Labaran labarai na Janairu 16, 2008

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

"Masu haƙuri kuna zaman lafiya, saboda sun dogara gare ku" (Ishaya 26:3).

LABARAI

1) ABC na gudanar da bincike don amsa tambaya kan rigakafin cin zarafin yara.
2) Ana karɓar Cocin 'Yan'uwa cikin Cocin Kirista Tare.
3) Aikin fosta na 'Regnuh' yana gayyatar ra'ayoyin yara akan juya yunwa.
4) Ikilisiyar Michigan's 'Church in Drive' na murnar cika shekara ta farko.
5) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, 'Amurka A Yau' akan aikin bala'i, tallafin Kenya, ƙari.

Abubuwa masu yawa

6) Bikin cika shekaru 60 na aikin BVS a Falfurrias, Texas.
7) Ma'aikatar Sulhunta tana ba da tarurrukan bazara.

BAYANAI

8) Brotheran Jarida ta fara shekara 20 na bangaskiyaTambaya tare da nazarin Ibraniyawa.

Don bayanin biyan kuɗi na Newsline je zuwa http://listserver.emountain.net/mailman/listinfo/newsline. Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers je zuwa http://www.brethren.org/, danna kan "Labarai" don nemo fasalin labarai, hanyoyin haɗi zuwa 'yan'uwa a cikin labarai, kundi na hoto, rahoton taro, gidajen yanar gizo, da ma'ajiyar labarai ta Newsline.

1) ABC na gudanar da bincike don amsa tambaya kan rigakafin cin zarafin yara.

Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa tana gudanar da bincike na ikilisiyoyin Coci na ’yan’uwa, gundumomi, sansani, shirye-shirye, da hukumomi don tattara bayanai don amsa tambaya kan Rigakafin Cin zarafin Yara da ya zo taron shekara-shekara na 2007.

Ƙoƙarin zai bincika yadda shawarwarin da aka yi a cikin maganganun Ikklisiya da ta gabata da takaddun shaida-"Sharuɗɗan Yara a Amurka" (1986), "Littafin Rigakafin Cin Zarafi na Yara" (1991), da "Jagorancin Da'a na Ikilisiya" (1996) - ana amfani da kuma aiwatar da su. Za a gudanar da binciken tsakanin 15 ga Janairu zuwa Fabrairu. 15 ga Nuwamba, 2008.

An tuntubi kujerun hukumar Ikilisiya, shuwagabannin gundumomi, da daraktoci na sansani, hukumomi, da shirye-shirye, inda aka nemi su kammala ɗan gajeren binciken akan layi a http://www.brethren-caregivers.org/. Gidan yanar gizon ya kuma ƙunshi ƙayyadaddun manufofi, FAQs, da hanyoyin haɗin kai zuwa albarkatun rigakafin cin zarafi don taimakawa ƙungiyoyi don amsa matsalolin kare yara.

Waɗanda ba su da Intanet ya kamata su tuntuɓi Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa a 800-323-8039 don karɓar kwafin takarda na binciken ta wasiƙa.

Ofungiyar kula da Brieth na Briens za ta ba da rahoton binciken binciken zuwa taron na shekara ta 2008 a Richersond, Daraktan dangi da tsofaffi manya manya, a 800-323-8039 ko kebersole_abc@brethren.org.

2) Ana karɓar Cocin 'Yan'uwa cikin Cocin Kirista Tare.

A ranar 11 ga Janairu, sabuwar ƙungiyar majami'u ta Kirista tare da haɗin gwiwa ta kammala taronta na shekara na biyu a Baltimore a Cibiyar Maritime. Wakilan majami'u 37 da ƙungiyoyi shida ne suka halarta. Babban makasudin CCT shine aikin bishara da talauci na cikin gida, kuma kungiyar na neman hada kiristoci daga ko'ina cikin tauhidi da darika domin zumunci da shaida na gama gari.

Cocin na 'yan'uwa na ɗaya daga cikin sababbin majami'u bakwai da ƙungiyoyi da aka karɓa a cikin CCT yayin bikin bude ibada a ranar 8 ga Janairu. Sauran sababbin mahalarta sune American Bible Society, Elim Fellowship, Habitat For Humanity, Mennonite Church USA, Polish Cocin Katolika na kasa, da Vineyard USA.

“Biki ne mai sauƙi amma mai ma’ana. Sun kira mu a gaba, sun gano mu, kuma sun yi godiya ga Allah a cikin addu'a, "in ji James Beckwith, mai gudanarwa na Cocin of the Brothers Annual Conference. Yana daya daga cikin wakilai biyu da ke wakiltar 'yan'uwa, tare da Michael Hostetter, shugaban kungiyar. Kwamitin Hulda da Jama'a. Zaɓaɓɓen shugaban taron shekara-shekara David Shumate ya halarta a matsayin ɗan kallo.

"Ina ganin bangarenmu na CCT an yi niyya ne don mu hada kan ayyukanmu da sauran kungiyoyi, ba don yin gogayya da sauran kungiyoyin kasa," in ji Hostetter. "An yi niyya ne a matsayin ƙungiyar Kirista ta ƙasa mai fa'ida da kuma kawo maganganun Kirista iri-iri a teburin."

