Labaran labarai na Janairu 2, 2008

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

"...Kayi tawali'u tare da Ubangijinka" (Mikah 6:8b).

LABARAI

1) Ziyarci Indiya ’Yan’uwa sun sami Ikilisiya tana riƙe da bangaskiya.
2) An gudanar da taron Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi a Asiya a Indonesiya.
3) Taimako na taimakawa ci gaba da sake gina ƙoƙarin guguwar Katrina.
4) Shugaban cocin Najeriya ya kammala karatun digiri na uku kan gina zaman lafiya.
5) Yan'uwa rago: Tunatarwa, ma'aikata, rajistar sansanin aiki, ƙari.

KAMATA

6) Jay Gibble don cika aikin jagoranci na sa kai tare da Ma'aikatar Deacon.

Abubuwa masu yawa

7) Taken Lahadi na Hidima na 2008 ya tuna da taken ’yan’uwa na farko.
8) Kungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa ta sanar da Majalisar Lafiya ta farko.
9) Taron Mission Alive don nuna jagoran cocin Pakistan.
10) Sabunta Shekaru 300: McPherson RYC don bikin tunawa.

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) Ziyarci Indiya ’Yan’uwa sun sami Ikilisiya tana riƙe da bangaskiya.

Kungiyar shugabannin Cocin ’yan’uwa daga Amurka sun ziyarci ’yan’uwa a Indiya a ranar 27-30 ga Nuwamba, inda suka gano cocin da ke kiyaye bangaskiya da kuma ainihi. Kungiyar ta Amurka ta shiga bukukuwan cika shekaru 300 na Cocin ’yan’uwa, amma kuma ta ji ‘yan cocin suna magana kan batutuwa masu wuyar gaske kamar ci gaba da tsananta wa Kiristoci a Indiya, gwagwarmayar samar da rayuwar yau da kullum, da kuma sha’awar ilmantarwa. yara don hana su aikin yara.

Wannan ita ce ziyarar farko da babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brethren General Board, Stanley Noffsinger ya kai majami'un Indiya. Har ila yau, akwai Mervin Keeney, babban darektan hadin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya, da mai daukar hoto na Brethren David Sollenberger, wanda ya dauki hoton ziyarar. Kungiyar ta ziyarci Indiya a kan hanyar zuwa Indonesia don halartar taron Asiya na Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi.

An hadu da kungiyar ne a Mumbai, kuma sun yi tattaki zuwa arewa zuwa jihar Gujarat, inda suka wuce da kadarorin tsohon asibitin cocin ‘yan’uwa da ke Dahanu. An shafe wata rana a cikin ibada a ginin cocin Valsad, wanda ya kasance a 1908, da kuma bikin cika shekaru 300 a bungalow na Wilbur Stover kusa.

Washegari, ƙungiyar ta yi tafiya zuwa Ankleshwar inda aka gina sabon gini don ikilisiya, kuma suka ziyarci Makarantar Koyar da Sana’a. Kungiyar ta kuma kalli sabbin gine-gine na cocin tare da kawo gaisuwa a Bhilwara, da kuma Cocin Centenary a Vali, kuma a karshen doguwar ranar tafiya ta isa wani sabon gini da ake ginawa a kauyen Dariya. Gabatarwa mai ban mamaki a wannan tasha ita ce saduwa da wani ɗan Hindu daga ƙauyen wanda ya ba da kyautar fili don ginin cocin, wanda ke kan wani babban tudu.

An shafe ranar ƙarshe ta ziyarar Indiya don daidaitawa da shirya wakilan ’yan’uwa 17 daga Indiya waɗanda su ma suka je Indonesia don halartar taron Asiya na Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi. Wakilan Indiya sun haɗa da Kantilal R. Rajwadi (KR Rajwadi), shugaban Cocin ’yan’uwa a Indiya.

Darryl Sankey, shugaban cocin Indiya wanda ya shirya ziyarar, ya yi magana game da mahimmancinta. Ziyarar “da gaske tana ƙarfafa cocinmu,” in ji shi. “Kasuwarsu da kanta yana taimaka wa coci domin yana ba mu ji na kasancewa tare, yana ba mu ƙauna na ’yan’uwa. Ba ma fatan wani taimakon kudi, ba ma fatan wani tallafi daga gare su. Amma kasancewarsu a wurin tare da cocin da muka yi dangantaka da su tsawon shekaru 100 da suka gabata, yana ba mu kwarin gwiwa.”

2) An gudanar da taron Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi a Asiya a Indonesiya.

Wakilan Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi sun taru a Solo, Indonesiya, a ranar 1-8 ga Disamba, 2007, don mai da hankali kan taken "Salama a ƙasarmu" ta hanyar batutuwan da suka danganci rashin adalci, bambancin addini, da talauci. Waɗannan majami'u sun haɗa da Cocin 'Yan'uwa, Mennonites, da Ƙungiyar Abokan Addini (Quakers).

