Labaran labarai na Yuni 6, 2007

"Ku yi shiru, ku sani ni ne Allah!"

Zabura 46:10a

LABARAI

1) Ana ci gaba da raguwar zama membobin Coci na ’yan’uwa.
2) Brethren Benefit Trust ta tantance manyan ‘yan kwangilar tsaro 25.
3) Kwamitin Amincin Duniya ya gana da Shawarar Al'adu ta Cross-Cultural.
4) Wasika zuwa ga shugaba Bush na tallafawa asusun yawan jama'a na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.
5) Yan'uwa: Gyara, tunawa, ma'aikata, da sauransu.

KAMATA

6) Nancy Klemm ta yi ritaya a matsayin manajan editan jaridar Brethren Press.

FEATURES

7) Abincin dare na gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania yana ba da labari game da manufa.
8) Tunanin Iraki: Fushi, gafara, da waraka.

Je zuwa http://www.cobwebcast.bethanyseminary.edu/ don hira da Belita Mitchell, mai gudanarwa na Cocin 2007 Church of the Brothers Annual Conference, da Lerry Fogle, babban darektan taron. Gidan yanar gizon yana duba taron shekara-shekara mai zuwa a Cleveland, Ohio, a ranar 30 ga Yuni-Yuli 4. Mitchell da Fogle sun tattauna fannonin shirye-shirye da yawa, daga bauta mai ban sha'awa da kasuwanci mai ƙalubale, zuwa nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, ayyukan ƙungiyar shekaru, da sauran shirye-shirye. Suna kira ga ’yan’uwa su shirya taron da addu’a, nazari, tattaunawa, da fahimtar juna.
Para ver la traducción en español de este artículo, “La Celebración Intercultural se reúne con el tema de la paz,” vaya a www.brethren.org/genbd/newsline/2007/apr2507.htm#1a. (Don fassarar Mutanen Espanya na labarin, "Bikin Giciye-Cultural ya haɗu a kan jigon zaman lafiya," daga Sabon layi na Mayu 9, je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/newsline/2007/apr2507.htm#1a.)
Don karɓar Layin Labarai ta imel ko don cire rajista, je zuwa http://listserver.emountain.net/mailman/listinfo/newsline. Don labarai na Church of the Brothers a kan layi, je zuwa http://www.brethren.org/, danna kan “Labarai” don nemo fasalin labarai da hanyoyin haɗi zuwa ’yan’uwa a cikin labarai, kundi na hoto, rahoton taro, gidajen yanar gizo, da Newsline. rumbun adana bayanai.

1) Ana ci gaba da raguwar zama membobin Coci na ’yan’uwa.

Kasancewa cikin Cocin ’Yan’uwa ya ragu da 1,814 a shekara ta 2006, bisa ga rahotannin da ƙungiyar ta samu. Wannan yana wakiltar raguwar 1.4 bisa dari daga shekarar da ta gabata, kusan daidai da raguwar 2005. Jimlar kasancewa memba a Amurka da Puerto Rico yanzu ya kai 127,526.

Kasancewar memba na ɗarika yana kan koma baya tun farkon shekarun 1960, dangane da yawancin ƙungiyoyin ɗarikoki a Amurka. Ana tattara kididdigar kowace shekara ta “Book of the Brothers Yearbook” da Brothers Press ta buga. Adadin bai hada da membobin Cocin 'yan'uwa a wasu kasashe da suka hada da Najeriya, Brazil, Indiya, Jamhuriyar Dominican, da Haiti ba. Cocin Najeriya ita ce kungiyar 'yan'uwa mafi girma a duniya.

Goma sha shida daga cikin gundumomi 23 na Amurka sun ba da rahoton raguwar yawan mambobi a bara, yayin da bakwai aka ruwaito sun karu. Wasu al'amuran sun koma baya daga shekarar da ta gabata: Gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma, wacce ta sami raguwa mafi girma a cikin 2005, ta sami karuwa mafi girma a cikin 2006, mambobi 84 ko kusan kashi 3.5. A zahiri, yawancin ci gaban ya kasance yamma da Mississippi, tare da gundumomin Idaho, Kudancin Filaye, da filayen Yamma kuma suna ba da rahoton karuwar yawan membobin. Illinois da Wisconsin, Shenandoah, da kudu maso gabas su ne sauran gundumomin da ke ba da rahoton nasarori. Gundumar Shenandoah ita ce ke da mafi girman karuwar lambobi, sama da membobi 89.

A halin yanzu, Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta Atlantika - wacce ta sami karuwa mafi girma a cikin 2005 - ta ba da rahoton asarar kashi mafi girma a cikin 2006, ƙasa da kashi 8.9 cikin ɗari (raguwar membobi 178). Gundumomi biyar sun sami raguwa aƙalla kashi uku. Gundumar Kudancin Ohio ta ba da rahoton mafi girman raguwar lambobi, tare da asarar mambobi 371.

Atlantic Northeast ya kasance yanki mafi girma, tare da mambobi 14,860 a karshen 2006, sai Shenandoah da Virlina. Gundumar Missouri/Arkansas ita ce mafi ƙanƙantar ɗarikar, tare da jimlar 549.

Yawan cikakkun ikilisiyoyi ya ragu da biyar, zuwa 1,010, kuma adadin abokan hulɗa ya ragu daga 42 zuwa 39. Duk da haka, dasa shuki na coci ya haifar da karuwar sabbin ayyuka guda biyar, don jimlar 15. Jimlar ta ba da rahoton matsakaita yawan halartar ibada na mako-mako. ya ragu da 1,572 daga shekarar da ta gabata, zuwa 63,571. Adadin masu yin baftisma ya kasance mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin shekarun da suka gabata, tare da rahoton 1,657 kawai.

