Yuni 2, 2011
“Ina addu’a… domin Kristi ya zauna a cikin zukatanku ta wurin bangaskiya, kamar yadda kuke kafe, kuna kafu cikin ƙauna” (Afisawa 3:17).
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LABARAI
1) Hukumar BBT ta amince da canje-canjen da ke tasiri ga masu ritaya na Tsarin Fansho na 'Yan'uwa.
2) An yanke kyaututtukan ilimi na AmeriCorps zuwa cibiyar sadarwar sa kai ta tushen bangaskiya.
3) Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa yana ba da tallafi don amsawar hadari.
4) Cibiyar dasa shuki tana fitar da mahimmancin addu'a na tsawon shekara.
KAMATA
5) Michael Wagner ya yi murabus a matsayin ma'aikacin zaman lafiya na Sudan.
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6) Domin zaman lafiyar garin: Ranar Addu'ar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya 2011.
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7) Jami'ai suna ba da kalandar addu'a don shirya taron shekara-shekara.
8) Yan'uwa Da Yakin Basasa.
9) Yan'uwa rago: Tunawa, ma'aikata, ayyuka, Shekara-shekara taron, more.
1) Hukumar BBT ta amince da canje-canjen da ke tasiri ga masu ritaya na Tsarin Fansho na 'Yan'uwa.
Kashewar Shirin Rage Taimakon Rage Fa'idodin Fannin Fa'idodin 'Yan'uwa da canjin yadda ake saka asusun da ke biyan duk kudaden da ake kashewa na Tsarin Fansho sune manyan abubuwa guda biyu da Hukumar Daraktocin Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) ta amince da su a lokacin da suka gana da Afrilu. 30 da Mayu 1 a Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill.
Yayin da membobin kwamitin kuma suka yi magana da wasu abubuwa na kasuwanci, gami da shirin ba da lamuni na tsare-tsare, bin ka'ida da batutuwan tsaro na bayanai, allon saka hannun jari na zamantakewar jama'a, da ra'ayi mai tsabta na BBT na 2010, Tsarin fensho na 'yan'uwa ne ya sami lokacin tattaunawa.
"Ba wani abu da muke yi a matsayin hukumar da ma'aikata da ke da mahimmanci fiye da kiyayewa da ƙarfafa Shirin Fansho na 'yan'uwa ga dukan mambobinmu - wadanda suka yi ritaya da masu aiki - ta hanyar amfani da hanyoyin da muke da su," in ji shugaban BBT Nevin Dulabaum. "Bayan yanke shawarwari da dama a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata wanda nan da nan ya karfafa shirin fensho, kwamitin a taron na Afrilu ya mayar da hankali kan matakan aiki da ke da niyyar taimakawa shirin kalubalen tattalin arziki a nan gaba."
Hukumar BBT ta kada kuri'ar kawo karshen shirin ba da tallafin fensho na 'yan'uwa a cikin 2014:
A watan Oktoba na 2009, watan da membobin tsarin fansho na ’yan’uwa suka sami ragin biyan kuɗinsu na shekara saboda rashin kuɗin da ake samu na Asusun Rin Haɗin Kuɗi na Retirement (wanda ake biyan kuɗin fensho daga tsarin fansho), an kafa shirin bayar da tallafi ga ƙwararrun membobin da suka rage. mafi m. Membobin da suka cancanci tallafin sun sami biyan kuɗin da bai wuce ragi na biyan kuɗin fansho ba.
Hukumar BBT ta amince da wannan Shirin Rage Amfanin Amfanin Shekarar don ba wa wasu membobin taimako da lokaci don dacewa da gaskiyar ƙananan biyan kuɗin shekara. An ba da tallafin ne daga ajiyar BBT, kuma an yi niyyar sake duba shirin kowace shekara.
A watan Afrilu, hukumar ta amince da wani shiri wanda zai kawo karshen tallafin sannu a hankali; Taimakon kudi daga shirin tallafin zai ci gaba da raguwa cikin shekaru uku masu zuwa. Ba za a ci gaba da ba da tallafi ba har zuwa ƙarshen 2011. A cikin 2012, membobin da suka cancanci tallafin ba za su sami fiye da kashi 75 cikin 50 na adadin kuɗin da aka rage musu ba. Za su sami kashi 2013 cikin 25 na adadin kuɗin da za su rage yawan kuɗin shiga a shekara ta 2014, da kashi 30 na adadin kuɗin rage yawan kuɗin da suke samu a shekarar XNUMX, zuwa ranar XNUMX ga Satumba, a lokacin shirin tallafin zai ƙare - cikar shekaru biyar bayan farawa.
Ƙarshen tallafin ba zai yi tasiri kan biyan kuɗi na yau da kullun ta kowace hanya ba. Duk ma'aikatan da suka sami biyan kuɗi na wata-wata daga Tsarin Fansho na 'Yan'uwa za su ci gaba da karɓar cek ɗin su na wata-wata, kuma a daidai wannan adadin.
"Saboda waɗannan kuɗaɗen suna zuwa ne daga asusun BBT, wannan shirin ba zai iya ci gaba ba har abada," in ji Scott Douglas, darektan Shirin Tsarin Fansho na Brethren da Sabis na Kuɗi na Ma'aikata. "Duk da haka, dangane da yanayi mai wahala, muna fatan wannan rage kudaden tallafin sannu a hankali zai baiwa masu karbar lokaci mai yawa don dacewa da wannan canji."
Asusun Fa'idodin Ritaya ya ƙara bambanta don rage haɗari da haɓaka yuwuwar riba:
Duk da cewa Asusun Fa'idodin Ritaya (RBF) ba shi da kuɗi, akwai hanyoyin da za a iya sanya asusun ta yadda zai haɓaka yuwuwar dawowa yayin rage haɗarin haɗari? Wannan ita ce tambayar da BBT ke yi a cikin rugujewar kasuwa na shekara ta 2008. Yayin da halin kuɗin kuɗin RBF kuma ya shafi wasu nau'i-nau'i masu yawa waɗanda ba za a iya sarrafa su ba-yawan mutanen da ke shiga da fita daga tafkin da shekarun su, tsammanin rayuwa, tarawa, da zaɓin fa'idar ma'auratan da za su iya zaɓa, da sauransu-ɗaya mai mahimmanci da BBT zata iya sarrafa shi shine yadda ake saka hannun jari.