A ranar 9 ga watan Janairu, kungiyar ta ziyarci hedkwatar Bread for the World, wata kungiyar da ta halarci taron CCT, inda suka samu halartar malamai 18 da suka hada da Nathan Myers, dalibin Cocin Brother of Brother a Seminary Eastern Mennonite. Kungiyar ta kuma zagaya wuraren hidima na WASU (Don haka Wasu za su iya ci) a Washington, DC, da kuma Baƙi, wata ƙungiya mai shiga CCT. Sun ji tunani daga wakilan ikilisiyoyi a kan batun, “Abin da muka koya a gwagwarmayarmu don kawar da talauci.”

A duk tsawon taron, mahalarta taron sun hadu a kananan kungiyoyin masu fahimta don yin addu'a da tunani tare a kan abin da Allah zai iya kira CCT ya yi - a matsayin mutane, coci da CCT tare - dangane da talauci da ƙari ga Bayanin kungiyar akan Talauci.

"Zuciyar taron ta kasance a cikin ƙungiyoyin fahimta," in ji Beckwith. Ƙungiyoyin mutane biyar an yi niyya su haɗa da mutum ɗaya daga kowane iyalai biyar na bangaskiya a cikin CCT (Katolika, Furotesta na Tarihi, Evangelical/Pentecostal, Orthodox, da Kabilanci). Beckwith ya ce: “Mun yi magana game da bishara da kuma talauci gaba ɗaya, kamar yadda Yesu ya yi sa’ad da ya bayyana cewa ya zo ne don ya yi wa matalauta bishara a cikin Luka,” in ji Beckwith. "Mun wakilci bangarori daban-daban na siyasa da addini kuma mun yi ƙoƙari mu gane abin da za mu iya faɗa tare game da al'amuran talauci da bishara."

Kungiyar ta amince da matakai na gaba da suka hada da sadaukar da mafi girman bangare na taron shekara-shekara na 2009 don ci gaba da binciken haduwar majami'u da kungiyoyi masu halarta dangane da talauci. Kungiyar ta kuma yanke shawarar matsawa sabon zababben shugaban kasar Amurka lamba kan ya mayar da kawar da talauci a cikin gida a cikin manufofin gwamnatinsa.

A wasu ayyuka, Wesley Granberg Michaelson, babban sakatare na Cocin Reformed a Amurka, an gode masa don hidimarsa na mai gudanarwa; Leonid Kishkovsky, darektan Harkokin waje da Harkokin Interchurch na Cocin Orthodox a Amurka, an ba shi izini a matsayin sabon mai gudanarwa; kuma an nada Richard L. Hamm a matsayin sabon shugaban gudanarwa.

An kuma tabbatar da sabbin mambobin kwamitin gudanarwa. Wani sabon memba a Kwamitin Gudanarwa shine Wendy McFadden, babban darektan kuma mawallafin 'Yan'uwa Press, wanda aka zaba saboda kungiyar Furotesta ta Tarihi ta so ta hada da wakilin cocin zaman lafiya, Beckwith ya ruwaito.

An tsayar da ranar taron shekara-shekara na gaba a ranar 13-16 ga Janairu, 2009.

– Jamie Denlinger ɗan jarida ɗan jarida ne ya ba da gudummawa ga wannan labarin. Denlinger babban babban jami'in Ingilishi ne a Jami'ar Ohio, kuma ya kasance ƙwararren malami a cocin Prince of Peace Church of the Brothers a Kettering, Ohio.

3) Aikin fosta na 'Regnuh' yana gayyatar ra'ayoyin yara akan juya yunwa.

A kan dugadugan manyan manya da manyan kamfen na bara a kan "Regnuh: Juya Yunwar Around," dama ta zo ga matasa don fitar da ra'ayoyinsu kan rage yunwar duniya. Kid's Regnuh Poster Project yana gayyatar yara masu shekaru 6-14 don kwatanta hanyoyin da bil'adama za su iya ba da amsa ga mutane biliyan ɗaya na duniya waɗanda ba su da isasshen abinci.

Asusun Tallafawa Abinci na Duniya ne ke daukar nauyin shirin Regnuh Poster a wani bangare na bikin cika shekaru 25 da kafuwa. Yayin da Regnuh (yunwa da aka rubuta a baya) shine babban jigo, fastocin na iya kwatanta zantukan Littafi Mai Tsarki, Koyarwar ’yan’uwa, ko matsalolin lafiya da muhalli da suka shafi yunwa.

Zane-zanen su kasance akan takarda mai inci 8 1/2 x 11 tare da suna da shekarun yaro, ikilisiya, da gunduma da aka lura da su a baya. Za a sanya alamar shiga ta Afrilu 30 kuma a aika zuwa Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.

Tsare-tsare na yau da kullun shine a nuna zanen a taron shekara-shekara ko kuma a buga su akan gidan yanar gizon Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya.

–Howard Royer shine manaja na Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya na Cocin Babban Hukumar Yan'uwa.

4) Ikilisiyar Michigan's 'Church in Drive' na murnar cika shekara ta farko.

