Aug. 12, 2010
“Yana da kyau a raira yabo ga Allahnmu…” (Zabura 147:1b).
1) Ikilisiya ta sami bayanin fahimta tare da Tsarin Sabis na Zaɓi.
2) Taron yayi la'akari da 'zaman lafiya tsakanin al'umma.'
3) Cocin ’yan’uwa ya shiga koke kan yadda CIA ke kula da fursunoni.
4) BBT ta bukaci shugaban Amurka da ya taimaka wajen kare 'yan asalin kasar.
5) 'Yan'uwa sun ba da gudummawar dalar Amurka 40,000 don magance ambaliyar ruwa a Pakistan.
6) Gundumar Ohio ta Arewa ta hadu akan taken 'yanci.
7) Ana tunawa da Harold Smith don jagorancin Amincin Duniya.
Abubuwa masu yawa
8) Aminci a Duniya yana ba da horo na 'Ba za ku iya dakatar da Kogin ba'.
9) Mundey ya jagoranci webinar akan 'Jagorancin da ke Canzawa.'
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10) Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta sanar da tawagar ma'aikatar wucin gadi.
11) Barkley ya jagoranci ɗakin karatu na Tarihi da Tarihi.
12) Yan'uwa rago: Tunawa, ma'aikata, NYC update, China tawagar, more.
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Sabon kan layi daga Cocin ’yan’uwa: Bincike don taimakawa wajen jagorantar aikin bayar da shawarwari na ’yan’uwa a Washington, DC Ana gayyatar ’yan’uwa da su “gayyace ra’ayoyinku,” in ji Jordan Blevins, jami’in bayar da shawarwari da ma’aikatan shaida. "Wannan shine farkon damar ku don tsara makomar sadarwa da shigar ku da wannan aikin." Nemo binciken a www.surveymonkey.com/s/QWFFXXS .
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1) Ikilisiya ta sami bayanin fahimta tare da Tsarin Sabis na Zaɓi.
Babban sakataren kungiyar Stan Noffsinger da Lawrence G. Romo, darektan Sabis na Zabe na gwamnatin tarayya sun sanya hannu kan takardar fahimtar juna tsakanin tsarin da gwamnatin tarayya ta yi na Zabe na Sabis da Cocin Brothers.
Takardar tana wakiltar yarjejeniyar da za ta fara aiki a yayin da aka dawo da daftarin soja a Amurka. A wannan taron, Cocin ’Yan’uwa da ke aiki ta ’Yan’uwa Hidima na Sa-kai (BVS) za su iya sanya waɗanda ba su so su yi aikin hidima da aka ba su don aikin hidima.
"Yana da kyau a shirya," in ji darektan BVS Dan McFadden. "Ina tsammanin za a yi daftarin? A'a." Babban daraktan kawance na Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya Jay Wittmeyer ya yi tsokaci, "Muna bukatar mu kasance cikin shiri kuma mu kiyaye matsayinmu na tarihi idan dai akwai."
An yi irin wannan yarjejeniya kwanan nan tsakanin Sabis na Zaɓa da Sabis na Sa-kai na Mennonite (MVS) da Cibiyar Sadarwar Ofishin Jakadancin Mennonite. MVS shiri ne na Cibiyar Sadarwa ta Mennonite, wacce ita ce hukumar manufa ta Mennonite Church USA.
McFadden ya lura cewa duka yarjejeniyoyin biyu ’ya’yan itace ne na ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarcen shekaru da yawa da Coci na ’yan’uwa da Mennonites suka yi don su ci gaba da ƙulla dangantaka da Tsarin Sabis na Zaɓa da kuma tanadin juna na waɗanda suka ƙi saboda imaninsu.
Ya ce wani muhimmin sashi na yarjejeniyar shi ne "idan aka yi wani daftarin aiki, Cocin Brethren da BVS za su kasance a cikin damar yin shawarwari da cikakkun bayanai na kasancewa wurin da masu ƙin yarda da imaninsu."
Daga cikin wasu sharuɗɗa a cikin bayanin, Ikilisiya da BVS za su cika wani hakki na doka don sanya madadin ma'aikatan sabis "a cikin ayyukan da ke amfanar lafiyar ƙasa, aminci, da muradun ƙasa"; za a sanya wani jami'in Sabis na Zaɓaɓɓen a matsayin mai haɗin gwiwa ga coci; Sabis ɗin Zaɓi zai ba da sufuri zuwa kuma daga gidajensu don madadin ma'aikatan sabis waɗanda aka sanya tare da BVS; kuma Ikilisiya da BVS za su kula da madadin ma'aikatan sabis da aka ba su. Ana ɗaukar yarjejeniyar a matsayin wucin gadi kuma za a sake duba ta kowane watanni 36.
2) Taron yayi la'akari da 'zaman lafiya tsakanin al'umma.'
Jamal wani musulmi dan gudun hijira daga Zanzibar da Matthew, Bayahude, sun san juna a lokacin da 'ya'yansu ke wasa a wani wurin shakatawa da ke babban birnin Canada, Toronto. Sanin ilimin kwamfyuta Jamal, Matthew ya same shi aiki.
Daga baya, yayin da abubuwan da suka faru a ranar 11 ga Satumba, 2001, suka bayyana, Jamal ya zo gidan Matiyu, yana girgiza. "Yi hakuri, amma ban san wanda zan ce masa ba." Matthew ya gayyato dangin Jamal su raba musu dinner.
Dangantakar waɗannan maƙwabta tana wakiltar "shaida ga yuwuwar zaman lafiya a tsakanin mutane," in ji Mary Jo Leddy, yayin da take jawabi ga buɗe ibadar taron zaman lafiya na ecumenical, "Peace Tsakanin Al'ummai," da aka gudanar a Yuli 28-31 a Elkhart, Ind.
