“Bikin Cika Shekaru 300 na Cocin ’Yan’uwa a 2008”
"Dukan kabilu da al'ummai… suna tsaye a gaban kursiyin…." (Wahayin Yahaya 7:9b)
LABARAI
1) Bikin Al'adu na Giciye yana kiran ɗarika zuwa wahayi na Ru'ya ta Yohanna 7:9.
2) ’Yan’uwa suna shirya tallafi don tallafa wa bala’i a Myanmar.
3) Makarantar Seminary ta Bethany ta yi bikin farawa na 103.
4) 'Yan'uwa su jagoranci bayar da tallafi ga shirin noma na Koriya ta Arewa.
5) Taron kwamitin zaman lafiya na Duniya yana mai da hankali kan tsare-tsare.
6) 'Yan'uwa, Mennonites sun hadu a kan haɗin kan coci don samar da zaman lafiya.
7) Shirin Mata na Duniya ya sake tabbatar da manufarsa.
8) Hukumar Kula da Kwalejin Juniata ta kada kuri'ar ba wa jami'an tsaro makamai.
9) Yan'uwa rago: Mai gudanarwa ya ziyarci EYN, Jr. Babban taron, ƙari.
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1) Bikin Al'adu na Giciye yana kiran ɗarika zuwa wahayi na Ru'ya ta Yohanna 7:9.
“Ba a Ƙara Raba” daga Ru’ya ta Yohanna 7:9 ta ba da jigon Shawarwari da Bikin Ƙirar Al’adu na 2008, da aka yi a yankin Chicago a ranar 24-26 ga Afrilu (ka je http://www.brethren.org/ don nemo mujallar hoto , danna "Jarida ta Hoto" don hanyar haɗin yanar gizon). Fiye da ’yan’uwa 130 ne suka halarta daga ko’ina cikin Amurka da Puerto Rico. Ikilisiyoyi uku kowanne ya karbi bakuncin maraice na ibada da zumunci–Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers in Elgin, First Church of the Brothers in Chicago, da Naperville Church of the Brothers–kuma an gudanar da tarurruka a Babban ofisoshi na darikar a Elgin.
"Me yasa muke nan?" ya tambayi Rubén Deoleo, a cikin jawabin bude shawarwarin. "Da farko muna so mu ɗaukaka Allah…. Na biyu, muna so mu sanar da kowannenmu cewa kowa yana da muhimmanci ga Allah, ko wanene kai! Kuna da mahimmanci ga Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Mun zo nan ne don zama shaida don ku iya gaya wa wasu game da shawarwarin al'adun Cross."
Deoleo ya yi maraba da kungiyar a sabon matsayinsa na Ma'aikatan Rayuwa na Congregational Life Teams na Area 2 tare da alhakin musamman na Ma'aikatun Al'adun Cross. Ya jaddada cewa mahalarta taron ba za su bar hannu wofi ba. "Ayyukan gida" da ya bayar sun haɗa da cajin raba koyo a hidimar al'adu tare da majami'u da al'ummomi.
A cikin hudubobi biyu masu karfi, Fasto Orlando Redekopp na Cocin farko Chicago, da Fasto Thomas Dowdy na Imperial Heights Church of the Brother a Los Angeles, sun yi magana game da "bukatar rungumar aikin giciye na al'adu," a cikin kalmomin Redekopp.
Dowdy, wanda ya kasance memba na Kwamitin Nazarin Al'adu na Shekara-shekara, ya lura cewa "wasu daga cikinmu sun yi mafarkin irin waɗannan tarurrukan…. Dokta King ya yi mafarkin wata al’umma da za ta rayu da hakikanin ma’anarta da akidarta.” Kwamitin Nazarin Al’adu ya yi mafarkin wannan mafarkin ga Cocin ’yan’uwa, in ji shi. Ya tuna yadda kwamitin binciken ya gano cewa aikin na Allah ne, ba nasu ba. Yayin da suke nazarin Ru’ya ta Yohanna 7:9, sun fahimci cewa dole ne su “duba ta ruwan tabarau na abin da Allah yake gani,” in ji Dowdy. “Allah yana ganinmu a nan gaba, hoton Ru’ya ta Yohanna 7:9 ke nan.” Sai dai zai dauki aiki tukuru kafin isa wurin, ya kuma yi gargadin.
Dowdy ya zayyana matakai da yawa don ikkilisiya don matsawa cikin wahayin Ru’ya ta Yohanna 7:9: na farko don fahimtar kanku, na biyu don “sake,” na uku don ci gaba da jin daɗi, kuma na huɗu don kada ku damu da yin kuskure. Wasu suna shakka a ƙoƙarin al'adu daban-daban saboda suna tsoron faɗin ko yin wani abu ba daidai ba, "amma kuna iya faɗi wani abu daidai," in ji shi. “Kada ku ji tsoron fita…. Ba za ku fuskanci Wahayin Yahaya 7:9 ba sai dai idan hankalinku da zukatanku za su canza…. Ru’ya ta Yohanna 7:9 za ta iya farawa yau!”
