Labaran labarai na Disamba 14, 2011

“Raina yana ɗaukaka Ubangiji, ruhuna kuma yana murna da Allah Mai-cetona” (Luka 1:46-47).

Maganar mako: "Lokacin da girma da girman al'adunmu na bikin Kirsimeti ke barazanar mamaye bishara, yana da kyau a tuna cewa wani abu mai sauƙi da zurfi kamar motsa jiki na iya zama alamar kasancewar Allah." –David W. Miller yayi tsokaci akan Luka 1:39-45 a cikin ibadar yau daga “A cikin Farko akwai Kalma,” Ibadar Zuwan 2011 daga Brotheran Jarida (odar $2.50 da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa daga www.brethrenpress.com ko kira 800-441-3712). Nemo albarkatun ibada masu alaƙa da tambayoyin nazarin da ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikklisiya suka bayar a https://www.brethren.org/blog . Zazzage hotunan allo masu nuna ƙarin magana daga Ibadar Zuwan a www.brethren.org/advent-screensavers.html .

LABARAI
1) Bayanin 'yan'uwa da aka gabatar a wurin taro akan azabtarwa.
2) Wakilin Ofishin Jakadancin da Ma'aikatar Ma'aikatar wani bangare ne na ziyarar ecumenical zuwa Cuba.
3) Majalisar Zartarwar Matasa ta Kasa ta zabi taken shekarar.
4) Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany tana karɓar kyauta don karatun baiwa.

KAMATA
5) A Duniya Aminci yana sanar da canje-canjen ma'aikata.
6) Ana sanya sabbin ma'aikata a Sudan ta Kudu.

FEATURES
7) Tunani akan Cuba, Disamba 2011.
8) Abin al'ajabi: Tattaunawa da Grace Mishler.
9) Wasikar isowa daga jami'an taron shekara-shekara.

10) Yan'uwa: Buɗe ayyukan yi, rajistar wakilan taron shekara-shekara, labaran kwaleji, da ƙari.

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1) Bayanin 'yan'uwa da aka gabatar a wurin taro akan azabtarwa.

Babban Sakatare Janar na Cocin Brethren Stan Noffsinger na daya daga cikin jami’an kungiyoyin masu imani da dama a wata ganawa da mambobin gwamnatin Obama domin tattauna batun azabtarwa. Taron da aka yi a jiya 13 ga watan Disamba a birnin Washington, DC, ya biyo bayan wata wasika da hukumar yaki da azabtarwa ta kasa (NRCAT) ta aikewa gwamnatin kasar inda ta bukaci Amurka ta rattaba hannu tare da amincewa da Yarjejeniyar Zabi ga Yarjejeniyar Yaki da azabtarwa.

Noffsinger yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ke gabatarwa yayin taron (karanta maganganun da aka shirya a ƙasa). Haka kuma kungiyar ta hada da Michael Kinnamon, babban sakatare na Majalisar Coci ta kasa, da kuma wakilan kungiyoyin kiristoci da dama da kungiyoyin Yahudawa, Musulmi, da Sikh. Wakilin NRCAT shine babban darakta Richard L. Killmer tare da shugaban kungiyar da ma'aikata biyu.

Shugabannin addinin Amurka sittin da shida ciki har da Noffsinger sun sanya hannu kan wasikar NRCAT suna kira ga Amurka da ta sanya hannu tare da amincewa da Yarjejeniyar Zaɓuɓɓuka zuwa Yarjejeniyar Against azabtarwa (OPCAT). Mai taken, “Haɗa Yarjejeniyar: Ya Kamata Amurka Ta Yi Hana Azaba A Ko’ina,” wasiƙar ta buɗe tare da bayanin, “azabawa da zalunci, cin zarafi ko wulaƙanci sun saba wa imaninmu na addini na gama gari game da ainihin darajar kowane ɗan adam. Muna kira ga gwamnatin Amurka, da zarar ta kasance jagora a ƙoƙarin kawo ƙarshen amfani da azabtarwa, da ta dawo da wannan rawar ta hanyar sanya hannu da kuma amincewa da Yarjejeniyar Zaɓuɓɓuka ga Yarjejeniyar Against Azaba."

Wasikar ta ba da shawarar cewa kasar ta dauki matakin yaki da azabtarwa ta hanyar ba da kulawa mai zaman kansa kan sharudan da ake tsare da su kamar gidajen yari da ofisoshin 'yan sanda. "Mun yi imanin cewa idan Amurka ta shiga OPCAT kuma ta ba da kyakkyawan kulawa a wuraren da ake tsare da ita, zai yi matukar wahala ga shari'o'in azabtarwa da zalunci, rashin tausayi, ko wulakanci a cikin Amurka. Amincewa da OPCAT zai kuma inganta tasirin gwamnatinmu wajen yin kira ga sauran kasashe da su daina amfani da azabtarwa,” in ji wasikar.

Cikakken bayanin gabatarwar Noffsinger:

“Barka da safiya. Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi yana gaban ku don yin tunani a kan batun azabtarwa kamar yadda fahimtar mu ta tarihi cewa tashin hankali da aka yi wa wani bai dace da Nassosi Masu Tsarki ba. Imaninmu mai ƙarfi a wasu lokuta ya sa mu cikin haɗari tare da al'ummomin da muke rayuwa a ciki. Don haka, mun fuskanci tashin hankali da azabtar da kanmu, kuma farashin a wasu lokuta yana da yawa.

