Labaran labarai na Afrilu 8, 2009

“Ya zuba ruwa a cikin kwano, ya fara wanke ƙafafun almajiran.” (Yahaya 13:5a).

LABARAI
1) Amincin Duniya ya ba da rahoton damuwa game da kuɗi na tsakiyar shekara.
2) Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany ta gudanar da taron shugaban kasa na shekara na biyu.
3) Shirin yunwa na cikin gida yana karɓar kuɗi don cika buƙatun tallafi.
4) Cocin of the Brethren Credit Union yana ba da banki ta yanar gizo.
5) 'Yan jarida sun mayar da martani ga hukuncin dalma a cikin kayayyakin yara.
6) Yan'uwa rago: Martani ga ambaliya, labarai na matasa / matasa, ƙari.

FEATURES
7) Wani tunani: An yi wa mutane takwas baftisma….
8) Ikilisiyar Erwin tana nuna yadda zaku kiyaye bangaskiyarku.
9) Giciye.

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1) Amincin Duniya ya ba da rahoton damuwa game da kuɗi na tsakiyar shekara.

A Duniya Zaman Lafiya a cikin wata jarida ta kwanan nan ta ba da rahoton damuwa game da kudadenta. A halin yanzu ƙungiyar tana tsakiyar tsakiyar shekarar kasafin kuɗin ta.

Daraktan zartarwa Bob Gross ya ba da rahoton cewa, "A cikin rabin lokaci na shekarar kasafin kuɗin mu, kuɗin da muke samu yana gudana kusan dala 9,500 fiye da kashe kuɗi," in ji darektan zartarwa Bob Gross a cikin sharhin ta imel. "Duk da haka, yawancin shekarun da bambanci tsakanin kudin shiga da kashe kudi ya fi girma a wannan lokacin rabin-hanyar. Mun san cewa samun kudin shiga gabaɗaya yana da ƙasa a cikin rabin na biyu na shekara, kuma yawancin kuɗi yana da girma. Don haka mun damu.”

A cikin rahoton jaridar, Gross ya rubuta cewa "tabarbarewar tattalin arziki da ake fuskanta a halin yanzu, da kuma daurin kudi da yake yiwa kungiyarmu, yana barazana ga muhimman ma'aikatun samar da zaman lafiya da sulhu." Ya yi kira da a yi addu’a biyo bayan rage ma’aikatan coci-coci da sake fasalin wasu shirye-shirye na cocin ‘yan’uwa, ya kuma karfafa gwiwar shiga cikin tsarin sauraren da aka sanar bayan rufe ofishin na Washington, tare da bayyana cewa shiga zai taimaka wa cocin wajen yanke shawara. game da makomar shaida ta zaman lafiya.

"Tabarbarewar tattalin arziki da muke fuskanta duka na duniya ne da na gida," Gross ya rubuta a cikin jaridar. “Wasu daga cikin mu suna jin tasirin sa a kan su; kusan dukkanmu mun san mutanen da abin ya shafa sosai…. Yana da mahimmanci mu yi addu'a ga waɗanda wannan ragewar ma'aikata da shirye-shirye suka fi shafa, gami da waɗanda suka ɗauki nauyin yanke shawara mai raɗaɗi. "

"A karon farko cikin shekaru da yawa, samun kudin shiga na Aminci a Duniya a 2008 bai ci gaba da kashe kudade ba," in ji Gross. Ya ce kungiyar ta zabo daga asusun da ta ke da shi don kawo bambanci, wanda ya kai kusan kashi 7 cikin 2008 na kasafin kudin zaman lafiya na Duniya na XNUMX. Hasashen da ake yi a halin yanzu ya nuna ma fi girma gibi tsakanin kudaden shiga da kashe kudi a wannan shekara don Zaman Lafiya. Yace.

Gross ya sanar da cewa, domin kiyaye karamin asusun ajiyarsa, On Earth Peace ya sanya iyaka mai tsauri kan duk wani janyewa daga ajiyar a bana. Zai yi aiki ta hanyoyin sarrafa kuɗi, amma ya lura cewa “hanyar aikinmu ta yau da kullun ta riga ta kasance mai matukar wahala. Albashinmu ba shi da sauƙi, masu aikin sa kai da yawa suna taimaka wa ƙananan ma’aikatanmu a aikin, kuma muna rage tafiye-tafiyenmu da sauran abubuwan kashe kuɗi.” Rahoton nasa ya kuma yi nuni da ingancin shirin na zaman lafiya a duniya, daga wani rahoton kudi da aka tantance na shekarar 2008, wanda ya nuna kashi 11 cikin 89 na gudunmawar da aka kashe wajen tara kudade da gudanar da mulki a hade, yayin da kashi XNUMX ya tafi kai tsaye ga ma’aikatun tsare-tsare.

2) Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany ta gudanar da taron shugaban kasa na shekara na biyu.

Makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany ta karbi bakuncin taron shugaban kasa na shekara-shekara na biyu Maris 29-30 tare da taken "Tantin Hikima Saƙa: Fasahar Zaman Lafiya." An mai da hankali kan nassosi daga Hikimar Sulemanu 7:23-81, an yi amfani da hikima kuma an bincika a cikin taron. An taru don saƙa waƙoƙi, zane-zane, waƙa, da ruhi, mahalarta sun sami nau'ikan fasaha iri-iri a cikin cikakkun kwanaki biyu na taron.

