonald, farfesa na tauhidi, mishan, kuma fasto na Cocin Babban Aminci; da Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, firist na Byzantine, malami, wanda ya kafa Pax Christi-USA, kuma marubuci kuma mai magana na Cibiyar Ƙarfafa Kiristanci. Taron ya hada da ibada, rera waka, da cin abincin rana. An kafa masu zaman lafiya na Midwest a cikin 4922 ta Cocin of the Brothers alumni na Sabis na Jama'a na Jama'a da Sabis na 'Yan'uwa. Tuntuɓi shugaba Charles F. Cooley, 43230 Honeysuckle Blvd., Columbus, OH 614; 794-2745-XNUMX.
• 'Yan'uwa Takwas suna cikin mahalarta balaguron koyo na Amazon na 18-29 ga Mayu wanda Sabon Al'umma Project ya dauki nauyinsa. Tawagar ta yi nazari kan yanayin dajin damina, inda ta gana da shugabannin 'yan asalin kasar Siona da Cofan, kuma sun koyi tasirin hakar mai, da noman koko da kofi, da sare dazuzzuka, da talauci, da sauyin yanayi kan dazuzzukan wurare masu zafi da kuma al'ummomin bil'adama. Selva: Vida sin Frontiers, wata kungiyar kare muhalli da kare hakkin dan Adam ta Ecuador ce ta dauki nauyin wannan ziyara, wadda ta ci gajiyar tallafin a baya, daga tallafin da Coci of the Brethren's Global Crisis Fund ta bayar. Sauran tafiye-tafiye masu zuwa sun hada da Honduras (Yuli 10-20), Denali/Kenai Fjords (Agusta. 10-19), da Arctic Village, Alaska (Agusta. 20-29).
• David Eller, tsohon shugaban Sashen Nazarin Addini na Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) kuma tsohon darektan Cibiyar Nazarin Cibiyar Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist Groups, an yanke masa hukumcin shekaru biyu da rabi zuwa 10 a gidan yari na jihar, biyo bayan haka. ta shekaru biyar na gwaji, a cewar wani rahoto a cikin jaridar "Lancaster New Era" a ranar Yuni 2. An sanar da hukuncin kotun a ranar 1 ga Yuni. An kama Eller a lokacin rani na karshe bayan ya tuntubi wasu jami'ai hudu da ke nuna yara a Intanet, da kuma bayan haka. bayan sun yi alƙawari don ganawa da ɗaya daga cikin wakilai suna nuna yarinya. Wakilan sun kasance mambobi ne na Sashen Predator na Yara na Babban Lauyan Pennsylvania. A cikin Fabrairu Eller ya amsa laifin yin amfani da kwamfuta da laifin yin amfani da kwamfuta da kuma tuntuɓar yarinya ba bisa ƙa'ida ba. Wasu mutane 60 sun kasance a cikin kotun don su goyi bayan Eller, in ji jaridar, da yawa daga ikilisiyarsa da ke cocin Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brothers.

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Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford ne ya samar da Newsline, darektan sabis na labarai na Cocin of the Brother General Board, cobnews@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 260. Julie Garber, Diane Gosnell, Joan McGrath, Janis Pyle, David Radcliff, da Helen Stonesifer sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoto. Newsline yana fitowa kowace ranar Laraba, tare da shirye-shiryen Newsline na gaba da aka tsara don ranar 4 ga Yuli, yana ba da bitar labarai daga taron shekara-shekara na 2007. Ana iya aika wasu batutuwa na musamman idan an buƙata. Za a iya sake buga labaran labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen. Don ƙarin labarai da fasali na Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa, biyan kuɗi zuwa mujallar “Manzo”, kira 800-323-8039 ext. 247.