A lokaci guda, martanin da gwamnatin Amurka ta bayar game da 9/11 ya kwatanta "kusa da rashin yiwuwar irin wannan zaman lafiya a zamanin tashin hankalin daular," in ji Leddy. Kusan shekaru 20 wannan marubucin Katolika, mai magana, masanin tauhidi, kuma mai fafutukar zaman jama'a yana rayuwa tare da kuma jagorantar Ƙungiyar Romero House Community for 'Yan Gudun Hijira, mutanen da ke zaune a cikin ƙananan gidaje huɗu a Toronto.
"Saran mu na yau da kullun shine samar da zaman lafiya tsakanin mutane a cikin gidanmu, birni, ƙasa, da sararin samaniya," in ji Leddy. An gayyaci Kiristoci “su yi wa’azi da rayuwarmu, bisharar da za mu iya, ya kamata, mu ƙaunaci maƙiyanmu. Idan muka ƙi maƙiyanmu, za mu zama kamar su.”
Cocin ’Yan’uwa ɗaya ce ta ɗauki nauyin zaman lafiya a tsakanin jama’a, tare da majami’u da dama, ƙungiyoyin jama’a na ƙasa da na jihohi, ƙungiyoyin zaman lafiya da adalci, da cibiyoyin ilimi. Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary ce ta dauki nauyin taron. Sauran masu tallafawa sun kasance Bridgefolk, Cibiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Katolika, Ikilisiyar Presbyterian na farko na Elkhart, Ikklisiya na Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi-Fellowship of Reconciliation Consultative Committee, Indiana Partners for Christian Unity and Mission, Institute of Mennonite Studies, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Malankara Mar Thoman Syria Church. , Mennonite Central Committee, Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church USA and its Peace and Justice Support Network, Mennonite Mission Network, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, Orthodox Peace Fellowship, United Church of Christ, and the University of Notre Dame's Institute na Rayuwar Ikilisiya da Sashen Nazarin Afirka.
Sama da mutane 200 ne suka halarta, ciki har da ’yan’uwa 18 da baƙo na musamman na Cocin ’yan’uwa, Jarrod McKenna daga Ostiraliya, wanda mako guda da ya gabata ya kasance mai jawabi a taron matasa na ƙasa. Yawancin masu rajista sun fito daga Amurka, amma wasu sun fito daga Kanada, Turai, Amurka ta Kudu, Afirka da Ostiraliya, masu wakiltar Cocin Zaman Lafiya, Orthodox, Roman Katolika, Furotesta, da al'adun Cocin Kyauta. Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin ’yan’uwa, ya yi aiki a Kwamitin Ba da Shawara kuma Scott Holland, darektan nazarin zaman lafiya na Seminary na Bethany, ya yi aiki a Kwamitin Gudanarwa.
Aminci Tsakanin Jama'a wani bangare ne na Shekaru Goma don Cire Tashe-tashen hankula, wani shiri na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) wanda ya ƙare a ranar 17-25 ga Mayu, 2011, a cikin taron zaman lafiya na Ecumenical na ƙasa da ƙasa da za a gudanar a Jamaica.
Baya ga Leddy, sauran masu magana sun haɗa da Rita Nakashima Brock, wacce ta kafa co-director na Faith Voices for Common Good. wanda ya yi jawabi a taron buɗe taron kan “Maɗaukakin Hanyoyi ga Kiristoci da Yaƙi”; Linda Gehman Peachey, wacce ke jagorantar Shirin Bayar da Shawarar Mata na Kwamitin Tsakiyar Mennonite na Amurka, ta yi magana game da cin zarafi, cin zarafi na kud da kud, da cin zarafin yara; masanin tauhidi kuma marubuci Brian McLaren, wanda ya yi amfani da misalan labari don nuna yadda zaman lafiya zai iya kasancewa a nan gaba; da Stanley Hauerwas na Jami'ar Duke da Gerard Powers na Jami'ar Notre Dame, wanda ya yi magana da "Just War and Pacifism in Dialogue"; da sauransu.
Wani zama ya yi bitar shekaru goma don shawo kan tashe-tashen hankula kuma ya ba da rahoto game da shirye-shiryen taron zaman lafiya a Jamaica shekara mai zuwa, wanda zai shafi jigogi huɗu: Zaman lafiya a cikin al'umma, zaman lafiya da duniya, zaman lafiya a kasuwa, da zaman lafiya a tsakanin al'umma. Bugu da kari, WCC tana aiki zuwa ga sanarwar Ecumenical kan Zaman Lafiya mai Adalci, in ji wani ma'aikacin da ya bayyana manufar: tsari mai ban sha'awa, gama kai, da kuzari na tabbatar da cewa 'yan adam ba su da tsoro kuma daga bukata; suna shawo kan ƙiyayya, wariya, da zalunci; kuma suna kafa sharuɗɗan dangantaka mai kyau waɗanda suka haɗa da mafi rauni da mutunta amincin halitta.
Masu taron sun tabbatar da tsare-tsare na kwamitin ci gaba na mutane 12 wadanda za su yi la'akari da binciken, shawarwari, da matakai na gaba; yin aiki a hanyoyin tallafawa taron zaman lafiya na 2011; la'akari da samar da cibiyar zaman lafiya; da kuma duba yuwuwar hanyar sadarwar zaman lafiya ta duniya. Don ƙarin bayani game da taron duba www.peace2010.net . Hotuna suna a www.ambs.edu/programs-institutes/IMS/consultations/peace/photos .
- John Bender na Elkhart, Ind., ya ba da gudummawar mafi yawan wannan rahoton.
3) Cocin ’yan’uwa ya shiga koke kan yadda CIA ke kula da fursunoni.
Cocin 'yan'uwa ta shiga a matsayin mai korafi don nuna goyon bayan wani korafi ga Ofishin Kare Bincike na Dan Adam game da shaidar CIA ta keta fursunoni. Kungiyar kare hakkin addini ta kasa (NRCAT) ce ke jagorantar korafin.
