“Ruhun Ubangiji yana bisana, domin ya shafe ni in kawo bishara….” - Luka 4:18 a
LABARAI
1) 'Yan'uwa sun halarci taron farko na Cocin Kirista Tare.
2) Dorewa shirin nagartar Pastoral yana riƙe da 'Mahimmancin Fastoci' na ja da baya.
3) Kudade suna ba da tallafin $95,000 don ayyukan agaji.
4) 'Yan'uwa 'Yan Agaji na maraba da rukunin sa na 273.
5) Yan'uwa: Tunawa, ma'aikata, bude aiki, da sauransu.
KAMATA
6) Donna Maris ya fara a matsayin darektan ayyukan ofis na BBT.
Abubuwa masu yawa
7) Yanzu an bude rajista da gidaje na taron shekara-shekara.
8) Kwamitin Nazarin Al'adu ne ke ɗaukar nauyin gasar fasaha.
9) Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa ta shiga 'Cover Un Insured' na shekara ta hudu.
10) Zauren Gidajen Yan'uwa don gudanar da taron shekara-shekara.
BAYANAI
11) Jin daɗin bazara yana cikin katunan.
12) Brethren Foundation yana ba da sabon kundin adireshi na yanar gizo.
Je zuwa http://www.cobwebcast.bethanyseminary.edu/ don sabon gidan yanar gizon Ikklisiya na 'yan'uwa na kwanan nan wanda ke nuna muryoyi daga Tekun Fasha. Wannan watsa shirye-shiryen farko na gidan yanar gizo daga Babban Hukumar ya duba ziyarar da Kwamitin Zartaswa ya kai wa ’yan’uwa ayyukan agaji na bala’i a Louisiana, Mississippi, da Florida. Becky Ullom, darektan Identity da Relations ne ya samar da shi.
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, kundi na hoto, da kundin tarihin labarai.
1) 'Yan'uwa sun halarci taron farko na Cocin Kirista Tare.
Yarjejeniya kan mahimmancin bishara da bukatar kawar da talauci a cikin gida ya nuna a hukumance kafa Cocin Kirista tare (CCT), a wani taro a Pasadena, Calif., a ranar 6-9 ga Fabrairu. Wannan shi ne taro na shida na shekara-shekara don CCT, ƙungiyar majami'u 36 da ƙungiyoyin Kirista na ƙasa waɗanda suka fara a cikin 2001 don samar da wurin taro duk manyan ƙungiyoyin al'adun Kirista a Amurka.
Kwamitin da ke hulda da majami'u da majalissar gudanarwa za su kawo shawara ga Cocin Brothers don shiga CCT a taron shekara-shekara na wannan shekara. Shugabannin Cocin ’yan’uwa huɗu sun halarta a matsayin masu lura: Belita Mitchell, mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara; Jim Beckwith, zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa; Stan Noffsinger, babban sakataren hukumar; da Michael Hostetter, shugaban kwamitin da ke kan dangantakar tsakanin majami'u.
An fara CCT ne lokacin da wasu limaman cocin Amurka da dama suka tattauna kan bukatar gudanar da taro wanda ya hada da majami'u na Kirista da al'adun da ba mambobi ne na Majalisar Coci ta kasa (NCC) ko kuma kungiyar masu bishara ta kasa (NAE). Babban sakataren NCC Bob Edgar ne ya karfafa ra'ayin. A watan Maris 2006, majami'u da ƙungiyoyi 36 sun zama membobin kafa.
Tare da mai da hankali kan yin addu'a tare da haɓaka alaƙa, sabuwar ƙungiyar ta zama mafi fa'ida kuma mafi haɗakar abokantaka na majami'un Kirista da al'adu a cikin Amurka. Iyalan “bangaskiya” guda biyar na CCT sune Evangelical/Pentikostal, Katolika, Orthodox, Furotesta, da Kabilanci/Kabilanci. Wannan dai shi ne karon farko da mabiya darikar Roman Katolika suka shiga bisa hukuma a cikin babban kawancen ecumenical na kasa a Amurka. Mahalarta kuma sun haɗa da ƙungiyoyin addinai marasa ƙima kamar World Vision, Bread for the World, Baƙi/Kira zuwa Sabuntawa, da masu bishara don Ayyukan zamantakewa.
Aikin bishara da bukatar kawar da talauci a Amurka sune manyan batutuwan da aka tattauna a taron. Taken, “Shin Shelar Yesu Shelar Mu ce?” daga Luka 4:18, ya jagoranci tattaunawar mahalarta game da bishara a cikin cocinsu da bangaskiya cikin mahallin iyali. Mahalarta taron sun kuma ci gaba da tattaunawa daga wani taro kan talauci a shekara ta 2006, lokacin da aka nada komiti don samun matsaya guda tare da ba da shawarar hanyoyin kalubalantar Kiristocin Amurka da kasar don magance talauci. A wannan taron, CCT ya yi la'akari da shawarwarin kuma ya amince da wata sanarwa game da talauci.
Don ƙarin bayani, duba http://www.christianchurchestogether.org/.
2) Dorewa shirin nagartar Pastoral yana riƙe da 'Mahimmancin Fastoci' na ja da baya.
