Labaran labarai na Satumba 12, 2007

Satumba 12, 2007

"... Wuri a cikin iyali..." (Ayyukan Manzanni 26:18b daga “Saƙon”).

LABARAI
1) Majalisar Ministoci masu kulawa 2007 ta mai da hankali kan 'Kasancewa Iyali.'
2) Majalisar matasa ta gabatar da kalubalen cika shekaru 300 ga kungiyoyin matasa.
3) Kwamitin gudanarwa ya shirya taro na gaba ga matasa manya.
4) Taron Gundumar Yamma ya gayyaci, 'Ku zo ku yi tafiya tare da Yesu.'
5) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Buɗewar aiki, da ƙari mai yawa.

KAMATA
6) Hendricks yayi ritaya a matsayin shugaban kungiyar taimakon juna.
7) Van Houten ya yi murabus a matsayin mai kula da sansanin aiki na Babban Hukumar.
8) Surber da za a fara a matsayin mai gudanar da ayyukan sa kai na 'Yan'uwa.
9) Kettering ya fara a matsayin mai gudanarwa na sadarwa don Amincin Duniya.

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1) Majalisar Ministoci masu kulawa 2007 ta mai da hankali kan 'Kasancewa Iyali.'

Lititz (Pa.) Cocin ‘Yan’uwa ya kasance wuri mai cike da jama’a a makon da ya gabata yayin da diakoni, fastoci, limamai, da sauran masu kula da yara sama da 200 suka halarci taron Ma’aikatar Kula da Agaji ta bana, wanda ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa masu kulawa a ranar 6-8 ga Satumba ta ɗauki nauyi. Jigon nan, “Kasancewa Iyali: Gaskiya da Sabuntawa” (Ayyukan Manzanni 26:18a), an bincika ta ta jawabai masu muhimmanci, taron bita, nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, da kuma bauta.

An fara taron da yammacin alhamis tare da yin ibada da kuma na farko na jawabai guda biyu na David H. Jensen, mataimakin farfesa a Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Presbyterian ta Austin, wanda ya bincika rayuwar iyali a cikin al'ummarmu. A safiyar Juma'a, Jensen ya ci gaba da kallon rayuwar iyali tare da gabatarwa mai suna, "Marking Time Tare: Bangaskiya ta Kirista, Al'adar Yan'uwa, da Sabunta Kwanakinmu."

A ranar Juma'a da yamma, mahalarta sun halarci zaɓensu na bita game da iyali, gami da kallon iyalai na mataki, kulawar ƙarshen rayuwa, lafiyayyen tsufa, ƙarfafa aure, magance rikice-rikice, da kulawa da kai ga masu kulawa. Tsawon sa'a guda "Lokaci don Sabunta Jiki, Hankali, da Rai" ya ba da damar yin tunani shiru, tafiya labyrinth, addu'a, aikin jarida, motsi na tunani, da kuma tausa.

Marilyn Lerch ta jagoranci hidimar ibada da haɗin gwiwa da yammacin Juma'a, tana ba da labarai game da iyali. Mawaƙa da mawaƙan waƙa Jim da Jean Strathdee sun yi wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗan tausayi, adalci, warkarwa, da bege.

Taron na ranar Asabar ya nuna Donald Kraybill da Kate Eisenbise, mawallafa na "'Yan'uwa a Duniya ta Zamani," wadanda suka yi musayar ra'ayi da yawa game da yadda iyalansu suka canza yayin da suke hira da juna. Taron bita na yamma ya sake ba da damar koyo, a cikin tarurrukan bita game da sadarwa, lafiyayyen dangantaka, daidaita bambance-bambancen al'adu da yawa, da da'a na ziyarar diacon.

An kammala taron a ranar Asabar da yamma da ibada. Belita Mitchell, tsohon mai gudanarwa na Cocin ’Yan’uwa na Shekara-shekara, ya ƙalubalanci masu bauta su “je su faɗa” wasu abin da Ubangiji ya yi, da abin da suka koya a Majalisar Ma’aikatar Kulawa.

Sauran abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a taron sun haɗa da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki wanda Stephen Breck Reid, shugaban ilimi na Bethany Theological Seminary ya jagoranta; Jagorancin kiɗa na Strathdees a cikin dukan taron; da kuma karimcin membobin cocin Lititz yayin da suke raba kayan aikin ikilisiya tare da taron.

An shirya taron Majalisar Ministocin Kulawa na gaba don Satumba 2010.

–Kim Ebersole darakta ne na Ma’aikatar Iyali da Tsofaffin Ma’aikatar Manya ta Kungiyar Masu Kula da Yan’uwa.

2) Majalisar matasa ta gabatar da kalubalen cika shekaru 300 ga kungiyoyin matasa.

Majalisar zartaswar matasa ta kasa ta 2007-08 ta gudanar da taronta na farko a ranar 1-3 ga watan Agusta a Elgin, Ill., inda ta ba da gudummawa ga shirin matasa na kasa, da zabar taken hidimar matasa na 2008, bunkasa albarkatu don ranar Lahadin matasa ta kasa ta 2008, da kuma shirye-shiryen tunkarar matasa. cika shekaru 300 na darika.

Elizabeth Willis na Tryon, NC, Tricia Ziegler na Sebring, Fla., Joel Rhodes na Huntingdon, Pa., Seth Keller na Dover, Pa., Turner Ritchie na Richmond, Ind., da Heather Popielarz na Prescott, Mich., Suna hidima. a majalisar ministoci. Dena Gilbert na La Verne, Calif., Yana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga ƙungiyar, tare da Chris Douglas, Daraktan Matasa / Matasa Adult Ministries na Cocin of the Brother General Board.

