Labaran labarai na Disamba 31, 2008

Labarai - Disamba 31, 2008

“Bikin Cika Shekaru 300 na Cocin ’Yan’uwa a 2008”

“Kana shirya tebur a gabana…” (Zabura 23:5a).

LABARAI

1) Kuɗin ’yan’uwa suna ba da tallafin tallafi ga ma’aikatun yunwa na cikin gida.

2) Cocin ’yan’uwa ya shirya babban aikin dawo da bala’i a Haiti.

3) Ana ba da tallafi ga Pakistan, Kongo, Thailand.

4) Dubban mutane sun taru a Fort Benning don adawa da Makarantar Amurka.

5) Ikklisiya guda uku suna gabatar da Kiɗa na Tercentennial.

6) Yan'uwa yan'uwa: Gyara, bayarwa na ƙarshen shekara, buɗe aiki, ƙari.

RUFE NUNA SHEKARU 300

7) Murabus akan kira mai ƙarfi na canji.

8) An kafa sandar zaman lafiya a Schwarzenau.

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Sabo akan Intanet, alamar tambarin taron shekara-shekara na Coci na 2009 yana kan layi. Jan Hurst na McPherson, Kan., ne ya kirkiro tambarin don kwatanta jigon taron: “Tsohon ya shuɗe! Sabon ya zo! Duk wannan daga Allah ne.” Jeka www.cobannualconference.org/ac/ac don duba tambarin kuma don ƙarin bayani game da taron da za a yi a San Diego, Calif., akan Yuni 26-30.

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Tuntuɓi cobnews@brethren.org don bayani game da yadda ake biyan kuɗi ko cire rajista zuwa Newsline. Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers jeka www.brethren.org kuma danna "Labarai."

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1) Kuɗin ’yan’uwa suna ba da tallafin tallafi ga ma’aikatun yunwa na cikin gida.

Cocin of the Brothers Global Food Crisis Fund da Asusun Ba da Agajin Bala'i sun fara wani sabon shiri don ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyin su yi ƙoƙari na musamman a wannan lokacin sanyi don biyan bukatun bankin abinci na gida ko miya. Shirin "Gidan Yunwa na Gida" haɗin gwiwa ne tare da sashen kula da Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa.

Za a daidaita ikilisiyoyin dala kan dala-har zuwa $500-don kyauta ga bankin abinci na gida ko ɗakin dafa abinci. Za a ci gaba da gudanar da shirin har zuwa ranar 15 ga Maris. An samar da shi ne "domin magance matsalar wadatar kayayyaki a bankunan abinci na kasarmu," in ji Ken Neher, darektan kula da ci gaban masu ba da agaji.

Domin samun cancantar tallafin dole ne ikilisiya ta tara sabon kuɗi don matsalar abinci, cike da mayar da fom ɗin neman aiki, kuma ta haɗa kwafin cakin da ta rubuta zuwa bankin abinci ko kuma ɗakin miya. Za a fitar da cak ɗin da ya dace da sunan ƙungiyar kuma a aika da wasiƙu zuwa ikilisiyar da ke neman isarwa zuwa ƙungiyar gida. Za a bayar da tallafin da ya dace har sai dalar Amurka 50,000 da aka ware don shirin ta kudaden biyu ta kare.

Shirin bayar da tallafi kuma wata hanya ce da Cocin 'yan'uwa ke ba da gudummawa ga sabon girmamawa na ƙungiyar Ikilisiyar Kirista tare (CCT). Kowace kungiya membobi da darika a CCT suna magance talauci ta wata hanya ta musamman har zuwa Easter 2009, a cewar Wendy McFadden, wanda ke taimakawa wakilcin Cocin Brothers a CCT.

Neher ya ce: "Muna addu'ar wannan zai sa jama'ar ku su yi karimci kan wannan rikicin da ke kara ta'azzara a yankunanmu."

2) Cocin ’yan’uwa ya shirya babban aikin dawo da bala’i a Haiti.

Shirye-shiryen Cocin 'Yan'uwa suna shirin wani babban aikin dawo da bala'i na dogon lokaci a Haiti don magance guguwar bazara da guguwa mai zafi, biyo bayan ziyarar tawagar tantance 'yan'uwa a wannan kaka.

Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa ne ke gudanar da aikin ba da agajin bala'i na Haiti. Sauran ƙungiyoyin da ke cikin shirye-shiryen da aiwatar da martanin sun haɗa da Cocin Brethren Haiti Ofishin Jakadancin, Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Haiti, Ƙungiyoyin Hidimar Duniya, Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya, da Jeff Boshart wanda zai zama mai gudanarwa don mayar da martani ga bala'in Haiti. .

An ba da gudummawar dalar Amurka 100,000 daga Cocin ’Yan’uwa Asusun Gaggawa na Bala’i don aikin a Haiti, wanda zai haɗa da sake gina gida, gina hanyoyi, shirye-shiryen yara, da tallafin noma. Hakanan ana shirin horar da sana'o'i, horar da iya jagoranci, da taimakon jinya. Aikin na iya haɗawa da jigilar naman gwangwani da ayyukan naman gwangwani na Gundumar Mid-Atlantic da Kudancin Pennsylvania suka samar. Ana sa ran aikin zai dauki tsawon shekaru uku.