"Na gode da sake kiran hidima." Waɗannan kalmomin, waɗanda wani fasto ya furta a lokacin addu'ar rufewa, sun ƙunshi shekaru biyu na bincike tare da abokan aiki abin da ake nufi da fastoci da nagarta. Da yawa daga cikin fastoci 18 da ke cikin da'irar sun bayyana ma'anar sabuntawa iri ɗaya.
Sustaining Pastoral Excellence, wani yunƙuri na Makarantar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci wanda tallafin Lilly Endowment Inc. ya ba da dala miliyan biyu, yana da nufin bai wa fastoci aƙalla 2 Church of the Brothers damar samun irin wannan sabuntawa cikin shekaru biyar.
18 da suka taru a Ellenton, Fla., 12-15 ga Fabrairu kuma suka haɗa hannu don wannan addu'a su ne rukuni na farko da suka gama hanyar "Mahimman Fastoci" na shirin. Haɗuwa cikin ƙananan ƙungiyoyin “ƙungiyar”, fastoci sun shafe shekaru biyu suna bincika tambaya mai mahimmanci da ta shafi hidima. Kwarewar ta ƙunshi balaguron nutsewa zuwa makoma, galibi a ƙasashen waje, wanda ke taimakawa binciken wannan tambayar.
A wurin ja da baya na Florida, waɗannan ƙungiyoyin sun shafe sa'o'i uku kowannensu yana gaya wa sauran ƙungiyoyin da ma'aikatan Cibiyar Brethren Academy abin da suka koya a cikin tafiyarsu. Wata ƙungiya ta yi nazarin al'adun 'yan'uwa; wani kuma ya yi nazarin salon ibada na tunani; Sauran sun bi tambayoyin da suka shafi manufa da bunkasa jagoranci.
John Weyant, memba na ƙungiyar tsakiyar Atlantic, ya ce nazarin al'adun 'yan'uwa, ciki har da tafiya zuwa wuraren 'yan'uwa a Jamus, ya ba shi wahayi. "Muna bukatar mu sake kafa wannan sha'awar," in ji shi a cikin rahoton kungiyar, "kuma yana farawa a nan."
Ƙungiya da ke nazarin ibadar tunani, daga Kudancin Ohio, sun sami kwarin gwiwa a cikin majami'un Turai suna neman sabbin hanyoyin isa ga sababbin tsararraki a cikin yanayin da ba a sani ba. "Sakon yana da ƙarfi don tsira," in ji memban ƙungiyar Jerry Bowen, "amma dole ne majami'unmu su nemo sabuwar abin hawa don raba wannan saƙon."
Ƙungiya ta Arewacin Ohio ta mai da hankali kan hanyoyin da za a “gane, reno, da kuma sakin baiwar jagoranci” a cikin ikilisiyoyi. “Allah yana ba ikilisiya baiwar shugabanci da take bukata,” in ji sun kammala. "Ba koyaushe muna sane da shi ba tukuna."
Ƙungiya ta Kudu/Tsakiya Indiana ta sami zuciya ga manufa a Brazil yayin da take neman hanyoyin haɓaka wannan ruhun manufa ɗaya a gida. "Idan kun koma gida kamar yadda kuka bar, kun rasa shi," memba na ƙungiyar Bruce Hostetler ya ce, yana tattaunawa game da kwarewar manufa, ko kusa da gida ko waje.
Kamar yadda waɗannan su ne ƙungiyoyin farko don kammala aikin, sun kasance nau'in aladu na Guinea, don ganin yadda duk zai yi aiki. Sun yi la'akari da kalubalen da ke tattare da hada gungun 'yan kungiyar tun farko da kuma tsara yadda za a gudanar da taro akai-akai ta hanyar da aka bi, amma kowace kungiya ta bayyana cewa ya dace. Abin dariya da dariya sun mamaye rahotannin. Ƙungiyoyi da yawa sun shirya ci gaba da haɗuwa tare a yanzu da aka yi shirin na yau da kullum, tare da gina dangantaka da aka kulla.
“Wannan mako ne na gamsuwa sosai da muka zo nan,” in ji Jonathan Shively, darektan Makarantar Brethren Academy. “Mun yi tsammanin wannan taro na farko zai koya daga gare ku…. Wannan shine sauyi a yadda muke fahimtar fastoci da hidimar Ikklesiya. Abin da kuka yi bai kasance gare ku kawai ba.
Ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyar guda shida sun fara karatunsu a bara kuma za su sami ƙarewa a cikin watan Nuwamba. Wasu kungiyoyi shida kuma suna fara karatunsu a wannan bazarar. Gabaɗaya, kusan fastoci 100 ne yanzu suka tsunduma cikin Dorewar Ƙarfafa Fastoci, yawancinsu suna cikin waƙar Vital Pastors. Wasu 18 kuma sun shiga cikin Advanced Foundations of Leadership Track, wanda ke tattaro ƙungiyoyin fastoci na takwas zuwa 10 don ja da baya a cikin kwata-kwata don nazarin jagorancin fastoci da kuma neman ci gaban kai.