Majalisar ministocin ta daidaita kan "Ta Hanyar Rayuwarsu" don taken hidimar matasa na shekara mai zuwa, tare da zana wani sanannen magana da aka danganta ga Alexander Mack Sr. don bikin cika shekaru 300 na darikar. Ana daukar Mack a matsayin wanda ya kafa Cocin of the Brothers. Nassin jigon shi ne Kolosiyawa 3:12-15. Za a fitar da albarkatu a kan wannan jigon na Ranar Lahadin Matasan Ƙasa da aka shirya a ranar 4 ga Mayu, 2008.

Bugu da ƙari, ƙungiyar ta ba da ƙalubalen bikin cika shekaru 300 ga ƙungiyoyin matasa a duk faɗin ɗarikar, biyo bayan ƙalubalen babban kwamitin don yin wani abu a cikin 300 na shekara ta ranar tunawa, kamar sake gina gidaje 300 a wuraren bala'i ko kuma samun ƙarin mutane 300 su shiga. a zangon aikin bazara. Shawarwari ga kungiyoyin matasa sun hada da ba da hidima na sa'o'i 300, shirya kayan makaranta 300 don agajin bala'i, ba da gwangwani 300 na abinci ga wurin ajiyar abinci na gida, ko yin addu'o'in zaman lafiya 300.

Taron ya kuma ƙunshi tattaunawa game da Hidimar Sa-kai ta ’Yan’uwa, zagayawa a ofisoshi, da kuma lokutan ibada da yawa. Majalisar ministoci za ta gana a ranar 31 ga Yuli zuwa Agusta. 3, 2008, in Elgin.

–Walt Wiltschek editan mujallar “Messenger” na Cocin Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa.

3) Kwamitin gudanarwa ya shirya taro na gaba ga matasa manya.

Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Matasa na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa ta gana a watan Agusta 24-26 a Elgin, Ill., don shirya taron matasa na kasa (NYAC). Shirin matasa na ɗarikar ma'aikatar Ikilisiya ce ta Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa.

An shirya NYAC don Agusta 11-15, 2008, a Estes Park, Colo., A YMCA na Rockies, Estes Park Center. Taron yana buɗewa ga duk matasa masu shekaru 18-35. Kwamitin Gudanarwa yana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyi su sanya tallafin karatu na NYAC a cikin kasafin kuɗin 2008 don taimakawa matasa masu tasowa a cikin majami'unsu. Je zuwa http://www.nyac08.org/.

Membobin Kwamitin Gudanar da Matasa na Matasa sune Hannah Edwards na Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas, Bob Etzweiler na Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya, Megan Fitze na Gundumar Kudancin Ohio, Ethan Gibbel na gundumar Atlantic Northeast, Caitlin Haynes na gundumar Mid-Atlantic, da Virginia Meadows na Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya. . Ma’aikatan da ke aiki tare da kwamitin gudanarwa su ne Chris Douglas, darektan Ma’aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Babban Hukumar, da ma’aikaciyar Sa-kai Rebekah Houff, wadda ke aiki a matsayin mai kula da NYAC.

-Bekah Houff yana aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na Babban Taron Matasa na Kasa, kuma ana iya tuntuɓar su a rhouff_gb@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 281.

4) Taron Gundumar Yamma ya gayyaci, 'Ku zo ku yi tafiya tare da Yesu.'

Taron Gundumar Yamma da aka yi taro a ranar 27-29 ga Yuli a McPherson (Kan.) Cocin Brethren da Kwalejin McPherson tare da taken, “Ku zo ku yi tafiya tare da Yesu.” Hotunan zane-zane na mai zane Connie Rhodes na Newton (Kan.) Cocin 'yan'uwa, ya yi layi a Wuri Mai Tsarki da kuma hanyoyin da ke kaiwa coci, yana kwatanta jigon. Mai gabatarwa David Smalley ya jagoranci mahalarta 260 da suka haɗa da wakilai 78 daga ikilisiyoyi 33 cikin 40 na gundumar.

“Ruhun taron ya nuna godiya ga motsin Allah a tsakaninmu,” in ji rahoton taron daga ofishin gundumar Western Plains. "Wannan karshen mako mai cike da aiki ya hada da damar bita 11, ayyukan matasa da yara, da kuma wani taron jama'a na ice cream da kungiyar Cedars ta shirya, biyo bayan gabatarwar da kungiyar Matasa ta Heritage ta gabatar."

Mai gudanarwa Smalley ne ya jagoranci ayyukan ibada mai ban sha'awa, wanda ya yi magana don ibadar juma'a da yamma, da mai gabatar da taron shekara-shekara Jim Beckwith, wanda ya yi magana a yammacin Asabar da safiyar Lahadi. Sauran wadanda suka yi jawabi sun hada da Mary Jo Flory-Steury, babban darekta na Ofishin Ma’aikatar Cocin of the Brother General Board, wadda ta yi jawabi ga minista da ma’auratan abincin dare; da Paula Frantz, wacce ta yi magana don karin kumallo na mata.

