“…Amma maganar Allahnmu za ta tsaya har abada” (Ishaya 39:8b).
LABARAI
1) Tsarin sauraro zai taimaka sake fasalin shirin 'Yan'uwa Shaida.
2) Shirye-shiryen Ma'aikatun Kulawa don yin aiki daga cikin Rayuwar Ikilisiya.
3) Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ya ba da tallafi guda huɗu don ayyukan duniya.
4) Yan'uwa: Gyara, Tunatarwa, Buɗe Aiki, da ƙari.
KAMATA
5) Amy Gingerich ta yi murabus a matsayin editan gudanarwa na Gather 'Round.
6) Joshua Brockway ya zama darektan Rayuwa ta Ruhaniya da Almajirai.
BAYANAI
7) Shirye-shiryen 'yan'uwa suna daukar nauyin Biredi don jagorar duniya don ayyukan gajeren lokaci.
fasalin
8) Bayani kan yadda tabarbarewar tattalin arziki ta inganta kwalejin.
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A ranar 25 ga Yuni, za a fara ba da labarin taron shekara-shekara na Cocin ’yan’uwa na shekara ta 2009 a San Diego, Calif. www.brethren.org . Taron da aka shirya gudanarwa a ranakun 26-30 ga watan Yuni zai tattara wakilai daga ikilisiyoyin ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa da gundumomi a Amurka da Puerto Rico don su bauta, zumunci, da yanke shawara kan kasuwancin coci. Danna "Labarai" a www.brethren.org don nemo labaran kan layi gami da rahotannin labarai da kundin hoto, farawa da yammacin Alhamis, 25 ga Yuni.
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Tuntuɓi cobnews@brethren.org don bayani game da yadda ake biyan kuɗi ko cire rajista zuwa Newsline. Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers je zuwa www.brethren.org kuma danna "Labarai."
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1) Tsarin sauraro zai taimaka sake fasalin shirin 'Yan'uwa Shaida.
An ba da sanarwar “tsari na sauraro” don taimakawa sake fasalin shirin ’Yan’uwa Shaidu, bayan rufe ofishin ’yan’uwa na ’yan’uwa/Washington na dā. Tsarin zai haɗa da binciken kan layi, tambayoyin sirri da shugabannin coci da ƙungiyoyin zaman lafiya da adalci masu alaƙa, da maraba da wasiku, imel, da sauran hanyoyin sadarwa tare da ra'ayoyi, ra'ayoyi, da shawarwari don shirye-shirye na gaba.
"Domin haɓakawa da kuma tsara shirin Shaidar 'Yan'uwa na hulɗa don ƙungiyar," in ji sanarwar daga Jay Wittmeyer, babban darekta na Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙarfafawa ta Duniya, "Fastoci, membobin Ikilisiya, ƙungiyoyin da ke da alaƙa, da kuma abokan hulɗar ecumenical duk an gayyace su zuwa cikin shirin. tsarin sauraron da zai taimaka wajen samar da fifiko da alkiblar shirin."
Sanarwar ta jera tambayoyin da za su taimaka wajen ja-gorar tsarin, haɗe da “Ta yaya za a ji muryar ’yan’uwa ta musamman fiye da ƙungiyarmu?” da "Ta yaya za mu sami babbar murya' don zaman lafiya da adalci tare da ƙarancin albarkatunmu?"
Binciken kan layi zai kasance daga Yuni 20-Agusta. 20 a ku www.brethren.org/witnesssurvey a gidan yanar gizon Church of the Brothers. Za a iya tuntuɓar sauran hanyoyin sadarwa zuwa ga Jay Wittmeyer, Babban Darakta na Haɗin gwiwar Hidimar Duniya, Church of the Brothers, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; jwittmeyer@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 226.
Bugu da ƙari, Wittmeyer da sauran ma'aikatan ɗarika za su yi hira da manyan shugabannin coci da ƙungiyoyin zaman lafiya da adalci waɗanda suka haɗa da shugabannin taron shekara-shekara na yanzu da na baya, shugabannin gundumomi, da sauran shugabannin ƙungiyoyi. Za a kammala tambayoyin a farkon watan Satumba.
Bayan samun amsoshi, Ƙungiyoyin Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru na Duniya tare da tuntuɓar jagorancin zartarwa na Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa za su ba da shawarar wani shiri na Shaidun ’yan’uwa dangane da martani da fahimtar da aka samu ta hanyar. Za a buga sakamakon binciken akan www.brethren.org a ƙarshen Satumba.
2) Shirye-shiryen Ma'aikatun Kulawa don yin aiki daga cikin Rayuwar Ikilisiya.
Daga ranar 1 ga Yuli, shirye-shiryen Cocin of the Brother's Careing Ministries - ciki har da tsofaffi, rayuwar iyali (kariyar yara), nakasa, da ma'aikatun dijani - za su yi aiki daga cikin Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya, bisa ga sanarwar daga babban sakatare Stan Noffinger. .
"Tsohuwar Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa ta ci gaba da inganta matsayinta a cikin sabon tsarin Coci na 'yan'uwa," in ji sanarwar. “Wannan canjin ya samo asali ne sakamakon sanarwar murabus din Kathy Reid a matsayin babban darektan kula da ma’aikatun kulawa da kuma babban sakatare a ma’aikatar da kuma shirye-shiryen cocin.
'Yan'uwa, da yanke shawara ba za a cika wannan matsayi ba. Wannan sake fasalin yana ba da damar sabbin kwatance da kuma kula da jagoranci ga ma'aikatu masu kulawa da yankunan ma'aikatun rayuwa na Ikilisiya."