Shively ya kuma lura cewa, ’yan’uwa na shirin wani bangare ne na fastoci da yawa da ke da alaƙa da shirin Lilly a ƙungiyoyi da ƙungiyoyi dabam-dabam.
Glenn Timmons, wanda ke tsara shirin Dorewa Pastoral Excellence shirin tare da matarsa, Linda, ya ƙarfafa wannan rukunin ’yan’uwa na farko don yaɗa saƙon abin da suka koya, da ƙarfafa sauran fastoci don neman sabuntawa da sake ƙarfafa da suke bukata. "Ku jakadu ne yanzu," Timmons ya gaya musu, "ko kun gane, ko kuna so, ko a'a!"
–Walt Wiltschek editan mujalla ne na manzo na Church of the Brothers.
3) Kudade suna ba da tallafin $95,000 don ayyukan agaji.
Kudaden Coci biyu na ’yan’uwa sun ba da jimillar dala 95,000 a cikin tallafi na baya-bayan nan don tallafa wa ayyukan Response na Masifu a Tekun Fasha, da kuma taimako ga Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, da Vietnam. Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya (GFCF) da Asusun Bala’i na Gaggawa (EDF) ma’aikatun Ikilisiya ne na Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa.
Taimakon EDF guda biyu na $ 25,000 kowane tallafi na ci gaba da aiki ta Response Disaster Brethren a Hurricane Katrina sake gina ayyukan "Site 1" a Lucedale, Miss., da "Site 2" a cikin Pearl River, La. Tallafin zai biya abinci, gidaje, da sufuri. ga 'yan'uwa 'yan agaji, da kayan aiki da kayan aiki. Kasafi biyu da suka gabata ga aikin Lucedale duka $55,000.
Wani kyautar EDF na $ 5,000 ga shirin Amsar Gaggawa na Ikilisiya zai rubuta kudaden da masu sa kai da ma'aikata suka yi don kimantawa da wuri na ayyukan bala'i.
Rabawa daga EDF na dala 25,000 ya amsa kira ga Cocin World Service (CWS) da aka yi a sakamakon ambaliyar ruwa a tsakiyar da kudancin Somaliya da arewacin Kenya. Kuɗin zai taimaka wa kusan mutane 40,000 da taimakon abinci, kayan makaranta, iri da/ko barguna, da kuma ayyukan noma da ban ruwa.
Tallafin $9,000 daga EDF ya amsa kiran CWS don ba da agaji mai mahimmanci ga kusan mutane 48,000 a Uganda. Bukatar ta taso ne bayan shafe shekaru ana tashe-tashen hankula a kasar, inda lamarin ke kara ta'azzara sakamakon ambaliyar ruwa da fari na baya-bayan nan. Tallafin zai taimaka wajen samar da abinci, kayan aikin noma, iri, da kiwon lafiya, da kuma ilimi da tsaftar ruwa.
Tallafin dalar Amurka 6,000 daga GFCF zai taimaka wajen samar da tsaftataccen ruwa da tsafta ga Makarantar Sakandare ta Quan Chu Commune a lardin Thai Nguyen na Vietnam. Makarantar mai dauke da dalibai 558 a aji 6 zuwa 9, ba ta da ruwan sha ko bandaki. Aikin yana haɗin gwiwa tare da CWS, kudaden da za su taimaka wajen rufe wannan tallafi ana sa ran za a tara su.
4) 'Yan'uwa 'Yan Agaji na maraba da rukunin sa na 273.
Mambobi takwas na Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) Unit 273 sun fara sharuɗɗan hidima. Camp Ithiel a Gotha, Fla., ya karbi bakuncin sashin daidaitawa daga Janairu 29-Feb. 16. A lokacin daidaitawa masu sa kai sun sami damar yin hidima ga al'ummar Orlando mafi girma da kuma haɗin gwiwa tare da 'yan'uwan Haitian a Miami.
Masu ba da agaji, ikilisiyoyi na gida ko garuruwan gida, da wuraren zama sune: Martin Anderson na Eisenhuettenstadt, Jamus, zai yi aiki a Gidan Ma'aikatan Katolika na San Antonio (Texas); Juergen Bartel na Rheinfelden, Jamus, yana hidima tare da Gould Farm a Monterey, Mass.; Marissa Buckles na New Carlisle (Ohio) Cocin 'Yan'uwa zai je Tri-City Mara gida Coalition a Fremont, Calif.; Joel Dillon na Wheaton, Ill., Zai ba da kansa ga al'ummar L'Arche a Tecklenburg, Jamus; Mark Holbert na Saugatuck, Mich., Yana hidima a Oakland (Calif.) Gidan Ma'aikatan Katolika; Katherine Nichols na Emporia, Kan., Yana zuwa Camp Harmony a Hooversville, Pa .; Bethany Walk na Kwalejin Jiha, Pa., Yana aikin sa kai tare da Quaker Cottage a Belfast, Ireland ta Arewa; Laurin Wuennenberg na Twistringen, Jamus, kuma yana hidima a Gidan Ma'aikata na Katolika na San Antonio.
Don ƙarin bayani kira BVS a 800-323-8039 ko ziyarci http://www.brethrenvolunteerservice.org/.
