Labaran labarai na Janairu 30, 2008

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

"...Duba, ina aike ku..." (Luka 10:3b).

LABARAI

1) Yan'uwa sun shiga cikin Bukin Bukin Bukin Bukin Ginawa.
2) Tawagar zaman lafiya a Duniya ta yi tattaki zuwa Yammacin Kogin Jordan da Isra'ila.
3) Cibiyar Matasa ta tara sama da dala miliyan biyu don samun tallafin NEH.
4) Ana ci gaba da ƙoƙarin kiyaye John Kline Homestead.
5) Yan'uwa rago: Ayyukan aiki, NYAC, podcast bala'i, da ƙari.

KAMATA

6) Shively ya yi murabus daga makarantar koyarwa ya jagoranci Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life.
7) Hardenbrook yayi hidima a Nigeria kafin ya tafi Sudan.
8) Rhoades don shiga A Duniya Zaman Lafiya a matsayin mai kula da ilimin zaman lafiya.

An buga wani watsa shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizo daga Makarantar Koyon Tauhidi ta Bethany da ke tunani game da taron duniya na Ikklisiya na Zaman Lafiya a Asiya a http://www.cobwebcast.bethanyseminary.edu/. Gidan yanar gizon yana ba da labarin wasu daga cikin manyan shaidun zaman lafiya da mahalarta daga ƙasashen Asiya daban-daban suka raba, tare da Scott Holland, mataimakin farfesa na tiyoloji kuma darektan Nazarin Zaman Lafiya da Nazarin Al'adu; Donald Miller, farfesa na ilimi na Kirista kuma memba na kwamitin tsarawa na taron; da Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm, mataimakin farfesa na wa'azi da ibada, wanda ya halarci irin wannan taro karo na biyu a Afirka a shekara ta 2003. Bayanin taron yana a www.brethren.org/genbd/newsline/2008/jan0308.htm. Mujallar hoto tana a http://www.brethren.org/pjournal/2007/AsiaPeaceConference&IndiaVisit.
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) Yan'uwa sun shiga cikin Bukin Bukin Bukin Bukin Ginawa.

A karshen mako na 18-20 ga Janairu, an sami wata tawaga ta Cocin Brothers ta kimanin mutane dozin biyu a Orangeburg, SC, don bikin cika shekaru 10 da sadaukar da Cocin Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME). ’Yan’uwa masu sa kai da ke aiki a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa ne suka gina ginin cocin.

Asalin ginin Butler Chapel na ɗaya daga cikin da yawa da masu kone-kone suka lalata a cikin kurwar kona coci a 1995-96. Tare da kuɗi daga Majalisar Coci ta ƙasa da kuma wasu kafofin, tare da taimakon ’yan agaji 300 da ke aiki a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa, an gina wani sabon ginin coci, ba tare da bashi ba.

Bikin na kwanaki uku an yi shi da gauraya mai ban sha'awa na AME da membobin Cocin Brothers. Wa'azin safiyar Lahadi shine kawai babban jawabi. Amma akwai ɗarurruwan “saƙonni” da aka gani kuma aka ji kamar gaisuwa, runguma, rungumar juna, hawaye na farin ciki, da kuma nuna ƙauna. Gabaɗayan taron babban saƙo ne na imani da manufa guda ɗaya, yayin da ƙungiyoyin biyu daban-daban amma iri ɗaya suka haɗu don gode wa Allah saboda abin da ya faru a Butler Chapel.

Duk da haka, taron bikin cika shekaru 10 ya fi mayar da hankali kan gini mai ban sha'awa. Ginin shine kawai kayan aiki don duk abin da ke faruwa a cikin kayan aiki. Cocin Butler Chapel AME ƙaramin ƙauye ne (yanzu ya zama birni) ikilisiya. Ya bayyana cewa ƙaramin ikilisiyar tana ba da shaida a hanyoyi masu ban mamaki. Akwai ƙungiyar mawaƙa guda biyar, ƙungiyar raye-rayen yabo na yara - waɗanda aka horar da su a hankali wajen bayyana ibada ta hanyar motsi, da sauran abubuwan da suka faru da nufin haɓaka sadaukarwa almajiran. Wurin da ke da kyau na musamman ya zama cibiya ga al'amuran gundumomi da yawa.

Daga lokacin da muka shiga ƙofar coci a ranar Juma’a da yamma, har muka tashi ranar Lahadi, an ɗauki ’yan’uwa a matsayin baƙi masu daraja. Akwai tambarin suna a tsanake, da jakunkuna masu kyau da aka cika da kayan abinci iri-iri, littattafan shirye-shiryen da suka ƙunshi bayanai da dama da suka haɗa da sunayen duk waɗanda suka taimaka wajen gina sabon ginin, da abinci guda uku masu daɗi, da kuma kayan ciye-ciye. Ko da muka tashi mun sami “abin ciye-ciye don hanya,” da kwalabe na ruwa da aka naɗe da hoton Cocin Butler Chapel.

Wani abin burgewa a wajen taron shi ne mawakan biki da suka hada da ‘yan uwa da dama da suka samu baiwar waka. Mawakan sun shafe fiye da sa'a guda a wurin taron waka suna koyon yadda ake yin kidan coci a hanyar Butler Chapel AME. Ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta AME ta kira shi "damuwa," amma ƙwarewar ta zama mai mahimmanci ga duk waɗanda suka shiga cikin tsari.