Abubuwan da suka fi fice a dandalin sun haɗa da cikakken zama guda uku da masu fasaha ke jagoranta waɗanda suka haɗa da samar da zaman lafiya ta hanyar aikinsu. Marge Piercy, mawaƙi kuma marubuci, sun raba tunani game da fasaha da ke shafar sani kaɗan a lokaci guda. Ta karanta wakokinta da yawa da suka haɗa da "The Art of Blessing Day" da "Don Kasancewa Mai Amfani," yana nuna gaskiyar duniyar da ba ta da zaman lafiya, da fatan samun sauyi cikin lumana.

John Paul Lederach, farfesa na Gine-ginen Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya tare da Cibiyar Nazarin Zaman Lafiya ta Joan B. Kroc a Jami'ar Notre Dame, ya nuna "sana'a na lura" da kuma yadda ake lura da hankali da sauraron hankali ta hanyar kalmomi masu tunani na shayari da zane-zane.

Mai zane Douglas Kinsey ya nuna zane-zane da dama da ke nuna wuraren da babu adalci. Ya raba ayyukan kirkire-kirkirensa a matsayin hanyar samar da adalci ta hanyar fallasa rashin adalci. Dukkan jawabai guda ukun sun tada tambayoyi masu ma'ana da tattaunawa mai ma'ana.

A wajen taron akwai hidimomin ibada na haƙiƙa, tarurrukan ƙirƙira, da ƙungiyoyin tattaunawa masu ma'ana waɗanda suka haɗa fasaha iri-iri na ƙoƙarin samun zaman lafiya. Kwalejin Manchester A Cappella Choir, tare da bako na musamman James Hersch, sun ba da kiɗa, kuma ɗaliban makarantar hauza da koleji da dama sun sami damar raba nasu ayyukan ƙirƙira a cikin tattaunawa.

“Akwai ruhu a cikinta mai hankali, tsattsarka, mabambantan, iri-iri, da dabara, mai hannu, bayyananne…” (Hikimar Sulemanu 7:23). Haƙiƙa hikima ta kasance kuma ta lulluɓe taron shugaban ƙasa yayin da Makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany ta gayyaci sarari don fasaha don yin magana game da abubuwan da ke kawo zaman lafiya.

- Monica Rice daliba ce a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany.

3) Shirin yunwa na cikin gida yana karɓar kuɗi don cika buƙatun tallafi.

Shirin bayar da agajin Yunwa na cikin gida na Cocin ’yan’uwa ya sami ƙarin dala 30,000 daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya da kuma kusan dala 30,000 na gudummawar da aka samu a matsayin martani ga roƙon tara kuɗi kai tsaye ga shirin. Shirin ya ba da gudummawar da ta dace har dala $500 don dacewa da gudummawar ikilisiyoyin don kayan abinci na gida da wuraren dafa abinci a cikin kwata na farko na 2009.

An dauki nauyin shirin ne a matsayin martani na musamman na tsawon makonni 10 kan matsalar karancin abinci a fadin kasar nan a wannan lokacin sanyi, wanda hadin gwiwar asusun kula da matsalar abinci na cocin na duniya da asusun ba da agajin gaggawa, tare da sashen kula da harkokin.

Sabon tallafin yana wakiltar isassun kuɗi don dacewa da sauran aikace-aikacen 158 na ikilisiyoyin. Ikilisiyoyin da suka gabatar da aikace-aikacen zuwa ranar 15 ga Maris za su yi daidai da adadin tallafin da shirin ya bayar. Tallafin da ya dace zai taimaka wa bankunan abinci na gida da wuraren ajiyar abinci a cikin al'ummomi a fadin Amurka.

Ikklisiya da shirye-shiryen ƙungiyoyi tare sun ba da jimillar sama da dala 330,000 don taimako ga ɗakunan abinci 318.

Howard Royer, manajan Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya ruwaito "A taƙaice, ta hanyar Shirin Tallafin Matching na cikin gida, ikilisiyoyi 354 sun tara $186,446 ga bankunan abinci na gida." Asusun Kula da Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya ba da jimillar dala 80,000, sannan Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ya ba da jimillar dala 37,500.

Royer ya ce: “Muna farin ciki ba kawai ga wannan martani na kuɗi ba amma a yadda ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa da kuma mutane da yawa suke saka hannu a hidimar juyayi na yankin,” in ji Royer.

4) Cocin of the Brethren Credit Union yana ba da banki ta yanar gizo.

Membobin Church of the Brothers Credit Union yanzu suna iya duba asusunsu a kowane lokaci na rana, a ko’ina cikin duniya. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, ƙungiyar lamuni ta ƙaddamar da ayyukan banki ta kan layi, gami da samun damar asusu da biyan kuɗi, ta gidan yanar gizon www.cobcu.org. Brethren Benefit Trust ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na ɓangare na uku na Church of the Brothers Credit Union tun Afrilu 2004.