Abubuwan kasuwanci sun haɗu da labarun canji. Taron ya yi bikin rayuwar Pueblo (Colo.) Fellowship da Cocin Navarre na ’Yan’uwa da ke Abilene, Kan., Yayin da gundumar ta rufe ma’aikatunsu a hukumance. Babban Bikin Ma'aikatar ya yarda da shekaru 65 na hidimar da aka naɗa don B. Wayne Crist, D. Eugene Lichty, da J. Jack Melhorn; Shekaru 60 na Duane L. Ramsey; Shekaru 45 don Robert L. Sifrit; Shekaru 30 don Donald E. Roberts; Shekaru 25 na Kenneth W. Davidson; Shekaru 20 don Joyce E. Petry da David L. Smalley; da shekaru 15 don C. Bryan Harness.

An bayar da tayin dala 10,000 na kasafin kudin gunduma da kuma dala 2,230 don manufa ta Cocin Brothers Sudan. Wani gwanjon Projects Unlimited ya tara $5,100 ga ma'aikatun wayar da kan jama'a daban-daban.

5) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Buɗewar aiki, da ƙari mai yawa.

• Cyndi Fecher ta sanar da murabus din ta a matsayin mataimakiyar ayyuka na shirin Gather 'Round Curriculum project, wanda zai fara aiki a ranar 12 ga Oktoba. Ta karbi mukamin koyar da Ingilishi a matsayin harshe na biyu a Koriya ta Kudu. Fecher ta fara aiki da Gather 'Round, aikin haɗin gwiwa na 'yan jarida da kuma Mennonite Publishing Network, a ranar 22 ga Satumba, 2006, a matsayi na uku na hudu da ke Elgin, Ill. A baya ta yi aiki a matsayin lauya na Visser. da Associates, PLLC, wani kamfanin lauyoyi a Grand Rapids, Mich., Kuma sun shiga tare da 'yan jarida a lokacin rani na 2003.
• Sabuwar Windsor (Md.) Cibiyar Taro ta maraba da Cori Hahn a matsayin mai gudanar da taro. Ta fara aiki a ranar 4 ga Satumba. Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor ma'aikatar Cocin of the Brother General Board, dake Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa. Tare da shekaru 10 na kwarewar baƙi, Hahn ya kasance babban manajan Westminster (Md.) Inn na shekaru biyar da suka gabata. Ta kammala karatun sakandare a Westminster kuma ta yi karatun Gudanar da Kasuwanci a Kwalejin Community Carroll a Maryland. Za ta kasance memba na ƙungiyar gudanarwar Cibiyar Taro ta Sabuwar Windsor, wanda ya haɗa da sarrafa shugaba Walt Trail, mataimakiyar shirin baƙo Connie Bohn, da mai kula da kula da gida Gerry Duble.
• Jordan Blevins ya kammala horon aiki a Ofishin Brothers Witness/Washington na Cocin of the Brother General Board, kuma ya fara aiki a matsayin mataimakin darektan ofishin shari'a na muhalli na Majalisar Coci ta kasa a Washington, DC Ya fara aiki ga 'yan'uwa. Ofishin Shaida/Washington a ranar 1 ga Janairu na wannan shekara a matsayin ɗan ƙwararren ɗan majalisa. A lokacin horon ya halarci balaguron bangaskiya zuwa Vietnam, kuma ya ba da rahoton bin diddigi kuma ya taimaka haɓaka aikin Ruwa da Tsaftar ’Yan’uwa a wannan yanki ta hanyar Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya na cocin. Ya kuma taimaka wajen gudanar da taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista a shekara ta 2007 kuma ya taimaka wajen tsarawa da gabatar da tarurrukan tarurrukan taro da abubuwan da suka faru. Ya sauke karatu a Jami'ar Amurka da Wesley Theological Seminary.
• Rianna Barrett ta shiga Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington a ranar 20 ga Agusta a matsayin 'yar majalisa, tana aiki ta Sabis na sa kai na 'yan'uwa. Ita memba ce ta Manassas (Va.) Church of Brothers kuma ta kammala karatun digiri a cikin watan Mayu daga Kwalejin William da Maryamu tare da digiri na farko a cikin Gwamnati da Ilimin Halitta. Daya daga cikin abubuwan da za ta mayar da hankali a kai shine adalcin muhalli. Ta yi shirin zuwa makarantar lauya bayan shekara ta hidimar sa kai.
• Ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa Biyu, Sharon Flaten da Jerry O'Donnell, sun fara aiki tare da Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Coci na Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa a matsayin mataimakan masu gudanar da sansanin aiki. Flaten ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) O'Donnell ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa.
• Sabuwar Windsor (Md.) Cibiyar Taro ta maraba da sabbin masu sa kai ga Satumba. Adrian da Elaine Sayler suna dawowa a matsayin mai masaukin baki da mai masaukin baki a Zigler Hall. David da Maria Huber, mambobi ne na babbar ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa ta Sa-kai ta Sabis na wannan shekara, za su yi aiki a matsayin mai masaukin baki da mai masaukin baki a Windsor Hall. Art da Lois Hermanson suna kasancewa a matsayin masu ba da agaji don taimakawa tare da jadawalin faɗuwar cibiyar taro.