Guguwa huɗu masu zafi da guguwa (Fay, Gustav, Hanna, da Ike) sun tsallaka Haiti a lokacin bazara, wanda ya shafi yawancin yankunan ƙasar. Kowace guguwa ta kara tsananta talauci da rashin abinci a Haiti, a cewar rahotanni daga ma'aikatan agajin bala'i. Sama da mutane 800 ne suka mutu a cikin guguwar kuma wasu gidaje 200,000 sun lalace ko kuma suka lalace.

Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Ofishin Jakadancin Haiti ya ba da rahoton cewa aƙalla ’yan’uwan Haiti 35 sun rasa gidajensu. Akwai ikilisiyoyi biyar na Cocin ’yan’uwa a Haiti, da kuma wuraren wa’azi guda 10.

Aikin zai mai da hankali kan farfadowa na dogon lokaci a al’ummomin da aka kafa majami’un ’yan’uwa ko wuraren wa’azi, in ji Roy Winter, babban darekta na Ministocin Bala’i na ’yan’uwa. Yayin da martanin zai mai da hankali kan al’ummomin da abin ya shafa ’Yan’uwa, ya kara da cewa, “Amsarmu za ta mai da hankali ga waɗanda suke da buƙatu mafi girma a cikin al’umma kuma ba za su nuna wariya bisa alaƙar ikilisiya ba.” ‘Yan’uwa na shirin yin aiki tare da sauran kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da kungiyoyin fastoci, tare da hadin gwiwar jami’an kananan hukumomi. Ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu waɗanda aka gayyata don shiga ciki har da Habitat for Humanity, Haiti Outreach, da Kwamitin Tsakiyar Mennonite.

Wuraren da ’yan’uwa za su iya ba da amsa su ne Mirebalais, wani yanki mai tsaunuka da ke arewacin Port au Prince inda wuraren wa’azi na ’yan’uwa suke a cikin lungu da saƙon da za a iya zuwa ta hanyar ƙafa kawai, da Gonaives, inda akwai wurin wa’azi na ’yan’uwa. Yankin Gonaives ya sami barna mafi girma daga guguwa, tare da lalacewa da yawa da kuma rugujewar gidaje a cikin filayen ambaliya ko zabtarewar laka.

Boshart ya yi tafiya zuwa Haiti a ranar 16 ga Disamba don yin aiki kan bunkasa aikin dawo da bala'i. Tawagar da ta gudanar da aikin tantancewar a watan Oktoba sun hada da Ludovic St. Fleur, kodinetan mishan na Haiti kuma fasto na L'Eglise des Freres Haitiens a Miami, Fla., da matarsa, Elizabeth St. Fleur, da Boshart.

Tallafin da aka riga aka bayar don agaji a Haiti sun haɗa da tallafin dala 10,000 daga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa wanda ke tallafawa ayyukan agaji cikin gaggawa ta hanyar Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS), da kuma tallafin dala 15,000 daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya don haɓaka aikin gona. Har ila yau, martanin 'yan'uwa ya haɗa da kayan taimako da aka aika daga Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., A madadin CWS.

A wani labari daga Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Ofishin Jakadancin Haiti, ƙungiyar ta yi taro a ranar 21-22 ga Nuwamba kuma ta sami rahotanni cewa ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa da wuraren wa’azi a Haiti sun yi kyau. “Bayan shekara biyar da rabi tun da aka yi baftisma na farko (mutane shida) a watan Mayu 2003, yanzu akwai ikilisiyoyi biyar da wuraren wa’azi goma,” in ji rahoto daga shugaba Merle Crouse. 'Yan takara goma (ma'aikatar) sun shirya don ba da lasisi a 2009. dalibi daya zai kammala karatun sakandare a 2009." Ofishin ya gudanar da horon tauhidi na shekara na biyu a watan Agusta tare da halartar mutane sama da 90. Aƙalla wata ikilisiya tana da makaranta a wurin, wani kuma yana fatan buɗe makaranta. A watan Satumba an kafa Makarantar Sabon Alkawari a St. Louis du Nord don makarantun gaba da sakandare har zuwa aji uku, tare da daukar nauyi daga Cocin First Church of the Brothers a Miami, Fla. Malamai da yawa daga makarantar sun halarci horon tauhidi a wannan shekara, in ji rahoton. . A wasu harkokin kasuwanci, an nada wani kwamiti da zai ci gaba a kan tsarin samun amincewar Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke Haiti.

3) Ana ba da tallafi ga Pakistan, Kongo, Thailand.

An ba da tallafi daga Cocin ’Yan’uwa Asusun Gaggawa na Bala’i bayan bala’o’i a Pakistan, Kongo, da Thailand.

Tallafin $32,000 ya amsa roko na Cocin Duniya na Sabis (CWS) bayan wata mummunar girgizar kasa a Pakistan. Kuɗaɗen za su taimaka wajen samar da ruwa da tsaftar muhalli, abinci, tantuna, barguna, murhu, da gawayi, da kuma tallafin tunani da zamantakewa.

Tallafin dala 20,000 ya amsa kiran da CWS ta yi wa Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kwango, inda aka kwashe shekaru ana gwabza fada da ya yi sanadin mutuwar miliyoyin mutane tare da raba sama da mutane miliyan daya da muhallansu a cikin shekaru biyu da suka wuce. Tallafin zai taimaka wajen samar da ruwa da tsaftar muhalli, samar da abinci, kayan abinci mai gina jiki, sutura, kayan yau da kullun, da tallafin tunani da zamantakewa.