"Muna farin cikin bayar da damar shiga kan layi ga masu riƙe asusun Credit Union. Yanzu duk membobin Credit Union suna iya lura da asusunsu daga kowace hanyar Intanet,” in ji Steve Bob, darektan Cocin of the Brothers Credit Union. “A wannan lokacin, yana da mahimmanci mambobin mu su sami damar sarrafa asusun ajiyar su a kowane lokaci, ba kawai cikin sa’o’in ofishinmu ba. Muna fatan waɗannan ayyukan za su ƙarfafa membobinmu su ci gaba da kasancewa masu kula da albarkatun kuɗinsu nagari, "in ji Bob.

Sabbin sabis na kan layi suna ba membobin ƙungiyar ƙwararru damar kula da ma'auni na asusun su; canja wurin kuɗi tsakanin tanadi, dubawa, da asusun kulab; da kuma ƙaddamar da biyan lamunin lamunin kuɗi daga kowace haɗin Intanet, sa'o'i 24 a rana. An kuma ƙara tsarin biyan kuɗi zuwa sabis na kan layi na Cocin of the Brothers Credit Union ga membobin da ke da asusun ajiyar kuɗi. Biyan lissafin yana ba masu amfani damar saita masu biyan kuɗi don gudanar da irin waɗannan biyan kuɗi kamar inshorar mota, talabijin na USB, ko kuɗin amfani, ko ma zakkarsu na wata-wata. Membobi za su iya tura kuɗi zuwa kowane ɓangare na waje ko mutum wanda ke da asusun dubawa da adireshin imel.

Bankin kan layi yana samuwa ga duk membobin ƙungiyar kuɗi, ko suna da asusun ajiyar kuɗi ko duka ajiyar ajiya da asusu. Samun dama ga asusun ƙungiyar kuɗi akan layi sabis ne na kyauta, kuma membobi zasu iya yin rajista a www.cobcu.org. Don amfani da biyan kuɗi, dole ne mambobi su sami asusun dubawa ta hanyar ƙungiyar kuɗi. Membobin ƙungiyar kuɗi waɗanda ba su yi rajista don bincika asusu ba za su iya yin hakan ta hanyar zazzage fam ɗin Yarjejeniyar Asusu daga www.cobcu.org da ƙaddamar da shi tare da ajiya $25. Sabbin membobin asusun rajista za su karɓi akwatin cak ɗin kyauta lokacin da suka buɗe asusunsu.

Don ƙarin bayani duba www.cobcu.org ko tuntuɓi Church of the Brethren Credit Union a cobcu@brethren.org ko 888-832-1383.

5) 'Yan jarida sun mayar da martani ga hukuncin dalma a cikin kayayyakin yara.

'Yan'uwa Press and Gather 'Round, manhajar da 'yan jarida suka samar tare da kungiyar Mennonite Publishing Network, suna aiki a karkashin tsauraran lokaci don cika sabbin bukatu don gwajin gubar da sauran sinadarai a cikin kayayyakin yara, da takaddun shaida na samfuran yara ciki har da littattafai da sauran su. kayan bugawa.

Wani mataki na kwanan nan na majalisar ya sanya wa'adin shekara guda don hana kasancewar gubar da phthalate, da sauran abubuwan da za su iya yin illa ga lafiya a cikin samfuran yara. Dokar Inganta Tsaron Kayayyakin Mabukaci (CPSIA) ta tsara sabbin buƙatu don gwaji da takaddun shaida na samfuran yara waɗanda ake siyarwa ko rarrabawa a cikin Amurka. Ranar 10 ga watan Fabrairun 2009 ne wa'adin cika alkawari, amma kwanan nan aka sanar da dakatar da aiwatar da aikin na tsawon shekara guda. Dokar ta shafi ba kawai masu wallafawa ba amma ɗakunan karatu da makarantun da suka mallaki littattafai na yara.

A karkashin CPSIA, "za mu zama abin dogaro idan aka gano cewa duk wani samfurin da muke sayarwa ya ƙunshi gubar fiye da yadda aka tsara doka," in ji Anna Speicher, editan Gather 'Round. "Ba za mu taɓa son samarwa da siyar da samfurin da zai haifar da haɗari ga kowa ba," in ji ta. "Duk da haka, dukkan alamu ya zuwa yanzu sun nuna cewa masana'antar buga littattafai ta Amurka ba ta yin amfani da takarda ko tawada masu ɗauke da matakan haɗari a ko'ina kusa da ƙaramin adadin da doka ta kayyade."

Tsarin karatun da 'yan jarida za su nemi takaddun shaida na ɓangare na uku na samfuran su ga yara, waɗanda kamfanoni daban-daban ke buga su. "Mun yi farin ciki da martanin da na'urorin buga firintocin da suka bayyana suna daukar ra'ayin cewa alhakinsu ne na samar da duk wani gwaji da takaddun shaida," in ji Speicher. "Bugu da ƙari, da alama bai zama yanayin da muke buƙatar gwada kowane samfur ba, amma a maimakon haka akwai buƙatar shirin gwaji ya kasance a wurin kuma takarda da tawada da muke amfani da su za su buƙaci a ba su takaddun shaida a matsayin isassun marasa guba."

Brotheran Jarida ta riga ta karɓi takaddun shaida akan biyu daga cikin fitattun kambun sayar da yara, “Faith the Cow” da “Jakar Benjamin Brody's Backyard Bag.” Duk lakabin biyu sun wuce abubuwan da ake buƙata, in ji Jeff Lennard, darektan Talla da Talla.