Bikin ya kuma haɗa da “lokacin motsa jiki,” kowane irin karramawa, kyaututtuka, kyaututtuka, da – sama da komai – ɗaruruwan kalamai na ’yan’uwa da ’yan’uwa waɗanda suka kai ga tsinkayar sama.

Tawagar 'yan'uwa ta hada da babbar sakatariyar riko ta Cocin of the Brother General Board, Mary Jo Flory-Steury; Babban membobin kwamitin Russell Betz da Terrell Lewis, ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa Roy Winter, Judy Bezon, da Jane Yount; ma'aikatan sa kai na Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa Glenn da Helen Kinsel, waɗanda suka ci gaba da tuntuɓar Butler Chapel shekaru 10 da suka gabata; da dama daga cikin daraktocin aikin da suka jagoranci ginin –John da Marianna Baker, Stanley Barkdoll, da Earl Dohner; tsohon ma'aikacin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa Torin Eikler; masu aikin sa kai da dama da suka shiga aikin sake ginawa; da ma wasu magoya bayan 'Yan uwa masu sha'awar.

Fatan duk wadanda suka halarta ne cewa za a iya raya alakar da ke tsakanin darikun biyu. Wannan shekara ta tunawa ita ce lokacin da ya dace don farawa.

-Glenn E. Kinsel wani ma'aikacin ma'aikatar bala'i ne na 'yan'uwa masu aikin sa kai wanda ya taimaka tare da haɗin gwiwar sa kai don aikin ginin a Butler Chapel, kuma tare da haɓaka bikin ranar tunawa.

2) Tawagar zaman lafiya a Duniya ta yi tattaki zuwa Yammacin Kogin Jordan da Isra'ila.

Wakilai 8 ne suka yi balaguro ta Yammacin Kogin Jordan da Isra'ila daga ranar 21 zuwa XNUMX ga watan Janairu, a wani balaguron da suka dauki nauyi tare da hadin gwiwar Kungiyoyin Zaman Lafiya da Kiristanci (CPT). Kungiyar ta koyi tarihin yankin da siyasar yankin daga shugabannin yankin.

Tawagar ta hada da 'yan Australia, dan kasar Canada, da Amurkawa, masu shekaru daga 21 zuwa 72. Babban daraktan zaman lafiya na duniya Bob Gross ya jagoranci tawagar. Sauran mahalarta 'yan'uwa sun hada da Karen Carter, Indigo (Jamee) Eriksen, Anna Lisa Gross, Ron McAdams, da Marie Rhoades.

Kungiyar ta gana da kungiyoyi fiye da 20 a manyan yankuna biyar na Urushalima, Baitalami, At-Tuwani, Hebron, da Efrat. Isra'ila, Falasdinawa, da ma'aikatan zaman lafiya na kasa da kasa daga kungiyoyi irin su Rabbis for Human Rights, Kwamitin Gyaran Hebron, B'Tselem, Wi'am, da Holy Land Trust sun ba da labarin aikinsu. Tawagar ta kuma gana da mutanen da rayuwarsu ta ta'allaka sosai, har ma a wasu lokutan sun shagaltu da al'amuran siyasa.

"Katangar tsaro" ta maciji da aka gina da dalar harajin Amurka, tana karuwa a Yammacin Kogin Jordan, in ji tawagar. Katangar tana raba iyalai da juna, ma'aikata daga ayyuka, dalibai daga makarantu, da masu aminci daga wurare masu tsarki. Har ila yau, bangon ya rage girman girman Yammacin Kogin Jordan, kuma yana barin aljihun al'ummomin da ba su isa ga juna ba. Jami'an Isra'ila sun ce katangar wani mataki ne na tabbatar da tsaro, yayin da masu samar da zaman lafiya a kowane bangare na nuna alhini kan ci gaban rarrabuwar kawuna da ke haifarwa tsakanin Isra'ila da Falasdinu, wanda hakan ya haifar da rashin tsaro, illa jahilci da fargaba. Tuni dai tun da aka fara katangar akwai yaran Isra'ila da ba su taba haduwa da Bafalasdine ba, da kuma yaran Falasdinawa wadanda suka san Isra'ilawa a matsayin sojoji kawai.

Tawagar ta ji labaran zafi da rashin bege, wadanda suka zama ruwan dare kamar pita da humus a yankin. Amma irin karimcin da ƙungiyar ta samu, tare da kofuna na shayi da kofi marasa adadi, ya zama abin girmamawa ga ƙarfin da mutane suke da shi na jajircewa. Ga Falasdinawa da yawa, ayyuka masu sauƙi na rayuwar yau da kullun ayyuka ne masu ƙarfi na tsayin daka, duk da zaluncin mamaya. Ko da yake tawagar ta ji labarin asara da ɓacin rai, amma a koyaushe ana ba da ɗumi-ɗumi na shayi da kuma kalaman bege.

Ibadar safiya da tarukan yamma suna da mahimmanci ga ƙarfin tunanin ƙungiyar da lafiyar ruhi. A cikin dare mai sanyi, canje-canjen jadawalin, da labarai masu raɗaɗi, wakilai sun yaba da sassauci da kyautatawa juna. Yin waƙa da yin addu’a tare suna da ma’ana musamman, kuma kowane ɗan’uwa yana da lokacin shirya ibada a lokacin tafiyar.

