Layin labarai na Mayu 23, 2007

"...Zan albarkace ka, in sa sunanka mai girma, domin ka zama albarka." - Farawa 12: 2b

LABARAI

1) Makarantar Seminary ta Bethany ta yi bikin farawa na 102.
2) 'Yan'uwa mayar da hankali aiki a arewacin Greensburg, bin hadari.
3) Dandalin tattaunawa akan makomar taron shekara-shekara, da sauran kalubale ga darikar.
4) Cocin Westminster, Buckhalter zai karɓi Taswirar Ecumenical.
5) Ƙungiyar tsofaffi ta fara aiki ta hanyar hidimar sa kai na 'yan'uwa.
6) Yan'uwa: Tunawa, ma'aikata, bude aiki, da sauransu.

Abubuwa masu yawa

7) 'Yan'uwa suna shiga cikin tsara taron yunwa na 'Gathering'.

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1) Makarantar Seminary ta Bethany ta yi bikin farawa na 102.

A ranar 5 ga Mayu, Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany a Richmond, Ind., ta yi bikin farawa ta 102. Biki biyu ne aka yi bikin. An gudanar da bikin bayar da digiri a Bethany's Nicarry Chapel. An gudanar da bikin baje kolin jama'a a cocin Richmond na 'yan'uwa.Shugaban kasar Eugene F. Roop ya yi jawabi a wajen ba da digirin digirgir. Adireshinsa mai suna “Albarka” ya dogara ne akan Farawa 12:1-3 da ayoyi biyu na Linjila. Ya gargaɗi waɗanda suka sauke karatu, “Kuna shiga hidima a matsayin manzo da wakili na albarkar Allah.” Shugaba Roop, wanda zai yi ritaya a ranar 30 ga watan Yuni, an gode masa saboda shekaru 15 da ya yi yana hidima a wani bangare na bikin fara aiki.

Dena Pence, darektan Cibiyar Koyarwa da Koyarwa ta Wabash a Tauhidi da Addini, ita ce mai jawabi na hidimar ibadar la'asar. A cikin sakonta, "Me kuke gani?" Pence ya yi tsokaci game da martanin Marilyn Lerch ga harbin Virginia Tech. Lerch yana aiki a matsayin fasto na Cocin Makiyayi mai kyau na 'yan'uwa a Blacksburg, Va., Kuma ɗaya daga cikin ministocin harabar a Virginia Tech. Pence ya ce, "Ɗauki wannan hoton tare da ku," in ji Pence, "mutum yana kallon al'ummar da suke zaune a cikinta, cikin dukan alherinta da dukan ɓarnarta, sa'an nan kuma sanin, tare da ainihin abin da za su iya yi don zama wani ɓangare na ta. "Har ila yau makarantar hauza ta amince da gagarumin nasarorin da malamai suka samu a shekarar da ta gabata. Russell Haitch, mataimakin farfesa na Ilimin Kirista, an ba shi damar zama kuma ya sami lambar yabo ta Rohrer Book Award don littafinsa "From Exorcism to Ecstasy: Eight Views of Baptisma." Scott Holland, mataimakin farfesa na Tiyoloji da Al'adu, shi ma ya sami lambar yabo don littattafansa guda biyu, "Ta Yaya Labarun Mu Suke Ceton Mu?" da kuma "Neman Zaman Lafiya a Afirka."

Dalibai goma sha tara sun sami digiri ko takaddun shaida, aji mafi girma tun 1998:
Jagora na Allahntaka, Amintaccen Nazarin Zaman Lafiya: Carrie Eikler, Ikilisiyar Manchester na 'Yan'uwa, N. Manchester, Ind.Master of Divinity: Michael Benner, Koontz Church of the Brothers in New Enterprise, Pa., and Waterside (Pa.) Church of 'Yan'uwa; Jerramy Bowen, W. Milton (Ohio) Church of the Brother; Torin Eikler, Cocin Arewacin Manchester na Yan'uwa; Tasha Hornbacker, Pleasant Hill (Ohio) Church of the Brother; Daniel House, Glade Valley Church of the Brother, Walkersville, Md.; Gidan Rebecca, Union Bridge (Md.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa; Jennifer Sanders Kreighbaum, Cocin Bear Creek na Yan'uwa, Hatsari, Md.; Brian Mackie, Sabuwar Rayuwa Kirista Fellowship, Dutsen Pleasant, Mich .; Barbara Menke, Cocin Oakland na 'Yan'uwa, Bradford, Ohio; Kelly Meyerhoeffer, Pleasant Valley Church of the Brother, Weyers Cave, Va.; Nathan Polzin, Sabuwar Rayuwa Kirista Fellowship; Thomas Richard, Cocin Fairview na 'yan'uwa, Cordova, Md.; Donald Williams, Stone Church of the Brother, Buena Vista, Va.; Christopher Zepp, Bridgewater (Va.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa.Master of Arts in Theology: Rachel Peterson, New Carlisle (Ohio) Church of Brother; Carrie Smith, Cocin Beavercreek (Ohio) na 'Yan'uwa.Takaddun Nasara a cikin Nazarin Tauhidi: James Sampson, Ikilisiyar Eagle Creek na 'Yan'uwa, Forest, Ohio; Ronda Scammahorn, Cocin Oakland na Brothers.Christopher Zepp ya sami bambanci don aikinsa na ilimi a cikin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Carrie Eikler, Torin Eikler, Barbara Menke, da Kelly Meyerhoeffer sun sami bambanci don aikinsu na nazarin hidima.