Bayar da aka cakude, tare da ba da gudummawa ga Babban Asusun Ma’aikatun Majalisar da Aminci a Duniya ya ɗan tashi kaɗan, yayin da ba da gudummawa ga Makarantar Koyar da Tauhidi ta Bethany da Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa ta ragu. Matsakaicin bayarwa ga kowane mutum $41.

Ƙididdigar “Littafin Shekara” da aka sabunta sun dogara ne akan bayanan da ikilisiyoyin suka bayar waɗanda ke juya rahotannin ƙididdiga. A cikin 2005, kashi 68.7 na ikilisiyoyin sun ba da rahoton, amsa daidai gwargwado ga shekarun baya; An ba da rahoton kashi 69 cikin ɗari a shekara ta 2004. Littafin nan “Yearbook” ya kuma ba da lissafin bayanan tuntuɓar mutane da kuma ƙididdiga na ikilisiyoyi, gundumomi, hukumomin ɗarika, da kuma ’yan’uwa da ke da alaƙa. Ana samun bugu na 2007 daga Brotheran Jarida; don yin oda kira 800-441-3712.

–Walt Wiltschek editan Mujallar “Manzo” na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne.

2) Brethren Benefit Trust ta tantance manyan ‘yan kwangilar tsaro 25.

A matsayin wani ɓangare na manufofin saka hannun jari na zamantakewa, Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) kowace shekara tana buƙatar Gudanar da Kaddarorin gama gari na Boston, ɗaya daga cikin manajan saka hannun jari, don haɗa jerin manyan ƴan kwangilar tsaro 25 na sojojin Amurka. Jerin ya dogara ne akan girman kwangilolin da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta bayar. Kamar yadda jagororin saka hannun jari na BBT suka umarta, kamfanonin da ke cikin wannan jerin suna zazzagewa ta atomatik daga ma'ajin saka hannun jari na BBT daga manajan saka hannun jari.

Tun da wasu kamfanonin da ke cikin jerin suna mallakar sirri ne kuma ba a cikin sararin samaniyar BBT na saka hannun jari ba, Hukumar Gudanarwar BBT ta kada kuri'a a watan Afrilu don kada ta saka hannun jari a cikin manyan 'yan kwangilar tsaro 25 da ke kasuwancin jama'a. Tsananta wannan allon zamantakewa yana nufin an cire kamfanoni biyar masu zaman kansu daga jerin BBT kuma an ƙara sababbin sunaye biyar.

Nunawa yana buƙatar manajojin BBT su sauke kamfanonin daga fayil ɗin BBT kuma ko dai su maye gurbinsu da wani kamfani a cikin kasuwa ko ƙyale fayil ɗin ya zama ƙasa da nauyi a cikin wannan ɓangaren kasuwa.

Yawancin sunayen da ke cikin jerin ana iya gane su a matsayin wani ɓangare na injin yaƙin Amurka, kamar Janar Dynamics, amma wasu daga cikin sunayen ba a haɗa su nan da nan da sojojin Amurka ba, musamman FedEx. FedEx da farko yana yin kwangila tare da Ma'aikatar Tsaro don ba da sabis na jigilar kaya. Sojojin Amurka sun yi kwangila sosai tare da dillalan kasuwanci-a cikin yakin Gulf na farko, a cewar Boston Common, kashi 27 cikin XNUMX na duk kayan dakon kaya na jigilar kaya ne.

FedEx kuma yana ba wa sojoji "Sabis na Sabis na Safofin hannu" don jigilar kayayyaki masu mahimmanci waɗanda ke buƙatar kiyayewa da kulawa da hankali a duk lokacin jigilar kaya. Shigar da FedEx a cikin jerin yana ba da shaida ga isa ga rukunin masana'antu na soja na Amurka.

Tunda BBT ta yi imani da ƙarfi cewa ya kamata ta tantance FedEx daga hannun jarin ta saboda babban ɗan kwangilar tsaro ne, BBT ba za ta iya ba da lamiri mai kyau FedEx don buƙatun ofis na BBT na yau da kullun ba. BBT ba za ta ƙara amfani da FedEx azaman sabis ɗin bayarwa na zaɓin sa ba.

Manyan 'yan kwangilar tsaro mallakar jama'a 25 sune: 1. Lockheed Martin; 2. Kamfanin Boeing; 3. Northrop Grumman; 4. Janar Dynamics; 5. Raytheon; 6. Halliburton; 7. L-3 Sadarwar Sadarwa; 8. BAE Systems PLC; 9. United Technologies; 10. Kimiyyar Kwamfuta; 11. Humana; 12. Masana'antu na ITT; 13. Kamfanin Lantarki na Janar; 14. Cibiyar Lafiya; 15. Tsarin Bayanan Lantarki; 16. Wajen Wajen Jama'a; 17. Honeywell International; 18. Textron; 19. Armor Holdings; 20. URS; 21. Amerisource Bergen; 22. Harris; 23. FedEx; 24. British Petroleum PLC; 25. Exxon Mobil.

–Jay Wittmeyer shine manajan wallafe-wallafe na Brethren Benefit Trust. An sake buga wannan labarin daga fitowar kwata na biyu na 2007 na "Labarun Amfanin BBT."