“A shekara ta 2010 majami’ar ta yi shelar adawarta ga azabtarwa tana mai cewa ‘azabtarwa keta ƙa’idodin imaninmu ne. azabtarwa tana cusa halin wanda ya aikata ta fahimtar cewa ya fi wani, rashin mutuncin wani abu ne da ya dace, kuma karya ruhin dan Adam, wanda shi ne baiwar da Allah ya haifa, abin nema ne mai kyau idan aka yi da sunan kasa kasa. . Mun yarda da rashin gamsuwarmu na zamani kuma mun bayyana, 'ba za mu ƙara yin shiru ba.'

“Kwanan nan na kasance babban baƙo na Vatican a matsayin wakili don Ranar Tunani, Tattaunawa, da Addu’a don Zaman Lafiya da Adalci a Duniya, wanda aka gudanar a Assisi, Italiya. Kowanne wakilai ya sami kwafin wasikar ranar 13 ga Oktoba, 2011, daga Shugaba Obama, wadda ta yaba mana da ‘tattaunawar tsakanin addinai, mu hada kai a cikin wata manufa ta bai daya don tada masifu, a samar da zaman lafiya a inda ake rikici, da kuma nemo hanyar da za a bi don magance matsalar. mafi kyawun duniya ga kanmu da yaranmu.' A wannan matakin na duniya na ayyana 'alƙawarina na' kira ga shugabannin al'ummai da su yi ƙoƙari don ƙirƙirar da kuma ƙarfafa, a matakin ƙasa da na duniya, duniyar haɗin kai da zaman lafiya bisa adalci.' Na yi niyyar yin aiki don duniyar da aka amince da zaman lafiya da adalci a matsayin 'yancin ɗan adam.

“Kasancewar a yau don karfafawa gwamnati da shugaban kasa gwiwa su gane, tantancewa da kuma sanya hannu a karshe kuma Majalisar Dattawa ta amince da OPCAT wani nauyi ne da ya rataya a wuyansa a matsayin wanda ya ji muradin al’ummar duniya na samun Zaman Lafiya mai Adalci. Fatana da addu'a na 'da sunan Allah kowane addini ya kawo wa duniya adalci da zaman lafiya da gafara da rayuwa.' Na gode."

Don ƙarin bayani game da NRCAT jeka www.tortureisamoralissue.org or www.nrcat.org . Don bayanin taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers na 2010, "Ƙimar Ƙarfafa azabtarwa," je zuwa www.cobannualconference.org/ac_statements/ResolutionAgainstTortureFinal.pdf . Don faɗakarwar Action na jiya daga ma'aikatar shaida na Cocin Brothers wanda ya haɗa da hanyar haɗi don bayyana goyon baya ga wasiƙar NRCAT, je zuwa http://cob.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=14601.0&dlv_id=16101 .

2) Wakilin Ofishin Jakadancin da Ma'aikatar Ma'aikatar wani bangare ne na ziyarar ecumenical zuwa Cuba.

A ranar 2 ga watan Disamba ne aka kammala taron shugabannin cocin Amurka tare da shugabannin Majalisar Cocin Cuba a birnin Havana tare da yin sanarwar hadin gwiwa tare da nuna alamun hadin kai tsakanin majami'un Amurka da na Cuba. Wakilai goma sha shida na membobin majalisar Ikklisiya ta kasa (NCC) ciki har da Cocin Brothers sun kasance a Cuba daga ranar 28 ga watan Nuwamba zuwa Disamba. 2 gana da cocin Cuba da shugabannin siyasa, gami da Shugaba Raúl Castro.

Memba na Ofishin Jakadanci da Ma'aikatar Becky Ball-Miller ita ce memba na Cocin 'yan'uwa a cikin tawagar zuwa Cuba (karanta tunaninta game da tafiya a cikin labarin da ke ƙasa).

Tawagar wadda shugabannin cocin Cuba suka ce ita ce babbar kungiyar cocin Amurka da ta ziyarci tsibirin domin tunawa da su, karkashin jagorancin Michael Kinnamon, babban sakataren NCC. Sanarwar ta hadin gwiwa ta majami'u ta bayyana cewa daidaita dangantakar da ke tsakanin Amurka da Cuba zai kasance mafi alheri ga al'ummomin kasashen biyu, kuma shugabannin sun yi kira da a warware batutuwan jin kai guda uku "wadanda ke haifar da rashin fahimta da wahala."

Babban abin da ya fi daukar hankali shi ne takunkuman tattalin arzikin da Amurka ta kakabawa Cuba tun shekaru 53 da suka gabata tun zamanin gwamnatin shugaba John F. Kennedy. Takunkumin shine "babban cikas ga warware bambance-bambance, ga mu'amalar tattalin arziki, da kuma samun cikakkar shigar jama'a da majami'u," in ji shugabannin cocin Amurka da Cuba.

Har ila yau, a matsayin abin da ke kawo cikas ga daidaita dangantaka shi ne dauri a Amurka na "Cuban Five," wanda yawancin kungiyoyin kare hakkin bil'adama, da dama da suka hada da Amnesty International da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya suka yi kama da rashin adalci a cikin 1998; da kuma zaman kurkuku na shekaru biyu a Cuba na Ba'amurke Alan Gross.

