Labaran labarai na Maris 12, 2008

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

"Kada ku yarda da duniyar nan..." (Romawa 12:2a).

LABARAI

1) Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta amince da daftarin da'a, da bikin zagayowar ranar nadin mata.
2) Babban Hukumar ta rufe shekara tare da samun kudin shiga, abubuwan kwarewa sun karu a cikin duka bayarwa.
3) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Buɗewar aiki, da ƙari mai yawa.

KAMATA

4) Jim da Pam Hardenbrook sun yi murabus daga shirin Sudan.

fasalin

5) Tunani akan rayuwa da hidimar Harriett Howard Bright.

Sabon a http://www.brethren.org/ mujallar hoto ce daga taron matasa na kasa (NYC) 1958, lokacin da matasa Cocin of the Brothers suka taru da Lake Junaluska don NYC na biyu. A wannan Satumba, da yawa daga cikin "matasan" - yanzu 50 shekaru - za su sake "Ku zo Ruwa" don jin dadin taron tsofaffi na kasa. Don bikin, NOAC za ta ƙunshi wani shiri na lura da taron 50th na mahalarta NYC a "Lake J." Hotuna daga NYC 1958 ana nuna su tare da taken cin nasara daga "ABC Photo Caption Contest" a www.brethren.org/pjournal/2008/NYC58/index.html.
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) Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta amince da daftarin da'a, da bikin zagayowar ranar nadin mata.

Bayan halartar taron haɗin gwiwa a ranar 8 ga Maris kan shirin haɗin gwiwa tare da Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa (duba Ƙarin Labarai na Newsline na yau, Maris 12), Babban Hukumar ta ci gaba da taronta a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill. , ranar 9-10 ga Maris.

Manyan abubuwan da suka shafi kasuwanci sun hada da sake duba da'a na ma'aikatar, da wani kuduri na bikin cika shekaru 50 da nada mata a ma'aikatar, da kuma wani babban kudiri na maye gurbin na'urorin kwantar da iska da suka gaza.

Hukumar ta amince da sake fasalin ɗabi'ar ƙungiyar a cikin takardar Ma'aikatar, ta amfani da tsarin yanke shawara na wannan abu na kasuwanci. Takardar za ta je taron shekara-shekara na 2008 don amincewa. An dade ana gudanar da wannan bitar, karkashin jagorancin ma’aikatan ofishin ma’aikatar hukumar. A cikin tarurrukan da suka gabata, hukumar ta yi la'akari da sigar daftarin farko. Majalisar zartaswar gundumomi da kuma lauyoyin hukumar sun sake duba takardar, domin ta kunshi sassan hanyoyin da za a magance korafe-korafe na rashin da’a na ministoci. Hukumar ta canza kalmomin daftarin aiki a wurare biyu kawai, don ƙarin haske. Batutuwa da maganganun da suka fi daukar hankali da tattaunawa sun zo ne a cikin kundin tsarin da'a na shugabannin ministoci, a cikin sassan da ke bayyana yadda ministocin za su yi hulda da sauran takwarorinsu na limaman coci, da yadda fastoci za su yi alaka da tsoffin Ikklesiya da abin da bai dace ba ga tsoffin limaman coci, da abin da ya dace. shigar jam'i na shugabannin ministoci banda fastoci.

Hukumar ta amince da “ƙudiri kan nadin mata na shekaru 50 a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.” Kudirin ya nuna shekarar 2008 a matsayin ranar cika shekaru 50 da yanke shawarar taron shekara-shekara na 1958 "cewa a ba mata cikakken haƙƙin nadawa." Ƙudurin mai shafi ɗaya ya kuma lura cewa, “Mata suna da dogon tarihi na hidimar ɗarikar a hidima, kuma tattaunawa game da amincewa da kyaututtukansu a hukumance tun daga farkon coci.” Kudurin ya ba da godiya ga “kusan mata 400 da suka yi hidima a coci a matsayin naɗaɗɗen ministoci a cikin shekaru 50 da suka gabata” da kuma “don buɗewar coci ga Ruhu Mai Tsarki, don hanyoyin fahimta da tattaunawa, ga masu hankali da ganganci. ayyuka na sauraron juna da ke kai, cikin lokaci, zuwa canji." (Nemo cikakken ƙuduri a www.brethren.org/genbd/GBResolutions/2008WomensOrdination.pdf).

Hukumar ta amince da kashe kudi na farko na dala 390,000 don tsarin ajiyar iska mai zafi a Ofisoshin Janar, kuma ta umurci ma’aikatan da su “dage wajen neman hanyoyin samar da makamashi wanda zai rage dogaro da wutar lantarki ta kasuwanci da albarkatun man fetur. Ya kamata a ba da fifiko mai mahimmanci na hasken rana, geo-thermal, da makamantan hanyoyin samar da makamashi a cikin babban tsarin kula da kadarori na Babban Hukumar." An sanya kashe kuɗin da ake kashewa lokacin da ɗaya daga cikin “chillers” guda biyu na ginin ya gaza – kayan aikin na asali ne ga ginin, kuma yanzu kusan shekaru 50 ne. Shawarar babban birnin daga ma'aikata ta ba da zaɓuɓɓuka don maye gurbin gabaɗayan dumama, kwandishan, da tsarin iska na ginin tare da ingantaccen makamashi da fasahar "kore".

