Afrilu 22, 2010
“Duniya na Ubangiji ne, da dukan abin da ke cikinta…” (Zabura 24:1a).
LABARAI
1) Kwamitin Seminary na Bethany ya amince da sabon tsarin dabarun.
2) Zumuntar Gidajen Yan'uwa na gudanar da taron shekara-shekara.
3) Taimako na tallafawa tallafin yunwa a Sudan da Honduras.
4) Yan'uwa wani bangare na kokarin Cedar Rapids da ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa.
5) Ministocin Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa sun fitar da kididdigar 2009.
Abubuwa masu yawa
6) Shawarar Al'adu da Biki don zama gidan yanar gizo.
7) Jerin Webinar yana ci gaba tare da Cook-Huffman da Roxburgh.
8) 'Salama Tsakanin Jama'a' don tattara N. Amurka masu zaman lafiya.
'DUNIYA NA UBANGIJI NE'
9) Kiristoci na bikin cika shekaru 40 na Ranar Duniya.
10) Tunani: Gidan Allah.
Yan'uwa: Tunawa, ma'aikata, buɗe aiki, Alƙawari don Farawa, ƙari (duba shafi a dama)
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1) Kwamitin Seminary na Bethany ya amince da sabon tsarin dabarun.
Bethany Theological Seminary's Board of Trustees sun taru a harabar makarantar a Richmond, Ind., don taronta na shekara-shekara a ranar 26-28 ga Maris. Hukumar ta gabatar da wasu muhimman abubuwa na kasuwanci da suka hada da tsare-tsare, shawarwarin hanyar rarraba ilimi don digiri na biyu, nazarin yuwuwar yakin neman tallafi, da kasafin kudi na shekara mai zuwa.
Hukumar ta amince da tsare-tsaren, wanda daukacin kwamitin amintattu da kwamitocin hukumar suka duba shi. Hukumar ta kuma ba da umarni ga shugaban makarantar hauza Ruthann Knechel Johansen da Kwamitin Tsare Tsare-tsare don haɗawa da ƙarin fifiko na haɓaka hangen nesa na hauhawa ta hanyar kula da rajista, sadarwa, da hulɗar jama'a.
Wanda memban kwamitin John Neff ya bayyana a matsayin "sabo ne kuma mai ruwa," tsarin dabarun ya haɗu da abubuwa bakwai masu mahimmanci, tare da raka'a na manufofi da ayyuka, shawarwarin 22 daga takarda mai mahimmanci da hukumar ta wuce a cikin Maris 2009. Wannan takarda ta haifar da takamaiman aiki. matakai don daidaita shirin ilimantarwa na makarantar hauza tare da sabbin manufofinta da maganganun hangen nesa.
Maƙasudin sun mayar da hankali kan ɗabi'ar ilimi da muhalli; mayar da hankali kan manhaja, haɗin kai, da faɗaɗa shirin ilimi; da kuma bayar da kuɗaɗen sabbin ayyuka. Kowane ɗawainiya yana da ƙayyadaddun lokaci don kammalawa, alamomi masu aunawa don cikawa, da ayyukan ma'aikata.
John D. Miller Jr. ne ya jagoranci kwamitin Tsare Tsare Tsare kuma ya haɗa da shugaban kwamitin amintattu, shugabannin kwamitoci, ƙungiyar gudanarwa na makarantar hauza, da membobin malamai Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm da Dan Ulrich.
A cikin sabuntawa ga hukumar game da shirin Babban Haɗin Fasaha, hukumar ta sami labarin cewa za a aika da shawara ga Ƙungiyar Makarantun Tauhidi (ATS) nan da 1 ga Afrilu don amincewa da ƙungiyar. Kwamitin Amintattu ya amince da ci gaba da aiwatar da shirin a taronta na Oktoba 2009. Tun daga 2003, Bethany ya ba da waƙar ilimi da aka yarda da ATS don Jagoran Divinity, mai suna MDiv Connections.
Sabuwar waƙa ta Jagora na Arts za ta ba da hanya madaidaiciya ga shirin MA na yanzu, yana yin koyi da buƙatunsa da ƙa'idodinsa yayin ba da darussan a cikin nau'ikan da suka fi dacewa da buƙatu da sha'awar ɗaliban da za su shiga cikin shirin ilimi da aka rarraba. Ana jiran amincewar ATS, za a aiwatar da sabuwar waƙa da wuri-wuri.
Hukumar ta sami rahoton binciken yiwuwar da Braren, Mulder, Jamus Associates ya gudanar game da yuwuwar ƙaddamar da sabon yaƙin neman zaɓe. Hukumar ta amince da kamfen na shekaru hudu, dalar Amurka miliyan 5.9, tare da bayar da kyautar jagoranci a watan Yuli.
Hukumar ta amince da kasafin kudin shekarar 2010-11 na kusan dala miliyan 2.3, wanda ya karu da kashi daya bisa dari idan aka kwatanta da na shekarar da ta gabata. Jim Dodson, Shugaban Kwamitin Harkokin Dalibai da Harkokin Kasuwanci, ya lura da kalubalen da ake fuskanta na samar da daidaiton kasafin kudi, ciki har da biyan diyya na karuwar kashi 42 cikin XNUMX na kudaden inshorar lafiya ga ma'aikata. Kwamitin Zuba Jari na hukumar ya ba da rahoton cewa zuba jari na Bethany, wanda ya dace da ka'idojin allo na zamantakewa wanda ya dace da manufa da dabi'un makarantar hauza, yana aiki sosai.
Sauran kasuwancin:
Don sauƙaƙe ayyukan ƙima da ke gudana da suka shafi nazarin manhaja da aiwatar da tsare-tsare, an ɗauki Karen Garrett na Eaton, Ohio, a matsayin mai gudanarwa na kima. Tana da digiri na biyu a fannin fasaha daga Bethany da digiri na biyu a fannin ilimi tare da ƙwarewa a cikin manhaja da tantancewa. Ana sa ran hukumar za ta amince da wani cikakken tsarin tantancewa da nufin ganin ziyarar da kwamitin koli na kungiyar kwalejoji da makarantu ta Arewa ta tsakiya zai kai a shekarar 2011.
Hukumar ta karbi rahoto kan wani bincike na tallace-tallace da sadarwa da Liechty Media, Inc. Hukumar ta amince da bayar da kudade don binciken a watan Oktoba 2009. Kwamitocin hukumar sun ba da shawarwari don ba da fifiko ga shawarwarin shirin.
Sabon shirin taimakon kudi na makarantar hauza zai fara aiki a shekarar karatu ta 2010-11. Abubuwan asali na shirin sun haɗa da manyan lambobin yabo na tallafin karatu don ƙwararrun ilimi da burin hidimar coci bayan kammala digiri. Za a sami lamuni na tarayya, tallafi, da kuma nazarin aiki. An haɓaka hanyoyin sadarwa da yawa don haɓakawa da fassara sabon shirin, gami da ƙasida da bidiyo.
Hukumar ta amince da ’yan takara 10 da za su kammala karatu, har sai an kammala dukkan bukatu. Za a fara fara Bethany karo na 105 a ranar Asabar 8 ga Mayu. Hukumar ta kuma yi bikin karuwar daliban da suka yi rajista a shekarar karatu ta 2009-10.
