Labaran labarai na Disamba 17, 2008

Labarai Disamba 17, 2008: Bikin cikar Cocin ’yan’uwa shekara 300 a shekara ta 2008

“Duniya na Ubangiji ne, da dukan abin da ke cikinta” (Zabura 24:1).

LABARAI

1) Shugabannin Cocin 'yan'uwa sun yi jawabi a taron WCC na Amurka.

2) Cocin 'yan'uwa ya ba da sabuntawa game da aikin Sudan.

3) Taimako na tallafawa agajin bala'i a Asiya, Amurka ta tsakiya, Najeriya.

4) Yan'uwa rago: Tunatarwa, ma'aikata, ayyuka, sansanin aiki, da ƙari.

Abubuwa masu yawa

5) Ana sanar da ranakun ziyarar karatu zuwa Georgia da Armeniya.

KAMATA

6) Mateo ya fara aiki tare da Shirin Ci gaban Al'umma a DR.

7) An zabi manyan matasa a matsayin masu gudanar da taron matasa na kasa.

fasalin

8) Ruwan sanyi mai sanyi: Tunani daga Jos, Nigeria.

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1) Shugabannin Cocin 'yan'uwa sun yi jawabi a taron WCC na Amurka.

"Yin Zaman Lafiya: Da'awar Alkawarin Allah" ita ce tutar da taron Amurka na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) ya taru a Washington, DC, a ranar 2-4 ga Disamba, don taron shekara-shekara. Ma'aikatan taron na Amurka-Deborah Dewinter, David Fracarro, da John Asher ne suka tsara kuma suka haɓaka taron- taron ya tsunduma cikin tattaunawa game da batutuwan da suka kama daga sulhun launin fata zuwa kula da halitta. Ɗaya daga cikin abin da aka fi mayar da hankali a taron shi ne ƙaddamar da saƙon da za a iya rabawa da zaɓaɓɓen shugaban Amurka Barack Obama game da sha'awar cocin da kuma kira na "da'awar zaman lafiyar Allah."

Fastoci da membobin Cocin Brothers sun kasance jagorori don buɗe taron ibada, wanda aka gudanar a al'adar cocin zaman lafiya. Sabis ɗin ya kasance a Otal ɗin Omni Shore tare da haɗin gwiwar Progressive Baptist Convention. Wanda ya jagoranci hidimar shine Jeff Carter, fasto na Manassas (Va.) Church of the Brother da wakilin Brothers a kwamitin taron Amurka na WCC. Haɗuwa da Carter a cikin jagorancin bauta sune Fasto Nancy Fitzgerald na Arlington (Va.) Cocin Brothers da John Shafer na Cocin Oakton na 'yan'uwa a Vienna, Va. Haka kuma Ilana Naylor na Manassas Church of the Brothers, Rich Meyer na Benton Mennonite. Church, Ann Riggs na Society of Friends, Jordan Blevins na Westminister (Md.) Church of Brothers, da Phil Jones, darektan Brotheran Shaida/Washington Office.

Carter kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ke cikin tattaunawar da aka gudanar a yayin taron game da damuwa, "Wane sako ne Ikklisiya za ta raba wa sabuwar gwamnatin ƙasarmu?" A cikin jawabin nasa, Carter ya bayyana a matsayin damuwa mafi girma ga al'adar 'yan'uwa ta kawo karshen yakin Iraki. Sakon nasa zuwa ga zababben shugaba Obama zai kasance "yin tunani a duniya, yin aiki tare, da kuma aiwatar da dabi'u," in ji shi. “Don zama mai gaskiya da bayyana gaskiya a cikin dukkan ayyuka, da kuma kusanci da imaninsa. Ku kasance da aminci cikin yin adalci, da jinƙai, da tafiya cikin tawali’u tare da Allahnmu.”

Shugabanni daga wasu al'adun Kiristanci sun bayyana damuwarsu game da sauyi su ma, tun daga sake fasalin kiwon lafiya zuwa tsarkin rayuwa, azabtarwa da 'yancin ɗan adam, da ilimi da kula da yara a duniya. An kafa kwamitin da zai tsara wannan tattaunawa ta zama wata wasika da za a aika wa sabon shugaban Amurka.

A cikin wani ecumenical matashi balagaggu gabatar a kan bude dare na taron Jordan Blevins ya wakilci National Council of Churches' Eco-Justice Programme a matsayin mataimakin darektan shirin, kuma ya wakilci Church of Brothers. Ya ba da labari daga abubuwan da ya samu na yin aiki a cikin manyan da'irar ecumenical game da batun adalcin muhalli. Blevins ya bayyana farin cikinsa cewa matasa masu tasowa na yau "sun samu," in ji shi. "Sun fahimci cewa yarda da sauyin yanayi da kuma yin aiki don kare muhallinmu yana da mahimmanci ga rayuwar bil'adama."