3) A Duniya Zaman Lafiya ya gana da Shawarar Al'adu ta Cross-Cultural.

Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Aminci a Duniya ya gana da Afrilu 20-22, a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa da ke New Windsor, Md. An shirya taron tare da haɗin gwiwar Cibiyar Al'adu ta Cross-Cultural, ta yadda ƙungiyoyin biyu za su iya amfana daga zaman haɗin gwiwa da kuma hulɗar da ba ta dace ba. .

Kwamitin Aminci na Duniya da ma'aikata sun shiga cikin ibada, nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, tattaunawa, da tattaunawa mai dadi tare da sauran mahalarta bikin. An kafa sabbin alaƙa da dama waɗanda suka yi alkawarin ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa a nan gaba. Tuni, an tsara tsare-tsare don ilmantar da zaman lafiya da kuma shirya don tallafawa ayyukan masu samar da zaman lafiya a cikin al'ummar Ma'aikatar Al'adu ta Cross-Cultural.

A cikin wasu batutuwan da aka tattauna, hukumar ta gudanar da zama kan rawar da take takawa na raya kasa, karkashin jagorancin Theresa Eshbach; sun sami rahotanni daga dangantakar haɗin gwiwa tare da Ƙungiyoyin Masu Samar da Zaman Lafiya na Kirista da Ƙwamiti masu zaman kansu na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya game da kawar da wariyar launin fata; samu rahoton kudi na tsakiyar shekara; ya ji sabuntawa game da canje-canje a cikin nauyin ma'aikata, tare da mai ba da shawara Barbara Sayler yana motsawa zuwa aikin rabin lokaci na mai gudanarwa na sadarwa, kuma babban darektan Bob Gross ya ci gaba da zama babban darektan a cikin rawar solo. Rahoton ayyukan shirin daga dukkan ma'aikatan shida sun nuna wani tsari mai kuzari da kuma cikakken tsarin ilimi, sadarwar sadarwa, tallafi, albarkatu, da jagoranci don ma'aikatun zaman lafiya da sulhu.

Kasuwancin da ya shafi taron shekara-shekara ya haɗa da rahoto game da shirye-shiryen taron na 2007-08 daga Lerry Fogle, babban darektan; tattarawa da nazarin binciken da aka yi a taron 2005 don auna imani game da ayyukan zaman lafiya da sulhu na coci; gabatar da sabbin dokokin da za a gabatar a gaban membobin Amincin Duniya a taron na bana; da kuma la'akari da rahoton Bita da kimantawa da ke zuwa taron.

Da yake fahimtar zafin tashin hankali a kusa da duniya da ma duniya baki daya, hukumar da ma'aikatanta sun taru domin yin addu'a ga iyalan wadanda harin bindiga ya rutsa da su a Virginia Tech tare da amincewa da sakon tunawa da ta'aziyya da za a buga a shafin yanar gizon Aminci na Duniya.

An shirya taron faɗuwar Hukumar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya a ranar 20-22 ga Satumba, a New Windsor.

–Bob Gross babban darektan On Earth Peace ne.

4) Wasika zuwa ga shugaba Bush na tallafawa asusun yawan jama'a na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

Ofishin ‘Yan’uwa Shaida/Washington ya aika da wasiƙa zuwa ga shugaba Bush game da tallafin Asusun Kula da Yawan Jama’a na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNFPA). Wasikar mai kwanan wata 20 ga Afrilu, Phil Jones ne ya sanya wa hannu a matsayin darakta na ofishin, wanda ma’aikatar Cocin of the Brother General Board ce.

Wasikar ta bayyana asusun a matsayin "Hukumar ci gaba ta kasa da kasa da ke inganta 'yancin kowane mace, namiji da yaro don jin dadin rayuwa na lafiya da dama," kuma ya ce asusun yana tallafawa kasashe a "amfani da bayanan yawan jama'a don manufofi da shirye-shirye don a rage radadin talauci da tabbatar da duk wani ciki da ake son ciki, kowace haihuwa ta zauna lafiya, kowane matashi ba ya dauke da cutar kanjamau, kuma mace da mace ana girmama su da mutunci.”

Dangane da matakin da Cocin ’yan’uwa na shekara-shekara na taron shekara-shekara na tallafawa Goals na Ƙarni na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, wasiƙar ta bayyana a wani bangare, “Daya daga cikin abubuwan da ke damun cocinmu a yau shi ne rashin isassun kiwon lafiya da tallafin mata a duniyarmu. Binciken da aka yi ta maimaitawa ya nuna cewa, saboda rashin isassun kiwon lafiya, rashin abinci mai gina jiki, karancin ilimi, da sauran yanayi da yanayi da talauci da yunwa ke haifarwa da miliyoyin mata ke fuskantar barazana ta fuskar lafiyarsu, kuma galibin lafiyar ‘ya’yansu. ”

Manufofin Ci gaban Ƙarni sun fahimci takamaiman manufofin ilimi da ƙarfafawa mata, rage mace-macen yara, da kula da lafiyar mata masu juna biyu.