Amy Gall Ritchie, darektan ci gaban ɗalibai, ta gabatar da rahoto game da riƙe ɗalibai a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata da kuma bincikensa game da tsarin ɗalibai na ci gaba zuwa digiri na ƙarshe. Hukumar ta kuma samu rahotanni kan Cibiyar Ma’aikatar tare da Matasa da Matasa Manya da kuma Makarantar Jagorancin ‘Yan’uwa.
Shugaba Johansen ya jagoranci karramawa ta musamman ga shugaba Ted Flory na Bridgewater, Va., wanda wa'adin aikinsa ya kare a wannan shekara. Carol Scheppard na Bridgewater, Va., za ta yi aiki a matsayin kujeran kwamitin farawa a watan Yuli. Sauran waɗanda aka zaɓa don yin aiki a matsayin jami'ai sun haɗa da mataimakin shugaba Ray Donadio na Greenville, Ohio; sakatariyar Marty Farahat na Oceano, Calif.; Elaine Gibbel na Lititz, Pa., Shugaban Kwamitin Ci Gaban Cibiyar; Jim Dodson na Lexington, Ky., Dalibai da Kwamitin Harkokin Kasuwanci; da Lisa Hazen na Wichita, Kan., Shugaban Kwamitin Harkokin Ilimi.
- Marcia Shetler darektan hulda da jama'a ce a Bethany Theological Seminary.
2) Zumuntar Gidajen Yan'uwa na gudanar da taron shekara-shekara.
Taron shekara-shekara na Fellowship of Brothers Homes ya sadu da Afrilu 7-8 a Lebanon Valley Brothers Home a Palmyra, Pa. Haɗin gwiwar ya haɗa da al'ummomin 22 da suka yi ritaya da ke da alaƙa da Cocin 'yan'uwa. Al'ummomin membobin sun himmatu don samar da inganci mai inganci, kulawar ƙauna ga tsofaffi kuma suna aiki tare akan ƙalubalen gama gari kamar buƙatun kulawa na dogon lokaci, kulawar da ba a biya ba, da haɓaka alaƙa da ikilisiyoyi da gundumomi.
Taron shekara-shekara yana ba da dama ga shugabannin al'ummomin masu ritaya masu alaƙa da coci don yin hanyar sadarwa, raba mafi kyawun ayyuka, samun horon da ya dace da kulawa na dogon lokaci, da zagayawa wurin masaukin.
Taron na wannan shekara ya gabatar da zaman kan yardawar kamfanoni ta Karla Dreisbach na Sabis na Abokai don Tsufa; da kuma kan al'amuran yau da kullum da kuma abubuwan da suka faru a nan gaba karkashin jagorancin David Slack na Cibiyar Nazarin Aging Aging da Malcom Nimick na Ascension Capital Enterprises.
Ziyarar Gidan Yan'uwa na Kwarin Lebanon ya haɗa da sabbin gidajen Green House® na al'umma, wanda Dokta William Thomas na Alternative na Eden ya haɓaka. Gidajen ƙananan al'ummomi ne na niyya inda dattawa ke zaune a cikin yanayin rayuwa, yanayin zamantakewa. A lokacin hutu, wasu membobin rukunin dandalin sun haɗu da mazauna wurin suna wasa lokacin da suka fi so, "ƙwallo pickle," wasa wanda ya haɗu da abubuwan wasan tennis, badminton, da Ping Pong.
Wakilai daga al'ummomi 10 sun halarci taron: John Warner na Al'ummar Retirement Community a Greenville, Ohio; Gary Clouser na ƙauyen 'yan'uwa a Lancaster, Pa.; Vernon King na Cross Keys Village-Ƙungiyar Gidan Gidan Yan'uwa a New Oxford, Pa.; Michael Leiter na Fahrney-Keedy Home da Village a Boonsboro, Md.; Chris Widman na Gidan Makiyayi Mai Kyau a Fostoria, Ohio; Jeff Shireman na Gidan Yan'uwa na Kwarin Lebanon a Palmyra, Pa.; Wayne Eberly na Dabino Estates a Lorida, Fla.; Carol Davis na Al'ummar Pinecrest a Dutsen Morris, Rashin lafiya; Maureen Cahill na Spurgeon Manor a Cibiyar Dallas, Iowa; da David Lawrenz na Timbercrest Senior Living Community a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.
Sauran wadanda suka halarci taron sun hada da Shari McCabe, babban darektan kungiyar ‘yan uwantaka; Jane Mack, babban darektan Sabis na Abokai don tsufa; Keith Stuckey, mataimakin shugaban kungiyar Mennonite Health Services Alliance; Phil Leaman, Shugaba na Abokan Hulɗa: Hanyoyin Gudanar da Hadarin; Steve Mason, darektan gidauniyar 'yan'uwa ta 'yan'uwa Benefit Trust (BBT); Diana Seymour, manajan tallace-tallace don fa'idodin kiwon lafiya da jin daɗi ga BBT; da Kim Ebersole, darektan Rayuwar Iyali da Ma'aikatun Manyan Manya na Cocin 'Yan'uwa.
Za a gudanar da taron 2011 a ranar 5-7 ga Afrilu a Gidan Makiyayi Mai Kyau a Fostoria, Ohio.
- Kim Ebersole yana aiki a matsayin darektan Rayuwar Iyali da Ma'aikatun Manyan Manya.
3) Taimako na tallafawa tallafin yunwa a Sudan da Honduras.
Cocin The Brothers Global Food Crisis Fund (GFCF) ya ba da tallafi biyu da suka kai dala 35,080 don shirin yunwa a Honduras da kuma aikin noma a Sudan.
A Honduras, tallafin dala 25,000 zai tallafawa samar da abinci ga iyalan Lenca na Indiya. Rarraba yana zuwa wani sabon shirin yunwa tare da haɗin gwiwar Proyecto Alden Global (PAG). Taimakon zai ƙaddamar da ci gaban ƙananan kasuwancin iyali ta hanyar siyan kifi, aladu, shanu, da kaji. Bayan wa] annan iyalai da ke amfana tun farko, wasu za su sami damar samun 'ya'ya masu inganci da kuma samar da kayayyakin kiwo a farashi mai rahusa.
"Ainihin shirin yana neman inganta samar da abinci da damar tattalin arziki ga iyalan Lenca Indiyawan da ke zaune a yankunan da ke da nisa na Cerro Azul Meambar National Park," in ji bukatar tallafin. "Manufar ita ce a kai ga iyalai 60 a shekara fiye da shekaru biyu ko uku. Kusan kashi uku cikin huɗu na iyalai a cikin da kewayen wurin shakatawar suna rayuwa cikin talauci.”
Cocin Inland Church for the Agriculture Project for Sutainable Development in Sudan ta samu tallafin dala 10,080. Kudaden za su sayi kayan aikin hannu, da kayan feshi, da irin kayan lambu iri-iri, da mangwaro da guava da za a yi amfani da su wajen horar da matasa 500 aikin lambu a matsayin sana’ar samar da kudaden shiga.
Babban daraktan Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya Jay Wittmeyer ya “samo shi” aikin. Cocin Inland na Afirka wata ƙungiya ce ta Ikklisiya ta asali wacce ta kasance a kudancin Sudan tun 1949. "Haɗin aikin noma tare da shirye-shiryen makarantar Littafi Mai-Tsarki wani sabon shiri ne na Cocin Inland Church-Sudan," in ji buƙatar tallafin. “Biyu daga cikin makarantun Littafi Mai Tsarki na cocin a jihar Equatorial ta Gabas za su horar da matasa 500 aikin lambu a matsayin sana’ar samun kudin shiga. Kai tsaye da nufin rage radadin talauci, aikin ya mayar da hankali ne kan matasa marasa aikin yi da ba su sami ilimin boko ko kadan ba.