An gudanar da wani lokaci na musamman na addu'o'i a yammacin birnin Kudus, kusa da wurin da aka kai harin kunar bakin wake guda biyu da ya hallaka 'yan Isra'ila da dama. Misalan hare-haren kunar bakin wake sun kai kusan sifili a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, amma har yanzu ana fargabar irin wannan tashin hankalin da ba za a iya tantancewa ba. Tawagar ta yi addu’ar samun lafiya ga daukacin al’ummar da ke rayuwa a wannan kasa mai tsarki mai cike da tashin hankali, da kuma yin aikin kirkire-kirkire domin samar da zaman lafiya da adalci. Yayin da hare-haren kunar bakin wake ke faruwa kusan a yanayi na mamayar soji, kungiyar ta kuma ci gaba da addu'o'in ta na ganin an kawo karshen mamayar da ke gabar yammacin kogin Jordan da zirin Gaza.

CPT tana da kasancewarta a Hebron tun 1995. Tawagar CPT a Hebron tana haɗin gwiwa da masu fafutuka na cikin gida kuma suna ƙoƙarin yin magana a fili da sojoji da sauran ƙungiyoyi masu ɗauke da makamai. Ayyukansu sun hada da sanya ido kan wuraren binciken ababan hawa don yin tasiri ga sojojin Isra'ila don rage cin zarafi da cin zarafi ga Falasdinawa. Sau biyu a rana, ‘yan kungiyar CPT suna kallon yadda yara ke wucewa ta shingayen bincike don zuwa da dawowa makaranta, kuma sun yi imanin kasancewarsu ya kawo wani sauyi a yadda sojoji ke mu’amala da yaran da malamansu.

A cikin At-Tuwani, wani ƙauye a kudancin Hebron, jami'an sintiri na yau da kullun na CPT suna sa ido kan lafiyar yaran da ke wucewa tsakanin matsugunan Isra'ila biyu (ba bisa ka'ida ba). Wasu matsugunan da ke kan hanyar zuwa makarantar sun kai wa yara, da kuma ‘yan kungiyar CPT hari tare da raunata su. Tawagar ta bi sahun CPT domin gudanar da sintiri a makarantu a yankunan biyu.

Kungiyar ta yi bankwana a Kudus tare da sabunta ruhin samar da zaman lafiya, da sabbin alkawurra da yawa na ba da labari tare da al'ummominsu, ci gaba da addu'a da tunani, da kuma kara ilimi.

Don ƙarin bayani game da Amincin Duniya, je zuwa http://www.onearthpeace.org/. Ziyarci shafin yanar gizon tawagar a http://www.hebronblogspot.com/.

–Anna Lisa Gross ɗaliba ce a Makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany kuma memba na Cocin Richmond (Ind.) Church of the Brothers

3) Cibiyar Matasa ta tara sama da dala miliyan biyu don samun tallafin NEH.

Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Nazarin Pietist a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) ta zarce dala miliyan 2 don tara kuɗi don karɓar kyautar ƙalubalen ƙalubalen Kyauta ta ƙasa don 'Yan Adam (NEH) na $ 500,000.

Kyautar Kalubalen NEH-ɗaya daga cikin tallafin 17 kacal da aka bayar a duk faɗin ƙasar a cikin 2004-an tsara shi don ƙarfafa shirin Cibiyar Matasa da tallafin karatu da kuma tabbatar da matsayinta a matsayin cibiyar bincike kawai ta ƙasa don ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist da Pietist. Kamar yadda kyautar NEH ta buƙaci wasan 4: 1, Cibiyar Matasa ta buƙaci tara dala miliyan 2 zuwa Janairu 31. Cibiyar kwanan nan ta wuce wannan burin da fiye da $ 100,000.

Sakamakon kyautar dala miliyan 2.5 zai haifar da kujerun malamai a cikin Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist, haɓaka Shirin Abokan Ziyara na Cibiyar Matasa, tallafawa bincike da koyarwa, da faɗaɗa tarin littattafai da kayan tarihi.

"Kalubalen ƙalubalen NEH ya amince da Cibiyar Matasa don ƙwararren ƙwarewa da shirye-shirye akan kungiyoyin Anabaptist da Pietist," in ji shugaban Elizabethtown Theodore Long.

Daraktan dangantakar coci a Elizabethtown, Allen T. Hansell, ya jagoranci kamfen na kalubale na NEH don Cibiyar Matasa. “Wannan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce mai ban sha’awa ya ba ni damar yin cuɗanya da mutane da yawa da ƙungiyoyin da suke da tushen Anabaptism da Pietism, har da Cocina na ’yan’uwa,” in ji shi. “Babban girmamawa ga Cibiyar Matasa ta sanya babban ƙalubale mai sauƙin cimmawa. Ina so in yi amfani da wannan damar in gode wa duk wanda abin ya shafa, musamman masu hannu da shuni, da suka taimaka wajen ganin wannan yakin ya samu nasara sosai.”