A cikin 2010, BBT ta ba da izini ga ɗaya daga cikin masu ba da shawara na saka hannun jari don bincika mahaɗin rabon kadara na RBF da ba da shawarar sabbin zaɓuɓɓukan saka hannun jari. An gabatar da rahoton farko ga kwamitin saka hannun jari na BBT a watan Janairu, da rahoton karshe a watan Afrilu. Bayan yin la'akari da al'amuran da yawa, hukumar ta zaɓi sabon haɗin haɗin kadara na RBF wanda ke amfani da yawancin sabbin zaɓuɓɓukan saka hannun jari na BBT, yana haɓaka rarrabuwar fayil ɗin, kuma yana da niyya don haɓaka dawowa yayin rage haɗarin.
Hukumar ta kuma ba da dama ga Kwamitin Tsare-tsaren Fansho na BBT don ci gaba da neman hanyoyin karfafa shirin. Ƙungiyar ta sami rahoto daga Aon Hewitt kan yuwuwar haɓakawa ko canje-canjen da za a iya yi dangane da yanayin masana'antu da ayyuka, kuma suna amfani da bayanai daga tattaunawa tare da wasu masu ba da tsarin fansho na tushen bangaskiya.
Shirin ba da lamuni na Securities ya zama mai dogaro da kai:
Bayan tattaunawa a kwamitin zuba jari, karkashin jagorancin shugaba Jack Grim, hukumar ta amince da kudirin da zai haifar da shirin bada lamuni na tsare-tsare ya zama mai dogaro da kai. Wannan yana nufin cewa za a fara amfani da amfani da kudaden shiga nan gaba daga shirin ba da lamuni na BBT don biyan kuɗin shirin, gami da kashe kuɗin doka.
BBT a halin yanzu yana tsakiyar karar da bankin da ke kula da shi game da shirin ba da lamuni. Har zuwa wannan shawarar da hukumar ta yanke, biyan kuɗaɗen kuɗaɗen lamuni na tsare-tsare ya fito ne daga ajiyar BBT.
"Matakin da Hukumar ta dauka shine sanin cewa samun kudin shiga daga shirin dole ne ya fara biya duk kudaden da ake kashewa na shirin," in ji Dulabum. "Za a ci gaba da amfani da kudaden shiga da ya wuce kima don kashe kudade daban-daban da ke hade da kowane asusun saka hannun jari."
A cikin sauran kasuwancin:
Hukumar ta ba FedEx “yankin da ba zai tashi ba”. Kowace shekara, kamfanonin da ke da ayyukan kasuwanci da ba su dace ba tare da maganganun taron shekara-shekara na Cocin Brothers ana dubawa daga jakar hannun jari na BBT. Wannan ya haɗa da kasuwancin da ke da manyan kwangiloli tare da Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Amurka. Darektan saka hannun jari na zamantakewa (SRI) Steve Mason ya gabatar da jerin sunayen 'yan kwangilar Ma'aikatar Tsaro guda biyu waɗanda a cikin 2010 ko dai sun sami kashi 10 cikin 25 ko fiye na kuɗin shiga daga irin waɗannan kwangiloli ko kuma suna ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanoni 83 da ke cinikin kwangila a bainar jama'a. Duk da yake yawancin kamfanoni ba sunayen gida bane, ba za a iya faɗi iri ɗaya ba game da FedEx. Tare da amincewar hukumar game da jerin sunayen, BBT za ta guje wa cin gajiyar FedEx a cikin shekara mai zuwa, da kuma sauran kasuwancin XNUMX da suka bayyana a jerin sunayen (bita lissafin a www.brethrenbenefittrust.org , danna kan "Zazzagewa" sai kuma "Sabuwar Alhakin Jama'a").
Kwamitin Zuba Jari da hukumar sun yi bayani dalla-dalla dalla-dalla game da jagororin saka hannun jari na BBT, gami da yadda ƙaramin kamfani zai iya zama da ma'auni na Asusun Gidajen Gidajen Jama'a, wanda aka canza zuwa Ƙididdigar Ƙirar Kayayyakin Ƙira da Talakawa. Kwamitin a zaman rufe ya tattauna kan kararrakin bayar da lamuni na kamfanoni, da kuma kokarin bin dokokin tsaro da gwamnatin tarayya ta gindaya. An ƙirƙiri kayan aiki da ƙarfin aiki wanda ya haɗa da Carol Hess, Carol Ann Greenwood, Ann Quay Davis, da Dulabum.
Taron kwamitin BBT na gaba zai kasance a ranar 6 ga Yuli a Grand Rapids, Mich., Bayan taron shekara-shekara; da Nuwamba 18-19 a Martinsburg, Pa., a Kauye a Morrisons Cove.
- Brian Solem shine mai kula da wallafe-wallafe na Brethren Benefit Trust.
2) An yanke kyaututtukan ilimi na AmeriCorps zuwa cibiyar sadarwar sa kai ta tushen bangaskiya.
 Ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa Larry da JoAnn Sims sun fara ne a watan Mayu a matsayin masu karbar bakuncin Cibiyar Abota ta Duniya a Hiroshima, Japan. A sama: taron manema labarai a zauren birni: (daga hagu) Morishita-sensai, Larry Sims, JoAnn Sims, da Michiko Yaname. A ƙasa: Sims suna gabatar da wardi ga Hibakusha tare da ranar haihuwar Mayu, a gidan kulawa. Hibakusha sun tsira daga harin A-bam.  |
Bayan shekaru 15 na shiga cikin shirin bayar da lambar yabo ta ilimi na AmeriCorps, Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) ya koyi cewa an yanke damar shiga shirin. Rage kasafin kudin tarayya yana nufin Hukumar Kula da Sabis ta Kasa da Jama'a (CNCS) ba ta bayar da irin wannan tallafi ga kungiyar sa kai ta hanyar sadarwar sa kai wacce BVS memba ce, na wa'adin 2011-2012.
BVS tana shiga cikin shirin AmeriCorps ta hanyar Cibiyar Sa-kai ta Katolika (CVN), ƙungiyar sadarwar don ƙungiyoyin sa kai na tushen bangaskiya. Memba na BVS a cikin CVN yana nufin cewa masu sa kai za su iya nema don karɓar kyautar ilimi $5,350 daga AmeriCorps, kuma BVS ta sami damar samun wasu fa'idodi kamar shirin inshorar lafiya ga masu sa kai.
