Labaran labarai na Satumba 24, 2008

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

"...Ku yi ƙoƙari ku sami mulkinsa, waɗannan abubuwa kuma za a ba ku." (Luka 12: 31).

LABARAI

1) Brethren Benefit Trust ta fitar da sanarwa kan rikicin kudi, saka hannun jari.
2) Taron Manyan Manya na kasa ya kawo daruruwan zuwa tafkin Junaluska.
3) Shirin sansanin aikin bazara ya ƙunshi mahalarta kusan 700.
4) An bukaci martanin binciken binciken manhaja.
5) Yan'uwa: Gyara, ma'aikata, bude matsayi, da sauransu.

KAMATA

6) Nightingale, Thompson ya fara sabon matsayi a BBT.

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) Brethren Benefit Trust ta fitar da sanarwa kan rikicin kudi, saka hannun jari.

Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) ta fitar da wata sanarwa dangane da tashe-tashen hankula a kasuwannin hada-hadar kudi. BBT ita ce ma'aikatar kudi ta Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Ma'aikatunta sun haɗa da Shirin fensho na 'yan'uwa, kuma BBT kuma tana da gidauniyar 'yan'uwa da ke ba da sabis na sarrafa zuba jari ga majami'u, hukumomi, da sauransu.

BBT ta ruwaito cewa ta tuntubi kowane manajan saka hannun jari a farkon makon da ya gabata game da tsare-tsaren su na fensho da 'yan uwansu. Daga cikin manajojin haɗin gwiwa biyu na BBT, Binciken Kuɗi da Gudanarwa yana da kashi 0.9 na fayil ɗin sa a Lehman Brothers, kashi 1.2 cikin ɗari a AIG, da kashi 0.4 cikin ɗari a Merrill Lynch. Agincourt Capital Management yana da kashi 0.6 cikin ɗari na fayil ɗin sa a cikin Lehman Brothers, kashi 0.46 cikin ɗari a Merrill Lynch, kuma babu hannun jari a AIG. Babu ɗaya daga cikin manajojin ma'auni guda huɗu na BBT ko manajan asusun sa na ɗan gajeren lokaci da ya sami jari a Lehman Brothers, AIG, ko Merrill Lynch.

"Ko da yake har yanzu ba a amsa tambayoyi da yawa game da shirin ceton gwamnati da kuma tasirin da zai yi idan aka amince da shi, ana sa ran abubuwa da yawa za su yi tasiri a kan ayyukan zuba jari a duk shekara - batutuwa kamar Fannie Mae da Freddie Mac da aka ba da su a ƙasa, da kuma yawan adadin masu zuba jari. Bankunan da FDIC ta karbe su," in ji sanarwar a wani bangare.

Sanarwar ta ci gaba da cewa "Har yanzu akwai adadi mai yawa na abubuwan da suka wuce gona da iri tare da kadarorin masu guba a kasuwanni." "Wataƙila ba a gama zagayowar ba, amma ya zama dole a tsaftace abubuwan da suka wuce gona da iri-mataki mai kyau na sake fasalin kasuwanni da farashin kadara. Tambaya mai mahimmanci, duk da haka, ita ce ta yaya raguwar dukiyar kuɗi za ta yi tasiri kai tsaye a kan tattalin arziki na gaske. Wannan haɗarin watsawa abu ne, kuma muna sa ran aƙalla wasu mummunan tasiri ga Babban Haɓakar Samar da Kayan Cikin Gida saboda da wuya a ga ci gaban kayan a cikin tattalin arzikin ba tare da ingantaccen ɓangaren kuɗi ba. "

A halin da ake ciki, BBT na ci gaba da yin aiki kafada da kafada da manajojin zuba jari, kuma tana tabbatar wa 'yan'uwa cewa waɗannan manajoji sun kasance masu himma a ƙoƙarinsu na yanke shawara mai kyau tare da kadarorin da suke gudanarwa a madadin membobin Shirin Fansho na Brethren da abokan ciniki na Brethren Foundation.

Game da yanayin kuɗi na Cocin of the Brothers Credit Union, BBT ya ce “a zahiri, kusan duk kuɗin da Cocin of the Brothers Credit Union ke kula da shi ana saka su ne ta hanyar mota da lamuni na sirri ga membobin. A lokutan da Ƙungiyoyin Kiredit ke da yawan kuɗi, ana saka kuɗi a cikin Takaddun Takaddun Kuɗi. Waɗannan jarin koyaushe suna ƙasa da dala 100,000 a kowace cibiyar kuɗi, wanda ke nufin ana samun cikakken inshorar kuɗaɗe ta Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Lamuni ta Ƙasa. Don haka, rikicin kuɗi na ƙasa ba shi da tasiri kai tsaye ga Cocin of the Brethren Credit Union.”

Za a sami cikakken bayanin a http://www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/. Don tattaunawa game da zuba jari na BBT ƙara kira 800-746-1505, ext. 385 don membobin Shirin Fansho, ko kira ext. 369 don abokan ciniki na Foundation. "Muna maraba da kiran ku," in ji ma'aikatan BBT.

