- Gundumar Shenandoah neman cikakken lokaci ministan zartarwa na gunduma don samun matsayi a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 2012. Gundumar ta ƙunshi ikilisiyoyi 97, ’yan’uwanmu 5, da kuma ayyuka 1. Yana neman jagora mai ƙarfi, mai barin gado wanda zai haɓaka kuma zai gina dangantaka mai mahimmanci da haɓaka tare da ikilisiyoyin da masu hidima. Gundumar tana yin sauyi daga ma'aikata da yawa zuwa babban ministan zartaswa na gunduma wanda zai yi aiki tare da Ƙungiyar Jagoranci don haɓaka ƙarin bukatun ma'aikata. Camp Brethren Woods wani muhimmin al'amari ne na hidimar gunduma. Daraktan sansanin wani bangare ne na ma'aikatan gunduma a matsayin abokin zartarwar gundumar. Ofishin gundumar yana cikin kogon Weyers, Va. Ayyukan sun haɗa da zama jami'in zartarwa na Ƙungiyar Jagorancin gunduma; gudanarwa da kulawa da tsare-tsare da aiwatar da ma'aikatun da taron gunduma da kungiyar jagoranci suka tsara; ba da alaƙa tsakanin gundumar da ikilisiyoyinta, Hukumar Mishan da Ma'aikatar, da hukumomin ɗarika; haɓakawa da haɓaka hangen nesa da gundumar ta tsara; samar da jagoranci a wurin makiyaya, ci gaba, da tallafi, da sauransu. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da balagagge da sadaukarwa ga Yesu Kiristi da bangaskiya da sifofin Sabon Alkawari da gada da aikin Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa; naɗawa a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa tare da aƙalla shekaru 5-9 na ƙwarewar fastoci; dabarun gudanarwa da gudanarwa; basirar sadarwa ta baka da rubuce; Ƙwarewar haɗin kai da ikon yin aiki tare da aiki tare da kewayon mutane; master of divinity digiri fĩfĩta. Aika wasiƙar sha'awa kuma ci gaba ta hanyar imel zuwa OfficeofMinistry@brethren.org. Ana buƙatar masu nema su tuntuɓi mutane uku ko hudu don ba da wasiƙar magana. Bayan samun ci gaba za a aika wa mutum bayanin martabar ɗan takara wanda dole ne a kammala shi kuma a dawo da shi kafin kammala aikace-aikacen. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Janairu 31, 2012.
- Tsarin karatun 'Gather' Round Curriculum, wanda Brethren Press da MennoMedia suka shirya, shine karban aikace-aikace don rubutawa don Makarantun Gabas, Firamare, Middler, Multiage, Ƙananan Matasa, ko Ƙungiyoyin matasa na 2013-14. Marubuta suna samar da ingantaccen rubuce-rubuce, dacewa da shekaru, da abubuwan jan hankali don jagororin malamai, littattafan ɗalibai, da fakitin albarkatu. Duk marubuta za su halarci taron daidaitawa Maris 19-23, 2012, a Chicago, rashin lafiya. Dubi damar aiki a www.gatherround.org . Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Janairu 9, 2012.
- Rijistar farko don wakilai na ikilisiya zuwa taron shekara-shekara na 2012 a St. Louis, Mo., zai buɗe da tsakar rana (lokacin tsakiya) a ranar 2 ga Janairu. Kudin rajista na farko shine $ 285 ga kowane wakilai. Kudin ya ƙaru zuwa dala 310 a ranar 23 ga Fabrairu. Ƙungiyoyin za su iya yin rajistar wakilansu ta kan layi a www.brethren.org/ac kuma za su iya biya ko dai ta katin kiredit ko ta hanyar aika cak. Hakanan ana aikawa da takarda da fom ɗin rajista zuwa kowace ikilisiya. Non delegate rajista da kuma ajiyar gidaje za a fara Fabrairu 22. Don tambayoyi ko ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ofishin taro a annualconference@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 229.
- Shipping na 2012 'Yan'uwa Tunatarwa an jinkirta don samar da jerin sunayen ma'aikata na zamani, kuma ya kamata kwafin ya zo a farkon Janairu. Brethren Press ne ke aika kalandar aljihun kyauta ga fastoci da sauran shugabannin coci. Ya ƙunshi mahimman ranaku akan kalandar ɗarika, da kuma bayanan adireshi da jerin sunayen ma'aikata.