"Tsarin yanke shawara na kasafin kudin tarayya na 2011 ya kasance mai ban tsoro musamman, tare da jinkirin watanni da ci gaba da shawarwari," in ji sanarwar daga CVN. “Shawarar ƙarshe ta yi mummunar tasiri ga CNCS da shirye-shiryen da ke aiki a ƙarƙashin inuwar kamfanin. An ba wa CNCS kuɗi a dala biliyan 1.1, wanda ke da dala miliyan 72 a ƙasa da matakin kasafin kuɗi na 2010. An yanke shirin Koyi da Hidimawa Amurka gaba ɗaya daga kasafin kuɗin 2011. Shirye-shiryen AmeriCorps sun sami yanke dala miliyan 23. A kan wannan rage kasafin, CNCS ta samu kusan ninki biyu na adadin aikace-aikacen kudaden yi wa kasa hidima, idan aka kwatanta da na bara. Sama da kungiyoyi 300 sun nemi tallafin Shirin Kyautar Ilimi - na waɗannan shirye-shiryen, 50 ne kawai aka ba da kuɗin. ”
"Akwai damuwa" a tsakanin ma'aikatan BVS, in ji darekta Dan McFadden. Ragewar zai zama asara musamman ga masu aikin sa kai da suka shiga BVS dauke da manyan basussukan kwaleji, in ji shi. Don tallafa wa waɗannan masu sa kai BVS na iya neman wasu hanyoyin da cocin zai iya taimakawa, kamar biyan ribar lamunin makaranta wanda matsakaicin $20,000 zuwa $30,000 ga masu sa kai na yanzu. "Nauyin bashin da masu sa kai ke fitowa daga koleji tare da ci gaba da karuwa," in ji McFadden. "Muna da masu sa kai da har zuwa $50,000."
Masu sa kai na BVS goma sha uku a halin yanzu suna cikin shirin bayar da kyautar ilimi na AmeriCorps. A cikin 2009-2010, 21 BVSers sun sami lambar yabo, amma wannan shekara ce da ba a saba gani ba, in ji McFadden. Tun lokacin da BVS ta fara shiga cikin shirin a cikin 1996, fiye da BVSers 120 sun sami lambar yabo ta ilimi, mai kula da daidaitawa Callie Surber. Wannan yana wakiltar wasu dala 570,000 ko fiye da suka taimaka wa masu sa kai na BVS su biya lamunin ɗalibai, in ji ta.
Tsohon darektan BVS Jan Schrock ya taka rawa wajen ba da damar kungiyoyin sa kai na tushen bangaskiya su shiga AmeriCorps, in ji McFadden. Da farko, BVS da sauran irin waɗannan ƙungiyoyi sun yi aiki ta Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa don shiga tare da AmeriCorps. CVN sannan ya dauki nauyin gudanar da shirin tsawon shekaru 13 da suka gabata.
Koyaya, asarar samun damar samun kyautar ilimi ba a tsammanin zai shafi ɗaukar ma'aikata don BVS. "Yawancin BVSers ba sa zuwa BVS saboda kyautar ilimi ta AmeriCorps," in ji McFadden. A gaskiya ma, kwanan nan ma'aikatan BVS sun yi ta tantance ko za su ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa tare da AmeriCorps, saboda sababbin buƙatun da za su iya tilasta BVS su "cire harshen bangaskiya" daga aikace-aikacensa, in ji shi. "A cikin kimanta wannan mun tambayi masu aikin sa kai na baya da suka sami lambar yabo ta AmeriCorps nawa ba za su shiga BVS ba idan ba don kyautar ilimi ba?" Uku daga cikin 20 da suka amsa sun ce ba za su shiga BVS ba idan ba a ba su kyautar ba.
Sauran kungiyoyi za su fi fuskantar wahala, in ji McFadden, kamar Jesuit Volunteer Corps wanda ke da masu sa kai har 300 da ke shiga tare da AmeriCorps. Ragewar ba ta shafi ƙungiyoyin da suka yi rajista a cikin lokacin bayar da tallafi na 2010-2011, gami da BVS, waɗanda za su sami cikakkiyar lambobin yabo na ilimi na sauran shekara. Shirye-shirye kamar BVS kuma na iya nemo wasu hanyoyin samun damar samun lambobin yabo na ilimi na AmeriCorps, kamar ta shirye-shiryen jihohi a wuraren da masu aikin sa kai suke aiki.
"Cibiyar sa kai ta Katolika ta fara tuntuɓar sabis na al'umma da shugabannin gwamnati don yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar hanyoyin magance wannan rikicin," in ji sanarwar CVN. "Muna kuma so mu ƙarfafa ku duka da ku ba da shawara a madadin Ƙungiyar Sa-kai ta Katolika, ƙungiyoyinmu, da kuma shirin AmeriCorps gaba ɗaya."
McFadden ya nemi addu'a ga ma'aikatan a CVN. "Wataƙila ayyukansu suna cikin haɗari."
3) Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa yana ba da tallafi don amsawar hadari.
An ba da tallafi biyu daga Cocin ’Yan’uwa Asusun Gaggawa na Bala’i (EDF) don aikin ba da agajin bala’i bayan guguwar da aka yi kwanan nan a Amurka. Tallafin $15,000 ya amsa faɗaɗa roko daga Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS) biyo bayan guguwar guguwar da ta shafi jihohi bakwai daga Oklahoma zuwa Minnesota, kuma $5,000 tana tallafawa aikin masu sa kai na Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara (CDS) a Joplin, Mo.
Yayin da cikakken buƙatun waɗanda guguwa da guguwar bazara ta shafa suka bayyana a fili, kuma al'ummomin sun yi shirin farfadowa na dogon lokaci, Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa za su sami damar kafa ayyukan sake ginawa kuma ana sa ran za su nemi ƙarin tallafi don gyarawa da sake gina gidaje. .
Kyautar da aka ba wa CWS zai taimaka wajen biyan kuɗin jigilar kayayyaki na kayan agaji da samar da albarkatu da horarwa a cikin ci gaban ƙungiyoyin farfadowa na dogon lokaci a cikin al'ummomin da abin ya shafa. Tallafin da ya gabata na $7,500 daga EDF ya amsa roko na farko daga CWS don wannan aikin, wanda aka yi a ranar 13 ga Mayu.