5) Yan'uwa: Tunawa, ma'aikata, bude aiki, da sauransu.
- Rozella M. Lunkley (87), tsohuwar mai wa'azin cocin 'yan'uwa, ta mutu ranar 23 ga Fabrairu a Cibiyar Kula da Lafiya ta Kauyen Bradner a Marion, Ind. An haife ta a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1920, a Ottumwa, Iowa, ga marigayi James. H. da Jenny (Terrell) Welsh. Ta auri Charles W. Lunkley a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1939. Ita 'yar mishan ce kuma matar fasto, tana hidimar majami'u da filayen mishan daga Afirka zuwa Iowa da Indiana. Ta kasance ƙwararriyar ƙwararriyar ƴan wasan pian, mai fasaha, da ɗinki. Ta rasu ta bar mijinta, ɗiyarta Carolyn (Hardey) McDaniel, ɗan James (Judith) Lunkley, godson Daniel (Esther) Dibal, da jikoki uku da jikoki takwas. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar 28 ga Fabrairu a cocin Marion (Ind.) na 'yan'uwa, inda ta kasance memba. An keɓance kyaututtukan tunawa zuwa Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany ko Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.). Ana iya yin ta'aziyya ta kan layi a http://www.nswcares.com/.
- Walter Trail ya karɓi ci gaba don sarrafa shugaba don Babban Hukumar a Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor (Md.). Hanya tana tare da sashen sabis na abinci a Cibiyar Taro tun Disamba. Kwarewarsa na baya ya haɗa da matsayi na gudanarwa da sabis na abinci tare da Sabis na Abinci na CI, Ayyukan Abincin Eurest, da Sbarro, Inc.
- Susan Brandenbusch, wacce ta kasance mataimakiyar gudanarwa ga shugaban kungiyar Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) tun daga Nuwamba 1999, za ta daina aiki a ranar 15 ga Yuni. ga shugaban kasa, Brandenbusch ya kasance mai kula da ayyukan biyan albashi, kuma ya shirya tarurrukan hukumar da BBT Fitness Challenge a taron shekara-shekara.
- Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village, ci gaba da kulawa da al'umma mai ritaya a Boonsboro, Md., mai alaƙa da Cocin 'yan'uwa, ya sanar da cewa an kira limamin riko Judith Clister a matsayin limamin dindindin. Tana aiki na ɗan lokaci tana hidimar bukatun mazauna wurin, tana shirya hidimar ibada ta Vespers na mako-mako da hidimar sujada na safiyar Lahadi, kuma tana jagorantar nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na wata-wata. Clister ta samu lasisin shiga ma’aikatar a shekarar 2004 kuma a halin yanzu tana daukar darasi don ci gaba da karatun ta. Tarihinta ya haɗa da fiye da shekaru 30 a matsayin malami kuma a matsayin mai ba da shawara a makaranta. Don ƙarin bayani, ziyarci http://www.fkmh.org/.
- Estates Palms, mai shekaru 55 kuma sama da al'umma mai zaman kanta mai zaman kanta a tsakiyar Florida, tana neman jagorancin zartarwa. Ƙungiyar ta ƙunshi gidaje 71 da wuraren RV guda 40, waɗanda Cocin ’yan’uwa suka kafa. Wannan kyakkyawar damar aiki ce ga ƙwararrun ƙungiyar miji da mata, in ji sanarwar. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da jagoranci da sarrafa jimillar ayyukan Gidajen Dabino. Ya kamata 'yan takara su mallaki ƙungiya mai ƙarfi, gudanarwa, lissafin kuɗi, sadarwa ta magana da rubuce-rubuce, da ƙwarewar hulɗar da aka samu ta hanyar horo da ƙwarewa. Sanin kasafin kuɗi, bayanan kuɗi, da fasahar kwamfuta masu alaƙa da duk ayyukan ofis kuma ana buƙata. ƙwararrun masu nema suna buƙatar ikon sarrafa ayyuka da yawa waɗanda suka haɗa da buƙatu da damuwar mazauna, kiyaye alaƙar jituwa tare da ƙungiyoyi masu alaƙa, tabbatar da bin ƙa'idodin gwamnati, da sarrafa ƙaramin itacen citrus da ma'aikatan kulawa. Wurin zama da ofis da aka bayar baya ga albashi da sauran fa'idodi. Aika ci gaba da nassoshi uku zuwa Yuni 15 zuwa Gidajen Dabino a PO Box 364, Lorida FL, 33857.
- Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., na bikin cika shekaru hudu da yakin Iraki tare da addu'a. An bude dakin ibada ne daga karfe 8 na safe zuwa karfe 5 na yamma a yau domin ma'aikatan su yi tunani da kuma yin addu'ar samun zaman lafiya a kasar Iraki. Hukumar kula da ‘yan uwa (ABC) da ke yin taro a karshen makon nan, ta gayyaci sauran ma’aikatan hukumar zuwa wani takaitaccen shiri da karfe 1 na rana tare da kade-kade da karatu da addu’o’in zaman lafiya.