2) Taron Manyan Manya na kasa ya kawo daruruwan zuwa tafkin Junaluska.

Dumi-dumi da abokantaka sun kasance alamomin taron tsofaffin tsofaffi na kasa (NOAC) Satumba 1-5 a tafkin Junaluska, NC Fiye da 898 daga ko'ina cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa da suka taru a bakin ruwan tafkin don jin jawabai masu jan hankali, halartar taron bita. , ku ci galan na ice cream, kuma ku cim ma juna tun NOAC na ƙarshe a 2006.

Sandy Bosserman, wanda tsohon ministan zartaswa na gunduma ne, ya yi wa’azi a taron ibada na farko kuma ya gayyaci taron zuwa “Ku zo Ruwan da ke Matsala.” Ta fara da hotuna masu daɗi na ruwa, kamar rairayin bakin teku masu ban sha'awa tare da raƙuman raƙuman ruwa da iska mai laushi, amma sai ta tuna lokutan rayuwarta lokacin da ruwa ya taka rawar da ya fi damuwa. Ta kira ’yan’uwa zuwa ga ruɗar ruwan da ke kawo waraka ga gurgu a cikin Yohanna 5:1-7. "'Ku zo Ruwan da ke Matsala' gayyata ce mai ɗorewa," in ji ta. "Hakika mu 'yan'uwa mun sani game da ruwa mai tada hankali da kuma hadarin shiga cikinsa."

Stephen Breck Reid, tsohon shugaban kuma farfesa na Nazarin Tsohon Alkawari a Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany, ya jagoranci jerin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki guda uku. Da yake ɗauko jigon taron, “Ku zo Ruwa,” ya buɗe jerin abubuwan da cewa, “A cikin wannan labarin, mala’ikan Ubangiji ya tayar da ruwan, amma nan da kwanaki uku masu zuwa zan sake sanar da ku da mutanen da suka kansu suka dagula ruwa. Ku zo ruwan ba kawai lokacin daɗaɗɗen yanayi ba ne, amma gayyata ce mu zo cikin ruwa mai tada hankali da Allah ya gabatar mana.”

Babban mai magana da yawun da safiyar Talata Donald Kraybill ya bayyana mummunar ranar harbin yaran Amish a Nickle Mines a Pennsylvania. Shiru yayi kan Stuart Auditorium yayin da Kraybill, babban ɗan'uwa a Cibiyar Matasa a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) ya ba da labarin abubuwan da suka faru. Saƙon yana da hankali amma yana da mahimmanci: Amsar Amish na bangaskiya, alheri, da gafara. "Tambayar da zan yi mana a safiyar yau ita ce: Idan waɗannan 'ya'yanmu ne, 'yan uwanmu mata, da waɗannan jikokinmu ne ko ƴan uwanmu, ta yaya za mu amsa?" Kraybill ya tambaya. "Me za mu yi?" Kraybill yana ɗaya daga cikin mawallafin littafin, "Amish Grace: Yadda Gafara Ya Wuce Bala'i," an rubuta tare da Steven M. Nolt da David L. Weaver-Zercher. Ana samun kwafi daga 'yan jarida.

Sauran abubuwan da suka fi dacewa na taron sun hada da sakonni masu ban sha'awa daga masu gabatar da bayanai Jane Thibault, masanin ilimin gerontologist da farfesa na asibiti a Jami'ar Louisville; Valerie Bridgeman Davis, farfesa na farfesa na Ibrananci, homiletics, da bauta a Memphis Theological Seminary; da Scott Sheperd, wanda ya yi amfani da ban dariya, hanya mara kyau don mai da hankali kan damuwa. Wanda ya zagaya makon shine Frank Ramirez, Fasto na Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa ta Everett (Pa.) kuma marubucin littattafai da yawa, gami da “Mutumin Mafi Mahimmanci a Yankin Patrick” da “Brethren Brush with Greatness.”

Nancy Faus-Mullen, farfesa Emerita na Bethany Theological Seminary inda ta koyar da shekaru 25, ta jagoranci taron a bikin shekaru 300 na waƙar 'yan'uwa. Taron dai ya rera wake-wake da wake-wake tun daga karni na 18 zuwa yanzu. Maraicen ya ƙunshi marubutan waƙoƙi da yawa waɗanda ke jagorantar waƙoƙin waƙoƙin nasu, kuma sun haɗa da waƙar da Wil Nolen ya jagoranta, shugaban BBT mai ritaya kuma tsohon shugaban waƙa a NOAC. Nishaɗin taron kuma ya haɗa da ƙungiyar Trifolkal, wanda tare da waƙoƙi da labarai ya jagoranci masu halartar taron suna dariya, kuka, da buga ƙafafu a cikin tafiya na waraka.

David Sollenberger da NOAC News Team sun ba da allurai sau biyu a rana na ban dariya, sanarwa, labarai, da sauran abubuwa. An sa ran ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙungiyar labarai cikin tashin hankali, yayin da masu halarta ke jira don ganin sabon sashe na ƙirƙira. Ana samun DVD na shirye-shiryen NOAC na mako na mako daga 'Yan Jarida.