Cocin da ke Drive, wata shukar cocin New Life Christian Fellowship a Dutsen Pleasant, Mich., tana bikin cika shekara guda na taron addu'o'inta na farko. Wannan taron addu'a, wanda aka yi a watan Janairu 2007, ya ƙunshi fasto Nate Polzin tare da Jeannie Kaufmen, Vanessa Palmer, da Jessica Herron, waɗanda suka tuka mota a cikin Saginaw, Mich., suna addu'a ga mabukata.

Polzin ya fara aikinsa a hidimar harabar a Cocin New Life Christian Fellowship. A wurin ya ja-goranci shirin “Tsaya cikin Rata,” wanda aka shirya don kusantar da ɗaliban koleji kusa da Kristi. Shirin ya fara ne a Jami'ar Michigan ta Tsakiya a Dutsen Pleasant, kuma ya ƙunshi nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki na mako-mako, ayyukan hidima, dare na wasanni, kide-kide, raye-raye, da wasan ƙwallon ƙafa. "Cibiyar koleji na ɗaya daga cikin filayen mishan mafi girma kuma mun ga ɗalibai da yawa sun zo wurin Kristi," in ji Polzin.

Bayan an kira shi zuwa hidima yayin aiki a Sabuwar Rayuwa, Polzin ya yi imanin cewa lokaci ya yi da za a kai ga sabuwar al'umma. "Na ji da gaske Allah ya fara magana da ni game da kafa sabuwar coci," in ji shi. Wannan kiran ya sami goyon bayan New Life Christian Fellowship da kuma Hukumar Gundumar Michigan. "Mutanen gundumar Michigan sun yi matukar farin ciki da Cocin da ke Drive da duk abin da Nate Polzin ke yi," in ji ministar zartarwar gundumar Marie Willoughby.

Saginaw ya zama wurin da za a yi sabon hidima. "Har zuwa 'zabar' Saginaw, ya kasance mafi zane na ruhaniya wanda Sabuwar Rayuwa ta tabbatar fiye da yadda aka yanke shawarar zuwa nan saboda tabarbarewar tattalin arziki," in ji Polzin. "Matsalolin tattalin arziki da zamantakewar Saginaw sun isa sosai, amma na zo nan saboda da gaske Allah ya bayyana cewa zan zo." Wurin yana kusa da Jami'ar Jihar Saginaw Valley, inda Polzin ya fara babi na biyu na Tsaya a cikin Gap, shi ma wani abu ne a cikin shawarar.

Matsalolin tattalin arziƙin da al'umma ke fuskanta na faruwa ne a wani bangare na masana'antar kera motoci a yankin. Polzin ya ce "Kamfanonin kera motoci suna raguwa a cikin tanki kuma al'umma suna fama da tabarbarewar tattalin arziki," in ji Polzin. Tasirin masana'antar kera motoci a cikin al'umma yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka haifar da zabar sunan "Coci a cikin Drive" don sabon shuka. Sunan duka alama ce ta ci gaba mai bege ga al’umma, da kuma nuni ga Irmiya 29:7. A cewar sanarwar mishan na Coci a cikin Drive, sashin Irmiya ya ba da labarin yadda “Allah ya gaya wa mutanensa su nemi zaman lafiyar birnin da suke zaune a ciki, domin yayin da birnin ya ci gaba, su ma za su ci gaba.”

Polzin yana fatan kawo ma'anar al'umma da aminci ga 'yan ƙasa na Saginaw ta hanyar ƙirƙirar wurin da ba kawai wurin ibada ba, amma wurin abubuwan da ke faruwa da kuma hanyar da za ta ba da da'irar tallafi. A halin yanzu ana ajiye Cocin a Drive a cikin kantin kayan ado da aka gyara. Polzin yana fatan ƙara kwanan nan na gidan talabijin na USB da shiga Intanet zai ba da damar samun wuri mai daɗi da kuma ayyuka iri-iri a cikin mako. Yanzu, Steve Heska, Marcy Abner, da Ian Niecko suna taimaka wa Polzin a hidima.

Cocin a Drive ya dogara sosai akan addu'a. “Ƙungiyoyin Addu’a,” wani shiri ta gidan yanar gizon cocin, yana neman masu sa kai da suka sadaukar don yin addu’a a kullum don Ikilisiya cikin nasarar Drive. Polzin ya ci gaba da taken addu'a a cikin al'ummar Saginaw ta hanyar neman 'yan kasuwa don buƙatunsu na addu'a.

Dangane da Tsaye a Gap, ya kuma fadada, tare da babi na biyu a Jami'ar Jihar Saginaw Valley ya zana halartar ɗalibai 10-15 akai-akai don nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da taron addu'a. Polzin yana fatan samun makoma mai haske don ci gaba da hidimar harabar, kuma yana shirin taimakawa wajen samar da wasu babi tara a cibiyoyin da ke kewaye da su ciki har da makarantu kamar Jami'ar Jihar Michigan.

–Brethren Press intern Jamie Denlinger babban jami’in Ingilishi ne a Jami’ar Ohio, kuma ya kasance ƙwararren malami a cocin Prince of Peace Church of the Brothers a Kettering, Ohio.

5) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, 'Amurka A Yau' akan aikin bala'i, tallafin Kenya, ƙari.

• Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Church of the Brothers General Board, zai kasance a ranar Asabar daga Janairu 2 zuwa Maris 3. An amince da ranar Asabar kuma Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Babban Kwamitin ya sanar a taron fall na hukumar a watan Oktoba 2007. Sabbatical Noffinger's sabatikal. za a kashe lokaci don karantawa, nazarin Jamusanci, da kuma yin makonni da yawa a cikin babban hamadar Sonoran na Arizona la'akari da lafiya da hikima ta hanyar annabawan hamada. Babbar daraktar ofishin ma’aikatar, Mary Jo Flory-Steury, za ta kasance babbar sakatariyar riko. Za ta yi aiki tare da Tim Harvey, Shugaban Hukumar, da Jon Kobel na ofishin babban sakatare, don shirya taron bazara na Babban Hukumar a cikin Maris. Don tuntuɓar Flory-Steury kira Jon Kobel a ofishin babban sakatare a 800-323-8039 ext. 201, ko Margie Paris a Ofishin Ma'aikatar a 800-323-8039 ext. 207.
• Tim Stauffer ya karbi matsayin kwararre na goyon bayan fasaha na kwamfuta a sashen Sabis na Watsa Labarai na Cocin of the Brother General Board, wanda zai fara aiki a ranar 7 ga Janairu. Stauffer zai yi aiki a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill. ya kasance ma'aikacin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa tun Aug. 2006. Ya fito daga Polo, rashin lafiya.
• Nancy Buffenmyer, na Lombard, Ill., ta fara aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar edita da tallace-tallace ta Gather 'Round Round editorial and marketing a ranar 14 ga Janairu. Buffenmyer yana da ƙwarewa mai yawa a cikin tsarin samar da wallafe-wallafe, bayan ya yi aiki ga Mawallafin Gidan Gidan Tyndale fiye da shekaru dozin kuma kwanan nan don Douglas Shaw da Associates a West Chicago. A halin yanzu tana hidima a kwamitin bauta na York Center Church of the Brothers. Za ta yi aiki na cikakken lokaci a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill.
• John da Mary Mueller, darektocin wani aikin sake gina Katrina na Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa, suna cikin mafi girman martanin sa kai a tarihin Amurka, in ji wata talifi da aka buga jiya a “USA Today.” Muellers da labarinsu suna ba da jagora ga labarin Janairu 15, "Masu Sa-kai na Katrina Kuzo Ku Dakata," wanda aka mayar da hankali ga waɗanda ke sake gina yankin New Orleans a matsayin masu aikin sa kai na cikakken lokaci. Don nemo labarin akan layi, je zuwa www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-14-katrina-volunteers-main_N.htm.
• Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ya aika da tallafin dala 2,300 don tallafawa wadanda rikicin siyasa da tashin hankali ya raba da muhallansu. Tallafin ya goyi bayan roko da Cocin Duniya ya yi wa mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu sakamakon tarzoma da tashe-tashen hankula bayan zaben shugaban kasa, da kuma tallafawa Cocin Evangelical Lutheran na Kenya wajen samar da abinci na gaggawa ga 'yan Kenya 15,000 da suka rasa matsugunansu.
• The 2008 Lent devotional from Brother Press, "Ya Sanya Fuskarsa: Ibadar Ash Laraba Ta hanyar Easter," James L. Benedict, fasto na Union Bridge (Md.) Church of the Brothers ne ya rubuta. Littafin na ibada na yau da kullum yana ba da nassi, tunani, da addu'a don kowace ranar Lent ta Lahadi Lahadi. "Manufar wannan jagorar ibada ita ce ƙarfafa tunani da addu'a, biyu daga cikin ginshiƙai huɗu na kiyaye Lenten," Benedict ya rubuta a gabatarwar. "Ta wurin tunani da addu'a, za a ƙarfafa mu mu sabunta fahimtar mu na almajiranci da zurfafa himmarmu na zama mabiyan Yesu." Oda daga Brotheran Jarida na $2.25 kowanne da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa; kira 800-441-3712 ko je zuwa http://www.brethrenpress.com/.