Rahoton ya samo asali ne daga wani rahoto da Likitoci don kare hakkin dan Adam suka fitar cewa likitocin CIA da wasu kwararrun likitocin na iya yin gwajin ba bisa ka'ida ba da kuma rashin da'a da suka hada da azabtarwa da fursunonin da ake tsare da su a Amurka.
A cikin bayaninsa na goyon bayan korafin, wanda aka gabatar kafin taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers a farkon watan Yuli, babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger ya ba da misalin Oktoba 2009 "Resolution Against Torture" wanda Ofishin Jakadancin da Hukumar Ma'aikatar Ikilisiya ta amince da shi. A cikin kudurin, hukumar ta ce mambobinta "sun gano abubuwan da suka faru na azabtarwa da kuma yunkurin halatta ayyukan azabtarwa da ba su da hankali," kuma sun ce, "ba za mu yi shiru ba." Wannan kuduri tun daga lokacin da cikakken wakilan kungiyar suka amince da shi.
Ya zuwa karshen watan Yuli, Cocin 'yan'uwa na daya daga cikin kungiyoyin addinai 20 na kasa da kuma kungiyoyin addinai 7 na jihohi da na kananan hukumomi sun shiga NRCAT da sauran kungiyoyin kare hakkin bil'adama da fiye da mutane 3,000 don shigar da ƙarar ga Ofishin Kare Bincike na Dan Adam.
Ofishin Kare Bincike na Dan Adam wani yanki ne na Ma'aikatar Lafiya da Ayyukan Dan Adam. Koken ya bukaci ofishin da ya binciki zargin gwaje-gwajen likitancin da aka yi ba bisa ka'ida ba kamar yadda hukumar tarayya ke da alhakin gudanar da bincike kan zarge-zargen gwaje-gwajen likita marasa da'a da suka shafi batutuwan dan adam.
Duk da haka, darektan NRCAT Richard L. Killmer ya ruwaito cewa DHHS ya amsa korafin a cikin wata wasika zuwa ga Likitoci don Hakkokin Dan Adam. Killmer ya rubuta a karshen watan Yuli a cikin wani rahoton imel ga kungiyoyin da ke shiga cikin korafin "Mun ji takaicin matakin da hukumar ta dauka na kin tabbatar da hurumin wannan korafin da kuma mika koken ga CIA 'domin nazari'. "Tun da CIA ta riga ta musanta zargin, wannan shawarar za ta binne korafin yadda ya kamata, ko da kuwa ba hakan ba ne a sarari," in ji shi.
Tun bayan da DHHS ta mayar da martani, NRCAT da masu korafin sun yi kira ga Shugaba Obama da ya tabbatar da gudanar da bincike mai zaman kansa, cikakke, kuma a bayyane, kuma suna kira ga kwamitocin leken asiri na majalisar dattijai da su yi hakan. NRCAT ta sanar da shirye-shiryen ci gaba da kokarin ta hanyar neman ganawa da ma'aikatan fadar White House don gabatar da jerin masu korafi, tattauna martanin DHHS da kuma tambayar yadda Hukumar za ta tabbatar da cewa an bincika zargin da ya dace.
"Shaidar tana da ban tsoro da ban tsoro," in ji Michael Kinnamon, Babban Sakatare na Majalisar Coci ta kasa, a cikin wata sanarwa daga New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, wanda kuma ya sanya hannu kan korafin tare da NCC da kuma lamba. na darikokin Kirista. "Azzalumai cin zarafi ne ga Allah da kuma kin amincewar duk wani mai imani."
A wani labarin kuma, Cocin ’yan’uwa ta hanyar shirin Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya kwanan nan ya ba da gudummawar $2,000 ga aikin NRCAT. Don ƙarin bayani game da ƙarar je zuwa www.tortureisamoralissue.org .
4) BBT ta bukaci shugaban Amurka da ya taimaka wajen kare 'yan asalin kasar.
A cikin wata wasika mai kwanan ranar 6 ga watan Agusta, Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) ta bukaci shugaba Barack Obama da ya jagoranci gwamnatin Amurka wajen tallafawa sanarwar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan ‘yancin ‘yan asalin kasar.
Wasikar, wanda shugaban BBT Nevin Dulabaum da Steve Mason, darektan ayyukan zuba jari na zamantakewar al'umma na BBT suka sanya hannu, ya nuna cewa kamfanoni na iya samun ƙarin ƙarfafa don kare haƙƙin waɗannan ƙananan ƙananan ƙungiyoyi a cikin manufofin kamfanoni idan gwamnatin Amurka ta nuna ƙarin goyon baya ga. ma'aunin. Bugu da ƙari, wasiƙar ta ce, "Mun yi imanin cewa cancantar amincewa da sanarwar…zai ƙarfafa matsayin Amurka a matsayin mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam a duniya."
Sanarwar da babban taron Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya ya amince da shi a watan Satumba na 2007, ya tabbatar da cewa “’yan asalin ƙasar daidai suke da sauran al’umma, yayin da suka amince da ’yancin dukan al’ummai su bambanta, su ɗauki kansu daban-daban, kuma a ba su wakilci.” Amurka ta kada kuri'ar kin amincewa da kudurin.
BBT ta gano sanarwar a matsayin jagorar da ta dace da dabi'un 'yan'uwa, kuma ta ba da shawarar kamfanonin da suke da hannun jari don aiwatar da manufofin kamfanoni waɗanda ke nuna sanarwar. A watan Mayu, Mason ya wakilci masu hannun jari na ConocoPhillips a tattaunawa da kamfanin mai game da sadaukar da kai ga 'yancin 'yan asalin a duniya. BBT ya kasance tare da ConocoPhillips fiye da shekaru biyar akan wannan batu kuma ya ci gaba da ganawa da wakilan kamfanin.
Don karanta cikakken wasiƙar, je zuwa www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/2010ObamaLetter.pdf . Nemo sanarwar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/2007UNIndigenousPeoples.pdf .
- Brian Solem shine mai kula da wallafe-wallafe na Brethren Benefit Trust.
5) 'Yan'uwa sun ba da gudummawar dalar Amurka 40,000 don magance ambaliyar ruwa a Pakistan.
Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na Cocin 'yan'uwa ya ba da dala 40,000 ga aikin Cocin World Service (CWS) a Pakistan sakamakon ambaliyar ruwa da ta shafi damina. Tallafin yana taimaka wa CWS da ACT Alliance wajen samarwa waɗanda suka tsira daga ambaliya abinci na gaggawa, ruwa, matsuguni, kula da lafiya, da wasu kayayyaki na sirri.
Rahoton halin da ake ciki a yau daga gidan rediyon CWS ya bayyana cewa, ana ci gaba da samun ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya da ambaliya da suka shafi Pakistan a makonnin baya-bayan nan, inda aka yi kiyasin mutuwar mutane 1,600 da kuma miliyan 14. Kimanin mutane miliyan 1.5 yanzu ba su da matsuguni." A cewar CWS, ambaliya da ta fara a yankunan arewacin Pakistan a yanzu ta bazu zuwa larduna hudu da ke da fadin murabba'in mil 82,000, daga cikin fadin kasar mai fadin murabba'in mil 340,132.
Rahoton ya ce "Yayin da ake ci gaba da damina, ruwan na tafiya kasa kamar girgizar kasa da ta shafi lardunan Punjab da Sindh da ke gaba da kudu," in ji rahoton. “Ci gaba da ruwan sama da ambaliya na haifar da matsaloli a ayyukan ceto da na agaji; An wanke gadoji a duk fadin kasar daga ambaliyar ruwa da zabtarewar kasa; rashin kyawun yanayi ya kuma dakatar da jirage masu saukar ungulu na agaji. Jinkirin da aka samu na kayan agaji ya isa wuraren rarrabawa yana nufin cewa dole ne al'ummomin da abin ya shafa su jira tsawon lokaci don matsuguni, abinci, da sauran kayayyakin da ake bukata nan take don rayuwarsu."
CWS yana daidaita martani a cikin yanki mai faɗi, yana aiki a Swat, Kohistan, DI Khan, Shangla da Mansehra gundumomin lardin Khyber Pakhtoonkwa; gundumar Sibbi ta lardin Balochistan; da gundumar Khairpur na lardin Sindh. Kazalika da aiwatar da agaji kai tsaye, CWS tana haɗin gwiwa tare da Shirin Raya Ƙauyen Haɗin kai, Taimakon Bukatu, Gidauniyar Raya VEER, da Shirin Gina Ƙarfin Ƙarfi na Ƙasa. Jimlar mutane 99,000 ko kusan gidaje 13,500 ana yi musu hidima ta hanyar amsawar CWS.
Ya zuwa ranar 6 ga Agusta, CWS ta raba kayan abinci ga dubban gidaje, kuma tana shirin tura tantuna 2,500 a cikin mako mai zuwa. Yana bayar da agajin gaggawa na kiwon lafiya ta hanyar sashin kula da lafiyar tafi-da-gidanka, tare da ƙarin raka'a biyu da za a haɗa su. Sassan kiwon lafiya na CWS a karkashin shirin ‘yan gudun hijira na Afganistan sun gudanar da ayyukan ilmantarwa da matakan kariya daga cututtuka masu yaduwa da ruwa, wadanda suka karu sosai bayan ambaliyar ruwa. A cikin ƴan kwanaki masu zuwa CWS na shirin raba ƙarin ton ɗari na abinci tare da taimakon Ofishin Jakadancin Royal Netherlands da Bankin Abinci na Kanada.
Ana iya ba da gudummawa ga aikin agajin ambaliyar ruwa a Pakistan ta hanyar ba da gudummawa ga Cocin ’Yan’uwa Asusun Gaggawa na Bala’i, je zuwa www.brethren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=give_emergency_disaster_fund .
6) Gundumar Ohio ta Arewa ta hadu akan taken 'yanci.
Taron gunduma na Arewacin Ohio na 2010 ya gudana tsakanin Yuli 30-Agusta. 1 a Jami'ar Ashland (Ohio). Mai gabatarwa Kris Hawk, fasto na ziyara a Akron, Ikilisiyar Springfield na ’yan’uwa, ya zaɓi jigon “Yanci Daga Tsoro, ‘Yanci zuwa Ƙauna,” daga 1 Yohanna 4:16b-21.
Wakilai sun ji taken da aka bayyana a cikin kade-kade da wasan kwaikwayo wanda Junior da Manyan Wasan Kwallon Kaya suka gabatar; a cikin bauta da wa'azi ta mai gudanarwa na Shekara-shekara Robert Alley, fasto na wucin gadi Tom Michaels na Cocin Hartville na 'Yan'uwa, da Hawk; kuma a zaman kasuwanci karkashin jagorancin Hawk da jami'an taro. Baƙi taron sun haɗa da Alley, wakilin 'Yan'uwa Benefit Trust Loyce Swartz Borgmann, da kuma wakilin Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany Fred Bernhard.
Wakilai sun zartar da ƙaramin kasafin kuɗi na gunduma na 2011, amintattun amintattu na Kwalejin Manchester, sun karɓi kuma sun amince da rahotanni daga wakilan gundumomi da ƙungiyoyi, kuma sun zaɓi sabbin membobin hukumar da hafsoshin gundumomi.
A cikin saƙonta na ƙarshe na ranar Lahadi da safe, Hawk ta yi magana game da gwagwarmayar fahimtar zurfin ƙaunar Allah: “Matsalar ita ce ba mu amince da kanmu cikin ƙaunar Allah ba. Kada mu taba kafa soyayya a kan wani abu da za mu iya rasa. Lokacin da muke ƙaunar wasu mutane, za mu zama mafi aminci ga wanda muke cikin Kristi. Ta wurin mu, Allah yana iya ƙaunar sauran mutane sosai. "
Bayan hidimar rufewa, Sherry Reese Vaught, wanda aka naɗa mai hidima a ikilisiyar Maple Grove, da Tom Zuercher, fasto na ikilisiyar Ashland Dickey, an keɓe su a matsayin mai gudanarwa da mai gudanarwa na taron gunduma na 2011.
