Bari 5, 2010

“Ku yi zaman lafiya da juna” (Romawa 12:16).

LABARAI
1) Kwas ɗin jadawali na Seminary don sabon alkibla tare da tsare-tsare.
2) Tuntubar juna tsakanin al'adu na murna da bambancin cikin jituwa.
3) Ana tsare masu sa kai na BVS daga Jamus saboda rashin biza.
4) Wakilin coci ya halarci 'Beijing + 15' kan matsayin mata.

KAMATA
5) Shaffer ya yi ritaya daga Littattafan Tarihi da Tarihi na Brothers.

fasalin
6) Masu sa kai na BVS a Turai suna yin tunani akan abubuwan da suka faru.

Yan'uwa: Gyara, tunawa, ma'aikata, buɗe aiki, ƙari (duba shafi a dama)

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1) Kwas ɗin jadawali na Seminary don sabon alkibla tare da tsare-tsare.

A taronta na Maris 2010, Kwamitin Amintattun Seminary Seminary na Bethany ya amince da wani shiri mai mahimmanci don jagorantar aikin makarantar hauhawa ta hanyar 2015. Makarantar Bethany ita ce makarantar kammala karatun digiri da kuma makarantar koyar da ilimin tauhidi na Cocin Brothers, dake Richmond, Ind. .

Ƙaddamar da shirin ya nuna alamar kammala wani mataki a cikin ci gaba da aiwatar da Bethany na haɓakawa, aiwatarwa, da kuma tantance dabarun dabarun makarantar hauza.

Sake fasalin manufa da hidimar Bethany don magance ƙalubalen samar da ingantaccen ilimin tauhidi a cikin ƙarni na 21 ya kasance cikin jerin fifikon Ruthann Knechel Johansen lokacin da ta zama shugaban ƙasa a 2007. Shawarar ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin masu ba da izini na makarantar hauza don kimanta rajista da haɓaka cikakkiyar rajista. shirin tantancewa, da kuma gabatowar tsare-tsaren tsare-tsare na lokacin, sun jaddada bukatar magance matsalar.

Johansen kuma yayi la'akari da abubuwan waje waɗanda ke tasiri fahimtar ilimin tauhidi. “A cikin shekaru da yawa da suka shige, an sami manyan canje-canje a cikin dukan ƙungiyoyin Kirista: a cikin ikilisiyoyi da gundumomi na Cocin ’yan’uwa, da kuma a Amurka da kuma al’adun duniya, wanda ya kai ga lura cewa muna rayuwa a bayan- Lokacin Kiristanci,” in ji ta. "Sake yin la'akari da manufar Bethany da hangen nesa yana gayyatar haske da yuwuwar faɗaɗa su a cikin fuskantar manyan ƙalubale."

Johansen ya kusanci tsarin ta hanyar gayyatar mutane daga ƙungiyoyin mazabu da yawa zuwa tattaunawa. Wannan ya haɗa da tarurrukan haɗin gwiwa da yawa na hukumar, malamai, da ma'aikata, gami da tattaunawa mai hangen nesa da aka sanar ta hanyar ba da labari da raba kai, da kuma hutun karshen mako da tallafi daga Cibiyar Koyarwa da Koyarwa ta Wabash a Tauhidi da Addini da Faith Kirkham Hawkins ke jagoranta. .

Ta wannan tattaunawar ta bayyana a sarari cewa za a yi amfani da jagorar Bethany ta gaba ta hanyar riko da ƙirƙira da haɗa ainihin shaidar Cocin ’yan’uwa waɗanda ke ba da gudummawa ga canjin aikin Allah a cikin ikilisiya da kuma duniya.

A cikin Oktoba 2008 hukumar ta karɓi kuma ta amince da takardar jagorar dabarun bisa tattaunawar da Johansen ya tsara. Takardar ta gabatar da kalubalen da ke fuskantar makarantar hauza, da manufofin magance kalubale, da dabarun cimma manufofin. Hukumar ta kuma amince da kafa kwamitin tsare-tsare don ba da fifiko kan dabarun da kuma tsara lokaci da ma'auni don cimma manufofin.

Bayan shekara guda hukumar ta amince da sabon manufa da bayanin hangen nesa, wanda za'a iya kallo a www.bethanyseminary.edu/about/mission . Sabuwar sanarwar manufa tana karanta, "Makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany tana ba wa shugabanni na ruhaniya da ilimi ilimi na jiki don yin hidima, shelar, da rayuwa fitar da 'salama' ta Allah da zaman lafiyar Kristi a cikin coci da kuma duniya."

Johansen ya kwatanta bayanin manufa ta wannan hanya: “Ilimi na jiki yana dogara ne akan rayuwa da aikin Yesu Kristi, yana mai da hankali kan yanayin tarihin rayuwarsa, mutuwarsa, da tashinsa daga matattu da kuma kira maras lokaci na ɗaukan misalinsa na kula da halittun Allah. son maƙwabci da maƙiyi, da kuma bauta wa marasa ƙarfi da matalauta ta wurin zama na Ruhu Mai Tsarki. Yayin da muke yin wannan salon rayuwa na musamman, muna fuskantar ‘shalom’ na Allah da salamar Kristi, sulhu da Allah da kuma kai cikin sulhu da wasu a tsakanin bambancinmu.”

Tare da manufa da bayanan hangen nesa a matsayin jagora, Kwamitin Tsare Tsare Tsare-tsare ya sake duba shawarwari 22 daga takardar jagorar dabarun tare da rarraba su zuwa manyan abubuwan da suka fi dacewa guda bakwai tare da raka'a na manufofi da ayyuka. Maƙasudin sun mayar da hankali kan ɗabi'un ilimi da muhalli; mayar da hankali kan manhaja, haɗin kai, da faɗaɗa shirin ilimi; da kuma ba da kuɗaɗe don sabbin tsare-tsare. Kowane ɗawainiya yana da ƙayyadaddun lokaci don kammalawa, alamomi masu aunawa don cikawa, da ayyukan ma'aikata.

Aiwatar da shirin kima mai gudana zai kammala da'irar aikin da ke da alaƙa da tsarin jagorar dabarun. An dauki Karen Garrett na Eaton, Ohio, a matsayin mai gudanar da kima. Tana da digiri na biyu daga Bethany da digiri na biyu a fannin ilimi tare da ƙwarewa a cikin manhaja da tantancewa. A taron da za a yi nan gaba, 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.

Sa’ad da yake kwatanta yadda sabuwar ja-gorar Bethany za ta tsara aikin makarantar hauza, Johansen ya ce, “Shirya ɗalibai don ayyukan addini a yau ya ƙunshi fiye da ba su ilimi na Littafi Mai Tsarki da tauhidi da basira don yin ayyukan hidima. Bethany dole ne ya samar da mahallin da albarkatu don fahimtar abubuwan da ke faruwa a yanzu dangane da abubuwan da suka gabata da kuma na gaba, kamar aikin 'farfadowa' wanda ke shirya shugabanni don mahallin jam'i, haɓaka manhaja a cikin nazarin rikice-rikice, ba da darussan da suka kawo Matiyu 25 da Matiyu 28 tare a cikin tattaunawa, da kuma fassara mahimmancin makarantar hauza a matsayin tushen ilimi mai mahimmanci don bincike da fassarar da shaida ga tambayoyin gaggawa da ke fuskantar coci da al'umma.