Ƙungiyoyi da dama sun yi bikin cika shekaru. Sabis na Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa ya yi bikin cika shekaru 60, NOAC ta yi bikin cika shekaru 50 na naɗa mata a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, kuma waɗanda suke taron matasa na ƙasa (NYC) a 1958 sun yi taro na 50. 1958 NYC ita ce ta biyu a cikin tarihin Church of the Brother, kuma an gudanar da shi a tafkin Junaluska. An ɗauki hotunan rukuni na kowane biki na musamman kuma ana samunsu don siye, tuntuɓi pastoreddie@verizon.net idan kuna sha'awar.

Sama da masu tafiya 200 a cikin Rijiyar Walk, da ma sauran mahalarta NOAC da suka ba da gudummawa, sun tura zuwa ga burin biyu - mil biyu a kusa da tafkin Junaluska da $ 5,000 don samar da tsarin ruwa mai dorewa a Makarantar Sakandare ta Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Najeriya (EYN) a hedkwatar cocin da ke Kwarhi, Najeriya. Tafiyar da ba ta gasa ta ba da lada na shaidar fitowar rana mai ɗaukaka bisa tafkin, da miƙewa jikin, hankali, da ruhohi. A ƙidayar ƙarshe, an karɓi dala 4,710 kuma ana ci gaba da ba da gudummawa. Wasu ikilisiyoyi sun mai da wannan aiki na musamman da za a yi, kuma wani iyali ya nuna cewa aikin rijiyar ce za ta ci gajiyar kyautar haɗin gwiwa ta Kirsimeti kowace shekara. Ana iya ba da ƙarin gudummawa ga Church of the Brother Well Project, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.

Domin tabbatar da cewa ba a gudanar da manyan taro na Cocin ’yan’uwa fiye da biyu a cikin kowace shekara ba, NOAC mai zuwa za ta kasance a cikin 2009. Bayan haka taron zai koma jaddawalinsa na kowace shekara biyu. Tafkin Junaluska zai sake zama wurin NOAC a ranar 7-11 ga Satumba, 2009, akan jigon, "Gado na Hikima: Saƙa Tsoho da Sabon." Za a aika da kasidun rajista a cikin Maris 2009.

–Eddie Edmonds fasto ne na Moler Avenue Church of the Brothers a Martinsburg, W.Va., kuma yayi aiki a matsayin darektan sadarwa a NOAC. Bayanin da ke cikin wannan labarin ya bayyana a shafukan yanar gizo na yau da kullum a www.brethren.org/abc/noac/NOAC2008/Monday.html da kuma a cikin "NOAC Notes" na yau da kullum labarai. Alice Edmonds, Frank Ramirez, da Mary Lou Garrison sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoton.

3) Shirin sansanin aikin bazara ya ƙunshi mahalarta kusan 700.

Kusan masu ba da shawara ga matasa da manya da kanana 700 sun kasance ɓangare na 2008 Church of the Brothersan sansanin aiki a wannan bazarar. Mahalarta sun bautawa, sun yi hidima, kuma sun sami sabbin al'adu a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙwarewar sansanin aiki.

Gabaɗaya, Cocin Ɗaliban Matasa da Ma’aikatar Matasa ta ’Yan’uwa ta ba da sansani 28 a jihohi 12 da ƙasashe huɗu. Mahalarta taron sun yi tafiya zuwa yamma kamar Idaho da kuma kudu zuwa Mexico da Caribbean. Taken sansani na lokacin rani shine “…Ka Ƙarfafa Hannuna,” bisa Nehemiya 6:9.

An sami gogewa iri-iri ga mahalarta sansanin aiki. Matasa a sansanin aiki na Pine Ridge sun koyi game da al'adun 'yan asalin Amirka ta hanyar shiga cikin "inipi" ko masaukin gumi, darasi na katako, da tafiya zuwa wurin da aka yi Kisan Knee da aka Raunata. Ayyukan aiki sun haɗa da gyaran gida a kusa da ajiyar wuri, da kuma ingantawa ga makaranta.

Ma'aikata na aiki sun binciki al'amuran birane na talauci da rashin matsuguni a Roanoke, Va.; Baltimore, Md.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Chicago, ciwon; da Ashland, Ohio. Wuraren aiki a Neon, Ken., da Keyser, W.Va., an ba su hangen nesa kan rayuwar karkara. Wadanda suka je St. Croix a tsibirin Virgin na Amurka, Puerto Rico, Jamhuriyar Dominican, da Reynosa, Mexico, sun sami damar yin hulɗar al'adu daban-daban.

Kwanan wata da wurare don wuraren aiki na 2009 za su kasance a wannan faɗuwar. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/genbd/yya/workcamps don ƙarin bayani. Hakanan za a aika da ƙasidu game da shirin na 2009 zuwa ga kowace Coci na ’yan’uwa.

–Meghan Horne mataimaki ne mai gudanarwa na shirin sansanin aiki na Coci na ’yan’uwa a cikin 2009, yana aiki ta hanyar Sabis na Sa-kai na Yan’uwa.

4) An bukaci martanin binciken binciken manhaja.