A wani labari daga Ofishin Brothers Witness/Washington, wani faɗakarwa a ranar 31 ga Mayu ya gayyaci ’yan’uwa su goyi bayan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce a kan azabtarwa. Ofishin ya haɗu da abokan hulɗa da sauran al'ummomin bangaskiya da ƙungiyoyi masu tushen bangaskiya wajen amincewa da wata sanarwa ta Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Addini ta Ƙasa ta Against Torture. Har ila yau, ofishin yana ƙarfafa halartar taron "Ranar Ayyukan Maido da Shari'a da Adalci" a ranar 26 ga Yuni a birnin Washington, DC, wanda Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Addini ta Ƙasa ta Ƙaddamar da azabtarwa, Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Jama'ar Amirka, Amnesty International, da Majalisar Jagoranci akan 'Yancin Bil'adama. Nemo bayani a http://action.aclu.org/site/DocServer/flyer-v2_sm_a.pdf?docID=1361.

Wani taron mai zuwa yana karɓar tallafi shine taron Jubilee Amurka a Jami'ar Loyola a Chicago akan Yuni 15-17. Jubilee USA Network ƙawance ce ta ƙungiyoyin addinai 75, al'ummomin bangaskiya, da sauran ƙungiyoyi, gami da Brethren Witness/Offishin Washington, da ke aiki don soke murƙushe basussuka don yaƙi da talauci da rashin adalci a Asiya, Afirka, da Latin Amurka. Don ƙarin ziyarar http://www.jubileeusa.org/.

Tuntuɓi Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington a 337 N. Carolina Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003; 800-785-3246; washington_office_gb@brethren.org.

5) Yan'uwa: Gyara, tunawa, ma'aikata, da sauransu.

