Taron Shekara-shekara 2012 - Rago da Pieces

- Adadin yin rajista Don taron na 2012 ya ƙunshi wakilai 731 da wakilai 1,610 waɗanda ba wakilai ba, jimlar mutane 2,341 da suka halarta.

- An yi maraba da sababbin zumunci da ikilisiyoyi guda biyar zuwa coci: Nuevo Amanacer Church of the Brothers a Baitalami, Pa.; Renacer Iglesia Cristiana in Leola, Pa.; Rockford (Ill.) Cocin Community na Yan'uwa; Sanford (Maine) Fellowship; da Saliyo Bayamon Iglesia de los Hermanos a Puerto Rico.

- Fred Swartz ya kammala wa'adin aikinsa na sakataren taro tare da wannan taron shekara-shekara. Taskar labarai ta “Jarida ta taro” ta lura cewa lambobi 10, 28, da 42 sun bayyana aikinsa a shugabancin coci, yana wakiltar adadin shekarun da ya yi aiki a matsayin sakatare na taron shekara-shekara, a matsayin editan da ya gabata na “Jarida na Taro,” da kuma a cikin fastoci. ma'aikatar, bi da bi.

- An karɓi jimlar $38,595.82 a cikin hadayun taron shekara-shekara: $6,332.35 aka samu a ranar Asabar da yamma lokacin ibada, $8,526.96 aka samu ranar Lahadi, $7,790.61 aka samu ranar Litinin, $9,550.75 aka samu ranar Talata, da $6,395.15 aka samu ranar Laraba.

- Aikin sabis na taron duka a wannan shekara ya tattara jakunkuna 417 cike da kayan makaranta, da ƙarin akwatuna 40 na kayayyaki, a lokacin sadaukarwar safiyar Lahadi da ƙarin tarin rana. An kuma bayar da gudummawar kudi na dala 543 ga aikin. Ba da kyauta ga makarantun St. Louis duka aikin sabis ne da kai da kuma shaida ga jama'ar da suka karbi bakuncin. An kiyasta ƙarin akwatunan sun isa su cika wasu jakunkuna guda 600, wanda ke yin jimillar kayayyaki sama da 1,000 da 'yan'uwa suka bayar ga yaran St. Louis.

- Coci uku–Hanover (Pa.) Cocin Brothers, Mountville (Pa.) Church of the Brothers, da Wabash (Ind.) Cocin of the Brothers–sun karbi shekara-shekara Church of the Brothers. Bude lambar yabo ta Rufin, wanda aka gabatar a ranar Asabar yayin taron Hukumar Mishan da Ma'aikatar. Kyautar tana ba da ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa ko gundumomi da suka yi ci gaba sosai wajen samun sauƙin isa ga nakasassu. Daraktan zartarwa na Congregational Life Ministries Jonathan Shively ya ce. "Tare da irin wannan nadi mai kyau a wannan shekara, mun yanke shawarar cewa ya fi muhimmanci mu gane aikin da ake yi a ikilisiyoyinmu maimakon a ware guda ɗaya da ya yi nasara." An ƙirƙira shi a shekara ta 2004, lambar yabo ta Buɗe Rufo ta sami hure ta nassi daga Markus 2: 3-4: “Sai waɗansu mutane suka zo, suka kawo masa gurgu, ɗauke da guda huɗu. Kuma da abin da ya kasa kawo shi wurin Yesu saboda taron, suka cire rufin da ke bisansa.”

- CODE, Majalisar Gudanarwar Gundumomi, ta gudanar da liyafar cin abincin dare na farko na Shekara-shekara, Yuli 9. Craig Smith, shugaban kwamitin zartarwa kuma ministan zartarwa na gundumar Atlantic Northeast, ya bude taron yana mai cewa abincin dare zai kasance "Bikin Jagoranci." Wani abin burgewa a cikin abincin dare shine sabuwar lambar yabo ta fastoci. Babban jami'in gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania Georgia Markey ya ba da lambar yabo don Nagarta a Ma'aikatar Pastoral ga Janice Custer, limamin Cocin Huntsdale na 'Yan'uwa a Carlisle, Pa.