Masana'antar buga littattafai ta gabatar da bukatar a kebe ta daga wannan doka bisa dalilan cewa littattafan yau da kullun ba su gabatar da kowace irin barazana ga lafiya ba. Ana shigar da buƙatar ta Ƙungiyar Mawallafa na Amirka, ƙungiyar da mambobinta suka haɗa da manya da ƙanana masu wallafa littattafan yara a kasuwannin mabukaci, ƙungiyoyin sa-kai, da masu wallafa kayan koyarwa da tantancewa ga ɗalibai a duk matakan ilimi.

6) Yan'uwa rago: Martani ga ambaliya, labarai na matasa / matasa, ƙari.

— Sabis na Bala’i na Yara, ma’aikatar Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke yi wa yara da iyalai hidima bayan bala’o’i, ta lura da bukatar kula da yara don magance ambaliyar ruwa a Arewacin Dakota da Minnesota. Bayan tawagar masu aikin sa kai na kula da yara sun isa Fargo a ranar 30 ga Maris, amma ba su sami buƙatun ayyukansu na gaggawa ba, masu aikin sa kai sun ƙare taimakon Red Cross ta Amurka da wasu ayyuka. Darektan Sabis na Bala'i na Yara Judy Bezon yayi sharhi, "Gaskiya don ƙirƙirar, sun sami wata hanyar taimakawa."

- Shirin Cocin of the Brother's Material Resources ya tsara jigilar kayayyaki da yawa don amsa yanayi a cikin labarai kwanan nan. Shirin ya aika da akwatunan magunguna 30 da darajarsu ta kai dala 101,095.50 zuwa Gaza, Isra'ila, a madadin kungiyar Lafiya ta Duniya ta IMA da kuma kungiyoyin agaji na Kirista na Orthodox na kasa da kasa. Kiran wayar da aka yi da yammacin ranar Juma'a ya haifar da sake tsara jigilar kaya guda biyu na butoci masu tsabta waɗanda aka yi niyyar zuwa Arkansas, da za a tura a maimakon don taimakawa da ambaliyar ruwa a Arewacin Dakota. Bugu da kari, an kai jigilar barguna, kayan makaranta, da na'urorin tsafta zuwa Arewacin Dakota don mayar da martani ga yanayin ambaliyar. An shirya jigilar kayayyaki ta Arewacin Dakota ta hanyar QW Express, wani kamfanin jigilar kayayyaki mallakar wata Cocin 'yan'uwa a Virginia, in ji darektan Albarkatun Material Loretta Wolf.

- Cocin of the Brothers General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill., ta cika shekaru 50 da kafu a yau. Shekaru 8 da suka gabata a yau, 1959 ga Afrilu, 50, an gudanar da hidimar sadaukarwa ga Babban ofisoshi a cikin ɗakin sujada. Ginin sabon gini ne kuma ma'aikatan sun koma ciki ne daga tsohon ginin da ke kan titin Jiha a Elgin. A ranar 13 ga watan Mayu ne ake shirin bikin cika shekaru XNUMX da kafa manyan ofisoshi.

— An shirya ranar Lahadi na Cocin The Brothers National Youth a ranar 3 ga Mayu. Ana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyi su gayyaci matasa su sa hannu a ja-gorar bauta ta Lahadi a jigon, “Tsaya Kan Kasa Mai Tsarki” daga Fitowa 3:5. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=grow_youth_ministry_resources don nemo skits, nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, cincirindon nassi, labarun yara, saka bayanai, da sauran albarkatun ibada.

- Ana ci gaba da bude rajistar kananan yara na kasa bayan ranar 15 ga Afrilu, duk da haka farashin zai tashi zuwa dala 150 bayan wannan ranar, daga fara rajistar dala $125. "Har yanzu da sauran wurare kuma za mu so ku halarci babban taron ƙarami na ƙasa a Jami'ar James Madison a Harrisonburg, Va., Yuni 19-21," in ji gayyata daga Cocin of the Brothers Youth and Young Adult Ministry. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/jrhiconf don rajistar kan layi. Mahalarta da ke zaune a yammacin kogin Mississippi na iya neman tallafin tafiye-tafiye na $150, tuntuɓi 800-323-8039 ext. 281 don ƙarin bayani.

— Har ila yau, rajistar taron manya na matasa yana buɗe, inda kuɗin rajista ya tashi zuwa $100 bayan 15 ga Afrilu. Taron na matasa ne masu shekaru 18-35 kuma za a yi shi a Camp Swatara a Bethel, Pa., a ranar 23-25 ​​ga Mayu. Jeka www.brethren.org/yac09 don yin rajista akan layi. Don tambayoyi ko ƙarin bayani kira 800-323-8039 ext. 281.

- McPherson (Kan.) Kwaleji a ranar 17-19 ga Afrilu za ta ba da taron Matasa na Yanki don Ikilisiyar Yan'uwa gundumomi na Missouri da Arkansas, Filayen Arewa, Filin Kudu, da filayen Yamma. Taken shi ne “Sama suna shelanta ɗaukakar Allah.” Rex Miller zai ba da jagoranci da Curt Rowland na Camp Alexander Mack a Milford, Ind. Jen Jehnsen zai jagoranci ibada. Farashin shine $46 ga kowane mutum. Tuntuɓi Tom Hurst, Daraktan Cibiyar Harabar, a hurstt@mcpherson.edu ko 620-242-0503.