Hakanan an yi niyya ne don daidaita ma'aikatun tsararraki tun daga yara ta hanyar matasa, matasa, iyalai, da manya a cikin yanki ɗaya na kulawar ma'aikatar, da haɗa ma'aikatun diacon da naƙasa tare da sauran abubuwan da ake mayar da hankali kan Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya: canza ayyukan ikilisiya, rayuwa ta ruhaniya. da almajirantarwa, ma'aikatun al'adu, dashen coci, da aikin bishara. "Tare waɗannan ma'aikatun za su ƙarfafa yunƙurin haɗin gwiwa na Cocin 'yan'uwa da ke mai da hankali kan ci gaban ruhaniya da lafiyar ikilisiya," in ji sanarwar.
Sauran ayyuka na Ma'aikatun Kulawa, gami da taron tsofaffi na ƙasa da littafin "Ciregiving," za su ci gaba. Babban shiri guda ɗaya na Ma'aikatun Kulawa, Asusun Ilimi na Lafiya da Bincike, za a gudanar da shi daga ofishin Babban Sakatare. Wannan asusun yana ba da tallafin karatu na jinya ga daidaikun mutane da tallafi don ilmantar da ma'aikatan jinya na Fellowship of Brethren Homes membobi.
"Babban wahayi game da hadin kan hadin kan kungiyar masu kulawa - da neman da kuma za a iya tabbatar da ingantacciyar hanyar hidimar ma'aikatar da aka shirya don hidima da manufa," Reid yayi sharhi .
"Ma'aikatan Rayuwa na Ikilisiya da Ma'aikatar Kulawa sun yi farin ciki game da wannan sabon tsari," in ji Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life. "Muna tunanin hanyoyin da wannan dangantakar aiki ta kud da kud za ta ba da jagoranci mai mahimmanci ga lafiyar ruhaniya da kuzari ga Cocin 'Yan'uwa."
3) Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa ya ba da tallafi guda huɗu don ayyukan duniya.
Kwanan nan Cocin ’Yan’uwa Asusun Ba da Agajin Bala’i (EDF) ya ba da tallafi huɗu don ayyukan agaji na duniya bayan bala’o’i. Guda hudun sun ba da jimlar $88,000.
Tallafin $40,000 yana amsa roƙon Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS) don taimako a Myanmar. Wannan ita ce kyauta ta farko daga EDF da ke tallafawa tsarin farfadowa na dogon lokaci bayan Cyclone Nargis, wanda ya afku a Myanmar a watan Mayu 2008. Kudaden tallafin za su taimaka da shirye-shiryen noman rani, horarwa don shirye-shiryen bala'i, ginin makaranta, da kuma "lokaci mai tsawo. ” Tsarin aikin yi ga iyalai marasa gida.
Kasafin dala 25,000 zai kai ga roko na CWS na matsalar abinci a Afganistan bayan da aka shafe shekaru goma ana fama da matsanancin fari, wanda ya ta'azzara cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata. Kudaden za su taimaka wajen ba da agajin gaggawa, ciki har da ilimi ga manoma, iri, ruwa mai tsafta, da fakitin abinci na gaggawa.
Tallafin dala 15,000 zai kai ga roko na CWS na neman agaji ga mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu a Sri Lanka. Bayan ayyana nasarar da gwamnati ta yi a kwanan baya a cikin wani dogon lokaci da rikici na cikin gida, dubban mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu da suka hada da adadi mai yawa na yara na cikin tsananin bukatar agaji, in ji bukatar tallafin. Taimakon daga Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa za ta tallafa wa aikin ta CWS da Action by Churches Together, da farko mayar da hankali kan taimakon abinci na gaggawa, abubuwan da ba abinci ba, da tallafin ilimi ga yara masu shekaru makaranta.
Adadin dalar Amurka 8,000 zai amsa kiran da CWS ta yi wa Pakistan inda sama da mutane 500,000 suka tsere daga gidajensu saboda rikicin soji tsakanin sojojin Pakistan da Taliban. Tallafin zai tallafawa shirye-shiryen agaji da nufin samar da fakitin abinci da na'urorin matsugunin gaggawa.
4) Yan'uwa guda: Gyara, zikiri, buɗaɗɗen aiki, ƙari.
- Gyara: Wata waƙa ta Shawn Kirchner ba daidai ba ce a cikin Newsline a ranar 3 ga Yuni, a cikin bayanin "Brethren bits" game da Muryar 'Yan'uwa. Madaidaicin take shine, "Lokacin da Ƙauna ta Jagoranci."
— Ellen Edmister Cunningham na Fresno, Calif., ’yar wa’azi ta ’yan’uwa a China da Indiya, ta mutu a ranar 23 ga Afrilu tana shekara 102. Ita da mijinta marigayi E. Lloyd Cunningham, sun amsa kiran da aka yi wa masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje su je wurin. Kasar Sin a shekarar 1938. Bayan tashin hankali da ya barke a kasar Sin sun je Philippines don nazarin harshe lokacin da aka kai hari kan Pearl Harbor a shekarar 1941. Tare da wasu fararen hula fiye da 400 su da karamin dansu, Larry, sun kasance a sansanin 'yan gudun hijira na Japan daga 1941-45. . An buga labarin ƙwarewar shiga cikin "Rayuwa da Tunanin 'Yan'uwa." Komawa gida bayan samun 'yanci a 1945, Cunninghams sun koma kasar Sin a 1947 kawai 'yan gurguzu sun tilasta musu fitar da su a 1949. Yayin da suke Hong Kong, suna jiran wucewa gida, sun sami labarin cewa filin mishan a Indiya yana buƙatar likita don haka dangi. tare da yara biyu a lokacin, suka tafi Indiya don yin aiki don aikin coci a can. An haifi Cunningham a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 1907. A cikin shekaru 27 da suka wuce ta zauna a San Joaquin Gardens a Fresno, Calif.