Wakilai 17 daga Cocin ’Yan’uwa a Indiya ne suka wakilci ’yan’uwa a yankin, wanda ya samo asali ne daga ƙoƙarin da cocin Amurka ta yi zuwa Indiya tun daga shekara ta 1895. Stanley Noffsinger ya gabatar a madadin Cocin ’yan’uwa a Amurka. babban sakataren hukumar; Mervin Keeney, babban darektan haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya; Donald Miller, ƙwararren malami a Bethany Theological Seminary; da Scott Holland, makarantar hauza don zaman lafiya da nazarin al'adu. Miller ya yi aiki a kwamitin tsare-tsare a madadin Ofishin Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Babban Kwamitin. David Sollenberger shi ma ya halarta don daukar hoto da yin fim din taron.

Wannan shi ne karo na uku a cikin jerin tarurrukan yanki na majami'un zaman lafiya, wanda Shekaru Goma suka gayyace su don shawo kan shirin tashin hankali na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya. An yi taruka na baya a Beinenberg, Switzerland, a cikin 2001; da kuma a Kenya a cikin 2004. Kowane taro an ba da kuɗaɗen kuɗaɗe da kuma tsara ta Ikklisiya na zaman lafiya da kansu.

Wannan taron ya haɗa da mahalarta daga Australia, Indiya, Indonesia, Japan, Koriya, Philippines, New Zealand, Switzerland, Birtaniya da Amurka. Wakilai sun fito daga fannoni daban-daban na sana'o'i da masana'antu ban da aikin coci. Masu gabatarwa sun ba da labarun talauci da rashin adalci na takamaiman mahallinsu, da kuma yadda cocin ke amsawa. Kiristoci ƴan tsiraru ne a ƙasashe da yawa a Asiya, don haka a kowane hali bambancin addini ya kasance dalili. Har ila yau, talauci wani nau'i ne na wadannan al'ummomi da ke lalata zaman lafiya. Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa ta lura cewa aikin gwamnati na iya zama mai dacewa wajen gina zaman lafiya, wani lokaci a matsayin kayan aiki na gaskiya da haɗa kai da kuma haifar da rashin adalci da rikici.

Wasu labaran gwagwarmaya sun ba da bege. Ayyukan ƙauna da ƙarfin hali da ikilisiyoyi suka yi a wurare masu wuyar gaske sun kasance ƙalubale da shaida ga dukan masu sauraro. Wasu sun ruwaito cewa ana yawan kallon kiristanci a Gabas a matsayin addinin kasashen waje, kuma ana alakanta shi da mafi munin al'amuran yammacin duniya. Wannan hasashe yana haifar da ƙalubale ga majami'u na Asiya.

Bugu da ƙari ga masu magana, zaman taro, da ƙananan tattaunawa, taron ya haɗa kai ziyara zuwa majami'un Indonesiya, kuma ya haɗa da al'amuran al'adu masu ban sha'awa da gajeren tafiye-tafiye waɗanda suka taimaka wajen tattaunawa a cikin gaskiyar gida.

Bambance-bambance a cikin yankin ya bayyana a karshen mako. Hanyar fafutuka na mahalarta Australiya da New Zealand, waɗanda suka sami 'yancin yin magana da fuskantar gwamnatocinsu, ya bambanta da ainihin haɗarin irin wannan magana a wasu ƙasashe. Sakamakon haka, mafi yawan majami'u na Asiya a cikin al'ummominsu da al'ummarsu ke amfani da tsarin gina dangantaka a hankali.

Darryl Sankey, memba na Cocin ’yan’uwa daga Valsad, Indiya, ya kasance cikin kwamitin tsare-tsare. Ya yi tunani a kan taron a ƙarshensa: “A matsayinmu na Cocin ’yan’uwa a Indiya, mun koyi abin da Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi ke nufi. A cikin shekaru da yawa da suka gabata, mun ji an bar mu daga wannan tsari, dangane da wasu majami'u. Wannan (wata dama ce) don shiga cikin taron kasa da kasa inda mu, a matsayinmu na cocin zaman lafiya, mun fahimci mahimmancin zama cocin zaman lafiya. Wannan ya kasance babban ƙwarewar koyo, ba a gare ni kaɗai ba, amma ga duk wanda ya kasance cikin wannan tawaga…. Ina ganin wannan zai iya zama farfaɗo ga cocinmu.”

–Mervin Keeney babban darekta ne na Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Majami’ar Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa.

3) Taimako na taimakawa ci gaba da sake gina ƙoƙarin guguwar Katrina.

An ba da tallafi guda biyu daga Cocin of the Brothers's Emergency Bala'i Fund ga Guguwar Katrina na sake gina yunƙurin sake gina ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa. Tallafin $30,000 ya ci gaba da ba da tallafin aiki a Hurricane Katrina Rebuilding Site 2 a Pearl River, La., da kuma kyautar $30,000 na ci gaba da ba da tallafi don Sake Gina Rukunin 4 a Chalmette, La. Kuɗin yana taimakawa ciyarwa, gida, sufuri, da tallafawa 'Yan'uwa masu aikin sa kai da ke tafiya zuwa Louisiana, da kuma ba da kayan aiki da kayan aiki.

