“Amma za ku karɓi iko lokacin da Ruhu Mai Tsarki ya sauko muku…” (Ayyukan Manzanni 1:8a, RSV).
LABARAI
1) Mai gabatarwa yayi kira ga 'lokacin sallah da azumi'.
2) Brethren Benefit Trust ta yi canje-canje ga biyan kuɗin shekara mai ritaya.
3) Taron al'adu daban-daban yana mai da hankali kan Ba-Amurke, al'adun matasa.
4) Gundumar ta fitar da budaddiyar wasika game da cocin da ya bar darikar.
5) Sabon gini, sabon suna na Wyomissing Church of the Brothers.
6) Yan'uwa: Tunatarwa, buɗe aiki, bukukuwan tunawa, kuma mafi.
KAMATA
7) Reid yayi murabus a matsayin assoc. babban sakatare, exec. na Ma'aikatar Kulawa.
8) Douglas ya zama darakta na Ofishin Taro.
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1) Mai gabatarwa yayi kira ga 'lokacin sallah da azumi'.
Mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara David Shumate tare da shugabannin hukumomin taron shekara-shekara da majalisar zartarwar gundumomi suna kira ga kowace ikilisiya da kowane memba na Cocin ’yan’uwa da su ware ranar 24-31 ga Mayu a matsayin “Lokacin Sallah da Azumi” a madadin darika musamman da kuma fadin coci da al'umma gaba daya.
Shumate a cikin wata wasika da aka aika a farkon wannan watan, ya bayyana 'yan watannin da suka gabata a matsayin "mawuyaci ga tattalin arzikin duniya gaba daya" kuma yana matukar shafar cocin. "An rage yawan ma'aikata," in ji shi. “Bayarwa ya ragu sosai a wasu wuraren. An daskarar da saka hannun jari ko ba a yi amfani ba. An rage shirye-shiryen makiyaya. Kudaden fansho na fastoci da ma’aikatan cocin da suka yi ritaya suna fuskantar raguwar adadin zato.”
Sa’ad da yake fuskantar waɗannan matsalolin, ya rubuta a wani ɓangare, “Aiki na farko ga wahala da wahala shi ne mu ba da kanmu ga addu’a da azumi.” Shumate ya yi ƙaulin daga Nehemiah 1:4, annabin da ya ambata a matsayin abin koyi ga coci wajen sa hannu cikin “dabi’u biyu na ruhaniya mafi inganci a al’adar Ibrananci, addu’a da azumi. Yana yin haka, sai ga sabon wahayi daga wurin Allah ya bayyana a sarari.”
Wasiƙar ta ƙarfafa sanya waɗannan shawarwari na addu'a da azumi a cikin labaran ibada a ranar Lahadi, 24 ga Mayu, da kuma sanya wannan bayani a kan allunan tallar coci da gidajen yanar gizo. Shumate ta ce: “Ku yi ƙoƙari na musamman don ku jawo hankalinsu a hidimarku, nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, da kuma taron addu’a.
Masu zuwa jigogi da nassosi na yau da kullun na Mayu 24-31:
—Mayu 24: Jigo “Tsarin Tushen,” Zabura 1 (3). Addu'a ta jaddada: Ka yarda da alherin Allah, ikonsa, da yalwar ƙaunarsa ga kowa. Ku yi godiya ga madawwamiyar ƙaunar Allah ga Cocin ’yan’uwa a cikin shekaru 300 da suka gabata. Godiya ga amincin shugabannin 'yan uwa na da da na yanzu.
—Mayu 25: “Za ku zama shaiduna,” Ayukan Manzanni 1:1-10 (8). Addu'a ta jaddada: Yi godiya ga Cocin of the Brothers Mission da Hukumar Hidima yayin da take jagorantar ƙungiyarmu a hidima da manufa zuwa duniya mai cutarwa. Yi addu'a domin ikkilisiya yayin da take kaiwa ga daidaikun mutane da al'ummomi na kusa da nesa tare da warkar da kauna da ikon bishara. Ka yi godiya ga bayin Ikklisiya da suka yi rashin aikin yi kwanan nan. Bari su sami hikima da ja-gora yayin da suke fahimtar nufin Allah don rayuwarsu da hidimarsu. Yi addu'a don hikimar Allah da jagora ga duk waɗanda ke hidima a matsayi na jagoranci a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa.
—Mayu 26: “Tare,” Ayukan Manzanni 2:42-47 (44-45). Addu’a ta nanata: Ku yi godiya ga hidimar ‘Yan’uwa Benefit Trust da ƙalubalen da take ba mu na kula da bukatun ikilisiya da kuma bukatun juna. Yi addu'a cewa ikilisiyarku ta dace da bukatun mutanen da ke cikin yankinku waɗanda ƙila suke kokawa a waɗannan lokutan tattalin arziki masu wuya. Ka roƙi Allah ya taimake ka ka nemo hanyoyin yin aiki don ƙarfafa dangantaka a cikin ikilisiyarku, gundumar ku da kuma babban coci.
—Mayu 27: “Manzannin sulhu,” 2 Korinthiyawa 5:18-19. Addu'a ta jaddada: Ku gode wa hidimar Salama ta Duniya da kuma hangen nesa na Kristi zaman lafiya da sulhu da yake riƙe a gabanmu. Yi addu'a don ƙarin sani game da buƙatar mu na sulhu a cikin iyalanmu, ikilisiyoyinmu, al'ummominmu da duniyarmu.