A cikin wasu harkokin kasuwanci, an amince da rahoton shekara-shekara na Babban Hukumar, Barbra Davis an nada shi wakilin hukumar zuwa Ƙungiyar Taimakon Ma'aikatan 'Yan'uwa, kuma an samu rahotanni da yawa ciki har da rahotanni na kudi (duba labarin da ke ƙasa), rahoto daga taron shekara-shekara na coci a Jamhuriyar Dominican, wani rahoto a kan mai zuwa National zaman lafiya taron na Historic zaman lafiya Churches faruwa a Philadelphia na gaba Janairu, da kuma wani update a kan tallace-tallace na Gather 'Round manhaja.

Wani rahoto kan shirin na Sudan ya janyo cece-kuce, bayan sanarwar cewa manyan jami'an mishan Jim da Pam Hardenbrook sun yi murabus. Darakta Brad Bohrer ya shaida wa hukumar cewa yana bakin cikin rashin nasarar da suka yi a shirin. Ya sanar da cewa hukumar za ta sake bude daukar ma'aikata don matsayin jagorar kungiyar. Manufar yin manufa a Sudan "ba a rasa ba," in ji shi, yayin da yake bayyana wasu sarkakiyar kafa sabuwar manufa ga cocin. Sai dai wasu daga cikin mambobin kwamitin, sun bayyana asarar da aka yi a matsayin mai muni, kuma sun bayyana bukatar a sake duba gaba dayan alkiblar tawagar ta Sudan. Sakatare Janar Stan Noffsinger ya ce tuni kwamitin zartarwa na hukumar ya fara aiki tare da aiyuka da kuma ba da tallafi ga ma'aikatan kan batutuwan da suka shafi shirin na Sudan. Tattaunawar ta rufe tare da yin shiru da addu'a ga Sudan da duk mutanen da ke da hannu a cikin aikin.

Kyautar da aka samu a lokacin tarurruka za ta tallafa wa sabon babban yakin neman gyare-gyare, bukatun kayan aiki na musamman, da kuma "greening" na Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill., da Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.- kamar maye gurbin na'urar sanyaya iska a manyan ofisoshi. Burin yakin neman zaben shine a tara dala miliyan uku.

2) Babban Hukumar ta rufe shekara tare da samun kudin shiga, abubuwan kwarewa sun karu a cikin duka bayarwa.

Ikilisiyar Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa ta ƙare shekara ta 2007 tare da samun kuɗi mai yawa a cikin Asusun Ma’aikatunta na Core, a cikin alkalumman da aka riga aka bincika. Rahoton kudi kafin tantancewa da aka gabatar wa taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na bazara ya nuna karuwar yawan bayar da tallafi ga ma’aikatun dariku da daidaikun mutane da ikilisiyoyin, amma ci gaba da raguwar bayar da tallafi ga manyan ma’aikatun hukumar.

Hukumar ta kawo karshen shekarar ne da samun kudin shiga na kusan dala 130,000 a asusunta na Core Ministries Fund, a jimillar kasafin kudin ma’aikatun da ya kai kusan dala miliyan 5.6. Asusun Core Ministries yana goyan bayan mafi yawan shirye-shirye da aikin gudanarwa na hukumar. Har ila yau, hukumar tana da ma'aikatu masu cin gashin kansu ciki har da Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa (wanda aka samu ta hanyar Asusun Bala'i na gaggawa), shirin Material Resources wanda ke ajiye kaya da jigilar kayan agaji a madadin cocin da abokan hulɗar ecumenical, New Windsor (Md.) Cibiyar Taro , Ma'aikatar Rikicin Abinci ta Duniya (wanda aka samu ta hanyar Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya), 'Yan Jarida, da Mujallar "Manzo".

Jimlar bayar da gudummawa ga hukumar ya karu da kashi 9.5 bisa 2006, wanda ya kara a cikin dukkan kyaututtukan daidaikun mutane da na jama'a ga duk kudaden hukumar, gami da wasiyya da takurawa masu bayarwa. Kyaututtuka daga ɗaiɗaikun mutane, ƙayyadaddun kyaututtuka masu ba da gudummawa, da wasiyya sun ƙaru sosai daga 2006, in ji Ken Neher, darektan kuɗi da haɓaka masu ba da gudummawa. Adadin mutanen da suka bayar ga dukkan kudaden hukumar da suka hada da kayyade kyaututtuka da wasiyya sun haura sama da kashi 28 cikin dari zuwa sama da dala miliyan 2.5. Bayar da daidaikun mutane ga Asusun Ma'aikatun Core ya karu da kashi 4 cikin ɗari.