• Cocin of the Brother General Board na neman mai gudanarwa na Ma'aikatar Workcamp don cika cikakken ma'aikacin ma'aikata bisa ga Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Ayyukan sun haɗa da samar da cikakken daidaituwa da jagoranci na wuraren aiki don ƙarami, babba, da kuma Ƙungiyoyin matasa masu tasowa a ƙarƙashin inuwar ma'aikatun matasa da matasa; haɓakawa da faɗaɗa hadayun sansanin aiki da jadawalin; horarwa da jagoranci ’Yan’uwa Ma’aikatan Sa-kai waɗanda suke mataimakan masu gudanar da sansanin aiki; da sarrafa kasafin sansanin aiki, ma'ajin bayanai, da rajistar kan layi. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da kasancewa memba a cikin Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, ƙwarewar aiki tare da matasa da matasa, ƙwarewa a sansanin aiki ko tafiye-tafiye na manufa, ƙwarewar ƙungiya da gudanarwa, ƙwarewar da ta gabata a aiki a cikin ƙungiya, haɗin kai da haɗin kai, ikon jagoranci matasa da samar da ruhaniya. jagoranci ga sansanin aiki, ƙwarewa tare da bayanan bayanai da software na maƙura, shirye-shiryen tafiye-tafiye da yawa, da digiri na farko aƙalla, tare da ilimin hauza. Ranar farawa shine Jan. 2008. Ana samun bayanin matsayi da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen akan buƙata. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Oktoba 15. Ana gayyatar 'yan takarar da suka cancanta don cika fom ɗin aikace-aikacen hukumar ta Janar, ƙaddamar da ci gaba da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen, da kuma buƙatar nassoshi guda uku don aika wasiƙun shawarwari ga Ofishin Harkokin Dan Adam, Cocin of the Brother General Board. , 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694; Bayani na 800-323-8039 258; kkrog_gb@brethren.org.
• Ƙungiyar Taimakon Mutual don Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa (MAA) na neman sabon jagoranci don cike gurbin shugaban / babban manajan. Wuri shine Abilene, Kan., Wasu awanni biyu da rabi yamma da birnin Kansas. Shugaban / babban manaja yana aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na kungiyar. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da tsarawa, kai tsaye, da daidaita shirye-shirye da ma'aikata don tabbatar da cewa an cimma manufofin hukumar, an biya bukatun masu tsara manufofi, kuma ana kiyaye alaƙar ciki da waje; nuna basirar jagoranci da kula da ofis; da kuma jagorantar hangen nesa na kungiyar, tare da haɗin gwiwar Hukumar Gudanarwa. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da riƙe dabi'un Coci na 'yan'uwa, kasancewa amintacce kuma abin dogaro, samun kyakkyawar ɗabi'a ga canji, nuna ingantaccen rubuce-rubuce da ƙwarewar sadarwa na baka, nuna ƙwarewar mutane masu nasara, ƙwarewar inshora da tallace-tallace, ƙwarewar gudanarwa ko kulawa, da ƙaramin ilimi na digiri na farko. Albashi yayi daidai da gwaninta. Fa'idodin sun haɗa da fa'idodin fansho da fa'idodin likita, hutu da sauran hutu. Ranar farawa ita ce Maris 1, 2008, ko kuma za a iya sasantawa. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa, tare da ci gaba mai shafi ɗaya, da mafi ƙarancin albashin da ake buƙata ga Shugaban Hukumar, MAA Board of Directors, c/o 3094 Jeep Rd., Abilene, KS 67410; fax 785-598-2214; 785-598-2212; maa@maabrethren.com.
• Shirin Gather 'Round Curriculum Project yana neman mataimaki na edita da tallace-tallace, don cika cikakken sa'o'i a Cocin of the Brother General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill. Ayyukan sun haɗa da taimaka wa darektan aikin, manajan edita, da ma'aikatan tallace-tallace; sabunta shafukan yanar gizo na manhaja; da sauran ayyuka kamar yadda aka ba su. Ƙwarewa sun haɗa da ingantattun ƙwarewar sadarwa, rubuce-rubuce da na magana; iya tsarawa da aiwatar da ayyuka a hankali da kyau; ido mai kyau don cikakkun bayanai; kyakkyawar fasahar fasahar kwamfuta; da ikon yin aiki da kansa. Ƙwarewar da ake buƙata ta haɗa da ƙwarewar aiki a cikin muhallin ofis, kayan aiki tare da software na kwamfuta da fasahar gidan yanar gizon, saba da Microsoft Word da Excel, da sanin Microsoft Front Page ko Macromedia Dreamweaver. Sanin Quark XPress da Adobe Acrobat yana da taimako, ƙwarewar kwafi da gyara an fi son karantawa. Ana buƙatar ƙaramin digiri na aboki ko kwatankwacin matakin azuzuwan, horo, ko nauyi, tare da fi son digiri na farko. Fahimtar Ikilisiya na Yan'uwa ko al'adun Mennonite da tiyoloji yana da taimako. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Satumba 28, ko har sai an cika matsayi. Ranar farawa da aka fi so shine Oktoba 15. Don nema, tuntuɓi Ofishin Ma'aikata, Cocin of the Brother General Board, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694; Bayani na 800-323-8039 258; kkrog_gb@brethren.org.