- John Ballinger ministan zartarwa ne na gundumar Ohio ta Arewa.
7) Ana tunawa da Harold Smith don jagorancin Amincin Duniya.
Harold Smith (89), wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin babban darekta na Aminci a Duniya a ƙarshen 1980s, ya mutu a ranar 21 ga Yuli a Cibiyar Nursing ta Huffman a Bridgewater, Va. Ya kasance minista naɗaɗɗe a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa kuma jajirtaccen shugaban coci. wanda a cikin sauran hidimar sa kai ga cocin ya kasance memba na majami'a na gida da kuma gundumomi kuma ya kasance memba na dindindin na taron shekara-shekara.
Smith ya soma aikinsa don ya kawo salama a duniya ta wajen yin hidima a matsayin wanda ya ƙi yin hidima ga Farar Hula. Ya sami digiri daga Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), Jami'ar Maryland, Jami'ar Amurka da ke Washington, DC, kuma ya halarci Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany. A matakin kasa da kasa, ya yi aiki a matsayin masanin tattalin arzikin noma ta Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka a Thailand, El Salvador, da Philippines; a matsayin mai ba da shawara a Puerto Rico tare da Robert Nathan Associates; kuma a matsayin memba na Ƙungiyar Cibiyoyin Kula da Lafiya ta Ƙasa a Panama.
A cikin 1971 lokacin da MR Zigler ya fara haɓaka Majalisar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya (OEPA) a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa da ke New Windsor, Md., ya yi shawara sosai da Smith wanda a lokacin farfesa ne a fannin tattalin arzikin noma a Jami'ar Maryland kuma mataimakin darektan Maryland Cooperative Extension Service.
A cikin 1983, yana da shekaru 91, Zigler bai iya jagorantar aikin Aminci na Duniya ba kuma an nemi Smith ya zama babban darektan. Ya amsa ta hanyar yin ritaya daga mukamansa a Jami'ar Maryland da Maryland Cooperative Extension Service da kuma karɓar kiran OEPA. A cikin shekaru shida masu zuwa, ya ba da jagoranci na musamman don kafa matsayin OEPA a cikin tsarin Cocin Brothers - musamman, dangantakar OEPA da tsohuwar Hukumar Gudanarwa, da kuma tara kudaden da ake bukata don tallafawa shirye-shiryen OEPA.
Ya kafa MR Zigler Endowment wanda ya girma zuwa sama da $220,000 a cikin shekarun hidimar Smith. Bugu da kari, ayyukan kungiyar 'yan'uwa ta Duniya Peace Academy, shirin OEPA na matasa wanda Zigler ya fara, ya fadada a cikin shekarunsa na jagoranci.
An haifi Smith ranar 12 ga Maris, 1921, a Churchville, Va., ɗan Anuhu David da Minnie Huffman Smith. Ya auri Mary Hoover Smith, wadda ta riga shi rasuwa a ranar 27 ga Maris, 1979. Ya auri Miriam Rohrer Odom Smith, wadda ta rayu. Har ila yau, 'ya'ya mata da ƴaƴan mata Darlene Carol Smith Meyers da mijinta, Gary; Linda Beth Smith Lumsden da mijinta, Chris; James Odom; Clifford Odom da matarsa, Barbara; Curtis Odom; da jikoki da dama, da jikoki, da jikoki. Za a iya aika ta'aziyya ta kan layi ga dangi a www.johnsonfs.com .
- Dale Ulrich ya ba da gudummawa ga wannan tunawa.
8) Aminci a Duniya yana ba da horo na 'Ba za ku iya dakatar da Kogin ba'.
A Duniya Zaman Lafiya da Ikilisiyar Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Harrisburg, Pa., Gayyatar ƙungiyoyi daga ikilisiyoyi da ƙungiyoyin al'umma don halartar "Ba za ku Iya Dakatar da Kogin ba: Canjin Al'umma Na Zamani," Oktoba 28-31. Taron na kwanaki hudu yana mai da hankali kan haɓaka ƙwarewa da ƙarfi na ruhaniya don ƙungiyoyin al'umma marasa tashin hankali dangane da hanyoyin da Martin Luther King, Jr. ya ɓullo don magance sau uku na talauci, wariyar launin fata, da yaƙi da tashin hankali.
Shugaban shirin zaman lafiya na duniya Matt Guynn, daya daga cikin jagororin horon ya ce "Babban dabarar da Sarki ya yi ita ce ta sa al'umma su kasance cikin kyakkyawan fata tare da hada bangarori da yawa don magance wata matsala." "Wannan taron bitar ne ga duk wanda ke son samar da jagoranci na al'umma wanda ke da dabaru, cike da fata, da kuma magance matsalolin da ke haifar da canji."
Mahalarta za su iya sa ran rabawa da yin tunani a kan abubuwan da suka faru, kuma su tafi da wahayi, sayayya, da shirye su ɗauki takamaiman matakai na gaba a cikin al'ummominsu. Ƙungiyoyi daga rukuni ɗaya ko yanki ana ƙarfafa su halarta tare, don ba su damar yin amfani da ƙa'idodi da ƙwarewa ga yanayinsu a gida. Masu shirya taron suna fatan makamashi da bayanan da aka samar za su yi tasiri mai ci gaba, da samar da matakan rage tashin hankali da samar da zaman lafiya.
Taron bitar yana gudana daga Alhamis 6 na yamma zuwa Lahadi 6 na yamma kuma farashin $ 150 ga kowane ɗan takara, wanda ya haɗa da kayayyaki, koyarwa, da abinci. Ba wanda za a juya baya don rashin kudi. Don ƙarin bayani kira Matt Guynn a 503-775-1636 ko ziyarci www.river.onearthpeace.org .
- Gimbiya Kettering ita ce mai kula da harkokin sadarwa na Zaman Lafiya a Duniya.