"Bayan ganawa da tattaunawa da ma'aikata a daya daga cikin makarantun Littafi Mai-Tsarki…Wittmeyer ya gano cewa makarantun a cikin koyarwar Littafi Mai-Tsarki suna tayar da zaman lafiya, sulhu, da kuma warkar da raunuka - jigogi masu mahimmanci ga sake gina Sudan bayan yakin." bukata ta ci gaba. "Niyyar daliban bayan kammala karatun, Wittmeyer ya koya, shine su koma ƙauyukan su kuma su tsunduma cikin noma kaɗan."
4) Yan'uwa wani bangare na kokarin Cedar Rapids da ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa.
Sautunan guduma da satuka sun yi ta sake-sake tare da kogin Cedar a Iowa a ranar 12 ga Afrilu yayin da masu aikin sa kai daga ko'ina cikin Amurka da Kanada suka fara aiki don taimakawa iyalai su koma gidajensu a wani sabon aikin sake ginawa wanda hukumar agaji ta Church World Service (CWS) ta jagoranta tare da gudanar da aikin. fita tare da haɗin gwiwar shirye-shiryen agajin bala'i da dama.
Abokan tarayya na ƙasa sun haɗa da Ministocin Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa, Cocin Baptist na Amurka, Amurka, Katolika Charities Amurka, Kwamitin Ba da Agaji na Kirista na Reformed Duniya, Amsar Bala'i na Lutheran, Taimakon Bala'i na Presbyterian, Cocin Reformed a Amurka, Cocin United Church of Christ, United Methodist Committee on Relief, da kuma Makon of Tausayi.
“Kusan shekaru biyu kenan da ambaliyar kogin Cedar ta tilastawa wadannan iyalai. Babu wanda ya san fiye da yadda suke yin hakan ya yi tsayi da yawa don yin nesa da gida, ”in ji Bonnie Vollmering, mataimakin darektan CWS na ba da agajin gaggawa na cikin gida. "Muna aiki tuƙuru gwargwadon iko don taimakawa a cikin irin wannan lokacin wahala."
Wanda ake yiwa lakabi da "Neighbourhood: Cedar Rapids," aikin Iowa yana ginawa akan aikin sake gina CWS mai nasara, "Neighborhood: New Orleans." Wannan ƙoƙarin ya gyara gidajen iyalai sama da goma sha biyu bayan guguwar Katrina a cikin al'ummar tafkin Pontchartrain mai tarihi.
Tare da abokan hulɗa na tushen Iowa Block ta Block, Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru na Linn, Presbytery na Gabas Iowa, da Lutheran Services a Iowa, 10 na tushen bangaskiya na kasa da kasa hukumomin ba da amsa bala'i ciki har da 'yan'uwa Ma'aikatar Bala'i za su kawo fiye da 700 masu sa kai zuwa Cedar Rapids sama da makonni shida.
Yawancin ƙoƙarin sake ginawa da gyare-gyare za su mai da hankali kan yankin Cedar Rapids mai wahala na Time Check, inda abokan aikin murmurewa na cikin gida har yanzu suna da buƙatu masu yawa. Duk da ƙoƙarin da ake ci gaba da yi na taimaka wa iyalai su sa ambaliyar ta biyo bayansu, har yanzu akwai ɗimbin bango da layukan ruwa waɗanda ke a matsayin tunatarwa na 14 ga Yuni, 2008.
"Akwai iyalai Cedar Rapids da yawa waɗanda za su iya komawa gida amma don wasu ƴan gyare-gyare," in ji Vollmering. "Da gangan ba mu sanya takamaiman adadin gidajen da za a kammala ba saboda muna son ganin adadin nawa ne za mu iya gyara da kyau nan da makonni shida."
Block by Block kuma LALTRC sun gano gidajen da za a gyara. CWS da abokan aikinta na amsa bala'i na ƙasa suna ba da masu sa kai, wasu kayan da aka ba da gudummawa, da sauran tallafi.
"Mun sami irin wannan nasara a New Orleans cewa dole ne mu gwada shi a Cedar Rapids," in ji darektan CWS John L. McCullough. "Fatan mu shi ne mutanen Cedar Rapids za su ji kamar ba a manta da su ba, kuma za mu iya taimaka wa aƙalla wasu daga cikin waɗanda abin ya shafa su sami sabon yanayin al'ada bayan irin wannan mummunan bala'i."
- Lesley Crosson da Jan Dragin na Cocin World Service ne suka samar da wannan sakin.
5) Ministocin Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa sun fitar da kididdigar 2009.
Ƙididdiga da Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’Yan’uwa, Ayyukan Bala’i na Yara, da kuma Shirin Albarkatun Material suka fitar ya nuna girman aikin agaji na agaji na Coci na ’yan’uwa a shekara ta 2009.
Aiki a wuraren sake ginawa guda biyar a Louisiana da Indiana, masu aikin sa kai 1,505 tare da Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa sun yi hidima ga iyalai 108 kuma sun sanya jimillar kwanaki 11,164 na aiki - kimanin dala 1,808,568 na aikin sa kai. A wuraren ayyukan Hidimomin Bala'i na Yara shida-ciki har da martani ga hatsarin jirgin sama a New York-masu aikin sa kai 39 sun kula da yara 195. "Muna godiya da cewa ƙananan yara ne bala'i ya shafa a bara," in ji rahoton. Bugu da kari, Ma'aikatan Bala'i na Yara sun gudanar da tarurrukan bita guda tara horar da masu sa kai 201.
Material Resources, wanda ɗakunan ajiya da kuma jigilar kayan agajin bala'i daga wurare a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Har ila yau, an fitar da ƙididdiga don 2009: 97 jigilar kaya, ƙullun, da barguna da ke wakiltar nauyin 1,451,190 na kayan da aka kiyasta a $ 7,136,344.72 ; 3,364 jigilar kayayyaki na likitanci wanda ke wakiltar jimillar fam 546,571 na kayan da aka kimanta a $4,602,273.44.
6) Shawarar Al'adu da Biki don zama gidan yanar gizo.
Shin kuna so ku halarci Shawarwari da Bikin Al’adu na shekara-shekara na Cocin ’yan’uwa amma ba ku sami damar yin wannan tafiya ba? Babu buƙatar rasa shi: shiga kan layi!
Tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany, Shawarwari da Bikin Al'adu na 12th na 22th daga Afrilu 24-6 za a sake zama gidan yanar gizon kai tsaye. Ana fara shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizon yau da ƙarfe 30:XNUMX na yamma (lokacin gabas).
Wannan taron yana buɗewa ga dukan membobin coci kuma yana ba da lokacin haɗin gwiwa tare da mahalarta daga kabilanci da kabilanci daban-daban, goyon baya ga hidimar al'adu da manufa, da kuma damar ilimi don haɓaka ƙoƙarin al'adu a cikin al'ummomin coci.