Jones a matsayin darektan Ofishin Shaidun 'Yan'uwa/Washington kuma shugaban shirin shekaru goma na Amurka don shawo kan tashin hankali, ya yi magana a matsayin wani bangare na kwamitin a taron bude taron. Gina kan ɗaya daga cikin mahimman jigogi na Shekaru Goma na WCC don shawo kan Tashe-tashen hankula, ya yi magana game da kiran Ikklisiya na kawo ƙarshen yaƙi. Jones ya ambato Shugaba-Zababben Obama, yana kalubalantar kungiyar don samun muryarta, ya kuma tunatar da taron bayanan da ta yi a baya game da yaki, kwanan nan ikirari na laifin da aka bayar a taron Majalisar Cocin Duniya na 2006 a Brazil. Ya kuma yi magana game da bukatar shigar da ikilisiyoyi a Amurka a cikin wannan tattaunawar ta gaskiya. Muryar Ikklisiya "ba za ta iya zama maganganun banza da aka zana daga maganganu ko kudurori," in ji shi. "Dole ne mu yi addu'a, shirya, sadaukar da kai, da kuma neman zaman lafiya a matsayin cocin Allah."

Taron ya bayar da kyautuka na "Masu Albarka". Dukansu Jones da Carter sun shiga cikin gabatarwar. Wadanda aka karrama na bana sun hada da Blevins, wanda ya bi sahun sauran ma’aikatan hukumar kula da harkokin shari’a ta NCC wajen karbar lambar yabo saboda kokarin da suke yi na magance dumamar yanayi da sauran matsalolin muhalli.

–Phil Jones darekta ne na ’Yan’uwa Shaida/Ofishin Washington.

2) Cocin 'yan'uwa ya ba da sabuntawa game da aikin Sudan.

Babban Sakatare Stan Noffsinger ya ba da bayani kan ayyukan Cocin ’yan’uwa a Sudan, a cikin wata wasika da aka aika a wannan makon ga ikilisiyoyin da kuma wadanda suka ba da gudummawar kudade na Sudan Initiative.

Noffsinger ya rubuta "Wannan shirin bai tafi cikin kwanciyar hankali kamar yadda muke fata ba." “Duk da haka, sabbin abubuwan da suka faru sun ƙarfafa mu…. A cikin shekaru uku da ɗaukar wannan ƙalubale, mun koyi abubuwa da yawa.”

Wasiƙar ta jera takamaiman koyo guda uku don ɗarikar a cikin shekaru uku tun daga Oktoba 2005 lokacin da Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa ta amince da shirin Sudan, gami da matsalolin da ke da alaƙa da ra'ayoyi daban-daban na manufa da rikice-rikice masu alaƙa, da kuma cewa a cikin ƙoƙarin sabon samfurin tattara kudade cocin ya gano "yana da wahala a gudanar da wani kamfani kamar wannan a wajen kasafin ma'aikatun cocin."

An amince da shirin Sudan Initiative a matsayin sabon tsarin samar da kudade don ayyukan manufa, inda ma'aikatan mishan suka tara kudadensu, kuma kasafin kudin ya dogara ne kawai akan kyaututtuka da aka kebe. Wasiƙar ta lura da matsaloli tare da wannan ƙirar ciki har da sanya nauyi a kan masu aikin manufa, lokacin da ake buƙata don gudanar da tara kuɗi, da kuma yadda "ya rage darajar samar da gudanarwa gabaɗaya." Har ila yau, wasiƙar ta lura da "tabbatacciyar fa'ida ga wannan ƙirar ita ce hulɗa da 'yan coci ido-da-ido."

Koyo na uku na cocin shine cewa ainihin tsammanin dashen coci a Sudan "an cika da taka tsantsan," in ji Noffsinger. “Shugabannin coci-coci a wurin sun gaya mana cewa kashi 95 na kudancin Sudan sun shiga addinin Kiristanci kuma suna da damar shiga coci-coci na asali…. Aikin da ake yi a wannan wuri da lokaci ya bayyana yana kula da coci fiye da dashen coci.”

An rufe wasiƙar ta hanyar ɗaga goron gayyata ga Cocin Brethren don shiga aiki tare da Reconcile International, ƙungiyar majami'a a kudancin Sudan wanda Majalisar Cocin New Sudan ta kafa. Bibek Sahu, mashawarcin kwamfuta wanda ya kasance mai aiki a ikilisiyoyin Cocin ’yan’uwa a Kansas da Iowa, ya fara aiki tare da Reconcile a farkon wannan watan a matsayin ma’aikaciyar mishan na ɗan gajeren lokaci.

Noffsinger ya rufe wasiƙar tare da neman addu’a da kuma ci gaba da ba da tallafin kuɗi ga aikin Sudan: “Da fatan za a kasance tare da mu yayin da muke addu’a don samun hukunci mai kyau, don ja-gorar Ruhu Mai Tsarki, da kuma hikima don sanin inda Allah yake jagorantar mu a wannan lokacin. .”

3) Taimako na tallafawa agajin bala'i a Asiya, Amurka ta tsakiya, Najeriya.

An ba da tallafi da dama kwanan nan don agajin bala'i a yankuna da dama na duniya. Tallafin ya fito ne daga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na Cocin ’yan’uwa.