A cikin ƙarin bayani kan ayyukan Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa, ma’aikatan sun ba da rahoton cewa ana neman ’yan agaji don aikin sake ginawa a Rushford, Minn., bayan ambaliyar ruwa a watan Agustan da ya shige. Shirin "yana neman wasu mutane masu wahala waɗanda ba sa tsoron ɗan dusar ƙanƙara da sanyi don yin aiki a gidaje a cikin hunturu don waɗanda suka tsira daga ambaliyar ruwa su mamaye gidajensu a wannan bazara," in ji sabuntawa. "Muna da daraktocin ayyuka waɗanda suke shirye su tafi, amma muna buƙatar ma'aikata!" Domin sauran lokacin hunturu, aikin zai yi aiki a kowane mako-mako kamar yadda masu sa kai ke samuwa. Girman rukuni ya iyakance ga masu sa kai 15. Yawancin ayyuka suna cikin gine-gine inda tanda ke gudana. Ayyukan na iya haɗawa da rufi, busasshen bango, bene, kabad, da fenti. Don sa kai, tuntuɓi Zach Wolgemuth a 410-259-6194 ko 800-451-4407 ext. 9.

"Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa na fatan gode wa duk wadanda suka taka rawa wajen farfado da Katrina," in ji sabuntawar. "Ci gaba da shiga ku yana da mahimmanci ga maido da fata a gabar tekun Gulf. Tare muna yada ƙaunar Kristi ga mutane da yawa da suka yanke ƙauna. "

4) Shugaban cocin Najeriya ya kammala karatun digiri na uku kan gina zaman lafiya.

Kodinetan zaman lafiya na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria), Toma H. ​​Ragnjiya, ya kammala digirin sa na Doctor of Ministry a Seminary Ashland (Ohio). An ba shi digirin ne a ranar 15 ga Disamba. Kundin karatunsa mai taken, "Kirkirar Tsarin Gina Zaman Lafiya a Rikicin Kabilanci da Addini na Kaduna, Najeriya, da Auna Tasirinsa domin Samun Zaman Lafiya."

Gidan Ragnjiya ‘yan kabilar Margi ne, kungiyar da ta hada da Musulmi da Kirista. Bayan ya taba rike mukaman babban sakatare da shugaban EYN, a baya-bayan nan ya cika sabon mukami na kodinetan zaman lafiya. Ofishin Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Cocin of the Brother General Board ya sami goyon bayan bincikensa. Bradley Bohrer, darektan shirin manufa ta Sudan ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, ya kasance mai ba da shawara kan kwamitin binciken bincikensa na karshe.

Ganin irin matsalolin da aka fuskanta bayan 911 na kawo shugabannin cocin Najeriya zuwa Amurka don yin karatu a Bethany Theological Seminary, ofishin Global Mission Partnerships yana kuma taimaka wa wani shugaban EYN, Yakubu Joseph, don yin karatu cikin kwanciyar hankali a Jami'ar Zaman Lafiya. UPEACE wata hukuma ce da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta ba da izini a Costa Rica.

5) Yan'uwa rago: Tunatarwa, ma'aikata, rajistar sansanin aiki, ƙari.