- James K. Garber, 83, tsohon memba na ma'aikatan zartarwa na Cocin of the Brother General Board, ya mutu ranar 9 ga Yuni a Timbercrest Healthcare a Arewacin Manchester, Ind. Daga 1983-86 ya yi aiki a matsayin mai zartarwa na Babban Ma'aikata na Hukumar. sashen. Ya kuma yi aiki a Kwalejin Manchester na tsawon shekaru 30, inda ya fara zama daraktan harkokin tsofaffin dalibai a shekarar 1962, sannan ya koma mukamin daraktan hulda da jama’a da raya kasa zuwa 1984, sannan ya sake zama daraktan raya kasa daga 1987 zuwa ritayarsa a 1994. ritaya, ya jagoranci ayyukan tara kudaden al'umma da suka hada da Manchester Community Pool, dakin karatu, da Complex Sports. Ya kuma yi aiki a Kwamitin Daraktoci na Timbercrest, Laburaren Arewacin Manchester - inda ya yi aiki sau biyu a matsayin shugaban kasa, da Cibiyar Shepherd. Ya kasance tsohon shugaban kungiyar Kasuwancin Manchester ta Arewa, kuma an nada shi Babban Dan Kasa na Shekara a 1997-98. A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, ya yi aiki a Garbers Inc., kasuwancin iyali, kuma ya kasance mataimakin darektan sanyawa Ofishin Hulda da Jama'a na Jami'ar Indiana. An haife shi a Elkhart, Ind., ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1926, ga Samuel H. da Florence (Kulp) Garber. Ya auri Helen Anne Winger a shekara ta 1947. Ya yi karatun digiri na biyu a Kwalejin Manchester a shekara ta 1950, kuma a shekarar 1962 ya sami babban digiri a fannin harkokin kasuwanci daga Jami'ar Indiana da ke Bloomington. An yi masa tambayoyi game da kin amincewarsa da imaninsa da kuma sa hannu a hidimar Jama’a a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu a cikin “Manzo,” a shekara ta 1990, inda ya tuna cewa hukuncin da aka yanke masa game da tashin hankali ya fara ne sa’ad da yake ƙarami ya jefar da bindigogin wasan yara a cikin shara. “Mahaifiyata ta gaya wa fasto game da hakan kuma ya yi wa’azi game da ni,” in ji Garber. Ya bar matarsa, Helen Anne Garber; 'ya'ya hudu, Gloria Jan Garber na Rockville, Md., Timothy James (Deborah Nelson) Garber na Elgin, Ill., Christopher Wayne (Kathy) Garber da Julie Lynne Garber, dukansu na Arewacin Manchester; jikoki hudu da jikoki biyu. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar 13 ga Yuni. Ana karɓar kyaututtukan tunawa ga shirin Nazarin Zaman Lafiya na Kwalejin Manchester.
- Jay M. Witman, 56, dan kasuwan Pennsylvania wanda ya taimaka fara gwanjon agajin agaji guda biyu na Coci na Brothers, ya mutu a gidansa da ke Manheim, Pa., a ranar 7 ga Yuni. kuma ya taimaka wajen kafa irin wannan gwanjo a gundumar Shenandoah a shekarar 1977. Ya fara aikinsa a matsayin gwanjo a shekarar 1994 tare da Wilbur H. Hosler; a cikin 1971 haɗin gwiwar Hat da Gavel Auction Co. a Lititz, Pa.; abokin tarayya ne a J. Omar Landis Auction Service na Ephrata, Pa.; kuma shine wanda ya kafa kuma mai mallakar Witman Auctioneers, Inc. da Tent for You a cikin Manheim. Ya kuma sayar da gwanjon motoci da yawa, ya halarci gwanjon sana'o'i da suka hada da Auction Toy Dutchland, shine farkon wanda ya fara gudanar da gwanjon tattarawa na Winross, kuma ya gudanar da tallace-tallacen jama'a da yawa. Ayyukan sa kai kuma ya haɗa da hidima tare da Auction Relief na Babban Kwamitin Mennonite a Harrisburg, Pa., da kuma Makarantar Kirista ta Sarasota (Fla.) An haife shi a Lancaster, Pa., ɗan marigayi Amos B. da Anna Mary Johns Witman ne, kuma bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa, Earl da Marian Minnich sun taka rawa wajen renonsa. A cikin 1973, ya sauke karatu a saman ajinsa daga Reppert School of Auctioneering a Indiana, kuma ya yi karatun kima na gidaje a Makarantar Kasuwancin Stevens a Lancaster. Ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Arewa maso Gabas na tsohon bankin Commonwealth na Lititz Springs, tsohon memba ne na Lancaster da Manheim Chambers of Commerce, ya kasance shugaban kungiyar Manheim Historical Society, kuma memba na Crohn's and Colitis Foundation. Amurka. Ya kasance memba na Cocin White Oak na 'Yan'uwa a Manheim, kuma ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa wajen shirya Breakfast na Sallar Area na Manheim. An yi jana'izar ranar 1970 ga Yuni. Ana karɓar bikin tunawa da Gideons International ko Littafi Mai Tsarki.