• Sabis na Sa-kai na Yan'uwa (BVS) yana ba da sanarwar farkon Sashin Tunanin lokacin sanyi na 2008, wanda za a gudanar a Janairu 27-Feb. 15 a Camp Ithiel a Gotha, Fla. Wannan zai zama na 278th na BVS tare da masu sa kai guda takwas daga Amurka da Jamus, ciki har da membobin Cocin Brothers da yawa. Babban mahimmanci na daidaitawar makonni uku zai zama ƙwarewar nutsewar karshen mako a Miami, da kuma abubuwan aikin sa kai a yankin Orlando. Ƙungiyar za ta sami damar yin aiki a bankunan abinci, abubuwan adana yanayi, ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu, da Habitat for Humanity, kuma za su yi aiki a Camp Ithiel na kwana ɗaya. A BVS potluck yana buɗewa ga duk masu sha'awar ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, da ƙarfe 5:30 na yamma, a Camp Ithiel. "Don Allah a ji 'yanci ku zo ku maraba da sabbin masu sa kai na BVS da kuma raba abubuwan da kuka samu," in ji gayyata daga Beth Merrill na ma'aikatan BVS. “Kamar yadda ko da yaushe tunaninku da addu’o’inku suna maraba kuma ana buƙata. Da fatan za a tuna da wannan sabon rukunin da kuma mutanen da za su taɓa a cikin shekarar hidimarsu ta BVS, ”in ji Merrill. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ofishin BVS a 800-323-8039 ext. 423.
• *A Duniya Zaman Lafiya ya sanar da taken aikinsa a cikin 2008, “Ƙauna da aminci za su hadu; adalci da salama za su sumbaci juna” (Zabura 85:10). Kowace shekara, Amincin Duniya yana zaɓar jigo don sanar da aikinsa, ƙarfafa al'ummarta, da kuma kafa ƙoƙarin samar da zaman lafiya a cikin nassi, bisa ga sanarwar a cikin wasiƙar "Mai Aminci".
• A Duniya Zaman Lafiya yana ba da tallafi na bin diddigi ga waɗanda suka shiga cikin abubuwan da suka faru a Ranar Addu'ar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya a watan Satumban da ya gabata. Ikilisiyoyi da suka tsara abubuwan da suka faru suna karɓar kiran waya don tallafawa da ƙarfafa matakai na gaba don gina zaman lafiya a cikin al'ummomin gida. Don karɓar kiran waya mai goyan baya tuntuɓi shirin Shaidun Salama a 503-775-1636. Bugu da ƙari, a ranar 30 ga Janairu a 4 pm lokacin Pacific (7 pm Eastern) ana ba da kiran taron sadarwar sadarwar don masu shirya don raba abubuwan da ke faruwa tun daga lokacin, da kuma bayarwa da karɓar wahayi da tallafi don matakai na gaba. Don yin rajista don kiran sadarwar, tuntuɓi Darlene Johnson a 410-635-8706 ko djohnson_oepa@brethren.org.
• Emmanuel Church of the Brothers a Dutsen Solon, Va., ya koma wani sabon gini. An shirya ruguje tsohon ginin da aka gina tun daga shekara ta 1896, in ji wani rahoto a cikin “Daily News Record” na Harrisonburg, Va. An keɓe sabon ginin dala miliyan 1.5 tare da bauta a ranar 30 ga Disamba. Fasto Eugene Shaver ya ce cocin. yana fatan sabon ginin zai zama albarkatu ga al'umma, kuma yana shirin buɗe cibiyar kula da rana a cikin bazara.
• Cocin Stonewall Church of the Brothers a Floyd, Va., yana shirin karrama tsohon Fasto Elbert Lee Naff Sr. na tsawon shekaru 33 yana hidima a ranar Lahadi, 20 ga Janairu. Naff ya yi ritaya a ranar 31 ga Disamba.
• Lititz (Pa.) Cocin ’Yan’uwa ta yi bikin “Bikin Rana ta Farko” na shekara-shekara karo na tara a Ranar Sabuwar Shekara, tare da mutane 1,365 da suka halarta bisa ga “Lititz Record Express.” Bukin ya hada da naman alade, dankali, da sauerkraut. "Ga duk wanda ke mamakin dalilin da yasa titunan Lititz suka kasance bakarara a ranar Sabuwar Shekara, saboda kowa da kowa a garin, ko kuma kamar haka, ya kasance a Cocin Lititz na 'yan'uwa don cin abincin dare," in ji labarin, yana ci gaba da bayar da rahoton cewa taron. ya faru ne tare da taimakon masu aikin sa kai 135 da ke aiki a cikin kwanaki biyu, kuma cocin ya ba da naman alade 800, fam 540 na dankali, da galan 85 na sauerkraut. Abincin dare na shekara yana tara dubban daloli don Asusun Gidauniyar Matasa.