• John Samuel Horning (82) ya rasu a ranar 26 ga Disamba, 2007. Ya kasance mai hidima a cocin ‘yan’uwa kuma tare da matarsa, Estella, tsohon ma’aikacin mishan ne na Brothers a Ecuador da Najeriya. Daga 1956-71, ma'auratan sun kasance ma'aikatan aikin likita a Ecuador, inda Horning ya yi aiki a ma'aikatu daban-daban da suka hada da asibitoci, shirye-shiryen rigakafin makaranta, da kuma tsara matakan iyaye. A Najeriya, daga 1973-76, Horning ya kasance likita mai aikin mishan a shirin Lafiya da lafiya kuma ya zama darakta na shirin Kiwon Lafiyar Karkara. Ya zuwa karshen hidimarsa a Najeriya, kauyuka 32 ne ke halartar shirin kiwon lafiyar karkara, kuma an sanya kwararrun likitocin Najeriya a kan mukaman shugabanci. Horning kuma likita ne na iyali kuma ya kasance a Asibitin Kiwon Lafiya na Wheaton (Ill.) na tsawon shekaru 23, ya yi ritaya a shekara ta 1990. A cikin hidimar sa kai ga ɗarikar, yana cikin hukumar Asibitin Bethany a Chicago, cibiyar da 'yan'uwa suka kafa. , sannan kuma ya taka rawa wajen kafa gidauniyar Kiwon Lafiya da Ilimi ta ’yan uwa. Hornings sun kasance sun sami lambar yabo ta Kula da Lafiya da Jin Dadin ’Yan’uwa a cikin 1978 kuma sun daɗe suna goyon bayan ma’aikatun ƙungiyar masu kula da ’yan’uwa. An haifi Horning a kasar Sin a ranar 9 ga Disamba, 1925, ga ma'aikatan mishan na 'yan'uwa Daniel da Martha (Daggett) Horning. Ya sauke karatu daga Kwalejin Manchester kuma ya yi karatun likitanci a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Chicago, Asibitin Cook County na Chicago, da Milwaukee (Wis.) Babban Asibitin County, kuma ya yi aiki a Asibitin Bethany. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, yana cikin Ma'aikatar Jama'a ta Farar Hula a wani sansani a Wellston, Mich., Da kuma asibitin tunani na jihar da ke Logansport, Ind. Shi ma mai daukar hoto ne mai himma, kuma hotunansa na fassara aikin mishan sun bayyana sau da yawa a cikin wallafe-wallafen. coci. Lokacin da suka koma Amurka, dangin sun zauna na wasu shekaru a unguwar York Center a Lombard, Ill. Kwanan nan Horning ya kasance mazaunin Goshen, Ind., kuma memba na Cocin Goshen City Church of Brother. Ya rasu ya bar matarsa, ‘ya’yansu mata hudu, da namiji daya, jikoki 13, da kuma jika daya. Za a gudanar da ayyuka a York Center Church of the Brother da karfe 4 na yamma a ranar 12 ga Janairu; da kuma a Cocin Garin Goshen na ’yan’uwa da ƙarfe 4 na yamma ranar 19 ga Janairu.
• Randy Koontz ya yi murabus daga shirin Material Resources na Cocin of the Brother General Board, wanda yake a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga shirin tun 1985. Daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, ya ɗauki matakin. matsayi tare da ayyukan sito na A Greater Gift/SERRV, waɗanda kuma suke a Cibiyar Sabis na Yan'uwa.
• Harry Torres Jr. ya yarda da matsayin mai kula da gida don Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., mai tasiri Jan. 2. Torres ya kawo kwarewa mai kyau ga matsayi, ya jagoranci da kuma gudanar da tsaftacewa. ma'aikatan wani kamfani mai zaman kansa na tsaftacewa, sun yi aiki a matsayin manajan haya don hayar kayan aiki mai nauyi, kuma a matsayin mai kula da gida a Cibiyar Asibitin Carroll. Ya kammala karatunsa na Makarantar Gary Whetsone na Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki kuma ya kasance Fasto matashi na Cocin Maido da Crossroads.
• Jamie Denlinger ya fara Janairu 7 a matsayin mai horar da 'yan jarida. Ita babbar jami'a ce ta Ingilishi a Jami'ar Ohio, kuma tana shirin kammala horon watanni uku tare da gidan wallafe-wallafe a Cocin of the Brethren General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill. Baya ga kwarewar aikinta a Jami'ar Ohio Press, inda ta yi. ta kasance mataimakiyar samarwa da ofis, ta kasance ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ’yan’uwa a cikin Kettering, Ohio.
• Ana fara rajistar wuraren aiki na 2008 da Cocin of the Brother General Board ke bayarwa ta kan layi da sanyin safiyar gobe, 3 ga Janairu da ƙarfe 12:01 na safe. Don yin rijista je zuwa http://www.brethrenworkcamps.org/. Shirin zangon aikin wani bangare ne na Ma'aikatun Matasa da Matasa na Babban Hukumar. Ma'aikata sun ba da tunatarwa a yau game da wasu abubuwan da za su tuna lokacin yin rajista: Ana buƙatar ikilisiyoyi ɗaya da su ƙunshi fiye da kashi uku na mahalarta kowane sansanin aiki; ko da yake waɗanda suka yi rajista za su sami imel na tabbatarwa, wannan na iya ba da garantin wuri a cikin sansanin aiki saboda rajista ba a cika ba har sai an karɓi ajiyar $100 da ba za a iya dawowa ba; adibas ne kafin kwanaki bakwai da rajista. "Mu a ofishin sansanin muna jiran wannan ranar tsawon watanni," in ji ma'aikatan. "Na gode da abubuwan da kuka gabatar, tambayoyinku, shawarwarinku, da duk sauran abubuwan da kuke yi don taimaka mana mu shirya don Taron Ayyuka na 2008." Masu gudanar da sansanin aiki na 2008 sune Sharon Flaten, Jerry O'Donnell, Jeanne Davies, da Steve Van Houten. Tuntuɓi shirin a 800-323-8039 ko cobworkcamps_gb@brethren.org.