Redekopp ya jaddada irin wannan jigogi. "Idan ba mu rungumi aikin giciye na al'adu ba, za mu kasance baki, yayin da Linjila ke yaduwa a wani wuri," in ji shi. Sa’ad da yake wa’azi game da abin da ya faru na Fentakos, ya kwatanta ta a matsayin “ƙarar harsunan duniya suna magana game da ikon Allah.” Ya kara da cewa, “Babu wani harshe ko al’ada da ya kai girman da zai iya da’awar shiga ga Allah kebantacce…. Bangaskiyarmu ta Kirista koyaushe tana kan tafiya ta al'adu. Ba a bukaci mu koma Bai’talami ko Schwarzenau ba,” in ji shi, yana nuni ga ƙauyen Jamus da ’Yan’uwa na farko suka yi baftisma a shekara ta 1708. “Ba a cikin Bai’talami ba a ƙasar Falasdinu kuma, tana cikin zuciyar masu bi.”
Bayan wa'azinsa, Redekopp ya sami lambar yabo ta farko don hidimar al'adu a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa. "Wannan shine na farko, amma ba shine na ƙarshe ba," in ji Deoleo yayin da yake ba da lambar yabo tare da Duane Grady na Babban Tawagar Rayuwa ta Babban Hukumar, da Sonja Griffith, limamin Cocin Farko na Yan'uwa a birnin Kansas. . Kyautar ta karrama Redekopp saboda rawar da ya taka a cikin shekarun farko na shawarwarin.
Griffith ya ba da labarin yadda a farkon shawarwarin a ƙarshen 1990s, mahalarta sun ba da labarun wariya da cutarwa a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Labarun sun yi zafi sosai har mahalarta sun kasa gudanar da Idin Soyayya tare cikin aminci. Amma a shawarwari na biyu a shekara ta 2000 a Mack Memorial Church of the Brothers a Dayton, Ohio, Redekopp ya tashi tsaye don yin ikirari a bainar jama'a kuma ya nemi gafara a madadin masu rinjaye na Caucasian a cocin. “Orlando ya ce wa ’yan’uwansa maza da mata, ‘Don Allah ku gafarta mana.’” Wuerthner James, wani dattijo Ba’amurke Ba’amurke kuma wanda ya daɗe a Cocin Trotwood (Ohio) Church of the Brothers, ya rungume shi yana kuka. “Hakan ya fara ruhun waraka,” in ji Griffith, “don neman gafarar juna don laifofin da aka yi, raunukan da aka yi. Wannan lamari ne mai sauyi.”
An ba da lambar yabo ta biyu ga Duane Grady, tare da amincewa da aikin da ya yi a kan ma'aikatun al'adu a matsayin ma'aikatan Ƙungiyar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya. Shawarwarin ya ba shi babban yabo "don ci gaba da wannan aikin na tsawon shekaru," a cikin kalmomin mai gabatarwa. Grady ta amsa, "Abin da zan iya cewa shi ne, dubi abin da Allah zai iya yi."
Tattaunawar ta kuma gabatar da gabatarwa kan tarihin ayyukan al'adu na giciye a cikin coci, da kuma tattaunawa mai zurfi game da hidimomin al'adu tare da dama ga mahalarta don yin sharhi da shawarwari. Fasto Manuel Gonzalez na Una Nueva Vida En Cristo a gundumar Virlina ya ba da bayani game da manyan batutuwa da ke fuskantar al'ummar Hispanic dangane da shige da fice. MERAN (Ƙaramar Haɗuwa da Ƙabilurai) ƙaramin rukuni na nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki ya jagoranci masu gudanarwa da aka horar da su kan hanyar gayyatar juna. Tattaunawar ta kuma zagaya ofisoshin darika da kuma jin labarin ma'aikatun da ake gudanarwa a wajen. A Cocin farko Chicago, ƙungiyar ta koyi tarihin wannan ikilisiya kuma ta sami kiran yin addu'a don ɓarke na harbin yara a Chicago. Maraice a kowace ikilisiya an gabatar da abincin da cocin ke bayarwa da kuma haɗin kai a kusa da tebur.
A lokacin ibada, taron ya miƙa hannu ga Deoleo, don aikinsa na hidimar al'adu; da kuma mai kula da taron na shekara-shekara James Beckwith, yayin da yake shirin ziyartar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brothers in Nigeria).
Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Ma'aikatun Al'adu na Cross Cultural ya shirya kuma ya jagoranci taron: Founa Augustin, Barbara Daté, Thomas Dowdy, Carla Gillespie, Sonja Griffith, Robert Jackson, Marisel Olivencia, Victor Olvera, Gilbert Romero, da Dennis Webb. Za a gudanar da Shawarwari da Bikin Al'adun Cross na shekara mai zuwa a ranar 23-26 ga Afrilu, 2009, a Miami, Fla.
2) ’Yan’uwa suna shirya tallafi don tallafa wa bala’i a Myanmar.
Cocin ’Yan’uwa tana ba da gudummawar dalar Amurka 5,000 daga Asusun Gaggawa na Bala’i ga ayyukan agaji na ƙasa da ƙasa bayan wata mummunar guguwa a Myanmar. Tallafin yana tallafawa aikin Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS) a Myanmar. Kamfanin dillancin labaran iqna ya habarta cewa, ya nakalto daga shafin sadarwa na yanar gizo na CWS cewa, adadin wadanda suka mutu zai kai 80,000 daga halakar da guguwar Nagris ta kawo, kuma wasu dubbai sun bata.