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

2) 'Yan'uwa mayar da hankali aiki a arewacin Greensburg, bin hadari.

A Greensburg, Kan., guguwar guguwa gaba daya ta kai kashi 90 cikin 4 na garin a ranar XNUMX ga Mayu, a cikin dare wanda akalla guguwa ta shida ke yankin, da kuma karin dare na gaba. "Yayin da Greensburg ke mayar da hankali ga kafofin watsa labaru na kasa, lalata ta kai arewa maso gabas zuwa tsakiyar filin gona na Kansas," in ji Roy Winter, darektan Ma'aikatar Bala'i na Brotheran'uwa (wanda ake kira shirin Amsar Gaggawa) na Cocin of the Brother General Board.

Roy Winter ya ziyarci yankin a makon da ya gabata don taimakawa wajen tantance bukatar amsawar 'yan'uwa. “A gundumar Stafford, Cocin Eden Valley na ’yan’uwa yana zaune ba a taɓa shi ba, amma aƙalla iyalai ’yan’uwa biyar sun fuskanci lalacewa a gidajensu, gareji, ko rumbunansu,” in ji shi.

Fasto Tim Morris na Eden Valley yana ba da tallafin makiyaya ga wasu iyalai da suka tsira daga bala'in, kamar dangin da gonar da ke arewacin Greensburg ta rasa dukkan gine-gine tara. Asarar ta hada da gidan da wasu kayayyaki masu rai. "Ko da kasan gidan an yage," in ji Roy Winter.

Fasto Morris yana taimakawa wajen daidaita ayyukan agaji a wannan yanki na karkara, tare da tallafi daga gundumar Western Plains. Bill Winter ne mukaddashin mai kula da bala'o'i na gundumar Western Plains, kuma yana shiga cikin tarurrukan hukumomin da ke da hannu a aikin agaji.

Gundumar tana shirin mayar da martani a yankin arewacin Greensburg. "A halin yanzu Greensburg na cikin idon labarai sosai, kuma suna samun taimako sosai," in ji Bill Winter. "Don haka abin da muka yanke shawarar yi shi ne mayar da hankali kan yankin arewacin Greensburg inda guguwar ta tashi bayan ta afkawa garin." A makon da ya gabata shi da wasu ’yan ’yan’uwa sun fita don taimakawa wajen share itatuwan da aka sare da kuma kawar da tarkace a yankin arewacin Greensburg.

An shirya taron "tafiya a filayen" a ranar Lahadi, 27 ga Mayu, ta gundumar. Western Plains ta yi kira ga masu sa kai don taimakawa manoma su kwashe tarkacen gonaki a wannan yammacin. An yi kiran ga ikilisiyoyi ’yan’uwa da ke yammacin Kansas. Masu ba da agaji za su hadu a cocin Eden Valley na ’yan’uwa da karfe 2 na rana, kuma cocin za ta ba da abinci mai sauƙi. "Duk wanda daga yaro har zuwa babba wanda zai iya sunkuyar da kai ya dauko kaya ana maraba da shi!" Bill Winter ya ce.

"Tsarin yana gudana," in ji shi. Ayyukan da za a yi nan gaba na iya haɗawa da sake gina gidaje da gareji da sauran gine-gine da guguwar ta lalata, in ji shi.

Sabis na Bala'i na Yara (tsohon Kula da Yara na Bala'i) shima ya amsa da sauri ga guguwar Greensburg ta hanyar aika masu sa kai guda bakwai don taimakawa yaran iyalai da abin ya shafa. Masu aikin sa kai sun yi aiki a cibiyar sabis na Red Cross a Haviland, kawai yammacin Greensburg, har zuwa Mayu 16. A halin yanzu shirin yana aiki don ƙirƙirar kasancewar kulawar yara na dogon lokaci a Greensburg don iyalai yayin da suke tsaftacewa da sake ginawa.

A cikin wasu labaran martani na bala'i, aikin sake gina ma'aikatun 'yan'uwa a Lucedale, Miss., An shirya rufewa a karshen watan Yuni, kuma McComb, Miss., aikin zai rufe Aug. 4. Duk ayyukan biyu sun kasance a mayar da martani ga Hurricane Katrina. . Ayyuka a Kogin Pearl da Chalmette, La., Za su ci gaba da aiki.

3) Dandalin tattaunawa akan makomar taron shekara-shekara, da sauran kalubale ga darikar.

Kungiyar Inter-Agency Forum of the Church of the Brothers ta yi bikin cika shekaru 10 da kafuwa yayin da kungiyar ta hadu a ranar 26-27 ga Afrilu a Elgin, Ill. Kwamitin dindindin na taron shekara-shekara ne ya kirkiro taron a shekara ta 1998, kuma yana yin taro kowace shekara don yin aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa. kungiya don rayuwa da ayyukan Ikilisiya ta 'yan'uwa ta hanyar samar da haɗin gwiwa tsakanin hukumomi.