Rarraba dala 30,000 ya amsa kira ga Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS) biyo bayan manyan ambaliyar ruwa da zabtarewar laka a Pakistan. An kiyasta cewa mutane kusan 500,000 ne abin ya shafa, inda 40 suka mutu, yayin da 50 suka bace.

Tallafin dala 10,000 yana taimakawa hukumar haɗin gwiwa Proyecto Aldea Global wajen mayar da martani ga zabtarewar laka a Honduras. Tallafin zai taimaka wajen sake bude tituna da taimakawa samar da agajin abinci, ruwa, da magunguna, da kayayyakin kiwon lafiya da taimakon amfanin gona.

Tallafin dala 10,000 ya amsa kiran da CWS ta yi kan karuwar rikicin jin kai na 'yan Afganistan da suka yi gudun hijira. Wadanda suka rasa matsugunansu suna fuskantar matsaloli da yawa da suka hada da rashin abinci da ruwa, tsaftar muhalli, kiwon lafiya, da tashin hankali.

An ba da wani kaso na dala 4,000 don ayyukan ayyukan bala'o'i na yara don magance gobarar daji da yawa a kudancin California. Sabis na Bala'i na Yara ma'aikatar Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa ce.

Tallafin dalar Amurka 5,000 na tallafawa aikin Kungiyar Ba da Agajin Gaggawa (EPRT) a Jos, Nigeria, sakamakon rikicin addini (duba rahotannin Newsline na Dec. 3 da Dec. 5). EPRT wata ƙungiya ce ta ƙungiyoyin addinai guda 10 waɗanda suka taru bayan rikicin 2001 a Jos. Membobin kungiyar sun haɗa da Kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite, Justice Development Peace/Caritas na Jos Catholic Diocese, Majalisar Matasan Musulmi ta kasa, da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta Najeriya, da hukumomin bayar da agajin gaggawa na jiha da na kasa, da sauransu.

A wani rahoto na baya-bayan nan da kungiyar ta EPRT ta fitar, ma’aikatansu Mark da Brenda Hartman-Souder da Matthew Tangbuin na kwamitin tsakiyar Mennonite a Najeriya sun ce har yanzu al’amura sun kwanta a Jos. Kungiyar ta yi rajistar mutane sama da 28,000 da suka rasa muhallansu kuma suka kasance a sansanoni ko kuma ‘yan uwa da abokan arziki. “Mu ci gaba da yin addu’a ga daukacin al’ummar Jos da Jihar Filato da ke fama da wannan rikici ta kowace fuska,” inji rahoton. "Abinci yana da karanci kuma yana da tsada kuma mutane suna ci gaba da rayuwa cikin tsoro da zato."

4) Yan'uwa rago: Tunatarwa, ma'aikata, ayyuka, sansanin aiki, da ƙari.