Tare da jigon “Bikin Bambance-bambance Cikin Jitu” bisa Romawa 12:15-17, manyan batutuwan jadawalin wannan shekara sun haɗa da:
— Bude taron ibada na wannan yamma tare da Richard Zapata da Samuel Sarpiya.
- Zaman ilimi na Juma'a da Asabar, babban zama kan "Diversity in Harmony" wanda Barbara Daté ke jagoranta, da ƙarin tarurrukan horo kan horarwa da jagoranci da ƙwarewar sauraro.
- Bautar yammacin Juma'a mai nuna Leah Hileman da Ray Hileman, da kuma gabatar da lambar yabo ta Ru'ya ta Yohanna 7:9 ta uku.
- Rufe yammacin Asabar, wani taron bautar kiɗan da Don Mitchell ke jagoranta tare da masu halarta bikin da kuma raba al'adunsu a cikin waƙa da bayyanar.
Don shiga gidan yanar gizon kai tsaye, mahalarta suna buƙatar samun dama ga kwamfuta mai haɗin Intanet da aka shigar da Adobe Flash. Mahalarta gidan yanar gizon za su kasance don kallon ciyarwa kai tsaye kuma su yi hulɗa tare da taron ta amfani da kwas ɗin taɗi.
Duba jadawalin kan layi a www.bethanyseminary.edu/webcast/intercultural2010 don ibadar yau da kullun da lokutan zama kuma ku bi umarnin shiga don shiga. Muna fatan "ganin" ku a can!
- Nadine Monn memba ce ta Cocin of the Brother's Intercultural Advisory Committee.
7) Jerin Webinar yana ci gaba tare da Cook-Huffman da Roxburgh.
Ana ci gaba da jerin shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizon fastoci da shugabannin coci a wannan bazara, waɗanda Cocin of the Brother's Congregational Life Ministries, Bethany Theological Seminary, da Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership suka bayar a matsayin hanyar haɗin gwiwa. Haɗa zuwa gidan yanar gizon ta hanyar zuwa www.bethanyseminary.edu/webcast/transformation2010 .
Na uku a cikin jerin kan "Ci gaba da Tattaunawar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a" wanda Celia Cook-Huffman ke jagoranta za a ba da shi a ranakun biyu a farkon Mayu. Cook-Huffman farfesa ce a Nazarin Zaman Lafiya da Rikici a Kwalejin Juniata da ke Huntingdon, Pa., Inda ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin abokiyar darakta na Cibiyar Baker don Nazarin Zaman Lafiya da Rikici da kuma jagorantar Sabis na Baker Mediation.
Sashe na 3 na jerin gidan yanar gizon Cook-Huffman yana kan maudu'in, "Ɗauki Caji: Warware Rikicin." Ana bayar da ita a ranar 5 ga Mayu a 12: 30-1: 30 na yamma (lokacin Pacific) ko 3: 30-4: 30 na yamma (lokacin gabas); kuma za a maimaita ranar 6 ga Mayu a 5:30-6:30 na yamma (Pacific) ko 8:30-9:30 na yamma (gabas).
Ba a buƙatar riga-kafin rajista kuma babu kuɗin shiga. Ana buƙatar mahalarta su haɗa minti 10-15 kafin fara simintin gidan yanar gizo. Wadanda ke da kyamarar gidan yanar gizo ko makirufo za su iya haɗawa da magana da mai gabatarwa. Mahalarta na iya samun ci gaba da darajar ilimi 0.1 don halartar zaman kai tsaye.
Alan Roxburgh zai gabatar da gidajen yanar gizon da aka mayar da hankali kan haɓaka jagoranci don canza ikilisiyoyi zuwa al'ummomin mishan. Roxburgh fasto ne, malami, marubuci, kuma mashawarci wanda ke da gogewa fiye da shekaru 30 a jagorancin coci da ilimin hauza. Littattafansa sun haɗa da "Isuwa Sabon Zamani," "Ketare Gadar: Jagoranci a Lokacin Canji," "Sama na Faɗuwa-Shugabannin da suka Rasa a Sauyi," "Gabatar da Ikilisiyar Mishan," da "Making Map." Ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar rubuce-rubuce na littafin "Ikilisiyar Mishan: Hannu don Aika Cocin a Arewacin Amirka."
Rukunin yanar gizo na farko guda biyu na Roxburgh an shirya su don Mayu 25 a 12: 30-2 pm (Pacific) ko 3: 30-5 pm (gabas) akan batun "Jagora a Duniyar da Ba a Yi Tunani"; kuma a ranar 7 ga Yuni da ƙarfe 12:30-2 na yamma (Pacific) ko 3:30-5 na yamma (gabas) kan jigon “Ƙirƙirar Al’ummar Mishan: Matakai Masu Aiki.” (An sake tsara gidan yanar gizon Roxburgh na biyu zuwa 7 ga Yuni daga ranar 8 ga Yuni da aka sanar a baya)
Batun webinar na biyu yana ginawa akan taron farko. Ba a buƙatar riga-kafin rajista kuma babu kuɗin shiga. Ana buƙatar mahalarta su haɗa minti 10-15 kafin fara simintin gidan yanar gizo. Mahalarta na iya samun 0.15 ci gaba da darajar ilimi don halartar kowane zama na kai tsaye.
Ka tafi zuwa ga www.bethanyseminary.edu/webcast/transformation2010 don shiga cikin gidan yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizo ko don hanyoyin haɗin yanar gizon da ke biyo bayan abubuwan da suka faru. Don ƙarin bayani kafin abubuwan da suka faru a yanar gizo tuntuɓi Stan Dueck, darektan Cocin Brotheran'uwa na Ayyukan Canji, a 717-335-3226 ko sdueck@brethren.org .
8) 'Salama Tsakanin Jama'a' don tattara N. Amurka masu zaman lafiya.
Za a gudanar da taron zaman lafiya na ecumenical, "Salama Tsakanin Al'ummai: Cin nasara da Ruhu, Hankali, da Aiki na Tashin hankali," a Yuli 28-31 a Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary a Elkhart, Ind. Taron zai mai da hankali kan martanin Arewacin Amurka na zamani ga yaki. Ana gayyatar Kiristoci masu zaman lafiya na kowane al'adu da tarurruka.
Babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger yana aiki a Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari, kuma Babban Darakta na Zaman Lafiya a Duniya Bob Gross da Farfesa na Bethany Theological Seminary Scott Holland suma suna da hannu wajen tsara taron.
Saboda karfin wurin, jimillar rajista 160 ne kawai za a karba don taron. Ana ƙarfafa masu sha'awar halartar su yi rajista da wuri-wuri; je zuwa www.brethren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=office_general_secretary .
"Aminci Tsakanin Jama'a" taron shirye-shirye ne na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya taron zaman lafiya na Ecumenical na kasa da kasa - taron cika shekaru goma don shawo kan tashin hankali (DOV) da za a gudanar a Jamaica shekara mai zuwa. Mahalarta za su yi mafarki, ganewa, da kuma tsara matakai na gaba don samar da ingantacciyar shaida ta zaman lafiya a Arewacin Amirka da kuma ƙarfafa majami'u su zama majami'u na zaman lafiya. Za a gabatar da sakamakon taron a babban taron NCC a watan Nuwamba 2010 da kuma taron zaman lafiya na 2011.
