“Bikin Cika Shekaru 300 na Cocin ’Yan’uwa a 2008”
"Kada ku yi watsi da baiwar da ke cikin ku..." (1 Timothawus 4:14a).
LABARAI
1) Yara suna zuwa na farko don wasu masu aikin sa kai.
2) Ƙungiyar Jagoranci tana nazarin kasafin kuɗi da tsarawa don taron shekara-shekara.
3) Wakilan 'yan uwa sun halarci taro kan fataucin mutane.
4) Yan'uwa: Tunatarwa, ma'aikata, buɗaɗɗen aiki, da ƙari.
Sabo akan yanar gizo wani sabon aikin Intanet ne na ’yan’uwa Ma’aikatar Bala’i mai sa kai Phil Taylor, wanda ya zana dukkan ikilisiyoyin Cocin ’yan’uwa a Amurka da Puerto Rico ta amfani da kayan aikin taswirar Google. Aikin yana taimaka wa ma’aikatan bala’i “sauri da ƙwazo su gane ko akwai ’yan’uwa coci a yankin da bala’i ya shafa,” in ji Zach Wolgemuth, mataimakin darekta na Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa. Ya ba da shawarar cewa shugabannin gundumomi da sauran su ma za su sami kayan aiki da amfani ga ayyuka kamar tsara jadawalin masu sa kai ko kuma ba da amsa ga wani bala'i na gida. Jeka http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0
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1) Yara suna zuwa na farko don wasu masu aikin sa kai.
Yayin da dubbai suka tsere daga gidajen da ke fama da barazanar gobarar daji a kusa da Los Angeles, masu aikin sa kai tare da shirin Cocin ’Yan’uwa na Sabis na Bala’i na Yara sun mayar da hankali kan kula da wasu daga cikin waɗanda suka tsira.
Rachel Contreras, mai ba da agajin agaji ga Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara, ta kalli tagarta zuwa yamma a safiyar Lahadi, 12 ga Oktoba, kuma ta kalli bangon baƙar hayaki da ke tashi ƙasa da mil 10 daga gidanta na California.
Iskar Santa Ana da ta tashe ta yanzu tana ci gaba da tafiya zuwa mil 70 a cikin sa'a guda, tana aika da wutar daji guda biyu - wanda sufetan kashe gobara na gundumar Los Angeles Frank Garrido ya bayyana a matsayin "ƙarashin wuta" - yana mamaye tsaunuka da kwaruruka na kananan hukumomin Los Angeles da Ventura, inda suka kashe biyu. da barin barna mai girman eka 15,000 har zuwa yammacin ranar Talata.
Contreras ba ta sami kiran waya daga mai kula da ita ba tukuna, amma ba ta damu ba. Ta sake duba ta taga. Rahotannin gidan talabijin sun nuna yankin nata ba ya cikin hatsari, kuma ko da yake an rufe hanyoyi da dama, za ta iya zuwa makarantar sakandare ta San Fernando, daya daga cikin matsuguni hudu da kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta Amurka ta bude.
A fusace ta caccake abubuwa daga lissafinta daya bayan daya. Play-Doh. Duba Littattafai masu launi. Duba Ruwan ruwa. Duba Wasan kwaikwayo. Duba A karo na ɗari, tana godiya koyaushe tana ajiye jakar shuɗi tare da Kit ɗin Comfort dinta. Ya sauƙaƙa zuwa wuraren bala'i da sauri.
Tana shiga cikin matsugunin, wani abin kallo ne ya tarbe ta. Manya cikin damuwa sun tsaya a dimauce, idanuwa manne akan talabijin, suna fatan jin labari mai dadi. Kusan yara goma sha biyu ne suka yi ta yawo a dakin ba su huta ba, suna neman abin yi a cikin tekun gadaje da jakunan barci.
Wasu iyalai sun yi sa'a don samun lokacin tattara abubuwan da suka fi so, amma da yawa sun gudu da tufafi kawai a bayansu. Babu lokacin tattara kayan wasan yara.
Shi ya sa Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa da ke kula da Ayyukan Bala’i na Yara – na buƙatar halartar horo na sa’o’i 27 – su zo cikin shiri. Masu ba da agaji kamar Contreras, da sauran biyar da suka haɗa ta a San Fernando, suna kawo kayan wasan yara da ake nufi ba kawai don nishaɗi ba, har ma don ba wa yara hanyar bayyana ra'ayoyinsu game da bala'in.
Judy Bezon, mataimakiyar darekta a Sabis na Bala'i na Yara ta ce "Yaran sun firgita kuma suna cikin rudani saboda sun daina ayyukansu na yau da kullun." “Duk abin da aka sani ana tsage su. An horar da ‘yan agajin mu na musamman domin su kasance masu kwantar da hankulan yaran domin su iya bayyana wasu abubuwan da ke damun su game da gobarar.”
Cocin ’Yan’uwa yana da masu aikin sa kai guda shida da ke aiki a San Fernando, har zuwa ranar Talata da yamma, Oktoba 14. Sauran kungiyoyin ba da agaji na bangaskiya sun shafe da rana a cikin tarurruka, suna jiran yanayin ya daidaita don ƙungiyoyin tantance buƙatu su fara ba da gudummawa ga waɗanda abin ya shafa. yankunan.