An aika wani muhimmin bincike na manhaja a makon da ya gabata zuwa ga dukan ikilisiyoyin Coci na ’yan’uwa. Binciken da ’yan jarida suka yi ya nemi bayanai da za su taimaka wa ’yan jarida su fahimci bukatu da kuma abubuwan da ikilisiyoyi suke da shi a fannin ilimantarwa na Kirista.

An kuma rarraba irin wannan binciken a cikin ikilisiyoyin Mennonite a Amurka da Kanada. Za a yi nazarin sakamakon binciken duka biyun a wani taro mai zuwa na ma'aikatan Taro 'Round Curriculum project.

Ana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyin su gabatar da martaninsu akan sigar binciken ta kan layi, tunda hakan zai sauƙaƙa tattara bayanai, amma mayar da sigar bugu shima yana da kyau. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/curriculumsurvey don nemo binciken.

Mutum daya ne kawai ya kammala binciken a kowace ikilisiya, wanda ya fi sanin amfanin manhajar karatu. Ana buƙatar masu amsa da su dawo da binciken da sauri, zai fi dacewa a cikin makonni biyu, don samun lokacin tsara bayanai kafin taron tsara manhaja.

“Wannan shi ne karo na farko da muka gudanar da bincike irin wannan,” in ji mawallafi Wendy McFadden. "Bayanin zai zama babban taimako yayin da muke tsara albarkatun ilimi don nan gaba. Muna matukar godiya ga duk wanda ya dauki lokaci ya taimaka mana wajen tattara wannan bayanai."

5) Yan'uwa: Gyara, ma'aikata, bude matsayi, da sauransu.