"Ilimin jiki yana canza koyarwa da ƙwarewar koyo domin yana gayyatar mu mu rungumi hanyar ƙauna ta Kristi kuma mu ci gaba da aikin Yesu - cikin hidima, cikin sauƙi, da kuma neman zaman lafiya da adalci ga mutane da duniya."

- Marcia Shetler darektar hulda da jama'a ce ta Bethany Theological Seminary.

2) Tuntubar juna tsakanin al'adu na murna da bambancin cikin jituwa.

"Ku zauna lafiya da juna" (Romawa 12:16). Da aka zana wahayi daga Romawa 12:15-17, membobin Cocin ’yan’uwa kusan 100 ne suka taru don sujada da aiki tare a Camp Harmony a Pennsylvania. Daga ranar 22 zuwa 25 ga Afrilu, sansanin ya karbi bakuncin mutane daga ikilisiyoyi a fadin Amurka da Puerto Rico, wadanda ke wakiltar kabilu da yawa da suka hada da Amurkawa Ba'amurke, farar fata Amurkawa, da masu magana da Spanish daga ko'ina cikin duniya.

Wanda a baya aka san shi da Bikin Bikin Al'adu da Shawarwari, wannan Shawarwari da Bikin Al'adu na 12 na ci gaba ne na aiki daga shekarun baya da kuma motsi a cikin sabon alkibla, wanda Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Al'adu na darikar da Rubén Deoleo, darektan ma'aikatar al'adu ta kasa ke jagoranta.

Akwai zaɓuɓɓukan ayyuka iri-iri don mahalarta. Fasto Tim Monn na Midland (Va.) Church of the Brothers ne ya jagoranta taron nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki akan muhimman dabi'u da bambance-bambancen 'yan'uwa. Wani babban taron bita akan Bayanan Salon Abokai ya binciko bambancin ɗaiɗaikun ɗaiɗaiku da na al'adu, ƙarfafa ƙarfi da kyaututtuka yayin gano ƙwarewa don ƙarin fahimta da hana rikici mara aiki, wanda Barbara Daté na Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Al'adu da Al'adu da Oregon da gundumar Washington suka koyar. Stan Dueck, darektan Canje-canje na ɗarikar ya gabatar da wani zama kan jagoranci. Kamar ko da yaushe, an yi ibada mai ɗorewa a cikin salo da harsuna iri-iri wanda ya kasance mai gyara ga mahalarta da yawa.

Fasto Samuel Sarpiya na Rockford (Ill.) Community Church of Brothers and on Earth Peace ne ya gabatar da wa'azin bude taron tare da saita yanayin taron. Ya yi magana da kakkausar murya game da yadda gadon zaman lafiya na cocin ya yi tasiri a aikinsa a cikin al'ummar Rockford sakamakon harbin da 'yan sanda suka yi a wata unguwar bakar fata. Sarpiya ya tunatar da shawarwarin cewa yin aiki don samar da zaman lafiya muhimmin tushe ne ga taron jama'ar al'adu da yawa da kuma muhimmin sako don rabawa ga sauran al'ummominmu.

Kimanin ikilisiyoyi 20 ne suka kawo kuma suka raba abincin da maraice na ranar Juma’a daga gundumar da ta karbi bakuncin Western Pennsylvania, suna ba da jiyya ta hanyar girke-girke na “gargajiya” na Jamusanci/Turai.

Hidimar na wannan dare ta ƙunshi Ray Hileman, fasto na Miami (Fla.) Cocin Farko na ’Yan’uwa. Kafin gaurayawan rukunin masu halartar shawarwari da membobin gundumar mai masaukin baki, ya kalubalanci majami'u da su fara aiki mai zurfi don zama al'adu daban-daban. Ya yi maganar zama kabila ɗaya (mutum), al’ada ɗaya (Kirista), da kuma haɗin kai da launi ɗaya (ja, wakiltar jinin Yesu da aka zubar dominmu). An ba Carol Yeazell lambar yabo ta “Ruya ta Yohanna 7:9 Diversity Award” na uku don goyon bayanta na ma’aikatun kabilanci da na al’adu.

Don Mitchell na Harrisburg (Pa.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa ne ya jagoranci rufe ibada a ranar Asabar. Ba tare da wa'azi na yau da kullun ba, sabis ɗin mai ban sha'awa ya ba da damar masu halarta su sami jituwa ta irin waɗannan kiɗan daban-daban kamar gabatarwar jazz na Latin mai tasiri, waƙoƙin kiɗan Mutanen Espanya da yawa, waƙar Haiti, waƙoƙin bishara na Afirka-Amurka na al'ada, waƙar "Move In Our Midst," da kuma mashahurai mawakan yabo. Sabis ɗin ya ƙunshi tunani ta Belita Mitchell, fasto na Cocin Farko Harrisburg; Joel Peña, fasto na Iglesia Alfa y Omega a Lancaster, Pa.; da Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Ma’aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life.

Nadine Monn, Marisel Olivencia, Gilbert Romero, Jaime Diaz, da Ruby Deoleo ne suka samar da fassarar Turanci zuwa Sifen don ayyukan ibada da taron gama gari. Dukkan ayyukan ibada guda uku, lokutan taro na kiɗa, zaman Stan Dueck, da taron bita na Tim Monn an haɗa su ta yanar gizo tare da haɗin gwiwar Bethany Seminary Theological Seminary, tare da taimako daga Enten Eller, darektan Ilimin Rarrabawa da Sadarwar Lantarki na Seminary. Akwai rikodi a www.bethanyseminary.edu/webcast/intercultural2010 .

A cewar sanarwar manufa ta Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Al’adu, wannan taron na shekara-shekara an yi shi ne don haɓakawa da ƙarfafa Cocin ’yan’uwa ta hanyar haɗin kai a matsayinmu na mutane masu launuka iri-iri, yin koyi ga babban coci albarkacin kasancewa ɗaya a matsayin mutanen Allah. Mahalarta taron sun koma ikilisiyoyinsu sun sake samun kuzari kuma da sabbin ra'ayoyi game da yadda za su kasance cikin al'ummar Kiristanci mai al'adu.

- Gimbiya Kettering ita ce mai kula da harkokin sadarwa na Zaman Lafiya a Duniya, kuma Nadine Monn mamba ce a Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Al'adu. Mamban kwamitin Barbara Daté ita ma ta ba da gudummawa.

3) Ana tsare masu sa kai na BVS daga Jamus saboda rashin biza.

Wani matashin Bajamushe mai suna Florian Koch, wanda ya yi hidima a Amurka ta hanyar hidimar sa kai ta ’yan’uwa (BVS) da hukumomin shige da fice suka tsare sama da mako guda a watan Afrilu. An ki amincewa da bukatar tsawaita bizarsa kuma BVS na cikin shirin gabatar da kudirin sake duba batun hana bizar, lokacin da aka tsare Koch a lokacin da yake hutu a Florida ta bas.