Dukkan mambobi 16 sun halarci taron ciki har da Ron Beachley, shugaba da kuma mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara; Jami'an taron da suka hada da mai gudanarwa Belita Mitchell, mai gudanarwa Jim Beckwith, da sakatare Fred Swartz; Lerry Fogle, babban darektan taron; Sandy Bosserman na majalisar gudanarwar gundumomi; da masu gudanarwa da kujerun kwamitocin kowane ɗayan hukumomin taron shekara-shekara-Kathy Reid da Wally Landes don Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa, Gene Roop da Anne Murray Reid na Makarantar Koyarwar Tauhidi ta Bethany, Wil Nolen da Harry Rhodes don Amintaccen Amincewar 'Yan'uwa, Stan Nofferinger da Jeff Neuman-Lee na Babban Hukumar, da Bob Gross da Bev Weaver don Amincin Duniya.

A cikin ajandar wannan taro akwai tattaunawa da suka shafi tasiri da makomar taron shekara-shekara, da nasiha ga iya jagoranci na darika, da tasirin rahotanni da dama da ke zuwa taron shekara-shekara, kalubalen isar da sako ga kungiyar dangane da cika shekaru 300, da kiran kira. domin ikkilisiya ta kasance mai haɗa kai.

Fogle ya ba da rahoton raguwar halartar taron shekara-shekara a cikin shekaru da yawa da suka gabata. Dangane da mayar da martani, dandalin ya ba da cikakken goyon baya ga taron amma ya amince da cewa akwai bukatar a samar da wasu sabbin hanyoyin gudanar da taron, kamar inganta ibada, da shigar da matasa, karin zama irin na fahimta, da kuma yin la'akari da zabi daban-daban don sauya taron shekara-shekara. matsayin taron, misali, canza shekaru na cikakken taro tare da shekaru na taron wakilai kawai.

Tunanin shirin masu ba da jagoranci ga matasa manya da sauran masu sha'awar yin hidimar jagoranci ɗarika an fara ba da shawarar ga Babban Hukumar ta ɗalibin Seminary na Bethany. Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka haifar da wannan ra'ayi shine buƙatar samun ƙarin mutane marasa rinjaye a jagoranci. Mambobin dandalin sun tabbatar da aniyarsu ta samar da irin wannan nasiha da kuma fadakar da za a iya samun damar yin hakan, sannan kuma sun ce ana bukatar kwarin gwiwa a matakin kananan hukumomi da gundumomi inda za a iya samun sauki fiye da matakin darika.

Taron ya duba shawarwari da dama da ke zuwa taron shekara-shekara daga kwamitin bita da tantancewa, da suka hada da sake haduwar hukumomin shirye-shirye da majalisar taron shekara-shekara karkashin kwamitin gudanarwa guda daya na darikar. An dai nuna damuwa cewa wakilan taron na bukatar karin bayani kan ayyukan hukumomin kafin yanke shawararsu, kuma ba za a yi kasa a gwiwa ba wajen tabbatar da amincin hukumomin da mutanen mazabarsu. Hukumomi suna tattaunawa da Kwamitin Bita da Kima don samar da wannan abu.

Batutuwan da suka shafi dunkulewar darikar, musamman karbuwar 'yan luwadi da madigo, su ma sun ba da umarnin tattaunawa mai tsawo. An lura cewa motsin rai da fargabar da ke tattare da ra’ayoyi masu gaba da juna a halin yanzu kan batun sun kasance cikas ga tattaunawa mai ma’ana ta fuska da fuska, kuma Coci na ’yan’uwa tarayya, wadda ke daraja gadonta na Littafi Mai Tsarki, tana bukatar nemo hanyoyin da za a bi. yi nazarin nassosi tare, da karɓar amincewar taron shekara-shekara cewa ba duka sun yarda da fassarar nassosi ba. Membobin dandalin sun kuma lura cewa yawancin ƙarfin Ikilisiya da haɗin kai ana samun haɓakawa kuma ana bayyana su ta hanyar haɗa kai cikin ayyukan manufa da hidima.

Taron ya kuma nuna goyon baya ga wani shiri na Janar, wanda ya samo asali daga shawara daga gundumar Missouri/Arkansas, wanda ke kira Church of Brothers don yin la'akari da sababbin manufofin manufa don bikin cika shekaru 300; kuma ya karɓi gabatarwa daga Carl Desportes Bowman, darektan ayyuka, kuma farfesa a fannin ilimin zamantakewa a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), wanda ya ba da rahoton sakamakon "Profile Membobin 'Yan'uwa 2006."

An shirya taron taron na gaba tsakanin 23-24 ga Afrilu, 2008, a Elgin, Ill.

–Fred Swartz shine sakataren taron shekara-shekara kuma mai rikodi na dandalin Inter-Agency Forum.

4) Cocin Westminster, Buckwalter zai karɓi Taswirar Ecumenical.

Kwamitin kan Harkokin Interchurch ya sanar da masu karɓar 2007 na Ecumenical Citation na shekara-shekara. Kwamitin ya ba da umarni daga taron Cocin ’yan’uwa na shekara-shekara da kuma Babban Hukumar, kuma sun gana ta wayar tarho a ranar 3 ga Afrilu.

Anna K. Buckwalter ta sami ɗaiɗaikun ɗaiɗaikun, saboda aikinta na tsawon shekaru da yawa tana nuna tausayi ga mutane ba tare da la'akari da al'adar bangaskiya ba. Westminister (Md.) Cocin 'yan'uwa ta sami lambar yabo ta jama'a, don nuna tausayin Kirista ga zumuncin musulmi.