Tallafin don aikin CDS a Joplin ya mayar da martani ga guguwar EF 5 da ta afkawa birnin ranar 22 ga Mayu. FEMA ta bukaci masu sa kai na CDS su kula da yara a Cibiyoyin Farfado da Bala'i a can. Tallafin yana biyan tafiye-tafiye, masauki, da abinci ga ƙungiyoyin CDS masu sa kai.
Sabis na Bala'i na Yara yana da masu aikin sa kai 20 da ke aiki a Joplin, suna kula da yara a Rukunin Albarkatun Hukumar da yawa, Cibiyoyin Farfaɗo da Bala'i na FEMA guda biyu, da kuma cikin mafakar Red Cross. Bugu da kari, ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun masu ba da amsa suna tare da ƙungiyar Haɗin kai ta Red Cross a ziyarar gida ga iyalai waɗanda suka sami mutuwa lokacin da akwai yara a gida.
Don ba da gudummawa ga ayyukan Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa da Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara, ko don ƙarin koyo game da Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa, je zuwa www.brethren.org/edf .
4) Cibiyar dasa shuki tana fitar da mahimmancin addu'a na tsawon shekara.
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Sabon Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Ci gaban Coci yana "fidda fifikon addu'a na tsawon shekara" a cewar Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Ministocin Rayuwa na Ikilisiya. A cikin watannin da suka kai ga taron dashen coci na 2012, kwamitin yana da nufin "haɓaka hanyar sadarwar addu'a da ta haɗa da raba buƙatun addu'a da ba da labari game da hanyoyin da ake amsa addu'a," in ji shi a cikin wani sakon Facebook.
Sabon yunƙurin ya ci gaba da yin amfani da jigon da aka kafa a shekarun baya ta ƙoƙarin dashen da Coci na ’yan’uwa ya yi: “Ku Shuka da Karimci, Ku girba da yawa” daga wata aya a 1 Korinthiyawa 3:6, “Ni (Paul) na dasa, Afollos ya shayar da shi. , amma Allah ya ba da girma.”
Za a samar da albarkatun kan layi don shirin duka biyu a www.brethren.org/churchplanting da kuma ta shafin Facebook na Cocin 'Yan'uwa Shuka Network. Abubuwan da za su haɗa da katin addu'a na shekara, cikin Ingilishi da Mutanen Espanya.
"Da fatan za a yi addu'a tare da mu, ku ƙarfafa ikilisiyarku, danginku, abokai su yi addu'a, kuma ku haɗa ta hanyar albarkatun da za su kasance nan ba da jimawa ba," in ji Shively.
5) Michael Wagner ya yi murabus a matsayin ma'aikacin zaman lafiya na Sudan.
Michael Wagner, ma'aikacin zaman lafiya tare da Cocin Brethren da ke kudancin Sudan, ya yi murabus a ranar 20 ga watan Mayu bayan kusan shekara guda a matsayin na biyu a Cocin Africa Inland-Sudan, memba na Majalisar Cocin Sudan. Ya dauki matsayi a matsayin mai kula da filin wasa na gidauniyar John Dau, a Duk Payuel a jihar Jonglei, Sudan ta Kudu.
Kafin ya shiga Cocin 'yan'uwa, Wagner ya yi aiki na shekaru biyu tare da Peace Corps a Burkina Faso, Afirka ta Yamma, a cikin shirin bunkasa kasuwanci. Kafin wannan, ya kasance mai binciken inshorar rai a Indianapolis, Ind.
6) Domin zaman lafiyar garin: Ranar Addu'ar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya 2011.
A Duniya Zaman lafiya yana fara kamfen na shekara-shekara karo na biyar yana shirya ƙungiyoyin al'umma da ikilisiyoyi don shiga cikin Ranar Addu'a don Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya (IDPP) a ranar Satumba 21. Taken nassi na kamfen na 2011 shine "Ku nemi zaman lafiya na birni- gama cikin salama za ka sami salama” (Irmiya 29). IDPP wani shiri ne na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya, da ke da alaka da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na kiyaye ranar zaman lafiya ta duniya.
A cikin 2011, Aminci a Duniya yana neman bangaskiya 200 da kungiyoyin al'umma a duniya don tsara abubuwan da suka faru a ranar 21 ga Satumba ko kusa da Satumba. Yayin da aka gayyaci kowa don yin rajista, A Duniya Aminci yana neman matasa da matasa masu tasowa don shirya tarurruka, abubuwan da suka faru. , ayyuka, ko vigils a matsayin ɓangare na IDPP.
Rijista yana nufin ƙaddamar da shirya taron addu'o'in jama'a da aka mayar da hankali kan tashin hankali a cikin makon Satumba 21. Bidiyo na gabatarwa, shirya albarkatu, da rajistar kan layi don Ranar Addu'ar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya ana samun su a www.onearthpeace.org/idpp .
“Yayin da al’ummomi a fadin duniya suke ta faman tabarbarewar tattalin arziki, yaki mara iyaka, da kuma gurbatattun siyasa, kuma yayin da al’ummomin karkara da birane suka kasa ci gaba, Ranar Addu’ar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya na iya zama kofar kawar da tashin hankali da kawo sulhu a cikin al’ummar ku duniyarmu,” in ji darektan shirin zaman lafiya na On Earth Matt Guynn. "Kungiyoyin abokan zaman lafiya na duniya daga abubuwan da suka faru na IDPP na baya sun ci gaba da bunkasa manufofin jagoranci na al'umma game da batutuwan kabilanci, talauci, soja, cin hanci da rashawa, da tashin hankali na addini."
Don ƙarin bayani game da IDPP tuntuɓi Samuel Sarpiya, 815-314-0438 ko idpp@onearthpeace.org .
7) Jami'ai suna ba da kalandar addu'a don shirya taron shekara-shekara.