An tsare dan agajin ne a ranar 19 ga Afrilu lokacin da jami'an shige da fice suka duba wadanda ke cikin motar da yake ciki. An tsare shi ne a wata cibiyar tsare shige da fice ta Amurka da hukumar kwastam (ICE) a bakin Tekun Pompano, a yankin Miami mafi girma.

A ranar 28 ga Afrilu an sake shi a matsayin fita na son rai, bayan Cocin ’yan’uwa ta riƙe lauyan shige da fice kuma ta saka takardar shaidarsa. Yanzu bisa doka ta ba shi izinin zama a kasar na tsawon kwanaki 60 domin ya kammala zamansa a Amurka.

A lokacin da ake tsare da shi tare da ICE, Koch an ɗan yi masa barazanar canja shi zuwa wata cibiyar tsare mutane a wani wurin da ba a bayyana ba. An kai shi filin jirgin sama na Miami tare da wasu gungun wasu fursunoni 150 da za a sanya su a jirgin sama - mai yiwuwa zuwa Louisiana, in ji BVS. A ƙarshe, duk da haka, ICE ta ajiye shi a Florida har sai an sake shi a ranar Larabar da ta gabata.

Koch yana aikin sa kai ne a gidan Samari da ke Atlanta, Ga., ƙungiyar da ke hidimar maza da mata marasa gida ta hanyar shirye-shiryen aiki da gidan abinci mai suna Café 458. Ya zo BVS ta hannun EIRENE, ƙungiyar sa kai ta Jamus da ke ba da masu sa kai 12-15 kowannensu. shekara ta BVS kuma yana da alaƙa mai ƙarfi na tarihi tare da Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, wanda shine ɗayan ƙungiyoyin kafa uku a cikin 1957 tare da Mennonites da Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Ma'aikatan BVS, EIRENE, Gidan Samariya, da Cocin 'Yan'uwa; mambobin kwamitin na Community of Hospitality, kungiyar samar da gidaje ga Koch a Atlanta; kuma iyayen Koch duk sun yi aiki tuƙuru don a sake shi.

Da samun labarin tsare Koch, darektan BVS Dan McFadden ya tashi zuwa Miami inda ya isa ranar 23 ga Afrilu don yin aiki da kansa don samun sakinsa. Shi da membobin hukumar Baƙi sun yi aiki don ganowa da kuma riƙe lauyan shige da fice a yankin Miami. Haka kuma masu ba da shawara a Jojiya sun tuntubi mambobin Majalisar game da batun nasa.

McFadden ya ci gaba da tuntuɓar Koch ta hanyar kiran tarho na yau da kullun, ya sadu da shi lokacin da cibiyar tsare mutane ta ba da izinin baƙi a ƙarshen mako, kuma ya kasance a wurin don karɓar Koch lokacin da aka sake shi kuma ya raka shi zuwa Atlanta.

A Jamus, darektan EIRENE Ralf Ziegler da iyayen Koch sun ba da shawarar a sake shi tare da ofishin jakadancin Amurka a Frankfurt, da kuma ofishin jakadancin Jamus a Miami. Babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger ya faɗakar da shugabannin Majalisar Coci ta ƙasa game da lamarin kuma da kansa ya je ofisoshin ICE a Chicago don buga takardar.

BVS da masu sa kai na kasa da kasa ba su fuskanci irin wannan sakamako na shari'a ba a baya kan batutuwan shige da fice, a cewar McFadden. Ko da yake a cikin 'yan watannin nan an hana wasu masu aikin sa kai na duniya da yawa tare da BVS ƙarin biza, sun ci gaba da yin hidima a Amurka yayin da ake aiwatar da ƙararrakin.

BVS za ta sake duba hanyoyinta na biza ga masu sa kai na duniya, in ji Noffsinger.

"Yayin da Florian yana da ɗimbin shaidu da masu ba da shawara da ke aiki a madadinsa a cikin tsarin, dubbai suna ci gaba da tsare, galibi ba tare da masu ba da shawara ba," in ji Noffsinger. “Mene ne aikinmu na coci don abokantaka da baƙon da ke cikinmu, mu ziyarta tare da raka waɗanda aka ɗaure, da kuma neman adalci da adalci? Wannan lamarin ya dora mana alhakin sanar da mu kuma mu shiga cikinmu saboda damuwarmu ga ‘yar uwarmu da ‘yan uwanmu.

4) Wakilin coci ya halarci 'Beijing + 15' kan matsayin mata.

Rahoton mai zuwa daga Doris Abdullah, wakilin Cocin ’yan’uwa a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, ta ba da rahoton abin da ya faru a Hukumar Kula da Matsayin Mata ta 54:

To ko menene taron na 54 na Hukumar kan Matsayin Mata daga ranar 1-12 ga Maris a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a New York ko ta yaya? Shin don tantance matsayin mata ne shekaru 15 bayan sanarwar da dandali na birnin Beijing (wanda aka gudanar a shekarar 1995), ko kuwa bikin ne da matan duniya suka rungumi 'yan uwantaka a matsayin daya da manufa daya ta magance wariyar launin fata da da'awar jikinmu. a matsayin namu?

Duk tauye haƙƙin ɗan adam akan mata - ko dai an bayyana su cikin tashin hankali, matsananciyar talauci, rashin ilimi da horo, rashin lafiya, rashin wakilci ko shiga cikin gwamnati ko tattalin arziƙi - duk an haɗa su cikin ci gaba da nuna wariya ga mata da yarinya. yaro, da rashin kula da jikinmu. Zan iya cewa makonni biyun sun binciki duk abubuwan da ke sama kuma sun ba wa matan duniya kyan gani ga kansu da kuma wasu abubuwan fashewa da rashin fahimta a wasu lokuta tare da mutunta juna da kuma ado.

Daukakar hazaka, hazaka wajen fuskantar tashin hankali, da mata masu ilimi na ban mamaki waɗanda suka sami nasarori masu ban mamaki…. Na nufi taron tattaunawa a Salvation Army, jami'o'i, otal-otal, da Cibiyar Coci a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, domin in kasance kusa da masu magana kuma in ji su a cikin ƙaramin wuri. Waɗannan abubuwan da suka yi kama da juna sun cika da ra'ayoyi na tunani daga waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar mata, cibiyar tallafawa mata ta duniya, da waɗanda ke raba buƙatu ɗaya. A cikin waɗannan al'amuran, ana iya yin taron tare da wakilai daga kowane wuri a duniya.

Masu magana da rukunin yanki guda biyar sun fito daga Argentina, a madadin MERCOSUR da Associated States; Chile, a madadin kungiyar Rio; Equatorial Guinea, a madadin rukunin Afirka; Samoa, a madadin Dandalin Tsibirin Pacific; da Yemen, a madadin rukunin 77 da kasar Sin.

Duk da yake ban yi ƙoƙarin ɗaukar mafi kyawun magana daga irin waɗannan manyan gabatarwa iri-iri ba, ina tsammanin Louise Croot, shugabar ƙungiyar NGO ta Ƙungiyar Mata ta Jami'a, ta faɗi kalmomi shida waɗanda ke wakiltar abin da duka makonni biyu suka yi ƙoƙarin isarwa: " Hakkokin dan Adam ma hakkin mata ne”.