Tallafin $2,500 ya amsa roko na CWS dangane da rikicin yanki tsakanin Thailand da Cambodia, wanda ya raba daruruwan iyalai. Kuɗin zai taimaka wajen tallafa wa makarantar wucin gadi da abinci, da kuma ruwan sha, tsafta, da wuraren tsafta ga iyalai.

A cikin wani labari daga ƙoƙarin mayar da martani ga bala'i na Cocin 'yan'uwa, Sabis na Bala'i na Yara (CDS) ya kula da yara a Indiana bayan guguwar hunturu a fadin Midwest. Masu sa kai na CDS sun yi aiki a wani matsuguni a Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum a karshen mako na Disamba 20-21, suna taimakon kula da iyalai da yaran da gidajensu ba su da zafi saboda katsewar wutar lantarki da guguwar kankara ta haifar. Judy Bezon, mataimakiyar darekta na CDS ta ce: “Duk da lokacin da ake yawan aiki, masu sa kai suna shirye su taimaka. "Wani mai sa kai ya ce, 'Lokacin da abubuwa suka faru, sai su faru.'

4) Dubban mutane sun taru a Fort Benning don adawa da Makarantar Amurka.

Taron na bana a kofar Fort Benning, Ga., ya cika shekara 19 da masu fafutuka suka zo.

tare don bayyana adawa ga Cibiyar Haɗin Kan Tsaro ta Yamma, wadda a da ake kira Makarantar Amirka. Masu shirya School of Americas Watch (SOAW) sun kiyasta taron a ranar farko ta abubuwan, Asabar, Nuwamba 22, a 12,000 da kuma taron a rana ta biyu, Lahadi, Nuwamba 23, a 20,000.

Kwanakin da suka kai karshen mako na Nuwamba 22-2 sun cika da tarurrukan bita, shirye-shiryen bidiyo, ilmantarwa, da kuma zaman kashe-kashe, wanda ke baiwa masu shigowa da wuri damar yin cudanya da wasu masu raba adawa da cibiyar. Ƙungiya daga Kwalejin Manchester ta halarci yawancin zaman. Nick Kauffman, wani babban jami'in Manchester, ya bayyana dalilansa na halartar: "Daya daga cikin abubuwan da ke sa SOAW vigil ta musamman a cikin zanga-zangar ita ce ta addini. Maimakon fushi da ba'a da nake fuskanta a wasu al'amuran siyasa, an fi mayar da hankali ga kiran Allah zuwa wata rayuwa ta daban. Ina ganin SOAW muhimmiyar shaida ce, ga kaina da kuma Cocin ’yan’uwa, idan za mu ɗauki kiran Kristi da muhimmanci don neman adalci da ƙaunar abokan gabanmu.”

Asabar ta fara da dubunnan mutane suna leka daruruwan teburan bayanai da ke kan titin da ke kaiwa sansanin sojoji. A duk tsawon yini akwai masu gabatar da jawabai, da mawaka a kan babban mataki na taron.

Da yammacin Asabar Ofishin Shaidun Jehobah/Washington ya shirya taron ’yan’uwa. Kusan mutane 80 ne suka halarta. Kwalejoji hudu – Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa.; McPherson (Kan.) College, Bridgewater (Va.) College, da kuma Manchester College a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.-an gane da cewa suna da dalibai a taron. Peter Buck daga Equal Exchange ya yi magana da ƙungiyar game da siyan kayan kasuwanci na gaskiya, da alaƙa tsakanin Equal Exchange, Church of the Brother, da Latin Amurka. Hayley Hathoway daga Jubilee USA Network ya yi magana game da yafe basussuka da aikin Jubilee, wanda abokin shawara ne na Cocin ’yan’uwa.

A safiyar Lahadi wasu dubbai sun taru a titi da ke gaban Fort Benning. Sun yi tattaki ne cikin muzaharar da ta dauki kusan sa'o'i uku. A lokacin ne mutane ke tafe da kofofin da aka yi amfani da reza na sansanin, yayin da ake magana da sunayen mutanen da wadanda aka horar da su a Makarantun Amurka suka kashe. Bayan an faɗi kowane suna, an ɗaga giciye, hannaye, da muryoyi a cikin gaisuwa. “Presente,” muzaharar ta yi baƙin ciki, “an lissafta ku.” An kama mutane shida da laifin rashin biyayya.

5) Ikklisiya guda uku suna gabatar da Kiɗa na Tercentennial.

Ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa daga Everett (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa, Bedford (Pa.) Church of Brothers, da Stone Church of the Brothers a Huntingdon, Pa., sun yi aiki tare don yin wani asali na kida ɗaya na Frank Ramirez. da Steve Engle mai taken "Hanyoyin Hanyoyi uku na Isra'ila Poulson, Babban."

Robert Neff ne ya ba da izini don gabatar da kiɗan a ranar 18 ga Oktoba a liyafa mai kyau na Samariya na shekara-shekara na ƙauyen a Morrison's Cove, cocin 'yan'uwa masu ritaya a Martinsburg, Pa. The m kuma ya gane da 300th Anniversary–ko tercentennial– na Cocin 'Yan'uwa a matsayin hanyar sa ido ga makomar ma'aikatun kulawa a cikin cocin.