- A ranar 6 ga Yuli, Denise Kettering za ta fara horon shekara guda a ɗakin karatu na Tarihi na Brothers da Archives a Cocin of the Brethren General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill. Ta kammala digiri na uku a fannin ilimin addini a Jami'ar Iowa, tare da yin digiri na biyu. mayar da hankali ga mata a cikin arni na 17 Pietism. Ta girma a Ashland, Ohio, kuma a baya ta yi aikin horarwa na shekara guda a cikin ma'ajiyar bayanai a cikin 2002-03.
- Sabuwar Windsor (Md.) Cibiyar Taro ta maraba Ed da Betty Runion daga Markle, Ind., A matsayin runduna don Tsohon Babban ginin na watannin Mayu da Yuni. Ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa Larry da Elaine Balliet sun kasance masu masaukin baki na farko a Windsor Hall na Mayu, Yuni, da Yuli. Balliets kwanan nan sun yi aiki a Bahamas Methodist Habitat a kan Eleuthera, inda suka yi aiki a matsayin mataimaki na kudi da mai gudanarwa na ci gaba.
- The Gather 'Round Curriculum, aikin 'Yan'uwa Press da Mennonite Publishing Network, yana karɓar aikace-aikacen edita mai gudanarwa. Wannan matsayi na cikakken lokaci yana ɗaukar alhakin kwafin gyara da karantawa, sarrafa tsarin samar da manhaja, da kiyayewa da kula da kwangila da izini. Cancanci sun haɗa da ingantattun ƙwarewar edita da fasahar kwamfuta, ikon tsara ayyuka da sarrafa cikakkun bayanai, ikon yin aiki da kyau a cikin yanayin haɗin gwiwa, ƙaddamarwa a cikin Ikilisiyar Yan'uwa ko imani da ayyuka na Mennonite, tare da ƙwarewar tallace-tallace ƙari. Ana buƙatar digiri na farko; an fi son digirin digiri a fannin da ke da alaƙa. Wuri yana buɗe, tare da zaɓi don Babban Ofisoshin a Elgin, Mara lafiya. Bitar aikace-aikacen za ta fara nan da nan kuma a ci gaba har sai an cika matsayi. Ranar farawa shine 17 ga Agusta, ko kuma baya. Cikakken bayanin matsayin zai kasance nan ba da jimawa ba a www.gatherround.org/contactus.html. Don nema, aika da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen kuma a ci gaba zuwa Anna Speicher, Daraktan Ayyuka da Babban Edita, Taro 'Tsarin Tsarin Mulki, a taron@brethren.org ko 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.
- The Gather 'Round Curriculum, aikin 'Yan'uwa Press da Mennonite Publishing Network, yana karɓar aikace-aikace don editan abun ciki. Wannan matsayin kwangilar zai yi aiki tare tare da marubutan manhaja, da kuma gyara rubutun rubuce-rubuce daidai da jagororin edita da samarwa. Cancanci sun haɗa da ingantaccen ƙwarewar edita da rubuce-rubuce, fahimtar samuwar bangaskiya da matakan haɓakawa, ikon yin aiki da kyau a cikin yanayin haɗin gwiwa, da kafa ƙasa a cikin Ikilisiyar Yan'uwa ko imani da ayyuka na Mennonite. Ana buƙatar digiri na farko; an fi son digirin digiri a ilimin tauhidi ko ilimi. Wuri a buɗe yake. Za a fara aiki tare da halartar taron marubuta a ranar 27 ga Satumba zuwa Oktoba. 2. Cikakken bayanin matsayi zai kasance nan ba da jimawa ba a www.gatherround.org/contactus.html. Don nema, aika da wasiƙar aikace-aikacen kuma a ci gaba zuwa Anna Speicher, Daraktan Ayyuka da Babban Edita, Taro 'Tsarin Tsarin Mulki, a taron@brethren.org ko 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.
— Cocin ‘yan’uwa ta sanar da bude wani matsayi a Najeriya: malamin zaman lafiya da sulhu a Kulp Bible College, kuma ma’aikacin zaman lafiya da sulhu tare da Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Najeriya (EYN–Cocin of the Brothers in Nigeria). . Wurin yana Kulp Bible College (KBC) a Kwarhi, Jihar Adamawa, a wani kauye kusa da garin Mubi a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya kusa da iyakar Kamaru. EYN ne ke gudanar da KBC tare da aikin farko na horar da shugabanni ga cocin Najeriya da ke haɓaka cikin sauri, kuma yana ba da horo ga ɗalibai 180 kowace shekara a cikin takaddun shaida ko shirye-shiryen digiri na shekaru da yawa. Wannan cikakken matsayin albashin na tsawon shekaru biyu ne, tare da yuwuwar damar sabuntawa. Ana iya raba shi tsakanin mutane biyu. Ana ƙarfafa ma'aurata su nemi. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Yuli 15, ko har sai an cika. Hakki shine koyar da azuzuwan zaman lafiya da sulhu da suka hada da warware rikici da kula da kai ga wadanda ke cikin rikici; gudanar da horo da bita ga malamai da ma'aikata kamar yadda aka nema; yin aiki don haɓakawa da faɗaɗa shirin zaman lafiya da sulhu na EYN da ke akwai ta ofisoshin ƙungiyoyin da ke kusa da KBC, ciki har da gudanar da bita don jagorancin coci, ƙirƙira da aiwatar da shirye-shiryen da suka shafi zaman lafiya da sulhu da warware rikice-rikice, da ayyuka masu alaƙa. Matsayin yana da lissafi ga Shugaban KBC da Daraktan Aminci da Sasantawa na EYN, kuma zai zama matsayi ɗaya tsakanin shirye-shiryen biyu. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da sha'awar taimaka wa wasu su gane cikakkiyar damar su ta hanyar zaman lafiya da sulhu; sadaukar da imanin Kirista da salon rayuwa; iya yin aiki a ƙarƙashin jagoranci a wani yanayin al'ada; iya daidaitawa da rayuwa tare da buɗewa a cikin wani yanayi na al'ada ba tare da hukunci ko tsarin sirri ba; iya koyon harshen Hausa; Membobin Cocin ’yan’uwa sun fi so. Ilimi da gogewa da ake buƙata sun haɗa da digiri na biyu ko mafi girma a cikin zaman lafiya da sulhu, sasanta rikici, ko filin da ke da alaƙa. Za a yi la'akari da sauran nau'o'in digiri bisa ga yanayin. Albashi zai nuna ilimi da gogewar mai nema. Za a samar da gidaje, farashin sufuri, da abin hawa. Za a ba da inshorar likita da sauran inshora ga mai nema da danginsa. Tuntuɓi Ofishin Albarkatun Dan Adam, Church of the Brothers, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694; kkrog@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 258.