• Za a gudanar da taron horarwa na horo na Matakan Bala'i na Yara Level I a watan Fabrairu 1-2, a Hudson Community Chapel a Hudson, Ohio, kuma a rana guda a Hukumar Yara ta Hillsborough County a Tampa, Fla. Ana buƙatar taron bitar ga duk masu aikin sa kai a cikin shirin, wanda ke hidima ga yara da iyalai a cikin yanayin bala'i. Kudin shine $45 don rijistar farko, $55 don yin rijistar marigayi da aka aika kasa da makonni uku kafin taron. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Sabis na Bala'i na Yara a 800-451-4407 ext. 5.
• A Duniya Zaman Lafiya ya ba da sanarwar “dama ta ƙarshe” don yin rajista don Taron Tunawa da Imani a Milford, Ind., a watan Fabrairu. Ma'aikatar Sulhunta, reshe na Amincin Duniya, na maraba da masu samar da zaman lafiya na halitta da masu sha'awar warware rikici zuwa taron sulhu na mako biyu. Ana buƙatar ƙarin mahalarta biyar don saduwa da adadin halarta. Ana ci gaba da yin rajista har zuwa 16 ga Janairu. Don ƙarin bayani, ziyarci www.brethren.org/oepa/programs/mor/upcoming-events/index.html#FBM.
• A Duniya Zaman Lafiya ya kuma bukaci addu'a ga tawagar zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya, wanda aka dauki nauyin hadin gwiwa tare da Kungiyar Masu Samar da Zaman Lafiya ta Kirista, wanda zai gudana a ranar 8-21 ga Janairu. “Don Allah ku ƙara shugabanninmu, da wakilanmu, da waɗanda za su gana da su zuwa ga addu’o’in ku. Kuma ku tuna da ’yan uwa da aka bari a baya,” in ji wata addu’a a cikin jaridar On Earth Peace Newsletter. Don ƙarin bayani game da tawagar, je zuwa www.brethren.org/oepa/programs/special/middle-east-peacemaking/delegations.html.
• Una Nueva Vida En Cristo, wani sabon ci gaban coci a gundumar Virlina, an yi hayarsa a matsayin haɗin gwiwa a cikin sabis na ibada na musamman a ranar 21 ga Disamba. Abokan haɗin gwiwa suna bauta kusa da Willis a gundumar Floyd, Va., tare da Manuel Gonzalez a matsayin fasto.
• Cocin Oak Grove Church of the Brothers a Roanoke, Va., yana gudanar da wani wasan kwaikwayo na mawakin hip hop Demetrius Doss, wanda aka fi sani da El Prezidino, da karfe 6 na yamma ranar 6 ga Janairu. Tsohon dan wasa ne a Jami'ar Marshall kuma dan wasan kwallon kafa na fagen fama duk tauraro. , Mawakin rapper na asali daga Kudancin Philadelphia ya kawo "saƙon Kirista mai ban dariya, mai daɗi, da maras kyau," in ji sanarwar daga gundumar Virlina.
• Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya da Cocin ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa suna tallafawa Ma’aikatun Matafiya. A cikin hidimar da Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Pennsylvania ta dauki nauyinsa, limamin coci Bruce Maxwell yana samuwa ga waɗanda suke tafiya ta hanyar Breezewood, Pa. A matsayin wani ɓangare na Ma'aikatar Trucker a Carlisle, membobin a York First Church of the Brothers suna raba kukis a wata babbar mota. tsaya. “Matan cocin sun yi toya, matan da suka yi nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki cike da kaya, kuma an kai buhuna 110 na kukis masu daɗi zuwa Tasha Motar Carlisle!” ya ruwaito wata jarida daga York First. "Wannan ya kawo jimillar buhunan kukis da aka bayar a wannan shekarar ga wannan ma'aikatar zuwa sama da 8,800."
• "Wata hanyar Aika: Ofishin Jakadancin 'Yan'uwa a cikin karni na 21st" wani ci gaba ne na ilimi wanda Wally Landes, Fasto na Palmyra (Pa.) Church of the Brothers ya jagoranta a ranar 21 ga Fabrairu, a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa. Taron shine Babban Tawagar Rayuwa ta Babban Kwamitin, Yanki na 1, Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley, Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya, da Kwalejin Juniata. Kudin shine $25 da $10 don ci gaba da takaddun ilimi. An haɗa kayan shakatawa masu haske da abincin rana. Taron ya haɗu da nau'in "Binciken Bishara da Ci gaban Ikilisiya" na takardar Ci gaba da Ilimi na Shekara-shekara kuma yana ba da .5 ci gaba da sassan ilimi. Ranar ƙarshe na rajista shine 5 ga Fabrairu.
• Kwalejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., ta sanar da Fast Forward, sabuwar hanyar samun digiri na farko a cikin shekaru uku, samuwa ga kowane babban jami'in da kwalejin ke bayarwa. "Shi ne cikakken shirin na shekaru hudu, wanda aka matsa zuwa shekaru uku ta hanyar ba da darussan ilimi na gabaɗaya akan layi a lokacin bazara," in ji sanarwar manema labarai. "Dalibai za su iya gamawa a cikin shekaru uku, suna adana kusan $ 25,000 a cikin daki da jirgi da koyarwa (kuɗin kan layi na lokacin rani yana da ƙasa), da samun tsayin shekara gaba ɗaya kan ayyukansu." Sanarwar ta ce, kalilan daga cikin kwalejoji da jami’o’i a kasar ne ke ba da irin wannan shirin ga dukkan manyan makarantu. Dalibai masu shiga dole ne su kasance masu ƙwazo sosai, a cikin manyan kwata na azuzuwan makarantar sakandare, su ci aƙalla 1,100 akan SAT, kuma su kula da aƙalla matsakaicin B. Je zuwa http://fastforward.manchester.edu/.