Yana iya zama abin takaici. Becky Purdom, manajan shirin sa kai na Kwamitin Ba da Agaji na Kirista Reformed World Relief, ya ce CRWRC tana da masu aikin sa kai sama da 60 da za su yi kira kuma za su so su taimaka, amma ana sa ran samun tallafin kudi da ya dace zai zama kalubale a wannan shekara. A cikin 2006, CWRWC ta sake gina gidaje 16 a California bayan gobarar daji ta 2005. A farkon wannan shekarar, sun sake kasancewa a can, suna tantance bukatun daga gobarar 2007. Lokaci ne kawai zai nuna idan za su iya taimakawa da wannan wuta.
Sauran kungiyoyin ba da agajin gaggawa na ci gaba da kokarin tantance inda aka fi bukata. Hadarin bai kare ba tukuna. Wutar Sesnon, a yankin Porter Ranch da ke yammacin kwarin San Fernando, ta ci gaba da tsere zuwa kudu maso yamma, wanda iskar Santa Ana ke ruruwa. Gobarar Marek a arewa maso gabashin kwarin San Fernando tana da kashi 70 cikin 1,200, kuma akasarin mazauna yankin XNUMX an bar su su koma gidajensu.
Amma ga wasu da suka rayu a cikin kadada 4,824 na halaka, babu abin da ya rage. Biyu daga cikin mafiya talaucin al'ummomin Lopez Canyon sun kasance cikin mawuyacin hali, tare da tirela 36 a Blue Star Mobile Home Park da Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge gaba daya. Gwamna Arnold Schwarzenegger ya ayyana dokar ta-baci a kananan hukumomin Los Angeles da Ventura da safiyar yau, kuma jami'ai sun bukaci sanarwar bala'in gwamnatin tarayya daga shugaba George Bush, wanda zai baiwa FEMA damar fara taimakon masu gida.
–Carmen K. Sisson na Los Angeles ya rubuta wannan rahoto don Cibiyar Labarai na Bala’i a ranar 14 ga Oktoba (an sake buga shi nan tare da izini daga Cibiyar Labaran Bala’i, http://www.disasternews.net/ © 2008 Village Life Company). Gloria Cooper ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da amsa ga gaggawar Sabis na Bala'i na Yara. Gwamna Schwarzenegger ya ziyarci cibiyar kula da yara masu bala'in bala'i a makarantar sakandare ta San Fernando a lokacin da ya ke rangadin yadda gobarar daji ta tashi.
2) Ƙungiyar Jagoranci tana nazarin kasafin kuɗi da tsarawa don taron shekara-shekara.
Tawagar Jagoranci na Cocin Brothers, ƙungiyar da aka sanya a cikin sabon tsarin ɗariƙar don ci gaba da ayyukan da aka ba Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara, sun gana a ranar 16 ga Oktoba a Babban ofisoshi na cocin da ke Elgin, Ill. Halartan taron na shekara-shekara ne. mai gudanarwa David Shumate da zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa Shawn Flory Replogle, sakataren taron shekara-shekara Fred Swartz, da babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger. Ma'ajin Judy Keyser ta shiga taƙaice don ba da rahoton kuɗi akan Asusun Taro na Shekara-shekara.
Rahoton kudi ya nuna cewa yawan halartar taron shekara-shekara na 2008 a Richmond, Va., ya ba da haɓaka ga kudaden shiga don taron, amma farashin tallafin fasaha a wurin ya wuce dala 72,000. Duk da haka, ana sa ran Asusun Taro na Shekara-shekara zai kasance cikin kyakkyawan yanayi a ƙarshen 2008. Ƙungiyar Jagoranci za ta sa ido kan hasashen kasafin kuɗi na 2009, wanda a halin yanzu ya sake haifar da gaci.
Tawagar Jagoran ta tattauna ra'ayoyi don farfado da taron shekara-shekara, musamman tare da fatan ci gaba da bikin manufa, hangen nesa, da dabi'un Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa da aka fara cikin farin ciki dangane da cika shekaru 300 na darikar. Ƙungiyar za ta ci gaba da tallafawa da kuma yin aiki tare da Shirin Taro na Shekara-shekara da Kwamitin Tsare-tsare don cimma wannan manufa.
Hasashen dogon zango don ƙungiyar shine wani jigo na farko akan ajanda. Gina tattaunawa mai yawa daga tsohuwar Majalisar Taro na Shekara-shekara, Ƙungiyar Jagoran na fatan ci gaba da samar da sabuwar ƙungiya mai hangen nesa da ta ƙunshi membobin Inter Agency Forum - wanda ya hada shugabannin zartarwa na hukumomin Cocin biyar na 'yan'uwa da suka shafi taron shekara-shekara. -tare da wasu membobin taron shekara-shekara wanda taron shekara-shekara zai iya zaɓa. Wannan ra'ayin yana cikin matakai na farko kuma za a tattauna gaba tare da Inter Agency Forum a cikin Afrilu 2009.
