Labaran labarai na Nuwamba 21, 2007

Nuwamba 21, 2007

"Ku yi shiru, ku sani ni ne Allah!" (Zabura 46:10a).

LABARAI
1) Wil Nolen ya yi ritaya a 2008 a matsayin shugaban kungiyar 'yan'uwa Benefit Trust.
2) Shirin da Shirye-shiryen suna buƙatar sake duba bayanin jima'i.
3) 'Yan'uwa ma'aikatar aikin sansanin ta sami nasara fadadawa.
4) Kungiyar mata za ta mai da hankali kan shekaru 300 masu zuwa a 2008.
5) Yan'uwa rago: Tunawa, aiki, Asiya zaman lafiya taron, more.

Abubuwa masu yawa
6) Seminary na Bethany don ba da azuzuwan azuzuwan a cikin semester na bazara.
7) Sabunta Shekaru 300: Kira don nunin abubuwa da shigarwar bidiyo.
8) Shekaru 300 da gutsuttsura.

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Para ver la traducción en Español de este artículo, "La Junta Directiva Compromete Para El Centro De Servicio De Los Hermanos, Trata Con Un Documento Acerca De Eticas En El Ministerio Y Recibe Resoluciones Para La Aseguranza Medica Y La Esclavitud," vaya a www. brethren.org/genbd/newsline/2007/oct3007.htm. (Don fassarar Mutanen Espanya na rahoton daga tarurrukan faɗuwar Majami'ar 'Yan'uwa, wanda aka fara bugawa a cikin Labaran Musamman na Newsline na Oktoba 20 da Oktoba 30, je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/newsline/2007 /Oct3007.htm.)
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1) Wil Nolen ya yi ritaya a 2008 a matsayin shugaban kungiyar 'yan'uwa Benefit Trust.

Wilfred E. Nolen, shugaban kungiyar ‘Brethren Benefit Trust’ (BBT) tun lokacin da aka kafa hukumar a shekarar 1988 kuma babban jami’in gudanarwa kuma mai kula da Cocin of the Brothers Pension Board tun 1983, ya bayyana cewa zai yi ritaya a shekara ta 2008.

Nolen ya sanar da Hukumar Gudanarwar BBT game da shawarar da ya yanke yayin da ta sadu da Nuwamba 17 a Lancaster, Pa. "Lokacin yanke shawara ba shi da sauƙi kamar yadda koyaushe akwai batutuwa masu mahimmanci waɗanda dole ne a magance su," in ji Nolen bayan taron. “Duk da haka, BBT kungiya ce mai lafiya wacce ke da kusan dala miliyan 440 a cikin kadarorin da ke karkashin gudanarwa na fansho 6,000, Gidauniya, inshora, da abokan ciniki da membobin Cocin of the Brothers Credit Union. Tana da ƙwararrun ma'aikata da sabon tsarin dabarun kuma an tsara shi don ci gaba da samun nasara. " A cikin wata wasika zuwa ga Harry Rhodes, shugaban hukumar BBT, Nolen ya ba da damar yin ritaya a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 2008, ko kuma ranar da aka yanke tare da hukumar.

"Mu, cocin, muna bin Wil," in ji Rhodes, "don fastoci da ma'aikatan cocin da ke da cikakken ritaya; ga majami'u da kungiyoyin da suke da kadarorinsu a karkashin kulawa mai karfi da kuma saka hannun jari a hanyar da ta nuna dabi'un 'yan'uwa ta hanyar gidauniyar 'yan'uwa; Kuma don membobin haɗin gwiwar kuɗi waɗanda suka karɓi farashin gasa da kuma sabis na tausayi wanda ke inganta lafiyar kuɗi da kyakkyawan tsarin kuɗi. Wil ya kuma ba da shawarar kuma ya kula da ci gaban Shirin Taimakon Ma'aikatan Ikilisiya, wanda ke taimaka wa ma'aikatan cocin da suka cancanta na yanzu da na tsoffin ma'aikatan coci waɗanda ke cikin bukatar kuɗi.

"Har ila yau, muna bin Wil don inshorar kiwon lafiya BBT ya ba da fastoci da ma'aikatan coci, duk da yawan ma'aikatan da suka tsufa kuma duk da kalubalen samar da kiwon lafiya a tsakiyar rikicin kiwon lafiya na kasa," in ji Rhodes. “Ko da bayan taron shekara-shekara da wakilan taron suka bayyana cewa ya kamata a rufe Tsarin Likita na ’yan’uwa na ƙungiyar ministocin, BBT ta ci gaba da tuntuɓar waɗannan fastocin da ke fuskantar wahalar samun sabon inshorar kiwon lafiya kuma a shirye suke don ba da tallafi ga waɗanda suke. dole ne ya biya mafi girman ƙimar inshora."

Nolen ya yi amfani da ƙwararrun aikinsa a hidimar coci. Yana da digiri na farko a fannin kiɗa daga Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) da kuma babban digiri na allahntaka daga Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany. A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, an zabe shi don daidaita taron matasa na kasa na 1966 (NYC). Daga baya a wannan shekarar ya shiga Cocin of the Brothers General Board cikakken lokaci a kan ma'aikatan ma'aikatun matasa na Hukumar Ilimin Kirista.