— Ana buƙatar masu fassara Mutanen Espanya don taron shekara-shekara na Cocin ’yan’uwa a San Diego, Calif., a ranar 26-30 ga Yuni. "Neman dama ta musamman na sa kai a taron shekara-shekara? Yi hidima a matsayin mai fassarar Mutanen Espanya yayin zaman kasuwanci da hidimar ibada,” in ji gayyata daga mai kula da fassarar Mutanen Espanya Nadine Monn. Ana gayyatar waɗanda za su iya taimakawa wajen samar da wannan sabis ɗin ga membobin cocin Hispanic daga Puerto Rico da Amurka don tuntuɓar Monn a nadine.monn@verizon.net .
- Babban Sakatare Janar na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger ya sanya hannu kan wata wasika zuwa ga Shugaba Obama na neman a kafa kwamitin bincike da zai binciki azabtarwa da Amurka ta dauki nauyin yi wanda ya faru bayan 9 ga Satumba. An rubuta wasiƙar ta hanyar aikin Ƙungiyar Religious Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT). Wasiƙar ta ce, a wani ɓangare: “A matsayinmu na manyan shugabannin addini a Amurka, muna rubutawa don mu ba da ra’ayi game da bukatar cikakken bincike game da azabtarwa da Amurka ta yi tun 11/9. Mun yi imanin hanyar da ta fi dacewa wajen gudanar da irin wannan bincike ita ce ta kafa kwamitin bincike mai zaman kansa, mara bangaranci. Irin wannan Hukumar ya zama dole don: (11) bayyana cikakken gaskiyar game da manufofin azabtarwa da ayyukan Amurka; (1) tattara yarjejeniya ta ƙasa, da (2) gina goyan baya ga abubuwan da ake buƙata don tabbatar da cewa azabtarwar da Amurka ke ɗaukar nauyi ba ta sake faruwa ba…. Al'ummarmu za ta iya ba da tabbacin kawar da azabtarwa ne kawai idan kuma muka sanya matakan kariya don hana murdewa da shafe dokokin da ake da su da suka haramta azabtarwa." Wasikar ta kuma yarda da cewa " kuri'un da aka yi na baya-bayan nan sun nuna cewa yawancin masu imani an shawo kan cewa yin amfani da azabtarwa na iya zama barata a wasu yanayi .... Mun amince da hakkinmu na ba da shaida ga gaba gaɗi da kwarjini ga tsarkin surar Allah a cikin dukan mutane da kuma cewa azabtarwa a kowane hali yana ƙazantar da wannan siffa ta Allah.”
- Sabis na Bala'i na Yara yana ba da tarurrukan bita a ƙarshen lokacin rani da faɗuwa: a ranar 10-11 ga Agusta a Ma'aikatar Amurka ta United Methodist Church a Milwaukee, Wis. (tuntuɓi mai gudanarwa Lorna Jost a 605-692- 3390); a ranar Oktoba 9-10 a McPherson (Kan.) Church of the Brother (lamba mai gudanarwa Elva Jean Naylor a 620-241-3123); kuma a ranar 6-7 ga Nuwamba a Wesley Freedom United Methodist Church a Sykesville, Md. (lamba mai gudanarwa Mary K Bunting a 410-552-1142). Kuɗin rajista na $45 ya haɗa da abinci, tsarin karatu, da zama ɗaya na dare ($ 55 don marigayi rajista da aka aika ƙasa da makonni uku kafin fara taron). Taron bita yana iyakance ga mutane 25. Taron bitar an yi niyya ne don masu sa kai masu zuwa tare da Sabis na Bala'i na Yara, don karɓar horo don yin aiki tare da yara da iyalai sakamakon yanayin bala'i a Amurka. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Sabis na Bala'i na Yara, 800-451-4407 ext. 5.
— Wani mai ba da gudummawa ga Heifer International ya ba da dala 4,000 don tallafin karatu don taimakawa matasa huɗu su halarci rangadin Satumba zuwa Armeniya da Jojiya wanda Heifer da Cocin Brethren suka dauki nauyin. Dole ne a yi aikace-aikacen a tsakiyar watan Agusta, a cewar Jan West Schrock wanda zai jagoranci taron tare da Kathleen Campanella daga ma'aikatan Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Schrock a 207-878-6846.