A cikin wasu harkokin kasuwanci, Ƙungiyar Jagoranci ta sake duba canje-canjen da ake bukata a cikin Littafin Ƙungiya da Siyasa na Cocin ’yan’uwa sakamakon ayyukan taron shekara-shekara na 2008. Ana fatan za a iya samar da sabon sigar akan gidan yanar gizon ƙungiyar http://www.brethren.org/ a ƙarshen shekara. Ƙungiyar Jagoran ta kuma shirya daftarin farko na tsarin dokokin Cocin Brothers, Inc. Ana sa ran za a gabatar da daftarin da aka sabunta ga taron shekara-shekara a 2010.
Ƙungiyar Jagoran ta tsara taron ta na gaba a ranar 17-18 ga Disamba.
-Fred Swartz yana aiki a matsayin Sakataren Taro na Shekara-shekara.
3) Wakilan 'yan uwa sun halarci taro kan fataucin mutane.
A sakamakon goyon bayan bai ɗaya ga ƙudurin taron shekara-shekara kan bauta a ƙarni na 21, ma'aikatan Coci na 'yan'uwa biyu sun halarci taron Ecumenical kan fataucin ɗan adam a birnin New York a ranar 29 ga Satumba zuwa Oktoba. 1. Majalisar Coci ta kasa da kungiyar mata ta Methodist United ne suka dauki nauyin taron. Anna Speicher da Phil Jones da suka halarta a madadin Cocin ’yan’uwa.
Galibin taron dai ya mayar da hankali ne kan babbar matsalar safarar jima'i, wadda masana'antu ce ta biliyoyin daloli a duniya da kuma cin zarafin miliyoyin mata da yara a kasar nan da kuma kasashen waje. An kuma magance wasu nau’o’in bauta, musamman wadanda aka fi samunsu a kasar nan, kamar bautar noma, otal, gidajen abinci, da aikin gida.
Duk da yake akwai dokoki a kan littattafan da suka haramta bautar da kuma sanya hukunci a kan masu fataucin, har yanzu akwai lamuni da yawa da nasarar ceto da kuma gurfanar da su ba kaɗan ba. Akwai matukar bukatar karin ilimi da wayar da kan jami’an tsaro, ga wadanda a halin yanzu ake tsare da su a kan bauta ko kuma su ke da wuya a yi musu bauta, da kuma talakawan da ba su san da wanzuwar wannan matsala ba balle zurfinta da fadinta.
Mahalarta taron sun haɗa da wakilai daga ƙungiyoyin bangaskiya da yawa, waɗanda suka haɗa da Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, da Mennonite, da kuma Cocin ’yan’uwa. Wasu a baya sun san kadan game da bautar zamani; wasu kuma sun jima suna magance matsalar. Har ila yau, halartar wakilai da yawa na ƙungiyoyin bangaskiya waɗanda ke magance wani yanki na fataucin.
Cocin ’Yan’uwa na ɗaya daga cikin ƴan ƙungiyoyin bangaskiya da suka ba da ƙaƙƙarfan la’antar bautar zamani. An ba da Ikilisiya na Nazarin ’Yan’uwa da Jagoran Ayyuka akan Bautar Zamani a matsayin jagora a taron kuma an karɓe shi da kyau azaman hanyar taimako (je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/washofc/ModernDaySlavery.html).
Taron ya kasance mai kima a matsayin wani mataki na magance wannan muguwar matsala. Abin farin ciki ne ganin mutane da yawa na bangaskiya ko dai suna sha'awar ko kuma sun riga sun himmatu don yin aiki. Ma'abota imani ne ke da alhakin kawar da kafa bautar da aka halatta a wannan kasa a karni na 19. A cikin ƙarni na 21st an sake samun bukatar yin aiki tare don “yi shelar saki ga waɗanda aka kama.” Yin hukunci daga wannan taron akwai zuciya ga wannan mahimmin hidima a cikin ƙungiyoyin bangaskiya da yawa.
–Anna Speicher ita ce mai gabatar da kuduri kan bauta a cikin karni na 21 zuwa taron shekara-shekara na 2008. Ta yi nazari kan batun bautar zamani tare da nazarin karatun ta na tarihin yunkurin kawar da kai. Har ila yau, tana aiki a matsayin edita na Gather 'Round Curriculum wanda Brethren Press da Mennonite Publishing Network suka samar tare.
4) Yan'uwa: Tunatarwa, ma'aikata, buɗaɗɗen aiki, da ƙari.