—Mayu 28: “Kyauta masu-yawa, Ruhu ɗaya,” 1 Korinthiyawa 12:4-11 (4-6). Addu'a ta jaddada: Yi godiya ga hidimar Bethany Theological Seminary yayin da take shirya fastoci da shugabanni don coci. Ka godewa Allah da baiwar ilimi. Ka roƙi Allah ya ba ka hikima yayin da kake noma wannan baiwar a cikin kanka domin ka yi amfani da ita don “ ɗaukaka Allah da alherin maƙwabtana.”
—Mayu 29: “Gaskiya dayawa, Jiki ɗaya,” 1 Korinthiyawa 12:12-20 (12-13). Addu'a ta jaddada: Yabo ga Allah don mutane da yawa maza da mata waɗanda suke bauta wa Kristi da coci da aminci a gundumomi da ikilisiyoyinmu. Yi addu'a don hikimar Allah da jagora ga fastocinmu da shugabannin gundumomi yayin da suke jagorantar mu a cikin waɗannan lokuta masu wahala. Yi addu'a don ƙarin sani game da haɗin kai da dogara ga junanmu a matsayin memba na Jikin Kristi.
— Mayu 30: “Tsohon Ya Tafi; sabon ya zo” 2 Korinthiyawa 5:16-21 (17). Addu'a tana ƙarfafawa: Yi godiya ga hidimar taron shekara-shekara na Cocin 'yan'uwa yayin da yake sauƙaƙe aikin ikilisiya. Nemi jagora da ikon Allah ga Mai Gudanar da mu da jami'an da ke jagorantar taron. Yi addu'a don taron jama'ar bangaskiya a ranar 26-30 ga Yuni a San Diego. Ka roƙi Allah ya nuna maka wani sabon abu da yake halittawa a rayuwarka da kuma cikin rayuwar ikilisiya a yau.
- Mayu 31– Lahadi Fentikos: “Sabunta Ruhu,” Ayyukan Manzanni 2:1-21 (18). Addu'a ta jaddada: Yi godiya ga jama'ar bangaskiyarku da tasirinta akan rayuwar ku da ci gaban ruhaniya a matsayin almajiri na Kristi. Yi addu'a don zubowar Ruhu bisa dukan mutanen Allah yayin da suke bauta a yau. Yi addu’a don ja-gorar Ruhu yayin da Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa da ikilisiyoyinta suke kallon nan gaba.
2) Brethren Benefit Trust ta yi canje-canje ga biyan kuɗin shekara mai ritaya.
Domin a kiyaye dawwama da kuma dadewa mutunci na Coci of the Brothers Pension Plan's Retirement Benefits Fund, wanda ke ba da kuɗin fa'idar biyan kuɗi na wata-wata don abubuwan shekara, Hukumar Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) a watan Afrilu ta ɗauki matakin da zai rage biyan kuɗin shiga na shekara-shekara. masu ritaya.
Hukumar ta yi taro a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a karshen mako na 24-26 ga Afrilu kuma ta kokawa da wannan matsala mai wuya da za ta shafi rayuwar tsarin fansho.
A cewar wani binciken da Hewitt da Associates suka gudanar, tun daga ranar 31 ga Disamba, 2008, Asusun Rinjamatin Ritaya (RBF) yana da isassun kadarori don biyan kashi 68 cikin ɗari na wajibcin da ya daɗe. Duk da saka hannun jarin da aka samu wanda ya zarce ma'auni na kasuwa akai-akai, tare da asarar da aka samu saboda raguwar kasuwa da aka fara a ƙarshen 2007, asarar 2008 a kasuwannin hannayen jari da kasuwannin haɗin gwiwa ya haifar da raguwar kashi 26 cikin XNUMX a darajar kadari na RBF. .
Wannan gazawar dala miliyan 45 ce kuma tana iya yin cikas sosai ga ikon RBF na biyan wajibcin fa'ida a nan gaba. Idan ba a dauki matakin gyara da wuri ba, akwai yuwuwar RBF ba za ta iya murmurewa ba.
Shugaba Nevin Dulabaum ya ce "Alƙawarar BBT a matsayin mai gudanar da shirin ita ce nuna hali ta yadda za mu iya biyan bukatunmu ga dukkan membobinmu a tsawon rayuwarsu," in ji shugaba Nevin Dulabaum.
Daga ranar 1 ga Yuli, za a ƙididdige duk sabbin kuɗin kuɗaɗen kuɗi ta hanyar amfani da ƙimar riba na kashi 5, kuma za a haɗa asusun A da B na mahalarta masu aiki da marasa aiki zuwa asusu ɗaya. Daga ranar 1 ga Agusta, duk kudaden da ake samu za a sake ƙididdige su ta hanyar amfani da ƙimar riba na kashi 5.
Wasu masu biyan kuɗi na iya mamakin cewa adadin kuɗin zai iya canzawa, amma bisa ga takardar doka ta Church of the Brethren Pension Plan, hukumar tana da tanadi don "daidaita kudaden kuɗi ko wasu fa'idodi inda irin waɗannan canje-canjen da Amintaccen Benefit Trust ya ɗauka ya zama dole. karewa da kiyaye daftarin aiki da na kudi na Shirin."