• Warren S. Kissinger ya mutu ne a ranar 14 ga Disamba, bayan da aka gano shi a wannan faɗuwar da wani ƙari a kafaɗa da baya. Ya kasance mai hidimar cocin ’yan’uwa da aka naɗa kuma marubucin addini da falsafa a ɗakin karatu na Majalisa. A cikin 1988 ya sami fil don tunawa da shekaru 20 na hidimar Tarayya, duk waɗannan suna cikin kundin kasida a ɗakin karatu na Majalisa. Kissinger ya karanta harsunan Yammacin Turai da yawa kuma ya gaya wa mujallar “Messenger” a wata hira ta 1975 cewa ya sarrafa littattafai da yawa a wasu harsuna fiye da na Turanci don ɗakin karatu. Ya kuma kasance editan mujallar ilimi "Rayuwa da Tunani" na tsawon shekaru 10. Shi ne marubucin littattafai hudu da suka hada da "Hudubar Dutse: Tarihin Fassara da Bibliography," "Misali na Yesu: Tarihin Fassara da Bibliography," "Rayuwar Yesu: Tarihi da Bibliography," da kuma "The Buggies Har yanzu Gudu." A cikin wani bita na “Manzo” na “Wa’azin Kan Dutse,” mai bita Murray Wagner yayi sharhi, “Kundi ne wanda ke cikin ɗakin karatu na duk wanda ya gaskata cewa Ƙimar ta kasance mai haɓaka zuwa almajirancin Kirista.” Bugu da kari, Kissinger ya koyar da shekaru hudu a Sashen Addini da Falsafa a Kwalejin Juniata da ke Huntingdon, Pa. Ya koyar da ikilisiyoyi a Pennsylvania kuma ya yi hidimar fastoci na wucin gadi da na ɗan lokaci a coci-coci a Virginia da Maryland. Ya yi digiri na farko a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), da digiri na biyu a Kimiyyar Laburare daga Jami'ar Drexel, da digiri na biyu daga Makarantar Yale Divinity da Makarantar Tauhidi ta Lutheran a Gettysburg, Pa. Ya kasance memba mai ƙwazo a Cocin University Park Church. na Brotheran’uwa a Hyattsville, Md. Kissinger ya bar matarsa ​​Jean, da ‘ya’yansa Anne, Adele, da David. Babban ɗansa, John, ya rasu da makonni uku. Za a gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar Juma'a, 19 ga Disamba, da karfe 10 na safe a Cocin University Park of the Brothers, sannan kuma a binne shi a majami'ar Middle Creek Church of the Brethren makabarta a Lititz, Pa.
• Bill Eicher, mai shekaru 85, ya mutu a ranar 13 ga Disamba a gidansa da ke Harrisonburg, Va. Yana daya daga cikin wadanda suka je kasar Sin a shekara ta 1946 a matsayin wani bangare na “rashin tarakta” ​​na Cocin Brethren tare da Sabis na Brethren. An haife shi a Dutsen Pleasant, Pa., Afrilu 16, 1923, ɗan Marion L. da Vernie Lillian (Shaffer) Eicher. Shi ma’aikaci ne da aka nada a Cocin Brothers, wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na biyu a Kwalejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester a shekara ta 1946, kuma ya kammala karatun digiri na biyu na Bethany Biblical Seminary a Chicago, Ill a shekara ta 1950. Ya yi hidima a matsayin fasto na ikilisiyoyi biyar a Virginia, ikilisiyar ikilisiya. a Ohio, da coci a Pennsylvania. Bayan ya yi ritaya a shekara ta 1993, ya kasance fasto na wucin gadi a wasu majami'u biyar. Ya auri Elsie Ruth (Williard) Eicher na Harrisonburg a ranar 24 ga Yuni, 1949. Matarsa, 'yarsa Linda Neff da mijinta John na Harrisonburg, da David Eicher na Louisville, Ken., da jikoki biyu. An gudanar da taron tunawa da mujami'a a Harrisonburg First Church of the Brothers a ranar 16 ga Disamba. Za a gudanar da jana'izar a Fraternity Church of the Brothers, Winston Salem, NC, da karfe 3 na yamma yau, 17 ga Disamba, tare da binne shi a Fraternity. Church of the Brothers hurumi. Ana karɓar gudunmawar tunawa ga Heifer International, RMH Hospice, ko Harrisonburg First Church of the Brothers. Jeka www.johnsonfs.com don aika ta'aziyya ga dangi.
• Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) da kiristoci a duk faɗin duniya suna haɗa kai don tunawa da rayuwa da hidimar Patriarch na Moscow da dukan Rasha, Alexy II, wanda ya mutu a ranar 5 ga Disamba yana da shekaru 79. Shugaban addinin ya jagoranci. Cocin Orthodox na Rasha tun 1990. Cocin ya ƙidaya mafi yawan mutane miliyan 142.5 na Rasha a cikin membobinta, a cewar wata sanarwa daga WCC. Tun daga shekarun 1960, ana ganin Alexy II a matsayin daya daga cikin masu goyon bayan yunkurin hadin kan coci. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a tattaunawar tauhidi tare da majami'un Furotesta a Jamus da Finland kuma ya kasance a kwamitin tsakiya na WCC.
• Leah Yingling ta Martinsburg, Pa., za ta kammala wa'adin hidimarta tare da Cocin of the Brothers Global Mission Partnerships and Brothers Volunteer Service a ranar Dec. 24. Ta kasance ma'aikaciyar ma'aikaci a Gidan Yara na Emanuel a San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Ayyukanta sun haɗa da tallafi na yau da kullun da koyarwa a wurin, wanda shine gidan marayu na yara da aka zalunta da kuma rashin kulawa. Tana da digiri na farko a cikin ilimin Mutanen Espanya daga Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa.