Bukatar tallafin ya fito ne daga Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ‘Yan’uwa. "Amsar da aka daidaita tana fuskantar cikas saboda iyakancewar gwamnatin Myanmar da kuma takunkumin da Amurka ta kakaba wa gwamnati," in ji bukatar. “Wannan tallafin na farko zai tallafawa ayyukan agaji na gaggawa da kimanta Majalisar Cocin Myanmar. Ana sa ran ƙarin tallafi yayin da CWS ke neman hanyoyin yin aiki tare da waɗannan ƙalubalen. ”
CWS ta nemi adadin farko na $50,000 daga magoya bayanta, kuma Cocin ’yan’uwa ɗaya ne daga cikin ƙungiyoyi da yawa da ke ba da gudummawar tallafi. CWS Mukaddashin Shugaban Yankin Asiya na Pacific zai isa Myanmar gobe, Mayu 9, kuma sauran membobin ƙungiyar CWS za su bi da zaran an share takardar izinin shiga.
3) Makarantar Seminary ta Bethany ta yi bikin farawa na 103.
Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany ta yi bikin farawa ta 103 a ranar 3 ga Mayu. Biki biyu ne aka yi bikin. An gudanar da bikin bayar da digiri a Bethany's Nicarry Chapel da ke harabar jami'ar Richmond, Ind. An gudanar da bikin baje kolin jama'a a Cocin Richmond na 'yan'uwa.
Dalibai goma sha shida sun sami digiri ko satifiket. Dalibai goma sha ɗaya sun sami babban digiri na allahntaka, ɗaya tare da mai da hankali kan karatun zaman lafiya. Dalibai biyu sun sami digiri na biyu na fasaha a digirin tauhidi, uku kuma sun sami takardar shedar karatun tauhidi.
Steven L. Longenecker, farfesa kuma shugaban sashen tarihi da kimiyyar siyasa a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), ya yi magana a bikin ba da digiri kan batun, "The Useful Dunker Past." Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm, abokin farfesa na wa’azi da kuma bauta a Betanya, shi ne mai jawabi na hidimar ibadar la’asar da saƙo mai jigo, “Inda Kogin Ya Wuce,” bisa ga Ezekiyel 47:1-12.
Wadanda suka sami digiri na biyu na allahntaka su ne David Beebe na Cocin Bear Creek na Brothers, Dayton, Ohio; Nan Lynn Alley Erbaugh na Lower Miami Church of the Brother, Dayton; Stephen Carl Hershberger na Roaring Spring (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa; Elizabeth Jacqueline Keller na Richmond (Ind.) Church of the Brother; Jason Michael Kreighbaum na Nettle Creek Church of the Brothers, Hagerstown, Ind.; Matthew Eugene McKimmy na Cocin Makiyayi mai kyau na 'Yan'uwa, Blacksburg, Va.; V. Christina Singh na Cocin Richmond; Karl Edward Stone na Cocin Richmond; Paula Ziegler Ulrich na Cocin Richmond; da Douglas Eugene Osborne Veal na Cocin Richmond. Brandon Grady na Madison Avenue Church of the Brothers a York, Pa., ya sami babban digiri na allahntaka tare da jaddada karatun zaman lafiya.
Karɓar babban malamin fasaha a digirin tauhidi sune Marla Bieber Abe na Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa, Akron, Ohio; da Susan Marie Ross na Churubusco (Ind.) United Methodist Church. Takaddun shaida na nasara a cikin karatun tauhidi sun tafi Mildred F. Baker na Diehls Cross Roads Church of the Brothers, Martinsburg, Pa.; Nicholas Edward Beam na Pleasant Hill (Ohio) Church of the Brother; da Jerry M. Sales of Peoria (Ill.) Church of the Brothers.
Nan Erbaugh ta sami bambanci don aikinta na ilimi a cikin karatun Littafi Mai Tsarki. Matthew McKimmy ya sami bambanci don aikinsa a cikin karatun hidima. Karl Stone ya sami bambanci don aikinsa a cikin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da nazarin hidima. Paula Ulrich ta sami bambanci don aikinta a karatun tauhidi da na tarihi, da kuma karatun hidima.
–Marcia Shetler darektan hulda da jama'a na Bethany Theological Seminary.
4) 'Yan'uwa su jagoranci bayar da tallafi ga shirin noma na Koriya ta Arewa.
Tallafin dala 42,500 daga asusun Cocin Brothers a Bankin Albarkatun Abinci ya tabbatar da ƙungiyar a matsayin jagorar mai ɗaukar nauyin shirin samar da abinci mai dorewa na Ryongyon a Koriya ta Arewa. Asusu na 'yan'uwa na kunshe ne da kudaden da Cocin 'yan'uwa na gida ya tara ayyukan bunkasa, kuma Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ne ke daukar nauyin wannan asusun.
Aikin noma na Koriya ta Arewa yana tallafawa ci gaban al'umma masu mu'amala da muhalli a rukunin gonaki na gamayya guda hudu da ke rufe fiye da kadada 7,000. Cocin ’Yan’uwa ita ce za ta jagoranci daukar nauyin shirin yunwa na shekaru uku wanda zai ba da dala 100,000 ga gonaki a wannan shekara, kuma ana sa ran za ta ba da dala 100,000 kowace shekara na shekaru biyu masu zuwa. A farkon wannan shekara, manajan Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya Howard Royer ya shirya kuma yana cikin wata tawaga zuwa Koriya ta Arewa.
Babban asusun bankin albarkatun abinci zai ba da gudummawar dalar Amurka 42,500 ga aikin, kuma abokan haɗin gwiwar ecumenical za su samar da ragowar don yin jimlar $100,000. Abokan hulɗa sune Kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite, Kwamitin Methodist na United Methodist on World Relief, United Church of Christ, da Lutheran World Relief.
5) Taron kwamitin zaman lafiya na Duniya yana mai da hankali kan tsare-tsare.