"Tare, mun tabbatar da mahimmancin rayuwa cikin bege, amma kuma don nuna sahihancin begenmu ta hanyar yin aiki don taimakawa wajen tabbatar da hakan," in ji shugabannin cocin. “Saboda haka, mun sadaukar da kanmu don inganta dangantakar da ke tsakanin majami’u da coci-coci da majami’u, da kuma bayar da shawarwari, har ma da tabbatarwa, don daidaita dangantakar dake tsakanin kasashenmu. Irin wannan alkawari, muna shaida, amsa ne ga wanda ya ɗaure mu da juna (misali, Afisawa 4:6) kuma ya aike mu mu zama jakadun ƙaunar Allah ta sulhu.”

Kinnamon da sauran membobin tawagar sun gana da matan "Cuban Five" da kuma Alan Gross don bayyana goyon bayansu don sake su. Sunan Gross ya fito ne yayin ganawar da aka yi a ranar 1 ga Disamba tsakanin Kinnamon da shugaban Cuba Raúl Castro. Kinnamon ya ce Castro ya nuna damuwarsa game da raguwar lafiyar Gross, amma bai ce komai ba game da yiwuwar sakin nasa.

Kinnamon ya kuma yi wa'azi a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba a babban cocin Episcopal na kasa, yana nuna wani nassi daga manzo Bulus: "Ku yi godiya a cikin kowane hali… (1 Tassalunikawa)"; da kuma shimfida kalubalen da majami'u na Amurka da Cuba ke fuskanta.

Baya ga Kinnamon da matarsa, Mardine Davis, tawagar Amurka mai wakilai 18 ta hada da John McCullough, babban darekta kuma shugaban Cocin World Service, da manyan jagororin darikar Kirista da dama da suka hada da Cocin Episcopal, Cocin Presbyterian (Amurka). , United Church of Christ, da United Methodist Church, da dai sauransu.

- An ciro wannan labarin ne daga wata sanarwa da Philip E. Jenks na ma’aikatan sadarwa na Majalisar Coci ta kasa ya yi. Ana iya karanta cikakken rubutun sanarwar haɗin gwiwa a  www.ncccusa.org/pdfs/cubajointstatement.pdf .

3) Majalisar Zartarwar Matasa ta Kasa ta zabi taken shekarar.

“Ƙimar Rata” (Romawa 15:5-7) An zaɓi jigon hidimar matasa na shekara ta 2012 ta Cocin of the Brothers National Youth Cabinet, wadda ta gudanar da taron karshen mako a Babban ofisoshi da ke Elgin, Ill., a ranar Dec. 2-4. “Bridging the Gap” shi ma zai kasance jigon ranar Lahadin Matasan Ƙasa a ranar 6 ga Mayu, 2012.

Membobin majalisar zartaswar matasa ta kasa na 2011-12 sune

- Josh Bollinger ne adam wata na Cocin Beaver Creek na 'yan'uwa a gundumar Shenandoah;

- Michael Himlie Cocin Tushen Kogin ’Yan’uwa a Gundumar Plains ta Arewa;

- Ben Lowman na Cocin Antakiya na ’yan’uwa a gundumar Virlina;

- Kinsey Miller na Black Rock Church of the Brothers a Kudancin Pennsylvania Gundumar;

- Lara Neher na Ivester Church of the Brothers a Northern Plains District;

- Marissa Witkovsky Cocin Roaring Spring na 'Yan'uwa a Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya;

- manya masu ba da shawara Amy Messler na Waynesboro Church of the Brothers a Kudancin Pennsylvania District, da Michael Novelli na Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Illinois da Wisconsin District; kuma

- Becky Ullom, darektan ma'aikatun matasa da matasa na manya.

4) Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany tana karɓar kyauta don karatun baiwa.

Ƙungiyar Makarantun Tauhidi ta ba da kyautar $4,000 Seminary na Bethany a matsayin wani ɓangare na Baƙi na Kiristanci da Ayyukan Kiwo a cikin Aikin Jama'a na Multifaith. Kuɗaɗen za su tallafa wa ɗaliban Bethany wajen bincika yanayin hidima a cikin mahallin addinai da yawa da kuma yin amfani da waɗannan binciken ga aikin kwas ɗin ɗalibai.

“A matsayinmu na malamai, mun yi mamakin yadda za mu ilimantar da mutane don hidimar Kirista a cikin addinai dabam-dabam, kuma wannan tallafin yana ba mu damar bincika wannan tambayar da gangan, cikin ladabi,” in ji Russell Haitch, abokin farfesa na ilimin Kirista kuma marubucin tallafin. shawara. Sakamakon binciken, wanda aka tsara don bazara na 2012, ya haɗa da ingantacciyar koyarwa da koyo kan ayyukan makiyaya a cikin mahallin addinai dabam-dabam, ƙarin haske game da mahimman ra'ayoyi na manufar Bethany, da ƙaƙƙarfan alaƙar haɗin gwiwa da ƙwarewar haɗin gwiwa.