• gyare-gyare: A cikin Newsline na Mayu 23, an ba da sunan mutumin da ke karɓar Ecumenical Citation ba daidai ba–Anna N. Buckwalter shine mai karɓa; Hakanan, a cikin jerin waɗanda suka kammala karatun Seminary na Bethany, ikilisiyar Yoked Michael Benner ya kamata a jera su azaman Cocin Koontz na ’yan’uwa a New Enterprise, Pa., da Waterside (Pa.) Church of the Brothers.
• Raymond W. Bowman, 86, mai kula da farko na "sabon" Pinecrest Manor (yanzu Pinecrest Community) wanda aka gina a 1963 a Dutsen Morris, Ill., Ya mutu Mayu 20 a St. John's Hospice a Springfield, Ill. Pinecrest Manor ya maye gurbin 'yan'uwa. Gida a Dutsen Morris. A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Bowman, mazauna 25 sun ƙaura daga tsohon ginin, kuma a cikin ƙasa da shekara ɗaya yawan mutanen Pinecrest Manor ya kai fiye da 100, bisa ga tarihin gidajen Brothers. Ba a keɓe zama a Pinecrest ga membobin Cocin ’yan’uwa ba. Bowman da iyalinsa sun yi hidima a matsayin mishan na Lutheran a cikin shekarun 1950 a Najeriya, inda aka fara tarayya da Cocin ’yan’uwa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya koma gidan iyali a St. Louis, an tambaye shi ya karɓi aikin mai kula da Gidan Yan’uwa. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da Pinecrest har zuwa 1974, lokacin da ya karɓi matsayi a matsayin mai gudanarwa na Heritage Square, wurin yin ritaya da ke ƙarƙashin ci gaba a Dixon, Ill. Ƙungiyar Gidaje don Tsufa. Bayan ya yi ritaya a shekara ta 1986, ya yi aiki a matsayin akawu na ƙungiyar sa-kai mai suna Trees for Life, mai hedkwata a Wichita, Kan. Bowman ya rasu ya bar matar sa mai shekaru 65, Anna Ruth Bowman na Springfield, da ’ya’yansa shida, jikoki 12. , da kuma jikoki 12.
• Jami'ar La Verne (ULV) a La Verne, Calif., ta yi maraba da Alden Reimonenq a matsayin sabon provost kuma mataimakin shugaban harkokin ilimi. A baya Reimonenq ya shafe shekaru 17 yana koyarwa a Kwalejin St. Mary da ke California, sannan ya ci gaba da aikinsa na gudanarwa a Jami'ar Jihar California, Northridge, da Jami'ar Jihar California, East Bay, bayan ya bar St. Mary's a 1999. Tun daga 2003 ya zama shugaban jami'a. na Kwalejin Haruffa, Arts, da Kimiyyar zamantakewa a CSU East Bay. Ya yi digiri na biyu da digirin digirgir a fannin adabin Ingilishi, kuma ya yi karatu a Jami’ar New Orleans, Jami’ar Purdue, da gidan tarihi na Biritaniya da ke Landan, da Jami’ar Arizona. Shi ma mawaki ne kuma masanin Shakespeare. Ya fara a matsayin a ULV a kan Maris 1.
• Laura Barlet na Elizabethtown, Pa., Za ta yi aiki a matsayin mai horar da 'yan'uwa a cikin Laburaren Tarihi na Brothers da Archives a Elgin, Ill., na watannin Yuni da Yuli. Ta kammala karatunta a Kwalejin Bryn Mawr a watan Mayu.
• Hukumar Taro ta Amurka na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) tana neman mai kula da Ƙirƙirar Ƙwararrun Matasa don cike gurbin rabin lokaci a birnin New York. Hakwasooli sun haɗa da yin aiki a matsayin ma'aikata na ƙungiyar manya da yawa, aiki tare da ƙungiyar matasa da abokan aikin manya a wasu ƙungiyoyin Ecumenical; yin aiki don haɗa manya da matasa tare da ƙungiyoyin membobin; sauƙaƙe shirya taron manyan matasa; inganta hulɗa da sadarwa tare da matasa masu tasowa ta hanyar ziyartar kwalejoji na membobin coci, jami'o'i, da makarantun hauza, da wakilci a tarurrukan ɗarikoki da al'amuran ecumenical; ƙirƙira da kula da gidan yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizo, masu ba da lissafi, da sauransu; raba "mafi kyawun ayyuka" da labarun matasa a cikin jagorancin ecumenical; da kuma taimakawa Shekaru Goma don Cire Tashe-tashen hankula don haɓaka alaƙa tare da samari na ƙungiyoyin addinai na duniya don adalci da zaman lafiya; da dai sauransu. Ranar ƙarshe don aikace-aikacen shine Yuli 16; ranar farawa shine Oktoba 1. Don cikakken bayanin aiki gami da cancanta, diyya, da tsarin aikace-aikacen je zuwa http://www.wcc-usa.org/.
• Shirin Material Resources (tsohon Ma'aikatun Hidima) yana neman masu sa kai don yin aiki tare da Ikilisiya Kyautar Sabis na Duniya na shirin Zuciya a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Ana sarrafa dubban kayan aiki kuma ana jigilar su zuwa wuraren bala'i, sansanonin 'yan gudun hijira, da shirye-shirye. a duk faɗin duniya. Ana buƙatar taimako don duba abubuwa a cikin kayan da aka ba da gudummawa ta yadda kowane mai karɓa ya sami tabbaci cikakke kuma abin da ya dace. Wannan yana buƙatar tsayawa, da kuma wasu dagawa da mikewa. Ana samun damar aikin sa kai daga Litinin zuwa Juma'a, 8 na safe zuwa 4 na yamma ana ba da abincin rana ga masu aikin sa kai waɗanda ke aiki awa shida ko fiye. Don ƙarin bayani ko tsara kwanan wata don sa kai, tuntuɓi Cibiyar Taro na Sabuwar Windsor a 410-635-8700.
• Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brother General Board, kwanan nan ya rattaba hannu kan wasiƙun ecumenical da kalamai kan al'amuran yau da kullun. Game da batun dumamar yanayi, Noffsinger da Ofishin 'Yan'uwa Washington/Shaida sun amince da wata sanarwa ta Faith Principles on Global Warming; Majalisar majami'u ta kasa za ta mika jerin sunayen kungiyoyin addinai da suka amince da wannan sanarwa ga kwamitin kula da muhalli da ayyukan jama'a na Majalisar Dattawa a ranar 7 ga watan Yuni; Ka'idodin sun mayar da hankali kan adalci, kulawa, dorewa, da wadatar (je zuwa www.nccecojustice.org/climateprinciples.html). Game da batun inshorar lafiya, Noffsinger ya sanya hannu kan wata wasika zuwa ga Max Baucus, shugaban kwamitin kudi na Majalisar Dattijai, yana mai kira da a kara himma ga ayyukan kula da lafiya ga yara, da neman cika alkawarin da Majalisar ta yi na hada da dala biliyan 50 a cikin shekaru biyar a cikin ƙarin. kudade don lafiyar yara, bin diddigin ƙoƙarin sake ba da izinin tallafin Shirin Inshorar Lafiyar Yara na Jiha. A kan batun tafiya zuwa Cuba, Noffsinger ya gayyace shi ta Ikilisiya ta Duniya Service don tallafawa 'Yancin Tafiya zuwa Cuba Dokar (S 721); Noffsinger ya lura da ƙudurin taron shekara-shekara na 1985 akan daidaita dangantaka da Cuba da ƙudurin Babban Kwamitin 1992 akan Taimakon Jin kai ga Cuba. Wasikar ta nemi musamman a kawo karshen hane-hane kan tafiye-tafiyen addini ta kungiyoyin Ikklisiya na kasa, yanki da na gida da na kungiyoyin addinai da na addinai.
• Taron Hidimar bazara na shekara-shekara ya fara Yuni 2 a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., kuma yana ci gaba har zuwa safiyar 7 ga Yuni. Wannan shine karo na farko da aka gudanar da tsarin a manyan ofisoshi. Gabatarwar ta ƙunshi ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ’yan Adam 15 da masu ba su jagoranci. Interns za su yi aiki da ikilisiyoyi da hukumomin coci. Sabis na bazara shiri ne na haɓaka jagoranci ga ɗaliban koleji a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, wanda Babban Ofishin Ma’aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Babban Ma’aikatar da Ofishin Ma’aikatar suka ɗauki nauyinsa. Hudu daga cikin kwalejojin 'yan'uwa-Bridgewater, Elizabethtown, Manchester, da McPherson - suna ba da tallafin karatu na $2,500 ga ɗaliban da suka shiga; Sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar yana ba da tallafin karatu $2,500 ga ɗalibai daga wasu kwalejoji. Masu horon kuma suna karɓar ɗaki da jirgi da kuma tallafi.