Lamarin ya nuna banbance-banbance tsakanin ma’aikata masu fara’a da bacin rai, tsohon fille ne wanda ke nuna alamar wa’azin gajiyayyu, da kuma ta’addancin auna ma’auni a Trump na Karshe. “Hanyoyin Hanyoyi Uku” sun dogara ne akan abubuwan tunawa na ƙarni na 19 ’yan’uwa ɗan tarihi kuma mai tattara littattafai Abraham Harley Cassel game da Isra’ila Poulson, Sr., (1770-1856) wanda fasto ne na ikilisiyar Amwell, New Jersey.

Ana iya ba da rubutun da CD ɗin rakiya ga ikilisiyoyin da suke son yin nunin na mintuna 25. Tuntuɓi Frank Ramirez a frankramirez@embarqmail.com ko Steve Engle a englemedia@juno.com.

6) Yan'uwa yan'uwa: Gyara, bayarwa na ƙarshen shekara, buɗe aiki, ƙari.

• Gyara: A cikin Newsline na Disamba 17, Bernie Sanders an gano kuskure. Shi Sanata ne daga Vermont.
• A cikin tunatarwa na ƙarshen shekara, ba da gudummawa ga ma’aikatun ‘yan’uwa na ci gaba da ƙarfafawa bayan haɗaɗɗen haɗin gwiwa na tsohuwar Hukumar Gudanarwa, Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa, da wasu Gudanarwar Taro na Shekara-shekara a cikin sabuwar ƙungiyar mai suna “Church of 'Yan'uwa." Matakin bai kawar da ko kawo karshen wata ma’aikatun ‘yan uwa ba. Hanyar da aka fi so na tallafi daga ikilisiyoyin har yanzu ita ce rajistan, yanzu za a aika zuwa Church of the Brothers kuma a aika zuwa 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120, ko ta hanyar ajiya ta lantarki. Hakanan daidaikun mutane suna iya bayarwa ta cak, katin kiredit, ko kan layi a www.brethren.org. Bayanin da ke cikin layin memo na rajistan zai ba da gudummawar gudummawa ga Ministries Core, wanda ke tallafawa aikin Ma'aikatun Kulawa (tsohon ABC) da ma'aikatun tsohon Babban Hukumar ciki har da ma'aikatun Ikklisiya da yawa kamar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya, Matasa da Matasa Manya. Ma’aikatu, Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Hidima na Duniya, Ofishin Ma’aikatar, Ofishin Shaidun ’Yan’uwa/Washington, Sabis na Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa, Sadarwa, da Laburaren Tarihi da Tarihi na ’yan’uwa, da sauransu. Ana kuma karɓar gudummawa ga wasu manyan agaji uku da kuɗaɗen dashen coci na Cocin ’yan’uwa: Asusun Bala’i na Gaggawa, Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya, da Asusun Tallafawa Ƙaddamarwa na Duniya. Don ƙarin bayani kira 800-323-8039 ext. 271.
• Cocin of the Brother's Mid-Atlantic District yana neman babban ministan zartarwa na gunduma. Matsayi yana samuwa nan da nan. Gundumar ta ƙunshi ikilisiyoyi 62 a jihohin Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, da Gundumar Columbia. Ikklisiyoyi na gunduma birni ne, birni, da karkara, kuma membobinta sun bambanta ta hanyar tauhidi. Ofishin gundumar yana cikin New Windsor, Md., A Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa kimanin mil 40 arewa maso yammacin Baltimore. Ma'aikatan gundumomi sun haɗa da babban jami'in gundumar da mataimaki na gudanarwa na cikakken lokaci. Wanda aka fi so shi ne wanda ya fahimci tarihi, dabi’u, da ayyukan Cocin ’yan’uwa. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da yin aiki a matsayin jami'in zartarwa na Ƙungiyar Jagoranci na gundumar; ba da kulawa ta gaba ɗaya ga tsare-tsare da aiwatar da ma'aikatu kamar yadda taron gunduma da ƙungiyar jagoranci suka ba da umarni; ba da alaƙa ga ikilisiyoyi, Hukumar Mishan da Ma'aikatar, da sauran hukumomin ɗarika; taimaka wa ikilisiyoyin da fastoci da wuri; ginawa da ƙarfafa dangantaka da ikilisiyoyin da fastoci; yin amfani da basirar sulhu don yin aiki tare da ikilisiyoyi a cikin rikici; bayyanawa da inganta hangen nesa na gundumar; sauƙaƙawa da ƙarfafa kiran mutane zuwa ga keɓance hidima da aza jagoranci a cikin ikilisiya; inganta hadin kai a gundumar. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da sadaukarwa ga Yesu Kiristi ta hanyar rayuwa ta ruhaniya mai kuzari; sadaukarwa ga dabi'un Sabon Alkawari; sadaukar da Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa bangaskiya da al'adunmu; Jagoran Allahntaka ko makamancin digirin tauhidi da aka fi so; aƙalla na shekaru bakwai na ƙwarewar makiyaya; sadarwa, sasantawa, da dabarun warware rikici; gwanintar gudanarwa, gudanarwa, da kasafin kuɗi; girmamawa ga bambancin tauhidi; sassauci a cikin aiki tare da ma'aikata, masu sa kai, makiyaya, da jagoranci na kwance. Aiwatar ta hanyar aika wasiƙar sha'awa kuma a ci gaba ta hanyar imel zuwa DistrictMinistries_gb@brethren.org. Ana buƙatar masu nema su tuntuɓi mutane uku ko hudu don ba da wasiƙar magana. Dole ne a kammala bayanin ɗan takara kuma a mayar da shi kafin a yi la'akari da kammala aikin. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Feb. 20. Ziyarci http://madcob.com don ƙarin bayani game da gundumar.