- Taron kwanaki 10 a Chalmette, La., wanda ya fara daga ranar 26 ga Mayu, ya horar da sabbin shugabannin ayyukan ma'aikatun 'yan'uwa 16. Zach Wolgemuth, mataimakin darektan ma'aikatun bala'i na 'yan'uwa, ya yi tattaki zuwa Louisiana don taimakawa wajen jagorantar taron.
— An gudanar da taro na rukunin “Brethren Digital Archives” a ranar 3 ga Yuni a ɗakin karatu na Tarihi da Tarihi na Brothers da ke Elgin, Ill. Wannan kwamiti yana aiki a kan wani aiki na yin digitize littattafai na ’yan’uwa na lokaci-lokaci kamar su “Manzo,” “Manzon Linjila,” “ Linjila mai ziyara,” da sauransu.
- Ma'aikatar Summer Service daidaitacce ya faru a Cocin of the Brethren General Offices a Elgin, Ill., Mayu 30-Yuni 4. XNUMX interns za su shiga cikin shirin a wannan lokacin rani, a iri-iri na saituna ciki har da Harrisburg da Palmyra, Pa .; Dale da Bremen, Ind.; Broadfording, Md.; Cibiyar York, Rashin lafiya; da kuma San Diego, Calif. Tawagar tafiye-tafiyen zaman lafiya ta matasa su ma sun shiga cikin daidaitawa, wanda Ofishin Ma'aikatar ya shirya.
— Good Shepherd Church of the Brothers a Springfield, Mo., ya gudanar da hidimarsa ta ƙarshe a ranar Lahadi, 7 ga Yuni, in ji sanarwar a jaridar “Leader News-Leader”. Ikklisiya ta kuma gudanar da wani “Bikin The Life of Good Shepherd Church of the Brothers” a ranar Asabar.
- McPherson (Kan.) Kwalejin ta sanar da masu karɓar lambar yabo ta 2009 Citation of Merit Award don gane nasarorin rayuwa na fitattun tsofaffi: Fasto Church of the Brothers Sonja Sherfy Griffith, na Farko Central Church of Brethren a Kansas City, wanda kuma ya rike mukamai daban-daban. a cikin aikin jinya ciki har da mai kula da ci gaban ma'aikata a Sashen Kiwon Lafiya na Minneapolis da kuma OB/GYN mai koyarwa a Kwalejin St. Olaf; G. Eddie Ball, mai kuma ma'aikacin gidan jana'izar Ball & Son har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a 1995, kuma memba na Cocin United Methodist; da Gene Elliott, wanda ya yi aiki a Farmer's Alliance har zuwa 1966 sannan kuma shugaban Elliott Insurance Management Inc., har zuwa ritaya a 2005, kuma memba na Cocin Nazarene.
- Wadanda aka karrama tsofaffin daliban a Kwalejin Manchester sun hada da babban sakatare na Church of the Brother Stanley J. Noffsinger (aji na 1976), tare da William N. Harper ('66) na Scottsdale, Ariz.; Peter M. Michael ('74) na Indianapolis, Ind.; da Nancy Walker ('76) na Wabash, Ind.
- Malaman Kwalejin Manchester, tsofaffin ma'aikata, da tsofaffin ɗalibai sun ba da gudummawa ga sabon jagorar manhaja na Zaman Lafiya, Adalci, da Tsaro. An bayyana littafin a matsayin "cikakken bita a cikin bugu na bakwai don nuna gaskiyar abubuwan da suka faru bayan 11 ga Satumba." Masu gyara guda hudu sun hada da Julie Garber, tsohuwar edita a Brethren Press wanda ya yi aiki tare da haɗin gwiwar Plowshares na Manchester da wasu kwalejojin cocin zaman lafiya guda biyu a Indiana; da Tim McElwee, tsohon ma'aikacin sashen nazarin zaman lafiya na Manchester kuma tsohon darekta na ofishin Cocin 'yan'uwa na Washington. Masu ba da gudummawa sun haɗa da malaman Manchester da tsofaffi Katy Gray Brown (nazarin zaman lafiya), Steve Naragon (falsafa), Ken Brown (nazarin zaman lafiya mai ritaya), G. John Ikenberry, da Robert Johansen.
- Thomas R. Kepple, shugaban Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., An nada shi shugaban kungiyar Kwalejoji masu zaman kansu da Jami'o'in Pennsylvania, mai aiki da Yuli 1, don shekara ta ilimi ta 2009-10. Zai kula da hukumar da ta kunshi shugabannin kwalejoji 22 da jami'o'i.
- A cikin sabuntawa daga Kungiyoyin Kirista masu zaman lafiya (CPT), darakta Carol Rose ta ba da rahoton cewa “Kudin shiga kwata na farko na CPT a wannan shekara daga daidaikun mutane da ikilisiyoyin sun wuce abin da muke tsammani, amma a fili ba mu fita daga cikin dazuzzuka ba tukuna. .” CPT ta sake kafa aiki a Al Khalil/Hebron, a Gabas ta Tsakiya, kuma ta jinkirta rufe aikinta a Iraki. “Har yanzu ba za mu iya maraba da sabbin ma’aikatan da aka ba su albashi ga ƙungiyoyi a fagen. Amma tare da taimakon karimci na ci gaba da masu ba da gudummawa, muna fatan za mu iya kawo karshen wannan daskarewa,” inji ta. Ofishin CPT da ke Chicago kuma yana ƙaura zuwa wani sabon wuri kuma yana neman guraben aikin da aka ba da gudummawa don yin gyare-gyare da tsaftace kadarar, ba da gudummawar kayan aiki, da lamuni marasa riba na $5,000 ko fiye don “rage ko kawar da buƙatar lamuni ta kasuwanci. .”