Wasu ƙididdiga masu dacewa da ƙoƙarin tara kuɗi:

• Masu ba da gudummawa 209 (kashi 86 membobin Cocin Brothers ne)
• Kashi 62 cikin XNUMX na masu ba da gudummawa suna rayuwa ne a gundumomin Atlantika arewa maso gabas da Kudancin Pennsylvania
• Kashi 24 cikin XNUMX na masu ba da gudummawa 'yan'uwa ne daga ko'ina cikin darika fiye da gundumomin biyu, kuma mafi yawan sun bayar ne don tunawa da marigayi farfesa Donald Durnbaugh. The Durnbaugh Legacy Endowment, wanda ya zama
• Wani bangare na kokarin NEH bayan mutuwarsa, ya tara $377,000. Misis Hedwig T. Durnbaugh ta ba da gudummawar babban kaso na ɗakin karatu na farfesa Durnbaugh na littattafai da takaddun bincike ga Cibiyar Matasa.
• Kashi 10 na masu ba da gudummawa membobi ne na wasu kungiyoyin Anabaptist da Pietist, da
• Cibiyoyi 8 (kashi 4 na masu ba da gudummawa) sun ba da gudummawar kusan dala 100,000.
• Za a gane masu ba da gudummawa a wani gala a watan Afrilu, wanda kuma ke bikin cika shekaru 20 na Cibiyar Matasa. Taron zai hada da wasan kwaikwayo na yabon Amish da Mennonite, Brothers, da al'adun Lutheran, da karfe 7 na yamma ranar 5 ga Afrilu a Leffler Chapel. Waƙar za ta ƙunshi membobin Kwalejin Concert Choir na Kwalejin Elizabethtown, membobin Kwalejin-Community Chorus, da mawakan da aka gayyata daga al'ummar yankin, wanda Matthew P. Fritz, mataimakin farfesa na kiɗa da darektan ayyukan mawaƙa a kwalejin ya jagoranta. Za a buɗe nunin waƙoƙin yabo a ranar 26 ga Maris a Cibiyar Matasa.

–Mary Dolheimer ita ce darektan tallace-tallace da huldar watsa labarai na Kwalejin Elizabethtown.

4) Ana ci gaba da ƙoƙarin kiyaye John Kline Homestead.

Ana ci gaba da ƙoƙarin kiyaye John Kline Homestead, a cikin sabuntawa daga Paul Roth, shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa na John Kline Homestead kuma fasto na Linville Creek Church of the Brothers a Broadway, Va. John Kline ya kasance mai wa'azi da dattijo na 'yan'uwa, kuma shahidi na coci a shekarun yakin basasa.

Iyalin Mennonite da suka zauna a gonarsa a Broadway na ƙarni shida sun ƙaura a ƙarshen shekara ta 2006. Ƙungiyar Ba da Lamuni ta Tarayya ta Park View ta sayi kadada huɗu a madadin ’yan’uwa har sai an samu isassun kuɗi ta gidauniyar da ta yi amfani da shi. an kafa shi don adana wurin zama don ci gaba a matsayin wurin gado. A cikin wasiƙar Janairu ga masu goyon bayan ƙoƙarin, Roth ya ba da rahoto game da tara kuɗi da tsare-tsaren ci gaba ga gidan, yana mai cewa "jimilar kyaututtuka da alkawuran da aka karɓa sun haura dala 103,000."

Ana shirin yin kamfen na tara kuɗi don 2008 don cimma burin $600,000 don siyan fiye da kadada uku na kadarorin fiye da tara tara. Ana buƙatar ƙarin $600,000 don siyan ragowar gonakin. An shigar da takaddun haɗin kai tare da Commonwealth na Virginia don gudunmuwar ga John Kline Homestead ba za a cire haraji ba. An buga gidan yanar gizo tare da hotuna da sabuntawa, je zuwa http://johnklinehomestead.com/.

An shirya wani babban sansanin aiki na Coci na Brothers a gidan gida a ranar 16-22 ga Yuni (je zuwa http://www.brethren.org/ kuma danna kan "Key Words," sannan "Matasa da Matasa Manya"). Bugu da kari, wani farfesa na Jami'ar James Madison zai mayar da hankali kan tsarin gine-gine na gidan John Kline da gine-gine tare da ajin semester na bazara da kuma binciken bincike kan adana tarihi. Ajin da binciken zai ba da damar yin rajistar rukunin yanar gizon tare da rajistar wuraren tarihi na ƙasa da na jaha. A wani ci gaban kuma, ’yan’uwa masu aikin lambu Jason Stevens wanda ke aiki a Tushen Monticello na Thomas Jefferson, ya yi tayin dasa gonar lambu daga tsirran itatuwan ’ya’yan itace masu shekaru 120 zuwa XNUMX tare da samar da kayayyaki ga lambunan Shenandoah na gargajiya.

A taron shekara-shekara na Cocin na Brotheran’uwa na 2008, za a ba da nuni a kan John Kline Homestead, kuma ana ci gaba da shirye-shiryen abubuwan da suka faru da rangadi a gidan a matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin cika shekaru 300 na ’yan’uwa.

Roth ya kara da budaddiyar gayyata zuwa "Don Allah a tuntube mu da hangen nesa na gidan John Kline ko tambayoyin da za ku iya yi game da adana shi." Tuntuɓi Gidan Gida na John Kline a PO Box 174, Broadway, VA 22815.

5) Yan'uwa rago: Ayyukan aiki, NYAC, podcast bala'i, da ƙari.

• Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Jakadancin Duniya na Cocin of the Brother General Board na neman ma'aurata ko iyali su yi aiki a matsayin wani ɓangare na jagorancin tawagar don fara sabon shirin na Sudan. Shirin na neman sake ginawa da kuma warkar da al'ummomi a kudancin Sudan bayan yakin shekaru da dama, kuma zai hada da kafa coci-coci. Ƙungiya mai haɗin gwiwa wadda ta haɗa da mutanen da ke kawo ɗaya ko fiye na waɗannan nau'o'in fasaha masu zuwa ya fi dacewa: zaman lafiya da sauyin rikici, kiwon lafiya, dasa coci da ilimin Kirista, ci gaban al'umma zai fi dacewa tare da gogewa a cikin ƙasashe masu tasowa, magance cututtuka, da karatu da ilimin manya. Ya kamata 'yan takara su kawo ilimi da kwarewa masu dacewa a yankunansu na ƙwararru, ƙwarewar da ta gabata a cikin saitunan al'adu na kasa da kasa, ƙaddamarwa a cikin Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa da kuma aiki, da kuma daidaitawar kungiya. Kwarewar sakandare na gyara ko kula da kwamfutoci, gini, ko injiniyoyin abin hawa na da amfani. Membobin ƙungiyar za su shiga cikin haɓaka nasu goyon bayan a ƙarƙashin kulawar Babban Hukumar. An tsawaita lokacin ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen, tare da jadawalin da aka tsara don yin tambayoyi da yanke shawara da za a yi da kuma sanya wuri a lokacin 2008. Nemi fom ɗin aikace-aikacen daga Karin Krog, Ofishin Albarkatun Dan Adam, a 800-323-8039 ext. 258 ko kkrog_gb@brethren.org.
• Ya rage saura kwanaki 15 ga matasa masu tasowa don samun rangwamen kuɗin rijistar taron manyan matasa na ƙasa. Bayan 14 ga Fabrairu, kuɗin rajista zai tashi daga $300 ga kowane ɗan takara zuwa $325. Ana kira ga matasa da su yi rajista su aika da cikakken kudin rajista a yanzu don cin gajiyar wannan damar. Yi rijista akan layi a http://www.nyac08.org/.
• Podcast na Janairu daga Gidan Radiyon Labaran Bala'i ya mayar da hankali kan bukatun yara bayan bala'i da shirye-shiryen da ke kawo sauyi ga ɗaruruwan matasa a kowace shekara. Baƙi sune Judy Bezon, mataimakiyar darekta na Sabis na Bala'i na Yara, shirin Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, da Mike Nevergall na Amsar Bala'i na Lutheran. Nemo kwasfan fayiloli a www.podcastvillage.com/aff/dnn/archive/374.
• Amurkawa mahalarta taron shekara-shekara a Najeriya wanda kungiyar Global Mission Partnerships of the Church of the Brethren General Board ta dauki nauyin yin balaguro a bana saboda rashin biza. Zanga-zangar na gudana ne daga tsakiyar Janairu zuwa tsakiyar Fabrairu, tare da mahalarta daga Amurka suna aiki tare da mahalarta daga Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Najeriya (EYN-The Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) da wasu daga Turai don ci gaba da aikin ginin. EYN. Kodinetan tawagar Najeriya David Whitten ne ke jagorantar sansanin aiki ga mahalarta Najeriya da Turai.
• Babban hat na Peter Nead, baftisma na musamman mai laka, shaida ga ambaliyar Johnstown (Pa.), da sake tsara ƙarshen duniya duk wani ɓangare ne na saiti na biyu na Mintuna na Tercentennial da ke samuwa daga Everett (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Yin bimbini na minti ɗaya na mako-mako kan tarihin ’yan’uwa ya dace don karantawa a cikin ibada ko rabawa a makarantar Lahadi ko a wasiƙun labarai ko labarai. Wannan saitin na biyu ya ƙunshi makonni na Maris 2-Mayu 25, kodayake ana iya amfani da su a kowane lokaci. Kwamitin Tercentennial Church na Everett ne ya ba da umarni kuma fasto Frank Ramirez ne ya yi bincike kuma ya rubuta shi. Ana ba da su kyauta ga kowane coci mai sha'awar. Bugu da kari, Cocin Everett yana samar da wani sabon kayan aiki: wasan kwaikwayo na asali na marigayi Vernard Eller game da kafuwar Cocin 'yan'uwa, "Lokaci Mai Gaggawa," wanda Ramirez ya daidaita. An ba da aikin wasan kwaikwayo don bikin cika shekaru 250 amma ba a yi shi ba sai 1974, lokacin da ɗaliban Kwalejin La Verne (Calif.) suka zagaya da ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa suna yin wasan kwaikwayo. Ramirez ya kasance memba na asali na simintin gyare-gyare. Daidaitawa yana taƙaita wasan kwaikwayo daga sa'o'i biyu zuwa rabin sa'a. Ana iya gabatar da shi cikin sutura da haddace, ko kuma a yi shi azaman wasan kwaikwayo na masu karatu. Phyllis Eller ta amince da daidaitawa don samarwa da aiki. Nemi waɗannan albarkatun daga ecob@yellowbananas.com.