9) Mundey ya jagoranci webinar akan 'Jagorancin da ke Canzawa.'
Webinar mai zuwa akan "Jagorancin da ke Canjewa!" Paul E. Mundey, babban Fasto na Cocin Frederick (Md.) Church of the Brothers zai jagoranta. "Zuciyar 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 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 gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon zuciyar zuciyar zuciyar zuciyarmu ita ce zuciyar da ke ba da ikon gudanar da harkokin jama'a don ci gaba , "in ji wani faifan bidiyo na taron.
Gidan yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon zai bincika aikace-aikace masu amfani na jagoranci na makiyaya tare da mayar da hankali ga fasto ko jagora a matsayin mai hangen nesa da kuma canji; a matsayin mai gudanarwa na kwamitoci, kwamitoci, ko ƙungiyoyin ma’aikatar; kuma a matsayin mai ba da shawara na kulawa da kuma faɗaɗa bayarwa.
Mundey babban fasto ne na babbar ikilisiya a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, kuma shugaban al’umma ne, wanda ke daukar nauyin ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce da yawa da suka haɗa da sabuwar ma’aikatar lafiya ga matalauta masu aiki. Har ila yau, ya yi aiki a matsayin ma’aikacin Hukumar Ma’aikatun Ikklisiya ta tsohuwar Hukumar ‘Yan’uwa, a lokacin da yake rike da mukaminsa na taimakawa wajen kafa Cibiyar Andrew a matsayin cibiyar albarkatu da yawa don ci gaban jama’a da sabuntawa, da kuma bunkasa “Passing On the Promise ,” tsarin sabunta coci.
Za a ba da gidan yanar gizon a ranar 24 ga Agusta daga 1-2 pm lokacin Pacific (4-5 pm gabas lokaci); kuma a ranar 26 ga Agusta daga 5:30-6:30 na yamma Pacific (8:30-9:30 na yamma gabas). Je zuwa www.bethanyseminary.edu/webcasts . Mahalarta zaman rayuwa suna samun 0.1 ci gaba da darajar ilimi.
Gidan yanar gizon yanar gizon hanya ce ta haɗin kai wanda Cocin of the Brothers's Congregational Life Ministries, Bethany Theological Seminary, da Brothers Academy don Jagorancin Hidima ke bayarwa. Tuntuɓi Stan Dueck, darektan ayyukan sauye-sauye na Cocin of the Brothers, a 717-335-3226 ko sdueck@brethren.org .
10) Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta sanar da tawagar ma'aikatar wucin gadi.
Cocin 'yan'uwa yankin kudu maso gabas ta sanar da wata tawagar ma'aikatar wucin gadi da ta fara aiki a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta, yayin da ake ci gaba da neman shugaban gundumar. Tawagar mai mutane uku ta hada da Wallace Cole, Loretta Sheets, da John Markwood.
Wallace Cole zai ɗauki alhakin tallafin fastoci da shawarwari/tattaunawa, da kuma wurin zama makiyaya, kuma zai zama abokin hulɗar gunduma don ƙungiyar. Loretta Sheets za su gudanar da ayyukan gudanarwa kamar fom da aikawasiku, Labaran mako-mako da hangen nesa, buƙatun addu'a, da sauran ayyuka kamar yadda ake buƙata. John Markwood shine wanda aka zaba na gunduma don taimaka wa ma'ajin Beverly Graeber da duk wani lamari na kudi.
Bayanin tuntuɓar ɗan lokaci don gunduma: southeast@charter.net don imel na gaba ɗaya; Wallace Cole, 3037 Middlebrook Dr., Clemmons, NC 27012, wmcole@bellsouth.net ko 336-766-5743.
11) Barkley ya jagoranci ɗakin karatu na Tarihi da Tarihi.
Terrell (Terry) Barkley zai fara a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba a matsayin darekta na Library na Tarihi da Archives (BHLA), wanda ke cikin Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Daraktan na yanzu Ken Shaffer Jr. ya sanar da murabus dinsa mai inganci Dec. 31 bayan yin hidima fiye da shekaru 20 a matsayin. Shi da Barkley za su yi aiki tare har sai Shaffer ya yi ritaya.
Barkley a halin yanzu ma'aikacin adana kayan tarihi ne a Cibiyar Soja ta Marion (Ala.). Ya taba yin aiki a matsayin mai kula da kayan tarihi / kayan tarihi a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) daga 1993-2005. Ya jagoranci Kwamitin Tarihi na Gundumar Shenandoah, ya ba da gudummawa ga Encyclopedia Brothers, ya yi aiki a kan ’yan’uwa da yawa da kuma kwamitocin da suka shafi Mennonite ciki har da Dattijon John Kline Bicentennial Celebration da Cibiyar Heritage Brothers-Mennonite a Harrisonburg, Va., kuma ya buga “Daya Wane ne Bautawa: Brotheran’uwa Dattijo Charles Nesselrodt na Shenandoah County.”
Ya yi digiri a fannin tarihi / kimiyyar siyasa daga Jami'ar North Alabama, babban digiri na fasaha a tiyoloji daga Citadel, babban digiri na kimiyyar laburare daga Jami'ar Alabama ƙwararre kan ɗakunan ajiya da tarawa na musamman, kuma ya yi karatun digiri na uku. a cikin tarihi da adana tarihi.
12) Yan'uwa rago: Tunawa, ma'aikata, NYC update, China tawagar, more.