• Wani aji na ɗaliban kimiyyar siyasa na Kwalejin Manchester 15 da farfesa na karatun Iowa caucuses kusa da wannan makon. Kwas din "Siyasa ta Zamani: Yakin Shugaban Kasa" Farfesa Leonard Williams ne ke jagoranta. Dalibai suna bin kamfen, suna ba da kai ga ɗan takarar da suka zaɓa, halartar taron koli, da kiyaye shafin yanar gizon yau da kullun, bisa ga wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. Biyu daga cikin ɗaliban su ne Cocin 'Yan'uwa: Stephen Hendricks na Prince of Peace Church of the Brother in South Bend, Ind., da Benjamin Martin na Grossnickle (Md.) Church of Brothers. Kungiyar ta tashi zuwa Iowa a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 2007, kuma za ta koma Manchester don ci gaba da karatunsu a harabar Jan. 7. Don blog ɗin ɗalibai je zuwa http://mccaucus.blogspot.com/.
• Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) College ta sayi gona mai girman eka tara da ke kan iyaka da harabarta kan dala miliyan 1.25, a cewar "Lancaster (Pa.) Labaran Lahadi." Wanda aka fi sani da gonakin Simon, kadada tara tana kan titin Cedar tsakanin cocin Elizabethtown na 'yan'uwa da kuma Cibiyar Kafuwar kwalejin. A cikin sakon imel da aka aike wa al’ummar kwalejin, shugaban Theodore E. Long ya ce sayen wani bangare ne na wani shiri na gyara tsofaffin dakunan zama da gina sabbin gidaje masu inganci a harabar jami’ar, in ji jaridar.
• Cross Keys Village-The Brothers Home Community a New Oxford, Pa., ta sanar da cewa David K. Gerber, babban mataimakin shugaban kasa, ya sami Certified Aging Services Professional credential daga Coalition for Leadership in Aging Services. Gerber na ɗaya daga cikin kusan 110 da suka kammala karatun horo na ƙwararru a wannan shekara, kuma an gane shi a lokacin taron shekara-shekara na Ƙungiyar Gidaje da Sabis na Amurka don tsufa. Gerber yana aiki a hukumar 'Yan'uwa Benefit Trust, kuma jagora ne na Black Rock Church of the Brother a Glenville, Pa.
• Dorothy Van Landeghem, mazaunin cibiyar ritayar Peter Becker Community a Harleysville, Pa., tana shirin bikin cikarta shekaru 100 a ranar 13 ga Janairu.
• Ƙungiyar baƙi a Washington, DC, ta yi kira da hankali ga ƙoƙarin da Burger King ke yi na lalata yarjejeniyoyin da ke tsakanin ma'aikatan gona da sarƙoƙi na abinci mai sauri don ƙara yawan kuɗin da ake biyan masu tsinin tumatir a Florida. Ƙungiyoyin Ma'aikatan Immokalee da McDonald's da Yum! Brands-mai mallakar Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, da KFC. Wakilan ma’aikatan Immokalee sun ziyarci wani taro na Cocin of the Brother General Board a watan Oktoba 2006, inda suka sami albarkar ɗora hannu. The "New York Times" ya ruwaito, duk da haka, cewa "Burger King ya ƙi biyan ƙarin dinari… kuma ƙin sa ya ƙarfafa manoman tumatir su soke yarjejeniyar da aka riga aka kulla da Taco Bell da McDonald's."
• Buga na Janairu 2008 na "Muryar 'Yan'uwa," shirin talabijin na al'umma na minti 30 wanda Portland (Ore.) Peace Church of the Brothers ya samar, yana nuna "Nightmare Beyond Borders," tattaunawa game da rikicin 'yan gudun hijira na Iraki tare da wakilai biyu na Amurkawa. Kwamitin Sabis na Abokai. A watan Fabrairu, shirin zai nuna Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa yayin da ’yan coci ke hidima a yankunan da bala’o’i suka lalata a fadin kasar. Tuntuɓi Ed Groff a groffprod1@msn.com don kwafin shirye-shiryen da bayanin yadda ake biyan kuɗi.
• Tom Benevento ya shiga cikin ma'aikatan Sabon Al'umma Project a matsayin "kwararre mai dorewa" don daidaita tsarin dumamar yanayi ta Duniya da haɓaka samfurin ci gaba mai dorewa a Harrisonburg, Va. Babban ɓangaren shirin shine ziyartar ikilisiyoyi don yin binciken makamashi. , taimaka wa majami'u su rage fitar da hayaki mai gurbata muhalli da kuma tanadin kudi. Kungiyar Harrisonburg Habitat for Humanity ta bukaci Benevento da ta yi aiki tare da su wajen sanya na'urorin dumama ruwan zafi mai amfani da hasken rana a duk gidajen da za su gina a nan gaba, ta hanyar amfani da samfurin da ya kirkira. Tuntuɓi Benevento a 540-433-2363 ko je zuwa http://newcommunityproject.org/grounds_keepers.shtml.
• Makon Addu'a don Hadin kan Kirista ya cika shekaru 100 a shekara ta 2008. A karo na farko da Kiristoci suka shiga irin wannan makon na addu'a shine a 1908 a Graymoor, NY, a cewar wata sanarwa daga Majalisar Coci ta Duniya (WCC). Janairu 18-25 ita ce ranar gargajiya ta mako. “Ku Yi Addu’a Ba A Gushe Ba” jigon 2008, daga 1 Tassalunikawa. Hukumar WCC akan Bangaskiya da oda da Majalisar Fafaroma ta Vatican don Haɓaka Haɗin kai na Kirista ne suka buga tare. Zazzage cikin Turanci daga www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/2007pdfs/WPCU2008_Booklet_EN.pdf kuma cikin Mutanen Espanya daga www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/2007pdfs/WPCU2008_Oracion