• Taron Matasa na 2008 a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) a ranar 4-6 ga Afrilu zai hadu akan taken, “PST…Biki! Aminci, Sauƙi, Tare." An zaɓi jigon don bikin gadon ’yan’uwa da kuma sa ido da kuma yin tunani game da makomar cocin. Masu jawabai masu mahimmanci sune Amy da Brian Messler, nishaɗin zai kasance ta ɗan wasan barkwanci da mawaƙa Tony Wolf, da kuma kiɗan ƙungiyar yabo ta Kwalejin Bridgewater ta “Outspoken.” Taron zai ƙunshi rera waƙa da ƙungiyar yabo za ta jagoranta, da ƙaramin taro na rukuni, da tarurrukan bita iri-iri, da kuma Nuni Daban-daban, nishaɗi, da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Kiyasta farashin shine $43. Don ƙarin je zuwa www.bridgewater.edu/orgs/iyc.
• Jami'ar McPherson (Kan.) Kwalejin tana gabatar da Lacca na Tarihi na Addini a kan maudu'in, "Shekaru 300 na Tarihi da Gado: Menene Shekaru 100 masu zuwa?" ranar 10 ga Fabrairu da karfe 4 na yamma a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Mingenback. Kwamitin shugabannin Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa zai gabatar da amsoshin wannan tambayar da aka mayar da hankali, ciki har da Paul Hoffman, shugaban kwalejin McPherson; Ruthann Knechel Johansen, shugaban Bethany Theological Seminary; Lowell Flory, babban darektan ci gaban ci gaba na Bethany; Jonathan Shively, darektan Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista; Rhonda Pittman Gingrich na kwamitin cika shekaru 300; da Herb Smith, farfesa na addini da falsafa a McPherson, wanda zai zama mai gudanarwa.
• Kolejin Juniata da ke Huntingdon, Pa., ta gudanar da wani taron tunawa da babban ɗakin karatu na kwaleji, yanzu ofishin mai rejista a Hall Founders, a ranar 24 ga Janairu, a cewar wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. A wannan shekara, gyaran zauren zai kawar da reshen arewa na ginin ciki har da tsohon ɗakin sujada. An gina Hall Hall shekaru uku bayan an kafa kwalejin, kuma ya haɗa da ɗakin sujada wanda zai zama gida ga ikilisiyar Huntingdon Brothers na shekaru 31 daga 1879-1910. Lokacin da aka keɓe Hall Hall a ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 1879, a cikin ɗakin sujada, Shugaba James Quinter ya ba da wa'azi kuma Yakubu Zuck, memba na farko na Juniata, an nakalto yana cewa, "Ranar nasara tana fitowa." Majami'ar, wani fili mai faffadan da zai iya daukar mutane 500, an gina shi ne ba tare da amfanar ginshikan ba ta yadda babu wanda ya katse layin gani. Wannan gine-gine na musamman ya buƙaci magina su yi amfani da tsarin gini wanda ya rataye kowane bene na ginin daga manyan tarkace a saman ginin. Da shigewar lokaci, rawar jiki da damuwa daga amfani da yau da kullun ya sa bangon reshe na arewa ya rusuna a waje, wanda ya haifar da tsagewa a benaye biyu na sama, waɗanda aka rufe a 1979. Babban limamin kwalejin David Witkovsky da Dale da Christy ne suka jagoranci bikin tunawa da bikin. Dowdy, limamin cocin Stone Church of the Brothers a Huntingdon, tare da Robert Neff, shugaban Juniata daga 1987-98, yana magana akan mahimmancin alaƙar da ke tsakanin Juniata da Cocin ’yan’uwa.
• Kwalejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., tana tunawa da jawabin Martin Luther King Jr. a wurin a kan maudu'in "Makomar Haɗin kai" daidai shekaru 40 da suka gabata a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu. Kwalejin za ta gudanar da wani taro a Cordier Auditorium don tunawa da ranar haihuwar. taron tare da tunani, bidiyo da ɗaukar hoto, karatun ɗalibai daga rubuce-rubucen King, da tunani daga farfesa Emeritus Kenneth L. Brown, wanda ya karɓi kyautar Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowship of Reconciliation. Kwalejin A Cappella Choir za ta tsara kida. Ana gayyatar jama'a.