Jimlar bayarwa daga ikilisiyoyi ya ci gaba da kasancewa a koyaushe, sa’ad da ake ba da kuɗin kuɗin hukumar, ba da gudummawar da aka hana ba da gudummawa, da kuma tara kuɗin bala’i na gunduma a cikin wannan adadi. Koyaya, bayarwa daga ikilisiyoyin zuwa Asusun Ma'aikatun Core ya faɗi kashi biyu cikin ɗari. Bayar da taron jama'a ga Asusun Babban Ma'aikatun ya kasance babban gibin dala 411,000 daga hasashen da aka yi kasafin, kuma ya gabatar da Babban Hukumar da babban kalubale tun lokacin da aka yi hasashen adadin kudin da ake bayarwa na jama'a a cikin kasafin kudin na shekarun 2008 da 2009, in ji ma'aji. Judy Keyser.

Wannan raguwar bayar da gudummawar jama'a ga manyan ma'aikatun darikar na ci gaba da tafiyar shekaru 10 zuwa 15 na raguwar kashi 2 cikin dari a kowace shekara, in ji Neher. Ya ce raguwar ta na da nasaba da raguwar mambobin darikar, da yawan rufe coci-coci, da kuma sauya abubuwan da suka sa a gaba.

Jaridar Newsline ta Maris 12 ta cire mujallar “Manzo” daga rahoton kuɗi na Cocin of the Brother General Board na 2007. “Manzo” kasafin kuɗi ne na kansa, kuma ya ƙare shekara tare da samun kuɗin shiga na $20,080 da babban tallace-tallace na adalci. sama da $255,000, a cikin alkalumman da aka riga aka tantance. Rahoton kudi ya kuma kamata ya lura cewa jimillar kudaden da aka kashe daga Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa sun hada da tallafawa shirin Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa da Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara da kuma tallafi, kuma jimillar kudaden da aka kashe daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya hada da tallafin Abinci na Duniya. Shirin rikicin. Jimlar tayin da aka samu daga membobin hukumar da ma'aikatan zuwa sabon babban kamfen shine $2,284.

Wasu karin bayanai na Rahoton Kudi na Babban Kwamitin Kudi na 2007:

• Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ya ba da tallafin dala miliyan 1.42 a shekarar 2007. Taimakon da aka bayar ga asusun ya kai dala 878,688.
• Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya ba da jimlar $341,612 a cikin tallafi. Ba da gudummawa ga asusun ya kai $319,994.
• Bayar da wasiyya ta Babban Hukumar ta kai darajar dala miliyan 6 a karon farko. Wannan asusu na taimakawa wajen tallafawa kasafin manyan ma'aikatun hukumar.
• Jimlar tallace-tallacen 'yan jarida ya kasance mai ƙarfi musamman a cikin 2007, wanda ya kai sama da dala miliyan 1. Bayan rubuce-rubucen ƙididdiga da yawa da ba zato ba tsammani da gyare-gyare da kuma biyan kuɗin da aka yi wa kasafin farko zuwa farkon Gather 'Kudin tsarin karatu, duk da haka, 'Yan Jarida sun ƙare shekara tare da kusan $ 81,000 na kashe kuɗin shiga.
• Shirin Gather 'Round Sunday School Curriculum-aikin haɗin gwiwa na 'yan'uwa Press da Mennonite Publishing Network-a cikin cikakken shekararsa ta farko ta tallace-tallace ya sami babban tallace-tallace na kusan $500,000. Wannan yana wakiltar galibin umarni na siyarwa ga gidajen bugawa biyu da masu amfani da haɗin gwiwarsu. A shekara ta 2007, ikilisiyoyi 310 na Coci na ’yan’uwa sun yi amfani da tsarin koyarwa.
• Sabuwar Cibiyar Taro ta Windsor, wacce ta yi fama da kuɗaɗe a cikin shekarun da suka gabata, ta sami babban tallace-tallace na dala 56,000, da kuma samun kuɗin shiga na $24,660.
• Asusun Jakadancin Duniya mai tasowa–wanda galibi ke tallafawa ayyukan ƙungiyar a Brazil-ya kashe jimillar $64,614. Ba da gudummawa ga asusun ya kai sama da dala 66,000.

3) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, Buɗewar aiki, da ƙari mai yawa.