6) Jay Gibble don cika aikin jagoranci na sa kai tare da Ma'aikatar Deacon.

Kungiyar masu kula da 'yan'uwa (ABC) ta sanar da cewa tsohon babban darakta na hukumar Jay Gibble zai cika aikin jagoranci na sa kai tare da Ma'aikatar Deacon. Babban nauyinsa shine tsarawa da kuma gudanar da jerin shirye-shiryen horar da ma'aikatar Deacon na yanki na bazara na 2008, wanda kuma zai zama babban mai magana.

Za a gudanar da al'amuran yanki a yankunan Plains, Kudu maso Yamma, Arewa maso Yamma, da Gabashin kasar a watan Afrilu da Mayu (don ƙarin bayani duba "Ma'aikatar Deacon tana ba da horo na yanki," a cikin Newsline na Dec. 5).

A cikin 1998, Gibble ya yi ritaya a matsayin babban darektan ABC bayan fiye da shekaru 17 yana aiki tare da hukumar. A lokacinsa ya taimaka wajen tsara manyan ma’aikatun ABC, da ma majalisar dattawan manya da ma’aikatun kulawa.

Kwanan nan, a cikin 1998-99 Gibble da marigayiyar matarsa, Yuni, sun yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikatan filin shirin na ɗan lokaci na ABC. Sun zagaya Amurka da Puerto Rico don Ziyarar Ma'aikatar Deacon Deacon na ƙasar baki ɗaya, tare da gabatar da jimillar taron bita 55 a gundumomi 22, ga mutane sama da 3,600. Ziyarar ta kuma gabatar da “Manual Deacon for Careing Ministry,” kuma a lokacin an sayar da fiye da kwafi 3,400.

7) Taken Lahadi na Hidima na 2008 ya tuna da taken ’yan’uwa na farko.

An shirya ranar Lahadi na Hidimar ’Yan’uwa a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 2008. Ana sanin wannan Lahadi ta musamman kowace shekara a ranar Lahadi ta farko a watan Fabrairu. Taken 2008 shine, “Don Girman Allah da Kyawun Makwabcina,” taken daga Sauer Press. Nassin nassi ya mai da hankali kan Markus 12:28-31.

Lahadi Hidima lokaci ne don ikilisiyoyi don tunawa, yin biki, bincike, da kuma ci gaba da samun damar hidima. Shirye-shiryen tallafawa na Cocin of the Brother General Board sune Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa, Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa, da Matasa da Matasa Manyan Ayyuka.

Ana samun albarkatu akan layi, ta marubuta Jerry O'Donnell, 2008 mai kula da sansanin aiki; Rebekah Houff, mai gudanarwa na Babban Taron Matasa na Kasa a 2008; Jon Zunkel, ma'aikacin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) da ke hidima a Ireland ta Arewa; Dana Cassell, ma'aikacin BVS da ke aiki a Ofishin Ma'aikatar Babban Hukumar; da kuma Roma Jo Thompson, ma’aikacin mishan na ’yan’uwa mai ritaya wanda ya yi hidima a Najeriya. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/bvs/ServiceSunday.htm.

8) Kungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa ta sanar da Majalisar Lafiya ta farko.

Ofungiyar kula da 'yan Biyar kulawa (ABC) ta sanar da wasu hadadden farko na kungiyar hadin gwiwar lafiyar mutane, MHS) da gidajen kiwon lafiya na Amurka da kuma kula da hadin gwiwar ma'aikatun. Za a gudanar da taron Lafiya a Otal ɗin Millennium a St. Louis, Mo., akan taken, "Ƙungiyoyin Waraka da Fata."

"Wadannan ƙungiyoyin Kirista guda uku suna da haɗin kai ga aikin kiwon lafiya da hidimar ɗan adam," in ji Don Fecher, darektan Fellowship of Brethren Homes. “Wannan dama ce da za mu koya daga juna kuma mu ƙarfafa juna a hidimarmu ta Kirista.”