Guillermo Encarnacion Bethancourt, 71, ya mutu a ranar 11 ga Oktoba a Babban Asibitin Lancaster (Pa.). Ya kasance mai hidima da aka naɗa kuma jagora a kafa Iglesia des los Hermanos (Cocin ’yan’uwa) a Jamhuriyar Dominican, kuma a lokacin da ya yi ritaya ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da ilimin tauhidi na wucin gadi a wurin a madadin Cocin ’yan’uwa. A tsawon aikinsa ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin babban sakatare na Cocin Mennonite a cikin DR, kuma a matsayin mai kula da filin wasa na American Bible Society a Puerto Rico, kafin ya ba da sauran aikinsa don hidimar Cocin ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa a Castaner, PR, Falfurrias, Texas, kuma a Lancaster, Pa. Encarnacion an haife shi a San Jose de Ocoa, Jamhuriyar Dominican. Har ila yau, ana tunawa da shi saboda gwagwarmayar siyasa, wanda aka daure shi a gidan kurkukun Beata Island a DR daga 1957-1959 saboda jagorantar zanga-zangar dalibai don nuna rashin amincewa da mulkin kama-karya na Trujillo, da hidimar sa kai da bayar da shawarwari a madadin fursunoni, 'yan gudun hijirar siyasa, da kuma gudun hijirar siyasa. bakin haure a Amurka. Baya ga matarsa, Gladys Montero de Encarnacion, ya rasu ya bar 'ya'yansa maza hudu da mata uku, jikoki 13, babban jikoki guda daya, da 'yan'uwa maza da mata a DR da Amurka. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar 13 ga Oktoba a Cocin Lancaster na 'yan'uwa. Ana ba da gudummawar tunawa ga Cocin Lancaster na 'Yan'uwa ko zuwa Maranatha Multicultural Fellowship a Lancaster, don a yi amfani da su don ci gaba da goyon bayan aikin Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa a Jamhuriyar Dominican. Shugabannin ’yan’uwa a DR suna shirin taron tunawa da mutane a watan Fabrairu na shekara ta 2009. Membobin iyalin Encarnacion da wasu za su yi balaguro don ba da kuɗin tunawa ga shugabannin Dominican.
An nada Mary Eller sakatariyar gudanarwa na wucin gadi na Kwalejin Brotherhood don Jagorancin Minista, haɗin gwiwa na Cocin Brothers da Bethany Theological Seminary tare da ofisoshi a harabar makarantar hauza a Richmond, Ind. Eller ya fara aiki don makarantar a ranar Oktoba 13. , kuma zai ci gaba da aiki har zuwa ƙarshen shekara ta kalanda. A baya ta kasance mai tsara shirye-shirye kuma mai rejista a Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley a Elizabethtown, Pa.
Masu sa kai na Revival Brotheran'uwa da yawa sun kammala Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa, bisa ga sanarwar a cikin wasiƙar BRF: Keri Copenhaver, Sheila Shirk, da Kurt Hershey, duk daga Cocin White Oak na Brothers a Manheim, Pa., sun kammala hidimar shekara guda. in Lewiston, Maine. Roy da Verda Martin su ma sun yi hidima a matsayin iyayen gida, kuma suna shirin ci gaba da hidimar sa kai na wata shekara a Bankin Abinci na Makiyayi mai Kyau. Rachel Roop na Cocin Heidelberg na 'yan'uwa a Myerstown, Pa., za ta yi aiki a cikin 2008-09 tare da Tushen Cellar Ma'aikatar a Lewiston.
Kolejin McPherson ya gayyaci nadi da aikace-aikace don shugaban kwalejin, don ya gaji Ronald D. Hovis wanda zai yi ritaya a watan Yuni 2009. McPherson ƙaramin koleji ne tare da ɗaliban cikakken lokaci 500, yana mai da hankali kan zane-zane masu sassaucin ra'ayi, wanda ke cikin McPherson, Kan. An kafa kwalejin a cikin 1887 ta Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa kuma ta kasance mai himma ga dabi'un ikkilisiya: zaman lafiya da adalci, ɗabi'a, da sanya bangaskiya cikin aiki. Manufar McPherson ita ce haɓaka mutane gaba ɗaya ta hanyar malanta, sa hannu, da sabis. Shugaban Kwalejin McPherson na gaba ya kamata ya zama wanda ya shirya yin aiki a matsayin babban jami'in gudanarwa da kuma shugaban ilimi; ya yi imani da manufar kwalejin a matsayin kwalejin baccalaureate mai alaka da coci; misalta darajar Cocin ’yan’uwa; zai iya nuna tarihin nasara a jagoranci da sarrafa ƙungiyoyi da kuma magance matsalolin kuɗi masu rikitarwa; zai iya taimakawa wajen tsara hangen nesa mai gamsarwa game da yuwuwar McPherson wanda zai ba da kuzari ga harabar, al'umma, da sauran masu ruwa da tsaki don ba da tallafinsu; kuma yana da babban digiri da fahimtar al'adun ilimi na musamman. Ya kamata a gabatar da nadi, tambayoyi, da maganganun sha'awa, waɗanda za a gudanar da su cikin kwarin gwiwa, a matsayin abin da aka makala na Microsoft Word zuwa Richard Doll, Shugaban Kwamitin Bincike na Shugaban Ƙasa, a wagonerd@mcpherson.edu. Ana samun ƙarin cikakken bayanin jagoranci akan gidan yanar gizon kwaleji a http://www.mcpherson.edu/. Za a fara bitar 'yan takara a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba.
Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) yana neman manajan wallafe-wallafen don cike ma'aikacin cikakken albashi wanda yake a Elgin, Ill. BBT wata hukuma ce ta Church of the Brothers kuma kungiya ce mai zaman kanta wacce ke da membobin 6,000 da abokan ciniki a duk faɗin ƙasar. Manajan wallafe-wallafen yana ba da kulawar wallafe-wallafen BBT - wasiƙun labarai, sakin labarai, gidan yanar gizo, da sauran ayyuka na musamman - kuma yana aiki a matsayin babban marubuci da editan kwafi. Manajan zai ba da rahoto game da labarai da bayanai da suka shafi yankunan ma'aikatar BBT na fansho, inshora, Ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa, da Cocin of the Brother Credit Union. Manufar BBT ta haɗa da sashin lafiya, kuma wasu rubuce-rubucen za su rufe yadda mutane za su iya yanke shawara mai kyau na kuɗi yayin da wasu za su bincika fannonin lafiya na zuciya / rai / hankali. Har ila yau, labarun za su bayar da rahoto kan yadda BBT ke inganta darajar 'yan'uwa tare da manufofin zuba jari na zamantakewa ta hanyar gudanar da dala miliyan 379 a cikin fensho da kudaden Gidauniyar. Matsayin zai sarrafa jadawalin da daidaita abun ciki don wallafe-wallafe, ƙayyade rubuce-rubuce da ayyukan hoto, aiki tare da mai gudanarwa na samarwa da masu zanen kwangila, ba da gudummawa ga tallace-tallace da yunƙurin haɓakawa, kulawa da sake tsarawa da kuma kula da gidan yanar gizon BBT, da tafiya zuwa Cocin 'yan'uwa. Taron shekara-shekara, taron hukumar BBT, da sauran abubuwan da suka faru. Ilimi da ƙwarewa da ake buƙata sun haɗa da digiri na farko a cikin sadarwa, Ingilishi, kasuwanci, ko filin da ke da alaƙa, tare da ƙwarewa da ƙwarewa a rubuce-rubuce, kwafi, da / ko sarrafa ayyukan. Ilimi a cikin saka hannun jari na sirri da ƙirar gidan yanar gizo yana da taimako. An fi son zama memba mai ƙwazo a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa; Ana buƙatar zama memba mai aiki a cikin ƙungiyar imani. Albashi yana gasa tare da hukumomin Ƙungiyar Fa'idodin Ikilisiya na girman kwatankwacin girman da iyaka. An haɗa cikakken fakitin fa'ida. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa, ci gaba, nassoshi guda uku (mai kulawa ɗaya, abokin aiki ɗaya, aboki ɗaya) da tsammanin albashin albashi zuwa Donna Maris, 1505 Dundee Ave., Elgin IL 60120; ko dmarch_bbt@brethren.org. Don tambayoyi game da matsayi, kira 847-622-3371. Ziyarci http://www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/ don ƙarin bayani game da BBT. Za a fara tattaunawa da wuri-wuri.
Babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger ya sanya hannu kan wata budaddiyar wasika zuwa ga ’yan takarar shugaban kasa guda biyu daga shugabannin Majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa (NCC) da membobin kungiyar. A yayin da ake fama da matsalar tattalin arzikin duniya da ta shafi galibin gidaje, an rubuta wasikar ne domin tunatar da Sanata John McCain da Barack Obama cewa wadanda ke fama da talauci a Amurka da ma duniya baki daya sun fi fama da koma bayan tattalin arziki. Shugabannin addinai sun ce "Yayin da muke la'akari da shirye-shiryen ceto da kuma dawo da su, yanzu muna bukatar mu ji muryoyinku na neman a magance halin da 'yan kasar Amurka mafi talauci ke ciki, da kuma bukatun mutanen da ke fama da talauci a duniya," in ji shugabannin addinin. Wasikar mai dauke da kwanan watan 13 ga watan Oktoba tana dauke da sa hannun shugaban NCC Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, da babban sakatare Michael Kinnamon, da shuwagabannin kungiyoyin mambobi 14 na NCC.
Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany za ta kiyaye “Ranar Sabbatical” a ranar Nuwamba 3. Ofisoshin makarantar hauza a Richmond, Ind., Za a rufe. Kwamitin Amintattu na Bethany ya amince da ranakun Asabar na lokaci-lokaci. "Begena na dawwama shi ne, da yardar Allah, lafiyarmu ta ruhaniya, tunani, tunani, da lafiyar jiki za su zurfafa da ƙarfafa ta waɗannan ranaku na alama na tunani da tantancewa," in ji shugabar makarantar Bethany Ruthann Knechel Johansen.
The Church of the Brothers 2008 Advent Offering kayan tambaya, "Me muke jira?" Kayayyakin suna goyan bayan sadaukarwar shekara-shekara don ma’aikatun Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa a lokacin lokacin isowa. "Tambayar ta bukaci mu duka mu yi tunani a kan tsammaninmu na zuwan Yesu a cikinmu, da kuma daukar mataki don mayar da martani ga gaggawar ci gaba da aikin Yesu na zaman lafiya da adalci a duniya," in ji Carol Bowman, mai kula da ci gaban kula da ayyuka. ga Cocin Yan'uwa. An aika wasiƙun da aka buga zuwa duk ikilisiyoyi, ko je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/funding/opportun/ChristmasOffering.htm don nemo kayan akan layi. Ana ba da kayan a cikin Turanci da Mutanen Espanya, kuma sun haɗa da albarkatun ibada, taimako na wa'azi, tambarin zazzagewa, da tsari na ba da ambulaf da saka bayanai. Ranar da aka ba da shawarar don Bayar Zuwan ita ce Disamba 7.