• Amy Waldron ta Lima, Ohio, ta kammala wa'adin aikinta tare da Global Mission Partnerships and Brethren Volunteer Service a ranar Dec. 12. Ta kasance malamar lissafi a Comprehensive Secondary School of Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Church of the Yan'uwa a Nigeria). Ta yi digirin farko na fasaha a fannin kimiyyar lissafi daga Kwalejin Bluffton (Ohio) da kuma digiri na biyu a fannin kimiyyar lissafi daga Jami'ar Indiana da ke Bloomington.
• Cocin of the Brother's Western Plains District yana neman ministan zartarwa na gunduma don cike gurbin rabin lokaci da ake da shi a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2010. Tun daga shekara ta 2003, gundumar ta tsunduma cikin hangen nesa, motsi na canji mai tushen Kristi kuma ya himmatu sosai ga canji na sirri da na jama'a. Tawagar Ministocin Yanki na sa kai suna aiki kafada da kafada da shuwagabannin gundumomi wajen yiwa ikilisiyoyi hidima, suna ba da damar alakar jama'a a fadin kasa mai nisa. Taron "Taro" na shekara-shekara da kuma shirin kirkiro na horar da jagoranci ga fastoci da sauran manyan shugabannin suna tallafawa yanayin haɓaka haɗin kai a cikin hangen nesa da manufa. Gundumar tana hasashen matsayin zartaswar gunduma a matsayin abin sha'awa ga ƙwazo, majagaba, mutane masu hankali na ruhaniya waɗanda ke neman kira mai ban sha'awa da ƙalubale. Gundumar tana hidimar ikilisiyoyi 36 da ’yan’uwa da yawa a Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, da New Mexico. Ofishin gundumar yana cikin McPherson, Kan. Mayar da hankali ga matsayin zartarwar gundumar sun haɗa da kiran hangen nesa ga gundumar, ba da jagoranci don motsin canji, tallafawa rayuwar jama'a ciki har da wurin fastoci ta hanyar jagorancin hanyar sadarwa na Ministan yankin, ba da jagoranci ga Ƙungiyoyin Ci gaban Sabon Ikilisiya mai tasowa, taimakawa kwamitin bincike na gundumomi wajen kiran ƙarin ma'aikata, haɓaka dangantakar jagoranci na koleji. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da samun ingantaccen bangaskiyar Kirista; zama memba da shiga cikin Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa; sha'awar game da yuwuwar Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa; budewa ga ja-gorar Ruhu Mai Tsarki; kyakkyawar kwarewar fastoci a cikin Ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa; ikon yin hidima a matsayin jagoran ruhaniya na gundumar; fahimtar canji a cikin tsari a cikin gundumar da ikon ba da jagoranci ga wannan motsi; sadaukar da kai ga samfurin Ministocin yankin na biyan bukatun jama'a; sadaukarwa ga salon jagorancin ƙungiyar; iya gina ƙaƙƙarfan haɗin kai na hidimar da aka raba; "babban hoto" basirar gudanarwa; sadaukar da koyarwar Kirista; master of divinity digiri fĩfĩta. Aiwatar ta hanyar aika wasiƙar sha'awa kuma a ci gaba ta hanyar imel zuwa DistrictMinistries_gb@brethren.org kuma a tuntuɓi mutane uku ko huɗu don samar da wasiƙun tunani. Dole ne a kammala bayanin martabar ɗan takara kuma a mayar da shi kafin a yi la'akarin kammala aikin. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Fabrairu 7, 2009.
• Cocin 'yan'uwa yana neman darektan Gine-gine da Filaye na Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Matsayin zai kula da kadarorin da ke Babban Ofisoshin da gidajen da ke da alaƙa ciki har da tsara babban birnin, zaɓin kayan aiki, ƙira, saye, da zubarwa. ; samar da tsarin sararin samaniya, amfani, yin shawarwari, da ba da izini; sarrafa gine-gine da gyaran kayan aiki don tsire-tsire na jiki da filaye; tabbatar da haɓakawa da kiyaye tsarin siyan kayan ofis da ƙananan kayan aiki, tsarin daukar hoto, tsarin wasiƙa, tsarin tarho, da tsarin biyan bukatun abinci; daidaita bukatun fasaha tare da Gine-gine da Grounds a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Da kuma darektan Tsarin Bayanai; kafa hanyoyin rarraba farashi don ayyukan da za a iya biya; kula da motoci mallakar Cocin ’yan’uwa; rike alhakin bunkasa kasafin kudi, sa ido, da bayar da rahoto; gudanar da manufofi da tsare-tsare na albarkatun ɗan adam don rukunin Gine-gine da Filaye tare da tuntuɓar ma'aikatan zartarwa. Ƙwarewar da ake buƙata da ilimin da ake buƙata sun haɗa da mafi ƙarancin shekaru uku na ƙwarewar gudanarwa a cikin sarrafa kayan aiki; digiri na farko ko makamancin haka; iya yin magana da aiki daga hangen nesa na Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa; ikon yin hulɗa tare da mutunci da girmamawa a ciki da bayan ƙungiyar; ilimi da ƙwarewa don tsarawa da aiwatar da hangen nesa don buƙatun wurare masu gudana da amfani da albarkatun jiki; dabarun sadarwa; da ilimi da gogewa a cikin ci gaban kasafin kuɗi da gudanarwa. Nemi fakitin aikace-aikacen Church of the Brothers daga Ofishin Albarkatun Dan Adam, Church of the Brothers, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694; kkrog_gb@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 258. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine 5 ga Janairu.
• Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) tana gayyatar aikace-aikace don babban matsayinta na zartarwa. WCC ta gayyaci majami'u membobi da abokan hulda don zabar 'yan takara a matsayin babban sakatare. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine 28 ga Fabrairu. Babban sakatare shine babban jami'in gudanarwa na WCC kuma yana aiki a matsayin mai magana da yawun majalisar. An dora masa alhakin fassara da inganta dabarun hangen nesa na WCC. Mutum mai ƙwazo ko naɗaɗɗen memba na ɗaya daga cikin majami'un majami'u na WCC, babban sakatare ana tsammanin ya zama haziƙi, ƙware, kuma ƙwararren masanin tauhidin Kirista da jagora mai zurfin fahimta ta ruhaniya bisa nassi da addu'a. Za a zabi sabon babban sakataren WCC a taron kwamitin tsakiya na majalisar a birnin Geneva na kasar Switzerland daga ranar 26 ga watan Agusta zuwa Satumba. 2. A taron kwamitin tsakiya na Fabrairu na 2008 an kafa kwamitin bincike bayan da babban sakatare na yanzu, Samuel Kobia, ya bayyana cewa ba zai sake neman wa'adi na biyu ba. Dole ne a aika da aikace-aikacen 'yan takara zuwa ga mai gudanarwa na kwamitin bincike, Dr. Agnes Abuom. Kwamitin bincike zai tantance aikace-aikace da kuma ɗan takarar ɗan gajeren jerin sunayen a farkon Afrilu. Ana sa ran za a yi hirar a karshen watan Yuni. Je zuwa www.oikoumene.org/?id=6515 don cikakken bayanin.
• Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., ta shirya taron Majalisar Anabaptist na Masu Gudanarwa da Sakatarorin a ranar Dec. 12-13. Majalisar ta ƙunshi masu gudanarwa da manyan sakatarorin ɗarikoki da ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist da suka haɗa da Church of the Brothers, Mennonite Church USA, the Brothers in Christ, Mennonite Central Committee, the Conservative Mennonite Church, and Mennonite Brothers.
• Ana buɗe rajista a ranar 5 ga Janairu da ƙarfe 8 na yamma don wuraren aiki na Church of the Brothers 2009. Taken sansanin aikin na 2009 shine "Bound Tare, Finely Woven." Akwai damar sansanin aiki ga ƙananan matasa, manyan manyan matasa, da matasa, da kuma sabuwar dama ga sansanin aiki tsakanin tsararraki a kan jigon, "Gudun Kan Shaidar Zaman Lafiya," akwai ga iyalai. Hakanan sabon wannan shekara shine "Muna Iyawa," sansanin aiki don mahalarta nakasassu don yin aiki tare da abokin sabis. Je zuwa www.brethrenworkcamps.org don saka bayanai tare da jerin wuraren aikin 2009 da ƙarin bayani, ko kuma a kira ofishin sansanin a 800-323-8039.
• Don taron shekara-shekara na 2009, Cocin of the Brothers's Congregational Life Team yana ɗaukar nauyin gasa don mafi kyawun bidiyo na mintuna 3 yana ba da fassarorin ƙirƙira na jigon taron, “Tsohon ya tafi! Sabon ya zo! Duk wannan daga Allah ne!” Wanda ya yi nasara a gasar zai ga bidiyon da aka nuna daga filin taron shekara-shekara kuma zai sami kyautar $100. Za a rarraba bidiyon su a kan DVD a taron kuma za su karɓi $50 har zuwa huɗu masu zuwa na biyu. Fom ɗin shiga gasar bidiyo da fom ɗin bayani suna a www.emergentbrethren.org. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Jeff Glass a jglass_gb@brethren.org ko 888-826-4951.
• Majalisar majami’u ta kasa (NCC) ta sanar da wani shiri na musamman na gidan talabijin na hutu a jajibirin Kirsimeti da misalin karfe 11:35 na dare a tashar CBS. "Muryar Kirsimeti" za ta ƙunshi kiɗa da shaida daga ƙungiyoyin bangaskiya iri-iri tun daga 'yan'uwa zuwa Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Methodist, da al'adun Orthodox a cikin bikin shekaru 100 na ecumenism.
• Sabbin albarkatu game da batun fataucin mutane da bautar zamani suna samuwa daga gidan yanar gizon Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa, a cewar sanarwar daga Ann Tiemeyer, darektan Ma'aikatar Mata. An bayar da su ne a ranar 10 ga watan Disamba a matsayin hanyar bikin cika shekaru 60 na ayyana 'yancin ɗan adam, kuma an tsara su don amfani da su a ranar Lahadi, 11 ga Janairu, don ranar wayar da kan jama'a game da fataucin bil adama. Jeka www.ncccusa.org don ƙarin bayani.
• Jirgin karkashin kasa, na uku mafi girma na jerin abinci cikin sauri a duniya kuma mafi yawan masu siyan tumatir na Florida, sun cimma yarjejeniya a ranar 2 ga Disamba tare da hadin gwiwar Ma'aikatan Immokalee don taimakawa wajen inganta albashi da yanayin aiki ga ma'aikatan da ke karbar tumatir, a cewar zuwa sabis na labarai na Ikilisiyar Presbyterian. Yarjejeniyar tare da Subway ta biyo baya a kan diddigin irin wannan albashi da yarjejeniyar yanayin aiki tare da Yum! Brands–mahaifin Taco Bell–da Burger King, McDonald's, da Labaran Abinci gabaɗaya. Jirgin karkashin kasa ya amince ya biya karin kashi daya cikin dari na tumatur da ake nomawa a yankin Immokalee na Florida. Sanata Bernie Sanders na Florida ya fitar da wata sanarwa yana mai cewa yarjejeniyar "har yanzu wani ciwo ce ga bala'in bautar da ke ci gaba da wanzuwa a gonakin tumatur na Florida."
• Liz McCartney na St. Bernard Project a Louisiana ya lashe kyautar Gwarzon Jaruma ta CNN na 2008. The St. Bernard Project kungiya ce ta dawo da bala'i da kuma ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa don aikin sake gina Hurricane Katrina na 'Yan'uwa Bala'i Ministries. Aikin St. Bernard zai sami kyautar $100,000 daga CNN.