Za a gabatar da abubuwan da aka ambata a wurin cin abinci na Ecumenical a cocin ’yan’uwa na shekara-shekara a Cleveland, Ohio, a ranar Talata, 3 ga Yuli. mutane. Jawabin da aka fito da shi a wurin Abincin Abinci na Ecumenical mai taken, “Rayuwa Tsakanin Mutane na Sauran Bangaskiya,” kuma Paul Numrich, mai hidima na Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma malami ne zai gabatar da shi.

Kwamitin ya sake duba kyakkyawan tsarin zaɓen da aka zaɓa na shekara-shekara. A wannan shekarar an ba da bayanin ne don daidaikun mutane da ikilisiyoyin su ba da labarin abubuwan da suka faru a cikin ginin zaman lafiya tsakanin addinai. A daidai lokacin da ake samun tashe-tashen hankula tsakanin al’adu daban-daban na addini a duniya, kwamitin ya yi ta neman wadanda ke dinke barakar da ke tsakanin kungiyoyi daban-daban, da nufin su zama siffar Kristi a cikin kiyayya da rashin fahimta.

Kwamitin ya kammala shirye-shirye don zama na fahimtar juna a taron shekara-shekara, a yammacin Talata 3 ga Yuli. Za a yi tattaunawa tsakanin 'yan'uwa Kirista mai bishara, Jim Eikenberry, da wani abokin aikin koyarwa na musulmi, Amir Assadi-Rad. Dukansu malamai ne a Kwalejin San Joaquin Delta a California. Za su tattauna yadda mutanen addinai dabam-dabam za su iya ƙulla dangantaka mai kyau da juna yayin da suke zurfafa bangaskiyarsu.

A cikin sauran harkokin kasuwanci, kwamitin ya tsara tsare-tsare (ba tare da kashe kuɗin kasafin kuɗi ba) don aika gaisuwa kuma, a mafi yawan lokuta, wakilin Cocin ’yan’uwa ga waɗannan ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa: Old Brothers, Old German Baptist Brothers, Dunkard Brethren, Conservative Grace Brothers, Fellowship of Grace Brothers, and the Brothers Church. Kungiyar ta kuma tattauna matakin da Babban Kwamitin ya dauka na amincewa da shawarar kwamitin na cewa Cocin ’yan’uwa su shiga Cocin Kirista tare a Amurka. A cikin rahoton babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger ga kwamitin, ya bayyana ayyuka da yawa a fannin ilimin zaman lafiya da bayar da shawarwari gami da shirin taron majami'un zaman lafiya na tarihi, da za a yi a Asiya.

Membobin kwamitin sune shugaban Michael Hostetter, Ilexene Alphonse, Jim Eikenberry, Robert Johansen, Stanley Noffsinger, Robert Rene Quintanilla, Carolyn Schrock, da Jon Kobel (ma'aikata).

–Robert C. Johansen memba ne na kwamitin kan dangantakar Interchurch, babban ɗan'uwa a Cibiyar Kroc don Nazarin Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya, kuma farfesa na Kimiyyar Siyasa a Jami'ar Notre Dame.

5) Ƙungiyar tsofaffi ta fara aiki ta hanyar hidimar sa kai na 'yan'uwa.

Cibiyar Taro ta Sabuwar Windsor (Md.) ta karbi bakuncin mambobi tara na 'Yan'uwa na Sa-kai Sabis (BVS) Tsofaffin Adult Unit 274 don fuskantarwa daga Afrilu 23-Mayu 4.

A lokacin ƙaddamarwa, masu aikin sa kai suna da kwanaki da yawa don yin hidima ga al'umma ciki har da ranar aiki a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa da ke aiki a Babban Kyauta/SERRV, da kuma damar yin aiki tare da Shirin Abinci na 'Yan'uwa a Washington, DC.

Masu ba da agaji, ikilisiyoyi na gida ko garuruwan gida, da wuraren zama (idan an san su a wannan lokacin) su ne: Marilou Booth na Pasadena (Calif.) Church of the Brother; MaryAnn Davis na Live Oak (Calif.) Church of the Brothers; David da Maria Huber na Yellow Creek (Ind.) Church of Brothers za su yi aiki a New Windsor (Md.) Cibiyar Taro; Barbara da Ron Siney na West Charleston (Ohio) Church of the Brother za a sanya su a Alderson (W.Va.) Gidan Baƙi; Kent da Sarah Switzer na Cedar Lake (Ind.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa za su je Cibiyar Abota ta Duniya a Hiroshima, Japan; Steve VanZandt na Washington, DC, za a sanya shi tare da Cooperiis a Mill Spring, NC

Don ƙarin bayani game da BVS kira ofishin a 800-323-8039 ko ziyarci http://www.brethrenvolunteerservice.org/.