- Ofishin bayar da shawarwari da zaman lafiya na cocin a Washington, DC, ya rattaba hannu kan wasu wasiƙun da aka ba da tallafi na ecumenically. Ɗayan ya yi kira da a rage kashe kuɗin makaman nukiliya, wanda ma'aikatan Kwamitin Abokai (Quaker) suka shirya a kan dokokin kasa (FCNL) da ƙungiyoyi 47 na bangaskiya suka sanya hannu. Wata hanyar sadarwa a madadin kungiyoyi 26 na addini tana adawa da dokar hana diflomasiyya a cikin dokar majalisar wakilai kan takunkumin da aka kakaba wa Iran. Bugu da ƙari, tare da ƙungiyar daga FCNL, sadarwar ta bayyana damuwa cewa "wannan dokar za ta lalata al'amuran diflomasiyya na shirin nukiliyar Iran da ake takaddama a kai, yana kara barazanar yaki." Cocin 'yan'uwa ta kuma shiga cikin kusan wasu kungiyoyi 150 a cikin kira ga Majalisa don sake ba da izini ga dokar cin zarafi ga mata ta 1994. Dokar ta haifar da ofishi a cikin Ma'aikatar Shari'a don haɓaka manufofin tarayya game da batutuwan da suka shafi tashin hankali cikin gida, saduwa da juna. cin zarafi, cin zarafi, da cin zarafi.
- A cikin aikin kwanan nan, shirin Albarkatun Kaya tushen a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Ya aika da kwantena biyu na ƙafa 40 na Lutheran World Relief (LWR), sabulu, man goge baki, da kayan aiki zuwa Tanzaniya; an karɓa da sauke manyan motoci 11 da kuma tirelolin piggyback 6 na kayan LWR; aika da barguna na Coci na Duniya (CWS) zuwa Michigan, Connecticut, da Florida don marasa gida da marasa galihu na tattalin arziki; an aika da barguna CWS masu nauyi 1,050 zuwa Pharr, Texas, don rarrabawa ta hanyar Cibiyar Sadarwar Ma'aikatar Border ta Methodist da Faith Ministry a bangarorin biyu na iyakar Amurka/Mexico; ya aika da barguna 30 na CWS zuwa Wellsboro, Pa., don amfani da mutane marasa gida da iyalai a gundumar Tiogo; kuma sun aika da kwantena biyu masu ƙafa 40 a kan hanyarsu a madadin ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa na Ƙungiyoyin Ƙwararrun Kirista na Ƙasashen Duniya, LWR, CWS, da IMA na Lafiya ta Duniya: akwati ɗaya na kayan makaranta don Kamaru da ɗaya kuma an loda shi da kayan kwalliya, kayan jarirai, da zanen gado. don Serbia.
- Anna Speicher, editan manhajar Gather 'Round Curriculum, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin membobin Cocin 'yan'uwa biyu a wata ƙasa da ƙasa taro kan HIV da AIDS Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance ta shirya kuma Cocin Presbyterian a Kanada ya shirya. ’Yar’uwarta, Sara Speicher, wadda tsohuwar ma’aikaciyar Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da ’Yan’uwa ce kuma tsohuwar ma’aikaciyar Sa-kai ta ’yan’uwa, ita ce ta farko da ta shirya taron. Shugabanni daga addinai biyar na duniya sun taru don karfafa cudanya da daukar mataki kan cutar kanjamau a cikin tattaunawa da mutanen da ke dauke da cutar kanjamau. Kungiyar ta bayyana rashin jin dadin ta game da raguwar kudaden da aka samu na yaki da cutar kanjamau kamar dai yadda alkaluma na baya-bayan nan suka nuna tasirin rigakafin da hanyoyin da ake bi, ta kuma bayyana a tunaninta na karshe cewa: “Kamar yadda mu da kanmu muka himmatu ga zurfafa da himma wajen daukar matakan yaki da cutar kanjamau. muna kira ga gwamnatoci masu hannu da shuni da su cika alkawuran da suka dauka tare da samar da albarkatun kudi masu dorewa don cimma burin a cikin sanarwar Siyasa ta 2011 (Sanarwar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan HIV da AIDs) wanda a yanzu muke ganin za a iya kaiwa ga-mutuwar sifili, sabbin cututtuka, da sifili. cin mutunci da wariya.” Shugabannin 15 daga mabiya addinin Buddha, Kiristanci, Hindu, Yahudawa, da al'adun Musulmai sun hada da shugabannin addini masu fama da cutar kanjamau, kuma sun gana da wakilan kungiyoyi da suka hada da cibiyar sadarwa ta duniya ta masu fama da cutar HIV, UNAIDS, Asusun Al'umma na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, da yakin AIDS na Duniya. .