- Darussa masu zuwa da aka bayar ta Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley sun haɗa da azuzuwan biyu da masanin Tsohon Alkawari Robert Neff zai koyar: "Zabura: Rayuwar Makoki da Yabo" a kan Afrilu 23-26 a Cocin Stone na 'yan'uwa a Huntingdon, Pa. ; da "Karanta Littattafai na Littafi Mai Tsarki a cikin Ma'anar: Nazari na Littattafai na Festal" a ranar 19 ga Mayu a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.). Tuntuɓi Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley a 717-361-1450 ko svmc@etown.edu ko je zuwa www.etown.edu/svmc.

— Ma’aikatun Bethel, Cocin Mountain View Church of the Brothers da ke Boise, Idaho ne ke daukar nauyin wani talifi a cikin “Shugaban Idaho.” Ma’aikatar Bethel shiri ne da ke taimaka wa mutanen da aka samu da laifin aikata laifi ko kuma yin lalata da su yayin da suke komawa cikin jama’a bayan sun yi zaman kurkuku. Shirin yana gudanar da gidaje guda huɗu waɗanda ke da iko ga maza 34, tare da aiki tare da jami'an bincike da kuma shirye-shirye kamar su Alcoholics Anonymous ko SANE (Sex Abuse Now Ended) Solutions. Rob Lee, wanda shi ne babban darektan ma’aikatar Bethel, a halin yanzu yana hidima a ikilisiya a matsayin darektan ibada. "Dan Jihar Idaho" ya bayyana Lee a matsayin yana gudanar da "tsari mai tsauri da ladabi, shiri na watanni shida ga maza," wanda ya himmatu don "ƙirƙirar al'umma mafi aminci ta hanyar jagorantar masu aikata laifukan al'umma da aka fi ƙi su zuwa rayuwa mai tsabta, tushen ruhaniya…. Yana kan gaba kuma a bayyane game da shirinsa da tsauraran ka'idojinsa. Dole ne kowane mutum ya ba da ransa ga Yesu Kristi kafin ya shiga hidimar Bethel.” Fasto David McKellip na Mountain View ya ba da rahoto cewa a wannan shekarar da ta shige cocin ta kira wasu da suka sauke karatu a Bethel don su yi hidima a hukumar gudanarwarta.

- Kwamitin kudi na Oregon da Washington sun rubuta wasiƙa zuwa ga ikilisiyoyi suna neman ra'ayoyi don taimakawa wajen samun isassun kuɗi ga gundumar. An nada kwamitin ne lokacin da aka amince da kasafin kudin gunduma a taron gunduma na bara a watan Satumba. "Muna ci gaba da aiki a gaira," in ji wasikar a wani bangare. “Muna son gundumarmu ta ci gaba. Don haka… idan kuna da ra'ayi, shawara, ko sharhi muna gayyatar ku don isar da tunanin ku zuwa gare mu kuma ta haka ne ku kasance cikin wannan muhimmin 'aiki da ake ci gaba'. “Tsarin Mutum na 10” bisa labarin kutare 10, waɗanda ɗaya ne kawai ya dawo ya gode wa Yesu.

- Hukumar Fahrney-Keedy Home da Village Board of Directors ta sanar da nadin sabbin mambobin kwamitin guda biyu: Keith Bryan, na Westminster, Md., shugaban kasa da kuma mai ba da shawara na kudade na Sundance Consulting Services; da Joseph Dahms na Glade Valley Church of the Brothers a Walkersville, Md., Farfesa a fannin tattalin arziki a Kwalejin Hood a Frederick, Md., tun 1978. Fahrney-Keedy ne Coci na 'yan'uwa ci gaba da kula da ritaya al'umma kusa da Boonsboro, Md.

— An shirya taron shekara-shekara na shedar zaman lafiya ta Kirista a Iraki a ranar 29-30 ga Afrilu a birnin Washington, DC Masu shirya taron na shirin tattara dubban biredi a gaban fadar White House da yammacin ranar 29 ga Afrilu a matsayin alamar tuba da sabuwar rayuwa. Kowace burodi za ta kasance tare da gudunmawar kuɗi, za a raba gurasar ga mayunwata, da kuma kyautar kuɗi za ta tallafa wa mutanen Iraki. Sauran abubuwan da suka faru sun hada da taron bude taro da taron ibada na maraice a ranar 29 ga Afrilu, da kuma shaidar rufewa a kan matakan ginin Capitol da safiyar ranar 30 ga Afrilu wanda ya zo daidai da rana ta 100 na sabuwar gwamnati da sabuwar Majalisa. Fitattun masu magana sun haɗa da Tony Campolo, Daniel Berrigan, da sauransu. Je zuwa www.christianpeacewitness.org don ƙarin bayani ko yin rajista.