• Taron shekara-shekara na COBYS Family Services na ba da labari/bikin tara kuɗi a ranar 13 ga Maris yana neman zaɓen shugaban ƙasa don zurfafawa, tare da taken, "Banquet for Better America." "A cikin wannan shekarar zaɓe, COBYS Family Services na yaƙin neman zaɓen ku," in ji sanarwar. Sabis na Iyali na COBYS wata hukuma ce da ke da alaƙa da Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke “koyarwa, tallafawa, da ƙarfafa yara da manya don isa ga cikakkiyar damarsu.” Za a fara liyafar ne da karfe 6:30 na yamma a cocin Middle Creek Church of the Brothers da ke Lititz, Pa. Shirin zai gabatar da muhawara ta izgili tsakanin wakilan COBYS da kungiyoyi biyu na tunanin da ke neman goyon baya. Kowannensu zai yi bayanin dalilin da yasa masu halarta zasu tallafa musu da daloli masu wahala. Gabatarwar za ta ƙunshi labarun yadda COBYS ke hidima ga yara da iyalai cikin sunan Kristi. Masu halartar liyafa za su kada kuri'unsu ta hanyar jefar da gudummawa a cikin akwatin zabe don tsarin da suke so. Da yamma kuma za ta hada da kiɗa daga Keister Sisters na Buffalo Valley Church of the Brothers a Miffinburg, Pa. Babu farashi don halarta, amma ana buƙatar ajiyar wuri. Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa www.cobys.org/news.htm ko tuntuɓi Don Fitzkee a don@cobys.org ko 717-656-6580. Wadanda ba za su iya halarta ba za su iya jefa kuri'ar rashin halarta ta hanyar aika gudummawar liyafa zuwa COBYS Family Services, 1417 Oregon Rd., Leola, PA 17540.
• Bugu na “Muryar ’yan’uwa” na Fabrairu, shirin da ke ba da gidan talabijin na ’yan’uwa, ya ƙunshi Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa da shirye-shiryen bala’i. Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa na ci gaba da yi wa wadanda suka tsira hidima fiye da shekaru biyu bayan guguwar Katrina. Shirin ya ba da amsar tambayar, me ya sa a tarihi ta kasance Cocin ’yan’uwa ta ɗauki irin wannan muhimmiyar rawa wajen yi wa wasu hidima bayan bala’o’i? ’Yan’uwa masu aikin sa kai na bala’i sun ba da wasu amsoshi a bidiyo da David Sollenberger ya shirya mai take, “Don Rayu Out Out Out Faith Our.” Wani mai kula da bala'i na gunduma, Brent Carlson, kuma yana raba bayanai don shirye-shiryen bala'i. A watan Maris, 'yan'uwa Voices za su nuna David Radcliff na Sabon Al'umma Project, Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa da ke da alaƙa da ke ba da ilimin muhalli ga ƙungiyoyi masu yawa ciki har da makarantu, sansani, ja da baya na matasa, majami'u, da kungiyoyin matasa. Don ƙarin bayani ko don biyan kuɗi tuntuɓi Ed Groff, mai samar da Muryar Yan'uwa, a Groffprod1@msn.com ko 360-256-8550.
• Majami'un da ke aikin samar da zaman lafiya a cikin tashin hankalin da ya biyo bayan zaben Kenya za su samu ziyarar makiyaya ta wata tawaga daga Majalisar Cocin Duniya (WCC). Kungiyar na shirin kasancewa a Kenya daga ranar 30 ga watan Janairu zuwa Fabrairu. 3, tare da jadawalin sa wanda zai canza bisa ga yanayin ƙasar. Wata sanarwar da aka fitar ta ce, guguwar tashe-tashen hankula da suka hada da kabilanci sun kashe mutane fiye da 700 tare da tilasta wasu 250,000 tserewa daga gidajensu. Majalisar Cocin kasar Kenya ce ta dauki nauyin ziyarar. Babban sakataren WCC Samuel Kobia shi kansa dan kasar Kenya ne. Ziyarar ƙungiyar, wacce ake kira "Haruffa masu rai," wani ɓangare ne na shekaru goma na WCC don shawo kan tashin hankali (2001-10). Kimanin kungiyoyi 40 ne ake sa ran za su ziyarci kasashe daban-daban har zuwa shekara ta 2011.
• Tsohuwar Cocin ’Yan’uwa mai wa’azi a ƙasashen waje Ellen Edmister Cunningham ta yi bikin cikarta shekara 101 a ranar 22 ga Janairu. Ita da mijinta marigayi E. Lloyd Cunningham, sun amsa kiran da aka yi wa masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje su tafi China a shekara ta 1938. Bayan tashin hankali a China sun kasance Philippines don nazarin harshe lokacin da aka kai hari kan Pearl Harbor a 1941 tare da wasu fararen hula fiye da 400 su da ƙaramin ɗansu, Larry, suna cikin sansanin 'yan gudun hijira na Japan daga 1941-45. An buga labarin abubuwan da suka faru a cikin ɗaki a cikin fitowar kwanan nan ta “Rayuwa da Tunani na ’yan’uwa.” Komawa gida bayan samun 'yanci a 1945, Cunninghams sun koma China a 1947 kawai 'yan gurguzu sun tilasta musu ficewa a 1949. Yayin da suke Hong Kong, suna jiran wucewa gida, sun sami labarin cewa filin mishan a Indiya yana buƙatar likita don haka dangi. tare da yara biyu a lokacin, suka tafi Indiya. "Ellen Edmister Cunningham ta zauna a San Joaquin Gardens a Fresno, California, tsawon shekaru 27, cikin rayuwa mai zaman kanta har zuwa wannan bazarar da ta gabata lokacin da ta koma don taimakon rayuwa. Ko da yake ganinta ba ta da iyaka, yana sa karatu ya yi wuya, tana ‘sauraron’ littattafai uku a mako daga shirin littafin magana na Library of Congress,” in ji mamban Kwamitin Tarihi na Brethren, Marlin Heckman.