• Zaman lafiya a Duniya ya ba da sanarwar wani kiran sadarwar yanar gizo ga wadanda ke yaki da daukar aikin soja, a ranar 26 ga Satumba da karfe 1-2:30 na yamma agogon gabas. A Duniya Zaman Lafiya a kai a kai yana daukar nauyin kiran sadarwar kasa a matsayin dama ga wadanda ke aiki a kan daukar aikin soja a cikin al'ummominsu, da batutuwan da suka shafi talauci da rashin dama. Kiraye-kirayen wata dama ce don haɗawa da ɗimbin jama'a na masu shiryawa, karɓar wahayi, ba da shawara, da ba wa juna shawarwari masu amfani da tallafi na ruhaniya. Taken kiran mai zuwa shine "Ƙara Bayyana Haihuwa, Ƙarfafa don Tafiya: Ƙimar Manufofin Faɗuwa." Aika imel zuwa mattguynn@earthlink.net ko kira 503-775-1636 don ajiye wuri a cikin kiran. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa www.brethren.org/oepa/programs/peace-witness/counter-recruitment/NetworkingCalls.html. A Duniya Zaman lafiya ne na zaman lafiya da ilimi da aiki hukumar na Church of Brothers.
• Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington ya ba da hankali ga abubuwa biyu da ke kira ga kawo karshen yakin Iraki: Azumin Interfaith don kawo karshen yakin Iraki a ranar 8 ga Oktoba wanda Majalisar Coci ta Kasa (NCC) ta dauki nauyinsa tare da kungiyoyin addinai daban-daban; da kuma Ci gaba da Addu'a a ranar 16 ga Satumba da aka shirya a matsayin mai bibiya ga Mashaidin Zaman Lafiya na Kirista na Iraki wanda ya faru a ranar 16 ga Maris (www.christianpeacewitness.org/vigil). Shugabanni daga al'ummomin addinai da dama ne ke goyon bayan azumin na Oktoba 8, wadanda ke kira ga Amurkawa na dukkan addinai da su yi azumi tun daga wayewar gari har zuwa faduwar rana don kiran kawo karshen yakin. Ana gayyatar al'ummomin yankin don shirya taron hadin gwiwa tsakanin addinai don yin buda baki tare. Yi rijista abubuwan da suka faru a http://www.interfaithfast.org/, inda akwai kayan aiki na tsarawa da saka bayanai.
• Ana gudanar da taron shirin faɗuwar rana na jami'an ƙungiyar ministocin a ranar 12-13 ga Satumba a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill., wanda Ofishin Ma'aikatar ya shirya. Jami’ai sun hada da Lisa Hazen, Fasto na Wichita (Kan.) Cocin ‘Yan’uwa; David W. Miller, fasto na West Richmond (Va.) Church of the Brother; Nancy Fitzgerald, a kan ƙungiyar fastoci na Manassas (Va.) Church of the Brother; Sue Richard, limamin cocin Elm Street Church of the Brother a Lima, Ohio; da Tim Sollenberger Morphew, fasto na Bethany Church of the Brother a New Paris, Ind.
• Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Za ta sake zama hutu a wannan shekara don yawon shakatawa na Ƙungiyar Lung ta Maryland a ranar Satumba 15. Daruruwan masu keke suna shiga cikin wannan taron tattara kuɗi don amfanar yara masu ciwon asma ta hanyar shirye-shiryen Amurkawa. Ƙungiyar Lung ta Maryland.
• Za a gudanar da sashin daidaitawa na Faɗuwar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) Satumba 23-Oktoba. 12 a cikin Peace Valley da Kansas City, Mo. Wannan zai zama sashin daidaitawa na BVS na 277, kuma zai haɗa da masu sa kai 33. Kungiyar za ta shafe makonni uku tana binciken yuwuwar ayyukan da batutuwan gina al'umma, zaman lafiya da adalci, raba bangaskiya, horar da bambancin, da sauransu. Masu aikin sa kai kuma za su sami dama na kwanaki na aiki da yawa, a cikin yankunan karkara da na birane, kuma za su halarci taron gunduma na Missouri/Arkansas. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ofishin BVS a 800-323-8939.