Za a gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na shekara ta 2011 a kan jigo, “Mai Haihuwa da Alƙawari: Faɗar Teburin Yesu.” |
Jami'an taron shekara-shekara suna neman addu'a don taron shekara-shekara na Cocin 'yan'uwa na 2011, a ranar 2-6 ga Yuli a Grand Rapids, Mich. Ana samun kalanda na addu'a a ƙasa, kuma yana kan layi a www.brethren.org/ac a cikin tsarin da aka tsara don sauƙin amfani a matsayin mai tsarawa da kuma don bugawa. An bukaci Kwamitin Gudanarwa na dindindin na wakilan gunduma ya samar da kayan aiki don taimaka wa jami'ai da kwamitocin su shirya a ruhaniya don yin aiki a Grand Rapids. Wannan kalandar addu'a shine sakamakon, kuma ana rabawa tare da dukan ikkilisiya:
Yuni 8: Kasance tare da jami'an taron shekara-shekara don lokacin addu'a da karfe 8 na safe
Yuni 9: Yi addu'a ga mai gudanarwa Robert Alley, mai gudanarwa Tim Harvey, da sakatare Fred Swartz.
Yuni 10: Yi addu'a ga duk mahalarta taron ibada na shekara-shekara.
Yuni 11: Yi addu'a ga duk wakilan taron jama'a na shekara-shekara da baƙi na duniya.
Yuni 12: Yi addu'a ga membobin kwamitin dindindin.
Yuni 13: Yi addu'a don masu lasisi da naɗaɗɗen ministoci da shugabannin gundumomi.
Yuni 14: Yi addu'a don ikilisiyoyi da gundumomi na Cocin Brothers.
Yuni 15: Kasance tare da jami'an taron shekara-shekara don lokacin addu'a da karfe 8 na safe
Yuni 16: Karanta Markus 6:30-44. Yi addu'a ga mai wa'azi na Asabar Robert Alley.
Yuni 17: Karanta Matta 14:13-21. Yi addu'a ga mai wa'azin Lahadi Craig Smith.
Yuni 18: Karanta Markus 8:1-10. Yi addu'a ga mai wa'azin Litinin Samuel Sarpiya.
Yuni 19: Karanta Luka 9:10-17. Yi addu'a ga mai wa'azin Talata Dava Hensley.
Yuni 20: Karanta Yohanna 6:1-14. Yi addu'a don wa'azin Laraba Stan Noffsinger.
Yuni 21: Yi addu'a ga ma'aikatan cocin 'yan'uwa. Karanta Ishaya 65:17-25.
Yuni 22: Kasance tare da jami'an taron shekara-shekara don lokacin addu'a da karfe 8 na safe
Yuni 23: Yi addu'a ga ma'aikatan ofishin taron shekara-shekara. Karanta Ishaya 55.
Yuni 24: Addu'a don Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen Shirye-shiryen Taro na Shekara-shekara. Karanta Yohanna 2:1-12.
Yuni 25: Yi addu'a don ma'aikatun dariku da ke nunawa a zauren nunin. Karanta Luka 7:36-8:3.
Yuni 26: Yi addu'a ga masu aikin sa kai na bayan fage a taron shekara-shekara. Karanta Luka 14:12-14.
Yuni 27: Yi addu'a don zaman taron kasuwanci na shekara-shekara. Karanta Yohanna 21:9-14.
Yuni 28: Yi addu'a don tafiya lafiya zuwa kuma daga taron shekara-shekara. Karanta Ru’ya ta Yohanna 19:5-9.
Yuni 29: Kasance tare da jami'an taron shekara-shekara don lokacin addu'a da karfe 8 na safe
8) Yan'uwa Da Yakin Basasa.
A cikin wata jarida ta baya-bayan nan, Gundumar Shenandoah ta haɗa da tunani mai zuwa game da bikin cika shekaru 150 da fara yakin basasa, da kuma yadda 'yan'uwa a lokacin suka amsa:
A ranar 19-22 ga Mayu, 1861, ’yan’uwa sun yi taronsu na Shekara-shekara a Beaver Creek (yanzu ikilisiyar da ke kusa da Bridgewater, Va.). Wannan taro ne na musamman mai cike da tarihi da ma'ana wanda ya cancanci tunawa domin ya faru a gundumarmu a lokacin tashin hankali, lokacin bude yakin basasa.
A cikin lokacin hunturu da bazara, 1861, yayin da al'ummar ta ke karkata zuwa ga rabuwa, Dunkers sun yi muhawara ko canza wurin taron su. A matsayin masu adawa da bautar, ’yan’uwa ’yan tsiraru ne da ba a san su ba a yankin da ake riƙe bayi da ke shirin yaƙi. Arewacin Dunkers sun ji tsoron tafiya kudu yana da haɗari sosai, amma 'yan'uwa na Virginia sun nuna cewa yana da haɗari kamar yadda suke tafiya arewa kuma taron ya ci gaba kamar yadda aka tsara.
Jama’ar da suka fito sun yi yawa, amma ikilisiyoyin arewa hudu ne kawai suka aika wakilai. Editan jaridar gida, "Rockingham Register," ya ziyarci kuma ya rubuta rahoto mai tsawo kuma mai ban sha'awa.
Yi la'akari da raba wannan bayanin tare da cocin ku a matsayin tunawa da salon 'yan'uwa na shekarun yakin basasa, tushen wa'azi, Minti don Mishan, batun makarantar Lahadi, ko wani nau'i na tunawa. Masu sha'awar za su iya tuntuɓar mintuna na Taron Taron Shekara-shekara da kuma littafin Roger Sappington “The Brothers in the New Nation.” Don ƙarin bayani, gami da waƙoƙin farkon ƙarni na 19 waɗanda har yanzu sun saba kuma a cikin waƙoƙin shuɗi, tuntuɓi Steve Longenecker, Farfesa na Tarihi, Kwalejin Bridgewater, slongene@bridgewater.edu .
9) Yan'uwa rago: Tunawa, ma'aikata, ayyuka, Shekara-shekara taron, more.
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- N. Geraldine Plunkett, 86, ta mutu Mayu 20. Malama kuma marubuci daga Roanoke, Va., Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai rejista a Bethany Theological Seminary (inda ta sami digiri na biyu) kuma a baya a matsayin mataimakiyar gudanarwa na Hukumar Ofishin Jakadancin Waje na Cocin of the Brothers General Hukumar Yan Uwa. Ta kuma koyar da makaranta a Virginia da Illinois kuma ta kasance babban editan Scott Foresman da Kamfanin. Plunkett shi ne marubucin littattafan yara biyu da 'yan'uwa Press suka buga, "Sirrin Nathan" (2000) da "Matsalar Sarah Beth" (2003).