• Irvin da Nancy Heishman, masu gudanarwa na mishan na Cocin ’yan’uwa a Jamhuriyar Dominican, za su yi tafiya a ranar 14 ga Yuni zuwa Amurka don ziyarar hidimar gida na shekara biyu. Za su kasance suna ziyarta a tsakanin majami'u, halartar taron shekara-shekara, da jin daɗin lokacin hutu da annashuwa. Ziyarar cocin sun haɗa da Cocin Chiques na ’yan’uwa a Manheim, Pa., a ranar 15 ga Yuni lokacin Makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Hutu; Wolfgamuth Church of the Brothers a Dillsburg, Pa., a safiyar Lahadi 17 ga Yuni; Pottstown (Pa.) Church of Brother on Yuni 24 da safe; Cocin Indian Creek Church of the Brothers a Harleysville, Pa., ranar 24 ga Yuni da yamma; da HIS Way Fellowship/Iglesia Jesucristo El Camino a Hendersonville, NC, ranar Lahadi, 8 ga Yuli.
• Ƙungiyar Ministoci ta tsawaita wa'adin kafin yin rajista don ci gaba da taron ilimi da aka shirya gabanin taron shekara-shekara a Cleveland, Ohio, akan taken, "Kwarewa a Ma'aikatar." An tsawaita wa’adin zuwa ranar 15 ga watan Yuni. Za a gudanar da taron ne a ranakun 29-30 ga watan Yuni a Otal din Crown Plaza. Greg Jones, shugaban taron kuma shugaban makarantar Duke Divinity, zai yi magana a kan wata hanyar fahimtar kyawu, tushen a cikin waƙar Almasihu na Filibiyawa 2 da ke rera yabo ga tawali'u na Kristi. Nemo fom ɗin riga-kafi a www.brethren.org/ac/cleveland/infopacket_specific.pdf.
• Kolejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., Ya girmama hudu "tsofaffin tsofaffi waɗanda ke kawo canji," ciki har da babban darektan kungiyar 'yan'uwa (ABC) Kathy Goering Reid. Ta kammala karatun digiri na 1973, ta yi aiki a kan rundunonin ayyuka da yawa da suka shafi jin daɗin yara, tsohuwar darekta ce ta Cibiyar Sadarwar Gida ta Texas, kuma yayin da a Texas ta kafa ikilisiyar Mennonite. A matsayinta na babban darektan ABC, ta haɓaka hukumar 'yan'uwa da aka keɓe ga ma'aikatun bayarwa da karɓar kulawa, haɗawa da ƙulla mutane da al'ummomi cikin tafiye-tafiye na rayuwa zuwa ga cikakke. Sauran wadanda aka karrama su ne 1987 Cara M. Bergen, wanda ya kammala digiri na 1959, Harry L. Keffer, da 1968 J. Michael Jarvis wanda ya kammala digiri, wanda kuma ke aiki a kwamitin amintattu na kwaleji. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.manchester.edu/.
• Tawagar muhawara ta Jami'ar La Verne, Calif., Ta tafi gaba da gaba tare da makarantun Ivy League da manyan kwalejoji da jami'o'i a duk fadin kasar, kuma sun kammala matsayi na daya a kasar, a cewar mujallar "Voice" na jami'ar. Dalibai Josh Martin da Rob Ruiz sun sami babban karramawa a Gasar Muhawara ta Jami'o'in Amurka na 2007 Maris 31-Afrilu 1.
• Cocin World Service (CWS) ya bukaci mataki kan shige da fice tare da yakin neman zabe na "Take 5", yana mai kira ga mahalarta da su dauki mintuna biyar kowace rana 5-8 ga Yuni don kiran 'yan majalisar dattawan su game da dokar shige da fice a gaban Majalisa. CWS ta yi kira da a yi gyare-gyare don inganta tsarin don rage lokutan jira ga iyalai da suka rabu, waɗanda a halin yanzu suna jiran shekaru masu yawa don sake haɗuwa; hanyoyin doka don baƙi suyi aiki a Amurka tare da kare haƙƙin ma'aikata; damar samun halaltacciyar doka ga duk mutanen da suka riga sun ba da gudummawa ga tattalin arziƙin, don haɗa dangi tare da magance cin zarafi na ma'aikata marasa izini; kariya ga masu neman mafaka ta hanyar tabbatar da tsarin shari'a na gaskiya ba tare da hukunta su da ƙarin aikin hukuma ba; da aiwatar da "masu hankali, tilasta tilastawa, ba shinge ba." Don faɗakarwar aiki je zuwa http://www.cwsspeakout.com/.
• Majalisar majami'u ta duniya (WCC) da kungiyoyi masu alaka sun gudanar da addu'o'i na mako guda, tarukan karawa juna sani, da fadakarwa a ranakun 3 zuwa 9 ga watan Yuni, domin tunawa da ranar da aka fara yakin Larabawa da Isra'ila a shekara ta 1967 (je zuwa www. oikoumene.org/index.php?id=3627). Za kuma a kaddamar da wani taron Ecumenical na Falasdinu na Isra'ila a wani taro na Yuni 17-21 a Jordan don daidaita ayyukan bayar da shawarwari na coci da inganta sabon kokarin zaman lafiya.
• Ziyarar bas din Tears da Ashes wanda CrossRoads Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Centre ke daukar nauyinsa a ranar 21 ga Yuli zai ƙunshi filayen yaƙin basasa a cikin Cross Keys, Port Republic, da kuma yankunan New Hope na gabashin Rockingham County, Va. Murphy Wood, mai iko a fagen fama. , zai zama jagorar yawon shakatawa. Ziyarar ta fara da ƙarewa a cocin Mill Creek na 'yan'uwa a Jamhuriyar Port. Kuɗin $60 ya haɗa da abincin rana da matasan Ikilisiyar Mill Creek ke yi da ɗan littafin yawon shakatawa. Kira 540-438-1275 zuwa Yuli 16 don yin rajista.
• *Ƙungiyar Farkawa ta 'Yan'uwa tana tallafawa Cibiyar Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki ta 34th Annual Brothers a Yuli 23-27, wanda za a gudanar a harabar Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.). Taken nassi ya fito ne daga Romawa 10:17, “Saboda haka bangaskiya ta wurin ji take, ji kuma daga maganar Allah.” Don fom ɗin rajista, rubuta zuwa Cibiyar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Brethren, 155 Denver Rd., Denver, PA 17517. Ranar ƙarshe na rajista shine Yuni 28.
• "Don Kawai Irin Wannan Lokacin: Rayuwa Daga Kira," a ranar 30 ga Yuni-Yuli 1 a San Francisco, Cibiyar Tallace-tallace ta Al'umma ta Tallafawa, Majalisar Mennonite ta Brothers Mennonite don Madigo, Luwadi, Bisexual, da Sha'awar Transgender (BMC), Na Farko. Cocin Mennonite na San Francisco (mai masaukin baki), da MennoNeighbors. Mai gabatarwa mai mahimmanci shine Jay E. Johnson, limamin Episcopal akan baiwa a Makarantar Addini ta Pacific kuma babban darekta na Cibiyar Nazarin 'Yan Madigo da Gay a Addini da Ma'aikatar a Berkeley. Tuntuɓi bmc@bmclgbt.org.
• James Loney ya ki bayar da shaida a kan wadanda suka yi garkuwa da shi, domin ya yi imanin ba za a yi musu shari’a ta gaskiya ba, a cewar wata wasika daga gare shi da aka buga a mujallar ‘The Toronto Star’ ta kasar Canada ranar 23 ga Mayu. Loney yana daya daga cikin mambobi hudu na kungiyar Kiristoci masu zaman lafiya (CPT) da aka yi garkuwa da su a Iraki a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba, 2005, kuma 'yan tawayen Iraki sun tsare tsawon watanni hudu. An kashe daya daga cikin hudun, Tom Fox, yayin da wasu sojojin Birtaniya da na Amurka suka ‘yanto sauran. Loney ya rubuta cewa wadanda ake zargin su ne masu garkuwa da mutane suna hannun Amurka. "'Yan sanda na Royal Canadian Mounted da Scotland Yard suna son mu ba da shaida a cikin shari'ar da za a yi a Kotun Manyan Laifukan Iraki ta Tsakiya. Wani jami’in RCMP ya gaya mana cewa, ‘Hukuncin kisa yana kan teburi.’ ” Loney ya ce ya koyi duk abin da zai iya game da kotun, yana mai nuni da wani rahoton Majalisar Dinkin Duniya cewa kotun “ta kasa cika mafi karancin ka’idojin shari’a.” Wasikar nasa ta ce, "Ba zan iya shiga cikin tsarin shari'a ba inda ake sa ran yin shari'a ta gaskiya ba ta da kyau, kuma mafi mahimmanci, inda hukuncin kisa zai yiwu."
• Mazauni na Peter Becker Community, wata Coci na 'yan'uwa mai ritaya a Harleysville, Pa., ta yi bikin cikarta shekaru 105 a ranar 5 ga Yuni. Marion Schaul yana kewaye da abokai, dangi, da ma'aikata a wani biki don girmama ta. Ta kasance mazaunin Peter Becker Community tun 1999, kuma ta halarci Cocin Fellowship na Bible a Harleysville.