Allen T. Hansell Sr. ya sanar da murabus dinsa a matsayin darektan hulda da coci na Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), wanda ya fara aiki a ranar 5 ga Afrilu. Ya cika mukamin tun watan Mayu 2005, yana aiki a matsayin babban haɗin gwiwa tsakanin kwalejin da Cocin of Brothers. , gami da tsofaffin ɗalibai, ikilisiyoyi, gundumomi, da hukumomin taron shekara-shekara. Mukaman shugabancinsa na baya sun hada da hidima a matsayin darektan ma'aikatar Cocin of the Brother General Board daga karshen 1997 zuwa 2001, bayan wa'adin shekaru takwas a matsayin ministan zartarwa na Cocin of the Brethren's Atlantic Northeast District. Kafin haka, ya yi shekara 23 a matsayin fasto. Ya kuma jagoranci Tawagar Taimako na Kananan Ikilisiya, ya kasance memba na zaunannen kwamitin taron shekara-shekara, kuma ya kasance mai gudanarwa na Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika. Yana da digiri daga Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) da Bethany Theological Seminary.

Gundumar Kudu maso Yamma ta Pacific ta ba da sanarwar daukar Carrie Cesar a matsayin darektan ma'aikatar tsakanin tsararraki, da mijinta, Alfredo Cesar, a matsayin darektan ma'aikatar al'adu. Carrie Cesar za ta yi aiki tare da matasa, matasa, da ma'aikatun iyali, daidaita horo da albarkatu ga ikilisiyoyi da shugabanninsu, da yin aiki a matsayin mai haɗin gwiwa ga ƙungiyoyin jagoranci masu alaƙa da shekaru da shirye-shiryen gunduma. A baya ta yi aiki a matsayin darakta mai kula da gundumar. Alfredo Cesar zai daidaita kokarin gundumomi a cikin manufa da dashen coci, kuma zai rike ayyuka iri-iri da suka hada da bunkasa shirin daukar masu horarwa da masu shuka coci da sauran sabbin shugabanni, da kuma alaka da ma'aikatu a Mexico. Cesars suna zaune a Mesa, Ariz.

Donna Forbes Steiner ya fara Afrilu 1 a matsayin darektan hulɗar coci a Kwalejin Elizabethtown. Ta yi digiri na farko a fannin ilimin kiɗa daga Jami'ar Drake da kuma digiri na biyu na ilimin addini daga Bethany Theological Seminary. Ta fara hidima a shekara ta 1964, a matsayin ministar ilimin Kirista na Palmyra (Pa.) Church of the Brother, kuma tun daga nan ta rike mukamai da yawa na makiyaya. Daga 1997-2002, ta kasance mataimakiyar ministar zartaswa na gundumar Atlantic Northeast. Kwanan nan, tun 2003, ta kasance fasto na wucin gadi na cocin Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brothers kuma fasto na bazara na Palmyra (Pa.) Church of the Brothers and Reading (Pa.) Church of the Brothers. Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga ma'aikatun ikilisiya na gundumar Mid-Atlantic, kuma a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga gundumomi da ikilisiyoyi a Virginia. Za ta yi aiki daga Ofishin Ci gaban Ci Gaba na Kwalejin Elizabethtown.

Brian Bert ya fara a matsayin darektan shirye-shirye a Camp Blue Diamond, ma'aikatar Middle Pennsylvania District kusa da Petersburg, Pa. Ya fara a matsayin ranar 21 ga Janairu. Shi memba ne na Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Church of Brothers inda yake. mai bawa kungiyar matasa shawara. Yana kuma zama mai ba da shawara ga Tawagar Ma'aikatar Matasa ta gundumar. Ya kammala karatun digiri ne a Jami'ar West Virginia kuma ya yi aiki a bazara a matsayin mai ba da shawara na cikakken lokaci a sansanin.

Scott Senseney ya fara aiki a wannan makon a cikin shirin Albarkatun Material na Ikilisiyar Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa a matsayin ma'aikacin forklift/mai kula da ɗakunan ajiya. A baya ya yi aiki na shekaru 17 tare da Fidelitone / Black da Decker. Yana zaune a Keymar, Md., Kuma zai yi aiki a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.

Diane Parrott ta fara aiki na ɗan lokaci na ɗan lokaci a Coci of the Brothers Credit Union a Elgin, Ill., a ranar 14 ga Maris. Za ta yi aiki a kan lamuni kuma za ta taimaka da wasu ayyuka. Ita memba ce ta Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, kuma ta yi aiki kwanan nan don Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Malamai ta Kane County.

David da Maria Huber sun kammala aikin watanni shida a matsayin masu ba da agaji ga Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor (Md.), suna hidima a Windsor da Zigler Halls a harabar Cibiyar Hidimar 'Yan'uwa. Ma’auratan suna hidima ta hidima ta ’yan’uwa na sa kai.

Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) na neman masu neman mukamin shugaban kasa. Ofisoshin BBT suna a Cocin of the Brethren General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill. Ayyukan farko na BBT sune gudanarwa na Tsarin Fansho da Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa. Shugaban yana aiki a matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa na BBT, gami da duk ƙungiyoyin kamfanoni (Brethren Benefit Trust, Brethren Benefit Trust, Inc., Brothers Foundation, Trustee, Pension Plan Trust). Shugaban zai kula da gudanarwa da ayyuka na BBT ta hanyar jagoranci, gudanarwa, gudanarwa, da kuma ƙwarin gwiwar ma'aikata, yin kwaikwayon jagorancin bawa. Shugaban zai jagoranci BBT a hidimarsa ga Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa ta hanyar haɓakawa da kiyaye alaƙar da ta dace da mutane da ƙungiyoyi waɗanda ke da alaƙa da ko raba dabi’un Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa. Ana iya samun cikakken bayanin matsayin a http://www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/. An fi son zama membobin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Ana sa ran shugaban zai zauna a yankin Elgin. Ranar ƙarshe don aikace-aikacen shine Afrilu 30. Ana buƙatar masu nema su aika da ci gaba na yanzu, wasiƙar murfin, da nassoshi uku ta imel zuwa Ralph McFadden, Mashawarcin Kwamitin Bincike, Hikermac@sbcglobal.net. Ana iya aika kwafi mai ƙarfi, idan ya cancanta, zuwa 352 Shiloh Ct., Elgin, IL 60120. Kwamitin Bincike kuma yana gayyatar zaɓe. Aika sunayen mutanen da ya kamata a kira su yi la'akari da matsayi ga kowane memba na Kwamitin Bincike ko aika zuwa Ralph McFadden. Kwamitin Bincike ya ƙunshi Eunice Culp, shugaba; Harry Rhodes, Shugaban Hukumar BBT; Janice Bratton, mataimakin shugaban hukumar BBT; Donna Forbes Steiner, memba na BBT; da Fred Bernhard, tsohon memba na Hukumar BBT na dogon lokaci.

Bethany Theological Seminary and the Church of the Brothers General Board neman cikakken lokaci darekta na Brothers Academy for Ministerial Leadership, don farawa a lokacin rani na 2008. Daraktan zai yi aiki daga harabar Bethany a Richmond, Ind. Ayyukan sun haɗa da fahimtar bukatun jagoranci. na ƙungiyar, yin aiki tare da Majalisar Ba da Shawarar Ma'aikatar, Gudanar da Ilimi don Rarraba Ma'aikatar (EFSM) da shirye-shiryen Horarwa a Ma'aikatar (TRIM), tabbatar da shirye-shiryen horar da ma'aikatar na gundumomi, ba da gudummawa ga haɓaka ƙwarewar al'adu, tsarawa da daidaita abubuwan ci gaba da ilimi, ɗarika. bita don haɓaka jagoranci, koyarwa a cikin shirin makarantar da bayar da kwasa-kwasan lokaci-lokaci a cikin tsarin karatun digiri na makarantar hauza, ma'aikatan sa ido, haɓaka kasafin kuɗi, da bayar da rahoto ga cibiyoyi masu ɗaukar nauyi. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da shekaru biyar na ingantaccen jagoranci a hidimar fastoci; tushe a cikin al'adun Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa, tiyoloji, da siyasa; iya yin magana da aiki daga hangen nesa na Bethany da Babban Hukumar; iya dangantaka da mutunci da girmamawa; basirar juna; ilimi da gogewa a cikin ci gaban kasafin kuɗi da gudanarwa; basirar sadarwa ta baka da rubuce; ilimi da fasaha a ka'idar tsarin; ilimi da ƙwarewa wajen haɓaka ƙwarewar ilimi a cikin horar da ma'aikatar da haɓaka ƙwararru; iya hango shawarwarin bayar da tallafi da kula da shirye-shiryen tallafin tallafi. Ilimin da ake buƙata da gogewa ya haɗa da babban digiri na allahntaka ko makamancin haka, rikodin ci gaba da gogewar ilimi na yau da kullun, naɗawa da zama memba mai ƙwazo a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Afrilu 3. Don nema, cika fom ɗin aikace-aikacen Seminary tauhidin tauhidin Bethany, ƙaddamar da ci gaba da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen, kuma nemi nassoshi uku don aika wasiƙun shawarwarin zuwa Seminary Theological Seminary, Stephen Reid, Dean Academic, 615 National Rd. W., Richmond, IN 47374-4019; 765-983-1815; reidst@bethanyseminary.edu. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Mary Jo Flory-Steury, Babban Darakta na Ma'aikatar, Cocin Babban Hukumar 'Yan'uwa, 847-644-1153, mjflorysteury_gb@brethren.org.