A cikin shekaru da yawa, Nolen ya kuma yi aiki da Babban Hukumar a matsayin mai kula da Asusun na Amirka, wanda ya ba da tallafi ga ƙungiyoyi marasa rinjaye kuma ya ƙarfafa 'yan'uwa su bincika abubuwan da ke haifar da rashin adalci na launin fata; a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Hukumar Ma'aikatun Parish don ibada da fasaha; a matsayin darekta na shirin SHARE, wanda ya jaddada biyan bukatun bil'adama na kungiyoyi masu fama da talauci a Amurka; a matsayin kodinetan ma'aikatun raya kasa; kuma a matsayin darekta na SERRV (yanzu Babbar Kyauta) ma'aikatar sana'ar hannu da ke amfana da masu sana'a daga ƙasashe masu tasowa.

A cikin 1983, ya fara aiki a matsayin mai kula da Hukumar Fansho na Brothers. A cikin 1988, taron shekara-shekara ya ba da sanarwar cewa ba za a ƙara zama Babban Hukumar da Hukumar Fansho ta zama mutane 25 iri ɗaya ba. An matsar da Hukumar Fansho cikin sabon tsarin ƙungiya, mai suna Brethren Benefit Trust. Nolen ya shiga cikin wannan sake fasalin kuma ya kasance shugaban BBT tun daga lokacin.

A matsayinsa na minista da aka naɗa, Nolen yana da ƙwazo a cikin ma'aikatar kiɗan choral. Ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan mawaƙa a Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., tsawon shekaru 37 kuma ya jagoranci ƙungiyar mawaƙa da waƙar jama'a a taron shekara-shekara da taron manyan manya na ƙasa (NOAC), da kuma taron sauran ƙungiyoyin. Ya kuma inganta zaman lafiya a tsakanin 'yan'uwa a matsayin mai kula da motsa jiki da motsa jiki a taron shekara-shekara da NOAC.

A wasu mukaman sa kai, Nolen ya yi aiki a kan allo na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), Ƙungiyar Taimakon Mutual na Cocin Brothers, Elgin (Ill.) Choral Union, da Praxis Mutual Funds, kuma a matsayin shugaban Fa'idodin Coci. Ƙungiya, haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyi 50 da ƙungiyoyin addini na ƙasa.

Kwamitin binciken shugaban kasa ya nada kwamitin BBT, wanda ya kunshi mambobin kwamitin hudu: shugaba Harry Rhodes, na Roanoke, Va.; mataimakiyar shugabar Janice Bratton, na Hummelstown, Pa.; Eunice Culp, na Goshen, Ind.; da Donna Forbes Steiner, na Landisville, Pa. Har ila yau ana kiransa don yin hidima a cikin kwamitin shine H. Fred Bernhard na Arcanum, Ohio, tsohon fasto, mai gudanarwa na shekara-shekara, kuma memba na BBT.

–Nevin Dulabum darektan sadarwa na Brethren Benefit Trust.

2) Shirin da Shirye-shiryen suna buƙatar sake duba bayanin jima'i.

Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Tsare-tsare na Cocin na ’Yan’uwa na Shekara-shekara zai nemi taimako ga Kwamitin Tsare-tsare don matsar da Ikilisiya zuwa ga fayyace matsayinta game da luwadi. Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Shirye-shiryen na manyan mambobi uku da jami'an taron shekara-shekara suna da alhakin tsarawa da tsara abubuwan da ke faruwa a taron. Kwamitin dindindin ya ƙunshi wakilai daga gundumomi 23 na Cocin ’yan’uwa tare da jagoranci daga jami’an Taro.

A taronta na shekara-shekara da aka gudanar a Richmond, Va., a ranar 16-17 ga Nuwamba, Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Tsare-tsare ya shirya wata tambaya da zai kai ga Kwamitin Tsayayyen na bana yana tambayar, “Shin zai yiwu taron shekara-shekara na Cocin ’Yan’uwa su sake nazarin sashe na Bayanin 1983 game da Jima’i na ’yan Adam da ke magana game da ‘masu luwadi da jima’i’ kuma su tsunduma cikin nazari da tattaunawa domin a fayyace martanin coci ga masu luwadi?”

Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Tsare-tsare ya sami takardar neman baje kolin shekara-shekara daga Majalisar 'Yan'uwa da Mennonite na Madigo, Luwadi, Bisexual, da Interest Gender (BMC), aikace-aikacen da kwamitin ke musantawa akai-akai saboda dalilai daban-daban. , gami da sanarwar Babban Taron Shekara-shekara na 1983 cewa dangantakar alkawari tsakanin masu luwadi “ba ta da karbuwa.”

Tambayar da aka aika zuwa ga Kwamitin ta kuma lura cewa “da yawa a cikin cocin sun yi imanin cewa batun shari’a ne cewa a ba ma’aikatun BMC damar baje kolin tare da ’yan’uwansu mata da ’yan’uwa a cocin, yayin da wasu da yawa suka yi imanin cewa ya saba wa koyarwar Nassi. don ba da wannan sarari.” Har ila yau, ya bayyana cewa Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen "ya gaskanta cewa bai dace ba kuma bai dace ba don P&AC ya yanke shawarar da ya kamata Ikklisiya ta yanke."