• Taron Matasa na Yankin Tsakiyar Yamma na shekara-shekara wanda Kwalejin Manchester ke gudanarwa ba zai gudana a wannan shekara ba, bisa ga sanarwar da aka buga akan gidan yanar gizon Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin. Dave McFadden, mataimakin shugaban zartarwa na Manchester, ya fada a cikin sanarwar cewa raguwar halartar taron ya sa masu shirya taron tambayar yadda matasa da ikilisiyoyi a Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, da Michigan za su fi dacewa da hidima. A yayin wani taro da fastoci na matasa daga Arewa da Kudu/Tsakiya a Gundumar Indiana, McFadden da limamin harabar makarantar Steve Crain sun koyi cewa al'adar marigayi Afrilu ta ci karo da ayyukan makaranta na karshen shekara ga matasa da yawa. Har ila yau, tsarin "Ƙananan Taron Matasa na Ƙasa" yana yada jagoranci da mahalarta sosai, in ji sanarwar. "Mun san za a sami rashin jin daɗi game da shawarar da muka yanke amma muna fatan wannan rashin jin daɗi alama ce mai kyau cewa ana ci gaba da sha'awar taron gundumomi shida," in ji McFadden. "Kamar yadda bukatu da jadawalin matasa ke canzawa, muna son daidaitawa da kirkira ga waɗannan canje-canje."
• Ana shirya kwasa-kwasan "Grow tare da CBS (Cibiyar Nazarin 'Yan'uwa)" mai zuwa a Gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma akan taken "Hidima a Ƙarfin ku" a ranar Janairu 31-Feb. 1 a Empire Church of the Brothers in Modesto, Calif., Da kuma a ranar Fabrairu 7-8 a La Verne (Calif.) Church of Brothers, tare da malami Jeff Glass na General Board's Congregational Life Teams. Ana ba da kwas kan “Muhimmancin Al’ummar Yesu” a ranar Fabrairu 21-24 a Cocin La Verne tare da tsohon mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara Paul Grout a matsayin malami. Gundumar ce ke daukar nauyin Cibiyar Nazarin ’Yan’uwa kuma Doris H. Dunham ce ke jagorantarta. Don ƙarin bayani jeka www.pswdcob.org/cbs ko tuntuɓi Cibiyar Nazarin Yan'uwa, PO Box 219, La Verne, CA 91750-0219; cbs@pswdcob.org.
• Wani bincike na jihohi na gidajen jinya 224 na Hukumar Kula da Lafiya ta Maryland ya gano cewa iyalai suna da "kyakkyawan ra'ayi" na Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye. Fahrney-Keedy Coci ne na 'yan'uwa masu ritaya a cikin Boonsboro, Md., kuma ya ba da rahoton waɗannan binciken a cikin sakin kwanan nan. Sanarwar ta ce "Daga watan Satumba zuwa Nuwamba hukumar ta binciki 'yan uwa da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki game da ayyuka da kulawa da ake samu ga mazauna gidajen kulawa," in ji sanarwar. Ga Fahrney-Keedy, iyalai 87 sun sami bincike, kuma akan sikelin 1-zuwa-10 na gamsuwar gabaɗaya wanda aka ƙima Fahrney-Keedy a 9.3. A duk faɗin jihar, matsakaicin adadin ya kasance 8.1. “Sakamakon wannan binciken ya tabbatar da cewa mazauna a Fahrney-Keedy suna samun kulawa mai inganci kuma muna da gungun ma’aikatan da suka sadaukar da kansu don yiwa mazaunanmu hidima da kyau. Kullum muna ƙoƙarin kiyaye wannan kyakkyawan matakin kulawa, ”in ji Bob Lytle, shugaba.
• Pleasant Hill Village, wata Cocin 'yan'uwa masu ritaya a Girard, Ill., An gudanar da Dinner da Auction na shekara-shekara a ranar 20 ga Oktoba. Kusan mutane 200 ne suka halarta, kuma aka samu $9,244, daga wani gwanjo da sauran wasanni. An kiyasta yawan kudaden shiga daga taron dala 15,300. “Na gode wa duk wadanda suka taimaka da wannan taron kuma suka ba da gudummawa. An karɓi sabbin gudummawa da yawa daga majami'un 'yan'uwa, "in ji Pleasant Hill Village a cikin wata sanarwa a cikin wasiƙar gundumar Illinois da Wisconsin.
• Al'umman Pinecrest, Cocin of the Brothers masu ritaya a Dutsen Morris, Ill., suna gudanar da budaddiyar gida don sabbin gidaje a ranar 25-27 ga Janairu. Sabbin ƙirar Willett Hofman da Associates sun ƙunshi gidaje ɗakuna ɗaya da biyu tare da garejin mota ɗaya. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Chrystal Bostian a 815-734-2103.
• Don bikin Martin Luther King Day na shekara-shekara, Kwalejin Manchester tana kawo mai fafutuka kuma masanin tarihi Reiland Rabaka zuwa harabar ranar 17-18 ga Janairu. Manchester wata Coci ne na kwalejin da ke da alaka da 'yan'uwa a Arewacin Manchester, Ind. Rabaka mataimakiyar farfesa ce a fannin nazarin Afirka a Jami'ar Colorado, kuma farfesa ne na mata da nazarin jinsi, kuma marubucin "WEB Du Bois da Matsalolin na karni na Ashirin da daya.” Ana gayyatar jama'a zuwa "Manyan Drum don Adalci: Saƙon Martin Luther King Jr. da Ma'anarsa ta Musamman" da ƙarfe 7 na yamma ranar 18 ga Janairu a Ƙungiyar