An gane farfesa na Tiyoloji na Bethany Dan Ulrich akan gidan yanar gizon Baƙi, a cikin “Siyasar Allah” ta Jim Wallis. Bayan Wallis ya gayyace rubuce-rubuce kan jigo “Dabarun makiyaya don Rikicin Tattalin Arziki,” Ulrich ya gabatar da wa’azin da ya bayar a hidimar coci na Bethany na mako-mako mai taken “Imani, Tsoro da Kuɗi,” bisa Luka 16:1-13. Buga wa'azin ya haifar da maganganu masu kyau, gami da ɗaya daga Wallis wanda ya kwatanta shi da "cike da basira da kulawa da ke misalta martanin Kirista." Nemo wa'azin a www.bethanyseminary.edu/files/advancement/danulrichsermon.pdf ko je zuwa www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=2937 don blog.
An shirya taron bita na Sabis na Bala'i na Yara a Denver, Colo., a ranar 1-7 ga Nuwamba. Kudin shine $8 don yin rajista da wuri, $45 bayan Oktoba 55. Za a gudanar da taron bitar a Babban Babi na Red Cross Mile na Amurka. Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara shirin Coci ne na 'Yan'uwa wanda masu aikin sa kai ke ba da kwanciyar hankali, aminci, da kwanciyar hankali a tsakiyar rudani da ke biyo bayan bala'i ta hanyar kafa da gudanar da cibiyoyin kula da yara na musamman a wuraren bala'i. Ana buƙatar taron bitar don masu aikin sa kai na Bala'i, kuma bayanan da aka koya a taron na iya zama da amfani ga duk wanda ke aiki da yara. Mahalarta za su fuskanci matsuguni na kwaikwayo, barci a kan gadaje da cin abinci mai sauƙi. Da zarar an kammala horo, mahalarta suna da damar zama ƙwararrun masu sa kai na Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara ta hanyar samar da nassoshi biyu na sirri da kuma binciken baya-bayanan masu laifi da masu yin jima'i. Tuntuɓi mai gudanarwa Amy Pike a 31-720-250 ko ofishin Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara a cds_gb@brethren.org ko 1193-800-451 ext. 4407.
"Barin Ikilisiya: Tafiya tare da Mutane na Bangaskiya a ciki da Bayan Ikilisiya" shine taken taron karawa juna sani na kwana daya tare da Alan Jamieson, wanda za a gudanar a Palmyra (Pa.) Church of the Brothers a ranar Nuwamba 1. Jamieson masanin ilimin zamantakewa ne kuma babban Fasto a Central Baptist Church a Wellington, New Zealand. Littafinsa, “A Churchless Faith,” ya taƙaita bincike a kan dalilin da ya sa mutane suke barin majami’u da abin da ke faruwa da bangaskiyarsu bayan barinsu, ya kuma zayyana tsarin tallafi da taimakon kai-tsaye da coci-coci za su iya aiwatarwa don zama “masu hankali.” Wani littafi, “Kira Sake,” ya ɗaga damuwa ga waɗanda har ila suke zuwa coci amma da daɗewa sun daina kasancewa a hankali, da motsin rai, da kuma a ruhaniya, kuma ya yi tambaya yadda za a iya farfado da bangaskiyarsu. Taron karawa juna sani na limamai ne da shugabanni a cikin ikilisiyoyin, kuma ana samun goyan bayan tallafin Horar da Jagoranci da Tallafin Ci Gaba daga Cocin of the Brothers Office of Ministry. Mahalarta za su iya samun .6 ci gaba da sassan ilimi ta hanyar Makarantar Brotherhood don Jagorancin Ma'aikata. Yi rijista zuwa Oktoba 27. Tuntuɓi Palmyra Church of the Brother, 45 N. Chestnut St., Palmyra, PA 17078; 717-838-6369.
Har yanzu akwai lokacin da za a nemi “Faith Expedition: Globalization, Justice, and Coffee” wanda Ofishin Brotheran’uwa Shaida/Washington ke daukar nauyin zuwa Chiapas, Mexico, a ranar 24 ga Janairu zuwa Fabrairu. 3, 2009. Ranar ƙarshe don yin rajista shine Nuwamba 1. An shirya balaguron bangaskiya tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da Musanya Daidaitawa da Shaida don Aminci. Ƙungiyar za ta zauna a gidajen manoman kofi a Chiapas, kuma za su koyi game da tattalin arziki, siyasa, da tarihin tarihi. Tafiyar kuma za ta haɗa da ziyarar ƴan ƙungiyar mata masu sana'ar hannu, da damar koyo game da rawar da bangaskiya da tauhidin 'yanci suka taka a karkarar Chiapas. Kudin tafiya shine $950 tare da kudin jirgi. Wakilan da suka gabata sun yi nasarar tara kuɗi a ikilisiyoyinsu, makarantu, da kuma al'ummominsu don waɗannan abubuwan. "Kada ku bar kuɗin ya hana ku shiga!" In ji sanarwar daga Ofishin Shaidun Jehobah/Washington. Ziyarci www.equalexchange.coop/interfaith-delegations ko tuntuɓi Brethren Witness/Washington Office a 800-785-3246 don ƙarin bayani.