A martaninta ga BMC game da shawarar da ta yanke game da aikace-aikacen baje kolin na bana, Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Tsare-tsare ya ce, “Muna godiya da ƙoƙarin da kuke yi na shirya wani baje kolin da ya mutunta Bayanin Taron Shekara-shekara na 1983 kan Jima'i. Damuwar da kuke son taimakawa cocin game da kula da lgbt (madigo, gay bisexual, transgender) mutane tare da mutunta su da kare su daga tashin hankali suna da matukar muhimmanci. Har ila yau, mun damu matuka, kamar yadda muka fada a kafafen sadarwa na baya, cewa zauren baje kolin ba shi ne wurin da zai taimaka wa mabiya addininmu su shiga tattaunawa kan batutuwan da suka shafi luwadi da madigo, lamarin da ke haifar da rarrabuwar kawuna a cikin darikarmu. .

"Muna so mu ci gaba da neman kawo gaban darikar bukatar tattaunawa game da martanin cocin ga masu luwadi," martanin ya ci gaba. “Mun yi imani da cewa lallai ne cocin gaba daya ya yi aiki a kan wadannan batutuwa kuma bai dace ba kuma bai dace ba kwamitinmu ya yanke hukunci wanda kowane bangare zai fassara a wannan muhawarar da cewa yana goyon baya ko kuma adawa da muradunsa na bangaranci. Don haka, mun yanke shawarar ajiye aikace-aikacen BMC don baje kolin sarari, yayin da muke neman Kwamitin dindindin ya yi la'akari da tambayar…."

Har ila yau, a cikin ajandar taron Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Shirye-shiryen, shi ne yawon shakatawa na wuraren taron shekara-shekara na 300th, Yuli 12-16, 2008, a Richmond's Coliseum and Convention Center. Wurin yana ba da sarari da yawa don Ikilisiyar Yan'uwa da Cocin 'yan'uwa don yin zaman daban daban da na haɗin gwiwa. Kwamitin ya sami rahoto daga Kwamitin Haɗin gwiwa (JAC) wanda ya hadu a farkon wannan makon a Richmond. JAC tana shirya babban aikin hidima a cikin birnin Richmond na ranar Litinin, 14 ga Yuli, a matsayin hanyar girmama sadaukarwar 'yan'uwa ga hidima a cikin al'ummar yankin. Ana sa ran cewa masu halartar taro 1,000 daga ƙungiyoyin biyu za su iya shiga. Kwamitin ya kuma karfafa masu halartar taron da su kawo kayan gwangwani zuwa taron, wadanda za a tara su a bankin abinci na gida.

Kwamitin Shirye-shirye da Shirye-shiryen da Kwamitin Haɗin Kan Bikin Bikin sun amince cewa haɗin gwiwar ibada a ranakun Lahadi da Laraba, 13 da 16 ga Yuli, za a fara da ƙarfe 9:30 na safiyar Lahadi za a sami damar ilimi ga duk mahalarta taron, gami da gado 30. zaman. John Kline Riders, tare da abokan cinikinsu, kuma za su fito a ranar Lahadi. Abubuwan na ranar Lahadi za su ƙare tare da taron maraice da ke mai da hankali kan ƙoƙarin manufa na ƙungiyoyin biyu.

A wasu ayyuka, Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Shirye-shiryen sun sabunta bayanin matsayi na masu gudanar da taron na ayyukan yara da matasa; sabunta jagororin don abinci da sauran abubuwan da suka faru na musamman don ba da damar kiɗa da sauran ƙungiyoyi don siyar da kayayyaki a abubuwan da suka faru, tare da izinin kwamitin; yanke shawarar taƙaita fakitin wakilai a taron zuwa abubuwan da suka shafi tsarin kasuwanci kawai; yanke shawarar sake duba littafin minti na taron na gaba don haɗa shekaru huɗu kawai na mintuna maimakon biyar; an yi la'akari da ra'ayoyin don tallata Taro na gaba; yanke shawarar cewa ba zai yiwu a yi liyafar soyayya da za ta hada da kowane mai halartan taro ba; Kuma ya ji wani rahoto mai kyau daga kungiyar kula da 'yan'uwa masu nuna cewa za a fadada matsayin ci gaban fasfonin zuwa taron na 2008.

–Fred Swartz shine sakataren Cocin of the Brothers taron shekara-shekara.

3) 'Yan'uwa ma'aikatar aikin sansanin ta sami nasara fadadawa.

Fadada ma'aikatar sansanin aiki na Cocin of the Brother General Board ya yi nasara sosai, in ji mai gudanarwa Steve Van Houten. A wannan bazarar da ta gabata, ma'aikatar ta ƙunshi mahalarta kusan 875 a cikin jimlar sansanonin ayyuka 37 waɗanda suka gudana a faɗin Amurka da na duniya.

"Da gaske mun yi tsalle a cikinta a wannan shekara," in ji Van Houten. Mafi yawan wuraren aikin da aka gudanar a shekarun baya shine a cikin 2005, lokacin da abubuwan 26 suka shafi mutane kusan 650. Wani bangare na fadada shi ne adadin wuraren aikin da aka bayar don kungiyoyin shekaru daban-daban, tun daga kanana har zuwa matasa zuwa manya, zuwa al'amuran tsakanin tsararraki da suka shafi manya. Har ila yau, ma'aikatar aikin sansanin ta ba da sansanonin aiki na ''al'ada'' ga ikilisiyoyi waɗanda za su iya aika ɗimbin gungun jama'a don riƙe sansanin aiki da kansu (a wuraren aiki na yau da kullun kashi ɗaya bisa uku na mahalarta zasu iya fitowa daga coci ɗaya). Hakanan sabon wannan shekara shine mafi girman wurare da aka taɓa bayarwa.