Kuma zan kara da cewa, ya kamata duk gwamnatoci da cibiyoyinsu a cikin al'ummomi su mutunta wadannan hakkoki. An nakalto daga dandalin wasan kwaikwayo na Beijing cewa: "Daidaita tsakanin mata da maza lamari ne na 'yancin ɗan adam kuma sharadi ne na tabbatar da adalci a zamantakewar al'umma, haka nan kuma wani abu ne da ya zama dole kuma na asali don daidaito, ci gaba, da zaman lafiya."

- Doris Abdullah ita ce shugabar kwamitin kare hakkin bil'adama ta NGO mai zaman kanta don kawar da wariyar launin fata, wariyar launin fata, kyamar baki, da rashin haƙuri mai alaƙa. Ta lura cewa yawancin tattaunawa da jawabai da aka bayar yayin taron "Beijing + 15" ana samun su a www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing15/index.html .

5) Shaffer ya yi ritaya daga Littattafan Tarihi da Tarihi na Brothers.

Ken Shaffer Jr., darekta na Brethren Historical Library and Archives (BHLA), ya sanar da yin murabus daga ranar 31 ga Disamba. Ya yi aiki fiye da shekaru 20 a matsayin.

Ya fara aiki da Cocin 'yan'uwa a watan Agusta 1970 a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga ci gaban manhaja na tsohuwar hukumar gudanarwa. Daga 1987-89 ya kasance editan "Jagorar Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki." Daga 1972-88 ya yi aiki a Bethany Theological Seminary a Oak Brook, Ill. Matsayinsa a Bethany sun haɗa da manajan kantin sayar da littattafai, ma'aikacin laburare na saye, mataimakin gudanarwa ga shirin Doctor of Ministry, da darektan ɗakin karatu.

A cikin Janairu 1989 ya fara zama darektan BHLA. Yana da alhakin tarin tarin kayan tarihi da aka ajiye a cikin ginshiki na Cocin of the Brethren General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Tare da takardun da aka rubuta a sabon Alkawari na Jamus na 1539, ma'ajiyar tana adana littattafai, bayanai, da kuma abubuwan da ke da muhimmanci a tarihi. . Shaffer yana taimaka wa masu bincike, yana ba da bayanai don shirye-shiryen coci da ayyukan, yana aiki a matsayin haɗin gwiwar ma'aikata na Kwamitin Tarihi na 'Yan'uwa, yana kula da aikin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun maƙwabta, kuma suna yin rubutu game da tarihin 'yan'uwa. Kwanan nan ya ba da gudummawa ga sabon aikin don ƙididdige littattafan 'yan'uwa na lokaci-lokaci, a cikin aikin haɗin gwiwa tare da wasu ƙungiyoyin 'yan'uwa da yawa.

Shaffer ya rubuta labarai da yawa don mujallar "Manzo", kuma shine editan bita na littafin "Rayuwa da Tunani" daga 1986-99. Ya rubuta littattafan 'Yan Jarida guda biyu akan "Text in Transit" tare da mawallafin marubuci Graydon Snyder kuma ya harhada kari na uku zuwa littafin 'Yan'uwa.

Asalinsa daga Maryland, shi minista ne da aka naɗa. Yana da digiri na farko daga Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), ƙwararren allahntaka daga Bethany Theological Seminary, kuma babban masanin fasaha a Kimiyyar Laburare daga Jami'ar Arewacin Illinois.

6) Masu sa kai na BVS a Turai suna yin tunani akan abubuwan da suka faru.

Sabis na Sa-kai na ’Yan’uwa (BVS) a halin yanzu yana da ’yan agaji 12 da ke hidima a ƙasashen Turai shida: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Netherlands, Hungary, Jamus, Ireland, da Ireland ta Arewa. A ƙasa akwai wasu sassa daga rahotannin sa kai guda uku a cikin sabon wasiƙar BVS Turai:

Sarah Hurst, wacce ta kammala hidimar BVS ƴan makonnin da suka gabata, ta yi bayanin Quaker Cottage a N. Ireland, ga wasu waɗanda za su iya yin aiki a can nan gaba: A wannan shekara mun yi sa'a don samun mafi munin hunturu Belfast da aka gani a cikin shekaru 50 da suka gabata, ko kuma mutane da yawa sun gaya mani. Tun da masu aikin sa kai suna zaune a kan dutse, kusa da gidan, su ne na farko da za su san duk wani dusar ƙanƙara/kankara da ke kwance akan hanyoyi.

Lokacin da wannan ya faru, za ku ji daɗin kyakkyawan aikin "gritting hanya." Grit hade ne da yashi da gishiri da kuke yayyafawa akan hanya don narkar da dusar ƙanƙara da ƙanƙara ta yadda bas ɗin za su iya hawa da saukar dutsen. Da zarar kun koyi yadda ake yin shi yadda ya kamata, bai kamata ya ɗauki fiye da mintuna 40 ba kafin a datse hanya kuma ku koma sama. Ku yi imani da ni, a lokacin da kuka bar Quakers za ku zama ƙwararrun ƙwararru.

Za ku ji daɗin kyakkyawar Kirsimeti a nan. Quakers suna samun gudummawa daga iyalai da kamfanonin abinci da kayan wasan yara. Mun keɓe ɗakuna biyu a sama don waɗannan gudummawar kuma yana ɗaukar duka ma'aikata don rarraba da rarraba abinci da kayan wasan yara. Bayan an daidaita komai, ana yin hampers don baiwa iyalai na yanzu da na baya.

Ƙungiyoyin matasa na ranar Talata suna aika wasiƙu zuwa Santa a kasuwar Kirsimeti sannan kuma suna samun ziyara da kuma abin wasa daga gare shi. Ƙungiyar matasa da tsofaffin makarantar bayan makaranta suna samun ziyara daga "santa marar hankali" - yawanci ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikata kuma yara sun san shi. Wannan shine don kare duk waɗanda suka yi imani da Santa daga zagi. Gabaɗaya lokaci ne mai haske don kowa ya ji daɗin kansa.

Summer, a daya bangaren, ya ɗan bambanta. Shirin lokacin rani lokaci ne mai mahimmanci ga yara, wanda a yawancin iyalai ba sa samun rabin abubuwan da muke yi a lokacin rani. Tabbas akwai ƙalubalen da suke fuskanta kuma sau da yawa za su yi aiki saboda suna jin tsoro. Wannan lokaci ne mai mahimmanci a gare mu mu haɓaka dangantakarmu da waɗannan yaran kuma mu sami amincewarsu da gaske don mu sami ƙarfin gwiwa.

Babban abu a Quakers shine zama mai sassauƙa da haƙuri. Idan da gaske kun rungumi aikin, ƙarin sa'o'in ba ze zama mara kyau ba kuma zaku more lokacinku anan sosai. Sa'a da jin dadi; hakika kwarewa ce ba za ku manta ba!