Bugu da kari, ba da kuɗaɗen asusun ajiyar kuɗi na musamman daga babban kadarorin BBT (ba kuɗin fensho ba) zai ci gaba a ƙoƙarin kawo Asusun Fa'idodin Ritaya zuwa cikakken matsayin da aka tanada. RBF za a yi la'akari da cikakken tanadi lokacin da darajar kadarorin RBF ya kai aƙalla kashi 130 na abin da aka kiyasta. Za a ɓullo da wani shiri don samar da ƙarin fa'idodi ga duk mahalarta lokacin da matsayin kuɗin RBF ya ba da izinin irin wannan fa'idodin ba tare da lalata ikon RBF na cika wajiban sa ba.
Hukumar tana sane da cewa raguwar adadin amfanin zai haifar da wahalhalu ga wasu abubuwan more rayuwa. Don magance wannan wahalhalu, hukumar da ma'aikata suna aiwatar da shirin bayar da tallafi mai sauƙi don ba da agaji ga waɗanda za su fi fama da cutarwa daga raguwar fa'ida. Kudaden waɗannan tallafin baya zuwa daga Tsarin Fansho, amma daga asusun ajiyar aiki na BBT, waɗanda ba a saba amfani da su don irin wannan kuɗin ba.
Za a aika da cikakkun bayanai game da shirin tallafin da aikace-aikacen tare da wasiƙar wasiƙa ga masu shayarwa da ke sanar da su abin da aka sake ƙididdige su na wata-wata kafin a fara aiwatar da sabon fa'idar da aka rage. Ka'idojin cancanta na waɗannan tallafin ana kiyaye su da gangan cikin sauƙi.
BBT ta shirya don amsa tambayoyi da damuwa da yawa waɗanda ke iya tasowa daga waɗannan ayyukan. Ziyarci www.brethrenbenefittrust.org don ƙarin koyo game da yanke shawara da ci gaba yayin da suke faruwa. Ana kuma ƙarfafa membobin shirin su tuntuɓi BBT kai tsaye a 800-746-1505.
- Ma'aikatan sadarwa na BBT ne suka bayar da wannan labarin.
3) Taron al'adu daban-daban yana mai da hankali kan Ba-Amurke, al'adun matasa.
Sunshine. Yayi murmushi. Kida mai kyau. Babban abinci. Dumi-dumin tarba. Fahimtar gini. Raba son Allah. Waɗannan kaɗan ne daga cikin takaitattun hanyoyin da za a kwatanta Shawarwari da Bikin Al'adu na Cross-Cultural karo na 11 da aka gudanar a ranar 23-25 ga Afrilu a Miami, Fla. Wanda Eglise des Freres Haitiens (Cocin Miami Haitian Church of the Brothers) ya shirya da kuma Miami First Church of the Brothers. , Masu halarta 80 sun haɗa kai don koyo daga juna kuma su yi shiri don yin wa’azi da wasu.
Ƙarƙashin jigon “Wajibi na Pentikostal,” shawarwarin na wannan shekara ya soma wani sabon bayyani na ’yan shekaru masu zuwa: koyo game da al’adun da suka kafa Cocin ’yan’uwa a yau. An samar da shi don amsa buƙatun da mahalarta tuntuɓar da suka gabata suka yi akai-akai, kwamitin gudanarwar ya yi fatan ba da fifiko kan imani, al'adu, da al'adun ƙungiyoyin al'adu daban-daban a tsakanin 'yan'uwa za su gina zumunci da zumuncin da ke tattare a kowane taron tare da samun damar yin hakan. koyi game da ƴan'uwa mata da ƴan'uwa abubuwan da suka faru da kuma haƙiƙanin gaskiya. Hakanan, Ruhu Mai Tsarki na iya shirya mahalarta don raba shaidarsu a cikin al'adu, ko kusa da gida ko nesa.
An bayyana sujada ta farko ta daren Alhamis Vicki Minyard na Los Angeles, Calif., tana magana game da yin ƙarin a yau don raba bishara ga waɗanda ke kewaye da mu. Minyard ta ba da labarin farfadowarta da tafiyar bangaskiya don zama naɗaɗɗen minista a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. “Kai! Abin mamaki ne yadda Allah ya shirya ni don yin irin wannan aiki ta wurin Ruhu Mai Tsarki,” in ji ta.
Zaman safiya na ranar Juma’a an yi nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da “lectio divina” a kan Ayyukan Manzanni 1:1-9, tare da rukunin da yawa suna karantawa da kuma rarraba cikin Turanci, Sifen, da Haitian Creole. Zaman la'asar ya mayar da hankali ne kan imani, al'adu, da al'adun membobin Ikilisiya Ba-Amurke. Wadanda aka gabatar da jawabai sune Fasto Thomas Dowdy da James Washington daga Imperial Heights Church of the Brothers a Los Angeles. Dowdy yayi magana akan jigogi na musamman da suka shafi rayuwar coci a cikin mahallin Ba-Amurke, kamar "magana" da mai wa'azi yayin wa'azin. Washington, memba na Ƙungiyar Ƙwararriyar Wariyar launin fata, ta mayar da hankali kan tattauna tarihin kwanan nan na ƙwarewar Afirka-Amurka a cikin al'umma ta zamani. An ƙarfafa masu halarta don raba abubuwan da suka faru game da wariyar launin fata, gina dangantaka, da kuma karaya.