Van Houten ya ce, "Shekara ce mai kyau sosai, daga matasan da suka amsa," in ji Van Houten, ya kara da cewa, "shugabannin manya da suka hau kan jirgin ya yi kyau."

Sabbin wurare sun ba da damar yin haɗin gwiwa tare da sansanonin 'yan'uwa, ciki har da Camp Mardela a Maryland da Camp Wilbur Stover a Idaho, da kuma ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa a wuraren sake gina Hurricane Katrina a gabar tekun Gulf. Sauran sabbin wurare sun haɗa da wurin ginin gida a yankin Appalachian a kudu maso gabashin Kentucky tare da Gidaje, Inc., wanda ya ga rukuni mafi girma a wannan bazara tare da mahalarta 52. An gudanar da sansanin aiki guda biyar a cikin Caribbean ciki har da Jamhuriyar Dominican, Puerto Rico, da St. Croix a cikin tsibirin Virgin. An gudanar da wasu sansanonin aiki na duniya a Mexico da Guatemala.

Amsoshi daga waɗanda ke karɓar sabis na ma'aikata sun nuna nasara ga Van Houten. "Mutane suna mamakin yadda matasan ma'aikata za su biya su zuwa aiki," in ji shi. Yan uwa a koda yaushe suna son sanin dalilin da yasa matasa ke wurin, in ji shi.

Van Houten ya bayyana wata tattaunawa akan St. "Ya dafe kansa," Van Houten ya tuna. “Ya ce, shin wadannan miyagun yaran suna yi wa al’umma hidima? Na bayyana wadannan yara ne nagari masu son zama a nan. Ya yi kokarin fahimtar…. Ya ce, ‘ya’yanku suna zuwa nan suna yi wa mutanen da ba maƙwabta ba, wannan abin mamaki ne.”

A ƙarshen tattaunawar, manajan ya nace ya ba Van Houten runguma, maimakon musafaha da sauƙi, yana cewa, “Mu ’yan’uwa ne.”

Wani alamar nasara mara kuskure ga Van Houten ya zo a lokacin wani sansanin aiki na "al'ada" wanda aka gudanar don Plymouth (Ind.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa a Keyser, W.Va. Shekaru ya kasance daga matasa zuwa tsakiyar 70s. Van Houten ya ce "Waɗannan mutane 26 za su kasance suna da haɗin gwiwar da ba za su samu ba." Ya kuma bukaci manya da su dauki aikin nasiha, su rika raba iliminsu da basirarsu ga matasa, ya kuma karfafa gwiwar matasa da su kasance a zahiri su ne suka fi yin aikin. Matashin ya mayar da martani tare da tabbatarwa, ya ce, har ma ya nuna fatan kakanni da iyayensu su zauna da su irin wannan lokaci. Van Houten ya ce: "Aiki cikin hikima mai yiwuwa ba mu yi komai ba," in ji Van Houten, "amma ina ganin a ƙarshe duk sun ga fa'idar."

Van Houten ya yi murabus a matsayin mai gudanarwa na shirin har zuwa karshen shekara, don komawa hidimar makiyaya. Jeanne Davies ya fara ne a tsakiyar watan Janairu a matsayin mai gudanarwa na cikakken lokaci. Sharon Flaten da Jerry O'Donnell suna aiki tare da ma’aikatar a matsayin ma’aikatan Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa.

Babban Hukumar za ta ba da sansanin ayyuka 26 a bazara mai zuwa, 2008, a kan jigon “Ƙarfafa Hannayena” (Nehemiah 6:9). Wuraren za su haɗa da Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa na sake gina ayyukan a Tekun Fasha; Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.; Jamhuriyar Dominican (Ƙungiyar Revival Fellowship ta Brethren Revival) Roanoke, Wa.; Richmond, Va.; Ashland, Ohio; Baltimore, Md.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Idaho; Broadway, Wa.; Castaner, PR; Neon, Ky; Kyle, SD; Gabashin gabar tekun Maryland; Keyser, W.Va.; Chicago, ciwon; St. Croix; Reynosa, Mexico; da kuma North Fort Myers, Fla.

Don ƙasidar 2008 tuntuɓi cobworkcamps_gb@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039, ko je zuwa http://www.brethrenworkcamps.org/ don ƙarin bayani. Rajista na sansanin ayyukan 2008 yana farawa akan layi a http://www.brethrenworkcamps.org/ tun daga 12:01 na safe (lokacin tsakiya) a ranar 3 ga Janairu.

4) Kungiyar mata za ta mai da hankali kan shekaru 300 masu zuwa a 2008.

Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Cocin ’Yan’uwa Mata sun yi taro kwanan nan a Fort Wayne, Ind., na kwanaki uku na tarurruka. Sabbin mambobi biyu, Jill Kline da Peg Yoder, sun shiga kwamitin wanda ya hada da Audrey deCoursey, Jan Eller, Carla Kilgore, da Deb Peterson.