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

Lee Eshleman, memba na Mennonite duo wasan barkwanci Ted & Lee, ya kashe kansa a ranar 17 ga Mayu, bayan ya yi fama da dogon lokaci da bakin ciki. Za a tuna da Eshleman don wasan ban dariya da basira tare da Ted Swartz, yayin da suke aiwatar da labarun Littafi Mai Tsarki na yau. Ted & Lee sun kasance manyan masu gabatar da shirye-shirye a Coci na Brotheran’uwa ta ƙarshe ta taron matasa na ƙasa uku na ƙarshe, a cikin 1998, 2002, da 2006. Sun kuma yi a taron manyan tsofaffi na ƙasa guda biyu, kuma an ba su izinin jagorantar ibada a babban taron matasa na farko na ƙungiyar ta ƙasa. watan gobe. “A taron Matasa na Ƙasa na 2006, Ted & Lee sun rufe hidimar ibada tare da wanke ƙafafu, a cikin fassarar mafi ƙarfi na abin da Yesu ya yi wa almajiransa da na gani. Na tuna tunani a lokacin, sun fahimci hidimar wankin ƙafafu ga dukan sababbin tsara na ’yan’uwa,” in ji Chris Douglas, darektan Ma’aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Manyan Ma’aikata na Cocin of the Brothers General Board. "Muna haɗa kai da dangin Lee da ƙaunatattunsa, da Ted da al'ummar Mennonite, wajen yin baƙin cikin mutuwarsa." Eshleman ya kasance memba na Cocin Community Mennonite a Harrisonburg, Va. Ya bar matarsa, Reagan, da ’ya’yansu uku. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar 21 ga Mayu a Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas a Harrisonburg. Ana bayar da gudunmawar tunawa da Wurin Al'ummarmu, cibiyar al'ummar Harrisonburg. Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas tana bayar da shafin ta'aziyya da tunawa ta kan layi, inda Lee Eshleman ya kasance tsohon dalibi. Je zuwa www.emu.edu/response/lee.
Gundumar Kudu maso Yamma ta Pacific ta yi maraba da sabon sakatariyar ofishin Brenda Perez. Ta zo gundumar tare da ƙwarewa a cikin aikin kwamfuta, ƙungiyoyin sa kai, amsa bala'i, da aikin koyarwar kiwon lafiya tare da Red Cross ta Amurka, kuma tana cikin sauƙi a cikin Ingilishi da Mutanen Espanya.
Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley, wacce ke da alaƙa da Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany, ta sanar da kiran Lisa Krieg a matsayin mai gudanar da aikin sa kai na Kwalejin Hispanic. Za ta ba da haɗin kai na Kwalejin Hispanic a cikin jadawalin aji da alƙawuran malamai, kuma za ta zama hanyar haɗi tsakanin ofishin cibiyar a cikin gudanarwa da sadarwa tare da ɗaliban Hispanic.
Mujallar "Manzon Allah" tana maraba da Nick Kauffman a matsayin ma'aikacin ma'aikatar Summer Service wanda ya fara daga Mayu 29. Shi memba ne na Goshen (Ind.) Cocin City na Brothers kuma ya gama karatunsa na biyu a Kwalejin Manchester, yana yin karatun zaman lafiya.
An zabi Bob Edgar, babban sakatare na Majalisar Coci ta kasa (NCC) mai barin gado, ya jagoranci kungiyar masu fafutuka ta kasa baki daya. Edgar ya bayyana a watan Oktoban da ya gabata ba zai nemi wa’adin shekaru hudu na uku a matsayin babban sakataren hukumar ta NCC ba. Edgar tsohon dan majalisa ne wanda ya wakilci gabashin Pennsylvania daga 1975-87, kuma ya taba zama shugaban makarantar Claremont (Calif.) na tsawon shekaru 10 na Makarantar Tauhidi lokacin da ya zo NCC a 2000.
Daniel Aukerman zai bar Interchurch Medical Association (IMA) Lafiya ta Duniya a ranar 1 ga Yuni, yana cika kusan shekaru uku na hidima ga kungiyar, don biyan sabbin zaɓuɓɓukan aiki. Cocin of the Brothers memba ne na IMA, kuma Aukerman ya yi aiki daga hedkwatar IMA da ke Cibiyar Hidima ta Brethren a New Windsor, Md. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa na ci gaban Shirye-shiryen da Tallafin Fasaha.
A Duniya Zaman Lafiya yana neman ma'aikatan sadarwa na ɗan lokaci a matsayin ɓangare na ƙungiyar sadarwar ta. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da rubuce-rubuce, gyarawa, tallatawa, da sabis na labarai, ta amfani da kayan bugawa da na lantarki. Dole ne 'yan takara su kasance masu son kai, da tsari mai kyau. da sassauƙa. Matsayin yana buƙatar sadaukar da kai ga samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista da fahimtar Ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa. Ranar farawa ita ce Satumba 1. Wuri yana da sulhu - Ofishin Aminci na Duniya yana a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Za a sake duba aikace-aikacen daga Yuni 20, kuma za a ci gaba da karɓa kuma a yi la'akari da shi har sai an cika matsayi. . Aika ci gaba, samfuran rubutu guda biyu, wasiƙar sha'awa, da bayanin lamba don nassoshi uku zuwa huɗu. Don ƙarin bayani ko amfani, tuntuɓi Bob Gross, darektan Amincin Duniya, a bgross@igc.org ko 260-982-7751. Sanarwar matsayi tana kan layi a www.brethren.org/oepa/CommunicationsPositionAnnouncement.html.