- Babban fayil ɗin horo na ruhaniya don Epiphany An sanar da Maɓuɓɓugar Ruwan Rayuwa yunƙurin sabunta cocin, bisa jigon, “Gayyatar Almajirai, ‘Bi Ni, Zan Mai da Ku Kifi ga Mutane. karanta littafai a rayuwarsu ta ibada. Ana iya samun babban fayil ɗin akan gidan yanar gizon Springs a www.churchrenewalservant.org . Vince Cable, limamin cocin Uniontown Church of the Brother, ya shirya tambayoyin nazari akan karatun yau da kullun waɗanda kuma ana iya samun su akan gidan yanar gizon. Don ƙarin bayani e-mail David da Joan Young a davidyoung@churchrenewalservant.org .
Florence Graff (tsakiya), mai ba da agaji kuma tsohon memba a Fahrney-Keedy Home da Village kusa da Boonsboro, Md., An girmama shi a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa mai ban sha'awa a lokacin abincin rana na Ranar Talakawa ta Kasa a Ceresville Mansion a Frederick, Md.
- Florence Graff, dan agaji kuma tsohon memba a hukumar a Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye kusa da Boonsboro, Md., An girmama shi a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba a matsayin mai ba da gudummawa mai ban sha'awa a lokacin abincin rana na Ranar Talakawa ta Kasa a Ceresville Mansion a Frederick, Md. Graff ya yi aiki a Fahrney-Keedy Board of Directors 1994-2007. Keith Bryan, shugaba da Shugaba, ya ce game da Mrs. Graff, “Fahrney-Keedy ya yi farin ciki da kasancewarsa mai karɓar Dr. Ba ta gajiya da himma da kwazonta kuma muna so mu mika godiyarmu a madadin cibiyar da mazaunanta bisa hidimar da take yi wa hukumar.” Don ƙarin bayani ziyarci www.fkhv.org.
- Kolejin Manchester na neman takara don 2012 Warren K. da Helen J. Garner Tsofaffin Malaman Shekara. Don cancanta, 'yan takara dole ne su kasance suna koyarwa a halin yanzu (makarantar -12) kuma sun ba da gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga ilimi, ba da sabis na musamman ga sana'a, sun damu sosai ga ɗalibai ɗaya, kuma suna iya ƙarfafa ilmantarwa. Don zaɓar wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na Manchester don ziyarar lambar yabo www.manchester.edu ko tuntuɓi Sashen Ilimi a 260-982-5056. Ranar ƙarshe don nadin shine Maris 9. Garners, waɗanda suka ba da kyautar Gwarzon Malami, 1950 ne da suka kammala karatun kwaleji. Wani memba na Cibiyar Ilimi ta Indiana, Warren Garner ya jagoranci Sashen Ilimi na Kwalejin Manchester fiye da shekaru 20 kuma ya taimaka sake rubuta ka'idojin lasisi na horar da malamai. Helen Garner ta koyar da daliban aji biyar da na shida tsawon shekaru 22.
- Gidan wasan kwaikwayo a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) An gayyace ta Cibiyar Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gidan Gida na 2011, "A Dream Play" ta August Strindberg a cikin sabon sigar ta Caryl Churchill a Bikin Yanki a 8:30 pm Jan. 13, 2012, in Fisher Auditorium a Jami'ar Indiana ta Pennsylvania. "Yana da babban abin alfahari a sami zaɓen wasan kwaikwayon mu don shiga cikin Bikin Yanki," in ji Scott W. Cole, farfesa na gidan wasan kwaikwayo, a cikin wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. "Yana sanya Kwalejin Bridgewater da shirin wasan kwaikwayo 'a kan taswira' a matsayin shirin mai inganci da inganci." Ƙaddamar da wasan kwaikwayon "Wasan Mafarki" kyauta ne kuma yana buɗewa ga jama'a a karfe 8 na yamma ranar 7 ga Janairu a Cole Hall.