Kasuwancin da kwamitin ya yi jawabi ya haɗa da shirin yin rumfa a taron shekara-shekara na 2008, tare da haɗa taken taron na ƙungiyar mata a matsayin "Ƙarfafa Mata a Cocin nan gaba." An yanke shawarar mayar da hankali kan rumfar kan shekaru 300 masu zuwa, maimakon yin tunani a kan shekaru 300 da suka gabata.

Ƙungiyar ta tsara al'amurran da suka shafi gaba na mujallar, "Femailings." Za a buga fitowa ta gaba a watan Fabrairu kuma za ta mayar da hankali kan ma'aikatun mata. Kwamitin ya kuma tattauna batun ’yan’uwa a matsayin hidima da yadda mata ke tallafa wa juna. Hanyoyi don tuntuɓar mata ƙanana an nuna su a kai, lura da cewa Blog ɗin Caucus na Mata (womaenscaucus.wordpress.com) da sabon gidan yanar gizo matakai ne masu kyau a wannan hanyar. Bugu da kari, kungiyar tana tsara albarkatun ibadar mata da suka hada da liturgi, addu’o’i, da yabo ga ikilisiyoyin da za su yi amfani da su don hidimar hidima na shekara daya na karrama mata. Lokacin taro kuma ya haɗa da ibada da waƙa.

An fayyace sharuɗɗan membobin yanzu kuma an lura cewa a halin yanzu ƙungiyar mata tana neman sabon edita don “Femailings,” kamar yadda wa’adin aikin edita Deb Peterson zai ƙare a watan Yuli. Duk mai sha'awar wannan matsayi ya tuntuɓi ƙungiyar mata ta wcaucus@hotmail.com.

-Deb Peterson memba ne na Kwamitin Gudanar da Caucus na Mata kuma editan "Femailings."

5) Yan'uwa rago: Tunawa, aiki, Asiya zaman lafiya taron, more.