A ranakun 4-5 ga Afrilu, kwamitin gudanarwa na On Earth Peace ya gana a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa da ke New Windsor, Md. Kowane zama na taron yana buɗewa tare da sadaukarwa da addu'a, jagorancin membobin kwamitin. A Duniya Zaman lafiya na ci gaba da gudanar da tattaunawa da yanke shawara ta hanyar yarjejeniya, karkashin jagorancin shugabar hukumar Verdena Lee.
Babban abin da taron ya mayar da hankali a kai shi ne tsara shirye-shirye da ba da fifiko ga bangarorin aiki. Hukumar ta samu rahoton farko daga kungiyar aiki na tsare-tsare, kuma ta amince da muhimman jagororin shirin da ke fitowa daga ayyukan kungiyar. A watan Satumba, hukumar za ta yi la'akari da cikakken tsarin dabarun.
Rahotanni na ma'aikata sun haɗa da labaran aikin kwanan nan a cikin majami'u a Florida da Puerto Rico; ci gaba da sha'awar aikin Gidan Maraba; tattaunawa da Ikilisiyar Farko ta 'Yan'uwa a Harrisburg, Pa., game da haɗin gwiwa a cikin ilimin matasa; tarurrukan sasantawa da ja da baya na matasa da aka shirya a wurare da yawa; da kuma tarurruka na gida tare da wakilai da ikilisiyoyi. Hukumar ta yi farin cikin sanin cewa a cikin 2007, Amincin Duniya ya ba da shirye-shirye da ayyuka kai tsaye a dukkan gundumomi 23 na ƙungiyar.
Wani tsari na fahimtar yadda A Duniya Aminci zai amsa tambayoyi da buƙatun da suka shafi yanayin jima'i da shiga cikin rayuwar Ikklisiya, bayan tattaunawa da yawa da kuma bayyanawa, tare da yanke shawara don tallafawa duk ƙoƙarin samun adalci mafi girma.
An yi maraba da sabon memba na hukumar Jim Replogle na Bridgewater, Va., tare da sabbin ma'aikatan Gimbiya Kettering da Marie Rhoades. An sami sabuntawa daga membobin hukumar da ke wakiltar Zaman Lafiya a Duniya a cikin alaƙar alaƙa: Doris Abdullah, a kan Kwamitin NGO na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan kawar da wariyar launin fata; Phil Miller, a kan kwamitin gudanarwa na Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista; da Madalyn Metzger, a hukumar New Community Project.
–Bob Gross babban darektan On Earth Peace ne.
6) 'Yan'uwa, Mennonites sun hadu a kan haɗin kan coci don samar da zaman lafiya.
Shin zai yiwu majami'a da ta lalace ta warkar da rarrabuwar kawuna? Taron mutanen Cocin ’Yan’uwa da na Mennonite sun taru a Washington, DC, a ranakun 11-12 ga Afrilu don tattauna wannan tambaya. "Bridging Divides: Uniting the Church for Peacemaking" an gudanar da shi a Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, wanda Ofishin 'Yan'uwa Shaida/Washington da Cibiyar Aminci ta Anabaptist suka shirya. Masu jawabai da mahalarta taron sun tattauna yadda za a yi mu’amala da wadanda ke da nisa a siyasance, amma a zauna kusa da mu wajen ibada kowace Lahadi. Za mu iya samun gama gari duk da haka ya kasance muryar annabci a cikin al'umma?
An bude wani zama kan "Tsarin Bangaskiyarmu" karkashin jagorancin Celia Cook-Huffman, Farfesa W. Clay da Kathryn H. Burkholder Farfesa na magance rikice-rikice a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., da Nate Yoder, mataimakiyar farfesa a tarihin coci. kuma darektan ƙwararren masanin fasaha a cikin shirin addini a Makarantar Mennonite ta Gabas. Yoder ya tattauna ra'ayin cewa Ikilisiya tana da ikon ganewa bisa ga ma'auni a cikin addu'ar Ubangiji, cewa Mulkin Allah ya zo kuma a yi nufin Allah a duniya kamar yadda ake yi a sama. Sa’ad da ake tattauna tushen bangaskiya guda ɗaya tsakanin Mennonites da ’Yan’uwa, matsayin zaman lafiya shine babban hanyar haɗin gwiwa, in ji shi. A tarihi, majami'u biyu sun yi ƙarfi a kan matsayin zaman lafiya, amma ya yi tambaya, ta yaya ake wasa a yau? Cook-Huffman ya jaddada tarihi, al'adu, imani, da al'umma. Al’adar wanƙar ƙafa ta ’yan’uwa tana da mahimmaci na musamman, kamar yadda labarinmu yake. Ta kuma jaddada fitar da rikici a fili, da yin magana a kai, da kuma warware shi cikin lumana.
Ibadar daren Juma'a ta fito da Myron Augsburger, farfesa kuma shugaban kasa a Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas. Augsburger ya ce "A gare ni, zurfin yakinin zaman lafiya ya sami tushe a cikin Ubangijin Almasihu, a cikin koyarwarsa da aikinsa na fadada al'adu da duniya na mulkinsa," in ji Augsburger. Ya yi magana game da buƙatar ƙungiyar ecumenical na mutanen da suka himmatu ga rashin tashin hankali. Mambobin cocin ’yan asalin jihar ne kuma suna iya kalubalantar ka’idar adalci ta jihar, da kuma ’yan’uwa Kiristoci da ke da wannan ra’ayi, in ji shi.