Nan ba da jimawa ba za a gabatar da rahoton Kwamitin Gudanarwar Shirye-shirye na Shekara-shekara a gidan yanar gizon taron na Shekara-shekara. Rahoton ya mai da hankali kan tasiri da farashin shawarwarin da rahoton Kasuwancin Doing Church na 2006 ya bayar, kuma za a buga shi a kan gidan kwamitin nazarin Kasuwancin Coci a www.brethren.org/ac ranar Juma'a, Mayu 25.
Za a gabatar da mai gabatar da taron shekara-shekara Belita Mitchell a cikin bugu na Yuni na “Muryar ’yan’uwa,” shiri don ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa don nunawa a gidan talabijin na gida na gida. An gabatar da shirin ta hanyar yunƙurin Cocin Peace na 'yan'uwa a Portland, Ore., da furodusa Ed Groff. Shirin na rabin sa'a mai taken, "Haɗu da Mai Gudanarwa," za a duba shi a cikin al'ummomi 10 daban-daban na ƙasar, in ji Groff. Mai gudanarwar ta ba da labarin wasu tarihin rayuwarta, tunaninta da manufofinta na wa'adinta na shugabar cocin, abubuwan da suka faru a tafiyarta kwanan nan zuwa Najeriya, da kuma yadda take ji game da matsayin Cocin 'yan'uwa a halin yanzu. Sauran shirye-shirye masu zuwa a cikin jerin sune "Taron Al'umma don Aminci," wanda aka tsara don Yuli, da "Ya Fara da Mutum Daya" game da Heifer International, na Agusta. Ga waɗanda ba su da hannu a aikin talabijin na al'umma a halin yanzu, ana samun kwafin DVD na shirin akan $8. Aika umarni zuwa Cocin Aminci na Yan'uwa, 12727 SE Market St., Portland, KO 97233. Tuntuɓi Ed Groff a groffprod1@msn.com.
Za a gudanar da taron Manya na Matasa na 2007 a karshen mako na Tunawa da Mutuwar, Mayu 26-28, a Camp Harmony kusa da Johnstown, Pa. Taken shine “Masu Aikata Maganar,” Yaƙub 1:22-25. Farashin shine $100, ko $110 bayan Mayu 25. Don bayani je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/yya/yac.htm.
An zabi Roy Winter, darektan ma'aikatun bala'i na 'yan'uwa na Cocin of the Brother General Board, a matsayin kwamitin gudanarwa na Ƙungiyoyin Sa-kai na Ƙasa masu Aiki a Bala'i. Har ila yau, an shirya zai shiga balaguro zuwa Angola tare da tawagar Jami'ar Bie a ranar 2-12 ga Yuni. Lokacin hunturu ne zai kasance ’yan’uwa daya tilo a cikin tawagar da za ta kai Angola, kasar Afirka da ta yi fama da yakin basasa na shekaru 27. Yana shiga cikin tafiyar don sa ido kan wasu ayyukan da 'yan'uwa suka tallafa ta hanyar tallafi daga Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa, tare da haɗin gwiwar SHAREcircle. A cikin shirinta tawagar na fatan za ta ziyarci ayyuka daban-daban da kuma ganawa da babban sakataren cocin Evangelical Congregational Church a Angola, da ma'aikatan agaji na Chevron, da ma'aikatar ilimi, da gwamnan lardin Bie, da jakadan Amurka.
Little Swatara Church of the Brothers a Bethel, Pa., tana bikin cika shekaru 250 a ranar 16-17 ga Yuni tare da rangadin tsofaffin gidajen taro guda huɗu da aka yi amfani da su wajen juyawa kafin a gina cocin, hidimar bautar Jamus, gidan wasan kwaikwayo na dare, da sauran abubuwan da suka faru a karshen mako, da kuma buga littafin tarihinsa na farko. Littafin murfin mai shafuna 480 zai ƙunshi tarihin ikilisiya, hotuna, zane-zane na masu hidima, labarai game da ma'aikatu, jerin membobinsu tun daga tsakiyar 1800s, da rubutun kabari na makabarta da ke da alaƙa da coci. Yi odar $30 tare da aika sakon $8. Aika cak ɗin da za a biya zuwa Little Swatara Church of the Brothers zuwa Sandra Kauffman, 7326 Bernville Rd., Bernville, PA 19506.
Gundumar Shenandoah ta gudanar da gwanjon Amsar Bala'i na shekara-shekara na 15 a filin baje koli na gundumar Rockingham. Tun daga shekara ta 1993, gwanjon ta tara sama da dala miliyan biyu ga ma’aikatun cocin na bala’i, tare da sayar da kayan daki, kayan wasan yara, kayan kwalliya, kwandunan kyauta, dabbobi, da abinci, da dai sauransu. A cikin sabuntawar 2 ga Mayu, gundumar ta ba da sanarwar cewa an kiyasta abin da aka samu na 19 a $2007. Gundumar ta ba da rahoton cewa, “A ranar Juma’a da yamma liyafar kawa/naman kawa, mutane 205,000 na yunwa sun cinye galan 77 na kawa. Sama da mutane 1,465 ne suka zo don karin kumallo ranar Asabar suna cin farantin pancake 700 da omelet 248. Yara da manya sun hada kayan makaranta 470 da na'urorin lafiya 400 don hidimar duniya ta Coci." Taya murna ta tafi Harrisonburg (Va.) Cocin Farko na Brothers don siyan Unity Quilt akan $100.