• Edward “Ned” W. Stowe ya rasu a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba a gidansa da ke York Center-Lombard, Ill. Shi tsohon ma’aikaci ne na sa kai na Cocin of the Brothers General Board, yana aiki a matsayin mai kula da riko daga Yuli zuwa Satumba, 1998. , a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Shi da matarsa, Mary, sun kuma yi aiki a matsayin darektocin shirye-shirye na sa kai na Janar Board na tsawon shekaru biyu, a 1991-92, kuma kafin wannan sun kasance masu aikin sa kai na dogon lokaci a Cibiyar. Cibiyar Sabis na Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Ya kasance jagora mai aiki a cikin York Center Church of the Brother. An haifi Stowe a ranar 18 ga Yuli, 1926, a Chicago, kuma ya kasance mai shekaru 42 mazaunin York Center-Lombard. Ya yi ritaya a cikin 1985 daga Kwalejin George Williams a matsayin darekta na Taimakon Kuɗi na Student, sannan kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in Cibiyar Haɗin gwiwar Jama'a ta York. Ya bar matarsa, Maryamu, da ’ya’yansa David (Phyllis), Ned (Amy), Scott (Ann) Stowe da Ruth (Mark) Karasek, da jikoki 10. Iyali da abokai za su taru don bikin tunawa da ranar Asabar, Nuwamba 24, da karfe 11 na safe a York Center Church of the Brothers.
• Timbercrest Senior Living Community a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., Yana neman cike gurbin guraben limamin coci. limamai biyu na ɗan lokaci suna kula da shirin ziyara da mazauna wurin, suna ziyartar asibiti a cikin nisan mil 50, suna gudanar da bautar jama'a, kuma suna tallafawa aikin kwamitoci da yawa. ’Yan takara masu kuzari tare da zuciya mai kulawa, ƙwarewar ba da shawara mai ƙarfi, gogewa a hidima tare da tsofaffi, da takaddun shaida na iya aika ci gaba zuwa Ted Neidlinger, Timbercrest Senior Living Community, PO Box 501, North Manchester, IN 46962.
• Wakilan Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa suna tafiya zuwa Babban Taron Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi na Asiya a farkon Disamba. Kungiyar ta hada da Stan Noffsinger, babban sakataren Cocin of the Brothers General Board; Merv Keeney, babban darektan Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Babban Hukumar; Donald Miller, tsohon babban sakataren hukumar kuma farfesa na farko na Bethany Theological Seminary; Scott Holland, masanin farfesa na tiyoloji da al'adu da kuma darektan nazarin zaman lafiya na Bethany Seminary; da mai daukar hoto na Brotheran'uwa David Sollenberger. Kafin taron zaman lafiya, Noffsinger, Keeney, da Sollenberger za su ziyarci 'yan'uwa a Indiya.
• Za a yi rajistar Shawarar Al’adu da Bikin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyi ta 2008 a kan layi har zuwa Dec. 1. Tattaunawar za ta kasance Afrilu 24-27, 2008, a Elgin, Ill. "Wannan dama ce mai ban mamaki ga Cocin Babban ofisoshin 'yan'uwa a Elgin, da kuma yin ibada a majami'u uku," in ji gayyata daga Ruben Deoleo, wanda aka nada a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan al'adun Cross. Je zuwa www.brethren.org kuma yi amfani da akwatin maɓalli don haskaka “Cross Cultural Ministries” don nemo fom ɗin rajista da jadawalin bayanai cikin Turanci da Mutanen Espanya. Aika rajista zuwa jwillrett_gb@brethren.org ko aika kwafin takarda zuwa Joy Willrett, Church of the Brother General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120. Don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi Deoleo a 717-669-9781.
• A Duniya Zaman Lafiya ta sanar da kiran sa na gaba na yaki da daukar ma'aikata ga wadanda ke yaki da daukar aikin soja, a ranar 13 ga Disamba da karfe 10 na safe agogon Pacific/1 na rana agogon gabas. Kiran sadarwar shine don sababbin masu samar da zaman lafiya da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun su raba abubuwan da suka faru kuma su sami goyon baya ga aikin su na tsayayya da daukar aikin soja da samar da hanyoyi ga matasa. Kowane kira yana ba da dama don rabawa, da kuma "zaman dabarun," da tunani na ruhaniya da tauhidi game da daukar ma'aikata. Nemo ƙarin bayani game da kiran a www.brethren.org/oepa/programs/peace-witness/counter-recruitment/NetworkingCalls.html. Ajiye wuri a cikin kiran Dec. 13 ta e-mail mattguynn@earthlink.net.
• Ma'aikatar Sulhunta, wani reshe na Aminci a Duniya, yana maraba da masu samar da zaman lafiya na halitta da masu sha'awar magance rikice-rikice zuwa wani taron "Bita na Bada Addini" na mako biyu a ranar Fabrairu 16-17 da 23-24, 2008, a Camp Mack. Milford, Ind. Za a koyar da kyakkyawar hanya mai ban sha'awa, aminci ga samar da zaman lafiya ta hanyar jerin zaman ma'amala da haɗin gwiwa. An tsara taron bitar ne don shugabannin coci, fastoci, diakoni, membobin ƙungiyar Shalom da ƙungiyar Almajirai da sulhu, da duk mai sha'awar shiga tsakani matakin gabatarwa. Jagorancin Janet Mitchell, lauya-mai shiga tsakani kuma ma'aikaciyar ma'aikatar sulhu, da Angie Briner, babban darektan ilimi don magance rikice-rikice, wannan taron zai gabatar da tsarin yin sulhu tsakanin mutane da kuma samar da aikin shiga tsakani. Koyi ingantattun dabarun sadarwa na kowane zamani, ka'idar rikice-rikice, yadda bangaskiyar Kirista ke ba da labari ga hanyar sulhu, yadda ake fahimta da aiki tare da bambance-bambancen salon sadarwa, da dabarun sasantawa don taimakawa waɗanda ke cikin rikici. Kudin shine $275-$350 akan sikelin zamewa kuma ya haɗa da koyarwa, masauki, abinci, da kayayyaki. Matafiya suna biyan $225-$300 akan sikelin zamewa. Ana samun tallafin karatu. Ci gaba da darajar ilimi yana samuwa ga ministocin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Don yin rajista ko don ƙarin bayani, aika suna, bayanin lamba, da adadin mahalarta zuwa Annie Clark a annie.clark@verizon.net ko 260-982-8595. Ranar ƙarshe na rajista shine Janairu 16, 2008.
• An fara aikin gyaran dakin cin abinci da dafa abinci a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill. Environ Corporation, wani kamfani mai ba da shawara kan muhalli, yana sa ido kan aikin don tabbatar da amincin ma'aikata da bin ka'idojin muhalli da na jihohi, kamar yadda aikin zai kasance. sun haɗa da cire tile mai ɗauke da asbestos. Za'a maye gurbin falon falo mai tauri a cikin kicin da falon falo da wani bangare na dining, sauran falon din din za'a sami sabon kafet da fenti, sannan a sanya wasu sabbin kayan aiki a kicin. Ana yin tanadi na musamman a lokacin aikin rage asbestos don tabbatar da cewa an katse ɗakin dafa abinci da ɗakin cin abinci daga sauran ginin ta fuskar samun iska da isa ga ma'aikata da baƙi, kuma ana amfani da hanyoyin da suka dace don aminci. na ma'aikatan da za su yi cirewa, da kuma tsaftacewa da kuma zubar da sharar gida yadda ya kamata. Aikin ragewa ya fara ne a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba kuma ana sa ran kammala shi a ranar 3 ga Disamba. Za a kammala aikin sake fasalin gaba daya a karshen shekara.
• Kungiyoyin masu samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) suna neman addu'a ga tawagar CPT mai mutane hudu a arewacin Iraki da suka hada da membobin Cocin Brethren Peggy Gish da Cliff Kindy. Masu horar da 'yan gudun hijirar Kurdawa ne suka gayyaci tawagar domin jagorantar wani tsarin horar da jami'an 'yan sandan yankin a wannan makon kan hakkin bil'adama ga fursunoni. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.cpt.org/.
• Cocin Linville Creek na 'yan'uwa a Broadway, Va., Ya shirya bikin sabon littafin da aka saki daga CrossRoads Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center: Volume IV a cikin jerin, "Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru da Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwarar kuma a cikin Shenandoah Valley. 2 da karfe 4 na yamma Masu bincike da masu tarawa David Rodes da Norman Wenger da edita Emmert Bittinger za su raba bayanai daga kundin mai shafi 1,090 da ke tattara shaidar da iyalai 60 suka mika wa Hukumar Da'awar Kudanci a gundumar Rockingham da ke arewa maso yammacin lardin Rockingham wadanda suka yi asarar shanu, sirdi, itacen wuta, wuraren ajiyar abinci na dabbobi da na mutane a lokacin yakin basasa.
• Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) ce ke gayyatar daliban ilmin tauhidi da matasa masu ilimin tauhidi don shiga gasar makala don bikin cika shekaru 60 na majalisar. Ana gayyatar mahalarta don yin jawabi kan jigon, "Yin Bambance-bambance Tare - Abubuwan Haɗin Kan Ecumenism a cikin Karni na 21st." Mawallafansu za su gabatar da mafi kyawun kasidu shida a taron shawarwari na duniya a Switzerland a ƙarshen 2008. WCC za ta buga sauran zaɓaɓɓun kasidu. Ya kamata a rubuta kasidu da Turanci, amma za a yi la’akari da ingancin gudummawar da suke bayarwa ba ƙwarewar harshensu ba. Tare da tsayin kalmomi 5,000-6,000, bai kamata a buga kasidun a baya ba, ko kuma a yi la’akari da su don buga wani wuri. Ƙarin cikakkun bayanai suna a www.oikoumene.org/contest. Ranar ƙarshe shine 28 ga Fabrairu, 2008.
• David A. Leiter, Fasto na Cocin Green Tree Church of the Brothers a Oaks, Pa., ya rubuta wani littafi da Herald Press ya buga kwanan nan. “Muryoyin da ba a kula da su ba: Aminci a cikin Tsohon Alkawari” ya bayyana nau'ikan salama guda biyar a cikin Tsohon Alkawali a matsayin hanyar gabatar da muhimman “sassan salama” na nassi waɗanda galibi ana watsi da su. "Wataƙila babbar baiwar Leiter a cikin wannan littafin ita ce hujjarsa cewa Tsohon Alkawari ya ƙunshi tsarin rubutu don zaman lafiya," in ji Jay W. Marshall a farkon kalmar. "A cikin neman nuna gaskiyar wannan hukuncin, ya gabatar da akidu daban-daban na zaman lafiya waɗanda ke nuna inda Tsohon Alkawali ya ƙunshi martani mara ƙarfi ga rikici. Kasancewar waɗannan akidu na zaman lafiya ya sake mayar da babban ra'ayi cewa Tsohon Alkawali yana goyon bayan tashin hankali ne kawai." Oda daga Brotheran Jarida na $16.99 da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa, kira 800-441-3712.