• Ana ci gaba da shirye-shiryen ranar addu'ar zaman lafiya ta duniya. Cocin of the Brothers General Offices ta shiga cikin jerin ƙungiyoyin ƴan'uwa da al'ummomin da ke ɗaukar nauyin addu'o'i, wanda a yanzu ya ƙaru zuwa 80 ciki har da majami'u da ƙungiyoyi a Amurka, Puerto Rico, da Najeriya. Babban Ofisoshin za su gudanar da taron addu'o'i a ranar Juma'a, 21 ga Satumba, da karfe 9:15 na safe a ofisoshin da ke Elgin, Ill. 'Yan'uwa shiga cikin Ranar Addu'a na Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya tare da hadin gwiwar Brethren Witness/Washington Office. A Duniya Zaman Lafiya, tare da Mimi Copp a matsayin mai tsara tushen tushe. “Abin ban mamaki ne ganin yawan al’ummomin ’yan’uwa da ke da hannu a Ranar Addu’ar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya tana ƙaruwa. Manufarmu ta asali ita ce 40! Wannan ƙoƙari ne mai cike da Ruhu, ”in ji Copp a cikin sabuntawar imel. Taron kasa da kasa yana da alaƙa da Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya shekaru goma don shawo kan tashin hankali (DOV). Hansulrich Gerber, mai gudanarwa na DOV, ya rubuta wa Copp don gode wa ’yan’uwa don halartar: “Da safe a kan Google Blogs Alert don 'nasara da tashin hankali' Na sami abu ɗaya: 'Newsline Brothers Churches don kiyaye ranar addu'a don zaman lafiya….' Labari game da Cocin ’yan’uwa mai farin ciki ne kuma mai ban ƙarfafa sosai. Na gode don kafa misali mai kyau! Barkanmu da warhaka.” Copp ya roki ’yan’uwa da ke shirin yin addu’o’i da su jera abubuwan da suka faru a http://www.idpvigil.com/, domin sauran jama’ar yankin su sami labarinsu. Tuntuɓi Copp a miminski@gmail.com. Don ƙarin bayani game da shiga cikin 'yan'uwa tare da Ranar Addu'a ta Duniya na Zaman Lafiya, je zuwa www.brethren.org/oepa/programs/peacewitness/prayforpeace.html.
• McPherson (Kan.) Cocin 'yan'uwa na gudanar da wani wasan kwaikwayo da gwanjo ta Emma Marten 'yar shekara bakwai a ranar 22 ga Satumba. Marten tana sayar da zane-zane da zane-zanenta don amfanin Greensburg, Kan., wanda aka lalata a watan Mayu. by guguwa. Nunin da gwanjon na daga 7-9:30 na yamma, kuma za su ƙunshi sassa 25 na fasaha.
• First Church of the Brothers in Eden, NC, yana gudanar da bikin shekara ɗari a ranar 16 ga Satumba. An shirya sabis na zuwa gida na musamman tare da David K. Shumate, ministan zartarwa na gunduma kuma mai gudanarwa-zaɓaɓɓen taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers, wanda ya kawo taron shekara-shekara. sakon safe. Bayan hidimar, za a gudanar da abincin abinci da aka rufe a wurin shakatawa na coci tare da kiɗa, wasanni, da ayyuka a ƙarƙashin taken, "Ranar Dunkard." Ana ƙarfafa mahalarta su yi ado da tsohuwar rigar ’yan’uwa. Za a fara sabis na farfaɗo da wannan maraice da ƙarfe 7 na yamma kuma a ci gaba har zuwa yammacin Alhamis. Chuck Davis, Fasto na Calvary Church of the Brothers a Winchester, Va., zai zama mai magana ta farfaɗo. Tuntuɓi ofishin coci a 336-627-7063.
• Taro na gundumomi masu zuwa sun haɗa da guda biyu a ranar 14-15 ga Satumba: Taron gunduma na 148 na gundumar Arewacin Indiana zai kasance a Goshen (Ind.) Cocin City na ’yan’uwa tare da taken, “An miƙa wa ALLAH, KRISTI ya canza, kuma Ƙarfafawa ta wurin RUHU”; Idaho da Gundumar Montana ta Yamma za su hadu a ƙarƙashin taken, “Mai yiwuwa manufa! Fadada Mulki a Sudan ta Kudu da Kudancin Idaho," a Cocin Bowmont na 'yan'uwa a Nampa, Idaho. Gundumomi biyu suna tsara taronsu na shekara-shekara don Satumba 21-22: Gundumar Kudancin/Tsakiya Indiana za su hadu a Living Faith Church of the Brothers in Flora, Ind.; Gundumar Marva ta Yamma za ta hadu a Moorefield (W.Va.) Church of the Brothers.
• Bikin Barbecue na Chicken na 51st na Arewacin Ohio da Bikin Wahayi a Inspiration Hills, wani sansanin kusa da Burbank, Ohio, zai gudana a ranar Asabar, 22 ga Satumba. Za a yi amfani da barbecue daga 11 na safe zuwa 1:30 na yamma Sauran ayyukan sun haɗa da haduwar camper, hikes , sana'a, wasanni, keken keke, da rumfunan coci. Da karfe 10 na safe ana shirin rera waƙoƙin sansanin na da, sannan kuma a yi sujada da ƙarfe 10:30 na safe Ana yin gwanjon kwando da ƙarfe 1-3 na yamma Za a karɓi ba da kyauta ga Asusun Ma'aikatar Student don samun tallafin karatu ga waɗanda ke shiga Kiristanci. hidima. Hukumar Ma'aikatar Waje ta gundumar ce ta shirya bikin.