Ɗayan tasiri da ta kai ga rubuta wannan shawara ita ce sabuwar sanarwar manufa ta makarantar hauza, wadda ta nanata ilimi don “hidima, wa’azi, da kuma yin rayuwa cikin zaman lafiyar Allah da salamar Kristi.” Malaman Bethany sun nuna sha'awar yin nazarin yadda wannan harshe, tare da haɗin gwiwar al'adar zaman lafiya ta 'yan'uwa, ya kamata ya sanar da shirye-shiryen daliban hidima don nau'o'in addinai dabam-dabam da ke cikin al'umma a yau.

Abu na biyu shi ne sha'awar Haitch na kashin kai ga tattaunawa tsakanin addinai, wanda ya samo asali daga Zauren Shugabancin Bethany na 2008 akan “Jir Nassosin Zaman Lafiya,” wanda ya tattaro masu magana da masana daga Kiristanci, Yahudanci, da Islama. Haitch ya kuma yaba aikin da Scriptural Reasoning Society, rukunin masana daga al’adun Ibrahim suka yi. "Tsarin su ba falsafar babban alfarwa ba ce wacce ke neman wasu mafi ƙasƙanci mafi ƙasƙanci na gama gari, amma tattaunawa ce da ke ƙoƙarin samun abin da suka kira' bambance-bambance masu inganci.' Manufar ba yarjejeniya ba ce illa abota da fahimtar juna,” inji shi.

Saitunan hidima guda biyu masu amfani za su zama mahallin gwaji don nazarin: hidimar asibiti da karimci a cikin abubuwan da suka shafi al'adu, mahallin addinai da yawa waɗanda ɗaliban Bethany za su iya fuskanta. Yawancin ɗalibai suna shiga cikin ilimin fastoci na asibiti a cikin saitunan kiwon lafiya, kuma ana buƙatar duk ɗalibai masu neman digiri don shiga cikin ƙwarewar al'adu.

"Muna farin cikin kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan makarantun hauza da Ƙungiyar Makarantun Tauhidi ta zaɓa don karɓar wannan tallafin," in ji Steve Schweitzer, shugaban ilimi. “Zai ba da dama mai kyau ga malaman Bethany su shiga tattaunawa a kan batun da ya shafi yawancin ɗalibanmu da suka sauke karatu kuma yana da tasiri mai amfani ga waɗanda suke cikin ikilisiya. Irin wannan tunani na gaba zai sa shirye-shiryenmu na ilimi su kara karfi.

Mambobin malamai shida za su shiga cikin binciken ta jerin tarurruka da karatun da aka ba su. An gayyaci malamin Bayahude Peter Ochs na Jami'ar Virginia da kuma malamin addinin Musulunci A. Rashied Omar daga jami'ar Notre Dame, wadanda dukkansu ke da alaka da Haitch, don bayyana ra'ayoyinsu da kuma ra'ayoyinsu na al'adu.

- Jenny Williams darektan sadarwa da tsofaffin ɗalibai / ae dangantakar a Bethany Seminary.

5) A Duniya Aminci yana sanar da canje-canjen ma'aikata.

A Duniya Zaman lafiya zai rufe matsayin mai kula da harkokin sadarwa a ranar 31 ga Disamba, kuma za ta gudanar da ayyukan wannan matsayi ta sabbin hanyoyi. Wannan yana nufin haka Gimbiya Kettering, mai kula da harkokin sadarwa na yanzu, za ta kammala hidimar ta a wannan watan.

Kettering ya fara aiki tare da Amincin Duniya a watan Agustan 2007, kuma ya shirya wasiƙun bugu da na lantarki, baya ga samar da rahotanni na shekara-shekara ga waɗanda suka zaɓa da kuma daidaita halartar ƙungiyar a taron shekara-shekara.

James S. Replogle zai kammala hidimarsa a kan ma'aikatan Amincin Duniya a ranar 31 ga Disamba. An kira shi a watan Oktoba 2010 zuwa matsayin darektan ayyuka na wucin gadi, don taimaka wa kungiyar da tsare-tsare da canji.

- Bob Gross babban darekta ne na Amincin Duniya.

6) Ana sanya sabbin ma'aikata a Sudan ta Kudu.

Athansus Ungang da kuma Jillian Foerster sun fara aiki a Sudan ta Kudu a madadin Cocin Brothers. Dukansu an sanya su tare da abokan haɗin gwiwa, tare da tallafi daga shirin Hikimar Duniya da Sabis na ƙungiyar.

Ungang ya fara ne a watan Satumba a matsayin mai aikin sa kai tare da Cocin Africa Inland Church (AIC), wata majami'ar cocin Sudan inda aka sanya tsohon ma'aikacin mishan na Cocin 'yan'uwa Michael Wagner. Ungang wani minista ne da aka naɗa a cikin AIC, wanda ya kasance mai alaƙa da Cocin Brothers lokacin da yake fassara marigayi Phil da Louise Rieman yayin da suke ma'aikatan mishan a Sudan shekaru da yawa da suka wuce. Tun daga nan shi da iyalinsa suka yi ƙaura zuwa ƙasar Amirka, inda ya yi aiki a jihar Dakota ta Kudu a kan wurin zama baƙi. Matar Ungang da 'ya'yansa suna ci gaba da zama a Amurka.

Foerster yana aiki tare da RECONCILE International a matsayin abokin gudanarwa, yana aiki ta hanyar Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS). Ita memba ce a cocin Mill Creek na 'yan'uwa a Port Republic, Va., kuma tana da digiri a cikin dangantakar kasa da kasa tare da ƙarami a fannin tattalin arziki.

Babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin da Sabis na Duniya Jay Wittmeyer ya raka Foerster zuwa Sudan ta Kudu kuma ya zauna na tsawon mako guda yana ziyarar aiki tare da abokan hadin gwiwa, inda ya dawo Amurka a ranar 6 ga Disamba. Ya gana da shugabannin AIC, RECONCILE, da Majalisar Cocin Sudan.

Wittmeyer ya ba da rahoto game da shirye-shiryen Cocin ’yan’uwa na kafa Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya a yankin Torit a Sudan ta Kudu a matsayin “wurin isar da sako wanda za mu iya yin aiki a ciki.” Yana tunanin yin haɗin gwiwa tare da AIC don gina wurin don Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya, wanda kuma zai zama wurin da 'yan'uwa za su yi aiki a kan ayyukan da suka danganci ilimin tauhidi, ci gaban al'umma, da ci gaban aikin gona. Wittmeyer ya kara da cewa yana fatan kafa cibiyar zai ba da damar sanya masu aikin sa kai na BVS da dama a Sudan ta Kudu.

A yayin tafiyar tasa, Wittmeyer ya samu labarin sabbin shugabannin Majalisar Cocin Sudan, inda aka tsige tsohon shugaban majalisar daga mukaminsa, bayan da aka yi masa ba-zata. Wittmeyer ya gana da Rev. Mark Akec Cien, babban sakatare na majalisar, wanda ke karfafa Cocin ’yan’uwa su shiga Sudan ta Kudu “saboda dogon tarihinmu a can,” in ji Wittmeyer.

7) Tunani akan Cuba, Disamba 2011.

Becky Ball-Miller, memba na Cocin of the Brother's Mission and Ministry Board kuma Shugaba na Troyer Foods, Inc., wani kamfani mallakin ma'aikaci a Goshen, Ind., ta rubuta wannan tunani bayan ta dawo daga wata tawagar ecumenical zuwa Cuba. :

Sama da mako guda ke nan da dawowa daga Cuba a matsayin wani ɓangare na tawagar Majalisar Coci ta Ƙasa (NCC) tare da Majalisar Cocin Cuban. Ban rubuta tunanina a takarda kafin wannan ba saboda dalilai guda biyu; na farko, rayuwa ta kan cika cikawa yayin da muke shiga zuwa da dawowa daga tafiye-tafiye, na biyu kuma, kuma galibi, saboda ina da irin wannan ɗimbin tunani, ji, da martani ga lokacina.

Na yi tafiya zuwa Kuba a 1979 don karatun wa'adi na Janairu a Kwalejin Manchester. Na yi sha'awar ganin nawa na tuna daga waccan tafiya da kuma yadda mai yiwuwa martanina ya canza-dukansu saboda sauyin da aka samu a Kuba musamman saboda canjin zato da tsammanin rayuwata. A cikin 1979 ni ɗalibin ɗalibin koleji ne da aka kwatanta da kansa kuma a yau wasu za su iya kwatanta ni a matsayin mai arziki, ɗan kasuwa mai nasara wanda aka albarkace ni da zarafi na bauta wa al’ummar bangaskiyata.

Na ji daɗin yadda tunanina ya kasance game da mutanen Cuba da dangantakarmu da Cuba. Kamar yadda wani abokin aiki ya nuna, al'ummar Kuba za su ce sau da yawa suna iya zama matalauta amma ba sa son zuciya. A bayyane yake cewa suna jin "kulawa." Suna ba da shawara mai ƙarfi da faɗaɗa galibin imaninsu ga ainihin haƙƙin duk Cuban don kiwon lafiya, ilimi, abinci, da matsuguni. Esteban Lazo dan siyasan Cuba ya bayyana cewa idan yana da dankali guda biyu kuma makwabcinsa ba shi da, to ya raba nasa da makwabcinsa. Yana da wuya ba a sami hotunan Ikilisiya na farko ba a cikin zuciyata.

Yayin da muka yi aiki tare da Majalisar Cocin Cuba don samar da sanarwar hadin gwiwa kan dangantakarmu da Cuba, yayin da muke sauraron jama'ar Cuban da wakilin gwamnati, yayin da muka shafe lokaci a cikin addu'a da tunani, na ga alama cewa takunkumin na Amurka ya ji. sosai kamar cin zarafi da riko da bacin rai. Lokacin da suka raba mummunan yanayin tattalin arziki da aka samu a Cuba bayan rushewar katangar a 1991 (wanda suka yi daidai da babban bakin ciki), ba zan iya taimakawa ba sai dai tunanin cewa mun rasa cikakkiyar damar isa don zama maƙwabci mai kyau. duka motsa jiki da neman gafara da shiga sabuwar dangantaka mai ba da rai.

Me wannan yake nufi yanzu? Menene na koya daga gogewa na? Ta yaya zan rayu daban? Ina sha'awar yadda martanina ya kasance da 1979. Hankalina shine yawancin Cuban suna da ma'anar ainihin Kiristanci kuma watakila suna "yi" coci fiye da Amurkawa da yawa. Ina sha'awar matakin kulawa na asali ga juna a cikin abin da za mu bayyana a matsayin talauci da watakila ma zalunci. Na yi sha'awar magana daga wani mai ba da shawara kan tattalin arziki da muka gana da shi na cewa su ba al'ummar gurguzu ba ce, al'umma ce da aka kafa bisa ka'idojin gurguzu. Wani abokin aikinsa ya bayyana cewa da yawa daga cikin limaman cocin sun bayyana Castro a matsayin uba mai tsauri da ke kula da ’ya’yansa kuma suna bukatar su yi kamar yadda ya ce.