- Shirin Majalisar Ikklisiya na Kasa-da-Adalci yana ba da albarkatu don yin bautar Ranar Lahadi ta Duniya "mai girma da dacewa." Ana ƙarfafa Ikklisiya don yin bikin Ranar Duniya Lahadi a ranar 19 ko 26 ga Afrilu. Abubuwan sun haɗa da albarkatu na Shirin Eco-Justice na 2009 Ranar Lahadi ta Duniya, "Biki da Kula da Halittar Allah" (je zuwa www.nccecojustice.org/resources.html#earthdaysundayresources to zazzagewa); addu'o'i, waƙoƙi, da liturgy game da sauyin yanayi (je zuwa www.nccecojustice.org/faithfulclimateresources.html don nemo su akan layi); da kuma kwafin bidiyo na kyauta “Halittar Allah da Dumamar Duniya” akan alaƙar da ke tsakanin ayyukan ɗan adam da tasirin Halittar Allah (je zuwa www.nccecojustice.org/freevideo.htmlor lamba info@nccecojustice.org don yin oda).

- Ana gudanar da Sabis na Jumma'a mai kyau a Cibiyar Gundumar Colosimo da ke Philadelphia, a matsayin bin diddigin taron "Sauraron Kiran Allah" wanda ya gudana a watan Janairu, wanda Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi ke gudanarwa. A wajen taron, an kaddamar da wani sabon kamfen na yaki da ta'addanci a biranen Amurka, wanda ya danganci addini, kuma an gudanar da shedu a cibiyar bindiga. Cibiyar "An sanya sunan ta daya daga cikin 10 mafi munin dillalan bindigogi a kasar saboda yawan bindigogin da take siyar da su daga laifuka," in ji sanarwar taron. “Sauraron Kiran Allah ya nemi Mista Colosimo ya sanya hannu kan dokar da’a mai lamba 10 (wanda Wal-Mart ya amince da shi) da aka yi niyya don hana a sayar da bindigogin hannu ga masu siyan bambaro da ke samar da kasuwar aikata laifuka. Mista Colosimo ya ki sanya hannu.” Sabis na Juma'a mai kyau a ranar 10 ga Afrilu zai hada da addu'a ga wadanda abin ya shafa, iyalai, da abokan wadanda rikicin bindiga ya shafa. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi gvp@peacegathering2009.org ko 267-519-5302.

— Kungiyar Kiristocin masu zaman lafiya a kasar Iraki, wadanda suka hada da mamban Cocin Brethren Peggy Gish, sun ba da sanarwar wani sabon bayyani kan raka kauyukan Kurdawa da ke kan iyakar arewacin Iraki da ke fuskantar barazanar hare-hare da hare-hare daga kasashen Turkiyya, Iraki da Iran. "Gwamnatin Amurka ta kyale jiragen sojin Turkiyya su yi shawagi a sararin samaniyar Iraki, sannan ta baiwa Turkiyya bayanan sirrin kai hare-hare kan kauyukan Kurdawa da ke kan iyakokin Iraki da Turkiyya da Iran, lamarin da ya yi sanadin lalata daruruwan kauyuka tare da raba mazauna kauyuka," in ji Gish. Rahoton da aka ƙayyade na CPT. Tawagar CPT Iraqi ta koma Dohuk dake arewa maso yammacin kasar Iraqi. Je zuwa www.cpt.org/work/iraq don nemo rahotannin Gish akan layi.

— Bugu na “Muryoyin ’Yan’uwa” na Afrilu yana ɗauke da Waƙar Shenandoah da Bikin Labari a ƙarƙashin taken, “Raƙuman Jinƙai, Ba Ya Taɓawa.” "Muryar 'Yan'uwa" shirin talabijin ne na samun damar jama'a na wata-wata wanda Cocin Peace Church of Brother a Portland, Ore., kuma Ed Groff ya shirya. A cikin fitowar Afrilu, Ken Kline Smeltzer, wanda ya kafa "Song and Story Fest," ya shirya shirin kuma ya gabatar da ayyukan yini a sansanin dangi na Song and Story Fest na shekara-shekara wanda On Earth Peace ke daukar nauyin. Shirin ya kuma hada da labarin Jim Lehman game da matasan da suka kawo kudirin zuwa taron shekara-shekara na 1948 don kafa Hidimar Sa-kai ta 'Yan'uwa. Ana iya samun ƙarin bayani game da "Muryar 'Yan'uwa" daga Groff a Groffprod1@msn.com.

- Marubucin 'yan'uwa Peggy Reiff Miller na Milford, Ind., Yana rangadin wannan bazara don girmama "masu kiwo na teku" wadanda suka yi kiwon dabbobi a cikin kwale-kwalen shanu zuwa Turai da China bayan yakin duniya na biyu. tafiye-tafiyen na daga cikin yunƙurin sake gina Heifer Project, sannan shirin Coci of the Brothers, da Hukumar Ba da Agaji da Gyara ta Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya, tare da Kwamitin Hidima na ’yan’uwa a matsayin hukumar daukar ma’aikata. Miller ya kasance yana tattara labarai da kayan tarihi don labarin hoto na gaskiya, "A Tribute to the Seagoing Cowboys." Za ta gabatar da shirye-shirye a Dayton (Va.) Church of the Brother on Afrilu 13; Lititz (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa a ranar 14 ga Afrilu; dakin taro na ƙauyen Brothers a Lancaster, Pa., ranar 15 ga Afrilu; Cibiyar Heritage Mennonite a Harleysville, Pa., ranar 19 ga Afrilu; Cocin Zion Mennonite a Archbold, Ohio, ranar 29 ga Mayu; Cocin East Chippewa na 'Yan'uwa a Orrville, Ohio, ranar 31 ga Mayu; Cocin Mennonite na Kwalejin Bethel a Arewacin Newton, Kan., A ranar 9 ga Yuni; da West Des Moines (Iowa) United Methodist Church ranar 11 ga Yuni. Ana samun ƙarin bayani a www.seagoingcowboys.com ko 574-658-4147.