- A Duniya Zaman lafiya yana neman tunani a cikin nau'ikan addu'o'i, wakoki, litattafai, da taƙaitaccen tunani daga daidaikun mutane da ke tunani game da jigo mai zuwa: Mun shafe shekaru huɗu muna yaƙi da Iraki (ya fi tsayi idan an haɗa Afghanistan) - menene dole ku faɗi game da yaƙin, gami da tunani na tiyoloji/nassi? Ana iya amfani da ƙaddamarwa a cikin wasiƙar Aminci ta Duniya ko a gidan yanar gizon sa. Aika gabatarwa zuwa bsayler_oepa@brethren.org zuwa Afrilu 1.
- Taken taron zagaye na Matasa na Maris 16-17 a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) “An ƙasƙantar da shi da kasancewarsa.” Roundtable yana ɗaya daga cikin taron matasa na yanki na shekara-shekara a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa. Jim Hardenbrook, tsohon mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara kuma fasto na Cocin Nampa (Idaho) Church of the Brothers, shine baƙo mai magana, tare da kiɗa ta "Into Hymn." Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi gundumar Virlina a 540-362-1816 ko MQT1965@aol.com.
- Cliff Kindy na Ikilisiyar Eel River na Yan'uwa a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., Kuma memba na Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista na dogon lokaci, Diocese na Roman Katolika na Fort Wayne da South Bend sun girmama shi tare da farkon "Uba Tom O'Connor Light of Christ Award." An ba da rahoton kyautar a cikin labarin Associated Press a cikin jaridar "Indianapolis Star" jaridar. Kindy ya yi tafiya zuwa Iraki da Isra'ila don inganta zaman lafiya, tare da aiki tare da Ƙungiyoyin Masu Zaman Lafiya na Kirista. O'Connor, wanda ya mutu a shekara ta 2004, firist ne na Fort Wayne wanda aka sani don sadaukar da kai ga adalci na zamantakewa. Kara karantawa a www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070315/LOCAL/703150537.
- "Ainihin, na ce ban ɗauki wannan binciken da muhimmanci ba," in ji farfesa na Jami'ar La Verne Jonathan Reed game da "The Lost Kabarin Yesu," wani shirin Tashar Discovery wanda aka watsa a ranar 4 ga Maris. game da shirin, wanda Ted Koppel ya jagoranta. Taron mai taken “Kabarin Yesu da Ya ɓace: Kallo Mai Mahimmanci,” an watsa shi nan da nan bayan shirin kuma ya haɗa da kwamitin da aka zaɓa don iliminsu a fannonin ilimin kimiyyar kayan tarihi, tiyoloji, da bincike na Littafi Mai Tsarki. Reed ya ce: “Na tattauna wannan kabari ne a cikin littafin ‘Hana Yesu’ da aka gyara. "Ina tsammanin wannan shirin zai ba da dama mai ban sha'awa don kimanta mahimmancin dukan batun." Reed farfesa ne na addini a jami’ar da ke da alaƙa da ’yan’uwa a La Verne, Calif., kuma mawallafin “Excavating Jesus” da “In Search of Paul.” Shi ne ja-gora a kan ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi na Falasdinu na ƙarni na farko kuma shugaban ƙwararrun kayan tarihi a Sepphoris, tsohon babban birnin Galili. Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai ba da shawara na tarihi don jerin shirye-shiryen National Geographic Channel 2005 "Kimiyyar Littafi Mai Tsarki." Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.ulv.edu/.
- A cikin shekara ta biyu, MAX Mutual Aid eXchange yana ɗaukar nauyin Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Denominational, haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Association of Brethren Caregivers, Brothers Benefit Trust, da Cocin of the Brother General Board. MAX ya dauki nauyin ma'aikatar a shekara ta 2006 kuma ya kara yawan tallafinsa a shekarar 2007, in ji ABC. Kungiyar ta yi imanin tallafinta na Ma'aikatar Lafiya ya biyo bayan hangen nesanta, "kamar ƙirƙirar da dorewar lafiya ta hanyar adanawa da dawo da dukiya, rayuka, da al'umma," in ji sanarwar da kamfanin ya fitar. "Kudaden da aka bayar ta hanyar MAX zai taimaka mana wajen samar da albarkatu, tarurrukan bita, da shirye-shirye game da lafiya ga ikilisiyoyin ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa," in ji Mary Lou Garrison, darekta na Ma'aikatar Lafiya. MAX, tushen a Overland Park, Kan., Yana ba da inshorar asarar rayuka da dukiya ga daidaikun mutane, ikilisiyoyin, da kamfanoni, kuma ya kasance mai ba da tallafi da baje koli a tarukan ABC kamar Majalisar Ma'aikatun Kulawa da Babban Taron Manyan Manya na ƙasa.