- Gundumar Shenandoah tana gayyatar addu'a ga dangin Carlton W. Ruff (89), wanda ya mutu Yuli 30 a Bridgewater (Va.) Retirement Community. Ruff, tare da matarsa, Hilda, na ɗaya daga cikin jagororin kafa gwanjon ma'aikatun bala'i na shekara-shekara na gundumar. Ya kasance memba na Summit Church of the Brothers a Bridgewater. An haife shi a gundumar Augusta, Va., ranar 21 ga Afrilu, 1921, ɗa ne ga marigayi Samuel da Hazel Cook (Kagey) Ruff. Ya yi ritaya daga Jami'ar James Madison, inda ya kasance mai kula da gine-gine da filaye. Ya kuma yi aiki a Celanese Textile, inda ya taimaka wajen tsara kungiyar sannan kuma ya shugabanci a matsayin shugaban kasa na tsawon shekaru 19 a jere. Bayan ya yi ritaya ya yi aiki tare da Ministocin Bala'i na ’yan’uwa a matsayin mai gudanar da ayyuka a wurare daga Virginia zuwa Texas, da kuma a St. Croix da tsibirin Virgin Islands. Matarsa, Hilda, da ’ya’yansa Jerry W. Ruff da matarsa, Bernice; da James E. Ruff da matarsa, Deborah; jikoki hudu da jikoki hudu. An gudanar da taron tunawa a Cocin Summit ranar Agusta 3. Ana karɓar gudummawar tunawa ga Shirin Bala'i na gundumar Shenandoah. Ana samun littafin baƙo na kan layi a www.johnsonfs.com .
- Kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite (MCC) yana bakin cikin mutuwar ma'aikacin da aka kashe a Afghanistan. Glen D. Lapp (40) na Lancaster, Pa., an kashe shi a wani harbi da aka yi a lardin Badakhshan na arewa maso gabashin Afghanistan a ranar 6 ga Agusta, in ji sanarwar MCC. Lamarin dai ya dauki hankulan kasashen duniya matuka. Lapp yana tafiya ne tare da tawagar likitocin 'yan kasar Afganistan hudu, Amurkawa shida, dan Birtaniya daya, da kuma Jamus daya, wadanda dukkansu sun yi aiki tare da wata kungiyar hadin gwiwa ta MCC ta International Assistance Mission, wata kungiyar agaji da ke ba da kulawar ido da taimakon jinya. IAM ta yi aiki a ƙasar tun 1966 kuma tana aika ƙungiyoyin kiwon lafiya na "sansanin ido" akai-akai. Lapp ya kasance cikin ƙungiyoyin baya. An haife shi a Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ɗan Marvin ne da Mary Lapp na Lancaster, kuma memba na Cocin Community Mennonite a Lancaster. A cikin sabis na baya tare da MCC ya taimaka tare da mayar da martani ga guguwa Katrina da Rita. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin jinya a Lancaster, New York City, da Supai, Ariz. Ya yi digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Johns Hopkins da Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas. Zai kammala wa'adinsa na MCC a watan Oktoba, kuma kwanan nan ya rubuta game da shi a cikin wani rahoto, "Inda nake [Afganistan], babban abin da 'yan kasashen waje za su iya yi shi ne kasancewa a cikin kasar. Bi da mutane cikin girmamawa da ƙauna da ƙoƙarin zama ɗan ƙaramin Kristi a wannan sashe na duniya.” A cikin sanarwar da aka fitar ga majami'un Mennonite su yi amfani da wannan Lahadi, MCC ta kira cocin don yin addu'a "don ƙaunatattun Glen, dangi da abokan sauran da suka halaka, ma'aikatan ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwarmu a Afghanistan, mutanen Afghanistan, da mutanen da suka mutu. sun aiwatar da wannan mummunan aiki.” Za a gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar Lahadi, 15 ga Agusta, da karfe 2:30 na rana a Cocin Bright Side Baptist a Lancaster.
- Mark Flory Steury zai cika na ɗan lokaci, matsayi na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mai ba da shawara a Ofishin Babban Sakatare na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Zai taimaka kamar yadda Hukumar Mishan da Ma'aikatar Ma'aikatar ke aiwatar da tsare-tsare, tare da bita da kimanta sashen kula da ci gaba da bayar da tallafi. Zai shiga cikin shirye-shiryen ecumenical, ya taimaka wajen shirya shirye-shirye na 2011 InterAgency Forum, da kuma aiki tare da majalisar zartarwa na gundumomi. Steury kwanan nan ya yi aiki a matsayin zartarwa na gundumar Kudancin Ohio.
- Lina Dagnew ta fara a matsayin mataimakiyar edita na Gather 'Round on Aug. 2. Tara 'Zagaye tsari ne na ilimi na Kirista wanda 'Yan'uwa Press da Mennonite Publishing Network suka buga tare. Dagnew, dan asalin kasar Habasha, ya kammala karatunsa ne a watan Janairu a kwalejin Manchester da ke Indiana, inda ya karanci kimiyyar siyasa da tattalin arziki. A cikin shekarun da ta yi a Manchester, ta yi aiki a Ofishin Harkokin Al'adu da yawa da kuma Ofishin Shugaban kasa, kuma ta kasance mai ba da shawara kan rubuce-rubuce kuma mai koyar da 'yan uwa. Ta kuma yi hidimar horar da shawarwari a Chicago da Montana.
- Kalubale na "Ima Zurfi" daga Coci na Kula da 'Yan'uwa da Ci gaban Masu Ba da gudummawa ya nemi taimako don tara dala 100,000 don tallafawa Asusun Core Ministries na ƙungiyar. “Iyalin ’Yan’uwa da suka damu sun ba da dala 50,000 don rage rabin gibin kasafin kuɗin Ma’aikatunmu,” in ji gayyata ta kan layi. "Suna fatan za su kwadaitar da wasu mutane su 'kai zurfin' don taimakawa wajen kawar da ragowar gibin nan da 15 ga Satumba," Don ba da gudummawa, je zuwa http://www.brethren.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=give_welcome .
- A cikin sabuntawa kan taron matasa na kasa na 2010. matasa sun ba da gudummawar $ 6,250 ga Asusun tallafin karatu na NYC daga cikin mahimmin ajiyar kuɗin da aka dawo dasu a ranar ƙarshe ta taron. Don ƙarin game da NYC 2010 je zuwa www.brethren.org/cob_news_NYC2010 .