Jill Piebiak ta rubuta daga Ofishin Tarayyar Turai na Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Duniya (WCSF) a Budapest, Hungary: Ba na jin cewa da gaske zan iya faɗi irin farin cikin da nake yi don yin aiki a wannan ƙungiyar. Ko da yake aikin yana cike da fashe-fashe da yawa da kuma wasu lokuta masu ban sha'awa masu ban sha'awa, Ina matukar farin cikin yin aiki a wani wuri wanda ya dace da burina, burina na aiki, da dabi'u.

Ina aiki tare da kwamitin yanki na masu sa kai waɗanda suke da ƙwazo da himma sosai ga ƙungiyar. Ni ne wakilin ma'aikata a kwamitin shirye-shiryen da ke aiki a taronmu na tiyoloji a Berlin, "Addini, Da'a, da Siyasa-Allah da Amfani da Iko." Muna tsammanin kusan matasa 60 daga ko'ina cikin Turai, ɗalibi daga Afirka, kuma ɗaya daga yankunan Asiya Pacific na WSCF.

Ina kuma taimakawa wajen haɓaka Nazarin Lenten na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya, “Kukan baƙin ciki, Labarun Bege.” Matsayina shine in yi ƙoƙari in sami membobin WSCF su shiga kan layi a cikin tattaunawa game da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na mako-mako. Wannan yana nufin ya zama wani ɓangare na Azumi na. A kowane mako ni da maigidana muna zama na kusan awa ɗaya don yin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, mu kalli bidiyon kuma mu yi tunani a kan cin zarafin mata.

Kungiyarmu ta mayar da martani kan batutuwa uku tun ina nan. Na farko, tare da dalibi a Belarus wanda aka kori daga jami'a don halartar taron Tarayyar Turai kan ƙungiyoyin jama'a. Na biyu kuma shi ne na mutanen Haiti da kuma musamman na yankin Student Christian Movement a can. A ƙarshe, mun rubuta wa gwamnatin Philippines la’antarsu saboda kama da azabtarwa da aka yi wa Dr. Alexis Montes, kawu ga sakatariyar yanki na WSCF Asia Pacific, da wasu 43 kwararrun likitoci.

Ina jin cewa aikina yana da muhimmanci, ba na ɗaiɗaiku kaɗai ta fuskar ƙungiyar ba, har ma aikin ƙungiyar yana da muhimmanci kuma yana kawo canji a duniya.

Katie Hampton ta ba da rahoto game da abubuwan da suka faru tare da rediyon Intanet a Cibiyar Al'adun Matasa ta OKC Abrasevic a Bosnia-Herzegovina: Babban gogewa na faɗuwa da lokacin sanyi shine “Abras Radio,” gidan rediyon Intanet. Na taimaka rubuta tallafi don wannan aikin. A matsayina na mai aikin sa kai na BVS a OKC, na yanke shawarar shirya wani wasan kwaikwayo na rediyo game da waƙar gargajiya ta Bosnia ta "sevdah", wadda nake ƙauna.

Wani ya rubuta kwatanci don wasan kwaikwayon na: “Yawancinmu mun girma muna sauraron 'sevdah' a rediyo. Katie ba ta yi ba. Ta girma a gona a Oregon. 'Sevdah' a ranar Laraba tare da Katie. "

Abokina Dolores, wanda ya rera “sevdah,” ya yi alkawari zai taimaka. Sai na sami makonni biyu don ƙirƙirar shirye-shiryen rediyo shida. Ina zuwa Amurka na wata guda kuma ina buƙatar barin lissafin wasan kwaikwayo da tambayoyin da ma'aikatan za su iya sanyawa a cikin rashi na. Na sami lokaci mai ban mamaki ina yin hira da mutane daban-daban daga Mostar-matasa, tsofaffi, mawaƙa.

A ƙarshen Janairu, mun sami taron ƙarshe da haɓaka gidan rediyon Abras, da Abras Media gabaɗaya. Matasa Mostar manya-manyan makada masu nauyi da aka buga (wasu daga cikin mawakan suna jagorantar wasan kwaikwayon karfe a gidan rediyon Abras), mun fito da wani dan wasan hip-hopper na gida wanda kuma ke jagorantar shirin rediyo, kuma an gabatar da tashar Intanet da gidan rediyo. Wasu daga cikin matasan sun yanke shawarar cewa su ma suna sha'awar bidiyo, kuma sun yi aiki tare da ni don yin fim ɗin hira da wasan kwaikwayo, kuma daga baya sun gyara faifan. Ya zuwa wannan lokaci, adadin matasa masu aikin sa kai ya kai kusan 15 kuma akwai kusan 10 shirye-shiryen rediyo na mako-mako.

Wannan aikin ya kasance tare, ba kawai na Croat da na Bosniak matasa ba, har ma da rokoki da karfe, wanda ya fi ban mamaki! A ƙarshe aikin ya yi abin da ya ce zai samar da madadin kafofin watsa labaru, da gaske a buɗe ga membobin al'umma, tara matasa daga bangarorin biyu na birni mai rarrabuwa, haɗa su ta hanyar rediyo, kiɗa, da fa'ida.

Kuɗin aikin an kashe su gabaɗaya, don haka makomar ba ta da tabbas. Muna rubuta wasu tallafi, muna fatan za a amince da su. Muna matukar buƙatar ƙarin kayan aiki - ɗakin studio ba shi da makirifo mai kyau kuma kyamarar bidiyon mu kusan ba ta aiki. Menene makomar Abras Media zata kasance?

Dangane da aikin sa kai na, na fara horar da matasa don ci gaba da aikin bidiyo a Abras Media - da fatan barin wani abu a baya, don ba da gudummawar wani abu mai dorewa.

Shawarwari da Bikin Al'adu 12 na cocin An gudanar da shi a ranar 22-25 ga Afrilu a Camp Harmony a Pennsylvania. Kimanin membobin Cocin 100 ne suka taru a kan jigon, “Ku rayu cikin jituwa da juna,” tare da Romawa 12:15-17 suna ba da mahallin Littafi Mai Tsarki. A sama, Ruben Deoleo, darektan ma'aikatar al'adu, yana magana a ɗayan zaman. A ƙasa, mahalarta suna jin daɗin karimcin Camp Harmony, wanda ke kusa da Hooversville, Pa. (Hoto daga Ruby Deoleo)
 

Taron manya na kasa na 2011 Kwamitin tsare-tsare na (NOAC) ya gudanar da taron farko na Mayu 3-5 a Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill Membobin kwamitin sun hada da (daga hagu na sama) Peggy Redman (California), Elsie da Ken Holderread (Kansas), Deanna Brown. (Indiana), Kim Ebersole na ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya wanda ke aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na NOAC, da Guy Wampler (Pennsylvania). An zaɓi "Ƙaunar Ƙaunar Duniya" a matsayin jigon taron, wanda ke nuna sha'awar tsofaffi dole ne su sani, shiga ciki, da kuma haɗa su da duniyar da suke rayuwa a cikinta. NOAC za a gudanar a shekara mai zuwa a kan Satumba 5-9, a Lake Junaluska (NC) taron da kuma ja da baya Cibiyar. (Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford)

Yan'uwa yan'uwa

- Gyara: Layin Newsline na Afrilu 22 ba daidai ba ya jera Bob Gross, babban darekta na Amincin Duniya, a matsayin mai taimakawa shirya taron "Peace Daga cikin Jama'a" mai zuwa.