Za a ba da gabatarwa ta manyan masu tunani irin su Stanley Hauerwas, Rita Nakashima Brock, da Brian McLaren. Tattaunawa kan al'amuran yau da kullun za su haɗa da mu'amala tsakanin masu gabatarwa da masu sauraro. Za a yi zaman aiki na shawarwari game da ƙoƙarin ecumenical na yanzu kamar Hukumar Gaskiya kan Lamiri a Yaƙi, tattaunawar zaman lafiya mai daidaitawa, da kuma kafa Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Ecumenical ta Arewacin Amurka. Sallar safiya da bautar yamma za su tsara farkon da ƙarshen kowace rana tare da masu wa'azi ciki har da Vincent Harding, Mary Jo Leddy, Leonid Kishkovsky, da John Perkins.
Masu daukar nauyin taron sun hada da Cocin Brothers, Bridgefolk, Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Katolika, Fellowship of Reconciliation and Historic Peace Church Consultative Committee, Cibiyar Nazarin Mennonite, Cibiyar Kroc da Cibiyar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya a Jami'ar Notre Dame. Mar Thomas Orthodox Church, Mennonite Central Committee, National Council of Churches, the Orthodox Peace Fellowship, and the United Church of Christ.
Ka tafi zuwa ga www.brethren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=office_general_secretary or www.peace2010.net don jadawalin da cikakkun bayanan shirin da hanyoyin haɗin rajista na taro. Kudin rajista shine $225 ($250 bayan Afrilu 30), da farashin abinci (cikakken fakitin abinci shine $71.50). Mahalarta sun tsara nasu gidaje, ko kuma suna iya neman zama a cikin gida. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Peace Daga cikin Jama'a, 3003 Benham Ave., Elkhart, IN 46517; info@peace2010.net ko 574-296-6203.
9) Kiristoci na bikin cika shekaru 40 na Ranar Duniya.
Ikilisiyoyi a duk faɗin ƙasar suna bikin Ranar Duniya ta hanyar bikin nagartar Halittar Allah, tare da sanin cewa aikin kulawa yana farawa a wurare masu tsarki na gine-ginen cocinmu da filaye.
Don taimakon ikilisiyoyin don girmama Halitta, Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa (NCC) ta haɓaka albarkatu ranar Lahadi ta Duniya mai taken "Sacred Spaces and An Abundant Life: Worship Spaces as Stewardship." Albarkatun sun haɗa da ra'ayoyi kan makamashi da kiyaye ruwa, da rage masu guba.
A duk faɗin ƙasar, ikilisiyoyin suna amsa kiran kula da wurarensu masu tsarki, ta hanyar ɗaukar mataki don kore ikilisiyoyinsu.
Misali, Ikilisiyar Riverside-Salem United Church of Christ da Almajiran Kristi a Grand Island, NY, tana kan aiwatar da gina wani gini mai dorewa tare da bambaro bale. Cocin Universalist na farko a Minneapolis ya fara cikakken shirin sake amfani da shi wanda ya rage sharar ikilisiya da kashi 65-75.
Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church a Kensington, Md., Shigar da ma'aunin zafi da sanyio da yanayin yanayi, siyan takarda kwafi tare da abin da aka sake yin fa'ida, ya canza zuwa kwafin ra'ayin mazan jiya, ya kawar da amfani da Styrofoam hidimar ware, kuma ya tabbatar da cewa kashi 50 cikin XNUMX na kudaden da aka kashe. wutar lantarki tana tallafawa wutar lantarki. Taken su: “Muna iya zama ginin bulo mai ja, amma muna aiki mu zama coci ‘kore’!”
Ga wasu labaran ranar Lahadi na Ranar Duniya daga ikilisiyoyi a fadin kasar:
A ranar 18 ga Afrilu, St. Mark Presbyterian Church a Newport Beach, Calif., ya yi bikin Ranar Duniya ta amfani da taken ranar Duniya ta NCC. A cewar memba Mary Roberts, "Ya yi aiki da kyau tare da burinmu na shekarar sake nazarin fasalin muhalli na harabar mu." Tsakanin ayyukan ibada sun ba da ayyukan jin daɗi na iyali, nunin salon rayuwar kore, da yawon shakatawa na ƙwararrun Wuri Mai Tsarki na Sa hannu na Audubon da filaye.
Cocin Forest Lake Presbyterian a Columbia, SC, yana bikin “DUKAN HALITTU NA ALLAH, GIRMA DA KANANA…Muhallinsu Ne Wuri Mai Tsarki.” Bikin ranar Lahadin su na Duniya zai ƙunshi shirye-shiryen makarantar Lahadi na musamman da ayyukan hidima.
Westminster Church of the Brothers da ke Westminster, Md., za ta yi hayaniya mai daɗi a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata tare da waƙoƙin yabo daga Hukumar NCC ta Stewards of the Bay albarkatun ga ikilisiyoyi a Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
St. Mark United Methodist Church a Seneca, SC, yana nuna fim ɗin "Kilowat Hours" kowace shekara a ranar Lahadi Ranar Duniya don ajin tabbatarwa. Har ila yau, suna da aji na musamman kan muhalli tare da shawarwari kan kasancewa masu kula da Halittar Allah nagari kuma suna ƙarfafa membobin su kawo nasu jita-jita da kayan azurfa lokacin da suke taron coci, maimakon amfani da kayan da za a iya zubarwa.
Cocin Reconciliation, Ikilisiyar Presbyterian a Chapel Hill, NC, ta yi bikin Halittar Allah duk tsawon wata tare da azuzuwan ilimin manya da ayyukan fasahar ranar Asabar, wanda ya ƙare a hidimar bautar waje a ranar 25 ga Afrilu.
Kara karantawa game da bukukuwan ranar Duniya na waɗannan da sauran ikilisiyoyi akan gidan yanar gizon NCC Eco-Justice Programs a. www.nccecojustice.org/earthday/earthday2010.php . Ana iya sauke albarkatun da aka ambata a cikin wannan labarin daga www.nccecojustice.org/resources .
- Philip E. Jenks na Majalisar Coci ta ƙasa ne ya bayar da wannan sakin.
10) Tunani: Gidan Allah.
“Ko gwara ta sami gida, haddiya kuma tana samun gida, inda za ta sa ‘ya’yanta, a bagadanka, ya Ubangiji Mai Runduna…. Masu albarka ne waɗanda suke zaune a gidanka, Suna raira waƙoƙin yabonka har abada! (Zabura 84:3-4, RSV).
Babbar ƙofar yamma ta St. Paul's Cathedral a London ta buɗe don shigar da jerin gwano mai kayatarwa. Shekarar ta kasance 1958, kuma dukkanin bishop na Anglican communion, fiye da 300 daga cikinsu daga ko'ina cikin duniya, sun kasance a hannun farkon taron su na Lambeth, wanda ake gudanarwa sau ɗaya a kowace shekara 10.
Na kalli lokacin da maƙiyi da ƙetaren giciye suka jagoranci jerin gwanon bishops suna sanye da ja da fari, sai ƙungiyar mawaƙa, primate da manyan birane, a ƙarshe na Archbishop na Canterbury - duk suna tafiya zuwa gaban jirgin ruwa don tsayawa a gaban babban bagadi. . Irin wannan lokaci dole ne ya kasance a cikin tunanin masanin gine-ginen, Sir Christopher Wren, lokacin da ya tsara coci mai cike da alamar alama, mai kyalli a cikin gilashi da dutse, a cikin itace da karfe, wanda zai mamaye sararin samaniyar London.