- "Muryar 'Yan'uwa" sabon shirin talabijin na al'umma na minti 30 daga Portland (Ore.) Peace Church of Brother, wanda memba Ed Groff ya samar, "ya zama gaskiya ga ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa bakwai / ko gundumomi," in ji Groff. Cocin ta fara ba da jerin shirye-shiryen ga sauran ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa waɗanda gidajen talbijin na shiga cikin al’umma ke hidima. Shirin na farko na Maris ya nuna bidiyon nan na Aminci a Duniya, “Abinci da Tufafi, Shanu da Ƙauna– Hidimar ’Yan’uwa Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu,” da David Sollenberger ya shirya. Shirye-shiryen na biyu da na uku na jerin na Afrilu da Mayu za su ƙunshi aikin Response Disaster Response na 'yan'uwa a Mississippi da Louisiana. Sauran shirye-shiryen da ake shiryawa sun hada da tattaunawa kan yaki da zaman lafiya tare da bidiyo da Amincin Duniya ya bayar, da kuma wani shiri da ke dauke da shugabar taron shekara ta 2007 Belita Mitchell, in ji Groff. Kowane shiri yana gudanar da shi ta Portland Peace Church's Rachael Waas Shull. Don ƙarin bayani game da farashi don karɓar shirin na wata-wata, da sauran bayanai, tuntuɓi Ed Groff a Groffprod1@msn.com ko Portland Peace Church of the Brother a peacecob@3dwave.com.
- Peggy Gish, memba na Cocin 'yan'uwa kuma memba na Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) a Iraki, ya ruwaito a ranar 9 ga Maris cewa tawagar Iraki ta dawo gida "don warkarwa, jarrabawa, da fahimta" bayan wani ɗan gajeren sace 'yan ƙungiyar. Tawagar ta na aiki ne a yankin Kurdawa da ke arewacin Iraki. "A karshen watan Janairu, an sace ni da Will Van Wagenen, abokan Iraki biyu, a takaice… sannan aka sake mu ba mu ji rauni ba," in ji Gish. “Samen ya girgiza kungiyar da kungiyar. Saboda abin kunyar da wannan al’amari ya jawo musu, mahukuntan Kurdawa sun ki cika bukatar kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu na CPT.” Gish ya nemi addu'a yayin da tawagar ta yi tambayoyi "ko yaya za mu yi aiki da gaskiya a Iraki." Asali wani yunƙuri na rage tashin hankali na majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi (Church of the Brother, Mennonite, and Quaker), CPT yanzu tana samun tallafi da kasancewa memba daga ɗaruruwan ɗarikoki na Kirista (don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.cpt.org). /).
6) Donna Maris ya fara aiki a matsayin darektan ayyuka na ofis na Brethren Benefit Trust.
Donna March, manaja na Inshora Operations for Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT), an nada shi a sabon mukamin gudanarwa na BBT na darektan Ayyuka na ofis, wanda zai fara aiki a ranar 15 ga Maris.
A sabon matsayinta, Maris za ta jagoranci ayyukan ofisoshi na gaba ɗaya, sabis na albarkatun ɗan adam, da haɓaka tushen bayanai na membobin ɗarika, kuma za ta sarrafa ofisoshin BBT da tarho tare da daidaita ofishin shugaban ƙasa.
Maris ya kasance ma'aikaci na BBT tun watan Yuli na 1989, yana aiki da yawa a lokacin a matsayin ma'aikatan sashen inshora. Za ta ci gaba da ba da jagoranci na ɗan lokaci don Shirin Inshorar 'Yan'uwa yayin da ta canza zuwa sabon aikinta. Shirin Inshorar 'Yan'uwa ya ci gaba a ƙarƙashin jagorancin darektan wucin gadi Randy Yoder.
7) Yanzu an bude rajista da gidaje na taron shekara-shekara.
Matsalolin gidaje don taron shekara-shekara a Cleveland, Ohio, Yuni 20-Yuli 4, tare da rajistar da ba na wakilai ba, yanzu ana iya yin su a www.brethren.org/ac. Hakanan akan layi shine Fakitin Bayanin Taro na Shekara-shekara na 2007, wanda kuma an rarraba shi ga dukkan ikilisiyoyin a farkon Maris a matsayin CD ɗin da ke kunshe a cikin fakitin Tushen.
Ofishin taron yana ƙarfafa ’yan’uwa su yi amfani da wurin zama na kan layi ko kuma su ba da fom ɗin neman gidaje da ke cikin fakitin bayanai. Samun dakunan otal ta hanyar gidaje na Taro yana ɗaukar farashin wurin taro da sauran wuraren taro. Don samun matsuguni akan layi je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac sannan danna kan “Reservation Housing” a cikin sashin Cleveland na shafin gida. Ana ƙarfafa mahalarta su sami gidaje kafin yin rajista don taron.
Rijistar gaba ga waɗanda ba wakilai ba za su sami ceto sama da kashi 33 cikin ɗari. Masu halartar taro za su iya yin rajistar kansu da ’yan uwa, yin rajista don shirye-shiryen rukunin shekaru, da siyan tikiti don abubuwan cin abinci na tikiti. Ranar ƙarshe don yin rijistar gaba shine Mayu 20. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac, danna kan "Rijista" a cikin sashin Cleveland na shafin gida.
Nemo fakitin bayanin a www.brethren.org/ac, danna shafin “Packet Information” a sashin Cleveland na shafin gida. Ana iya samun kwafin takarda ta tuntuɓar Ofishin Taro na Shekara-shekara a 800-688-5186 ko annualconference@brethren.org.