- Daniel Lafayette “Lafie” Wolfe, memba na Cocin Harmony na ’yan’uwa a Myersville, Md., ya yi bikin cika shekaru 104 a ranar 14 ga Maris. “Muna yabon Allah don hankalinsa da lafiyarsa,” in ji Fasto Tracy Wiser.

7) Wani tunani: An yi wa mutane takwas baftisma….

An yi wa mutane takwas baftisma a Kogin Eder a shekara ta 1708. Wasu takwas kuma, dukansu saye da fararen kaya, sun yi baftisma a kogin Caribbean a safiyar Lahadin nan, 15 ga Maris. Duk da haka da yake tsaye a cikin kogin, Fasto Ariel Rosario ya lura da dangantakar tarihi da ta ruhaniya da ke tsakanin wadannan takwas da na asali takwas Yan'uwa.

Haɗin ya sa na yi tunanin Alexander Mack yana tsaye tare da mu a bakin kogin da ke da laka a Jamhuriyar Dominican, kallon ruɗani a idanunsa da murmushi mai daɗi a fuskarsa yayin da ya ce, “Ba a cikin mafarki na ba na taɓa tsammanin ’yan’uwa kamar haka. wannan a irin wannan wuri."

Waƙar da ke bakin kogi zai zama kamar yawancin ’yan’uwa sun saba da shi. An rera tsoffin waƙoƙin bishara a cikin Mutanen Espanya kuma tare da ganguna, ba shakka. Haɗin ruhaniya zai kasance a bayyane. Baftismar da ke da mahimmanci, mai hikima, da gwajin lokaci don bin Yesu ana sake tabbatarwa a cikin baftismar waɗannan sababbin masu bi.

Daga can, haɗin gwiwar na iya zama kamar suna buɗewa. Ƙungiyoyin baftisma sun koma cocin su na haya a gaban kantin sayar da kayayyaki, inda mutum ba zai iya taimakawa ba sai dai an ruɗe shi da sabon rigar fentin kabewa mai haske na Caribbean. Abin da ya fi ban mamaki shi ne zamewa daga ɓangaren masu zanen matasa waɗanda ba daidai ba kuma cikin wasiƙa masu ƙarfi suka rubuta sunan cocin a matsayin "Iglesia Pentecostal de los Hermanos la Vid Verdera" (Pentecostal True Vine Church of the Brothers). “Pentikostal” baya cikin sunan coci kuma baya cikin wurin. Ko yana yi? Wannan ikilisiya ta musamman ba shakka tana ɗaya daga cikin mafi rinjayen Pentikostaliyanci. Wannan kuma ya sa ta zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi raye-raye, surutu, da ruhi a tsakanin 'yan'uwa a cikin DR-kuma suna wanke ƙafafun juna!

An karɓi sabon shiga cikin ƙungiyar a matsayin ikilisiya kuma ɗan shekara uku kawai, wannan sabuwar shukar cocin tana ɗaukar kashi 100 na kuɗaɗen hidimarta daga abubuwan da take bayarwa. Matsakaicin masu halarta yana ƙaruwa zuwa 200. Waɗannan membobin da suke ɗaga hannuwa, rawa, karkata, da ihun yabo cikin Ruhu suna kuma shirya wani aikin al'umma na "ɗaukar da titi" don magance matsalar sharar gida a unguwarsu.

Tasirin Pentikostalizim ya mamaye al'adun Latino. Wasu na iya tunanin cewa ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa da na Pentikostal kamar mai da ruwa ne, ba za su iya haɗawa ba, amma wasu cikin girmamawa sun ƙi yarda. Shekaru da suka shige sa’ad da muka soma hidimar al’adu, mun sami ja-gora mai taimako daga wasu ’yan’uwa masu hikima na Puerto Rican. Sun gargaɗe mu game da nau'in Pentikostaliyanci mai wuce gona da iri, na shari'a, ƙarami, da rarrabuwar kai. Amma akwai a cikin jigon motsin ci gaba a cikin al'umma, buɗaɗɗen tunani, ruhi na farin ciki.

Muna mamakin ko tasirin Pentikostal a tsakanin ’yan’uwan Hispanic na iya gayyatar waɗanda suka fito daga wasu ƙabilu don nemo hanyoyin da za mu sake haɗewa da ɓangarorin Kirista na gadon bangaskiyarmu. Akwai magana ɗaya aƙalla da ke nuna ’Yan’uwa na farko da suka taso daga ƙungiyoyin Pietist na iya zama ɗan tashin hankali a cikin bauta. "A cikin 1750, wani shugaban Pietist mai suna JBS ya ziyarci Germantown, Pa., kuma ya kwatanta gidaje hudu a can. Game da ’Yan’uwa ya rubuta cewa, ‘Taron da suke yi na ƙwazo ne kuma wa’azi da addu’o’insu sau da yawa suna faruwa da babbar murya, kamar Allahnsu yana da wuyar ji. Wani waƙar yana korar wani kamar ba su da shiru (ciki)…'” (“The Brothers in Colonial America,” Donald Durnbaugh, shafi na 124).