• Ƙauyen da ke Morrison's Cove, Cibiyar ritaya ta 'yan'uwa a Martinsburg, Pa., tana gudanar da liyafa mai kyau na Samariya a ranar 22 ga Satumba a gidan caca a Altoona, Pa. Za a fara liyafar da karfe 5:30 na yamma sannan abincin dare a 6 pm Abubuwan da aka samu daga taron $100 na kowane mutum zai taimaka wa mazaunan da suka wuce albarkatun kuɗin su; Ƙauyen ya ba da dala miliyan 1.6 a cikin kulawar da ba a biya ba a cikin 2006, bisa ga sanarwar a cikin jaridar Middle Pennsylvania District. Shirin ya ƙunshi Lou Stein, wanda ya yi wasa tare da Lawrence Welk, Dorsey Brothers, da kuma cikakkiyar mawaƙa na Sweet Adelines. Ƙauyen zai girmama ma'aikaci tare da Kyautar Kyauta da Kyautar Sabis mai Girma.
• Pinecrest Community, Coci na 'yan'uwa cibiyar ritaya a Dutsen Morris, Ill., Yana karbar bakuncin jama'a "Block Party" a ranar 20 ga Satumba. Sabuwar cibiyar tana cikin Pinecrest Grove, ci gaba mai girman eka 2008 ga manya masu aiki 20 ko sama da haka. Ƙungiyar Block ta fara da Kasuwanci Bayan Sa'o'i a 62 na yamma, sannan kuma bikin al'umma a 5 pm Block Party baƙi za a kula da su don rayuwa tare da mawaki Jazzy Jeff a 7 pm da Beth da John Chase tare da Ed Garrison a 5 pm Masu halarta kuma za su ga irin ayyukan da ake sa ran za a yi a cibiyar tare da rangadi. Za a sami damar saduwa da mawallafa na gida Clarence Mitchell, marubucin karni na "The Diary of a Journeyman," da Gary Haynes, tsohon mai daukar hoto na United Press International da marubucin "HOTO WANNAN!," da kuma mai zane Jeff Adams. Don ƙarin bayani kira 8-815-734.
• A abubuwa guda biyu a ranar 25 ga Satumba, Farfesa Farfesa na Kwalejin Elizabethtown Donald B. Kraybill da mawallafinsa guda biyu za su tattauna littafin da aka buga kwanan nan, "Amish Grace: Yadda Gafara Ya Canja Bala'i," wanda ya ba da labarin Amish alheri da gafara a cikin farkawa. na harbin da aka yi a makarantar Nickel Mines Amish a watan Oktoban da ya gabata. Gabatarwar farko ta fara ne da ƙarfe 4 na yamma a Babban Laburare a kwalejin, sai kuma magana da ƙarfe 7:30 na yamma a Cocin Elizabethtown Church of the Brothers. Za a samu kwafin littafin don siye da sa hannu a duka abubuwan biyu, waɗanda ke buɗe wa jama'a kyauta. Jossey-Bass ne ya buga, “Amish Grace” Kraybill ne ya rubuta tare da Steven M. Nolt, farfesa na tarihi a Kwalejin Goshen; da David L. Weaver-Zercher, mataimakin farfesa a tarihin addini a Kwalejin Almasihu. Za a ba da kuɗin sarauta daga sayar da littafin ga Kwamitin Tsakiyar Mennonite.
• Brothers Voices, shirin talabijin na al'umma na tsawon mintuna 30 wanda Ed Groff na Cocin Peace na Portland na 'yan'uwa ya samar, yana haskaka shirye-shirye guda biyu masu zuwa. Shirin na Satumba ya ƙunshi Sabon Ayyukan Al'umma da Gwich'in Charley Swaney na ƙauyen Arctic, Alaska, a cikin wani shiri mai taken "The Gwich'in-A Matter of Survival." Salon rayuwa da al'adun kabilar Gwich'in sun ta'allaka ne a yankin caribou, wanda ka iya yin barazana ga yuwuwar hako mai a wuraren da ake kiwo a cikin 'yan gudun hijirar namun daji na Arctic National Refuge, in ji wata sanarwa daga Brethren Voices. Ana samun kwafin shirin Satumba akan $9 daga Voices Brothers, 12305 NE 27th St., Vancouver, WA. 98684. "Sojojin Amurka suna son yin amfani da ku" shine shirin Oktoba wanda ke nuna Matt Guynn na Amincin Duniya, wanda ke tallafawa matasa da ikilisiyoyi masu mu'amala da kokarin daukar sojojin Amurka. Rachael Waas Shull ne ya dauki nauyin shirin kuma an kara shi da bidiyon da On Earth Peace da Kwamitin Sabis na Abokan Amurka suka bayar. Ikilisiyoyi 12 daban-daban na ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa a duk faɗin ƙasar suna ƙaddamar da Muryar ’yan’uwa ga gidajen talabijin na yankin, kuma wasu suna amfani da shi azaman hanyar bidiyo don shirye-shiryen makarantar Lahadi da hidimar harabar. Don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi Ed Groff a groffprod1@msn.com ko 360-256-8550.
• Satumba 29 ita ce ranar girbi na shekara-shekara a CrossRoads (Valley Brothers-Mennonite Heritage Centre) a Harrisonburg, Va. Abubuwan da suka faru daga 10 na safe zuwa 3 na yamma sun haɗa da ayyukan yara kamar wasanni na zamani da fasaha, zanen kabewa da gourds, hayrides, harsashi. da kuma niƙa masara don ciyar da dabbobin barni, yin pancakes da man shanu, da ƴan tsana. Manya za su ji daɗin labarai, kiɗa, dafaffen miya, latsa cider, gungumen katako tare da ƙetare, zaren kaɗa, ƙwanƙwasa, abinci na gida, da ƙari. Kudin shiga shine $8 kowace kaya. Don ƙarin je zuwa http://www.vbmhc.org/.