6) Shively ya yi murabus daga makarantar koyarwa ya jagoranci Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life.

Jonathan Shively ya yi murabus a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership, haɗin gwiwar horar da ma’aikatar Cocin of the Brothers General Board da Bethany Theological Seminary tare da ofisoshi a Richmond, Ind. Murabus ɗin ya fara aiki a ranar 30 ga Yuni.

A ranar 1 ga Yuli, zai fara aiki a matsayin babban darekta na Ministocin Rayuwa na Babban Hukumar, yana aiki a Cocin of the Brother General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill. Shi da iyalinsa za su ƙaura zuwa yankin Elgin.

A lokacin Shively's wa'adin, Makarantar Brethren ta ƙarfafa shirye-shiryen horon matakin takardar shedar, ta sami kyautar dala miliyan 2 daga Lilly Endowment Inc. don shirin Dorewa Pastoral Excellence, ya ba da jagoranci ga taron karawa juna sani na shuka Ikilisiya, da kuma shiga cikin tattaunawar horar da ma'aikatar al'adu. . Shively ya ba da jagoranci don ƙaddamar da ƙaddamarwa zuwa hangen nesa na cocin mishan a makarantar hauza, kuma ya koyar da karatun digiri da kwasa-kwasan ilimi kan jagoranci da ci gaban coci. Ya kuma jagoranci ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta haɗin gwiwa ta Bethany Seminary da Earlham School of Religion, waɗanda ke rera waƙa a hidimar ɗakin sujada.

A matsayinsa na babban darektan ma'aikatun rayuwa na Congregational Life, Shively zai ba da jagoranci ga ma'aikatan Babban Tawagar Rayuwa ta Majalisar da Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa ta Manya da Ma'aikatar Aiki, da kuma jagoranci na taron karawa juna sani, karawa juna sani, da azuzuwan ilimi.

A cikin mukamai da suka gabata a cikin cocin, ya yi aiki a Hukumar Gundumar Kudu maso Yamma ta Pacific a matsayin shugabar 1997-2000, kuma ya jagoranci cocin Pomona (Calif.) Fellowship Church of the Brothers daga 1993-2000, lokacin da aka kira shi a matsayin darektan makarantar. Yana da digiri na farko daga Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), ƙwararren digiri na allahntaka daga Bethany, da kuma digirin digiri na minista daga Fuller Theological Seminary.

7) Hardenbrook yayi hidima a Nigeria kafin ya tafi Sudan.

Jim da Pam Hardenbrook, mambobi ne na jagororin kungiyar ta Cocin of the Brother's Sudan, za su shafe zangon karatu na semester a Kulp Bible College da ke Najeriya kafin su je kudancin Sudan a karshen wannan shekara. Za su je ne a cikin watan Fabrairu, har zuwa lokacin da za su karbi bizar shiga Najeriya.

Kulp Bible College is a Ministry of Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). "Mun yi farin ciki cewa Hardenbrooks za su iya ba da kyaututtukansu a cikin wannan aikin koyarwa na wucin gadi yayin da tawagar Sudan ke ci gaba da kafawa," in ji Mervin Keeney, babban darektan haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Cocin of the Brother General Board. "Wannan wuri na wucin gadi zai kasance mai amfani ga duka kokarin manufa. Fahimtar da za su samu aiki tare da cocin Najeriya zai yi matukar amfani idan suka koma Sudan."

Keney ya kuma fayyace cewa kudaden ayyukan Najeriya za su tallafa wa kungiyar Hardenbrooks a lokacin da suke Najeriya, ba kudin da suke tarawa don aikin Sudan ba.

Ana ci gaba da neman ma'aikata don kammala tawagar Sudan, wanda bai cika ba lokacin da Matt da Kristy Messick suka janye. Darakta Brad Bohrer ya ce "Tsarin tawagar ya kasance tsakiyar cim ma sakamako biyu na dashen coci da ci gaban al'umma wanda shine hangen nesa ga shirin Sudan."

8) Rhoades don shiga A Duniya Zaman Lafiya a matsayin mai kula da ilimin zaman lafiya.

Marie Rhoades za ta shiga cikin ma'aikatan Amincin Duniya a matsayin mai kula da ilimin zaman lafiya, tun daga watan Fabrairu. An sadaukar da shirin koyar da zaman lafiya don bunkasa jagoranci don zaman lafiya a kowace sabuwar zamani.

Rhodes yana da gogewar hidimar da ta gabata tare da matasa a cikin ikilisiya, gundumomi, da saitunan sansani. A zaman lafiya a Duniya, za ta ci gaba da ilimin zaman lafiya ta hanyar samar da kayan ilimi, tarurrukan tattaunawa, zaman lafiya, da sauran damammaki ga matasa da manya don bunkasa cikin jagoranci samar da zaman lafiya. Shirin koyar da zaman lafiya yana koya wa matasa rungumar samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista, kuma yana tunatar da manya su bi hanyar Yesu na tunani, kirkire-kirkire, da tashin hankali cikin addu'a.

Rhoades ya karanci falsafa da addini a Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) kuma yana da babban digiri na allahntaka daga Makarantar Tauhidi ta Lancaster. Ita memba ce ta Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brothers kuma kwanan nan ta shiga cikin Place Apart al'umma, wata al'umma mai alaka da niyya a Putney, Vt. Ta yi shirin aiwatar da hidimarta tare da Amincin Duniya daga Vermont. Ana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyi masu neman sababbin hanyoyin koyar da zaman lafiya su tuntuɓe ta a marie.oepa@gmail.com ko 717-917-9392.

———————————————————————————–
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. Brad Bohrer, Don Fitzkee, Marlin Heckman, Bekah Houff, Merv Keeney, Gimbiya Kettering, Jeri S. Kornegay, Karin Krog, Janis Pyle, Paul Roth, Steve Spire, da John Wall 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 13 ga Fabrairu. 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.