Kwalejin. Sabis na tunawa da biki na Martin Luther King Jr. zai biyo baya, tare da ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta cocin Baptist Church Mass Choir na Fort Wayne. Yayin da yake cikin harabar makarantar, Rabaka kuma zai gabatar da lacca kan "Siyasa da Ra'ayin Jama'a na Afirka-Amurka" da karfe 9 na safe ranar 18 ga Janairu, a dakin Lahman na Kungiyar Kwaleji; kuma a karfe 7 na yamma a ranar 17 ga Janairu za su gabatar da "Hip-Hop vs. Hip-Pop" yayin karatun wakokin dalibi a zauren Oakwood. A watan Fabrairu Manchester za ta yi bikin cika shekaru 40 na ziyarar Martin Luther King Jr. a kwalejin, lokacin da ya gabatar da jawabinsa na karshe na kwaleji kafin mutuwarsa. Za a yi bikin ne da karfe 10 na safe ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, a Cordier Auditorium, tare da shirin mintuna 50 wanda ya hada da shirye-shiryen bidiyo, karatun dalibai daga jawabai, tunawa, da kiɗa.
• Za a gudanar da taron bazara na 'Yan'uwa Aminci Fellowship a Afrilu 12 a Union Bridge, Md., A kan batun, "Muryoyin da ba a kula da su: Aminci a cikin Tsohon Alkawari." David Leiter, Fasto na Cocin Green Tree Church of the Brothers a Oaks, Pa., kuma marubucin sabon littafi mai suna (akwai daga Brotheran Jarida, kira 800-441-3712). Taron kuma zai haɗa da lokutan ibada da waƙa, abincin rana, da damar yawo a cikin gidan Aukerman. Ana gayyatar mahalarta don kawo abinci don rabawa. Za a gudanar da taron ne a gidan Ruth Aukerman, ko kuma idan ƙungiyar ta yi girma sosai a Cocin Union Bridge Church of the Brothers. Wurin barci mai iyaka yana samuwa ga waɗanda zasu buƙaci shi. Don halarta, tuntuɓi Aukerman a 410-775-2254 ko aukartist@aol.com (bayanin kula "BPF" a cikin taken e-mail).
• Cocin of the Brother's Global Women's Project ya haɗu da Sabon Al'umma Project don taimakawa wajen tallafawa shirin ƙarfafa mata na Hukumar Kirista a Honduras. Ƙungiyoyin biyu sun aika da tallafin $5,000- $2,500 daga Sabon Al'umma Project da $2,500 daga Shirin Mata na Duniya-don jerin tarurrukan al'umma da bita da aka tsara don baiwa mata karin murya a cikin al'amuran jama'a da kuma daidaito a cikin al'ummominsu.
• Peggy Gish, mamban Cocin Brethren da ke da kungiyoyin samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) a Iraki, ya bayar da rahoton cewa, hare-haren bama-bamai da Turkiyya ta kai a yankin Kurdawa da ke arewacin Iraki ya yi sanadiyyar mutuwar fararen hula, da raunata, da kuma raba su da muhallansu. Tawagar ta CPT ta gana da mutanen da suka fuskanci tashin bama-bamai, wadanda wasu daga cikinsu sun rasa 'yan uwa ko kuma wasu 'yan uwa sun jikkata a hare-haren. Gish ya bayar da rahoton cewa, a daren ranar 16 ga watan Disamba, jiragen saman Turkiyya sun yi ruwan bama-bamai a kauyuka 34 a tsakiyar yankin Kurdistan na Iraki da ke kusa da kan iyaka da Iran. “Harin ya kuma raba iyalai 350-400 da muhallansu, ya lalata wata makaranta, ya kuma lalata masallatai da dama. Jiragen saman Turkiyya sun yi tafiya mai nisan mil 50 kudu da kan iyakar Turkiyya suka tsallaka sararin samaniyar Iraki inda suka yi ruwan bama-bamai a wadannan kauyuka,” kamar yadda ta rubuta. Don cikakken rahoton, je zuwa http://www.cpt.org/.
• Labari na Janairu 11 a cikin jaridar “Jamhuriyar Arizona” ta tunatar da magoya bayan Super Bowl cewa Glendale, Ariz.–wurin babban wasan bana - an kafa shi a cikin 1892 ta Kamfanin New England Land Company don Cocin Brothers a Illinois. "Birnin Glendale ya fara ne a matsayin al'umma mai addini da tawali'u," in ji labarin. "Manoma ta hanyar kasuwanci, 'yan coci sun jawo hankalin ƙasa mai arha, wani abin al'ajabi a cikin hamada ya yiwu ta hanyar zuwan ruwa bayan kammala Canal na Arizona a 1885." Babu sauran ikilisiyoyi na ’yan’uwa a Glendale, amma manajan yawon buɗe ido na birnin ya gaya wa jaridar, “Har yanzu muna daraja tarihinmu…. Muna matukar alfaharin raba tsohuwar da sabuwar Glendale tare da baƙi. " Don cikakken labarin, je zuwa www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0111glendale-main.html.