Chris Bowman, Fasto Cocin Oakton (Va.) Cocin Brothers kuma mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara da Michelle Armster, shugabar Ofishin Kwamitin Tsakiyar Mennonite kan Adalci da Gina Zaman Lafiya ne ya jagoranci taron tattaunawa kan “Gyar da Jikin Kristi Mai Karye” . Bowman yayi magana game da sauye-sauyen da'irar aminci. Da'irar ta Kiristoci a da ita ce coci, amma yanzu mutane suna da da'ira ko sassa daban-daban na tasiri, kuma sauran da'irori sau da yawa ba sa mu'amala da coci sosai, in ji shi. Ya yi magana game da fasto a matsayin sake fasalin da'irar, ƙirƙirar gidan iyali inda bambancin zai iya rayuwa.
Wani zama na ƙarshe a kan "Kiristoci masu shiga Duniya" Phil Jones, darektan Shaidun 'yan'uwa/Washington, da Steve Brown, minista kuma darektan ma'aikatar kulawa a Cocin Community Calvary a Hampton, Va., cocin Mennonite ne ya jagoranta. Jones ya jaddada mahimmancin yin aiki a kan al'amuran lamiri, gano abin da ke sa ka sha'awar sannan kuma zama mai ba da shawara mai karfi ga wannan batu. Brown ya tura cocin ya fita ya yi hidima ga al'umma. Ya kuma gayyaci mutane da su fito fili su yi magana kan batutuwan wariyar launin fata, talauci, da tashin hankali. "An kira mu mu zama masu yin kasada, mu wuce bango hudu na ginin cocin," in ji shi.
Taron ya yi nasara a zukatan wadanda suka halarci taron, kuma fatan shi ne a ci gaba da gudanar da shi duk shekara. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi dalilin da ya sa ya halarta, Jerry O’Donnell, ma’aikacin ‘Yan’uwa na Sa-kai na Hidima, ya ce, “Na zo wannan taron don ƙarin koyo game da gwagwarmayarmu—a matsayin coci da kuma ɓangaren ƙungiyar Anabaptist—da fatan in koyi yadda za mu iya cikin salama. warware rarrabuwar kawunanmu.
"Na koyi, a sauƙaƙe, cewa mun ɗauki mataki na farko wajen gyara jikin Kristi da ya karye ta wurin haduwa cikin sunansa, muka himmatu ga wata hanyar rayuwa," in ji O'Donnell. "An dade ana ganin zaman lafiya a matsayin karshen ko makasudi - kyauta mai nisa. Ina ganin lokaci ya yi da za mu maido da imaninmu cikin kwanciyar hankali a matsayin hanyar da za mu bi.”
–Rianna Barrett yar majalisa ce a Ofishin Shaida na Yan'uwa/Washington.
7) Shirin Mata na Duniya ya sake tabbatar da manufarsa.
Kwamitin Gudanar da Ayyukan Mata na Duniya ya gana a Richmond, Ind., Maris 7-9. Kwamitin gudanarwar ya kuma jagoranci bauta ga Bethany Theological Seminary da Earlham School of Religion. Ƙungiyar ta haɗa da Judi Brown na N. Manchester, Ind.; Nan Erbaugh na W. Alexandria, Ohio; Anna Lisa Gross na Richmond, Ind.; Lois Grove na Council Bluffs, Iowa; Jacki Hartley na Elgin, Rashin lafiya; da Bonnie Kline-Smeltzer na Boalsburg, Pa.
The Global Women's Project wata kungiya ce ta 'yan'uwa da ke neman ilmantar da duniya game da talauci, zalunci, da rashin adalci da mata ke fama da su da kuma yadda namu kan cin abinci da kuma amfani da kayan aiki kai tsaye ke taimakawa ga wahalarsu.
A wurin taron, kwamitin ya sake tabbatar da manufar ilimi na aikin game da salon rayuwa da jin daɗi, kuma ya yi farin ciki da ci gaba da samun karimci daga mata da maza a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Kwamitin ya kuma nuna farin cikinsa game da gagarumin aikin karfafa gwiwar mata a duk fadin duniya, ya amsa bukatu da dama na neman tallafi, ya kuma karbi godiyar jakadu da abokan aikin da suka yi, ya kuma gane muhimman ayyukan da suke yi.
Ƙungiyar ta yi la'akari da ma'auni tsakanin gina dangantaka mai zurfi tare da abokan tarayya, da kuma ba da 'yanci da duk abubuwan da za a iya amfani da su ga shafukan abokan tarayya. Shafukan abokan hulɗa sun haɗa da Casa Materna a Matalgapa, Nicaragua; Ƙarfafa mata, Nepal; Gidan rediyon gidan radiyon Falasdinawa na gidan rediyo na mata a Baitalami; Aikin kafinta a Maridi, Sudan; da Canja Ra'ayoyin Ta hanyar Ilimi ga Matan Afirka, Uganda da Kenya. Aikin ya ba da tallafi na lokaci ɗaya ga Hukumar Ci gaban Kirista a Honduras da ƙungiyar mata a Nimule, Sudan.
Kwamitin ya nuna godiya ga dogon aiki da sadaukarwar Lois Grove da Bonnie Kline-Smeltzer, waɗanda wa'adinsu ya ƙare a wannan bazara, kuma ya sanar da tabbatar da sabbin membobin Myrna Frantz-Wheeler na Haverhill, Iowa, da Elizabeth Keller na Richmond, Ind. Go. zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/witness/gwp don ƙarin bayani, ko tuntuɓi kwamitin gudanarwa a cobgwp@gmail.com.