Cocin Sheldon (Iowa) na 'yan'uwa na yin bikin cika shekaru 120 a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba.
Decatur (Ill.) Cocin 'yan'uwa ya yi bikin cika shekara ɗari tare da bikin cika shekaru 100 a ranar Oktoba 18-19.
Wenatchee (Wash.) Brethren-Baptist Church United da Sunnyslope Church of the Brothers tare sun gudanar da bukukuwa da dama a matsayin hanyar bikin cika shekaru 300 na 'yan'uwa, da kuma shekaru 100 na kasancewar 'yan'uwa a cikin kwarin Wenatchee, a cewar wani rahoto. daga John Braun, memba na kwamitin tsare-tsare na “Taron ’Yan’uwa a Kwarin.” Taron ya gudana a ranar 11 ga Oktoba 12-2008 kuma ya haɗa da ibadar safiyar Lahadi, shirin maraice na Asabar, ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta hannu, ƙungiyar mawaƙa, waƙar waƙar waƙa, abincin rana ga waɗanda suka halarci kwalejin 'yan'uwa ko makarantar hauza, abincin tukwane, hadaya da aka bayar. a cikin kashi uku zuwa ma'aikatun gida, gundumomi, da na duniya don bikin Ikilisiya na 'Yan'uwa ƙarni uku, da shayi na rana ga waɗanda suka shiga cikin ƙoƙarin mishan coci ciki har da sabis na sa kai da amsa bala'i. Tafiya ta Yunwa ta XNUMX don Sabis na Duniya na Ikilisiya" ya ƙare ƙarshen mako.
Membobi a York (Pa.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa sun kasance suna taimaka wa ma'aikatan Albarkatun Ma'aikata na ƙungiyar don haɗa kayan aikin tsabtace Gaggawa, a cewar wasiƙar cocin. A ranar 3 ga Oktoba, membobin Cocin farko guda shida sun taimaka wajen tara 1,142 Bucket Kits Tsabtace Gaggawa, suna aiki a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa da ke New Windsor, Md. Har ila yau, an kammala daruruwan ƙarin kayan aikin da aka fara a baya, waɗanda ke sama da kayan aikin 1,500 da aka shirya don jigilar kaya. . A wannan yammacin, an loda wata babbar mota da kaya 1,236 kuma ta yi tafiya zuwa Keene, Texas, don rabawa ga iyalan da guguwar Ike ta shafa.
Champaign (Ill.) Cocin 'yan'uwa ya fara shirin "'Yan uwa Kakanni" don ba da hidimar kukis da kula da daliban jami'a. "Me ya fi kukis, madara da kaka?" In ji sanarwar a cikin jaridar Illinois da Wisconsin District Newsletter. “Ba mu da sauri fiye da gudu da jiragen kasa. Ba ma tsalle a kan dogayen gine-gine a cikin iyaka guda. Maimakon hankalin 'Spidy' muna da hankalin mama." Champaign yayi ikirarin duka Jami'ar Illinois da Kwalejin Parkland. Ma'aikatar tana da niyyar haɗi da ɗaliban 'yan'uwa a makarantun biyu, kuma tana fatan samun bayanan tuntuɓar ɗalibai daga wasu ikilisiyoyi da dangin ɗalibai. Ma'aikatar za ta ba wa ɗalibai ziyara, kukis, tukwane na wata-wata, da tallafin addu'a. Tuntuɓi Brothers Grandmothers, Champaign Church of the Brothers, 1210 N. Neil St, Champaign, IL 61820.
An gayyaci ’yan’uwa a yankin Minneapolis don su shiga hidimar sadaukarwa ta musamman a Ranar Addu’a don Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya, Satumba 21. Nelda Rhodes Clarke ta gayyaci ’yan’uwa ikilisiyoyin da za su shiga tare da ita don sadaukar da Pole Peace a Emma Norton Services a Maplewood, wanda ke ba da gidaje daga mata da iyalai marasa gida, a cewar jaridar Northern Plains District. Clarke ya yi aiki a kungiyar tsawon shekaru 17. Wadanda suka yi jawabi sun hada da 'yar majalisar dokokin Amurka Betty McCollum, da kwamishiniyar gundumar Ramsey Victoria Reinhardt, da magajin garin Maplewood Diana Longrie. Marie Rhoades ta wakilci Kan Zaman Lafiya a Duniya.
Camp Mack's "A kan Hanya…Ci gaba da Faith Capital Campaign" ya kafa burin tara sama da dala miliyan 1 don samar da sabon masauki kusa da tafkin Waubee, da kuma gyare-gyare ga zauren Quinter-Miller da sauran gine-gine. Camp Mack Coci ne na sansanin 'yan'uwa a Milford, Ind. Je zuwa http://www.campmack.org/ don ƙarin bayani.