- Gundumar Shenandoah ta sanya sunan Joan Daggett a matsayin mukaddashin ministan zartaswa na gunduma, kuma ya kira John Foster, Bernie Fuska, da John W. Glick a matsayin 2011 Placement Team don yin aiki tare da ita a kan wurin makiyaya. Daggett zai yi aiki tare da gundumar Tawagar jagoranci wajen ba da kulawa ga ma'aikatun gundumomi a lokacin mika mulki bayan ritayar tsohon shugaban gundumar James E. Miller. Ta kasance abokiyar zartarwar gundumar tun 1998.
- Roseanne Segovia shine sabon mataimakin edita na Tara 'Tsarin manhaja. Daga Oak Lawn, Ill., Ta kammala karatun digiri a Jami'ar Loyola tare da digiri a aikin jarida da Ingilishi.
- Rifkatu Houff yana hidima a Cocin Brothers Ma'aikatar Matasa Da Matasa wannan lokacin rani a matsayin wani ɓangare na samar da ma'aikatar ta hanyar Bethany Seminary Theological Seminary. Ta fara aikinta a ranar 30 ga Mayu tare da daidaitawar Ƙungiyar Balaguro ta Matasa, kuma za ta taimaka tare da daidaitawar Sabis na Ma'aikatar bazara. Har ila yau, za ta yi aiki tare da Babban Babban Babban Taron Kasa, Ayyukan Matasa a Taron Shekara-shekara, da ƴan sansanonin aiki. A baya ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da agaji da mataimakiyar shirin ga Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa ta manya daga 2007-09.
- Camp Alexander Mack a Milford, Ind., yana neman a Gift Shoppe Manager/mataimakin ofis don cika kashi biyu bisa uku na matsayi na shekara. Babban alhakin shine kula da kayayyaki don Gift Shoppe, tsarawa da farashin kayayyaki don siyarwa, kula da ƙira da odar kayayyaki, gudanar da shagon gami da tsara tsarin rajistar kuɗi, ba da tallafi ga manajan ofis da sauran ma'aikatan ƙungiyar gudanarwa, taimakawa wajen ƙirƙirar kasida, fosta, da sauran abubuwan talla. Ramuwa ya haɗa da gasaccen albashi, tsarin biyan kuɗin likita, inshorar rayuwa da na naƙasa na dogon lokaci, taro da ci gaba da ba da izinin ilimi, wasu abinci, da hutun mako guda. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da digiri na farko ko kwatankwacin ilimi/kwarewa, kantin sayar da kayayyaki da ƙwarewar gudanarwa, ilimin aiki na Microsoft Office Suite da Photoshop, shiga cikin cocin Kirista ko haɗin gwiwa, shekaru 21 ko sama da haka. Aiwatar ta hanyar aika wasiƙar murfin niyya, aikace-aikacen aiki (akwai a www.cammpmack.org ), da kuma ci gaba zuwa Rex Miller, Babban Darakta, Camp Mack, PO Box 158, Milford, IN 46542; ko ta e-mail zuwa rex@campmack.org .
- Camp Mack kuma yana neman mataimaki na kudi matsayi na rabin lokaci na shekara-shekara wanda zai iya girma zuwa matsayi na cikakken lokaci. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin su ne don taimakawa wajen gudanar da harkokin kudi na sansanin, gudanar da tsarin kudi don Biyan Kuɗi da kuma ajiyar kuɗi da suka hada da tattara bayanai da shirye-shiryen dubawa, rahotannin fayil da aikace-aikacen kudade na gwamnati don shirye-shiryen sabis na abinci, taimaka wa babban darektan a cikin Shirin Ci gaban Donor. . Ramuwa ya haɗa da gasa albashi, tsarin biyan kuɗin likita, inshorar rayuwa da nakasa na dogon lokaci, taro da ci gaba da ba da izinin ilimi, da wasu abinci. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da digiri na farko ko kwatankwacin ilimi / gogewa, ilimin aiki na software na kuɗi musamman Dac-Easy, ilimin aiki na Microsoft Office Suite, shiga cikin cocin Kirista ko haɗin gwiwa, shekaru 21 ko sama da haka. Aika wasikar murfin niyya, aikace-aikacen aiki (akwai a www.cammpmack.org ), da kuma ci gaba zuwa Rex Miller, Babban Darakta, Camp Mack, PO Box 158, Milford, IN 46542; ko ta e-mail zuwa rex@campmack.org .
- 6 ga Yuni ita ce ranar ƙarshe ta rajistar kan layi ga Cocin Yan'uwa 2011 taron shekara-shekara– ku www.brethren.org/ac -da kuma ranar ƙarshe don samun farashin gaba na rajista na $95 ga waɗanda ba wakilai ba. Taron shekara-shekara shine Yuli 2-6 a Grand Rapids, Mich. Bayan 11 na yamma (tsakiyar) ranar 6 ga Yuni, za a saukar da gidan yanar gizon rajista. Lokaci na gaba don yin rajista zai kasance a wurin a Grand Rapids daga karfe 3 na yamma Yuli 1. Kudin wurin ga manya waɗanda ba wakilai ba ya ƙaru zuwa $130. Sauran farashin rajista kuma yana ƙaruwa ciki har da kuɗin wakilai-wanda zai haura zuwa $350 daga $300-ƙididdigar rajista na yau da kullun, rajista na waɗanda shekaru 12-20, da kuɗin ayyukan ƙungiyar shekaru. Yara 'yan ƙasa da shekara 12 suna yin rajista kyauta, kodayake za a yi amfani da kuɗin aiki idan sun shirya shiga ayyukan ƙungiyar shekaru. Duk yaran da suka halarci taron shekara-shekara dole ne a yi musu rijista. Don yin rajista akan layi ko ƙarin bayani game da jadawalin kuɗin da ayyuka a taron shekara-shekara na 2011, je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac .
— Da sauran ƴan kwanaki kaɗan don yin rijista akan layi don taron shekara-shekara, Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya suna ƙarfafa masu halartar taron don tabbatar da haɗa sabbin abubuwa. Baje kolin Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya cikin shirinsu. “Ku kasance tare da ’yan’uwanku maza da mata a ranar Litinin don cin abincin dare na farko kuma ku raba mafi kyawun ayyuka don wuraren hidimar da suka haɗa da haɗin gwiwa tare da sauran majami’u, yin amfani da zane-zane wajen tsara ayyukan ibada, dashen coci, hidima, dattijai, manya, hidimar yara, da ƙari mai yawa. ” in ji gayyata. Wadanda suka riga sun yi rajista kuma suna son tikiti suna iya zuwa https://secure2.convio.net/cob/site/Ecommerce?VIEW_DEFAULT=true&store_id=2021 kuma danna "Tikitin Abinci." Gungura ƙasa zuwa Baje kolin Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya, shigar da adadin tikitin da ake buƙata, sannan danna "Ƙara kuma Ci gaba." Ci gaba da bin faɗakarwa don shigar da bayanin lamba da biyan kuɗi. Dauki tikiti a teburin "Will Call" a cikin yankin rajista na shekara-shekara a Grand Rapids.
- Ayyukan Sa-kai na Yan'uwa (BVS) tana gudanar da yanayin rani na Yuni 12-Yuli 1 a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md. Wannan zai zama sashin daidaitawa na BVS na 293 kuma zai ƙunshi masu sa kai 15 - biyu daga Jamus da sauran daga Amurka. Za su shafe makonni uku suna binciken yuwuwar ayyukan da batutuwan gina al'umma, zaman lafiya da adalci, raba bangaskiya, da warware rikici. Wani abin burgewa shine ciyarwar ranar Asabar a Cocin of the Brother's National Junior High Conference. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ofishin BVS a 800-323-8039.
- Shirin Albarkatun Kayan Ikilisiya ya cika aiki kwanan nan tare da jigilar kayayyaki da yawa da aka yi don agajin ambaliyar ruwa. Cocin Kirista na Orthodox na Duniya tare da haɗin gwiwar Lutheran World Relief and Church World Service (CWS) sun aika da tirela na kiwon lafiya, tsabta, da kayan makaranta zuwa Birmingham, Ala. Butler, Ala. Tuscaloosa ya karɓi butoci masu tsabta na CWS 100, bales na barguna 432, da jarirai, makaranta, da kayan tsabtace tsabta. An tura barguna na CWS, jarirai, makaranta, da kayan tsaftacewa zuwa Atlanta. CWS guda ɗari biyu masu tsaftace buckets da kayan tsaftacewa 10 an aika zuwa Little Rock, Ark.
- Yuni shine "Watan Fadakarwa da azaba" kuma ana samun albarkatu don bikin daga Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Addini ta Ƙasa ta Kasa (NRCAT). Tunatarwa game da bikin ya zo a cikin faɗakarwa na kwanan nan daga Jordan Blevins, Cocin Brothers and National Council of Churches advocacy (nemo faɗakarwar a nan). http://cob.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=11561.0&dlv_id=13782 ). 'Yan'uwa albarkatu a kan azabtarwa sun hada da taron shekara-shekara na 2010 "Shawarwari a kan azabtarwa" a www.cobannualconference.org/ac_statements/ResolutionAgainstTortureFinal.pdf . Abubuwan da ke www.nrcat.org sun haɗa da bidiyo da jagororin tattaunawa, albarkatun ibada, banners don nunawa a majami'u, da damar ɗaukar mataki. Tuntuɓi Blevins a jblevins@brethren.org don ƙarin bayani da kuma sanar da ofishinsa abin da ikilisiyarku ke shirin yi.
- Kuna da posts daga Shafin facebook na Cocin Yan'uwa daina nunawa a bangon ku? A cikin canjin da Facebook ya yi, saitin tsoho a yanzu yana nuna sakonni daga abokai da shafukan da kuke hulɗa da su kawai. Don nuna duk posts, nemo "Zaɓuɓɓuka Gyara" a ƙasan dama. Danna can kuma zaɓi "Dukkan abokanka da shafukanku." Wani saitin, a saman dama na bango, yana ba ka damar zaɓar tsakanin "Top News" da "Mafi Kwanan nan." Saitin da aka saba shine Manyan Labarai, wanda a cikinsa suke fitowa bisa shahararru. Yawancin Kwanan nan yana ba da jeri na lokaci-lokaci. Dole ne a yi wannan zaɓi a duk lokacin da ka shiga Facebook. Dandalin Cocin Yan'uwa Facebook a www.facebook.com/churchofthebrethren yanzu yana da magoya baya sama da 4,000.
- Cocin Sunnyslope a Wenatchee, Wash., ya karbi bakuncin Bankin Albarkatun Abinci (FRB) karshen mako a tsakiyar watan Mayu. Abubuwan da suka faru sun haɗa da wa'azin safiyar Lahadi na Ron DeWeers na FRB. Ikilisiyar ta kuma dasa Pole Peace na yare takwas kuma suna da Jamusanci, Faransanci, Ibrananci, Sifen, da Ingilishi suna yin waƙa ko addu’a. Ken Neher, darektan kula da ci gaban masu ba da gudummawa na Cocin ’yan’uwa, wanda ke halartan ikilisiya ya ce: “Hakika bangaskiya ce ta faɗaɗawa.
- Abubuwan da aka samu daga gwanjon ma'aikatun bala'i na shekara-shekara na 19 a Gundumar Rockingham (Va.) Filin baje koli ya samu kimanin dala 193,000, a cewar gundumar Shenandoah. An tara jimlar $11,600 (ciki har da kudaden da suka dace) don aikin sake gina guguwa a Pulaski, Va.
- Gundumar Virlina ta ba da rahoton hadaya ta guguwar Pulaski wanda ke ci gaba. Kusan gidaje 400 ne suka lalace ko kuma suka lalace a Pulaski, Va., sakamakon guguwar da aka yi a ranar 8 ga Afrilu. Ya zuwa yanzu gundumar ta sami dala 29,347 don tallafa wa aikin sake ginawa, tare da tattara tarin ikilisiyoyi fiye da 40. Haka kuma daidaikun mutane da taron Mata na Yammacin Marva sun ba da gudummawa.