–Anna Lisa Gross memba ce a kwamitin kula da ayyukan mata na duniya.
8) Hukumar Kula da Kwalejin Juniata ta kada kuri'ar ba wa jami'an tsaro makamai.
Kwamitin Amintattu na Kwalejin Juniata ta kada kuri’a a ranar 19 ga Afrilu don fara aikin samar da makamai a Sashen Safety da Tsaro. Kolejin Juniata Coci ne na makarantar 'yan'uwa a Huntingdon, Pa., kuma yana karbar bakuncin Cibiyar Baker don Zaman Lafiya da Nazarin Rikici, ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin shirye-shiryen karatun zaman lafiya a ƙasar.
Juniata ita ce makarantar Brotheran’uwa ta biyu da ta yanke irin wannan shawarar, bayan Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) wacce a cikin shekaru shida da suka gabata ta yi aiki da rantsuwar jami’an tsaro waɗanda aka ba su izinin ɗaukar bindigogi a harabar.
“Sakamakon bala’in da dalibai suka fuskanta a Virginia Tech da Jami’ar Arewacin Illinois, dukkan kwalejojin sun fara sake duba matakan tsaro kuma mun yi imanin ba wa jami’an mu makamai na daya daga cikin muhimman matakai da muke aiwatarwa don tabbatar da cewa harabar jami’ar tamu tana cikin koshin lafiya. , "in ji shugaban Juniata Thomas R. Kepple a cikin wata sanarwar manema labarai.
Sauran makarantu biyar masu alaka da coci-Bethony Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind.; Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.); Kwalejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.; McPherson (Kan.) Kwalejin; da Jami'ar La Verne (Calif.) - ba su da tsaro harabar makamai. Kwalejin Earlham mai alaka da Quaker ce ta samar da tsaron Bethany.
Bayan harbe-harbe na Virginia Tech, "tabbas akwai tambayoyin da iyaye ke yi," in ji John Wall, darektan hulda da kafofin watsa labarai na Juniata kuma memba na Rukunin Bita wanda ya kawo shawarar. "Ya bayyana a sarari cewa iyaye da ma'aikata da sauran kungiyoyi a harabar suna son duba tsaro," in ji shi.
Juniata ya kai ga yanke shawarar samar da tsaro a harabar ta "bayan cikakken kimanta zabin," in ji sanarwar manema labarai. “A watan Afrilun 2007, Kepple ya nada wani kwamitin da zai tantance matakan tsaro na Juniata da kuma ba da shawarwari kan canje-canje ga matakan tsaro na harabar. Kungiyar ta ba da shawarwari da dama don inganta tsaro a watan Agustan 2007. Bugu da kari, kwalejin ta dauki wani mai ba da shawara kan harkokin tsaro don tantance manufofinta na tsaro baki daya."
Juniata kuma kwanan nan ya ƙara wasu matakan, ciki har da tsarin kulle gidajen zama, shirye-shiryen shigar da siren faɗakarwa da kuma gudanar da atisayen gaggawa, da shirin "sanarwa na damuwa" wanda ke ba wa ɗalibai, malamai, ko ma'aikata damar gano ɗaliban da ke nuna alamun damuwa. ko wani hali mai matsala. A cikin 2004, Juniata ya nemi kuma an ba shi iko a matsayin sashin 'yan sanda mai zaman kansa ta hanyar kotun gundumar, wanda ya ba jami'an tsaron kwalejin damar yin cikakken ikon 'yan sanda a yankunansu.
A Kwalejin Bridgewater, shugaban Phillip C. Stone ya yanke shawarar “domin kare…dalibai tare da ƙwararren ɗan sanda,” in ji Karen Wigginton, mataimakin shugaban dangantakar kwaleji. Kolejin na daukar ma'aikata biyu da aka rantse, ƙwararrun jami'an tilasta bin doka waɗanda aka ba su izinin ɗaukar bindigogi, da kuma jami'an tsaro biyar waɗanda ba su da makamai. Sashen 'yan sanda na Kwalejin Bridgewater ya sami ƙwararrun a matsayin hukumar tilasta doka ta Commonwealth na Virginia.
Shawarar samun 'yan sanda dauke da makamai a harabar "ba ta kasance wani batu a baya ba, kuma an amince da shi sosai bayan lamarin Virginia Tech," in ji Wigginton, lokacin da aka tambaye shi ko an tattauna dangantakar kwalejin da Cocin 'yan'uwa lokacin da an yanke shawarar samun ‘yan sanda dauke da makamai a harabar jami’ar.
An tattauna dangantakar Juniata da cocin zaman lafiya mai tarihi yayin da kwalejin ta yanke shawara, in ji Wall. "Ba yanke shawara ba ce mai sauƙi," in ji shi. Tsarin ya haɗa da tarurruka da tarurruka tare da malamai da dalibai. "A duk waɗannan tarurrukan akwai mutanen da suka ɗaga hannuwansu don al'adar zaman lafiya da ta daɗe," in ji Wall. Ya bayyana cewa kwalejin ba ta samu tsokaci sosai daga kungiyoyin mazabar ba game da matakin da ta dauka, amma akalla daya daga cikin masu nazarin zaman lafiya da rikice-rikice ya gana da shugaban dalibai kan lamarin.