- Wakilan Cocin 'yan'uwa zuwa kasar Sin zai taimaka wajen bikin cika shekaru 100 na asibitin Mishan na Ping Ting a ranar 26 ga watan Agusta. Kungiyar za ta hada da Jay Wittmeyer, babban darektan hadin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya; Mary Jo Flory-Steury, babban darektan ma'aikatar, wanda aka haifi mahaifinsa a Ping Ting shekaru 90 da suka wuce wannan Afrilu da ta wuce; da Ruoxia Li, wanda ya girma a wani tsohon yanki na ’yan’uwa a Shouyang, China. Li ta rubuta labarin “Manzo” kan binciken da ta yi kan tasirin ‘yan’uwa a garinsu, wanda aka buga a watan Janairu/Feb. fitowa ta 2010.
- Ma'aikatan Haɗin gwiwar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya sun nemi addu'a ga Michael Wagner, wanda ya tafi Sudan a makon da ya gabata a matsayin ma'aikacin zaman lafiya wanda Cocin Brethren ya goyi bayan Cocin Africa Inland-Sudan. Ya fara aiki a kudancin Sudan a daidai lokacin da kasar ke shirin gudanar da zaben raba gardama na kasa kan yiwuwar ballewar kudancin kasar, wanda za a gudanar a ranar 9 ga watan Janairun shekarar 2011. An gudanar da zaben raba gardama ne bisa yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya da aka cimma a shekarar 2005 tsakanin arewaci da kudancin kasar. kasar.
- Babban daraktan ma'aikatun rayuwa na Congregational, Jonathan Shively ya ba da gudummawar wata kasida ga wani batu na “Jarida na Limamai” da ke mai da hankali kan aikin bishara da faɗaɗawa. Yuli/Agusta Fitowar 2010 ta haɗa da labarin Shively, “Wa’azin bishara: Motsawa cikin Duniya.” Logos Productions Inc. ne ya buga Jaridar Clergy a matsayin hanya don ci gaban kai da sana'a ga fastoci da shugabannin ministoci. Don ƙarin je zuwa www.logosproductions.com .
– Aikin sake gina ambaliyar ruwa a Ma’aikatun ‘Yan’uwa a Indiana Rahoton ya fara ne a makon da ya gabata ta hanyar tashar WWLFI ta 18 a Lafayette, Ind. Nemo shi a www.wlfi.com/dpp/news/local/Rebuilding-continues-along-river .
- Gabatarwa mai zuwa, "Afganistan da Bayan: Andrew Bacevich akan Hanyar Amurka zuwa Yaƙin Dindindin,” Sam Smith, wanda ke aiki a matsayin mashawarcin shedar zaman lafiya ga Cocin ’yan’uwa ya ba da shawarar ga ’yan’uwa a yankin Chicago. Bacevich, farfesa na tarihi da dangantakar kasa da kasa a Jami'ar Boston, zai yi magana a Haikali na Chicago a ranar 19 ga Agusta, 7-8 pm Shi ne marubucin "Ilimits of Power and the New American Militarism," kuma rubutunsa ya bayyana. a cikin "The Atlantic Monthly," "The Nation," "The New York Times," "The Washington Post," da kuma "The Wall Street Journal." Tuntuɓar ssmith@brethren.org .
- An ba da gudummawar littafin 'yan'uwa ga Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) ɗaya daga cikin sanannun kwafin littafin waƙar ’yan’uwa na farko da aka buga a 1720 a Berleberg, Jamus, bisa ga wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. Joyce DeBolt Miller, wadda ta sauke karatu daga kwalejin a 1954, da mijinta, Richard, sun ba da gudummawar littafin ga ɗakin karatu na tunawa da Alexander Mack a Bridgewater. Ma'auratan sun sami shafin 464, ƙarar daure da fata a wani gwanjon Ephrata, Pa., shekaru 10 da suka gabata. Sun lura cewa littafin waƙar ba a san wanzuwarsa ba har sai da aka fara gano shi a Jamus a shekara ta 1958 ta ’yan tarihi na Brothers Donald da Hedda Durnbaugh. Daga cikin kaɗan na kwafin da aka sani a duniya, biyu yanzu mallakar Kwalejin Bridgewater ne. Tuntuɓi Andrew Pearson, darektan ɗakin karatu, a 540-828-5410 ko apearson@bridgewater.edu .
— Bugu na “Muryar ’yan’uwa” na Agusta Nunin gidan talabijin na al'umma mai taken "Tuna Hiroshima da Nagasaki-Kada Mu Manta" akan Shekaru 65 na tashin bam na farko. Sama da 20 na waɗannan shekarun ’Yan’uwa na Sa-kai suna ba da daraktoci na Cibiyar Abota ta Duniya da ke Hiroshima. Michiko Yamane, memba na hukumar, yana ba da rangadin shakatawa na Hiroshima Peace Park. Brent Carlson ne ya dauki nauyin shirin, wanda kuma ya yi hira da Mito Kosei, wanda ya tsira daga harin bam na Hiroshima. Bugu da kari, an nuna Jacob Crouse tare da wakarsa ta lashe taron matasa na kasa, “Akwai Fiye da Haɗuwa da Ido.” Buga na Satumba zai ƙunshi ƙungiyar Mutual Kumquat. Ana samun kwafi na Muryar Yan'uwa daga Portland Peace Church of the Brother don gudummawar $8. Tuntuɓar Groffprod1@msn.com .
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. Jordan Blevins, Alan Bolds, Joan Daggett, Mary Jo Flory-Steury, Ed Groff, Mary K. Heatwole, Jeri S. Kornegay, Karin L. Krog, Emily LaPrade, Stan Noffsinger, Jonathan Shively, Sam Smith, Jane Yount sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoto. Newsline yana fitowa kowane mako, tare da batutuwa na musamman idan an buƙata. An shirya fitowa na yau da kullun na gaba a ranar 25 ga Agusta. Ana iya sake buga labaran labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen. Don cire rajista ko canza abubuwan da kuka zaɓa na imel je zuwa www.brethren.org/newsline .