Dowdy da Washington suma tawagar sun yi wa'azi a lokacin hidimar maraice, bin girmamawar ranar akan al'adar Ba-Amurke. Sabis ɗin ya kuma gabatar da gabatarwar “Award na Ru’ya ta Yohanna 7:9” na wannan shekara bayan mutuwa ga Guillermo Encarnación na Lancaster, Pa. An ba da lambar yabo ga matarsa, Gladys Encarnación. Kyautar ta girmama sadaukarwar Encarnación don haɗawa da 'yan'uwan Hispanic daga Amurka, Puerto Rico, da Jamhuriyar Dominican a cikin rayuwar ɗariƙar.
Zaman safiya na ranar Asabar wata dama ce ga shugabannin cocin matasa biyu na yankin don gabatar da al'adun matasa da matasa. Founa Augustin, daga Eglise des Freres Haitiens a Miami, yayi magana game da al'adun matasa a Amurka. Gabatarwarta ta ƙunshi taƙaitaccen taƙaitaccen tsararraki a cikin al'ummarmu, sannan ta tattauna yadda ƴan coci da iyaye za su kasance da haɗin kai da matasa kuma su ci gaba da yi musu jagora yayin da suke girma. Marcus Harden daga Miami First Church of the Brother ya raba yadda za a haɗa matasa da matasa a cikin rayuwar coci, da shirye-shiryensu da shirye-shiryensu na zama shugabanni yanzu.
Darin Short ne ya jagoranci zaman na ranar Asabar tare da gabatar da jawabai game da kasancewa Cocin ’yan’uwa tsakanin al’adu. Matasa daga ikilisiyoyi masu masaukin baki ne suka shirya kuma suka jagoranci bikin rufe taron na maraice.
Kwamitin gudanarwa ya kuma ɗauki gata a lokacin hidimar daren Juma'a da Asabar don nuna godiya ga shekaru Duane Grady's da Carol Yeazell na hidima ga ma'aikatar al'adu cikin shekaru 10 da suka gabata.
An nuna shawarwarin na wannan shekara azaman watsa shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizon kai tsaye, wanda ke ba da damar shiga nesa mai nisa ga duk wanda ya sami wahalar tafiya zuwa Miami. Buƙatun waƙa, tambayoyi, da tunani waɗanda mahalarta kallo suka gabatar an raba su tare da babban rukuni, yana ba da damar haɗa su. Yarjejeniya tsakanin mahalarta gidan yanar gizon shine cewa sun yaba da damar da aka ba su don raba cikin kwarewa kuma suna fatan za'a iya ci gaba a nan gaba.
Jeka gidan yanar gizon Seminary tauhidin Bethany www.bethanyseminary.edu/crosscultural2009 don duba zaman yau da kullun da ayyukan ibada.
Kwamitin Gudanarwar Ma'aikatun Al'adu na Cross-Cultural ya shirya kuma ya jagoranci taron: Founa Agustin, Barbara Daté, Thomas Dowdy, Carla Gillespie, Sonja Griffith, Robert Jackson, Nadine Monn, Marisel Olivencia, Gilbert Romero, da Dennis Webb. Za a gudanar da Shawarwari da Bikin Al'adu na Cross-Cultural na shekara mai zuwa a tsakanin 23-25 ga Afrilu, 2010, tare da bayyana wurin.
- Nadine Monn memba ce a Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Ma'aikatun Al'adu na Cross-Cultural.
4) Gundumar ta fitar da budaddiyar wasika game da cocin da ya bar darikar.
Lardin Illinois da Wisconsin sun ba da buɗaɗɗiyar wasiƙa game da Grace Bible Church of Astoria, Ill. (tsohuwar Cocin Astoria na 'yan'uwa) da shawararta ta barin ƙungiyar. Babban jami'in gundumar Kevin Kessler ne ya sanya hannu kan wasikar tare da Wilbur Bowman, shugaban kungiyar jagoranci na gunduma, da Gil Crosby, mai shiga tsakani.
“Yayin da muke baƙin ciki da tsarin da kuma sakamakon da aka yi, muna so mu ci gaba da kasancewa ’yan’uwa maza da mata da suke bin saƙon Kristi,” in ji wasiƙar, a wani ɓangare.
Kessler ya ce Cocin Astoria na ’yan’uwa “ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba ya yanke shawarar cire sunan Cocin ’yan’uwa a shekara ta 2006. "Ba tare da tuntubar gundumar ba, ikilisiyar ta kafa sabuwar kamfani mai zaman kanta mai suna Grace Bible Church of Astoria kuma ta tura takardun kadarorin daga tsohon zuwa sabuwar kamfani."
Gundumar ta ɗauki matakin a matsayin cin zarafi na tsarin ɗarika, wanda ya ce “duk dukiyar da ikilisiya ta mallaka… za a riƙe a dogara ga amfani da fa’ida da kuma dacewa da ayyuka da imanin Cocin ’yan’uwa” (Church of the Brothers). na Littafin Ƙungiya da Siyasa, Babi na VI, Mataki na I, Sashe na A). Kokarin warware matsalar cikin ruwan sanyi bai yi nasara ba, Kessler ya ce, "don haka, an shigar da karan doka don gyara lamarin."