8) Kwamitin Nazarin Al'adu ne ke ɗaukar nauyin gasar fasaha.
Kwamitin Nazarin Al'adu ya ɗauki nauyin "Ru'ya ta Yohanna 7:9 Gasar Fasaha" a taron shekara-shekara. Ana maraba da shigarwa daga ’yan’uwa masu fasaha na kowane zamani, kuma an bukaci ikilisiyoyi su ƙarfafa haɗin kai daga membobinsu.
Ya kamata shigarwar su wakilci fahimtar mai zane na Ru'ya ta Yohanna 7:9. Sauran jagororin sune: shigarwa ɗaya kowane mai zane; duk shigarwar dole ne su kasance masu lebur akan takarda 8 1/2 ta 11 inch; Ana iya amfani da kowace kafofin watsa labarai (crayons, alamomi, mai, hotuna masu hoto, daukar hoto, da sauransu); a bayan kowace shigarwa a buga a sarari ko kuma a makala siti da ta ƙunshi sunan mai zane da adireshinsa, sunan ikilisiya da adireshin gida, da rukunin shekaru (“ƙaramin yaro” mai shekara 8 da ƙasa, “ɗan babba” mai shekara 9 zuwa 12, “matashi /matasa” masu shekaru 13 zuwa 18 a makarantar sakandare, “balagaggu” shekarun koleji da mazan).
Alƙalai za su ba da kyauta ga wanda ya yi nasara a kowace rukunin shekaru. Dukkanin zane-zane, gami da shigarwar da suka yi nasara, za a nuna su a cikin rumfar Kwamitin Nazarin Al'adu a Taron Shekara-shekara na 2007 a Cleveland, Ohio, daga Yuli 1-5. Dole ne a karɓi shigarwar daga ranar Juma'a, Mayu 11. Aika shigarwar zuwa Asha Solanky, Attn: Gasar Fasaha, 8209 Franconia Rd., Richmond, VA 23227.
9) Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa ta shiga 'Cover Un Insured' na shekara ta hudu.
A cikin shekara ta huɗu a jere, Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa (ABC) ta rattaba hannu kan Kamfen na “Rufe Marasa Lafiya” a madadin Cocin ’yan’uwa. ABC tana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyin su shiga cikin "Rufe Marasa Lafiya" a kan Afrilu 23-29.
Wannan shiri na gidauniyar Robert Wood Johnson na wayar da kan jama'a game da halin da Amurkawa kusan miliyan 46 ke ciki. Gangamin na bana zai maida hankali ne kan shirin inshorar lafiyar yara na Jiha (SCHIP). An sanya hannu a cikin doka a cikin 1997 kuma an tsara shi don sake ba da izini ta Majalisa a wannan shekara, SCHIP tana ba kowace jiha kuɗin tarayya don tsara shirin inshorar lafiya ga yara masu rauni. SCHIP ya zama mafi mahimmanci ga iyalai masu karamin karfi don ba da kulawar lafiya ga yaransu. Shekarar da ta gabata, sama da yara miliyan shida ne aka yi rajista a SCHIP.
Wani sabon binciken da Jami'ar Minnesota ta gudanar ya gano cewa, tun daga 1997, ma'aikaci yana ba da inshorar lafiya ga iyaye da ke da ƙananan kudin shiga ya ragu sau uku cikin sauri kamar yadda aka ba wa iyayen da suka sami ƙarin kuɗi. A ƙasa, ƙasa da rabin (kashi 47) na iyaye a cikin iyalai da ke samun ƙasa da dala 40,000 a shekara ana ba da inshorar lafiya ta wurin ma'aikacin su - raguwar kashi tara tun daga 1997. A halin yanzu, tayin inshorar lafiya ga iyaye a cikin iyalai da ke samun $80,000 ko fiye sun riƙe. a tsaye a kusan kashi 78.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, shugaba da Shugaba na Gidauniyar Robert Wood Johnson ya ce "A cikin sake ba da izini ga SCHIP, Majalisa dole ne ta ba da kuɗin da ake buƙata don kula da ɗaukar hoto ga duk yara masu rajista a halin yanzu da kuma ƙarin miliyoyin da suka cancanci amma ba su da rajista," in ji Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, shugaba da Shugaba na Gidauniyar Robert Wood Johnson.
Don ƙarin bayani ziyarci http://www.covertheuninsuredweek.org/.
10) Zauren Gidajen Yan'uwa don gudanar da taron shekara-shekara.
Yawancin Shugabanni, shuwagabanni, membobin hukumar, da limaman cibiyoyin ritaya masu alaƙa da ’yan’uwa za su hadu a Afrilu 19-21 a Brethren Hillcrest Homes a La Verne, Calif., don taron shekara-shekara na Fellowship of Brethren Homes. Hillcrest yana ɗaya daga cikin wuraren 22 Brotheran uwan da ke cikin haɗin gwiwa, wanda ma'aikatar Ƙungiyar Kula da 'Yan'uwa ce (ABC). Taken taron na bana shi ne "Ma'amala da Sojojin waje."