• Gyara: Batun aikin rubutun Michael Hodson na Brethren Encyclopedia Inc. (duba Newsline Extra na Satumba 12) shine 'yan'uwa, sabuntawa na duniya, da kuma duniya baki ɗaya, a tsawon lokacin ƙarni na 18th da 19th.
• Nancy Watts na Elgin, Ill., ta fara ranar 16 ga Satumba a matsayin ƙwararriyar gudummawa da karɓar asusun ajiya na Cocin ’yan’uwa, tana aiki a Babban ofisoshi na ƙungiyar. Kwanan nan ta kasance mataimaki ga mai kula da ofisoshin Kamfanin Abinci na Butera Finer. Kafin hakan ta rike mukaman lissafin kudi tare da Mueller da Co., LLP, da Elgin Sweeper Co.
• Debbie Brehm na Huntley, Ill., ta fara horon horo a cikin Gudanar da Albarkatun Dan Adam a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a ranar Satumba 17. Aikin horon wani bangare ne na shirinta na digiri na farko a Jami'ar Judson. Brehm ya fito ne daga asali a matsayin memba kuma memba na kwamitin tare da Taron Bitar Gida na Heritage.
• Sabuwar Windsor (Md.) Cibiyar Taro tana fahimtar sabis na masu ba da agaji da yawa. Ron da Jean Strine na Hershey, Pa., sun tashi a ranar 1 ga Satumba bayan sun yi aikin sa kai a SERRV/A Greater Gift a lokacin Yuli, kuma suna aiki a matsayin masu ba da agaji na farko a cikin Tsohon Babban ginin a watan Agusta. Art da Lois Hermanson sun koma Iowa a ranar 2 ga Satumba bayan sun yi aiki a matsayin masu ba da agaji a zauren Zigler na tsawon watanni shida. Sally Allstott na Pennsylvania ta kasance mai masaukin baki na farko a Zigler Hall na watan Satumba. Red da Emily (Larson) Brandon sun yi aiki a matsayin mai masaukin baki da kuma mai masaukin baki na Tsohon Main na Satumba. Olive Provost ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da agaji a Windsor Hall tsawon watanni shida da suka gabata.
• McPherson (Kan.) Koleji na gayyatar zaɓe da aikace-aikace don shugaban da zai gaji Ronald D. Hovis, wanda zai yi ritaya a watan Yuni 2009. McPherson ƙaramin koleji ne tare da ɗalibai na cikakken lokaci 500, yana mai da hankali kan zane-zane masu sassaucin ra'ayi. Yana cikin McPherson, Kan., Kimanin awa ɗaya a arewacin Wichita, birni mafi girma a cikin jihar. 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. Ya kamata shugaba na gaba ya kasance 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; yana 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; 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. Jeka http://www.mcpherson.edu/ don ƙarin cikakken bayanin jagoranci. Za a fara bitar 'yan takara a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba.
• Kwalejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., ta nemi mataimakin farfesa a fannin addini don cike gurbin da Dr. Kendall Rogers ya bari, wanda yanzu ke koyarwa a makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany. Wannan matsayi ne na waƙa, wanda za a fara a cikin faɗuwar shekara ta 2009. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da koyar da darussa takwas a kowace shekara (3-1-4), digiri na farko, ciki har da sassan da yawa na wani kwas na gabatarwa a cikin tiyolojin Kirista. Bukatun sashen sun haɗa da tarihin Kiristanci, addinan duniya, tauhidin mata/mace, da falsafar addini. Kwalejin za ta yi la'akari da ABD; a Ph.D. an fi so. Ana buƙatar ƙwarewa a cikin koyarwa. Ya kamata 'yan takara su kasance da masaniya kuma su ji daɗin al'adun Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Albashi ya dogara da cancanta da gogewa. Cikakken fakitin fa'ida ya haɗa da lokacin rashin lafiya da aka biya, inshorar lafiya, shirin ritaya, koyarwa, da damar yin hidima a cikin yanayi mai ƙarfi, ilimi mai himma ga imani, sabis da koyo. Kolejin Manchester kwaleji ce mai zaman kanta, kwalejin zane-zane da ilimin kimiya mai zaman kanta da ke da alaƙa da Cocin Brothers, wanda ke da nisan mintuna 45 yamma da Fort Wayne, Ind. Yana ba da fiye da wuraren karatu 55 ga ɗalibai kusan 1,036 daga jihohi 24 da ƙasashe 23, kuma yana da mambobi 72. Manchester tana da sadaukarwa ta musamman don haɓaka mutunta kabilanci, al'adu, da jam'i na addini da wayewar ƙasashen duniya. Aiwatar ta hanyar aika wasiƙar murfin, kundin tsarin karatu, shaidar ƙwarewar koyarwa da iyawa, da koyarwar falsafar zuwa Kwamitin Bincike na Addini, Ofishin Harkokin Ilimi, Kwalejin Manchester, 604 E. College Ave., North Manchester, IN 46962; ko kuma e-mail ksmeyer@manchester.edu. Jeka www.manchester.edu/OHR/facultypositions.htm#apr don cikakken aikawa da zaɓin yin aikace-aikacen kan layi.
• Shirin Gather 'Round Curriculum Project yana faɗaɗa rukunin marubutansa kuma yana karɓar aikace-aikace daga gogaggun marubuta. Masu sha'awar zagaye na gaba ya kamata su yi tambaya kafin ranar 31 ga Oktoba. Hakanan za a karɓi aikace-aikacen bisa ga juzu'i na gaba. Marubuta masu zuwa dole ne su kasance da ikon yin rubutu a sarari kuma a cikin tsarin da aka kafa na manhaja. An fi son zama memba mai ƙwazo a cikin ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa ko Mennonite, kamar yadda ake koyar da koyarwa. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa, gami da bayani game da rubuce-rubuce da ƙwarewar koyarwa, zuwa Gather 'Round, gatherround@brethren.org ko 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120. Ana iya ba da tambayoyi ga Anna Speicher, darektan ayyuka da babban edita. Tara 'Zagaye: Ji da Rarraba Bisharar Allah aiki ne na 'Yan'uwa Press, mai shela na Cocin 'Yan'uwa, da Mennonite Publishing Network, hukumar wallafa Cocin Mennonite USA da Mennonite Church Canada. Ana buga kayan don Cocin 'Yan'uwa, Mennonite Church Canada, da Mennonite Church USA, kuma ikilisiyoyi suna amfani da su aƙalla rabin dozin sauran ƙungiyoyin.
• Babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger ya amince da maganganun ƙungiyoyin addinai biyu na ƙasa kwanan nan, martani ga guguwar Gustav, Rita, da Katrina waɗanda ƙungiyoyin al'umma da addinai suka haɗa tare da gabar tekun Gulf a matsayin wani ɓangare na Gangamin Ayyukan Civic na Gulf Coast; da kuma wata wasika da ke magana kan batun azabtarwa da ke kira ga Majalisar Dokokin kasar da ta bai wa kwamitin Red Cross na kasa da kasa damar shiga duk fursunonin da ke hannun Amurka. Sanarwar "Bayanan Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙasar na Gulf Coast: Taimakawa 'Yancin Dan Adam a Farfadowa a Gulf Coast shine fifikon ɗabi'a," ya bukaci fiye da mayar da martani ga guguwa ciki har da tsarin tarayya na bangarori biyu wanda ke magance bukatun dogon lokaci na sake gina kayan aikin al'umma, maido da yanayi. da samar da ayyukan yi ga mazauna gida da matsugunai. Wasikar da ke magana kan batun azabtarwa ta bukaci a samar da dokar da ta bukaci hukumar leken asiri ta tsakiya ta sanar da kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross (ICRC) game da dukkan fursunonin da Amurka ke tsare da su tare da ba wa ICRC damar shiga su. "Amurka ta dade tana adawa da tsare fursunonin ba tare da izini ba tare da tallafawa damar shiga ICRC, saboda ana yawan amfani da tsarewar ba tare da wani sirri ba a matsayin hanyar shiga cikin haramtacciyar hanya." wasikar ta ce.
• Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) yana bikin cika shekaru 60 a wannan Jumma'a zuwa Lahadi a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Taron zai nuna nuni da bayanai a Windsor Auditorium, zaman fahimta tare da fitattun masu magana, liyafar maraice na Asabar a Sabuwar Sabuwar Shekara. Windsor Fire Hall, da ƙari. Sabuwar Cibiyar Taro ta Windsor tana tsammanin baƙi 300 a harabar, gami da baƙi sama da 90 na dare.
• Mahalarta 130 a taron manyan matasa na kasa a tsakiyar watan Agusta sun ba da karimci ga Cocin Brothers's Global Crisis Fund. A cikin hadayun da ya biyo baya, an karɓi gudummawar dala 850 ga shirin gyaran gonaki a Koriya ta Arewa wanda asusun ke tallafawa, da kuma dala 965 don aikinta da bishiyoyi, murhu, da rijiyoyi a Guatemala.
• Bankin Albarkatun Abinci ya sami kyautar $100,000 daga Gidauniyar Conrad N. Hilton, girmamawar da ta ba shi lambar yabo ta dala miliyan 1.5 na Hilton a shekarar 2009. Cocin of the Brother's Global Food Crisis Fund ya kasance abokin tarayya da shi. Bankin Albarkatun Abinci tun daga 2004, kuma yana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyin ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa don ɗaukar nauyin ayyukan haɓaka don cin gajiyar aikin Bankin Albarkatun Abinci. Howard Royer, manajan Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya ba da rahoton cewa "'yan'uwa daga ayyukan girma a Maryland da Illinois sun kasance masu himma wajen tallafawa nadin na FRB." Daga cikin sabbin ayyukan da 'yan'uwa ke daukar nauyinsa a bana tare da hadin gwiwar bankin albarkatun abinci akwai noman masara mai girman eka 10 na Cocin Greenmount na 'yan'uwa kusa da Harrisonburg, Va. Wannan shine aikin farko na Bankin Albarkatun Abinci a jihar, a cewar Royer. . Sauran sabbin ayyukan girma da 'yan'uwa suka ruwaito a wannan kakar sun haɗa da iyalai guda ɗaya na gonaki daga majami'un Chiques, Conewago, da Hanover a Pennsylvania, da haɗin gwiwar majami'un Farko ta Tsakiya da Washington Creek a Kansas. Samar da jeri daga facin dankalin turawa mai zaki zuwa kadada 10 na waken soya.
• A ranar 18 ga Satumba, Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., ya karbi bakuncin shugabannin Majalisar Coci ta kasa. Kungiyar ta gana da shuwagabannin zartarwa na manyan sassan ayyukan Cocin ’yan’uwa. An gayyaci dukkan ma'aikata zuwa wani taron ibada tare da tawagar, wanda aka gudanar a babban cocin ofisoshi.
• A Duniya Zaman Lafiya ya sanar da sabon littafin a cikin Shalom Series. "Inda Aka Taru Biyu ko Uku: Zaman Lafiya na Tsakanin Mutum" da Annie Clark ya rubuta an rubuta "ga waɗanda suka gane cewa akwai bambance-bambance masu yawa tsakanin membobin ikilisiya, duk da haka suna daraja haɗin kanmu a matsayin Jikin Kristi, kuma suna shirye su yi aiki dominta," sanarwar ta ce. “A cikin waɗannan shafuffuka za ku sami labarin waɗanda suka miƙa hannuwansu don kama hannun wasu da ke da bambancin imani. Anan akwai ra'ayoyi masu amfani don sadarwa mai inganci tare da mutanen da ƙila ba za ku fahimta ba, gami da albarkatu don shiga cikin tattaunawa mai wahala, da shawarwari don magance rikici." Oda don $2 da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa (ƙasa don kwafi da yawa) daga 410-635-8704.
• Taron Taro na Jagoranci na Cibiyar Kula da Ecumenical na wannan shekara yana kan jigon dorewar muhalli, mai taken "Yana da Sauƙi Kasancewa Green." Matsayin shine tsibirin Marco Island, Fla., A cikin otal ɗin da aka sake ginawa azaman ginin "kore". A kan ajanda akwai dama don yawon shakatawa da yawa. Masu gabatarwa sun haɗa da memba na Cocin Brother David Radcliff, darektan Sabon Ayyukan Al'umma; C. Jeff Woods, babban sakatare na Cocin Baptist na Amurka, Amurka; Stan McKay, minista a Cocin United Church of Canada wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da ma'aikatar Native na Ikilisiya ta kasa; Mark Vincent daga Zane don Ma'aikatar; Bryan Moyer Suderman, mawaƙi wanda mafi kyawun kundi da littafin waƙa mai suna "Maganar Kuɗi na: Waƙoƙi Don Bauta"; da Fletcher Harper, firist na Episcopal kuma babban darektan GreenFaith. Rangwamen rajista ya haɗa da rangwamen rukuni na kowane ɗarika, rangwame don rajistar tsuntsu da wuri kafin 21 ga Oktoba, da rangwame ga masu farawa. Kasance tare da Carol Bowman, Coordinator Church of the Brothers don samar da kulawa da ilimi, zuwa Oktoba 13 don taimaka mata daidaita rajistar 'yan'uwa da cin gajiyar rangwamen. Tuntuɓi Bowman a cbowman_gb@brethren.org ko 509-663-2833. Je zuwa http://www.stewardshipresources.org/ don ƙarin bayani.
• Kyaututtukan da aka bayar a taron shekara-shekara na Cocin Brotheran’uwa a tsakiyar watan Yuli sun haɗa da lambar yabo ta 2008 Camp Volunteer Award daga Ƙungiyar Ma’aikatar Waje, da aka bai wa Norris da Gerry Martin na Mason Cove Church of the Brothers a Salem, Va.; da kuma Ƙungiyar Mata ta “Friend of Caucus Award,” da aka bai wa Charles (Chuck) Boyer na La Verne, Calif. Boyer fasto ne na Cocin Brotheran’uwa mai ritaya, mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara da ya gabata, kuma tsohon ma’aikaci ne na Cocin Babban Hukumar Yan'uwa.
• Cocin Pipe Creek na Yan'uwa a Gadar Union, Md., tana bikin cika shekaru 250. Ana shirin gudanar da ibada ta musamman a ranar 28 ga Satumba da karfe 10 na safe
• Cocin Sugar Creek West Church of the Brothers a Lima, Ohio, na bikin cika shekaru 175 a ranar Lahadi, 28 ga Satumba. Ana fara ibada da karfe 10:30 na safe, sai abincin rana, da hidimar biki da karfe 3 na yamma tare da binne capsule da balloon lokaci. saki.