- Membobin Society of Friends (Quakers) a tsakiyar Pennsylvania - Taron Abokan Abokan Kwaleji na Jiha - suna gayyatar 'yan'uwa su shiga cikin su don tallafawa Asusun Harajin Zaman Lafiya na Addini. Asusun zai karɓi biyan kuɗin haraji na masu biyan haraji masu ƙi da lamiri, kuma za a ba su kawai ga shirye-shiryen gwamnatin da ba na soja ba - karkatar da dalar haraji zuwa “sabis na madadin.” A kwanan baya an sake gabatar da kudirin kafa asusun a Majalisa a matsayin HR 2085, ta gungun masu ba da tallafi 11 a tsakanin wakilan majalisar. Hanyar haɗin kan layi tana ba da ƙarin bayani, je zuwa http://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=13277711 a kwamitin abokai na yanar gizo na dokokin kasa.
5) Amy Gingerich ta yi murabus a matsayin editan gudanarwa na Gather 'Round.
Amy Gingerich ta yi murabus a matsayin manajan editan Gather 'Round, manhajar da Brethren Press da Mennonite Publishing Network suka buga tare, don karɓar sabon matsayi a matsayin darektan edita na Herald Press.
Gingerich ya yi aiki a matsayin manajan edita na Gather 'Round fiye da shekaru hudu, tun lokacin da ta fara a cikin matsayi a cikin Fabrairu 2005. Ta rike da wani master of divinity digiri daga Pacific School of Religion kuma ya kawo rubuce-rubuce da kuma tace kwarewa tare da jaridu a Indiana da kuma. California zuwa aikin manhaja. Ranar karshe ta aiki tare da Gather 'Round zai kasance 7 ga Agusta, kuma za ta fara sabon matsayinta a ranar 17 ga Agusta.
6) Joshua Brockway ya zama darektan Rayuwa ta Ruhaniya da Almajirai.
Joshua Brockway ya karbi matsayin darekta na Rayuwa ta Ruhaniya da Almajirai a cikin Cocin of the Brother's Congregational Life Ministries, mai tasiri Jan. 4, 2010. Ya bar matsayi a matsayin malami a cikin Nazarin 'Yan'uwa a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind. Brockway's seminary. Aikin ya ƙare a ranar 31 ga Disamba. Zai koyar da aji na kan layi “Tarihin Kiristanci na I” a lokacin zangon karatu na faɗuwar Bethany.
A cikin aikin da ya gabata, ya kasance Fasto na wucin gadi a Fellowship na Kirista na Gabas ta Atlanta, ya ba da hidimar harabar a Kwalejin Manchester, tare da shirya taron matasa na Church of the Brothers's Youth Adult Forum on Ministerial Leadership, kuma ya ba da umarni Binciko Kiran ku a Bethany. Ya yi digiri a Kwalejin Manchester, masanin fasaha a tiyoloji daga makarantar Bethany, masanin allahntaka daga Candler School of Theology, kuma yana kammala digiri na falsafa a Jami'ar Katolika ta Amurka.
Ayyukan sabon matsayin da aka ƙirƙira zai haɗa da haɓaka haɓakar ruhaniya da albarkatu don ikilisiyoyi, tallafawa fastoci da sauran shugabannin Ikklisiya don haɓaka rayuwar ruhaniya na ikilisiyoyin da daidaikun mutane, yin aiki tare da cibiyar sadarwar Daraktocin Ruhaniya, bayar da shawarwari ga ikilisiyoyi masu lafiya ta hanyar fassarar mazhabobin. jagororin xa'a na jama'a, haɓaka ma'aikatun da suka shafi jinsi, da haɓaka haɓakar ruhaniya na daidaikun mutane, ikilisiyoyin, da ikkilisiya gabaɗaya.
7) Shirye-shiryen 'yan'uwa suna daukar nauyin Biredi don jagorar duniya don ayyukan gajeren lokaci.
"Shirya Dawowa: Jagorar Ba da Shawara ga Ƙungiyoyin Mishan" sabon hanya ne daga Bread for the World, tare da tallafi daga ƙungiyoyin Kirista fiye da goma sha biyu ciki har da Cocin 'yan'uwa. Abokan Hulɗa na Duniya na Ikklisiya tare da Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya haɗin gwiwa ne da Bread don Duniya wajen buga littafin.
"Ga duk wanda ke yin tafiyar ɗan gajeren zango ko sansanin aiki, wannan na iya zama hanya mai taimako don fahimtar mahallin," in ji Jay Wittmeyer, babban darektan Ƙungiyoyin Ƙwararrun Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya. "Manufar ita ce a taimaka wa mutane su amsa tambayar, ta yaya zan yi girma daga wannan kwarewa, tare da mai da hankali kan yiwuwar canza rayuwa na tafiya a kan dawowar mutumin gida."