Koyaya, tsarin shari'a ya zama "dogon, gajiya, da tsada," in ji Kessler. “Tare da sakamakon da ba a iya tsinkaya ba, Kungiyar Shugabancin gunduma ta yanke shawarar kin ci gaba da bin doka. Maimakon haka, an ɗauki sabon shugabanci, wanda ya haɗa da buɗaɗɗiyar wasiƙa zuwa ga Cocin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Grace na Astoria da ke bayyana matsayin gundumar, da kuma wasiƙa zuwa ga ikilisiyoyi don ƙara wayar da kan su game da tsarin ɗarika da ke da alaƙa da mallakar coci.”
Budaddiyar wasiƙar ta bayyana shawarar da gundumar ta yanke kwanan nan na dakatar da matakin shari'a don dawo da kadarorin coci: "Cocin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Grace da Gundumar Illinois-Wisconsin sun ɓata da yawa daga albarkatunmu kan matakin shari'a da ba ya fa'ida." Wasiƙar ta kuma ba da rahoton cewa gundumar ta ba Cocin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Grace cikakken amfani da kadarorin, “muddin sun ci gaba da aiki a matsayin Jikin Kristi don kyautata Mulkin Allah da kuma kyautata wa maƙwabcinsu.”
Gundumar ta nemi a aika da dala 100 na shekara-shekara don ci gaba da amfani da kadarorin, "ana iya biyan duk ranar Lahadin Ista lokacin da muka yi bikin Ubangijinmu wanda ya sadaukar da komai dominmu." Idan Littafi Mai-Tsarki na Grace ya daina aiki, motsawa, ko daina ayyukan Kirista, dukiyar za ta kasance alhakin gundumar.
An rufe wasiƙar ta neman albarkar Allah a kan Cocin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Grace. "Mu naku ne cikin Almasihu kamar yadda ku 'yan'uwanmu maza da mata ne cikin Almasihu."
Wani ƙarin wasiƙa da ta je ga shugaban hukumar kowace coci a gundumar ta nemi ikilisiyoyi su amince da karɓar wasiƙar, tabbatar da ƙa'idodin siyasa game da kadarorin coci a taron kasuwanci na ikilisiya, sabunta takaddun ikilisiya ciki har da ayyuka da dokoki, da aika kwafi. na minti na taron kasuwanci na ikilisiya da kwafin sabbin takardu zuwa ofishin gunduma. Manufar gundumar ita ce ta kammala wannan tsari a cikin wa'adin shekara guda.
"Manufar wannan tsari shine don tabbatar da cewa ikilisiyoyi sun san tsarin mulkin coci, amma mafi mahimmanci cewa ikilisiyoyin suna sane da haɗin gwiwarsu a cikin babbar ƙungiyar da muka fi sani da Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa," in ji Kessler. "Kungiyar Jagorancin ta ga cewa za a fi amfani da albarkatun gundumomi don wayar da kan junanmu da fahimtar al'umma fiye da bin matakan shari'a da ke mai da hankali kan rarrabuwa."
5) Sabon gini, sabon suna na Wyomissing Church of the Brothers.
Tsohon Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Karatu, Pa., yana da sabon gini da sabon suna. Da yake riƙe da jadawalin ginin sabon ginin cocin, ikilisiyar ta yi hidima ta farko a sabon wurinta a ranar Lahadin Ista.
A lokaci guda, sabon suna, Wyomissing Church of the Brother, ya zama hukuma. An zaɓi wannan sunan ne sakamakon tattaunawa, tarurrukan ƙauye, da taruka sama da shekaru biyu don a gane sunan da ke nuna yanayin ikilisiya da kuma hidimarta.
Za a gudanar da Sabis na sadaukarwa a ranar Lahadi, Yuni 7, daga 10: 15-11: 45 na safe, tare da cin abinci na zumunci. Robert W. Neff zai gabatar da saƙon safiya, “Ɗaukaka Hallelujah, Muna Gida,” daga Zabura 122:1, “Na yi farin ciki sa’ad da suka ce mani, Mu je Haikalin Ubangiji!
Sabuwar wurin tana da naƙasasshe gabaɗaya, gami da madaidaicin hanya a cikin wuri mai tsarki wanda yayi daidai da ma'auni. Cibiyar rayuwar iyali tana da ƙwallon kwando, ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙafa, da shimfidar murabba'i huɗu. Horst Construction na Lancaster County, Pa., shine ɗan kwangilar sabon wurin.
Wyomissing Church of the Brothers yana riƙe da adireshin iri ɗaya da lambar waya: 2200 State Hill Rd., Wyomissing, PA 19610-1904; 610-374-8451. Je zuwa http://www.fcotb.org/ or http://www.wcotb.org/ don gidan yanar gizon cocin.
- Tim Speicher limamin cocin Wyomissing Church of the Brothers.
6) Yan'uwa: Tunatarwa, Buɗe Ayyuka, bukukuwan tunawa, da sauransu.