• Lewiston (Minn.) Cocin 'yan'uwa ya yi bikin cika shekaru 150 a ranar 13-14 ga Satumba.
• Cocin Williamson Road na Yan'uwa a Roanoke, Va., yayi bikin cika shekaru 60 a ranar Oktoba 11-12. David Radcliff, darektan Sabon Al'umma Project, zai zama mai magana a ranar Asabar da yamma da karfe 7 na yamma da safiyar Lahadi a hidimar ibada na 11 na safe.
• Cocin Lancaster (Pa.) Cocin Brothers da Maranatha Multi-Cultural Fellowship sun gudanar da bikin al'adu da yawa na shekara-shekara na farko a ranar 26 ga Yuli.
• Abokai mafi kyau sun yi a Wenatchee (Wash.) Brethren Baptist Church United ranar 12 ga Satumba, a matsayin wani ɓangare na yawon shakatawa na Arewa maso Yamma wanda kuma ya haɗa da majami'u a Idaho. An kafa kungiyar a shekara ta 2006 ta James Washington, wani minista da aka nada a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa, don raba al'adun al'adun Afirka-Amurka ta hanyar kiɗa da kuma taimakawa wajen wargaza rarrabuwar kabilanci.
• Taron karawa juna sani ga wadanda abin ya shafa don taimakawa daliban makarantar sakandare su yanke shawara game da sojoji shine a Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., ranar Asabar, 4 ga Oktoba, da karfe 12 na rana. Za a ba da abincin rana. Cocin, Kwamitin Sabis na Abokai na Amurka da Fox Valley Citizens don Aminci da Adalci ne suka dauki nauyin taron. Don ƙarin kira 312-427-2533.
• Gundumar Virlina ta kasance tana ba da kyauta ta musamman don taimakawa rage farashin sake gina Cocin Erwin (Tenn.) Church of Brothers. An lalata ginin Cocin Erwin a wata gobara bayan da walƙiya ta afkawa tudun mun tsira a ranar 9 ga watan Yuni. Kyautar ta samu $19,891.30 daga ikilisiyoyi 58.
• Gundumomi da yawa suna gudanar da taro a cikin makonni biyu masu zuwa: Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya tana gudanar da taron gunduma da aka haɗa tare da baje kolin ƙarshen mako a ranar 26-28 ga Satumba a Camp Blue Diamond. Oregon da Gundumar Washington suna gudanar da taronta a Cocin Olympic View Community Church na 'yan'uwa a Seattle, Wash., a ranar 26-28 ga Satumba. Idaho da Western Montana District yana gudanar da taronsa a ranar Oktoba 3-4 a Ikilisiyar Fruitland (Idaho) na 'yan'uwa a kan "Ku fara neman Mulkin Allah" (Mt. 6: 33a). Za a gudanar da wani taro na musamman na Gundumar Plains ta Arewa a Camp Pine Lake a ranar 4 ga Oktoba a matsayin abin da ya biyo bayan aikin "Aika na Saba'in". Abin da aka fi mayar da hankali shi ne "Yaya za mu zama Mishan?" Jonathan Shively da Duane Grady daga Cocin of the Brother's Congregational Life Ministries za su ba da jagoranci, tare da shugabannin gundumomi.
• Auction na Taimakon Bala'i na 32 na Shekara-shekara wanda Gundumomin Atlantic Northeast da Southern Pennsylvania za su dauki nauyin gudanar da shi a ranar 26-27 ga Satumba a filin baje kolin yankin Lebanon (Pa.).
• Kwalejin Juniata da ke Huntingdon, Pa., ta karɓi wasiyyar dala miliyan 6.1 a cikin wasiyyar Larry S. Johnson na Somerset, Pa. Wasiyyar ita ce kyauta mafi girma da Juniata ta taɓa samu, a cewar kwalejin. Wasiƙar ta ba da tallafin karatu na Lawrence S. Johnson '61 wanda ke ba da cikakken karatun karatu, guraben karatu da ɗaki ga wanda ya kammala makarantar sakandaren yankin Somerset; yana ba da dala miliyan 1.5 ga Jami'ar Rochester (NY) Makarantar Medicine da Dentistry don ba da shekaru huɗu, cikakken guraben karatu don kammala karatun Juniata; yana rarraba fiye da $2 miliyan zuwa Homer C. da Ethel F. Will Endowed Freshman Biology Scholarship yana ba da fakitin taimakon kuɗi ga ɗaliban kimiyya a Juniata; kuma yana ba da kusan $400,000 ga babban asusun gudanarwa a kwalejin. Shugaban Kwalejin Juniata Thomas R. Kepple da shugaban hukumar David Andrews za su gabatar da takardan tunawa ga Mark Gross, shugaban makarantar Somerset Area High School, a ranar 29 ga Satumba.
• Kwalejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., ta yi rajista mafi girma a cikin shekaru 25, a cewar wata sanarwa. Ajin ya ƙunshi sabbin ɗalibai 390. Ƙaruwar ta samo asali ne sakamakon yunƙurin daukar ma'aikata da sabbin dabarun tallata tallace-tallace da shigar da kayayyaki wanda ya haifar da karuwar kashi 46 cikin 32 na aikace-aikacen da kuma karuwar kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX na ziyarar jami'a.
• Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye, Cocin 'yan'uwa masu ritaya a cikin Boonsboro, Md., abokin tarayya ne kwanan nan a cikin wata ma'amala da ta shafi gadaje asibiti, a cewar wani sako daga gida. Asibitin gundumar Washington da ke Hagerstown da IMA na Lafiya ta Duniya su ma sun halarci, kuma mazauna Fahrney-Keedy da mutanen kasar Rwanda za su ci gajiyar yarjejeniyar. Asibitin yana da gadaje masu amfani da wutar lantarki da ya daina buƙata bayan ya sayi sababbi da yawa. Fahrney-Keedy ya sayi gadaje 51 daga asibitin akan farashi mai rahusa. A sakamakon haka, al'ummar sun ba da gudummawar gadaje na hannu guda 26 ga IMA World Health, wanda ke da babban ofishinsa a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.
• Buga na Oktoba na "Muryoyin 'Yan'uwa," shirin gidan talabijin na al'umma na Cocin Peace na 'yan'uwa a Portland, Ore., Mai suna "Bob Gross-A Man of Peace," kuma ya ba da labarin rayuwar babban darektan On Earth Peace. . Nunin ya haɗa da labarin yadda Gross a matsayin wanda ya ƙi saboda imaninsa ya mayar da daftarin katinsa a lokacin yaƙin Vietnam, kuma ya shafe watanni 18 a kurkukun tarayya. Bugu na Nuwamba yana da taken "Sake Tunani, Game da Sauran Siffofin Rayuwa" wanda ke nuna mawaƙa kuma marubuci Mike Stern. An tsara shirye-shiryen ne don ikilisiyoyin Coci na ’yan’uwa su watsa ta talabijin na wayar tarho a cikin al’ummominsu. Tuntuɓi mai ƙira Ed Groff a groffprod1@msn.com ko 360-256-8550. Ana samun kwafin shirye-shiryen don gudummawar $8.
• Joel Kline, fasto na Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., Yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka karrama a wani karin kumallo na shekara-shekara na 18th Annual Awards wanda Cibiyar Rikicin Al'umma a Elgin ta bayar. Taken taron, wanda aka shirya yi a ranar 3 ga Oktoba a 7:30 na safe a Elgin Country Club, shine "Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Aminci." Oktoba shine Watan Fadakarwa da Rikicin Cikin Gida. Tikiti shine $20, don ajiyar kuɗi kira 847-697-2380 zuwa Oktoba 1.