- Tunatarwa: Henry Barton, wanda ya yi hidimar 'yan jarida a matsayin mai taimakawa 'yan jarida na kusan shekaru 40, ya mutu a ranar 28 ga Afrilu. Ya yi aiki da gidan wallafe-wallafe a Elgin, Ill., daga Fabrairu. 1948 zuwa ritayarsa a Oktoba 1984. Wadanda suka tsira sun hada da 'yarsa. Brenda Hayward, wanda shi ne mai karbar baki a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices. An gudanar da taron jana'izar ne a cocin Wesley United Methodist Church a Elgin a ranar 2 ga Mayu. Ana karbar abubuwan tunawa ga Cocin Wesley United Methodist Church ko American Legion Post 57.

- Canje-canje na ma'aikata a Sabuwar Windsor (Md.) Cibiyar Taro ta fara aiki a ranar Mayu 3. An yi nufin sauye-sauyen "don rage farashin yayin da kuma kara yawan aiki," in ji sanarwar. Sashen kula da gida zai ƙunshi Harry Torres, wanda zai kula da haɗin kai tare da sabis na al'umma da hukumomin sa kai da shirye-shirye irin su ARC na gundumar Carroll, ban da alhakinsa na yanzu; Christine Watson, wanda zai ɗauki ƙarin nauyi don ƙididdigewa da odar kayayyaki da kuma ba da jagoranci lokacin da masu kulawa ba su nan; da Ella Patterson, wadda yayin da take ci gaba da aikinta, za a horar da su a hidimar cin abinci don ba da taimako a kowane yanki kamar yadda ake bukata. Fay Reese ya karɓi canja wuri zuwa cikakken lokaci a cikin ayyukan cin abinci.

- Randy da Jill Emmelhainz na Ostrander, Ohio, an nada mazaunin darektocin Lybrook (NM) Ma'aikatun Al'umma, daga Yuni 1. Za su maye gurbin David da Maria Huber, wanda wa'adin aikinsa zai ƙare a karshen watan Yuli. Ma'aikatun Al'umma na Lybrook yana da alaƙa da Gundumar Plains ta Yamma da Cocin Tokahookaadi na 'Yan'uwa, wanda ke cikin al'ummar Navajo na New Mexico. Jill Emmelhainz yana aiki a kan Digiri na Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta gaggawa (EMT) kuma ta yi aikin kwas a cikin karatun al'adu. Kwarewarta game da shiga cikin al'umma ta haɗa da shirya abubuwan al'umma da shiga cikin ayyukan fasaha daban-daban na al'umma, daukar ma'aikata da tallafawa masu aikin sa kai na al'umma, samar da tsarin karatu ga masu karatun gida, shirya tarurrukan bita don taron ƙasa, yin aiki a matsayin mai sintiri na ski da mai koyar da kula da gaggawa na waje, da kuma rubuta da kuma gyara wasiƙun labarai. Randy Emmelhainz yana kammala karatun digiri na biyu a fannin nazarin al'adu a Jami'ar Duniya ta Columbia (SC). Ya samu shedar karatun sakandare a fannin lissafi, ya koyar da ilimin lissafi da na manya azuzuwan kwamfuta, ya kasance fasto na wucin gadi na cocin Methodist Episcopal na Afirka, kuma ya kafa wata karamar sana'a ta tuntuba. Ma’auratan za su yi hidima ta hidima ta ’yan’uwa ta Sa-kai.

- Cibiyar Hidima ta ’Yan’uwa a New Windsor, Md., yana ba da godiya ga Brad da Bonnie Bohrer na Brook Park (Ohio) Community Church of the Brothers, wanda ya ba da kansa daga Afrilu 20-Mayu 5 don tsarawa da kuma shirya jigilar kayan aikin iyali na Haiti.

- Cocin 'Yan'uwa neman cikakken lokaci kodinetan gayyatar masu bada tallafi Kasancewa daga cikin Stewarduch da mai ba da gudummawar ƙungiyar haɓakawa, aiki a kan ofisoshin gaba ɗaya, da rashin lafiya. Matsayi ya inganta dangantaka da ma'aikatun sadarwa ta hanyar sadarwa ta gargajiya. Ya kamata mai nema ya zama ɗan wasan ƙungiyar, yana aiki tare da ma'aikatan sadarwa zuwa ga daidaitaccen saƙon Yan'uwa. Hakanan ana so sama da matsakaicin ƙwarewar sadarwar Intanet, gogewa tare da CONVIO, da ingantaccen ikon rubutu wanda ke da kwarjini, ƙarfafawa, da gayyata. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da haɓakawa da adana kyaututtukan wasiku na kan layi da kai tsaye daga daidaikun mutane, kamfanoni, da tushe; rubuta gayyatar da kayan wasiƙa; yin aiki tare da ma'aikata don haɓakawa da bin cikakken tsari don ginin e-al'umma da ba da gayyata; yin aiki tare da ƴan kwangila na waje don yaƙin neman zaɓe na imel, ƙirar shafin yanar gizon ba da gudummawa, bayarwa ta kan layi, da/ko wasiƙa kai tsaye; amsa tambayoyin game da kulawa da abubuwan bayar da gudummawa; yin hidima a matsayin mai kula da gidan yanar gizon; haɓakawa da kiyaye tsofaffin ɗalibai da jerin masu ba da gudummawa, lambobin sadarwa, da bayanan da suka danganci; wakiltar da kuma fassara abubuwan da suka shafi kula da Ikilisiya. Ƙwarewa da ilimi da ake so sun haɗa da bangaskiyar Kirista mai ƙarfi da kasancewa memba a matsayi mai kyau a cikin ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa; tushe a cikin al'adun 'yan'uwa, tiyoloji, da siyasa; iya bayyanawa da aiki daga hangen nesa, manufa, da mahimman dabi'u na darikar; sanin al'adun matasa da matasa; tabbatacce, tabbatarwa, salon aikin haɗin gwiwa; sadaukar da kai ga maƙasudin mazhabobi da mazhabobi; ilimin asali na kayan aikin tsara kudi da dokokin ƙasa da haraji; sadarwa, tara kuɗi, hulɗar jama'a, ko ƙwarewar sabis na abokin ciniki; ƙwarewar jagoranci a matakin ikilisiya, gunduma, ko ɗarika na Ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa; gwaninta tare da tsarin sadarwa na tushen yanar gizo da tsarin imel; digiri na farko ko kwatankwacin aikin aiki. Matsayin yana buɗe har sai an cika shi. Nemi bayanin matsayi da fakitin aikace-aikacen daga Ofishin Albarkatun Dan Adam, Church of the Brothers, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120-1694; Bayani na 800-323-8039 258; kkrog@brethren.org .

- Babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger ya rattaba hannu kan wata wasika ta ecumenical da ke tallafawa Kiristoci da tsiraru a Iraki. Shugabannin Majalisar Coci ta kasa daga wasu mabiya darikar Kirista sun rattaba hannu kan wasikar damuwa da aka aika ranar 26 ga watan Afrilu zuwa ga Robert Gates, sakataren tsaro, da Hillary Clinton, sakatariyar harkokin wajen Amurka. Hukumar NCC ta ce Kiristoci a Iraki sun yi sanadiyar mutuwar fiye da goma sha biyu a wannan shekarar, ciki har da wani yaro dan shekara uku a Mosul wanda ya mutu a ranar 27 ga Maris bayan da wani bam ya tashi kusa da gidansa. Hanyar sakewa zuwa cikakken rubutun wasiƙar yana a www.ncccusa.org/labarai/100427
Irakistan.html .

- Rijista don wuraren aikin bazara Ya kai 350. "Yanzu muna da jimillar mahalarta 361 a sansanonin ayyuka na 2010, gami da shugabanni!" In ji wani e-mail daga kodineta Jeanne Davies. Daraktan Ma’aikatar Matasa da Matasa Becky Ullom ya lura cewa “wannan lambar tana da ban mamaki a cikin shekarar da kusan babu manyan manyan wuraren aiki saboda taron matasa na kasa.” Domin taron Manya na Matasa, rajista ya tsaya a 73. Ana ƙarfafa matasa su yi rajista a www.brethren.org/yac .

- "Ku yi caji. A warware Rikici,” taken webinar ne wanda Celia Cook-Huffman ke jagoranta–kashi na uku na jerin sassa uku kan “Haɓaka Ikilisiyoyi-Masu Lafiya.” Cook-Huffman farfesa ne na Nazarin Zaman Lafiya da Rikici a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., kuma mataimakin darektan Cibiyar Baker don Zaman Lafiya da Nazarin Rikici. Za a maimaita gidan yanar gizon ta ranar Mayu 6 a 5:30-6:30 na yamma (lokacin Pacific) ko 8:30-9:30 na yamma (gabas). Haɗa zuwa webinar a www.bethanyseminary.edu/webcast/
canji2010 .

- sansanin wa'azi ga matasa da matasa masu shekaru 16-28 za a shirya su Bethany Theology Seminary da Makarantar Addini ta Earlham a Richmond, Ind., akan Yuni 13-18. Sashe na Kwalejin Masu Wa'azi, taron yana ɗaya daga cikin uku da aka gudanar a duk faɗin ƙasar don taimaka wa matasa masu wa'azi su sami murya ta musamman, ingantacciyar gaskatawa da ayyuka, haɗi da Kalmar rai, da zurfafa dogara ga Allah. Farashin shine $500, tare da $300 a cikin tallafin karatu da aka bayar, ana barin kuɗin kowane matashi mai wa'azi akan $200. Sansanin yana da sarari don kawai 24. Za a yi wa'azi akan matani da suka shafi Dokoki Goma. Ana yin rikodin wa'azin bidiyo kuma ana amfani da su a cikin tsarin koyarwa a cikin mako, tare da kowane matashi mai wa'azi ya ba da koci. Don ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin rajista jeka www.academyofpreachers.net/
2010 zango .

- Harmony Church of the Brothers tana bikin cika shekaru 140 na hidima a Middletown/
Yankin Myersville na Maryland. An kawo magajin reshen Anna Maria Moser, gundumomi daga wurin Fisher Hollow Road zuwa Harmony kuma an gama taron a shekara ta 1870. A matsayin mai tara kuɗi, 140 Afganistan wani kamfani ne ke ba da izini kuma za a sayar da su. An shirya bikin zagayowar ranar 14 ga Nuwamba.

- East Chippewa Church of the Brothers kusa da Orrville, Ohio, yana riƙe da Derby Fishing Derby na Shekara-shekara na 5 ga yara a ranar 15 ga Mayu daga 10 na safe zuwa 1 na yamma Ayyukan ba su da kyauta kuma ana maraba da jama'a, in ji wani sako daga cocin. Babban manyan matasa ne ke daukar nauyinsa kuma ana gudanar da shi a wani tafki a kan dukiyar masu ba da shawara ga matasa Larry da Lysa Boothe (8435 Fox Lake Rd. arewacin Rte. 585). Matasan suna ba da koto da yawancin sandunan kamun kifi, kuma suna tsaftace kamun kifi da aka kama. Sanarwar ta ce "Akwai tafkin kuma yana cike da perch, karamin bakin bass, crappie, da blue gill, duk da haka, idan wani ya kama daya daga cikin wadannan kifin sai mu nemi a sake su a cikin tafkin," in ji sanarwar. Babban taimako yana koyar da dabarun kamun kifi. Kwamitin Nishaɗi da Rayuwar Iyali yana ba da karnuka masu zafi da guntu, kuma an shirya gasa ga waɗanda suke son cin kamansu nan da nan. Ana maraba da baƙi don kawo nasu sanduna da layukan su. Lysa Boothe ta ce: "Taron ya buɗe sabuwar hanya don cocinmu na faɗaɗa ƙofofinta." "Fishing derby shine hanyarmu ta nuna cewa Allah yana ko'ina kuma a cikin komai kuma ba na coci ba ne kawai." Don ƙarin bayani kira 330-669-3262 ko ziyarci www.eastchip.wordpress.com .

- Ƙimar tauraro biyar daga Cibiyar Medicare da Medicaid Services (CMS) an ba da kyauta Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye, Coci na 'yan'uwa masu ritaya a cikin Boonsboro, Md. Ƙididdigar ita ce mafi kyawun yiwu, bisa ga wani saki daga gida. Sanarwar ta ce "Kowace gidan kula da marasa lafiya a cikin al'umma yana karɓar ƙimar gabaɗaya daga taurari 1 zuwa 5, tare da 5 yana nuna gidan yana ɗaukar 'mafi matsakaicin matsakaici' a ingancin ayyukan sa," in ji sanarwar. Ana sabunta ƙimar sau da yawa kowace shekara, duba www.medicare.gov/NHCompare . Ƙididdiga ta gaba ɗaya ta dogara ne akan haɗin wasu uku na kowane gida: binciken binciken lafiya, bayanai akan sa'o'in ma'aikatan jinya, da bayanan asibiti da suka shafi kulawar da aka bayar. Fahrney-Keedy shi ma ya sami maki mai yawa a sabon binciken da aka yi na iyalan mazauna jihar. Tambayoyi sun shafi ma'aikata da gudanarwa, kulawar da aka bayar, abinci da abinci, 'yancin kai da yancin zama, da kuma yanayin gida. Fahrney-Keedy ya sami ƙima mafi girma daga masu alhakinsa fiye da sauran gidaje a cikin matsakaicin jihar. Keith Bryan, shugaban rikon kwarya ya ce "Ma'aikatan da suka sadaukar da kansu da kuma babban jigon masu aikin sa kai su ne dalilan samun ci gaban ci gabanmu da babban kima."