• Ofishin Shaidun Jehobah/Washington ya ba da gayyata ga duk wanda ke da sha’awar halartar taron Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi mai zuwa, “Jir da Kiran Allah: Taro Kan Zaman Lafiya,” a Philadelphia, Pa., ranar 13-17 ga Janairu. Sanarwar ta ce: “Muna da kujeru da yawa da ba mu yi nasara ba da muka keɓe wa wakilan ’yan’uwa. "Muna so mu gayyace ku da membobin al'ummomin addininku don shiga ɗaruruwan wasu waɗanda suka riga sun yi rajista don wannan taro mai ban mamaki a Philadelphia." E-mail pjones_gb@brethren.org don ƙarin bayani.
• Farfesa a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind., sun rubuta babi a cikin sabbin littattafan da aka fitar. Tara Hornbacker, mataimakin farfesa na kafa ma'aikatar, kwanan nan ya kammala wani babi mai suna "Aiki tare da Fasaha da Ilimin Nisa a cikin Ilimin Ilimin Tauhidi" a cikin littafin "Shirya don Ma'aikatar: Jagoran Jagora ga Ilimin Ilimin Tauhidi" na George M. Hillman, Jr. , wanda Kregel Academic and Professional ya buga. “Tauhidin Anabaptist,” labarin Thomas Finger, masani a mazaunin Bethany a lokacin 2008-09, ya bayyana a cikin sabon “Kamus na Tauhidin Duniya” wanda Intervarsity Press ya buga. Labarin yatsa ɗaya ne daga cikin kusan labarai 250 waɗanda sama da masu ba da gudummawa 100 suka rubuta.
• A wani labarin kuma daga Bethany, Hornbacker ya samu tallafi daga Cibiyar Koyarwa da Koyarwa ta Wabash don yin nazari tare da sake duba kwas din Jagora na Bitar Allahntaka. Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm, mataimakin farfesa na wa’azi da bauta, da Russell Haitch, farfesa na ilimin Kirista, su ma za su yi aikin. "Karbar tallafin shine babban aikin da nake yi tare da Cibiyar Wabash a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata a cikin haɗin kai, tsara tsarin karatu, da kuma kimantawa a cikin ilimin tauhidi," in ji Hornbacker. "Bita kuma za ta sauƙaƙe aikin dukkan malamai yayin da muke la'akari da sababbin manufofin karatun." Babbar Jagora na Bita na Allahntakar kwas ɗin shine karatun ƙarshe a cikin tsarin samar da ma'aikatar gabaɗaya don babban digiri na allahntaka. Manya suna shiga cikin bita ta kwamitin malamai don tantance cikar manufofin shirin digiri.
• Cocin the Brothers Global Women's Project ya yi kira na karshen shekara don ba da gudummawa ga ayyukanta tare da mata masu neman adalci ta hanyar ayyukan da suka dace a Rwanda, Nepal, Sudan, Palestine, da Uganda. Ana iya yin kyaututtuka don girmama wanda ake so. Ziyarci globalwomensproject.org don zazzage katunan ga waɗanda ake girmamawa.
• Kantin sayar da SERRV a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Za a rike tallace-tallace na tallace-tallace na hutu har zuwa karshen watan Janairu (za a rufe kantin sayar da kayayyaki daga Janairu 4-8). Duk abubuwan biki za su zama kashi 50 cikin ɗari. Hakanan a yanzu har zuwa 15 ga Fabrairu abokan ciniki na iya kawo kayan abinci mara lalacewa kuma su karɓi kashi 20 cikin XNUMX na jimillar siyan su.
• An sanar da ranakun da za a yi Ranakun Ƙarfafa Ƙarfafawa na shekara mai zuwa a ranar 13-16 ga Maris, 2009, a Washington, DC Ofishin ’Yan’uwa Shaida/Washington yana gayyatar ’yan’uwa su shiga cikin wannan taro a kan jigo, “Ya isa ga Dukan Halitta” (Yohanna 10). : 10). Je zuwa www.advocacydays.org don ƙarin bayani ko tuntuɓi Brethren Witness/Washington Office a washington_office_gb@brethren.org ko 800-785-3246.
• Kungiyar Taimakon Mutuwa (DRSP) ta yi bikin cika shekaru 30 da kafuwa a bana. Wani aiki na Ofishin Shaidun Jehobah/Washington, DRSP ya gayyaci mutane su amsa kiran Yesu na su ziyarci waɗanda ke kurkuku ta rubuta wasiƙu ga mutanen da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa a faɗin Amurka. Kamar sauran ayyukan ’yan’uwa da yawa, DRSP ya zama ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce: Kimanin ’yan’uwa 300 ne suka shiga hannu kuma sama da mutane 4,000 daga ko’ina cikin duniya sun shiga cikin kai sama da 3,000 da aka yanke musu hukuncin kisa. Ziyarci www.brethren.org/genbd/witness/drsp.htm don ƙarin bayani ko mai gudanarwa ta imel Rachel Gross a drsp.cob@earthlink.net.
• Parker Ford Church of the Brothers a Pottstown, Pa., kwanan nan ya gane fastonsu da matarsa ​​don gudummawar da suka daɗe a ikilisiya. An karrama Robert da Rose Ella Latshaw shekaru arba’in na hidimar sadaukarwa. Sun yi hidima a ikilisiya tun shekara ta 1968, in ji wani talifi a cikin jaridar “Spring Ford Reporter” a jaridar.