An yi niyya ne don taimaka wa tawagogin mishan na ɗan gajeren lokaci da ke balaguro zuwa ƙasashen duniya don fahimtar tushen abubuwan da ke haifar da yunwa da talauci a cikin al'ummomi da ƙasashen da suke ziyarta. Jagorar na iya zama da amfani ga membobin Ikilisiya waɗanda ke shiga sansanonin ayyuka na duniya, wakilan ƙungiyar masu zaman lafiya na Kirista, ko abubuwan da suka faru a Makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki a Jamhuriyar Dominican, alal misali.
Littafin karkatacciyar takarda ya haɗa da sassan littafin aiki don taimakawa mahalarta binciken ƙasar da jama'a mai masaukin baki; hanyoyin haɗi zuwa albarkatun kan layi don irin wannan bincike; zaman nazarin rukuni na tushen nassi don taimakawa ƙungiyoyi aiwatar da gogewa; jagororin nazari don kowane mujallu; albarkatun ibada da suka haɗa da addu’o’i, nassosi, aikin “dutse da dutse”, da litattafai na Cocin ’yan’uwa Fasto Jeff Carter; da kuma ra'ayoyi ga mahalarta waɗanda ke son yin shawarwari ga wuraren da mutanen da suka ziyarta, bayan sun dawo gida.
Sayi “Yi Shirye Don Komawa” daga 'Yan Jarida akan $10 kowanne, ko $25 akan fakitin kwafi biyar. Za a ƙara cajin jigilar kaya da kaya. Kira 800-441-3712.
8) Bayani kan yadda tabarbarewar tattalin arziki ta inganta kwalejin.
An fitar da wannan tunani mai zuwa daga May “Labarai daga Shugaban kasa,” sakon imel na wata-wata daga shugaba Jo Young Switzer na Kwalejin Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.:
“Shekarar karatunmu ta fara ne da zuwan ajin farko mafi girma cikin shekaru 25. Yana ƙarewa a lokacin koma bayan tattalin arziki na duniya wanda ke shafar dangin ɗalibai, ba da kyauta, da kasafin kuɗin mu, da kuma kasuwar aiki ga sabbin waɗanda suka kammala karatunmu.
“Kamar sauran kwalejoji da jami’o’i, muna rage kashe kudade a sa ran samun karin murmurewa. Muna yin haka da dabara, duk da haka, domin burinmu shine mu fito daga wannan koma baya da karfi kuma a kan manufa kamar yadda muka saba.
“Ta yaya koma baya ya inganta kwalejin? Ma'aikata da ma'aikata suna haɗin gwiwa fiye da kowane lokaci yayin da muke bincika sababbin hanyoyi da ayyuka. Muna haɗin gwiwa tare da wasu kwalejoji don rage farashi ta hanyar raba ayyuka. Muna yin ba tare da abubuwan da ba su da mahimmanci. Muna jin daɗin sabbin dabaru tare da buɗaɗɗen hankali
"Wadannan damar' ba sa zuwa ba tare da jin zafi ba. Mun kwantar da haya-iyakance sabbin ma'aikata zuwa mafi mahimmancin matsayi waɗanda ke tallafawa manyan abubuwan da suka fi dacewa, kamar shiga. Muna ƙoƙarin rage duk kasafin kuɗin aiki (ba albashi ko alawus) da kashi 10 cikin ɗari na shekara mai zuwa. Muna hana tafiye-tafiye da haɓaka ƙwararru na ɗan gajeren lokaci. Muna jinkirta siyan manyan kayayyaki.
“Babu ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan zaɓin tsakanin zaɓuɓɓuka masu kyau da mara kyau. Duk zaɓukan mu suna da mahimmanci kuma masu daraja. Bugu da ƙari, waɗannan ba duk raguwa ba ne da za mu iya kiyayewa. Su, duk da haka, dole ne a yanzu don gina ajiyar kuɗi don jinkirin murmurewa.
“Wasu daga cikin manufofinmu suna nan a tsaye saboda ba za mu iya biyan su a kan jadawalin da muka tsara ba. Misali, muna da fifiko don inganta albashi ga cikakkun furofesoshi, matsayi na malamai inda matsakaicin albashinmu ya yi ƙasa da kwalejoji kwatankwacinsu. Hakanan muna da fifiko don haɓaka albashin malamai gabaɗaya. Amma yunƙurinmu na samar da taimakon kuɗi ga ɗaliban da suke buƙatarsa yana gogayya da malamai
albashi. Yayin da iyalan dalibai suka zama mabukata tare da rashin aikin yi na ci gaba da karuwa, dala na Kwalejin Manchester na kara fadadawa.
“Jin an faɗi gaskiya cikin ladabi kyauta ce ta gaske. A yayin tarurrukan kasafin kuɗi da yawa na bana, jin gaskiya yana da amfani, ko da gaskiyar ba ta da daɗi.
“To me yasa nake yin murmushi idan na zo aiki kowace safiya? Kolejin Manchester yana da ma'anar manufa. Mun san babban kudurinmu shine bude kofofin ilmantarwa ga dalibai daga bangarori daban-daban na iyali…. Kyakkyawan koyo yana faruwa kowace rana.
"Za mu fito daga wannan rikicin tattalin arziki na yanzu tare da manufa mai karfi, masu kaifin basira da dalibai, da daliban da rayuwarsu ta canza ta lokacinsu a nan."
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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. Mary Jo Flory-Steury, Cori Hahn, Marlin Heckman, Shawnda Hines, Karin Krog, Peg Lehman, Nancy Miner, Marcia Shetler, Jonathan Shively, Anna Speicher, John Wall, da Jay Wittmeyer 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 Yuli 1. 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.