6) Nancy Klemm ta yi ritaya a matsayin manajan editan jaridar Brethren Press.

Nancy Klemm ta sanar da murabus din ta a matsayin manajan editan jarida na Brethren Press, ma’aikatar Cocin of the Brother General Board, daga ranar 28 ga Satumba. Ta yi aiki da Babban Hukumar tun 1985 kuma ta kammala hidima fiye da shekaru 22.

Ta fara aiki da hukumar a matsayin sakatare da mataimakiyar edita na shirin mutanen Alkawari. A cikin shekarun da suka wuce ta ɗauki ƙarin nauyi a cikin Hukumar Ma'aikatar Parish da 'Yan Jarida. Ayyukanta sun haɗa da mataimakin edita, editan kwafi, editan aboki, da editan gudanarwa. Daga cikin bambance-bambancen ayyukanta, ta ɗauki babban nauyi na Jagora don Nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki, Jerin Bulletin Kalmomin Rayuwa, Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Alkawari, Ra'ayi, Littattafan Jarida, da haƙƙin mallaka da izini. Ta dauki mukaminta na yanzu a cikin 2000.

Klemm ta kammala aikinta tare da kammala wani babban aiki, sabon shirin “Fresh from the Word” da aka buga yau da kullun don bikin cika shekaru 300 na ’yan’uwa.

7) Abincin dare na gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania yana ba da labari game da manufa.

Shekaru uku da suka shige, Hukumar Shaidun Jehobah ta Kudancin Pennsylvania ta ƙulla cewa akwai bukatar a taimaka wa ikilisiyoyi su ƙara sanin wurare da yawa da Cocin ’yan’uwa ke wa’azi. Sakamakon haka, hukumar ta shirya liyafar cin abincin dare na Ma’aikatan gunduma na shekara-shekara.

Wannan shekara ita ce bukin liyafar cin abinci na Mishan na Gunduma ta Uku. Yayin da Mayu 5 ke gabatowa (ranar da za a yi abincin dare), membobin hukumar sun damu cewa tallace-tallacen tikiti ya yi ƙasa sosai. Da alama kammala karatun digiri, sauran al'amuran al'umma, da abubuwan da suka faru a coci za su shafi halartar taron.