- Bridgewater (Va.) Shugaban Kwalejin Phillip C. Stone zai gabatar da adireshin farawa na 2010 a farkon farkonsa na karshe a matsayin shugaban gudanarwa na kwalejin, da karfe 2 na rana a ranar 16 ga Mayu, a kan kantin harabar. Ana sa ran wasu tsofaffi 300 za su sami digiri. Stafford C. Frederick, Fasto na Summerdean Church of the Brothers a Roanoke, Va., zai isar da saƙon a hidimar baccalaureate na ƙarfe 10 na safe a Nininger Hall. Stone ya fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Agusta, 1994, a matsayin shugaban Kwalejin Bridgewater na bakwai. ritayarsa daga Bridgewater zai fara aiki ranar 30 ga watan Yuni.

- Adireshin farawa a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., za a bayar ta Harriet Richardson Michel, Shugaban Majalisar Cigaban Marasa Ƙarya ta Ƙasa da kuma wanda ya kammala digiri a 1965. Bikin farawa na Juniata karo na 132 ya faru ne da ƙarfe 10 na safe a ranar 15 ga Mayu. Aikin Michel na neman yancin jama'a da dama na tsiraru ya samo asali ne tun daga aikinta na jami'a a Juniata, a cewar wata sanarwa daga kwalejin, lokacin da take babban shekara ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin rukunin kungiyoyin dalibai su yi balaguro zuwa Alabama a zaman wani yunƙuri na kawo hankali ga cin zarafin jama'a. A wani taron ‘yan sanda sun far wa masu zanga-zangar ciki har da wasu daliban Juniata. Mai daukar hoto Charles Moore ya dauki hotuna na Richardson yana kula da Galway Kinnell mai zubar da jini, mawaƙin Pulitzer wanda ya lashe lambar yabo wanda ke aiki a matsayin mai zane-zane na Juniata a cikin 1965. An nuna hoton a cikin mujallar "Life". An karrama Michel da lambobin yabo da yawa, daga cikinsu akwai 2006 "50 Mafi Ƙarfin Mata a Kasuwanci" ta mujallar "Black Enterprise", shigar da 2005 a cikin Cibiyar Kasuwancin Ƙananan Kasuwanci, da lambar yabo ta 2004 Hall of Fame Award daga "Mujallar Mace Mai Ciniki .” Ta koyar ko karantarwa a Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard, Makarantar Woodrow Wilson ta Jami'ar Princeton, da Jami'ar Florida.

— Shirin watan Mayu daga “Muryar ’yan’uwa,” shirin gidan talabijin na al'umma na Portland (Ore.) Peace Church of the Brother, yana nuna masu ba da labari daga Waƙar Waƙa da Labari na shekara-shekara, sansanin iyali tare da haɗin gwiwar On Earth Peace. An nuna su ne Rocci Hildum da Mike Titus na Wenatchee, Wash.; Jim Lehman na Elgin, Rashin lafiya; da Jonathan Hunter na San Diego, Calif. Batun Yuni na "Muryar Yan'uwa" za ta ƙunshi Chuck Boyer na La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brother, wanda ya yi aiki a kan ma'aikatan coci kuma a matsayin mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara a 1993. " Tunaninmu da addu'o'inmu suna tare da Chuck yayin da yake ci gaba da fama da cutar kansa yayin da yake zaune a Hillcrest Homes a La Verne, "in ji wani sako daga furodusa Ed Groff. Don ƙarin bayani a tuntuɓar "Ƙoyoyin Yan'uwa". Groffprod1@msn.com . Ana samun kwafi don gudummawar $8.

- Sabuwar dokar shige da fice A jihar Arizona ana suka daga shugabannin kiristoci da suka hada da Majalisar Coci ta kasa (NCC) da kuma taron limaman cocin Katolika na Amurka. Bishof din sun yi tir da dokar a matsayin "mai tsauri" kuma sun yi kira ga Majalisa da ta dakatar da "wasan kwaikwayo" na siyasa tare da yin gyare-gyaren shige da fice, a cewar Sabis na Labarai na Religion. Michael Kinnamon, babban sakataren hukumar NCC, ya nanata ra’ayin kungiyoyin mambobi da shugabannin addinai na Arizona cewa “wannan dokar ba za ta taimaka wajen kawo sauyi ga tsarin shige da fice na kasarmu ba.” Bayanin Church of the Brothers game da shige da fice da ake samu akan layi sun haɗa da taron shekara-shekara na 1982 “Sanarwa da ke Magana da Damuwa da Mutane marasa izini da ‘Yan Gudun Hijira a Amurka” a www.cobannualconference.org/
ac_statements/82'Yan gudun hijira.htm  da wasikar fastoci ta 2006 daga tsohon Babban Hukumar a www.brethren.org/site/DocServer/
Batun Shige da FiceHausaEspanol.pdf?docID=8161 .

- Makaman nukiliya "Laifi ne ga bil'adama" kuma dole ne a kawar da shi daga doron kasa, babban sakataren NCC, Michael Kinnamon, ya shaida wa wani gangami da aka gudanar a birnin New York a ranar 2 ga watan Mayu, a jajibirin taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan hana yaduwar makaman kare dangi. yarjejeniya. Babban taron hukumar NCC da Cocin World Service ne suka zartar da wani kuduri kan makaman kare dangi a watan Nuwamban da ya gabata. Kinnamon ya kuma ba da misali da wata sanarwa da Majalisar Coci ta Duniya ta yi shekaru uku kacal bayan tashin bam a Hiroshima da Nagasaki. “Kalmomi takwas ne kawai, amma ina da a ce waɗannan kalmomi za a yi su a saman ƙofar kowace coci: ‘Yaƙi ya saba wa nufin Allah.’ ” An yi kiyasin mutane 40,000 ne suka halarci gangamin da aka yi a dandalin Times Square, sa’o’i bayan an gama taron. yunkurin tarwatse bam na mota bai yi nasara ba. Mahalarta taron sun hada da Kimura Hisako, wanda ya tsira daga harin bam a Hiroshima a shekarar 1945, da kuma magajin garin Hiroshima da Nagasaki.

- Majalisar Coci ta kasa ya fitar da wani sabon hanyar ilimi da ibada akansa talaucin cikin gida. "Rikicin talauci yana kira ga coci a matsayin jikin Kristi ya zama 'hannaye da ƙafafu' a cikin al'ummarmu, yin aiki don kawar da talauci da kuma ba kowa da kowa dama daidai gwargwado don ci gaba," in ji sanarwar. Zazzage albarkatun daga www.nccendpoverty.org/index.html .

- Jaridar "Akron Beacon" ya yi bikin cika shekaru 40 da kafuwa Rikicin jihar Kent a ranar 4 ga Mayu tare da hira da Dean Kahler, daya daga cikin daliban ya buge harbin kuma ya shanye daga kugu. Tattaunawar ta lura cewa “A matsayinsa na memba na Cocin ’yan’uwa masu fafutuka, ya yi yaƙi da yaƙi a Vietnam-kuma, a zahiri, kowane yaƙi,” amma kawai yana so ya ga abin da ya faru a zanga-zangar ɗalibi. Kahler ya ci gaba da jin dadi, in ji jaridar. "Ina da wasu abubuwan da suka taimake ni sosai - dangi mai ƙarfi, abokai, imani da bangaskiyata." Hirar tana kan layi a www.ohio.com/labarai/92610749.html .