Thomas R. Kepple Jr., shugaban Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., Mawallafa na "Chronicle of Higher Education" da "New York Times." A cewar wata sanarwa daga kwalejin, Kepple yana daya daga cikin shugabannin koleji ko jami'o'i 76, amintattu, da shugabannin da za su shiga majalisar ministocin, kuma zai tafi New York sau ɗaya a shekara don ganawa da 'yan jarida da editoci daga jaridun biyu. An gudanar da taron kaddamar da kungiyar ne a ranar 15 ga watan Satumba.
Hadin gwiwar jami'an kwalejin Manchester, Wabash da hukumomin kiyaye muhalli na gundumar Miami, da wasu kungiyoyi akalla 17 sun fara wani shiri na dala miliyan 1 don inganta ingancin ruwa mai nisan mil 30 na kogin Eel a Indiana. Shirin Watershed River River na Middle Eel River ya karɓi kusan dala 600,000 a cikin kuɗin da Ma'aikatar Kula da Muhalli ta Indiana ta keɓe, a cewar wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. Ƙarin ƙarin $400,000 zai fito daga hukumomi, makarantu, ƙungiyoyi, kasuwanci, da daidaikun mutane. Eel ya kasance daya daga cikin fitattun magudanan kamun kifi a tsakiyar Yamma, in ji sanarwar, amma a yau yana cikin jerin “rauni” na Hukumar Kare Muhalli don matakan wuce gona da iri na e-coli, PCBs, mercury, da sauran gurɓataccen yanayi.
Kwamitin gudanarwa na kungiyar mata ta Cocin Brothers zai hadu a Huntingdon, Pa., a karshen wannan makon. "Yayin da muke wurin, za mu so damar saduwa da kowane ɗayanku a yankin," in ji Caucus a cikin wata sanarwa. Ƙungiyar tana gayyatar duk waɗanda ke da sha'awar zuwa cin abinci kuma su raba hangen nesa game da inda ƙungiyar mata ta ke buƙatar jagorancin coci, daga 6-8 na yamma ranar Asabar, Oktoba 25 a Cocin Stone na 'yan'uwa. Za a ba da babban abinci da abin sha, za a gayyaci mahalarta su kawo abincin gefe, salad, ko kayan zaki don raba. A ranar 26 ga Oktoba, kwamitin gudanarwa zai yi ibada tare da ikilisiyar Cocin Stone. Don ƙarin bayani ko zuwa RSVP don abincin, tuntuɓi Peg Yoder a 814-599-9910. Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Mata ya haɗa da Jan Eller, Audrey deCoursey, Anna Lisa Gross, Sharon Nearhoof May, Peg Yoder, da Jill Kline.
Bugu na Nuwamba na Brethren Voices, shirin gidan talabijin na al’umma da Portland (Ore.) Peace Church of the Brothers ya shirya, yana ɗauke da mawaƙin ’yan’uwa Mike Stern a ƙarƙashin taken, “Murya don Adalci, Aminci, Bege, da Healing.” Tushen Stern yana cikin gonakin apple na Jihar Washington, duk da haka ya zagaya duniya yana waƙa da aiki don zaman lafiya da adalci. Buga na “Muryoyin ’yan’uwa” na Disamba zai ƙunshi madadin bayar da kyauta na Kirsimeti, gami da dama da dama kamar su Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa, Heifer International, Sabis na Duniya na Ikilisiya, da Sayen daji na Amazon Rainforest na Sabon Al’umma. Don ƙarin bayani game da Muryar Yan'uwa tuntuɓi furodusa Ed Groff a groffprod1@msn.com. Kwafin shirin ya ci $8, tare da gudummawar da aka tura zuwa Portland Peace Church of the Brothers, 12727 SE Market St., Portland, KO 97233. Brothers Voices kuma sun kammala samar da wani shiri na musamman, "Labarin Kofin Hidima na Yan'uwa," Bill Puffenberger, Farfesa farfesa na Nazarin Addini a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) ya ruwaito. Puffenberger ya kammala nazari na shekaru uku game da Kofin Hidima na ’yan’uwa “waɗanda ke da alaƙa da zaman lafiya na Cocin ’yan’uwa” kuma ita ce babbar alamar hidimar ’yan’uwa. Ana samun kwafin wannan shiri na musamman daga Cocin Peace Portland don gudummawar $10.
An zabi Liz McCartney na St. Bernard Project don lambar yabo ta CNN Hero of the Year. The St. Bernard Project shi ne grassroots bala'i dawo da kungiyar da 'yan'uwa Bala'i Ministries da aka hada kai don Hurricane Katrina dawo da a St. Bernard Parish, La. "Saboda wannan haɗin gwiwa, za mu iya sosai bayar da shawarar Liz ga wannan lambar yabo. Babbar kyautar ita ce dala 100,000, wadda Liz ta yi alkawari za ta ba da gudummawa ga aikin St. Bernard,” in ji Jane Yount, mai gudanarwa na Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ‘yan’uwa. A ranar 20 ga watan Nuwamba za a rufe kada kuri'ar zaben Gwarzon gwarzon shekara na CNN.
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Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan sabis na labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa ne ya samar da Newsline, cobnews@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 260. Carol Bowman, John Braun, Ruben D. Deoleo, Jan Eller, Ed Groff, Jeri S. Kornegay, Karin Krog, Patrice Nightingale, Marcia Shetler, 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 don Nuwamba 5. Ana 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.