- Jami'ar La Verne, Calif., ya karɓi ɗayan tallafin gasa guda 20 da aka ba wa cibiyoyin Hispanic hidima daga Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka, a cewar sanarwar da jami'ar ta aika. USDA ta ba da kyautar dala miliyan 8.8 a cikin tallafin, kamar yadda HispanicBusiness.com ya ruwaito. Tallafin an yi niyya ne don haɓaka ƙarfin kwalejoji da jami'o'i don tallafawa ɗaliban da ba su yi aiki ba da haɓaka ƙwararrun ma'aikatan Amurka.
- Jami'ar McPherson (Kan.) ta sanar da nasarar kungiyar ta Kalubalen Kasuwancin Duniya: Panama. Wadanda suka yi nasara suna karɓar guraben karo ilimi da duk wani kuɗaɗen da aka biya zuwa Panama don bincika abin da zai ɗauka don tabbatar da ra'ayin kasuwancin su gaskiya. Ƙungiyar ta ba da shawarar "Esperanza: Ƙarfafa tare da Tausayi," manufar kafa makarantar digiri tare da tsarin da'ira wanda al'ummar Panama ke taimaka wa dalibai masu alƙawarin samun ilimi mai zurfi kuma a mayar da su dalibai sun yi niyyar komawa cikin al'umma a matsayin malamai don taimakawa na gaba tsara. Kungiyar da ta yi nasara ta hada da mai ba da shawara Jonathan Frye, farfesa a kimiyyar halitta; Yakubu Patrick, na biyu daga Elizabeth, Colo.; Lara Neher, ɗan fari daga Cibiyar Grundy, Iowa; Emily James, karamar yarinya daga Westminster, Colo.; Sarah Neher, babba daga Rochester, Minn.; da Tabitha McCullough, babba daga Hill City, Kan.
- Ƙungiyar Revival Brother (BRF) yana tallafawa sansanin aikin intergenerational na shekaru 11-plus a Haiti daga Yuni 17-25, 2012. Yawan mahalarta yana iyakance ga 20. Ƙungiyar za ta yi aiki a Makarantar Sabon Alkawari a St. Louis du Nord, suna taimakawa wajen gina sabon ginin makaranta da kuma jagorantar makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki na hutu. An shirya wani sansanin aikin BRF na Yuli 23-29, 2012, a Puerto Rico don matasa waɗanda suka kammala digiri 9 zuwa shekaru 19. Yawan mahalarta yana iyakance ga 20. Ƙungiyar za ta kasance a sabon aikin Cocin na Brotheran'uwa a Morovis. , kuma zai yi haske mai haske ko zane-zane tare da tsaftace al'umma ko aiki tare da yara. Ana buɗe rajistar kan layi don duka wuraren aikin biyu na Janairu 9, 2012, da ƙarfe 7 na yamma (tsakiya) a gidan yanar gizon Church of the Brothers www.brethren.org .
- Cocin Cocin United ta yi bikin cika shekaru 70 a ranar 1-3 ga Disamba. A cikin imel ɗin kwanan nan, da Shirin Mata na Duniya, Cocin of the Brothers kungiyar, ta mika sakon taya murna ga Church Women United, inda ta bayar da rahoton cewa “tun 1941, CWU ta shirya zuwa fiye da 1,200 na kananan hukumomi da jihohi a Amurka da Puerto Rico a kokarinta na samar da adalci da lumana. duniya."
- Farfesa na Bethany Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm ya haɗa wani sabon sharhin lasifikan Littafi Mai Tsarki mai suna, “Wa’azin Adalci Mai Canjin Allah: Sharhin Lectionary, Year B.” Westminster John Knox Press ne ya buga littafin tare da manufar "taimakawa mai wa'azi ya mai da hankali kan abubuwan da ke tattare da adalci na zamantakewa a cikin kowane karatun Littafi Mai Tsarki a cikin Revised Common Lectionary." Hakanan yana ba da haske 22 "Ranar Masu Tsarki don Adalci" kamar Ranar Aids ta Duniya da Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Masu ba da gudummawa guda 90 rukuni ne na malaman Littafi Mai Tsarki, masu wa'azi, masu fafutuka, da farfesoshi na wa'azi. Nemo ƙarin a www.wjkbooks.com.