Cedars, Inc., na McPherson, Kan., Cocin 'yan'uwa na ci gaba da kulawa da ritayar al'ummar da ke da alaƙa da Babban Plains Conference of the Free Methodist Church, yana neman masu neman babban jami'in zartarwa. Tare da mazauna sama da 300 a harabar 60-acre, Cedars tana ba da matakan kulawa tun daga rayuwa mai zaman kanta zuwa ƙwararrun ma'aikatan jinya, daga tsarin zamantakewa na tushen mutum. Kwamitin Amintattu na neman mutumin da ke da shaidar gudanarwar gida wanda ya yaba da yanayin tushen bangaskiya kuma wanda ke da dabarun tsara dabaru, da gogewa a ci gaban kuɗi, tallace-tallace, da sabbin tsare-tsare. Za a aika da ci gaba zuwa Bob R. Green, 110 Eastmoor Dr., McPherson, KS 67460; greenbg412@sbcglobal.net.

Gundumar Pacific Kudu maso Yamma na Cocin ’Yan’uwa na neman ƙwararren mutum don yin hidima a matsayin manajan kuɗi da dukiya, don kula da kuɗin shiga, kashe kuɗi, da bayanan ma’auni na ofishin gundumar. Bugu da ƙari, ayyuka za su haɗa da iyakance sarrafa kadarorin don majami'u na ikilisiya a California da Arizona. Ƙwarewar da aka tabbatar a cikin lissafin kuɗi da ma'amalar dukiya ta kasuwanci sune cancantar cancanta. Dole ne wannan mutumin ya ga matsayi a matsayin hidima kuma ya kasance da bangaskiya da ta dace da manufar Ikilisiya ta ’yan’uwa. Wannan matsayi ne na cikakken lokaci tare da fa'idodi. Don nema da karɓar cikakken bayanin aikin, aika wasiƙar murfin sha'awa, ci gaba na ƙwarewar aiki mai dacewa, da haruffa uku na nuni zuwa Gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, PO Box 219, La Verne, CA 91750- 0219. Za a sake duba aikace-aikace da kayan aiki daga 1 ga Afrilu har sai an cika matsayi.

Sabis na Bala'i na Yara Uku Mataki na 1 An ƙara horarwa zuwa jadawalin horo na bazara na 2008, ban da horon da aka riga aka sanar a Cocin Blackrock na 'yan'uwa a Glenville, Pa., Afrilu 4-5 kuma a La Verne (Calif. ) Cocin ’yan’uwa a ranar 12-13 ga Afrilu. Abubuwan horon na masu sa kai ne masu sha'awar yin hidima tare da Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara don kula da yara da danginsu bayan bala'o'i. Za a gudanar da ƙarin horon a Ivy Tech Community College a Evansville, Tenn., A ranar 4-5 ga Afrilu; a Ofishin Taro na Ƙungiyar Pacific a Westlake Village, Calif., Afrilu 19-20; kuma a Cocin Presbyterian na Farko a Bai’talami, Pa., a ranar 25-26 ga Afrilu. Ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin rajista je zuwa gidan yanar gizon Sabis na Bala'i na Yara.

Taron bita ga fastoci da ikilisiyoyin mai taken, “Samar da Harkokin Kiwon Lafiyar Fasto-Ikilisiya,” Ƙungiyar Shalom ta Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya da Majalisar Hulɗar Kwalejin Coci ta Kwalejin Juniata da ke Huntingdon, Pa. Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Lombard Mennonite ce za ta jagoranci taron. a kan Maris 28-29, kuma zai kasance wani ɓangare na taron karshen mako wanda zai fara da maraice na Maris 27 tare da gabatarwa ta 'yan'uwa masanin zamantakewa Carl Bowman. Za a gudanar da taron bita na Maris 28 ga ɗalibai da jama'a akan "Tambayoyin Godiya." Ana iya samun ƙasidu da bayanin rajista a gidan yanar gizon gunduma a http://www.midpacob.org/. Ranar ƙarshe na rajista shine 24 ga Maris.

Al'ummar Peter Becker, Coci na 'yan'uwa masu ritaya a Harleysville, Pa., suna gudanar da Nunin Furen Furen Shekara na 25 na Shekara-shekara akan taken, "Back the Old Country Road." Nunin yana buɗe wa jama'a a ranar 13-15 ga Maris, tare da ba da gudummawar da aka ba da shawarar a ƙofar $5 ga kowane mutum, yara kyauta. Nunin ya fara ne shekaru 25 da suka gabata a matsayin lokacin sanyi "ka ɗauke ni" da kuma ayyukan mazauna da suka gane waɗanda suka kula da tsire-tsire na gidansu, in ji sanarwar da aka fitar daga al'umma. Nunin wannan shekara ya sha bamban sosai, wanda ya ƙunshi babban ɗakin taro tare da fenti na al'ada da abubuwan gine-ginen da aka kera da hannu waɗanda ke ba da ɗimbin furanni masu girma. Al'umman suna tsammanin baƙi sama da 8,000 za su halarta. Ziyarci http://www.peterbeckercommunity.com/ don ƙarin bayani.

Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network tana ba da "Makarantar bazara akan Ruwa" ga matasa daga Yuli 27 zuwa Agusta 5 a Cibiyar Ecumenical a Bossey, Switzerland. "Kiyaye albarkatun ruwa na duniya da kuma samar da damar samun ruwa ga kowa da kowa yana daya daga cikin manyan kalubale na karni na 21," in ji sanarwar taron. Mahalarta za su sami damar yin karatu-a cikin rukuni na yanki da ikirari daban-daban - bayyanar gida, yanki, da kuma abubuwan da ke haifar da matsalar ruwa. Masu shiga dole ne su kasance tsakanin 18 zuwa 30 shekaru tare da kyakkyawar ilimin Ingilishi, wanda shine harshen aiki na shirin. Ana samun ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen a http://water.oikoumene.org/. Aikace-aikacen ya ƙare kafin Maris 24. Aikace-aikacen da aka aika ta imel ya kamata a aika da su zuwa water@wcc-coe.org.

Sabon Al'umma Project (NCP), wata Coci na 'yan'uwa da ke da alaƙa, ta ba da tallafi kusan dala 33,000 ga majami'u da abokan hulɗar al'umma a ciki da wajen al'ummomin kudancin Sudan na Nimule da Maridi. An aika da dala 18,000 daga Asusun Ba wa Yarinya Dama don Ilimin ‘ya’ya mata, kayayyakin tsaftar mata, ilimin manya, da bunkasa mata; $2,300 daga asusun If a Tree Falls zuwa aikin sake gandun daji a gabar Kogin Nilu kusa da Nimule; wasu dala 4,500 daga asusun gidan sauro na kowane sakan 30 don rigakafin zazzabin cizon sauro don tallafawa ƙungiyoyin ɗinki; $3,500 don kammalawa da adana kantin sayar da al'umma; sauran kuma an ware su ne don biyan alawus-alawus da tallafin kayan aiki ga ma’aikata a Sudan. An yi alƙawarin ƙarin $8,600 don ayyukan nan gaba a cikin shekara. Abokan hulɗar NCP a cikin ayyukan sune Majalisar Majami'un Sudan da wata ƙungiya mai tushe a Nimule. Don ƙarin ziyarar http://www.newcommunityproject.org/.

An yi hira da mamban cocin Brother of Brother Cliff Kindy a shirin "WorldView" na gidan rediyon WBEZ Chicago na jama'a a ranar 27 ga watan Fabrairu, game da ayyukansa da ƙungiyoyin zaman lafiya na Kirista a arewaci, yankin Kurdawa na Iraki, da hare-haren soji da sojojin Turkiyya suka yi kan 'yan awaren Kurdawa na PKK. Ya yi magana game da ziyarar tare da wadanda suka tsira da kuma iyalai daga kauyukan da aka kai harin bam a yankin Kurdawan Iraki a watan Disamba yayin da Turkiyya ta fara kai hare-hare ta sama. Don sauraron nunin rediyo akan layi je zuwa www.chicagopublicradio.org/content.aspx?audioID=18987.

An zaɓi Emma Marten ɗan shekara bakwai ɗaya daga cikin Manyan Kansan shida na 2007, in ji “McPherson Sentinel.” Marten ya gudanar da gwanjon zane-zane a cocin McPherson na 'yan'uwa a watan Satumbar 2007 don amfanar yaran Greensburg, Kan., Bayan da guguwar iska ta lalata garin. Kwanan nan ta gabatar da kusan $4,000 ga Makarantar Elementary ta Greensburg.

4) Jim da Pam Hardenbrook sun yi murabus daga shirin Sudan.

Jim da Pam Hardenbrook sun yi murabus daga matsayin jagoran tawagar shirin na Sudan, daga ranar 7 ga watan Afrilu. Manufar Sudan ma'aikatar ce ta hadin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Cocin of the Brother General Board.

Shirin na Sudan wani sabon salo ne na gudanar da ayyuka na babban kwamitin. Shiri ne mai cikakken kuɗaɗen kai, tare da duk tallafin kuɗi yana zuwa ta ƙayyadaddun gudummawa ga shirin da kuma mutanen da ke aiki a matsayin ma'aikatan mishan. Hardenbrooks sun shafe watanni da dama da suka gabata suna yawo a cikin ƙungiyar suna tara kuɗi don shiga aikin.

A cikin sanarwar da babban kwamitin ya fitar na murabus din, kungiyar Hardenbrooks ta nuna jin dadin ta ga tallafin kudi da hukumar ta bayar a cikin watanni biyar da suka gabata na wakilai da horarwa, da kuma karamcin daidaikun mutane, ikilisiyoyin da gundumomi da suka ba da gudummawar ayyukan coci a Sudan.