6) Seminary na Bethany don ba da azuzuwan azuzuwan a cikin semester na bazara.

Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany a Richmond, Ind., Za ta ba da darussa huɗu na waje a lokacin zangon bazara na 2007-08, mai mai da hankali kan al'adun 'yan'uwa, siyasar 'yan'uwa, warware rikice-rikice, da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Za a ba da wani aji mai taken "Imani da Aiki na 'yan'uwa a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) a ranar Fabrairu 29-Maris 1, Maris 14-15, Afrilu 4-5, da Afrilu 18-19. Wally Landes, babban fasto a Palmyra (Pa.) Church of the Brother, zai zama malami. Kwas ɗin yana bincika manyan gaskatawa da fassarori na koyarwa tare da ayyukan da ke tsara Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, gami da tattaunawa game da rayuwa ta yanzu da bangaskiyar ikkilisiya.

Za a ba da “Siyasa da Ayyukan ’Yan’uwa” a Cocin Bridgewater (Va.) na ’Yan’uwa a ranar 1-2 ga Fabrairu, 15-16 ga Fabrairu, Fabrairu 29-Maris 1, da Maris 28-29. Earle Fike, marubuci kuma fasto mai ritaya kuma tsohon malami a makarantar Bethany, da Fred Swartz, fasto mai ritaya kuma sakatariyar taron shekara-shekara na Cocin ’yan’uwa na yanzu, za su kasance masu koyarwa. Kwas ɗin zai mayar da hankali kan manufofin Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa da mulki, da kuma yadda ake rayuwa a cikin ƙungiyoyi, gundumomi, da ƙananan hukumomi. Celia Cook Huffman, farfesa na Ƙwararrun Rikici a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., za ta koyar da kwas din. "Maganin rikici." Kwas ɗin ya haɗa da azuzuwan a Kwalejin Juniata da ƙarin aikin kwas kan layi. Kwanakin karatun sune Janairu 18-19, Fabrairu 1-2, da Fabrairu 15-16. Kwas ɗin yana ba da gabatarwa ga nazarin rikice-rikice da ƙudurinsa, bincika mahimman ra'ayoyin ka'idoji na filin, da koyo da ƙwarewa don yin nazari da warware rikice-rikice.Bob Neff, shugaban Emeritus a Kwalejin Juniata kuma tsohon babban sakataren Cocin Babban Kwamitin 'Yan'uwa, shine mai koyarwa na "Annabawa: Irmiya" a Kwalejin Elizabethtown a ranar Mayu 2-3, Mayu 23-24, Yuni 6-7, da Yuni 20-21. Kwas ɗin yayi nazarin kiran annabcin Irmiya, matsayin makoki a cikin rayuwar bangaskiya, yanayin kishin ƙasa a cikin mahallin yaƙi, ma'anar maƙiyi da bege a lokacin ta'addanci, da kuma sadaukar da kai ga Allah a cikin wahala.Tuition is $975 for kowane kwas, da kuɗaɗen da suka dace. Wadanda ke da sha'awar yin rajista a cikin darussan don digiri na digiri waɗanda ba a halin yanzu ba ɗaliban Bethany ba dole ne su kammala aikin aikace-aikacen nan da makonni huɗu kafin fara karatun. Ana iya kammala aikace-aikacen akan layi a www.bethanyseminary.edu/admissions/apply. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Sashen Shiga a 800-287-8822 ext. 1832 ko enroll@bethanyseminary.edu.Mai iyakacin adadin wurare na iya samuwa ga waɗanda ke son ɗaukar kwas don haɓakawa na sirri ko ci gaba da ilimi ba bashi, akan farashin $275 kowace kwas. Ana yin ajiyar wuri ta ofishin Kwalejin ’Yan’uwa don Jagorancin Minista. Tuntuɓi academy@bethanyseminary.edu ko 800-287-8822 ext. 1824.