Amirkawa da suka zo wurin DR sau da yawa suna samun kansu, kamar yadda na yi tunanin Alexander Mack a ranar a bakin kogi, dukansu sun ruɗe kuma suna jin daɗin ganin abin da Allah yake yi a nan. Abin farin ciki ne ganin ’yan’uwa maza da mata na Dominican suna samun ƙarin alaƙa ta ruhaniya da ta tarihi tare da ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa, kuma a lokaci guda suna haɓaka hanyoyi na musamman na rayuwa daga ainihin dabi’u na ruhaniya na gadonmu da bangaskiya.

’Yan’uwa na Amurka su ma sukan sake gano nasu yunwar don kusanci da Allah da bangaskiya mai daɗi na zuciya. Mu nawa ne ke marmarin mu sami zukatanmu, “ji daɗaɗawa da ban mamaki” ta wurin kasancewar Ruhu, kamar yadda Wesley ya dandana? Mu nawa ne muka ga abin abin kunya ne amma duk da haka yana da ’yanci mu tafa hannayenmu da ƙila ma mu karkata kwatangwalo, kawai kaɗan, cikin bauta mai daɗi?

Yana da ƙalubale don ɗaukaka taska na abubuwan da muka saba da su kuma suna da ma'ana a gare mu, kuma a shimfiɗa ta da mafi kyawun abin da muke gani a wasu. Fasto Ariel da Elena Rosario suna cikin nasu hanya ta musamman da aka “rina cikin ulu” ’Yan’uwa. Suna bayyana ma'anar alaƙa mai zurfi ta ruhaniya da alaƙa tare da 'yan'uwa a Amurka da ma duniya baki ɗaya. Waɗannan alaƙa da bambance-bambance suna ƙalubalanci, suna ɓata lokaci, suna wadatar da mu duka yayin da muke neman bin Yesu tare.

- Irvin Heishman yana aiki ne a matsayin mai gudanar da ayyukan cocin of the Brothers a Jamhuriyar Dominican, tare da matarsa, Nancy Heishman.

8) Ikilisiyar Erwin tana nuna yadda zaku kiyaye bangaskiyarku.

Sa’ad da wata muguwar gobara ta faɗo a tsakiyar Cocin Farko na ’Yan’uwa na Erwin a watan Yunin da ya gabata, da an fahimci cewa ’yan ikilisiyar sun yi tuntuɓe kuma suka rasa bangaskiyarsu.

Amma ba su yi ba. Haƙiƙa, sun ɗauki jarabawarsu da ƙunci kuma sun ƙarfafa ƙudurinsu. A ranar 15 ga Maris, mambobi sun fasa wani sabon gini don maye gurbin wanda aka lalata lokacin da tsautsayi ya afkawa dutsen a wannan rana mai muni.

Membobin sun daɗe suna faɗin cewa ginin ba cocin ba ne—yana nufin cewa “coci” ta ƙunshi mutanen da suke bauta. A bayyane yake cewa mutanen da ke cikin Ikilisiya ta Farko ta ’yan’uwa sun ci gaba da raye imaninsu, kuma sun zama misali ga dukan al’ummarmu.

Matsi na iya saukar da mu, amma gaskiya ne–kamar yadda wannan ikilisiya ta nuna mana-za ku iya samun sabuntawa da ƙarfi a cikin mawuyacin lokaci. Hannun Allah, ga alama yana da ƙarfi kuma yana tsaye.

- Mark A. Stevens mawallafin jaridar "Erwin Record" ne. Wannan editan ya fito a cikin jarida a ranar 24 ga Maris, kuma an sake buga shi a nan tare da izini. Je zuwa http://www.erwinrecord.net/Detail.php?Cat=VIEWPOINT&ID=58750 don nemo yanki akan layi.

9) Giciye.

Babban giciyen katako wanda ke zaune a gaban gidan sa kai na Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta Brotheranyi a Arabi, La., yana da labari a bayansa, a cewar mashawarcin aikin Mary Mueller.

Kyauta ce daga wani mutum da ya kasance mai arziki sosai. Yana da manyan jiragen ruwa guda biyu. Guguwar Katrina ta lalata su duka biyun, amma ya ƙwace guntu daga wurinsu kuma ya yi gicciye. Bangaren baya na giciyen sun kasance masu kaushi da sawa, kamar jirgin ruwan da ya lalace, amma gaban yashi ne, an gama shi, da itacen goro masu kyau.

Maganarsa ita ce, “Ubangiji yana bayarwa kuma Ubangiji yana karɓa.” Maryamu ta bayyana wa masu aikin sa kai cewa, kamar wannan mutumin, suna mai da mugayen (itace) zuwa wani abu mai kyau (giciye) ta hanyar sake gina birnin da kuma rayuwar mutanen da ke wurin.

- Kelly Richter ma'aikatar Bala'i ce ta 'yan'uwa daga gundumar Kudancin Ohio. An sake buga wannan tunani daga wasiƙar wasiƙar “Bridges” Wasiƙar Ma’aikatar Bala’i.

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