• Daga cikin majami'u da aka nuna akan gundumar Botetourt (Va.) Kalandar tarihi ta 2009 na Tarihi akwai ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa guda biyu: Troutville (Va.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa da Cloverdale (Va.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Kalanda mai taken "Cikiniyoyi na Tarihi na Botetourt."
• Biyu daga cikin ukun marshalls na Floyd (Va.) Faretin Kirsimeti sune shugabanni a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa, in ji wani rahoto a "Southwest Virginia Today." Dale Bowman da Vernon Baker sun kasance daga cikin masu yin marshasha. Bowman ya yi ritaya a matsayin fasto na Copper Hill Church of the Brother, kuma ya ci gaba da hidima na kyauta a Parkway Church of the Brother. Baker shugaban coci ne a Topeco Church of the Brothers kuma mai gudanarwa ne na gundumar Virlina na Coci na Yan'uwa.
• Kolejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., ta sanar da sabon “Garantee sau uku”: taimakon kuɗi, kammala karatun digiri a cikin shekaru huɗu, da aiki ko makarantar digiri a cikin watanni shida na kammala karatun. Tabbacin shine martanin Manchester don samar da kwalejin samun dama kuma mai araha a lokuta masu wahala, a cewar wata sanarwa daga makarantar. Shugaba Jo Young Switzer ya sanar da garantin a cikin wani taron manema labarai a ranar 16 ga Disamba: Taimakon kudi ga duk dalibai na cikakken lokaci, da kuma cikakken karatun karatu ga dalibai masu karamin karfi na ilimi waɗanda ke zaune a Indiana; kammala karatun digiri a cikin shekaru huɗu don duk ɗalibai na cikakken lokaci ko karɓar karatun kyauta don ƙididdigewa da ake buƙata don kammala karatun shekaru biyar; da kuma aiki ko makarantar gaba da digiri a cikin watanni shida na kammala karatun, ko dawo don cikakken karatun shekara kyauta. "Wadannan ba burin' mikewa bane" ga Manchester," in ji sanarwar. Fiye da kashi 85 cikin 97 na wadanda suka kammala karatun Manchester sun riga sun gama a cikin shekaru hudu… Fiye da kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX suna da ayyukan yi ko kuma suna makarantar digiri a cikin watanni shida da samun takardar shaidarsu." Garantin yana buƙatar ɗalibai su ci gaba da kasancewa mai kyau na ilimi da ladabtarwa da kuma biyan kuɗin tallafin kuɗi da lokacin ƙarshe na biyan kuɗi. Don samun cancantar cikakken karatun, ɗalibai kuma dole ne su cancanci Indiana da kuɗin tallafin Pell na tarayya. Jeka www.manchester.edu/tripleguarantee don ƙarin bayani.
• Juniata Voices, tarihin laccoci, labarai, da gabatarwa na shekara-shekara na jami'ar Kwalejin Juniata da masu magana da baƙi, ta fito da bugu na 2008 wanda ke nuna gudummawa daga mawaƙin Pulitzer wanda ya lashe kyautar Galway Kinnell, ɗan jaridar "New York Times" Cornelia Dean, da Andrew Murray , Farfesa Emeritus na zaman lafiya da nazarin rikice-rikice. Jeka www.juniata.edu/services/jcpress/voices/past_issues.html.
• Batun Janairu na “Muryar ’Yan’uwa” ta ƙunshi wata hira da Peggy Reiff Miller na Milford, Ind., game da kawayen da ke bakin teku waɗanda a tsakanin 1945-47 suka raka dabbobi zuwa ƙasashen da yaƙi ya daidaita bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Brethren Voices shiri ne na gidan talabijin na al'umma wanda Portland (Ore.) Cocin Peace na 'Yan'uwa ke samarwa. Sama da kawayen teku 7,000 ne suka yi hidima a ƙarƙashin haɗin gwiwar Kwamitin Hidima na ’yan’uwa da Hukumar Ba da Agaji da Gyaran Ƙasa ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Dan West shine "mutumin ra'ayi" don wannan aikin, yana ƙarfafa aikin Heifer wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya zama shirin ecumenical wanda ya ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi da yawa. Miller tana ba da hotuna da labarun da ta samu daga yawancin kabobin teku a cikin shekaru bakwai na bincike. Ana samun shirye-shiryen Voices Brothers akan $8. E-mail groffprod1@msn.com don tuntuɓar furodusa Ed Groff.