6) Hendricks yayi ritaya a matsayin shugaban kungiyar taimakon juna.

Jean L. Hendricks ta sanar da yin murabus a matsayin shugabar kuma babban manajan kungiyar agaji ta Mutual Aid Association for the Church of the Brethren (MAA), daga ranar 1 ga Mayu, 2008. Tun daga watan Fabrairun 2001, Hendricks ta jagoranci ma’aikatar kungiyar na bayar da inshorar dukiya ga Coci. na ’Yan’uwa daidaikun mutane, ikilisiyoyi, da ƙungiyoyi.

Ayyukanta sun haɗa da yin aiki a matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa na MAA da kuma ba da kulawa ga kamfanin. Ta kuma ba da jagoranci tare da kwamitin gudanarwa na MAA, wakilai masu daidaitawa, da masu kula da ma'aikata a ofishin kungiyar da ke Abilene, Kan, ta wakilci MAA a Cocin of Brothers na shekara-shekara da taron gundumomi, kuma ta taimaka wajen ci gaban ci gaban. taron membobin shekara-shekara.

Hendricks ya kammala karatun digiri na McPherson (Kan.) College da Bethany Theological Seminary, kuma ya sami digiri na uku daga Jami'ar Kansas. Ta yi hidimar ikilisiyoyi a Iowa da Kansas, kuma ta yi aiki da Cocin of the Brother General Board daga 1991-97 a cikin shirin horar da hidima. Ta yi aiki da Kwalejin McPherson daga 1997-2000 a matsayin darektan hulɗar coci. Har ila yau, ta yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na Bethany, ta kasance ma'aikaciyar kungiyar 'yan'uwa ta ministoci, kuma ta kasance mamba a hukumar MAA.

Hendricks ya taimaka wajen jagorantar kungiyar ta hanyar canji a cikin jagoranci a farkon wa'adinta na shugaban kasa, kuma za ta taimaka MAA ta wani lokaci na mika mulki a cikin watanni takwas masu zuwa yayin da aka sanya sabon jagoranci (duba aikin budewa a "Brethren bits") sama).

7) Van Houten ya yi murabus a matsayin mai kula da sansanin aiki na Babban Hukumar.

Steve Van Houten ya yi murabus a matsayin kodinetan ma’aikatar Workcamp na Cocin of the Brother General Board, daga ranar 30 ga Janairu, 2008. Ya fara aikinsa da Babban Hukumar a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2006, lokacin da aka ɗauke shi aiki don cike sabbin ma’aikata. matsayin mai kula da sansanin aiki a ma'aikatun matasa da matasa na hukumar.

A cikin shekarar da ta gabata, Van Houten da ma'aikatan sansanin sun fara haɓaka shirin sansanin aiki. A wannan lokacin rani, ya kula da sansanonin ayyuka 37 da suka ƙunshi mahalarta 854.

Kafin zuwan Babban Hukumar Van Houten ya yi aiki a matsayin Fasto na tsawon shekaru 25, kwanan nan a matsayin babban Fasto na Cocin Akron (Ohio) Springfield Church of the Brothers. A cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata ya kuma yi aiki akai-akai a matsayin jagoran sansanin aikin sa kai na Babban Hukumar, kuma ya kasance shugaban gudanarwa ko mai kula da ayyukan hidima a taron matasa na ƙasa huɗu na ƙarshe. Yana tunanin komawa hidimar fastoci.

8) Surber da za a fara a matsayin mai gudanar da ayyukan sa kai na 'Yan'uwa.

Callie Surber ya fara Satumba 17 a matsayin mai gudanarwa na 'yan'uwa na sa kai na hidima ga Cocin of the Brother General Board. Ta kasance mai taimakawa ajin koyarwa a Makarantun Accel a Phoenix, Ariz., Inda ta taimaka wa babban malamin da aji na matasa tara masu tsananin autism.

A baya, Surber ya koyar da Turanci ga daliban makarantar sakandare 160 a Mubi, Najeriya, a matsayin ma’aikacin mishan kuma ‘yan sa kai na ‘Yan’uwa na Kungiyar Hadin Kan Kasashen Duniya na Ofishin Jakadancin na Cocin Brethren. Ita mamba ce ta Circle of Peace Church of the Brother in Peoria, Ariz., Inda ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kungiyar matasa. A cikin wasu hidimar cocin, ta ba da jagoranci kuma ta sauƙaƙe shirye-shirye don matasa, ta halarci taron Haɗuwa da Matasa, ta koyar da makarantar Lahadi, kuma kwanan nan ta fara daidaita farawa na ƙananan tarurruka.

An sami ilimin Surber a Jami'ar Illinois a Champaign-Urbana, a cikin Pathology na Magana da Audiology.

9) Kettering ya fara a matsayin mai gudanarwa na sadarwa don Amincin Duniya.

A Duniya Zaman Lafiya ya gabatar da Gimbiya Kettering a matsayin mai kula da harkokin sadarwa. A cikin wannan matsayi da aka raba tare da Barb Sayler, Kettering zai mayar da hankali kan rubuce-rubuce da gyara labaran labarai, tallata abubuwan da suka faru, da sauran rubuce-rubucen sadarwa.

Kettering yana shiga cikin ma'aikatan On Earth Peace daga Takoma Park, Md. Ta kawo ma'auni na rubuce-rubuce da basirar edita. An haife ta a Nairobi, Kenya, ta dangin kabilanci da ke da tushe a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, ta kuma kawo hangen nesa na musamman kan batutuwan bambancin da wayar da kan al’adu iri-iri.

Ta yi digirin farko a fannin nazarin kasa da kasa daga Kwalejin Maryville (Tenn.), sannan ta yi digiri na biyu a Creative Writing daga Jami’ar Amurka da ke Washington, DC Ita ce mawallafin “Inside Sudan: People-to-People Grassroots,” ta buga. Majalisar Cocin New Sudan. Za a iya samun ta a gimbiyakettering@yahoo.com ko 301-717-0971.

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Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford ne ya samar da Newsline, darektan hidimomin labarai na Cocin of the Brother General Board, cobnews@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 260. J. Allen Brubaker, Kathleen Campanella, Michael K. Garner, Ed Groff, Jean Hendricks, Bekah Houff, Karin Krog, Beth Merrill, da Anna Speicher sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoton. Newsline yana fitowa kowace ranar Laraba, tare da shirin labarai na gaba akai-akai wanda aka saita don Satumba 26. Ana iya aika wasu batutuwa na musamman idan an buƙata. Za a iya sake buga labaran labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen. Don ƙarin labarai da fasali na Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa, biyan kuɗi zuwa mujallar “Manzo”, kira 800-323-8039 ext. 247.