Taron zai fara tare da rangadin ginin Hillcrest. A gabatarwar Minnix za a ba da shi, Shugaba na kungiyar kiwon lafiya na Amurka don tsufa, kan "shimfidar wuri - hanyar winding"; na Marlin Heckman, masanin ’yan’uwa a Hillcrest, a kan “Cocin ’yan’uwa – Wane ne Mu da Yadda Muka Samu Nan”; by Larry Boles, darektan ci gaba a Hillcrest, da Lowell Flory, darektan ci gaban ci gaba na Bethany Seminary, a kan ci gaba da tara kudade a cikin gida da kuma fadi Cocin na 'yan'uwa al'umma; da ta Hillcrest chaplain Myrna Wheeler akan tsofaffin hidima da limamin coci. Za a kammala taron ne da tsakar ranar Asabar.
Don ƙarin bayani game da taron, tuntuɓi ABC a 800-323-8039 ko je zuwa http://www.brethren-caregivers.org/.
11) Jin daɗin bazara yana cikin katunan.
'Yan'uwa na gaba da Blitz Dutch sun wuce! Shirin Gather 'Round Curriculum Project ya fitar da wani bene na "Katunan Misalai" 78 masu launi don yin wasa a gida tare da kayan rani akan misalan Yesu.
Katunan suna ba da tambaya, shawara, ko addu'a daidai da wani misali. Alal misali, wani kati na misalin wawa mai arziki wanda ya gina sabbin rumbuna don ya riƙe dukan amfanin gonarsa ya yi tambaya, “Me ake nufi da zama mawadaci wurin Allah?” Wani katin yana tambayar ka gaya game da lokacin da ka yanke shawarar cewa kana buƙatar ƙarin sararin ajiya don wani abu da kake ajiyewa.
“Kowace katunan rana” ashirin da shida suna ba da shawarar ayyukan da suka shafi kowane misali, kamar “Ɗauki haruffa daga wasan kwaikwayon talabijin ɗin da kuka fi so kuma ku tsara wani labari da ke ba da labari iri ɗaya da wannan misalin.”
Katunan Misalai sune Tattauna 'Zagaye' ''Talkabout'' na kwata na bazara. Talkabouts abubuwa ne na kai gida waɗanda ke ba iyalai hanyar da za su bi da Taro Nassosin Zagaye na mako-mako cikin tattaunawa da ayyuka masu sauƙi a gida. Kowane kwata yana ba da wani abu daban. Talkabout na bazara 2007 shine wasan firij mai wuyar warwarewa. Tattaunawa na wuraren da suka gabata sun kasance fafutuka mai ban sha'awa 14 da kalandar tsagewar yau da kullun.
Ikilisiyoyi suna ba da umarnin Talkabout na kowane gida a cikin ikilisiya. Iyalai kuma suna iya yin odarsu da kansu akan $5.95. Oda daga Brother Press a 800-441-3712 ko je zuwa http://www.gatherround.org/.
12) Brethren Foundation yana ba da sabon kundin adireshi na yanar gizo.
Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa ta ƙara kundin adireshi na shugabannin Cocin Brothers da ƙwararrun ci gaba zuwa gidan yanar gizon ta (http://www.bbtfoundation.org/) wanda ke ba da bayanin tuntuɓar ƙungiyoyin Cocin of the Brothers.
Littafin ya ba da jerin sunayen hukumomin ɗarika, gundumomi, sansani, cibiyoyin ilimi mai zurfi, ’yan’uwa masu ritaya, da sauran hukumomin da ke da alaƙa da Cocin ’yan’uwa. Littafin ya ƙunshi sunayen manyan ma'aikata, adiresoshin imel ɗin su, da lambobin waya. 'Yan'uwa za su so yin alamar shafi don yin tunani akai-akai. Hakanan ana samunsa a cikin tsarin firinta.
"Mun yi imanin littafin zai zama hanya mai amfani ga membobin Coci na 'yan'uwa yayin da suke la'akari da masu cin gajiyar shirinsu na agaji," in ji Steve Mason, darektan Brethren Foundation. "Gidauniyar za ta sabunta shafin yayin da muke karbar bayanai kuma za ta yi nazari na yau da kullun sau biyu a shekara."
Har ila yau, gidan yanar gizon tushe yana ba da cikakkun bayanai game da ayyukan da ake bayarwa ga abokan ciniki ciki har da damar kyauta. Ya bayyana dabarun saka hannun jari na gidauniya, masu kula da zuba jari, da kudadenta tare da jimillar ayyukansu. Bugu da kari, rukunin yanar gizon ya bayyana kudurin gidauniyar na zuba jari a cikin al'umma kuma yana ƙunshe da ɗimbin jerin hanyoyin haɗin Intanet na kuɗi. Je zuwa http://www.bbtfoundation.org/.
Abubuwan albarkatu don lafiyar jama'a da lafiyar mutum da ibada za su kasance daga ranar 1 ga Maris a gidan yanar gizon ABC, http://www.brethren-caregivers.org/. Shugabannin ikilisiya na iya buƙatar bugu na albarkatun ba tare da caji ba daga ABC ta hanyar kiran 800-323-8039.