• Kungiyoyi biyu da suka hada da Cocin Brethren a matsayin memba sun bi sahun shugabannin addinai a duniya wajen yin kira da a tsagaita wuta tsakanin Isra'ila da Gaza. Majami’un zaman lafiya na Gabas ta Tsakiya na kira ga Kiristoci da su yi kira ga Amurka da ta yi amfani da jagoranci domin kawo karshen tashin hankalin cikin gaggawa, da maido da tsagaita wuta, da kuma dage shingen da aka yi wa Gaza. Yayin da adadin wadanda suka mutu a Gaza ya zarce 350 a rana ta hudu na tashin hankali a jiya, Sakatare Janar na NCC Michael Kinnamon ya yi addu'a tare da rokon Allah da ya “tsare yaki.” Har ila yau, a jiya, ubangida da shugabannin majami'u a Urushalima sun ba da sanarwa da ke nuna "damuwa, nadama, da kaduwa." Ga ɓangarorin addu’ar Kinnamon: “Allah na dukan halitta, kai da ka ɗaure da ’yan Adam har ka ji daɗin farin cikin da ya cika mu, da baƙin cikin da ya ratsa mu; Allah na Ibrahim, kai da ka yi alkawari da kakanninmu, Ka kiraye mu mu zama kayan aikin salama na musamman. muna zuwa gare ku da zafi. Ka umarce mu mu ƙaunaci maƙwabtanmu kamar kanmu; duk da haka a cikin duniyarmu muna ganin misalai masu ban tsoro na rashin ƙauna kamar yadda kuka umarta…. Ka gafarta mana yadda muka kau da kai daga wahalar wasu. Ka taimake mu mu fuskanci ɓacin ransu domin ka yi amfani da mu a matsayin kayan aikin salama.”
• Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS) yana haɓaka katalojin madadin kyauta na shekara-shekara. Jeka https://secure2.convio.net/cws/site/Ecommerce?store_id=1241 don nemo kasidar "Kyauta Mafi Kyau" akan layi, inda za'a iya bincika kyauta ta nau'i ko farashi. Kyaututtukan samfuri sun haɗa da bargo na $10, akuya akan $112, da Kunshin Abinci na Gaggawa akan $72.
• Religions for Peace suna bikin Yarjejeniyar Cluster Munitions da gwamnatoci 100 suka rattabawa hannu a ranar 3 ga Disamba, suna kiranta "yarjejeniyar kwance damara da jin kai mafi girma a cikin shekaru goma." A cikin wata sanarwa, kungiyar ta ce, "yarjejeniyar ta haramta amfani, samarwa, canja wuri, da kuma tara tarin alburusai, tare da yin alkawarin kowace gwamnati da ta ba da taimakon wadanda abin ya shafa da kuma share gurbatacciyar kasa." Kungiyar na ci gaba da yin kira ga kowace gwamnati da ta amince da yarjejeniyar ta yadda za ta kasance a bisa ka'ida, ta kuma yi kira ga gwamnatocin da ba su sanya hannu ba tukuna. The Church of the Brothers memba ne na Religions for Peace.
• Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) sun ba da sanarwar wata tawaga zuwa Iraki a ranar 18 ga Afrilu zuwa 2 ga Mayu. Tawagar za ta kasance a Suleimaniya, a arewacin Kurdawa na Iraki, kuma za ta gana da wakilan kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu, kungiyoyin kare hakkin dan adam, mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu. jami'an gwamnati, da sauran su don samun hangen nesa kan kalubalen da mutane ke fuskanta a arewacin Iraki da kuma tasirin tashe-tashen hankula a wasu yankunan Iraki da kan iyaka. CPT tana da kasancewarta a Iraki tun daga Oktoba 2002. Ana sa ran tara kuɗi dala $3,500, wanda ya haɗa da jigilar jigilar jirgi daga wani birni na Amurka ko Kanada. Aiwatar a www.cpt.org ko tuntuɓi CPT a wakilan@cpt.org ko 773-277-0253. Aikace-aikace zai ƙare Maris 2.
• "Lectern Resource," wanda Logos Productions ya buga, yana nuna Frank Ramirez a matsayin marubuci na 2009. Ramirez shine fasto na Everett (Pa.) Church of the Brother kuma marubucin littattafai da dama da Brotheran Jarida suka buga, kwanan nan "Brethren Brush with Greatness .” Ramirez yana ba da labarin yara da saƙon sadaukarwa ga kowace Lahadi, tare da wasu albarkatu na ibada da yawa waɗanda suka haɗa da Kiran Ibada, Addu'ar furci, Zabura mai amsawa, da Benediction. An gina albarkatun a cikin nassosin nassosi na gama-gari na Shekara B da aka sabunta, kuma ana buɗe su ga wa'azin da William H. Willimon ya rubuta, wanda ake samu ta wani littafin Logos. Jeka www.logosproductions.com ko kira 800-328-0200.
• “Sabuntawa na Ikklisiya Mai Rayayyar Ruwa-Kristi-Centered Church” na David S. Young ya buga Herald Press. Matashi mai hidima ne da aka naɗa a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma marubucin “Servant Leadership for Renewal Church.” Littafin jagora ne don taimaka wa Ikilisiya ta haɓaka rayuwarta ta ruhaniya da ƙoƙarin mayar da hankali a cikin ma'aikatun da ke bayyana ainihinta da kiranta, ta hanyar ƙungiyar sabuntawa da aka horar da su don shigar da ikilisiya da kuma ginawa a kan ƙarfin ikkilisiya. Matashi ya yi amfani da misalin a cikin ikilisiyoyi, Baftisma na Amirka, da Mennonite.
• Sabbin littattafai guda uku sun ƙunshi mujallolin ’yan’uwan Bucher – Kirista, Yakubu, da George – waɗanda suka zauna a Lebanon, Pa., yankin a ƙarshen 19th da farkon ƙarni na 20 kuma suna da tasiri a tsakanin ’yan’uwa a can. Mast-hof Press ne ya buga littattafan Gladys Sowers: "Christian Bucher, Elder, Church of the Brothers: His Journals, Pastoral, and Genealogical Records, Jan. 1851 zuwa Yuni 1907," "Jacob Bucher: Jaridarsa da Ma'amalar Noma , Jan. 1858 zuwa Yuli 1877," da "George Bucher, Dattijo, Church of the Brothers: His Journals and Pastoral Records, Feb. 1862 to Sept. 1908."