Bayan ƴan makonni kaɗan a wancan lokacin rani na halarci wani taro, wanda a wannan karon ya ƙunshi ƴan ɗaruruwan Amirkawa da suka zo Schwarzenau a Jamus don shiga tare da abokan Jamus a wurin bikin cika shekaru 250 na farkon Cocin ’yan’uwa. Wataƙila ya dace cewa, daga cikin manyan ayyuka guda uku a lokacin, an gudanar da biyu a cikin tanti da aka tanada tare da Makarantar Alexander Mack a ƙauyen, ɗayan a gefen Kogin Eder inda farkon hidimar baftisma na mutane takwas ya ƙaddamar da sabon. coci.
Akwai wasu jiga-jigan coci a Schwarzenau: Bishop Ernst Wilm na Cocin Evangelical a Jamus, Dokta WA Visser't Hooft, sakataren Majalisar Majami'un Duniya a lokacin, da kuma jami'an 'yan'uwa. Kuma akwai bugu na sabis na sabis a cikin Jamusanci da Ingilishi. Amma ko ta yaya taron bai buƙaci ƙaƙƙarfan wuri mai kyau da tagogi masu tabo ba. Tantin wucin gadi, hasken rana mai laushi, kallon tsaunuka masu jeri, da motsin rafin da ke kusa—duk waɗannan sun ba da gudummawa ga sanin kasancewar Allah da kuma ɗaure tare da ranar da ta shige sa’ad da wasu Kiristoci suka ware kansu daga tilastawa. Gine-ginen coci don neman zurfin fahimtar zaman Allah a cikin jama'ar masu bi.
— An sake buga wannan sashe daga “Move in Our Midst,” Littafin Kenneth Morse game da yanayin ibada da Brethren Press ya buga a 1977, an sake buga shi a nan tare da izini. Wannan ƙaramin littafin takarda yana samuwa don yin oda akan $1.50 da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa; Kira 800-441-3712. Ana samun ƙarin albarkatu masu alaƙa da coci da muhalli daga Brethren Press a www.brethrenpress.com . |
A sama: a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill., a wannan makon, ɗakin sujadar dutse da gicciye an tsara shi ta hanyar bishiyu masu tasowa da furannin bazara. (Hotuna daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford)
Alan Roxburgh zai jagoranci gidan yanar gizon yanar gizo guda biyu masu zuwa a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen da Cocin of the Brothers's Congregational Life Ministries, Bethany Theological Seminary, da kuma Brotheran'uwa Academy for Ministerial Leadership (duba masu zuwa abubuwan da suka faru a kasa).
“Basin da Towel” sabon littafin ne daga Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya, wanda zai gaje mujallun “Kulawa”. Don kwafin samfoti akan layi jeka www.brethren.org/basintowel.
Yan'uwa:
- Tuna: Lois I. Shull, 92, tsohuwar mai wa’azi ta ‘yan’uwa a Indiya, ta rasu a ranar 7 ga Afrilu. Ta kasance mazaunin Timbercrest, wata Cocin of the Brothers retirement community in North Manchester, Ind. An haife ta a ranar 15 ga Yuni, 1917, a Union City. Ind., 'yar William E. da Lula M. (Jackson) Netzley. Ta auri Ernest M. Shull (ya rasu) a ranar 17 ga Agusta, 1937. Tare da mijinta, ta yi aiki daga 1946-64 a matsayin Brethren mishan a cikin mutanen tsaunin Western Ghats a Indiya. A can ta kasance matar fasto, shugaban makaranta, da ma'aikacin jinya. Dawowa Amurka a 1964, ta yi koyarwa na shekaru da yawa a manyan Makarantun Akron da Arewacin Manchester. Ta yi ritaya daga koyarwa a shekara ta 1982. Ta kuma rubuta kasidu da yawa da wani fim mai suna “A Chance to Live.” Ta rubuta rubutun, kuma ta shirya fina-finai uku masu suna "Shepherd of India," "To Meet the Sun," da "The Turn of the Tide,"; wasan kwaikwayo na rediyo mai suna "Kwarin Rana"; da wani littafi mai suna "Mata a Indiya Waɗanda Suka Ci Gaba da Bangaskiya." A bara tana da shekaru 91, ta kammala littafinta mai suna "Splendor in the Dust," tare da taimakon danta James Shull. Ita da mijinta sun daɗe suna hidimar ƙungiyar Rotary ta Arewa kuma sun halarci Cocin ’yan’uwa tun da suka dawo daga aikin wa’azi a ƙasashen waje. Ta bar 'yarta Linda (Shull) Fisher of Liberty, Ind.; 'ya'yan James Shull na Arewacin Manchester, da Daniel Shull na Zionsville, Ind.; jikoki takwas da manyan jikoki 12. An gudanar da bikin rayuwarta a ranar 10 ga Afrilu a cocin Manchester Church of the Brother. Ana iya ba da gudunmawar tunawa ga zaɓin mai bayarwa. Za a iya bayyana ta'aziyya ta kan layi a www.grandstaff-hentgen@yahoo.com .
- Kori Hahn ta fara ne a matsayin mai kula da albarkatun ɗan adam na ɗan lokaci na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa a ranar 13 ga Afrilu. Tana hidima a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Hahn kuma ya ci gaba da zama mai gudanar da taro a Cibiyar Taro na New Windsor.
- Ƙungiyar Taimakon Yara yana neman cikakken lokaci mai kuzari da kuzari darekta zartarwa don jagorantar kungiyar zuwa sabbin matakan ci gaba a cikin aikinta na taimakawa yara su zama masu lafiya, manya masu fa'ida. Babban darektan yana aiki tare da Hukumar Gudanarwa don aiwatar da dabarun manufofin Ƙungiyar Taimakon Yara. Bayyani na alhakin ya haɗa da gudanar da ma'aikata da ayyukan kasafin kuɗi, tabbatar da bin duk dokokin jihohi da tarayya, kimanta bukatun ƙungiyoyi, da aiwatar da ingantawa. Babban daraktan zai yi aiki a matsayin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ma'aikata na ƙungiyar, yana kula da duk fannonin aiki da suka haɗa da amma ba'a iyakance ga gudanarwa ba, kuɗi, tara kuɗi, rarraba kuɗi, dangantakar hukuma, ayyukan al'umma, sadarwa, gine-gine da kula da ayyuka. Babban darektan zai haɓaka haɓakawa da aiwatar da tsarin dabarun ƙungiya, bayar da rahoto kai tsaye ga Hukumar Gudanarwa da haɓaka alaƙa mai ƙarfi tare da Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Kudancin Pennsylvania na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa. Ƙungiyar Taimakon Yara ƙungiya ce mai zaman kanta da ta himmatu wajen taimaka wa yara da iyalansu su gina ƙarfi, lafiyayyun rayuwa ta hanyar samar da jinƙai, sabis na ƙwararru. A matsayin ma'aikatar Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Kudancin Pennsylvania, Ƙungiyar Taimakon Yara wata hukuma ce da ta dogara da bangaskiya cikin dabi'u da imani na Cocin 'yan'uwa. Yana aiki daga wurare uku a Pennsylvania, a Cibiyar Frances Leiter a Chambersburg, Cibiyar Lehman a York, da Cibiyar Nicarry a New Oxford. Yawan sabis ɗin ya haɗa da gidan gandun daji na rikici, sabis na ba da shawara tare da ƙwarewa a cikin fasaha da wasan kwaikwayo, sarrafa shari'a, masu ba da shawara, tallafin iyaye, ilimin al'umma, da layin waya na sa'o'i 24. Falsafar gudanarwa ta ginu ne a cikin mahangar Kirista tare da cikakkiyar daidaitawa wanda aka baje kolin ta yadda ƙungiyar ke da alaƙa da ma'aikatanta, abokan cinikinta, waɗanda suka kafa, da sauran jama'a. Dan takarar da ya yi nasara zai sami damar jagorantar kungiyar da ta dade a tarihin tsakiyar Pennsylvania na kusan shekaru 100 kuma makomarta za ta ginu bisa kyakkyawan tarihin hukumar na hidima da kula da matasan da take yi wa hidima. Abubuwan cancanta da ƙwarewar da ake buƙata: an fi son digiri na biyu, digiri na farko da ake buƙata; Shekaru 3-5 na ƙwarewar gudanarwa a cikin shirye-shiryen da yawa, ƙungiyar ba ta riba ba; mai ƙarfi tsakanin mutane, sauraro, magana da jama'a, gudanarwa, da ƙwarewar ƙungiya; dadi a fadin tattalin arziki, zamantakewa, da layin jinsi; ƙwaƙƙwaran tushe a cikin kuɗi da tattara kuɗi tare da ilimin 501 (c) (3) dokoki da ka'idoji; ƙwarewa a cikin ƙwarewar kwamfuta mai dacewa; fasahar sadarwa ta ci gaba. Ƙaddamar da wasiƙar murfin, ci gaba, da nassoshi masu sana'a guda uku tare da tsammanin albashi ga Christian Miller, 137 East Philadelphia St., York, PA 17401. Ranar ƙarshe don ƙaddamarwa shine Mayu 17.
- Babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger yana daya daga cikin malaman addini 123 da suka rattaba hannu akan takardar "Alkawari don Jama'a," yunƙurin ƙarfafa jawabai na farar hula a ƙarƙashin jagorancin al'ummar Kirista Baƙi a Washington, DC Dubban mutane masu imani ne suka shiga ta hanyar sanya hannu kan sanarwar ta yanar gizo. Alkawari ya dogara ne a kan nassosin Sabon Alkawari kuma ya yi alkawari cewa za a “misali hanya mafi kyau” da kuma “yi ja-gora bisa misali a ƙasar da za a yi magana da jama’a kamar ta lalace.” Gayyata daga shugaban ‘yan gudun hijira Jim Wallis ta ce, “Rikicin siyasa na al’ummarmu ya kai wani sabon mataki mai hatsari. Rashin jituwa na gaskiya game da batutuwan siyasa ya rikide zuwa babban fushi ga abokan adawar siyasa, har ma da barazanar tashin hankali ga 'yan majalisa…. Muhawarar siyasa, hatta muhawara mai karfi, abu ne mai kyau ga dimokradiyya; amma yin kokwanton amincin, kishin kasa, har ma da imanin wadanda muka saba da su, yana da illa ga maganganun dimokradiyya, kuma barazana ko ma nuna yiwuwar tashin hankali ga wadanda siyasarsu ko ra’ayinsu ya bambanta da namu alama ce ta hatsarin kyawawan halaye, kuma hakika wata alama ce ta rugujewar dimokuradiyya.” Ya ba da rahoton tattaunawar sirri da membobin Majalisa da wasu mabanbanta ra'ayoyin siyasa waɗanda ke da damuwa kuma suna neman taimako daga al'ummar bangaskiya. Je zuwa www.civilitycovenant.org don karanta alkawarin da kuma jerin masu sa hannu na farko.
— “Tunaninmu da addu’o’inmu suna tare da mutanen Poland yayin da suke jimamin rashin shugabansu, matarsa, da kuma jami’an Poland da yawa a hadarin jirgin sama,” in ji Kristin Flory a cikin jaridar Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) ta Turai. Flory ita ce ko'odinetan hidimar 'yan'uwa (Turai). Kodayake Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa ba ta da haɗin gwiwar ayyukan BVS a Poland, 'yan'uwa sun kasance wani ɓangare na musayar noma tare da Poland daga shekarun 1950 zuwa farkon 1990s. Musayar "ya ga yawancin masu aikin sa kai na BVS suna zuwa wurin don koyar da Ingilishi a cibiyoyin aikin gona da makarantu, da kuma masana kimiyyar Poland da manoman 'ya'yan itace suna zuwa Amurka," in ji Flory.
- "Basin da Towel" ya fara halarta a wannan watan a matsayin sabon bugu na Cocin of the Brothers Congregational Life Ministries. Ita ce magajin mujallar "Mai Kulawa" na Ma'aikatar Kulawa. An tsara shi a kusa da wuraren hidima a cikin rayuwar jama'a, batutuwa uku da aka buga kowace shekara za su ba da haske da albarkatu masu amfani don ci gaban shugabannin Ikklisiya a fannonin dashen coci, hidimar dijani, nakasa, rayuwar iyali, ma'aikatun al'adu, tsofaffi, ruhaniya da kuma almajirai, canza halaye, da matasa da matasa manya. An tsara batun jigilar kaya zuwa duk masu biyan kuɗi na "Kulawa" na yanzu a ƙarshen wannan watan. Ana samun kwafin samfoti a www.brethren.org/basintowel . Ana iya buga fam ɗin odar biyan kuɗi daga shafin yanar gizon, ko tuntuɓi Diane Stroyeck a dstroyeck@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039.
- Lahadi 2 ga Mayu, ita ce Lahadin matasa na kasa a cikin Cocin Yan'uwa. Ana samun albarkatu don hidimar bautar da matasa ke jagoranta a http://www.brethren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=grow_youth_ministry_resources . Abubuwan da za a iya saukewa sun haɗa da kira zuwa ga ibada, addu'o'i, littafin littafi, ra'ayoyin sadaukarwa da lokacin yara, ƙayyadaddun wa'azi, alheri, da albarkatu don bikin da ƙaddamar da matasa waɗanda ke shirin halartar taron matasa na kasa (NYC). Jigon ɗaya yake da na NYC: “Fiye da Haɗuwa da Ido” (2 Korinthiyawa 4:6-10 da 16-18).
- Majalisar Coci ta kasa (NCC) Zaɓaɓɓen shugabar ƙasar Kathryn Lohre ta yi kira rubuce-rubucen da masana ecumenists masu tasowa suka rubuta shekaru 35 zuwa sama. Maƙalaƙi dole ne su gabatar da jigon, “Ci gaba Tare: Hanyoyi na Matasan Ecumenists na Amurka.” Zaɓuɓɓukan kasidu za su bayyana a cikin kundin tarihin da za a gabatar a taron Centennial Ecumenical Centennial NCC CWS a watan Nuwamba. An yi shirin ne domin bunkasa shugabannin da ke tasowa, da kara ganin ayyukan hukumar ta NCC a tsakanin matasa masu tasowa, da samar da hanyar tattaunawa tsakanin al’umma. Ya kamata maƙala su mai da hankali da farko kan ɗaya daga cikin jigogin da aka jera a ƙasa, kuma yakamata su nemi isar da hangen nesa na marubuci a cikin tauhidi da kuma a aikace: haɗin kai, manufa, Halitta, tattalin arziƙi / al'adun kwaɗayi, asalin Kiristanci da alaƙar addinai, shawo kan tashin hankali. /zauna cikin aminci, shawo kan talauci, shawo kan wariyar launin fata, cin nasara kan jima'i / adalcin jinsi. Don buƙatun ƙaddamarwa da ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.ncccusa.org/essays.html . Dole ne a karɓi cikakkun bayanai a cikin kwafin kwafi da sigar lantarki ta Mayu 1, 12 na yamma (lokacin gabas).
- Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara An gayyace mataimakiyar darekta Judy Bezon zuwa wasu tattaunawa na musamman a wannan bazara, gami da gayyatar da darektan Red Cross ta Amurka mai kula da jama'a don zama wani bangare a taron guguwa na kasa a Orlando, Fla., ranar 31 ga Maris. Taken kwamitin shine "Yara da Bala'i: Tabbatar da Bukatun An biya." Har ila yau, FEMA ta gayyaci Sabis na Bala'i na Yara don zama wani ɓangare na taron taron tattaunawa kan "Saduwa da Bukatun Yara na Musamman a Lokacin Bala'i" a wani taro a kan Afrilu 28. A watan Mayu, Bezon zai samar da gidan yanar gizon yanar gizon sabis na Duniya na Coci akan "Yara , Matasa, da Bala’i” a ranar 4 ga Mayu; kuma za su daidaita rahotanni kan batun “Yara a Bala’i-A ina Suke Tsaya A Yau? Me ke gaba?” a taron Kungiyoyin Sa-kai na Muryar Amurka na VOAD na kasa a ranar 13 ga Mayu.
- New Carlisle (Ohio) Church of the Brothers yana ba da Taron Kwalejin Jagoranci akan jigon, "Ibis na Bishara: Kasancewa da Almajirai," a kan Mayu 14-16. Taron ibada da taron bita zai bincika abin da ake nufi da zama mai himma yayin da Kiristoci ke raba bisharar Yesu Kiristi da almajirtar da su a ƙarni na 21. Dick Shreckhise, mataimakin fasto a Cocin Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brothers ne zai jagoranci taron. Schreckhise ya kammala shirin Fastoci masu mahimmanci, inda ya karanta cocin da ke tasowa a New Zealand da Ostiraliya. Jadawalin ya hada da ibada da koyarwa a yammacin Juma'a daga karfe 7 na yamma, da kuma zaman bita a ranar Asabar daga karfe 10 na safe zuwa 3 na yamma kan kudin rajistar dala $20. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi 937-845-1428 ko Vicki@ncbrethren.org .
- Vinton (Va.) Church of the Brothers ta yi bikin cika shekaru 60 da kafu a ranar 18 ga Afrilu.
- Koyarwar diacon akan zaman lafiya a cikin ikilisiya za a gudanar da shi a ranar 5 ga Yuni a cocin 'yan'uwa na Everett (Pa.). Taron na tsawon yini kan batutuwan warware rikice-rikice da sasantawa ga diyakoki, fastoci, da sauran shugabannin ikilisiya za su haɗa da yadda diakon za su yi aiki a matsayin “masu amsa na farko” a lokacin rikici, haɓaka ƙwarewar sauraro da sadarwa, da koyan cin gajiyar na dama don ci gaban ruhaniya da canji lokacin da rikici ya faru. Bernie Fuska, fasto na Timberville (Va.) Cocin Brothers, mai gudanarwa gundumar Shenandoah, kuma memba na Ma'aikatar Sulhun Ma'aikatan Sadarwar. Don yin rajista tuntuɓi 814-652-5710 ko ecob@yellowbananas.com .
- Ikklisiya a gundumar Atlantic kudu maso gabas sun ba da $5,000 ta Ofishin Gundumar da za a aika zuwa Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa na Haiti.
- Kyautar gundumar Shenandoah ga Haiti Tallafin girgizar kasa ya kai dala 88,811.50 a tsakiyar wata. Jimlar tana wakiltar gudummawa daga mutane da kuma hadayu da ikilisiyoyi 41 suka tattara.
- Kasuwancin Amsar Bala'i na Gundumar Tsakiyar-Atlantic na Shekara-shekara na 30th za a gudanar da shi a ranar 1 ga Mayu a Cibiyar Noma ta Carroll County a Westminster, Md. General abubuwa za a yi gwanjo a karfe 9 na safe kuma gwanjon kwalliya yana da tsakar rana. Ana samun littattafan bayanai a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.
- Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye, wani Coci na 'yan'uwa masu ritaya da ke kusa da Boonsboro, Md., za su karbi bakuncin Gidan Budawa na bazara a ranar 15 ga Mayu daga 1-4 pm Baƙi za su karbi yawon shakatawa na ƙauyen da al'umma, kuma su sadu da ma'aikata da yawancin mazauna. Za a gabatar da nishaɗi da taron karawa juna sani daga mazauna da abokan kasuwanci daga al'umma. Za a samar da kayan shayarwa. RSVP ko samun ƙarin bayani ta hanyar tuntuɓar 301-671-5015 ko 301-671-5016 ko ziyartar www.fkhv.org .
- Kwalejin Manchester da Heifer International suna kafa nuni na dindindin don girmama Dan West, tsohon tsohon ɗan Manchester wanda a cikin 1944 ya kafa Cocin of the Brethren's Heifers for Relief Committee a cikin 1. Tsawon shekaru shirin ya girma ya zama aikin Heifer, sannan ya zama ƙungiyar Heifer International mai zaman kanta. Ƙaddamar da nunin yana farawa da shirin karfe 10 na rana a ranar 2 ga Mayu a Cordier Auditorium a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., harabar. Za a gabatar da nunin da liyafar da karfe 1971 na rana a cikin Laburaren Funderburg. Nunin ya ƙunshi abubuwan tunawa daga rayuwar Yamma, tun daga shekarunsa a matsayin mai ƙi saboda imaninsa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya zuwa hidimarsa a matsayin ma'aikacin agaji a Yaƙin Basasa na Sipaniya zuwa aikinsa na Heifer Project. Ya mutu a shekara ta XNUMX, memba na Cocin ’yan’uwa na rayuwa. Baƙi na musamman za su haɗa da ’yar Yamma Jan Schrock, tsohon darektan hidimar sa kai na ’yan’uwa; da Ray Bowman, ɗaya daga cikin "masu kauye" waɗanda suka raka dabbobin aikin Heifer zuwa ƙasashen waje.
- Al'ummar Peter Becker, wata Coci na 'yan'uwa da ke yin ritaya a Harleysville, Pa., ta gode wa kamfanin kashe gobara na gida tare da gudummawar $5,000. A ranar 29 ga Maris, shugaban Peter Becker / Shugaba Carol Berster, ya gana da shugaban Kamfanin kashe gobara na Harleysville Community Todd Burns don ba da gudummawar. A cewar Berster, "Kowace rana, muna samun lada da kwanciyar hankali da sanin cewa membobin Kamfanin Wuta na Harleysville a shirye suke su yi hidima kuma sun himmatu wajen ceton rayuka. Muna fatan wannan gudummawar ta taimaka wajen kara himma da tunatar da mambobin Kamfanin kashe gobara cewa mazaunan Peter Becker Community suna daraja muhimman ayyukan da suke bayarwa.” |