Duk da haka, an aika da wani kuduri game da batun zuwa kwamitin amintattu na Kwalejin Juniata ta hukumar kula da harkokin Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, a cewar daraktan Cibiyar Baker Andrew Murray. Kudirin da hukumar kula da biredi ta bayar ya bukaci masu amincewa da su tattara karin bayanai su yanke shawarar kansu kan lamarin, maimakon kawai su amince da shawarar kungiyar Bita, in ji Murray. Murray ya ce "Mun ci gaba da yin rikodin cewa hukumar ba ta dauki lokaci ba don yin tambayoyin nata da kuma nazarin nata," in ji Murray.
A Kwamitin Amintattu, tare da kusan kashi ɗaya bisa biyar na membobin Cocin na ’yan’uwa, kuri’ar da aka yi wa jami’an tsaro da ke ɗauke da makamai “ba ta kasance cikin haɗin kai ba, amma akwai gagarumin rinjaye,” in ji Wall.
Matakin Juniata a ƙarshe ya zo ne don mayar da martani ga abin da ke faruwa a duniya, in ji Wall. Ya kara da cewa "akwai yarjejeniya tsakanin kwalejoji cewa ba za ku iya tsayawa ba kuma ku bar wannan (harbi kamar Virginia Tech) ya same ku. Dole ne ku tabbatar cewa yanayin ku shine mafi aminci samuwa…. Dakatar da jami'an tsaro na harabar yana sa mutane su ji dadi game da wani lamari na bazuwar. Mutumin da zai iya yin irin waɗannan abubuwa yana iya zuwa wani wuri dabam.”
Murray ya ce "Ina tsammanin (yanke shawarar daukar matakan tsaro) gajeriyar fahimta ce kuma bisa tunani mai cike da tambaya," in ji Murray. “A takaice dai, mun samu harbe-harbe guda biyu masu ban tausayi a jami’o’in da ke da jami’an tsaro da makamai. Don tafiya daga wannan a ce ya kamata mu ba da makamai ga tsaron mu kamar dabaru ne mai ban sha'awa. Kuma na yi nadama da cewa an yanke shawarar da ta yi watsi da gadon kwalejin cikin gaggawa.”
Lamont Rothrock, shugaban dalibai a Kwalejin McPherson ya ce: "Batun magana ne mai zafi da tsauri ga kwalejoji." “Ba ma cikin irin wannan yanayi, kasancewar muna cikin al’umma mai aminci. 'Yan sandan mu suna cikin mintuna biyar da kasancewa a harabar." Ya jaddada cewa McPherson yana da ƴan ƙaramar ƙungiyar dalibai kuma ta ƙaddamar da wasu matakai daban-daban na tsaro.
Jeri Kornegay, darektan yada labarai da hulda da jama'a a Kwalejin Manchester, ya kuma ba da misali da kyakkyawar alaka da 'yan sandan al'umma. "Muna da alaka ta kud da kud da rundunar 'yan sandan yankin," in ji ta. Ofishin 'yan sanda yana da nisan mil biyu ne kawai daga harabar jami'ar. Manchester kuma tana aiki tuƙuru don kula da kusanci tsakanin al'ummar harabar da kuma ɗalibai, in ji ta.
Kwalejin Elizabethtown tana da ƙwararrun jami'an tsaron harabar makarantar amma ba ta da niyyar ɗaukar ta, in ji Mary Dolheimer, darektan tallace-tallace da hulɗar kafofin watsa labarai. "Muna matukar kula da al'adunmu a matsayin cibiyar zaman lafiya, kuma muna jin cewa ba da makamai ga jami'an tsaro ya saba wa hakan. Ba ma tafiya a wannan hanya ta kowace hanya, siffa, ko siffa."
Tsaron harabar ba shi da makami a Jami'ar La Verne, wanda ke cikin wani yanki na birni gabas da Los Angeles. Charles Bentley, darektan hulda da jama'a ya ce: "Ba ma tunanin hakan.
Matakin da Juniata ya yanke na baiwa jami'an tsaron harabar makarantar makamai na nufin kowannensu a yanzu ya kammala shirin horar da jihar da aka fi sani da takardar shedar Makamai. Wall ya ce yana iya daukar watanni shida ko fiye kafin a dauki makamai a harabar jami'an tsaro.
9) Yan'uwa rago: Mai gudanarwa ya ziyarci EYN, Jr. Babban taron, ƙari.
- Jagoran taron shekara-shekara Jim Beckwith ya bar Afrilu 30 don ziyarar kwanaki 12 zuwa Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Najeriya (EYN–Cocin of the Brothers in Nigeria). Tafiya ta ƙunshi zarafi don Beckwith ya yi wa’azi a Garkida, inda iyalinsa suka zauna sa’ad da yake makarantar sakandare. Iyayensa ’yan mishan ne a Nijeriya tare da Cocin ’yan’uwa.
- Za a gudanar da babban taron manyan matasa na kasa na shekara mai zuwa a ranar 19-21 ga Yuni, 2009, a Jami'ar James Madison da ke Harrisonburg, Va. Taron na manyan matasa masu digiri na 6-8 da masu ba su shawara. Rebekah Houff za ta yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa, kuma Ma'aikatun Matasa da Matasa na Ƙungiyoyin ne suka dauki nauyin taron. Ana gayyatar ikilisiyoyin da su fara shiri yanzu don manyan matasan su su shiga.