Wataƙila yayin da kuke karanta wannan abubuwa da yawa gauraye na motsin rai da tunani suna motsawa cikin zuciyar ku, kamar yadda suke yi nawa. Ya bayyana a gare ni cewa babu wurin yin hukunci da babbar dama don koyo da inganta yanayin ɗan adam-ga dukanmu. Tabbas ya taɓa tunani na da ruhuna tare da sabon matakin sha'awar hanyoyin da za mu iya ƙara taimakon jin kai ga Cuba da sauran mutanen da ke bukata.

Darussan rayuwata daga wannan gogewa har yanzu suna kan tasowa. Duk da haka, wannan na sani: An fi sanina sosai ga duka "mabambanta" da "daya" a tsakaninmu. Wancan da farko, ina so in mai da hankali kan buƙatar ba da kulawa ta rai, ga maƙwabta (s) na kusa da na nesa, ga ƙasan Allah, ga halittun Allah (eh ban iya ba sai lura da kuliyoyi da karnuka. har ma da yin tunani game da bambancin kulawa da dabbobinmu) har ma da kaina. Ya kasance mai ma'ana sosai don nisanta daga "al'ada" - hatsaniya na na yau da kullun - kuma a tuna da alaƙar ruhaniya cewa hayaniyar rayuwata kan iya nutsar da ita sau da yawa. Na gaskanta wannan kwarewa za ta ci gaba da bunkasa ni, dangantakata da wasu da kuma dangantakata da Allah kuma saboda haka ina godiya sosai.

Bari mu kalli kowace rana wannan lokacin zuwan – kuma koyaushe – a matsayin sabuwar kyauta da damar yin tarayya cikin rayuwar Mulki.

8) Abin al'ajabi: Tattaunawa da Grace Mishler.

Tattaunawar da ke gaba da Grace Mishler, memba na Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke hidima a Vietnam tare da tallafi daga Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na ƙungiyar, ɗan jaridar Vietnamese Löu Vaên Ñait ne. An sake buga shi a nan tare da izini, wanda asalinsa ya bayyana ranar 15 ga Nuwamba a cikin Turanci a cikin sashin zamantakewa na "Vietnam News Outlook", wanda ke yawo a duk duniya:

Gwagwarmayar rashin gani don samun 'yancin kai ta hanyar amfani da farar sandar da ke ba su damar shiga cikin al'umma. "Tare da sanda na, na fi jin 'yanci a Vieät Nam. Abokina ne a nan,” in ji Grace Mishler, Ba’amurkiya, wadda idanunta suka yi kasala tun tana ’yar shekara 31.

A yau, a 64, Grace tana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara a Jami'ar Kimiyyar Jama'a da Bil'adama ta City ta HCM. Ayyukanta, wanda ke da nufin haɓaka hankalin jama'a da tausayi game da nakasassu, wani ɓangare na Cocin of the Brothers Global Mission da ke Amurka ke tallafawa.

Grace ta zauna a Vieät Nam shekaru 12 da suka gabata bayan ziyarar farko ta mako uku. Ta zaga ko'ina cikin ƙasar, ba ta taɓa rasa sandarta ba. Sa’ad da na isa gidanta don yin hira, ta nace cewa ta fara nuna yadda za ta tsallaka wani titi mai cike da jama’a da farar kara. Ta nuna mini motsin da ta koya daga kawarta Leâ Daân Baïch Vieät, wadda ta yi karatun horar da makafi a Amurka a Jami'ar Pennsylvania. Daga baya ya dawo don koyar da makafi a Vieät Nam.

“Leâ ya kasance ƙwararren ƙwararren motsi ga masu fama da gani. Abin baƙin ciki, ya mutu daga ciwon daji bayan ya kafa horo na farko na horar da motsi a Vieät Nam, "in ji ta.

Grace ta ce akasarin masu nakasa a kasar ba su san yadda ake amfani da sandar ba, kuma sau da yawa ba sa fita waje saboda suna jin kunya da rashin jin dadi. Kadan daga cikinsu sun mallaki farar kara, wadda aka fara amfani da ita a farkon karni na 20 a Faransa, Birtaniya, da Amurka.

Babban damuwarta a yanzu shi ne wasu makafi kaɗan a Vieät Nam sun zaɓi yin amfani da sanda. Idan ba tare da shi ba, suna ware kansu daga abokai da al'umma.

Abubuwa uku da suka taimaka mata ta tsira a Vieät Nam sune hularta, tabarau, da farar kara, in ji ta. Grace ta ce: “Ko da yake sandar tana taimaka mini, na san wani lokacin har ila ina jin tsoro sosai.

Ta buge ni a matsayin mace mai ƙarfi, da ruhun ƙarfe. Ta sha wahala da yawa a rayuwarta. Da aka gano tana da retinitis pigmentosa tana da shekaru 31, daga baya ta gano cewa tana da cutar sankarar bargo, wanda aka yi nasarar yi masa magani kuma har yanzu ba a yafewa.