- Roger Lynn Ingold (83), na Hershey, Pa., ya mutu a ranar 11 ga Mayu a gidansa. Ya kasance tsohon ma'aikacin mishan na Cocin 'yan'uwa a Najeriya, kuma tsohon wakilin Afirka na darikar. Ya yi aiki a Najeriya na tsawon shekaru 15 daga 1960-75, ya fara malami a Makarantun Waka, sannan ya yi gaggawar rike mukamin sakatare na filin Najeriya da alhakin kula da daukacin aikin 'yan uwa da suka hada da dimbin ma'aikatan mishan da ke aikin bishara, kiwon lafiya. , noma, da ilimi. Ya taimaka wajen aiwatar da aikin ta hanyar tsarin ƴan asalin ƙasar a cikin shekaru masu zuwa, lokacin da yawancin ayyukan da cibiyoyi da yawa aka mayar da su ga ma'aikatan Najeriya na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) ko kuma jihar. gwamnatoci. Ya rayu a Najeriya a lokacin juyin mulkin da sojoji suka yi da yakin Biafra (yakin basasar Najeriya), lokacin da aka ba shi tabbacin cewa da kansa ya shiga cikin kokarin samar da zaman lafiya a madadin ‘yan Nijeriyan da suka guje wa tashin hankali, kuma a wani lokaci ya shirya wani shiri na musamman. jiragen kasa da masu gadi don kwashe 'yan gabashin Najeriya da ke fuskantar barazanar kisan kiyashi a arewacin kasar. Bayan yakin, a shekarar 1969, ya samu goyon bayan Majalisar Kiristoci ta Najeriya don yin aiki da Hukumar Ba da Agaji da Gyara, inda ya taimaka wajen samar da abinci da magunguna ga mutane sama da miliyan daya a tsohon yankin yakin. Daga baya, an kara girman matsayinsa na ma'aikatansa ya zama wakilin ma'aikatun duniya kan ayyukan Afirka, kuma na wani lokaci na wucin gadi ya kara da Asiya a cikin kundinsa. A 1975 ya koma Amurka ya ci gaba da zama wakilin Afirka, inda ya yi aiki a Babban ofisoshi a Elgin, Ill. Har zuwa 1983, ya ci gaba da jagorantar ayyukan coci a Najeriya da Nijar, kuma ya taimaka wajen fara shirin kiwon lafiya irin na Lafiya. a Sudan. Ya kuma jagoranci kwamitin Majalisar Coci-coci ta Afirka. Kafin ya yi hidima a Najeriya, ya shafe shekaru 12 yana koyar da ilimin sakandare. An haife shi a Akron, Ohio, ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1926, ɗan marigayi Ralph da Alta Ingold. Ya yi karatun digiri a Kwalejin Manchester. A lokacin koleji ya yi amfani da lokaci a matsayin "kano mai teku," kuma ya yi rajista a matsayin mai ƙi. Hidimar sa kai ga cocin ya kuma haɗa da zama memba a hukumar mishan gunduma a tsohuwar gundumar Ohio ta Arewa maso Gabas, inda shi ma ya kasance mataimakin shugaban majalisar gudanarwar gunduma kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan “Kira” gundumomi. Matarsa, Phyllis, da ’ya’yansa David da John, ’ya’ya maza, da matansu, jikoki takwas, da jikoki ɗaya. Za a gudanar da wani taron tunawa da Ikilisiyar Spring Creek Church of the Brothers a Hershey, Pa., da karfe 11 na safe ranar 30 ga Mayu.
- Ma'aikatan Cocin of the Brethren's Global Mission Partnerships na yin kira da a yi addu'a bayan mutuwar fasto Delouis St. Louis (38), wani matashin shugaban coci a tsakanin 'yan'uwa a Haiti. Ya kasance daya daga cikin shugabannin Eglise des Freres Haitiens (Cocin Haiti na Brothers) wanda aka yi hira da shi don ba da lasisi ko nadawa a farkon wannan shekara. Ya kamu da rashin lafiya ba zato ba tsammani, ma’aikatan sun ce, kuma wasu shugabannin cocin suna kan hanyarsu ta kai wa iyalinsa kudi domin ya je asibiti lokacin da suka sami labarin mutuwarsa. An haifi St. Louis a watan Agusta 1970, kuma shine mai kula da kannensa 14. A cikin hirarsa ta lasisi, ya yi magana game da sanin Yesu yana ɗan shekara 16, karatunsa a makarantar hauza, shigarsa aikin hidima ta wurin Ikilisiyar Almasihu ta Allah, da kuma baiwar fara majami'u da taimakon mabukata. Ya gaya wa mai tambayoyin cewa, “Cocin ’yan’uwa tana da ayyuka da yawa da za ta yi a Haiti.” A matsayinsa na mai hidima a Cocin ’Yan’uwa na Haiti, ya soma wuraren wa’azi bakwai kuma yana aiki da aikin ba da agajin gaggawa da ke sake gina gidajen da guguwa ta bara a yankunan Fond Cheval da Mont Boulage suka lalata. Iyalinsa na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda guguwar ta yi rashin matsuguni. Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'yan'uwa tana ba da kuɗi don taimakawa wajen biyan kuɗin jana'izar, kuma za su yi aiki don shigar da dangin St. Louis cikin gidansu da wuri-wuri, in ji ma'aikatan. Ko'odinetan mishan na Haiti Ludovic St. Fleur, wanda kuma shine Fasto na Eglise des Freres Haitiens a Miami, Fla., ya gana da dangin St. Louis a Haiti. Eglise des Freres Haitiens na karɓar gudummawar abubuwan tunawa a Miami, don taimakawa dangi. St. Louis ya bar matarsa, da ’yan uwansa, ’ya’yan ango biyu, da mahaifiyarsa.