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

7) Sabunta Shekaru 300: Kira don nunin abubuwa da shigarwar bidiyo.

An shirya baje koli na musamman da gasar bidiyo ta ranar tunawa da taron shekara-shekara na 2008, da za a yi a Richmond, Va., a ranar 12-16 ga Yuli, na bikin cika shekaru 300 na ’yan’uwa:

• Kwamitin bikin cika shekaru 300 yana shirya baje kolin kayan tarihi na ’yan’uwa. Ana ƙarfafa mutane da ikilisiyoyi su yi la’akari da abubuwan da za su iya bayarwa, kuma su ba da hoto da kwatancin kowane abu. Kwamitin yana da sha'awar abubuwan da za su jawo hankalin mutane daga kowane zamani, ciki har da yara. Abubuwa na iya alaƙa da baftisma, Idin Ƙauna, makarantar Lahadi-musamman manhaja da shafukan hannu, kiɗa da littattafan waƙoƙi, tufafi, manufa, hidima, ko wasu maganganun gaskatawa da ayyukan ’yan’uwa. Don ƙaddamar da wani abu, aika da waɗannan ba daga baya fiye da Fabrairu 1, 2008, zuwa Lorele Yager, 425 Woodland Place, Churubusco, IN 46723: ga kowane abu ya haɗa da hoto, suna da bayanin, shekaru (ko kimanin), girma da girma. , tarihin abun, da mai tuntuɓar wanda ya haɗa da suna, adireshi, adireshin imel, da tarho. Har ila yau, haɗa da sanarwar cewa "Ee, na gane ba za a mayar da hoton da ke kewaye ba." Cika fom ɗaya don kowane abu; Ba za a karɓi fom da hotuna ta imel ba. Za a tuntuɓi waɗanda suka gabatar da abubuwa don dubawa a ranar 5 ga Afrilu game da shawarar da kwamitin ya yanke. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi loreleyager@aol.com.
• Ƙungiyoyin Rayuwa na Ikilisiyar Ikilisiya ta Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa ta sanar da Gasar Bidiyo ta Cikar Shekaru 300. Ana gayyatar mutane da majami'u don ƙirƙirar bidiyo na mintuna uku masu wakiltar taken taron Shekara-shekara na 2008, “An miƙa wuya ga Allah, Canjawa cikin Almasihu, Ƙarfafawa ta wurin Ruhu” (Yohanna 12:24-26a). Za a nuna bidiyon da ya fi ƙirƙira a taron na 2008, kuma za a ba da DVD mai ɗauke da manyan abubuwan shiga biyar a baje kolin Ƙungiyar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya. Kowane shigarwar bidiyo ya kamata ya zama matsakaicin mintuna uku, tare da shigarwa ɗaya kawai ta kowane coci ko ɗaya. Za a sake nazarin shigarwar don ƙirƙira da zazzafar jigo. Ana shigar da shigarwar ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 2008. Don ƙarin game da jigon tunawa je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac/richmond/theme.html. Don sigar shigarwar bidiyo, je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/clm/clt/VideoContest.pdf.

8) Shekaru 300 da gutsuttsura:

• Camp Alexander Mack kusa da Milford, Ind., Yana shirin bikin Sabuwar Shekara don bikin cika shekaru 300. "Shin ba zai yi kyau ba idan matasa 300 (waɗanda ke wakiltar ƙarni na gaba na cocin) suka taru wuri ɗaya don bikin wannan gagarumin ci gaba a tarihinmu ta hanyar shigar da Sabuwar Shekara?" In ji gayyata daga sansanin. Ana shirin gudanar da taron ga matasa manya da manya 300. Za a fara da karfe 2 na rana a ranar 31 ga Disamba, kuma a kammala da karfe 1 na rana ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2008. Taken shi ne “Fan the Flame.” An shirya ayyukan cikin gida da waje ciki har da bauta, "Olympics", nunin basira, da kuma kirgawa kamar Times Square zuwa Sabuwar Shekara tare da zubar da kwallon da aka kunna da tsakar dare tare da tafiya zuwa "giciye mai rai" don ibada, da ci gaba da ayyuka a cikin dare. Kudin shine $55 ($ 45 kafin Disamba 10). T-shirts sun kai $10. Tuntuɓi ofishin a Camp Mack don ƙasidu, 574-658-4831.

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