5) Ana sanar da ranakun ziyarar karatu zuwa Georgia da Armeniya.

Cocin 'yan'uwa da Heifer International suna ba da gudummawa tare da tallafawa balaguron Nazari zuwa Jojiya da Armeniya a ranar 17 ga Satumba zuwa Oktoba. 1, 2009. Shugabannin yawon shakatawa za su kasance Jan Schrock, babban mai ba da shawara ga Heifer International, da Kathleen Campanella, abokin tarayya da kuma darektan hulda da jama'a na Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.

Ziyarar za ta fara ne da kwanaki da yawa a Jojiya da ke ziyartar wuraren kiwo na Heifer da ayyukan gyare-gyare, tare da sauran lokacin da aka kashe a Armeniya kan ci gaban aikin gona, shirye-shiryen zaman lafiya na matasa, da alamun al'adu. Ziyarar na iya ziyartar wurin aikin 'yan'uwa da ayyukan agaji a farkon 1900s.

Kudin $3,500 ya haɗa da sufuri na cikin ƙasa, masauki, abinci, jagororin yawon shakatawa, taron bita, da inshorar ƙaurawar gaggawa na SOS. Mahalarta za su dauki nauyin tafiyarsu ta jirgin sama zuwa Tbsili, Georgia, da kuma daga Yerevan, Armenia. Za a fara aiwatar da aikace-aikacen a watan Janairu. Tuntuɓi Jan Schrock a jan.schrock@heifer.org don karɓar hanyar tafiya da fam ɗin neman aiki.

6) Mateo ya fara aiki tare da Shirin Ci gaban Al'umma a cikin DR.

Bendecido! Sabon darektan da aka naɗa na Shirin Ci gaban Al’umma na Cocin ’yan’uwa a Jamhuriyar Dominican, Felix Arias Mateo, koyaushe yana amsa wayarsa tare da gaisuwa, “Bendecido!” wanda a cikin Mutanen Espanya yana nufin "Mai albarka!" Wannan gaisuwar, ta maye gurbin "Hola!" ya bayyana da kyau halinsa game da rayuwa. Kamar yadda 1 Bitrus 1:​3-7 ya faɗa, an albarkace mu da kowace albarka ta ruhaniya a sama da kuma a duniya. Ko da a tsakiyar gwagwarmayar rayuwa, wannan bangaskiyar tana da ƙarfi ga Mateo.

Bayan tafiyar Bet Gunzel, wadda ta sadaukar da shekaru huɗu masu aminci don jagorantar shirin, Cocin of the Brothers Global Mission Partnerships ta amince da hayar daraktan 'yan'uwa na Dominican Brothers. Wannan yana goyan bayan dogon burin manufa na juya shirin zuwa cocin Dominican.

Mateo ya kawo kwarewa da kyaututtuka ga shirin, kasancewar ya kasance shugaban hukumar shirin tun lokacin da aka fara shi. Kazalika, ya kasance yana sa ido kan canjin kuɗi na shirin zuwa aiki tare da Cooperativa Central, ƙungiyar lamuni ta Dominican. Ta hanyar ƙungiyar bashi, mahalarta za su sami lamuni na gaba, haɓaka ƙimar ƙima, da samun damar yin amfani da sabis da albarkatun cibiyar. Mateo zai ci gaba da tallafawa manufofin shirin na ba da tallafi mai kyau ga al'ummomin lamuni na gida da kuma mahalarta, kuma zai ba da kulawa gaba ɗaya ga jimlar shirin.

Baya ga waɗannan sabbin ɗawainiya, Mateo kuma fasto ne na sabon cocin da ke San Juan de la Maguana, kuma shi ne mai gudanarwa-zaɓaɓɓen cocin Dominican Church of the Brothers.

Kudade don Shirin Ci Gaban Al'umma ya fito ne daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Coci of the Brothers, wanda kwanan nan ya amince da bayar da tallafi na ƙarshe na shirin. Za a samar da kudaden ci gaba na shirin ta hanyar zuba jari da shiga tare da Cooperativa Central.

–Irvin da Nancy Heishman su ne Cocin of the Brothers mission coordinators a cikin DR.

 

7) An zabi manyan matasa a matsayin masu gudanar da taron matasa na kasa.

An zaɓi masu gudanar da taro na Cocin the Brothers National Youth Conference (NYC) a shekara ta 2010. Taron yana gudana ne duk bayan shekaru huɗu, wanda Ma’aikatar Matasa da Matasa ta Ƙungiyoyin ta ɗauki nauyin.