Jim Hardenbrook ya taba zama fasto na Cocin Nampa (Idaho) na 'yan'uwa na tsawon shekaru 15, kuma a matsayin mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers a 2005. Ya kuma kasance darektan wucin gadi na Initiative na Sudan a 2006. Pam Hardenbrook ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa. babban mai haɓaka abun ciki don Axiom Inc., kamfani na rubutu na fasaha. Dukansu suna da digiri na farko a nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki daga Puget Sound Christian College a Everett, Wash., Kuma Jim Hardenbrook ya sami digiri na biyu na hidima daga Jami'ar Nazarene ta Arewa maso Yamma a Nampa.

Hardenbrooks suna bincika wasu zaɓuɓɓuka don hidima.

A cikin wata sanarwa mai alaka da hakan daga ofishin kudi na babban hukumar, an sanar da masu ba da gudummawa ga ayyukan Hardenbrooks a Sudan cewa za a ajiye kyaututtukan nasu don amfani da ma'aikatan mishan na gaba a Sudan. Ma’aikatan mishan na gaba da aka ambata da za su je Sudan za su yi amfani da kudaden da Hardenbrooks ke tarawa, kuma ba za a yi amfani da kudaden don wata manufa ba ko kuma ga wani shirin Babban Hukumar. Saboda dokokin IRS, ba za a iya mayar da gudummawar ba. Sanarwar ta kara da cewa, wata takarda da aka buga a kan ambulan bayar da gudummawa ta ba da bayanai game da wannan lamari ga masu ba da gudummawa a lokacin da aka bayar da gudummawar.

5) Tunani akan rayuwa da hidimar Harriett Howard Bright.

Harriett Howard Bright ita ce mace ta farko da aka naɗa don yin hidima a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Dana Cassell, ma’aikaciyar Hidimar Sa-kai ta ’Yan’uwa a Ofishin Ma’aikatar, ta ba da labari mai zuwa na rayuwa da hidimar Bright yayin da take gabatar da “Ƙidu a kan Shekaru 50 na Naɗin Mata a Cocin ’Yan’uwa” ga Babban Hukumar:

"Harriett Howard ya koyi fasahar kadi tun yana ɗan shekara goma. Ba a dade ba sai ta tashi daga kadi zuwa saƙa, ba da daɗewa ba ta zama ƙwararriyar sana'a. Ta kammala littafinta na farko tana da shekaru 12. Daga baya, ta biya hanyarta ta Kwalejin Berea tare da sakar mata, inda ta kammala a 1936 tare da digiri na farko a fannin Tattalin Arziki na Gida. Ta kammala digiri na biyu a Sana'o'i da Fasaha a Kwalejin George Peabody da ke Nashville, Tenn., A cikin 1944, kuma ta fara koyar da saƙa a duk faɗin kudu.

"Ta auri Calvin Bright a cikin 1945, kuma ma'auratan sun koma Chicago, inda Calvin ya halarci Seminary na Bethany. A matsayin matar fasto ba da jimawa ba, Harriett ta sami horon tauhidi na shekara guda a makarantar hauza, kuma ta yi hidima tare da mijinta a fastocinsa na farko a Peoria, Ill.

“A shekara ta 1947, cocin ta nada Harriett da Calvin su zama masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje, kuma suka ƙaura zuwa China tare. Harriett ta koyar da saƙa da sana'a a Jami'ar Tarayyar China har sai da yanayin siyasa mara kyau ya tilasta mata tashi a 1950.

“Lokacin da ta koma Amurka, Harriett ta zama shugabar Sashen Sake a Kwalejin Berea har sai da kungiyar ta kira ta da ta zama Daraktar Ilimi ta Kasa. Da wannan aikin, ita da Calvin sun yi balaguro a ƙasar, sun ziyarta kuma suna magana a cikin majami’u fiye da 600.

"A cikin 1952, Brights sun koma Richmond, Ind., Inda aka kira Calvin zuwa wani makiyaya. Harriett, wanda ya ƙware a nau’o’in hidima da yawa, an ba shi lasisin yin wa’azin bishara a cikin Dec. 1955, kuma ba da daɗewa ba aka kira shi ya zama Fasto ga Four Mile Church of the Brothers in Liberty, Ind. Bayan shekaru uku, a cikin Dec. 1958, Harriett Howard Bright ta zama mace ta farko da aka nada a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Ta yi wasu ikilisiyoyi da yawa, kuma ta ci gaba da koyarwa da saƙa har zuwa rasuwarta a 1982.

“Ina son labarin Harriett domin rayuwarta ta kwatanta yadda mata suke a hidima. Ta yi hidimar cocin a matsayin malami, mai fasaha, mai wa’azi, da matar fasto shekaru da yawa kafin ta zama naɗaɗɗen sarauta kuma ta yi hidima a matsayin limamin coci. Ga Harriett, ina tsammanin, naɗawa shine amincewar cocin na kyaututtukan hidima da ta riga ta daɗe tana aikatawa."

–Dana Cassell ma’aikacin Sa-kai ne na ‘Yan’uwa da ke aiki tare da Ofishin Ma’aikatar Ikilisiya ta Babban Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa.

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