6) Bikin cika shekaru 60 na aikin BVS a Falfurrias, Texas.

Shekarar 2008 ita ce bikin cika shekaru 60 da kafa aikin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) a Falfurrias, Texas. Cocin Falfurrias na ’yan’uwa na gudanar da bikin zagayowar ranar Asabar da Lahadi 8-9 ga Maris. Ikklisiya tana maraba da tsoffin ma'aikatan BVS a Falfurrias, tsoffin membobin coci, da abokan al'umma.

Fiye da masu aikin sa kai na BVS 140 sun yi aiki a Falfurrias tsakanin 1948-68. Masu aikin sa kai sun taimaka wajen gina cocin Falfurrias da gine-ginen gonaki daban-daban, kuma ko dai sun gina ko kuma inganta gidajen iyalai da yawa masu karamin karfi a cikin al’umma, in ji gayyatar da cocin ta yi.

"Mafi mahimmanci, masu sa kai na BVS sun haifar da yanayi na fatan alheri da hidima, kuma sun nuna ƙaunar Allah a ayyukan yau da kullun," in ji gayyatar. “Shaidan Kirista na masu sa kai na BVS ya canza kuma ya inganta al’ummar Falfurrias. Daruruwan mazauna Falfurrias da yawa sun ɗaga kai. Mutane da yawa sun ƙaura zuwa wasu al'ummomi a yanzu, amma suna ci gaba da kasancewa masu taka rawar gani wajen inganta al'umma da ayyukan coci a duk inda suke zaune."

Bikin zai hada da damar saduwa da tsoffin masu sa kai, membobin coci, da tsoffin abokai, da kuma lokacin raba labarai da abubuwan tunawa, duba hotuna, da ci da zumunci. Za a sami rubutaccen tarihin aikin BVS a Falfurrias, tare da hotunan masu sa kai da daraktoci don aikin, da kuma sabunta sakamakon wasu ayyukan BVS da aka yi a cikin al'umma. Za a fara ayyuka da tsakar rana ranar 8 ga Maris.

“Idan ba za ku iya zuwa ba, muna gayyatar ku ku aika hotuna da wasiƙun gaisuwa,” in ji limamin cocin, Stanley Bittinger. "Don Allah mu ji daga gare ku." Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Bittinger a 1614 Santa Cecilia, Kingsville, TX 78363; 361-592-5945; bittinger@cmaaccess.com.

7) Ma'aikatar Sulhunta tana ba da tarurrukan bazara.

Ma'aikatar Sulhunta (MOR) ta sanar da jadawalin taron bita na bazara na 2008. MOR ma'aikatar Zaman Lafiya ce ta Duniya.

Yakin yana farawa da "Sasantanci na Asalin Rikici ga Masu Aminci: A Gida, Aiki, ko Wasa," a Columbus, Ohio, akan Fabrairu 22-23. Ana samun darajar CME don wannan bita don ma'aikatan jinya da ma'aikatan jinya da ke zaune a jihar Ohio.

"Kiyaye Shugaban Kasa mai Sanyi a cikin Taron Zafi," wani taron bita kan sauƙaƙe tarurruka masu wahala, yana faruwa a ranar 3 ga Afrilu a Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor a harabar Cibiyar Hidimar 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.

"Binciko Yanke Shawarar Ijma'i," gabatarwa ga tsarin yarjejeniya, za a gabatar da shi a ranar 12 ga Afrilu a Cocin West Charleston na 'Yan'uwa a Tipp City, Ohio.

Gabatar da lokacin bazara, "Ikilisiyoyi masu lafiya," taron bita kan tsarin ikilisiya, zai gudana a ranar 3 ga Mayu a Camp Harmony a Hooversville, Pa.

Taron bita na MOR da ke gudana a watan Afrilu da Mayu yana ba da ci gaba da ƙididdige ƙididdigewa ga masu hidima na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Don ƙarin bayani, je zuwa www.brethren.org/oepa/mor/upcoming ko tuntuɓi Annie Clark a annie.clark@verizon.net ko 260-982-8595.

8) Brotheran Jarida ta fara shekara 20 na bangaskiyaTambaya tare da nazarin Ibraniyawa.

Brotheran Jarida ta yi bikin cika shekara ta 20 na bangaskiyarta tambarin nema ta hanyar sakin “Ibraniyawa: Beyond Kiristanci 101.” Jagoran nazarin ya zama take na 38 a cikin jerin Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Alkawari, jerin da aka gabatar a cikin 1988 a matsayin sabon nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na dangantaka da aka tsara musamman don ƙananan ƙungiyoyi.

An fara jerin shirye-shiryen a matsayin manhaja na ƙaramin shiri mai suna Mutanen Alkawari. Ko da yake an gama gudanar da shirin tun daga lokacin, an ci gaba da yin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki domin roƙon ƙungiyoyin da suke ci gaba da yi. Jagororin binciken suna kiyaye ainihin manufarsu ta ƙalubalanci Kiristoci masu himma don su zama ilimantarwa na Littafi Mai-Tsarki, sanin al'umma, da kuma kula da alaƙa.

“Ibraniyawa: Bayan Kiristanci 101” ya mai da hankali kan littafin Ibraniyawa a cikin Sabon Alkawari. Marubuci kuma darakta na ruhaniya Edward L. Poling yana ba da bege ga masu tsayuwa a ruhaniya kuma yana gayyatar masu bi su wuce iyaka mara zurfi na bangaskiya na farko zuwa cikin ruwa mai zurfi na balaga ta ruhaniya mai dorewa.

Edward L. Poling fasto ne na Cocin Hagerstown (Md.) Church of the Brother. Ya sauƙaƙe jagoranci na ruhaniya tun 1994, yana karɓar horo ta hanyar Shalem Institute for Ruhaniya Formation a Bethesda, Md. Poling ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa a kan ayyukan 'yan jarida na baya. Wannan shine littafinsa na farko.

Yi oda "Ibraniyawa: Bayan Kiristanci 101" akan $6.95 da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa; Kira 800-441-3712.

–Jeff Lennard darektan tallata wa ‘yan jarida ne.

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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. Stanley Bittinger, Chrystal Bostian, Annie Clark, Kim Ebersole, Jon Kobel, Jeri S. Kornegay, Karin Krog, Michael Leiter, Beth Merrill, da Anna Speicher 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 Janairu 30. Za a 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.