Masu gudanarwa na NYC za su kasance Audrey Hollenberg, babban jami'in Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) daga Westminster (Md.) Church of Brother; Emily Laprade, a halin yanzu ɗaya daga cikin mataimakan masu gudanarwa na shirin sansanin aiki na Church of the Brother, daga Antakiya Church of the Brothers a Rocky Mount, Va.; da Matt Witkovsky, wanda ya kammala karatun digiri a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., daga Cocin Stone na 'yan'uwa a Huntingdon.

Masu gudanarwa na NYC za su yi aiki a matsayin masu aikin sa kai na cikakken lokaci ta hanyar Sabis na Sa-kai na Yan'uwa. Za su shafe watanni 15 suna aiki a Ofishin Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa a Elgin, Ill., farawa a watan Mayu 2009. Aikin zai ƙunshi tsarawa don taron dubban 'yan'uwa matasa a Jami'ar Jihar Colorado a Fort Collins, Colo., On Yuli 17-22,

8) Ruwan sanyi mai sanyi: Tunani daga Jos, Nigeria.

Wannan tsokaci ne ya aiko da wannan tsokaci ta hannun ko’odinetan mishan na Cocin Brothers na Najeriya, David Whitten, wanda ke zaune a birnin Jos a tsakiyar Najeriya. Birnin ya yi fama da barkewar rikicin addini da tarzoma a karshen mako na 28-30 ga Nuwamba, wanda a cikinsa ya barke. An kashe daruruwan mutane tare da kona gidaje da dama, wuraren kasuwanci, coci-coci, da masallatai. Jos wuri ne na majami'u da gine-ginen gudanarwa na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brother in Nigeria).

“Lahadi, 7 ga Disamba, 2008

“Ba mu fita gari lokacin da rikicin ya faru a Jos, muna zaune muna aiki a Jos, babban birnin jihar Filato a tsakiyar Najeriya. Bayan sati daya muka dawo.

“Abin mamaki ne, a ranar da muka isa Jos aka yi ruwan sama. Nan take na yi tunanin Allah. Ba a yi ruwan sama a Jos a watan Disamba! Ba a yi ruwan sama a Jos ba tun lokacin damina ta kare a tsakiyar watan Oktoba. Amma duk da haka an yi ruwan sama, ruwan sama mai sanyi, ruwan sama.

“Juma’a ce, mako guda zuwa ranar da rikicin ya fara. Garin ya bambanta a yanzu. Kuna iya jin shi. Karancin zirga-zirga, ƙarancin hayaniya, ƙarancin mutane tafiya sama da ƙasa. Mutanen da kuke gani suma shiru. Babu wani abu da aka yi game da kona majami'u, masallatai, gidaje, da motoci. Baƙaƙen kwarangwal na bala'i.

“A wannan ranar Juma’a kowa ya yi ta gudu don tsira. Filin mu, Boulder Hill, ya kasance lafiya. A daren nan mai lambu ya zo da dansa yana neman kariya. Shi musulmi ne. Unguwarsa ta kasance cikin tashin hankali. Tare da ɗansa, yana da abokin Kirista tare da shi. Makwabcina kuma abokin aikina Fasto Anthony Ndamsai ya kai su ba tare da fatan wasu daga cikin iyalansa da wasu da ke cikin harabar gidan ba. Akwai rashin yarda da juna tsakanin Musulmi da Kirista, har ma da mutanen da kuke aiki da su kullum. Fasto Anthony ya ce dare ya yi cikin kwanciyar hankali a harabar mu, ko da yake ba a yi barci kadan ba.

“Yau Lahadi bayan mako guda. Mun je coci yau. Cocin ya cika makil. A yayin sanarwar, sakataren ya ba da kididdigar makon da ya gabata lokacin da ake ci gaba da kashe-kashe. Akwai masu ibada 140 a lokacin. Hidimar yau ta haɗa da Bikin Godiya ta shekara. Muka yi ta rawa zuwa ga kade-kade, muna rera waƙoƙin godiya. An gudanar da addu'o'in godiya, wanda ya hada da godiya ga samun lafiya zuwa tserewa daga gobarar.

“An yi godiya ga ruwan sama. Mutane kamar ni, sun yi mamakin saukar ruwan sama. Mai ibadar da ya tsaya ya yi addu’ar jama’a ya yi mamakin dalilin da ya sa Allah ya sa aka yi ruwan sama a Jos. Watakila, a cewarsa, a wanke zunubai daga kan lafazin.”

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Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan sabis na labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa ne ya samar da Newsline, cobnews@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 260. Chris Douglas, Nancy Knepper, Jon Kobel, Karin L. Krog, Terri Meushaw, Janis Pyle, David Shumate, Jane Yount sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoto. Newsline na fitowa kowace ranar Laraba, tare da aika wasu batutuwa na musamman kamar yadda ake bukata. An saita fitowar da aka tsara akai-akai na gaba zuwa Disamba 31. Ana iya sake buga labaran labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen. Don ƙarin labarai da fasali na ’yan’uwa, ku yi rajista ga mujallar “Manzo”, kira 800-323-8039 ext. 247.