- Wata guda ya rage a yi rijistar taron manyan matasa na kasa. Rijista ta ƙare Yuni 1. Taron zai kasance Agusta 11-15 a YMCA na Rockies a Estes Park, Colo. Je zuwa http://www.nyac08.org/ don yin rajista. Bayan Yuni 1, waɗanda suke son halarta dole ne su kira Ofishin Matasa da Matasa Adult Ministries a 800-323-8039 ext. 281 da za a jira.
- Taron na ƙarshe a cikin jerin abubuwan Horarwa na Ma'aikatar Deacon zai kasance Mayu 31 a Ikilisiyar Frederick (Md.) Church of Brothers, daga 9 na safe zuwa 4 na yamma Ranar ƙarshe na rajista shine Mayu 16. Mai magana shine Jay Gibble, tsohon darektan zartarwa na kungiyar. Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa. Ziyarci www.brethren.org/abc/deacon ko kira 800-323-8039.
- A ranar 4 ga watan Mayu da misalin karfe 18 na yammacin ranar 40 ga watan Mayu ake gudanar da wani taro na Cocin First Brother of the Brothers da ke birnin Chicago na kasar Amurka, domin nuna murnar cika shekaru 300 da kisan Martin Luther King Jr. Stephen Breck Reid, shugaban ilimi a makarantar tauhidin tauhidi na Bethany, zai yi magana a kan maudu'in, "Shekaru 300 da Shekaru 40: Cocin 'Yan'uwa da Martin Luther King, Jr., Biyu Biyu a Tattaunawa." Zai kuma yi wa'azin ibada na karfe 11 na safe. Tuntuɓi Ikilisiyar Farko na 'Yan'uwa a 773-533-4273 ko duba http://www.firstcob.org/.
- Cocin Creekside Church of the Brothers a Elkhart, Ind., yana shirin Blessing of Keke (babura) da kuma rakiya ta gundumar Elkhart a ranar 17 ga Mayu. "Wannan zai zama shekara ta biyu kuma muna neman ganin kekuna kusan 100," Jim Vance ya ruwaito. Taron yana tara kuɗi don Ayyukan Al'umma na Ikilisiya kuma yana taimakawa ƙungiyar matasa ta tara kuɗi don taron matasa na ƙasa. Mahalarta suna karɓar faranti na tuntuɓar da aka yi bikin tunawa da su. Jeka http://bikes.creeksideconnected.com/ don ƙarin bayani.
- Za a gudanar da gwanjon ma'aikatun bala'i na gundumar Shenandoah na shekara-shekara na 16 ga Mayu 16-17 a filin wasa na Rockingham County a kudu da Harrisonburg, Va. Kasuwancin ya ƙunshi dabbobi, fasaha iri-iri da kayan sana'a, kayan da aka yi da hannu, kayan kwalliya, da kuma mako a gidan hutu na Bankunan Outer. Abincin ya hada da kawa da naman alade a ranar Juma'a, karin kumallo na pancake tare da tsiran alade ko zabin omelets a ranar Asabar, da abincin barbecue kaza ranar Asabar. Ziyarci http://www.shencob.org/ ko kira 888-308-8555 don ƙarin bayani.
- Cocin of the Brothers kwalejoji suna gudanar da bukukuwan fara su a watan Mayu:
- Bridgewater (Va.) Farawar kwalejin zai kasance da karfe 2 na rana a ranar 11 ga Mayu, tare da Frank J. Williams, babban alkalin kotun koli na Rhode Island kuma masanin Ibrahim Lincoln ya lura, yana ba da adireshin. Judy Mills Reimer, na kwamitin amintattu na kwalejin kuma tsohon babban sakatare na Cocin of the Brother General Board, zai isar da saƙon baccalaureate.
- Elizabethtown (Pa.) Kwalejin yana farawa a 11 na safe ranar 17 ga Mayu tare da Art Levine, shugaban gidauniyar Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, yana ba da adireshin.
- Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., tana farawa da karfe 10 na safe ranar 10 ga Mayu, tare da mai magana Michael Klag, wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na Juniata kuma shugaban Makarantar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a ta Jami'ar Johns Hopkins Bloomberg.
- Kolejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., tana gudanar da ayyukan farawa ranar 18 ga Mayu farawa da sabis na baccalaureate a karfe 11 na safe tare da shugaban kwalejin Jo Young Switzer yana magana, kuma farawa a 2:30 na yamma
- Jami'ar McPherson (Kan.) tana gudanar da bikin farawa tare da haɗin gwiwar tsofaffin ɗalibai na ƙarshen Mayu 23-25. Bikin farawa zai kasance da karfe 2 na rana ranar 25 ga Mayu.
- Jami'ar La Verne (Calif.) tana gudanar da bikin farawa ga kowace kwaleji. Kwalejin Shari'a ta fara ranar 18 ga Mayu da karfe 4 na yamma Kwalejin Arts da Kimiyya ta fara ranar 23 ga Mayu da karfe 6 na yamma a filin wasa na Ortmayer, tare da babban mai magana Robert Neher, shugaban sashen na Sashen Kimiyyar Halitta, wanda a cikin shekara 50 a matsayin malami. memba. Kwalejin Kasuwanci da Gudanar da Jama'a ta fara ranar 24 ga Mayu da karfe 9:30 na safe a filin wasa na Ortmayer. Shirin Doctoral a cikin Jagorancin Ƙungiya shine Mayu 24 a 11:30 na safe a Sheraton Fairplex a Pomona. Bikin Kwalejin Ilimi da Jagorancin ƙungiyoyi shine 24 ga Mayu da karfe 4 na yamma a filin wasa na Ortmayer.