- John Kline Memorial Trail Riders suna gudanar da hawansu na shekara-shekara daga Yuni 3-5 a yankin Roanoke (Va.). Ƙungiyar mahaya dawakai sun sake kafa ma'aikatar 'yan'uwa na zamanin yakin basasa kuma dattijo John Kline, wanda yana daya daga cikin shahidan zaman lafiya na kungiyar 'yan'uwa. A ranar Juma'a da Asabar, ƙungiyar za ta hau hanyoyin Carvins Cove. Da yammacin Juma’a za su yi tafiya zuwa Camp Bethel don gabatar da shirin ga rukunin Retreat Iyaye da Yara. A safiyar Lahadi za su hau (yanayin da ya yarda) zuwa Cocin Cloverdale na ’yan’uwa don yin ibada tare da ikilisiya kuma su jagoranci sa’ar makarantar Lahadi. Cloverdale zai zama coci na 40 da wannan rukunin ya ziyarta. A wannan shekara mahaya 14 za su shiga tare da aƙalla ƙungiyar tallafi takwas ko kuma 'yan uwa. “Muna neman addu’o’in ku yayin da muke ci gaba da kawo saƙon Ɗan’uwa John Kline zuwa cocinmu da kuma waɗanda muke haɗuwa da su a kan hanya,” in ji wata sanarwa a cikin wasiƙar gundumar Shenandoah.
- Biyar McPherson (Kan.) Daliban Kwalejin suna kan tafiya zuwa Haiti a matsayin tawagar da ta yi nasara a cikin wani "Ƙalubalen Kasuwancin Duniya," bisa ga sakin. A watan Nuwamban da ya gabata, an kalubalanci daliban McPherson da su fito da wani shiri mai dorewa don taimakawa mutanen Haiti. Tawagar da ta yi nasara, wacce ta tashi zuwa tsibirin “La Tortue” (Tortuga) na Haiti a ranar 30 ga Mayu, ta fito da “Beyond Isles”–kasuwar al’umma da za ta haɗa kasuwar zahiri don kayan noma da kayan sawa a Haiti, kasuwar duniya ta Intanet. tashoshi, da bangaren ilimi don Haiti don ci gaba da haɓaka ƙwarewarsu. Daliban su ne Melisa Grandison, Steve Butcher, Tori Carder, Nate Coppernoll, da Ryan Stauffer, tare da rakiyar farfesa Ken Yohn da Farfesa Kent Eaton, wanda ya ce fifikon wannan tafiya shine haɗin gwiwa tare da taimakawa mutanen Tortuga, tare da nasara ra'ayi damuwa na biyu. Howard Royer na Cocin na Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya ya ba da rahoton ƙungiyar McPherson na shirin haɗawa da aikin GFCF akan Tortuga, kuma Haitian Brothers na iya taimakawa a matsayin masu masaukin baki.
- Jami'o'in 'yan uwa da yawa an sanya suna ga 2010 Shugaban Babban Ilimi na Jama'ar Sabis na Girmamawa, ciki har da McPherson (Kan.) College; Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa.; Kwalejin Manchester a N. Manchester, Ind.; da Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) An kira McPherson "tare da bambanci."
- Tattaunawa da mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara Robert E. Alley An nuna shi a cikin watan Yuni na "Muryar 'Yan'uwa," shirin gidan talabijin na 'yan'uwa na 'yan'uwa da aka samar da Cocin Peace na 'yan'uwa a Portland, Ore. Alley ya tattauna batun taron shekara-shekara da kuma abubuwan kasuwanci da ke fitowa a Grand Rapids. Ana samun kwafi daga Portland Peace Church of the Brother. Tuntuɓar Groffprod1@msn.com .
- CrossRoads, Cibiyar Al'adun gargajiya ta 'Yan'uwa-Mennonite a Harrisonburg, Va., yana gayyatar sabbin membobi don shiga aikin sa, bisa ga sanarwar. Mennonites da ’yan’uwa ne suka kafa cibiyar shekaru 10 da suka gabata a cikin kwarin Shenandoah, kuma kwamiti da kwamitoci da suka ƙunshi ’yan’uwa da Mennoniyawa waɗanda ke haɓaka cibiyar ne ke jagorantar cibiyar “don ɗaukar ainihin hangen nesa na Anabaptist kuma a ba da shi ga sababbin tsararraki. .” Ikilisiya da daidaikun mutane na iya siyan memba na $100 wanda ke tallafawa cibiyar da wallafe-wallafen "Tarihi" da "Legacy Alive". A lokacin Yaƙin Basasa na shekara mai kamawa, “Legacy Alive” za ta ƙunshi abubuwa da suka mai da hankali kan yadda yaƙin ya shafi ’yan’uwa da Mennonites. Ƙara koyo a www.vbmhc.org .
– Wilbur Mullen na Greenville, Ohio, tsohon ma'aikaci na Cocin of the Brother General Board, an shigar da shi cikin Cibiyar Manyan Jama'a ta Ohio a ranar 26 ga Mayu. Naɗin da Theresa Crandall ta zaɓe ya lura da tarihin hidimarsa a ciki da wajen coci: fiye da shekaru huɗu a sansanonin Hidima na Jama'a a matsayin wanda ya ƙi saboda imaninsa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II; jagorancin sansanin Ayyuka na Ƙasashen Duniya na 'Yan'uwa a Hamburg, Jamus, wanda ya fara a 1949, da jagorancin yawon shakatawa masu dangantaka da zaman lafiya; shiga cikin abubuwan UNESCO a Turai a cikin 1950s; shugabancin kungiyar 'yan'uwa Retirement Community a Greenville farawa daga 1976, a lokacin rikicin kudi na gida; Aikin dawo da bala’i bayan da guguwar ta afkawa Xenia, Ohio, a shekara ta 1978; har ma da "sanannen lemun tsami da aka yi amfani da su a wurin baje kolin Darke County," yana cin gajiyar tallafin karatu na kwaleji ta hanyar Rotary International. Sunansa yana cikin 350 da aka shigar a cikin Babban Jami'in Jama'a na Ohio tun 1977, tare da mutane kamar Bob Hope, John Glenn, Erma Bombeck, da Paul Newman. "Rayuwa dole ne ta zama tafiya mai daɗi," ya rubuta wa Newsline, "mai cike da abubuwan mamaki akai-akai."
(Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan layin labarai sun haɗa da J. Allen Brubaker, Mary Jo Flory-Steury, Steven Gregory, Ed Groff, Matt Guynn, Tim Harvey, Donna Kline, Karin Krog, Doc Lehman, Wendy McFadden, Adam Pracht, Callie Surber, Loretta Wolf. Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan sabis na labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ce ta shirya Newsline. Nemo layi na gaba a ranar 15 ga Yuni.)