6) Nightingale, Thompson ya fara sabon matsayi a BBT.

Patrice Nightingale da Eric Thompson sun fara sabbin mukamai a Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT). Nightingale ya dauki nauyin darektan sadarwa na wucin gadi na BBT a ranar 15 ga Satumba, yayin da ake karɓar aikace-aikacen don cika matsayi na dindindin. Thompson a ranar 15 ga Satumba an inganta shi daga mai gudanarwa na cibiyar sadarwa zuwa sabon matsayi na darektan ayyuka don fasahar bayanai.

Nightingale ya zo BBT a watan Mayu a matsayin manajan wallafe-wallafe, yana aiki a matsayin babban marubuci kuma editan kwafi don wallafe-wallafe, kuma zai ci gaba da wannan damar a lokacin wucin gadi. Ta yi aiki a fannin wallafe-wallafe sama da shekaru 35 a fannoni daban-daban, ta kammala karatun digiri a Kwalejin Manchester, kuma memba ce a Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill.

Thompson ya fara aiki don BBT a ranar 2 ga Janairu, 2001, a matsayin sabis na bayanai/masanin tallafin eMountain. Ya zama mai kula da hanyar sadarwa a cikin 2003, kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen ciyar da fasahar BBT gaba. Shi memba ne na Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers.

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