Majalisar Kiwon Lafiyar za ta ba da dama ga mahalarta don sabunta kuzari da hangen nesa na shekaru masu zuwa, bincika sabbin samfura da tsarin ra'ayi, hanyar sadarwa tare da abokan aiki, da kuma jin labarai na gaske da misalai. Ma'aikatan jinya, fastoci, likitoci, masana ilimin halayyar dan adam, da ma'aikatan jin dadin jama'a ana ƙarfafa su su halarta. Taron zai ba da dama ta hanyar sadarwa ga shugabanni da limaman ’yan’uwa masu ritaya, waɗanda ke taruwa a lokaci ɗaya don taronsu na shekara-shekara.

Manyan jawabai sun hada da Hector Cortez, mataimakin shugaban shirye-shirye na kasa na Esperanza USA, cibiyar sadarwar Kiristocin Hispanic, majami'u, da ma'aikatun da suka himmatu wajen wayar da kan jama'a da gano albarkatun da ke karfafa al'ummar Hispanic. Fasto Marilyn Lerch tare da wasu za su ba da gabatarwa a kan "Gudanar da Al'umma a cikin Rikicin," yana nuna kwarewar Cocin Makiyayi mai kyau na 'yan'uwa a Blacksburg, Va., A lokacin da kuma bin harbe-harben harabar a Virginia Tech Afrilu 2007.

Ana samun kayan rajista ta hanyar kiran Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa a 800-323-8039.

9) Taron Mission Alive don nuna jagoran cocin Pakistan.

Taron mishan na kasa na Cocin 'Yan'uwa - "Mission Alive 2008," wanda aka shirya don Afrilu 4-6 a Bridgewater (Va.) Cocin 'yan'uwa - zai ƙunshi shugaban Kirista na Pakistan a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin fitattun masu magana. Mano Rumalshah, bishop na Diocese na Peshaway na Cocin Pakistan, zai kasance daya daga cikin manyan jawabai guda uku da ke jagorantar babban zaman taron.

Har ila yau, ba da mahimman adireshi zai kasance Rebecca Baile Crouse, tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar mishan na Cocin of the Brother General Board, da Robert Alley, fasto na Bridgewater Church of the Brothers. Tara Hornbacker, mataimakin farfesa a fannin samar da hidima a Bethany Theological Seminary, kuma mai kula da kiɗa zai kasance Paul Roth, fasto na Linville Creek Church of the Brothers.

Ƙarin shugabanni za su ba da tarurrukan bita kan batutuwa daban-daban da suka haɗa da "Haɗin Ƙaƙwalwar Gida da na Duniya," "Canjin Ƙirar Taimako ta Ofishin Jakadancin," "Ra'ayoyin Ikilisiya na Buga," da dai sauransu.

Kudin yin rajista shine $79 kuma ya haɗa da abincin ranar Asabar. Za a sami abincin maraice a wurin don kuɗi na ƙima. Shirye-shiryen gidaje alhakin mahalarta ne. Ana samun sassan ci gaba da ilimi. Za a sami rajistar kan layi akan shafin Mission Alive na http://www.brethren.org/, je zuwa akwatin mabuɗin don shiga shafin, ko yin rijista ta hanyar kiran 800-323-8039 ext. 230.

Babban Kwamitin ne ke daukar nauyin taron, tare da goyon bayan haɗin gwiwa daga Bethany Theological Seminary da ƙungiyoyi masu ra'ayin manufa a cikin darikar. Cibiyar Heritage na Valley Brothers Mennonite za ta dauki nauyin taron bayan taro.

10) Sabunta Shekaru 300: McPherson RYC don bikin tunawa.

Taron Matasa na Yanki (RYC) 2008 da za a gudanar a Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) da McPherson Church of the Brothers a ranar 4-6 ga Afrilu an shirya shi a matsayin bikin shekaru 300 na tarihin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Taken shine, “Kyautata Al’ada: Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa, Shekaru 300 na Aminci,” tare da Markus 12:30-31 a matsayin nassin mai da hankali.

Jerin mawakan ’yan’uwa da masu ba da labari ne za su jagoranci taron. Mawakan sun haɗa da Michael Stern, Andy da Terry Murray, da Peg Lehman. Jim Lehman ne zai zama mai ba da labari. Za a kawo wasu labarun mutanen da ke cikin shirye-shiryen coci na yanzu, bidiyon hidimar ’yan’uwa, da kuma mutanen da ke wakiltar ’yan’uwa daga tarihi. Karshen karshen mako zai hada da abubuwan ibada da kide-kide.

Dalibai a maki 6 zuwa 12 ana gayyatar su yin rajista da halarta, tare da manya masu ba da shawara da matasa masu sa kai. Ana gayyatar sauran manya masu sha'awar halartar shagali da lokutan ba da labari. Za a sami fakitin rajista a watan Janairu, tuntuɓi darektan ma'aikatun harabar Tom Hurst a 620-242-0503 ko hurstt@mcpherson.edu.

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Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford ne ya samar da Newsline, darektan sabis na labarai na Cocin of the Brother General Board, cobnews@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 260. Colleen M. Hart, Merv Keeney, Jeri S. Kornegay, Wendy McFadden, Joan McGrath, da 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 a ranar 16 ga Janairu. 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.