- Cocin of the Brother's Northern Ohio District yana da buɗaɗɗen buɗaɗɗe ga darektan sansanin a Inspiration Hills, cibiyar hidimar waje da ke kusa da Burbank, Ohio. Kwarewa da/ko horo a cikin ilimin Kiristanci, gudanarwa, kuɗi, kiyayewa, kula da wurare da filaye, ƙwarewar talla, da ƙwarewar sarrafa sansanin (digiri na farko ko shekaru biyar zuwa goma na ƙwarewar gudanar da kasuwanci) sun fi dacewa ga ƴan takara masu sha'awar. Je zuwa www.cob-net.org/church/ohio_northern.htm don nemo kwatancen aikin PDF da fom ɗin aikace-aikace. Ya kamata 'yan takara masu sha'awar aika wasiƙar murfin, ci gaba, da kuma kammala aikace-aikacen zuwa Curt Jacobsen, c/o Northern Ohio District Office, 1107 East Main St., Ashland, OH 44805. Za a karɓi aikace-aikacen har zuwa 31 ga Mayu.
— ’Yan’uwa suna tafiya Angola don su taimaka wajen bikin cika shekaru 125 na Igreja Evangelica Congregacional em Angola (Cocin Ikklisiya na Ikklesiyoyin bishara a Angola), abokin aikin ci gaba da ma’aikatun ‘yan’uwa na Bala’i ke tallafa wa. SHAREcircle, wanda ke zaune a Evanston, Ill., Har ila yau, ya kasance abokin tarayya na ci gaba kuma yana shirya tawagar da suka hada da Roy Winter, babban darektan ma'aikatun bala'i, da Dale Minnich na Cocin of the Brothers Mission and Ministry Board. Tawagar ta bar ranar 19 ga watan Mayu.
- Cocin ’Yan’uwa ta amince da “Bayanin Addini game da Gyaran Taimakon Kasashen Waje,” yunƙurin haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyoyin addinai da ƙungiyoyi da suka haɗa da Majalisar Coci ta Ƙasa, Sabis na Duniya na Coci, da Taimakon Duniya, wanda Bread for the World ya kira. A cikin wata aya daga Ishaya sura 58, sanarwar ta ce a wani bangare, “Yin son yakar talauci da sauran abubuwan da ke kawo cikas ga mutuncin dan Adam daya ne daga cikin alamomin kasa mai hikima, kuma tun bayan karshen yakin duniya na biyu, taimakon kasashen waje daga kasashen waje. Amurka ta kasance kasa daya mafi girma da ke bayar da gudummawar kudi ga ci gaban dan Adam a duniya. A yau, taimakon da Amurka ke ba wa kasashen waje yana da muhimmanci ba kawai don biyan bukatun jin kai da inganta ci gaban tattalin arziki da ci gaba ba, har ma don gina duniyar kwanciyar hankali da tsaro ga tsararraki masu zuwa." Sanarwar ta yi kira da a samar da wani sabon tsari na taimakon kasashen waje tare da bayar da shawarwari na musamman da suka hada da mayar da rage radadin talauci a matsayin manufa ta farko, rubanya kudade don taimakon raya kasa mai dogaro da kai nan da shekara ta 2012, tare da tabbatar da cewa taimakon jin kai da taimakon raya kasa na karkashin kulawa, hukuma, da kuma alkibla. na hukumomin farar hula da abokan tarayya ciki har da cibiyoyi masu tushen imani, da jujjuya yanayin shiga mafi girma ta Ma'aikatar Tsaro. Bayanin yana da alaƙa da Ƙaddamar da Taimakon Harkokin Waje na 2009 (HR 2139). Gyara tsarin taimakon kasashen waje shine abin da ake mayar da hankali kan yakin Bayar da Wasika ta Duniya. Je zuwa http://www.bread.org/ .
- An fara shari'a a ranar 26 ga Mayu ga mutane 12 da aka kama da laifin rashin biyayya ga jama'a a Cibiyar Gundumar Colosimo da ke Philadelphia a cikin Janairu, a matsayin wani bangare na taron Ikilisiya na Kiran Allah na zaman lafiya. Daga cikin wadanda aka kama har da wasu mambobi biyu na Cocin Brethren, Phil Jones da Mimi Copp. Babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger ya ruwaito cewa Cocin of the Brethren’s Mission and Ministry Board na taimaka wa lauyan Phil Jones, wanda a lokacin da aka kama shi yana aiki a matsayin darekta na ’Yan’uwa Shaida/Ofishin Washington. "Ya kamata fitina mai zuwa ta ba da hankalinmu," in ji Noffsinger. Jin kiran Allah ya nuna mafarin wani sabon shiri na yaki da ta'addanci da kuma haramtattun makamai a garuruwan Amurka. Wadanda aka kama dai wani yunkuri ne na tursasa Cibiyar Bindiga ta Colosimo da ta rattaba hannu a kan dokar da’a ta dillalan bindigogi, kuma ya biyo bayan tattaunawar makonni da dama da aka yi tsakanin mai shagon da tawagar shugabannin addini na yankin. Wadanda ake tuhumar sun hada da masu kare al'umma daga Camden, NJ, da Philadelphia, da aka nada limaman Kirista daga darikoki uku, da malamin Yahudawa. Za a gudanar da abubuwan da suka faru a Philadelphia a ranar 26 ga Mayu: vigil a karfe 8 na safe don tallafa wa wadanda ake tuhuma da kuma yin addu'a ga duk wanda ke fuskantar barazanar tashin hankalin bindiga, a Arch Street United Methodist Church; gayyata ga magoya bayanta don halartar zaman kotun da ke buɗewa da ƙarfe 9 na safe a ɗakin 1003 na Cibiyar Shari'a ta Criminal Justice; da kuma zanga-zangar 12:30 na dare a kan jigon, “BATA MAI KIRKI, ƊAN RUWA, DAUKAR MATAKI!” a Dilworth Plaza. Je zuwa http://www.heedinggodscall.org/ ko lamba info@HeedingGodsCall.org ko 267-519-5302.