A cikin 'yan kwanakinta na farko a Vieät Nam, Grace ta ce ta ji ba dadi lokacin da ta fito kan titi, ta ji karar babura. Sau da yawa takan hau motar haya ko babur don tafiya saboda tsoronta. Ta ce titunan Saøi Goøn na iya zama da wahala a iya kewayawa ba tare da taimako ba, daga ko dai sanda, kare mai gani ko kuma wani mutum. Sau da yawa akan yi cunkoso da wuraren ajiye motoci na babura ko kiosks, in ji ta.

A cikin 1999, kafin ta zo Vieät Nam, ta dogara sosai a kan sandarta yayin zaman mako biyar a Indiya. Daga baya, da ta koma nan, ta tarar cewa hanyoyin nan sun fi na Indiya tsari. Tsawon shekaru 12 da ta yi a nan, ba ta yi wani hatsari ba, sai dai fadowa daya a bandaki.

Matasa da yawa a Vieät Nam sun fara amfani da farar sandar, wanda ke taimaka musu wajen tafiya da zirga-zirgar jama'a. Hoaøng Vónh Taâm, 18, wanda aka haife shi da nakasar gani, ya yi tafiya ta bas zuwa jami'ar sa da ke gundumar 3 daga Nhaät Hoàng Cibiyar Makafi da Nakasar gani a gundumar Thuû Ñöùc. Ya koyi yadda ake amfani da sandar a wurin malamai a cibiyar.

Taâm, wadda ke son zama jagorar yawon buɗe ido ta ce: “Na gode wa sandar, na yi tafiya da kaina zuwa makarantar sakandare, kuma yanzu zan iya shiga jami’a.

Makonni kadan da suka gabata, Ta’am ya rasa lokacin da zai je gida, saboda ba zato ba tsammani ta canza hanya. Ya sauka ya fara tafiya. Ya ce: “Na isa gida saboda sanda na da kuma abin da aka koya mini.

Leâ Thò Vaân Nga, darektan cibiyar, an horar da shi a Ostiraliya kan dabarun motsi ga makafi. Nga, wanda ba shi da nakasa, ya ce farar karan kamar dogon yatsa ne ga masu amfani da shi. Idan ba tare da sanda ba, za su iya jin ware daga al'umma, ƙin shiga ayyukan zamantakewa ko karatu a makaranta.

A Vieät Nam, akwai kusan malamai 20 a duk faɗin ƙasar waɗanda ke koyar da dabarun motsi ga makafi. Nga ta ce a lokacin da ta yi karatu a Ostiraliya, a wani bangare na horon da ta yi, an jefar da ita a tsakar gida a rufe ido, kuma sai da ta nemo hanyar da za ta koma wurin da aka nada a baya. A Vieät Nam, Nga yana koyar da dabaru iri ɗaya da kuma azuzuwan ka'ida da yawa. "Tafiya a kan titi, na fahimci kalubalen da makafi ke fuskanta, kuma na san mahimmancin farar kara," in ji ta.

Tana fatan haɓaka ƙarin darussan daidaitawa ga makafi. "Hatta masu hangen nesa sun ɓace, don haka hanya tana da mahimmanci."

A baya-bayan nan, an bayar da kwasa-kwasan kwana hudu na dabarun motsi ga malaman makarantun makafi da sauran makarantu.

Alamar 'yancin kai: Don wayar da kan jama'a game da nakasassu na gani, Vieät Nam ya yi bikin Ranar Tsaro ta Farin Cane na farko a ranar 14 ga Oktoba, tare da mutane 50 masu nakasa suna tafiya tare da fararen su a kan titin Nguyeãn Chí Thanh daga Nguyeãn Ñình Chieåu Makafi a cikin HCM City. Majalisar dokokin Amurka ce ta kaddamar da wannan rana ta musamman a shekara ta 1964 a wani kuduri na hadin gwiwa wanda ya ayyana ranar 15 ga Oktoba a matsayin ranar kare lafiyar farar fata. Ranar 14 ga watan Oktoba ne shugaban Amurka Barack Obama ya sake masa suna a matsayin ranar daidaito tsakanin Amurkawa makafi ko kuma masu hangen nesa.

"A wannan rana, muna murnar nasarorin da Amurkawa makafi da nakasassu suka samu tare da sake jaddada aniyarmu na ciyar da cikakkiyar hadin kan zamantakewa da tattalin arziki," in ji Obama.

Ba wai kawai farar kara yana ba da kariya da kuma taimaka wa nakasassu su rayu da kansu ba, yana kuma faɗakar da motoci da masu tafiya a ƙasa don ba da haƙƙin hanya ga mai amfani da sandar.

9) Wasikar isowa daga jami'an taron shekara-shekara.

“Idan muna da soyayya, rashin jituwa ba zai yi mana illa ba. Idan ba mu da soyayya, yarjejeniya ba za ta yi mana amfani ba.” – Kurtis Aboki Naylor

Zuwa ga ’yan’uwanmu mata da ’yan’uwa a cikin ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa:

Abubuwan kasuwanci a taron shekara-shekara a farkon wannan shekara sun tattauna muhimman al'amura na rayuwa da bangaskiya, kuma tattaunawar da muka yi ta nuna cewa mun ɗauki waɗannan batutuwa da muhimmanci.