Gidauniyar Hillman ta Pittsburgh, Pa., ta amince da kyautar $500,000 ga Kwalejin Juniata don kafa ƙwararrun guraben karatu don girmama Ronald W. Wertz, shugaban gidauniyar da ya daɗe, da matarsa, Ann. Kwalejin tana cikin Huntingdon, Pa. Dukansu Ronald da Ann Wertz sun sauke karatu daga Juniata a cikin 1959. Ronald W. da Ann L. Wertz Endowment za su ba da cikakken karatun karatu na tsawon shekaru huɗu don ɗalibin ƙwararrun ilimi. Ron Wertz, ɗan asalin Lewistown, Pa., ya fara aikinsa a matakin ilimi a Juniata a cikin 1959 a matsayin mataimakin darektan shiga, sannan aka ƙara masa girma zuwa darektan shiga. A cikin 1963 ya koma Franklin da Kwalejin Marshall a Lancaster, Pa., inda ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan taimakon kudi sannan kuma ya zama darektan ci gaba. A cikin 1969 ya shiga gidauniyar Hillman a matsayin darektan zartarwa na farko. A cikin 1990, an nada shi shugaban kasa kuma mai rikon amana. Ya kasance mai ba da agaji ga Juniata, wanda ya yi aiki a kwamitin amintattu daga 1987-93 da kuma Majalisar Raya Kasa ta Shugaban Kasa. A cikin 1994, ya sami lambar yabo ta Harold B. Brumbaugh Alumni Service Award. Ann Werz, tsohuwar Ann Larkin, ta yi aiki a matsayin wakili na asusun aji don asusun shekara-shekara na kwalejin.
Shida Bridgewater (Va.) tsofaffin ɗaliban kwaleji sun sami karramawa a bikin ƙarshen ƙarshen tsofaffin ɗalibai na Afrilu 20-21. Daga cikin su akwai membobin Cocin The Brothers Joseph M. Mason, minista mai ritaya kuma tsohon shugaban gundumar da ya sauke karatu daga Bridgewater a 1945; da kuma Franklin E. Huffman, wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na 1955 kuma kwararre kuma marubuci a kan harsunan kudu maso gabashin Asiya wanda ya yi hidima a hidimar diflomasiyya ta Amurka da ma’aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka, kuma wanda ya koyar a Jami’ar Yale da Jami’ar Cornell. Don ƙarin game da kwaleji je zuwa http://www.bridgewater.edu/.
Nontombi Naomi Tutu ita ce 2007 Fasnacht Lecturer a Jami'ar La Verne, Calif., Maris 21-22. 'Yar Archbishop Desmond Tutu na Afirka ta Kudu, kuma wanda ya kafa Tutu Foundation da kuma kujera daga 1985-90, ita ce mataimakiyar darekta na Ofishin Hulɗa da Shirye-shirye a Jami'ar Jihar Tennessee. Har ila yau, ita ce mawallafin "The Words of Desmond Tutu," kuma tana haɗin gwiwa a kan sabon littafi, "Ba na tunanin ku a matsayin Baƙar fata: Tattaunawar Gaskiya akan Race da Wariyar launin fata." Ta yi magana a kan maudu'in, "Ta 'Ya'yan Mu An San Mu: Addini da Harkarwa," don lacca na Fasnacht, kuma ta ba da jawabi mai mahimmanci a wani taron shekara-shekara na Ingantacciyar Ra'ayi da Babban Taron Al'umma. Fasnacht Chair of Religion Endowment Fund ya yi jerin lacca, don girmama tsohon shugaban ULV Harold Fasnacht. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.ulv.edu/.
’Yan’uwa Kwalejoji a Ƙasashen Waje (BCA) sun tafi “ba tare da haɗakar carbon ba,” a cewar sanarwar a gidan yanar gizon shirin http://www.bcanet.org/. Tun daga wannan bazarar, BCA za ta ba da gudummawa ga Asusun Hasken Wutar Lantarki na Solar Electric (SELF) don kashe carbon ɗin da aka fitar a cikin yanayi ta jiragen da ɗalibai ke ɗauka don yin karatu a ƙasashen waje. Kayayyakin Carbon ayyuka ne da ke rage ko hana tara iskar ɗumamar yanayi a cikin yanayi don daidaita iskar gas ɗin da aka sanya a can ba da gangan ba, ko dai ta hanyar ƙara samar da makamashi mai sabuntawa, tallafawa inganta ingantaccen makamashi ta hanyar masana'antu, ko kamawa kuma sequestering hayaki. Sanarwar ta ce, gudummawar da BCA ke bayarwa ga ayyukan SELF wajen samar wa kauyukan karkara a kasashe masu tasowa wutar lantarki ta hanyar amfani da hasken rana, ba ta hanyar fasaha ba ta kawar da gurbacewar iskar carbon da ake fitarwa zuwa sararin samaniya ta hanyoyin da sauran ayyukan ke yi. Duk da haka, yana taimakawa wajen fadada amfanin wutar lantarki, ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba, ga wasu mutane biliyan biyu na duniya da ba su da shi. Don ƙarin game da BCA je zuwa http://www.bcanet.org/. Ofisoshin tsakiya na shirin suna Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.)
Farfesa Ken Rogers na Manchester zai ba da yawon shakatawa kyauta na wuraren addini a Marburg an der Lahn (kusa da Schwarzenau), Jamus, ga ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa a lokacin rani na 2007 da kuma a lokacin rani na 2008, don taimakawa bikin cika shekaru 300 na 'yan'uwa. . Kowane yawon shakatawa zai ɗauki kimanin sa'o'i uku kuma ya ziyarci wuraren Marburg irin su cocin Elizabeth, tsohuwar Jami'ar, garin na da, cocin birni, da gidan sarauta. Ziyarar za ta kasance na ilimi, tare da Rogers ya zana shekaru na nazari da koyar da tarihin coci da tiyoloji. Waɗanda za su yi balaguron zagayowar za su buƙaci biyan kuɗin shiga na ƙima a cocin Elizabeth da gidan sarauta. Za a umarce su suyi la'akari da gudummawar son rai ga Shirin Fahimtar Jamusanci-Amurka wanda sashen tauhidi na Jami'ar Marburg ke daukar nauyinsa. Don ƙarin bayani da fatan za a rubuta zuwa HKRogers@Manchester.edu.