Amma a ranar Juma’a kafin cin abincin dare, sai na huce rairayi, yayin da tallace-tallacen tikiti ya karu zuwa 96. Ko da yake wannan adadin ya kai kusan 200 a kasa da shekaru biyu da suka gabata, ni da shugaban shaidu Ray Lehman mun ji daɗin waɗannan mutane 96, hukumar. ya sami damar koyarwa game da aikin darikar a cikin manufa.

Mechanicsburg (Pa.) Cocin 'yan'uwa ta shirya wani kyakkyawan abincin dare irin na iyali, tare da fasto Del Keney a matsayin mai masaukin baki. Ƙungiyar Maza ta Bermudia ta ɗaukaka yabo ga Allah ta hanyar waƙa, yayin da Kwamitin Tsare-tsare na Abincin dare ya ba da tarihin baje kolin kayayyaki daga al'adu daban-daban.

Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Babban Hukumar, ya ba da bayani game da inda Cocin ’yan’uwa ke hidima a mishan, da kuma wasu wuraren da ake damuwa a mishan, kamar tsarin al’adu. Ya ce babban abin da ke damun shi shi ne yadda membobin cocin ke da niyyar tallafawa ayyukan da aka kaddamar na dogon lokaci. Noffsinger ya gabatar da tambayoyi daga bene game da kasancewa mai yin bishara a cikin hanyoyin isar da mu, da yuwuwar dasa majami'u.

An saita burin sadaukarwa akan $5,500, don cin gajiyar haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Babban Hukumar. Wani zagaye na yabo ya haura yayin da aka sanar da bayar da kyautar a wannan shekara: $5,353. Don Allah a ɗaukaka don amsa amintacciyar amsawar masu halartan taron Ofishin Jakadancin Kudancin Pennsylvania!

–Georgia Markey mataimakiyar ministar zartarwa ce ta gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania.

8) Tunanin Iraki: Fushi, gafara, da waraka.

Mu Musulmi ne ‘yan Sunni, Yezidi, da Kirista – ‘yan Tawagar masu samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista biyu, da abokan Kurdawa biyu na Iraqi. Mun yi tafiya tare don koyo da kuma bincika alaƙa da wata al'umma a arewa maso yammacin Iraki da ta sha tsanantawar addini, talauci, da ƙaura ta jama'a. A lokacin da muke tafiya gida, an yi garkuwa da mu huɗu da bindiga kuma aka kai mu gidan iyali a wani ƙaramin ƙauye.

Bambance-bambancen addini ya zama babban matsala kwatsam sa’ad da mai tsaronmu ya tambayi kowannenmu ko wanene mu da kuma ƙungiyoyin da muke ciki. Tambayoyi game da addininmu sun haifar da ƙarin tsoro a cikin sahabbai na Iraki. Dangane da asalin waɗanda suka kama mu, addininsu na iya nufin rai ko mutuwa.

Sa’ad da mai gadinmu ya tambaye ni ko ni Kirista ne, sai kawai na ce, “Ee.” Amma bayan ya maimaita tambayar, sai na ga wata barazana a cikin abin da ya yi. Sai na san ina bukatar karin bayani. Ina so in tabbatar mai gadinmu zai gane, sai na ce wa wani abokina ya fassara maganata.

"Kuna riƙe mu a nan, kuma za ku yi mana lahani," na ce, "Ni Kirista ne, kuma saboda ni ne, zan gafarta muku!" Da farko mai gadin namu ya yi mamaki, sannan ya mayar da martani da karewa, “A’a, ba za mu cutar da ku ba! Kina kamar mahaifiyata.”

Maganata game da gafara ta firgita ni. Cike da tsoro na kuma fushi ne ga mutanen nan da suka kama mu. Ban san me za su yi da mu ba. Ina so in gafarta musu, amma na san ban zo wurin ba tukuna.

Mun yi godiya sosai sa’ad da bayan kwana biyu masu garkuwa da mu suka sako ni da wani abokinmu na Iraqi. Sun sako sauran bayan kwana shida.

Tun daga wannan lokacin, ina tafiya a kan hanyar zuwa warkarwa, wanda na yi imani ya hada da gafara ga duk wanda ke da hannu a sace. Ina so in rabu da nauyin baƙin ciki ga waɗanda suka kama mu kuma suka yi barazanar cutar da mu, duk da haka ba da damar yin fushi mai kyau ga rashin adalci da cin zarafi.

Idan na waiwaya baya, sai na ga cewa fushin da na ji a lokacin da aka yi garkuwa da shi wata baiwa ce da Allah Ya yi mani kuma na kasance cikin tsarin gafartawa. Wannan fushin ya taimaka mini in daina tunanin rashin taimako da ya shafe ni a lokacin kuma ya sa ya yiwu in faɗi gaskiya game da lahani da waɗanda suka kama mu suke yi. Maganata kuma ta katse tambayoyin mai gadi.

Yanzu, gane da fuskantar wadannan ji na fushi ya sa ni gaskiya da gaske game da buƙatu na na warkarwa da kuma yardar Allah.

–Peggy Gish memba ne na Coci na 'yan'uwa kuma ma'aikaci na dogon lokaci tare da Kungiyoyin Amintattun Kirista (CPT) a Iraki. Wannan tunani ya bayyana a cikin wata sanarwa daga CPT a ranar 31 ga Mayu; sace sacen ya faru ne a farkon wannan shekarar. Tun daga wannan lokacin tawagar CPT ta Iraki ta dawo gida don warkarwa, gwaji, da fahimta.

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