Ba lallai ba ne muhawwara mai ƙarfi ta haifar da damuwa, amma a cikin tattaunawarmu akwai lokuttan da sautin mu da halayenmu ga juna suka ƙetare layi. A wancan lokacin, yana da zafi ganin cewa muhawararmu ba ta da bambanci da yadda al'umma ke tafka muhawara a kan batutuwan da ke jawo cece-kuce, da zarge-zarge, ana samun barazana. Wani dan cocin ya sami barazanar kisa. An gaya wa wani memba, "Ina fata za ku shiga wuta." Kuma mutane da yawa suna amfani da lokacinsu don gano tare da rukunin rukuninsu na musamman maimakon tare da Ikilisiya gaba ɗaya.

A matsayinmu na jami’an taron shekara-shekara, muna ɗokin ganin tattaunawarmu a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa ta bambanta da ta duniya. Idan waɗanda ba almajiran Yesu ba za su lura da mu a mafi tsananin lokutanmu, za su iya gani—ta kalmominmu, sautin mu, da ayyukanmu—yaya muke ƙauna da mutunta juna?

Don haka muna ba da kalubale. Muna roƙon kowannenmu ya ɗauki mataki baya daga sabani na yanzu kuma mu bincika ko halayenmu da ayyukanmu suna nuna canjin da muka sani ta wurin Ruhu Mai Tsarki. Musamman, muna ƙarfafa membobin su yi la'akari da ɗaukar waɗannan ayyuka kafin taron shekara-shekara na 2012 a St. Louis:

— Idan mun yi zagi ga kowa ko kuma ta kowace hanya mun kasa gina ikkilisiya ta wurin maganganunmu, kafofin watsa labarunmu, ko da tunaninmu, mu yi ƙoƙari mu sake yin sulhu cikin Almasihu Yesu Ubangijinmu, cikin Ruhun Matta 18:15-20.

— Cewa mu ba da kanmu don yin nazari da addu’a a kusa da jigon taron shekara ta 2012, “Ci gaba da aikin Yesu. Lafia. Kawai. Tare,” da jigo ayoyi Matta 28:19-20.

A ƙarshe, begenmu ne cewa dukanmu mu riƙe juna cikin addu’a yayin da muke neman “ci gaba da aikin Yesu. Lafia. Kawai. Tare.”

Alheri da aminci a gare ku,
Tim Harvey, Mai Gudanar da Taro na Shekara-shekara na 2012
Bob Krouse, Zaɓaɓɓen Mai Gudanarwa da Fred Swartz, Sakataren Taro na Shekara-shekara

10) Yan'uwa: Buɗe ayyukan yi, rajistar wakilan taron shekara-shekara, labaran kwaleji, da ƙari.

- Gundumar Shenandoah na neman ministar zartaswa na cikakken lokaci 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, Brethren Press da MennoMedia suka shirya. yana karɓar aikace-aikacen 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., za a bude da tsakar rana (tsakiyar lokaci) 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 Tunatar Yan'uwa 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.

- Wani sabon shafin "'Yan'uwa a Labarai". yana kan layi a www.brethren.org/news/2011/brethren-in-the-news-1.html . Wannan fasalin labarai na lokaci-lokaci akan gidan yanar gizon ɗarika yana ba da hanyoyin haɗi zuwa sabbin labarai masu alaƙa da ’yan’uwa, abubuwan tunawa ga membobin coci, da ƙari, tare da hanyar haɗi zuwa cikakkun labarun kan layi.

- A cikin aiki na baya-bayan nan, shirin Albarkatun Material 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 tsarin karatun Gather 'Round, ya kasance daya daga cikin membobin Cocin 'yan'uwa guda biyu a taron kasa da kasa kan cutar kanjamau da AIDS da Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance ta shirya kuma Cocin Presbyterian a Kanada ta shirya. 'Yar'uwarta, Sara Speicher, wadda tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar Kungiyar 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 Kungiyar Springs of Living Water yunƙurin sabunta cocin ce ta sanar a kan jigon, “Gayyatar Almajirai, ‘Bi Ni, Zan Sa Ku Kifi Don Mutane. , wannan babban fayil jagora ne ga mutane don karanta littattafai a cikin 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, 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. 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.

- Kwalejin Manchester tana neman nadin na 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., ta sami ɗayan tallafin gasa guda 20 wanda aka ba wa cibiyoyin Hispanic hidima daga Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka, bisa ga sanarwar da jami'ar ta aike. 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.

- McPherson (Kan.) Kwalejin ta ba da sanarwar ƙungiyar da ta yi nasara a ƙalubalenta na 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 taimakawa wajen daukar nauyin dalibai masu alkawurra don 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.

- Zumunci 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 .

- Church Women United sun yi bikin cika shekaru 70 da kafuwa a ranar 1-3 ga Disamba. A cikin imel ɗin kwanan nan, da Shirin Mata na Duniya, wata kungiyar 'yan'uwa, ta mika sakon taya murna ga Church Women United, inda ta bayar da rahoton cewa "tun daga 1941, CWU ta shirya zuwa fiye da 1,200 na gida da jihohi a Amurka da Puerto Rico a kokarinta na samar da duniya mai adalci da zaman lafiya. .”

- Bethany Farfesa Farfesa 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.