7) 'Yan'uwa suna shiga cikin tsara taron yunwa na 'Gathering'.

Shugabannin Cocin 'yan'uwa da manyan ma'aikatan hukumar suna gudanar da shirye-shiryen gudanar da taron horar da yunwa a duk shekara a birnin Washington, DC, a ranakun 9-12 ga watan Yuni. Za a gudanar da "Taron" akan jigon, " Shuka iri: Haɓaka Ƙaura ". Bread for the World yana tsara shirye-shirye don taron, wanda ƙungiyoyin abinci da yawa ke tallafawa.

Daruruwan kungiyoyin addini za su yi taro a babban birnin kasar don horarwa, musayar bayanai, ibada, da kuma bayar da shawarwari. Za a mayar da hankali musamman kan yin garambawul ga dokar noma a halin yanzu a gaban Majalisa, matakin na doka wanda shirye-shiryen abinci mai gina jiki da manufofin kasuwanci ke shafar matalauta da yunwa a gida da waje.

Taron yana samun tallafin kuɗi daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya. An ba da tallafin $5,000 don kashe kuɗin taron.

Manajan Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya Howard Royer yana daga cikin wadanda ke aiki tare da Bread ga ma'aikatan Duniya wajen taimakawa wajen tsara taron, kuma yana daya daga cikin gungun masu gudanar da yaki da yunwa tsakanin addinai. Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington kuma yana ƙarfafa shiga cikin taron. Belita Mitchell, mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara, da Stan Noffsinger, babban sakataren hukumar, an shirya su ne su jagoranci tawagar 'yan'uwa.

Fasto Jeff Carter na Manassas (Va.) Cocin 'yan'uwa yana wakiltar darikar a kan Kwamitin Tsare-tsare na Bauta, kuma an gayyace shi don taimakawa wajen tsara ayyukan ibada kuma yana iya shiga cikin zaman taron jama'a da kuma taron mabiya addinai a babban cocin National Cathedral. Litinin da yamma, Yuni 11. Emily O'Donnell, mataimakiyar majalisa da kuma ma'aikacin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa a Ofishin 'Yan'uwa Shaida/Washington, an kira shi ga Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen / Tattaunawa kuma yana da hannu wajen inganta taron tsakanin 'yan'uwa matasa matasa da kuma yankin Washington. ikilisiyoyin.

Royer ya ce "Muna farin ciki da hanyoyin kai tsaye da Cocin 'yan'uwa ke aiwatar da wayar da kan jama'a game da yunwa da bayar da shawarwari a fagen kasa," in ji Royer. "Tun daga farkonsa Asusun Kula da Matsalar Abinci na Duniya ya ɗauki ilimin yunwa da bayar da shawarwari a matsayin wani muhimmin aiki ga aikinsa, tare da tara kuɗi da bayar da tallafi a madadin talakawa."

Manufar taron "shine samar da sahihin matakai don karfafa yunƙurin kawo ƙarshen yunwa da fatara, daidai da muradun ci gaban ƙarni," in ji Royer. "Masu shiga za su fito daga Sabunta Taro, ƙarfafawa, kayan aiki, da ƙarfafawa."

Dangane da faɗakarwar Action mai alaƙa, Ofishin Shaidun Jehobah/Washington yana kira don tallafawa wasiƙar game da Dokar Farm da za a aika ga membobin Majalisa; da kuma tallafi ga Dokar Ciyar da Iyali ta Amurka (HR 2129) da ta ce "zai samar da ci gaba don saka hannun jari na 2007 Farm Bill wanda ke ƙarfafa Tambarin Abinci da shirye-shiryen ciyar da gaggawa." Wasiƙar a kan Dokar Farm ta ba da sanarwar sake ba da izini a matsayin "babban dama don inganta lafiyar ma'aikacin noma da lafiya, musamman game da magungunan kashe qwari" (don kwafin tuntuɓi Brethren Witness/Washington Office a 800-785-3246 ko washington_office_gb@brethren.org ). "Lokaci yana da mahimmanci" faɗakarwar ta ce, tare da matakin Majalisa kan Dokar Farm tuni ya fara. Akalla Kwamitin Noma guda ɗaya na Majalisar ya ɗauki kaso na lissafin kafin hutun Ranar Tunawa da Mutuwar. Cikakkun Kwamitin Noma na Majalisar Wakilai da Majalisar Dattijai an tsara su ne a watan Yuni.

Don ƙarin bayani game da Taro, " Shuka iri: Haɓaka motsi " kuma don yin rajista don halarta, je zuwa www.bread.org/about-us/national-gathering.