- Cocin Donnels Creek na 'yan'uwa da ke Springfield, Ohio, ya yi bikin cika shekaru 200 a ranar 17 ga Mayu tare da Mel Menker a matsayin baƙo mai jawabi don hidimar ibadar safiya, sannan kuma abincin dare, doki da aka zana, gasa gemu da kek, da kuma baje kolin ƙulli. . “Muna yabon Ubangiji don amincinsa,” in ji fasto Tad Hobert. Wani labarin game da tarihin Ikilisiya ya bayyana a cikin "Springfield News-Sun"; je zuwa http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/donnels-creek-church-marks-200-years-of-living-water-123277.html don samun shi akan layi.
- Cocin Troy (Ohio) na Brothers na bikin cika shekaru 100 a ranar Asabar, Yuni 13. Kira 937-335-8835 don ƙarin bayani.
- Welty Church of the Brothers a Smithsburg, Md., tana ba da gudummawar riguna na mawaƙa ga kowace coci da za ta iya amfani da su. Ikklisiya mai karɓa tana ɗaukar farashin jigilar kaya. Bayani: 18 Murphy riguna, kyakkyawan yanayi, 100% polyester, mai wanki, tan tare da rufin wuyan burgundy, gaban zip, girma da tsayi daban-daban, dogon hannun riga, rataye sun haɗa. Kira Hazel Shockey a 717-762-4195.
— Pamela H. Brubaker, mamba ce ta Coci na ’yan’uwa kuma farfesa a fannin addini a Jami’ar Lutheran California, ta kasance cikin Ƙungiyar Shawarar Majami’u ta Duniya don Abubuwan Tattalin Arziƙi. An gudanar da taron farko na kungiyar a kasar Switzerland a ranakun 14-16 ga watan Mayu. Brubaker yana koyar da darussa a cikin ɗabi'un Kirista da nazarin jinsi kuma yana hidima a Hukumar Society of Christian Ethics.
7) Reid yayi murabus a matsayin assoc. babban sakatare, exec. na Ma'aikatar Kulawa.
Kathryn Goering Reid, mataimakiyar babban sakatare na ma'aikatar da tsare-tsare ta Cocin of the Brothers kuma babban darektan kula da ma'aikatun kulawa, ta gabatar da murabus din ta tun ranar 30 ga watan Yuni. Za ta nemi aiki a Texas, inda mijinta, Stephen Reid, farfesa ne a fannin aikin gona. Nassosin Kirista a Makarantar Tauhidi ta George W. Truett, Jami'ar Baylor.
Reid ta fara aikinta tare da tsohuwar Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa (ABC) a ranar 5 ga Janairu, 2004, a matsayin babban darektan. Ta taka rawar gani a lokacin hadewar ABC da tsohuwar hukumar gudanarwa, kuma ta fara a matsayinta na yanzu a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 2008.
Ita ma’aikaciyar da aka naɗa ce a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa da Cocin Mennonite, Amurka. Ta yi digiri na farko a Kwalejin Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind; digiri na biyu a fannin ilimi daga Jami'ar Jihar Georgia, Atlanta; da kuma babban digiri na allahntaka daga Makarantar Addinin Pacific a Berkeley, Calif.
8) Douglas ya zama darakta na Ofishin Taro.
Chris Douglas ya karbi mukamin darektan Ofishin Taro na Cocin ’yan’uwa, daga ranar 6 ga Satumba. Za ta horar da darakta na yanzu Lerry Fogle a lokacin taron shekara-shekara na wannan shekara, kuma za ta yi aiki tare da shi har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya a watan Disamba.
Douglas ya kasance darekta na ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa na Ikilisiya. Ta fara aiki da tsohuwar hukumar gudanarwa a watan Janairu 1985 a matsayin ma'aikaciyar ma'aikatar matasa da matasa da manya da ma'aikatar birni. A cikin 1990 ta fara aiki na cikakken lokaci a Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa, tana ɗaukar nauyi mai nauyi don abubuwan haɓaka jagoranci, haɓaka halartar taron matasa na ƙasa, da faɗaɗa wuraren aiki. Ta jagoranci taron matasa na kasa guda shida na baya-bayan nan, kuma ta kasance mamba a kungiyar manajojin taron addini tsawon shekaru takwas.
Ita ce Kwalejin Manchester da ta kammala karatun digiri a cikin Mutanen Espanya da Ilimi, kuma tana da babban digiri na allahntaka da digirin digiri na minista daga Bethany Theological Seminary.
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