7) Murabus akan kira mai ƙarfi na canji.

Sakon kalma daya daga wannan shekarar zabe shine CANJI. Lallai kira mai girma! Domin da yawa, canji yana nufin wani abu dabam kawai, yana kawar da tsoffin al'adu, alamu, al'adu, don kawai bambanta. Wannan rashin uzuri ne na canji.

Zan iya ba da shawarar cewa canji ya fara daga ciki. Al'ummar da ta canza, lallai dole ne a gina al'adun da suka canza a kan canza zukatan daidaikun mutane a cikin wannan al'ada. Irin wannan canjin ba zai taɓa zama mai sauƙi ba. Yana fitowa daga gwagwarmaya, horo, iko, addu'a, da kuzarin rai. Canji mai dacewa yana zuwa daga ruhun Allah da ikonsa yana taɓa zuciya da kuma ran mutum.

Ga abin da nake gani a matsayin shaida na canji na gaske: daga tsoro zuwa imani, daga samun zuwa bayarwa, daga kwadayi zuwa karimci, daga banza zuwa cika, daga kalmomi zuwa aiki, daga yanke kauna zuwa almajiranci, daga kyama zuwa ƙauna. Ka yi ƙoƙarin gina wa’azi ɗaya ko biyu ta yin amfani da furci na sama, da nassosi masu zuwa: “Zan ba su zuciya ɗaya, in sa sabon ruhu a cikinsu.” (Ezekiel 11:19); “Don haka idan kowa yana cikin Kristi, akwai sabuwar halitta” (2 Korinthiyawa 5:17a).

Wannan shekara ta cika shekaru 300 na iya haifar da goge tsofaffi kawai, kuma wasu daga cikinsu suna da kyau, amma wannan shekara ta musamman kuma dole ne ta taimaka mana da aminci mu fuskanci gaba. A kai a kai ina tuna da mahaifina, Eugene O. Kinsel, ya ƙi rera waƙar “’Addini na dā ne kuma ya ishe ni.” Yakan ce ko da yaushe, “Addini na dā bai isa ba in ba haka ba wannan duniyar za ta fi kyau.”

Canji na Allah? Ee!

-Glenn Eugene Kinsel mai aikin sa kai ne tare da Ma'aikatun Bala'i na Yan'uwa.

8) An kafa sandar zaman lafiya a Schwarzenau.

A bikin cika shekaru 300 da aka yi a Schwarzenau, Jamus, a ranar 3 ga Agusta, Hukumar Daraktoci ta Brotheran Encyclopedia ta ba wa ƙauyen Tushen Aminci a madadin ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa. A cikin 1708 ƙauyen Schwarzenau shine wurin da aka fara yi wa 'yan'uwa baftisma, wanda ya faru a cikin Kogin Eder.

Yanzu haka mutanen kauyen sun kafa Pole Peace kusa da alamar bayanin kauyen a karshen gadar da ke kan kogin Eder. Pounder Pery yana da kalmomin "salaman aminci ya fi yawa a duniya" cikin yaruka takwas.

Karin Zacharias, wani mazaunin Schwarzenau kuma mamba a kwamitin tsare-tsare na Schwarzenau na bikin cikar shekaru 300, in ji Karin Zacharias, "Poles Peace sune abubuwan tunawa, addu'o'i na shiru, da alamun duniya don zaman lafiya." "Suna tunatar da mu cewa zaman lafiya yana yiwuwa kuma zai iya girma a cikinmu kawai, kuma ya kamata mu yi rayuwarmu ta yau da kullun cikin ruhun kalmomin 'Bai Aminci Ya Yi Nasara a Duniya'."

Mazauna ƙauyen Schwarzenau (yawan mutane 800) sun yi aiki tuƙuru don yin Bikin Cikar Shekaru 300 ya zama abin tunawa ga ’yan’uwa fiye da 500 da suka halarta daga ƙasashe 18. Ƙungiyar Aminci za ta kasance abin tunasarwa na ƙauyen godiya ga ’Yan’uwa, kuma ya zama ƙalubale ga dukan waɗanda suke ganin su yi aiki don zaman lafiya a duniya.

–Dale Ulrich memba ne na Kwamitin Daraktoci na 'Yan'uwa Encyclopedia kuma ya taimaka wajen daidaita bikin a Schwarzenau.

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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. Judy Bezon, Jeff Boshart, Merle Crouse, Lerry Fogle, Ed Groff, Nancy Knepper, Jon Kobel, Jeri S. Kornegay, Wendy McFadden, Frank Ramirez, Carmen Rubio, Marcia Shetler, John Wall, da Roy Winter sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoton. . 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 a ranar 14 ga Janairu, 2009. 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.