- Masu halarta a wannan shekara Yan'uwa Press da Messenger Dinner sami takardar shaida don “kyautar bayan abincin dare” ta musamman ta hanyar kyauta mai karimci daga wani mai taimako da ba a bayyana ba. Kowannensu ya cancanci karɓar kyautar sabon littafin “A Dunker Guide to Brethren Beliefs” sa’ad da suka saya a kantin sayar da littattafai na ’yan jarida.

- Ƙungiya na masu gudanar da taron shekara-shekara 15 da suka wuce Ya haɗu da mai gudanarwa Tim Harvey a wani abincin rana a St. Louis–abincin abincin mai gudanarwa na farko cikin shekaru sama da 12 a cewar ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka halarta. Mai daukar hoto Regina Holmes ta yi amfani da damar don hoton rukunin tarihi.

- Ƙungiyar Revival Brother (BRF) ta ci gaba da aikinta na ba da tikitin abinci kyauta ga duk masu sha'awar halartar abubuwan ta. BRF ta ba da abincin rana a ranar Litinin a kan batun "Asusun Ofishin Jakadancin 'Yan'uwa / Tafiya zuwa Haiti," jagorancin Doug Miller; da kuma wani shirin abincin dare a ranar Talata inda Bob Kettering ya yi magana a kan maudu'in, "Fitowa Kan Ragewa." Har ila yau, BRF ta gabatar da taron addu'o'i da azumi a ranar Lahadi a lokacin abincin rana. Craig Myers, mai gudanarwa na taron abincin dare, ya sanar da abubuwan da ke tafe na BRF ciki har da Brethren Alive da Cibiyar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Brothers. Ya bayyana cewa ba za a yi taron Fall BRF ba a wannan shekara, tare da Brethren Alive suna yin hakan.

- Muryoyi don Buɗaɗɗen Ruhu (VOS) ta kuma gudanar da abincin dare na shekara a St. Louis. Kungiyar ta yi bikin cika shekaru 10 da kafuwa, tare da bako mai magana Jim Lehman wanda ya taimaka wajen samar da VOS a taron shekara-shekara shekaru goma da suka gabata, kuma ta sanar da cewa tana tunanin mika gadonta ga sabuwar kafa "Open Table Cooperative."

- Direban Jini ya kusa cimma burinsa na raka'a 200, tattara raka'a 191 na jini masu amfani daga cikin 196 ƙoƙarin bayar da gudummawa. Yunkurin jini shine hanya ɗaya don 'yan'uwa su ba da baya ga al'ummarsu, wanda aka gudanar a lokacin da Red Cross ta Amurka (ARC) ke ɗaukar lokaci na "rikicin gaggawa na ƙasa" dangane da samun jini a duk faɗin Amurka. Alamar benci ita ce raka'a 150,000 a wannan lokaci na shekara, wani wakilin ARC ya shaida wa manema labarai Mandy Garcia. Koyaya, ARC yana da 60,000 kawai - kuma St. Louis yana kan ƙaramin ƙarewa, na ƙasa. Mai ba da gudummawar jini “The Count” ya ba da rahoton cewa tun daga shekara ta 2000, masu tafiyar da jini na taron sun tattara kusan raka’a 2,200 na jini sama da shekaru 12. "Tare da rarrabuwar platelets da jajayen ƙwayoyin jini," in ji shi, "muna iya haura raka'a 2,200 zuwa 6,600. Yawancin asibitoci suna amfani da kusan raka'a 6,000 a shekara. Don haka gudummawar da aka bayar a taron shekara-shekara ya cika bukatar daya daga cikin wadannan asibitocin tsawon shekara guda.”

- Majalisar Mennonite Brother for LGBT Interests (BMC) ta gudanar da wani aikin sabis yayin taron don tattara gudummawar kayan tsaftar mutum ga marasa gida da mutanen da ke cikin haɗari a St. Louis. Aikin ya kasance tare da haɗin gwiwar The Bridge, ma'aikatar Centenary United Methodist Church, wanda ke ba da abinci sama da 3,000 a mako-mako kuma yana ba da wuri mai aminci don mutane su huta, yin kiran waya, amfani da Intanet, da samun tallafi.

- Kasuwancin Quilt ya tara dala 6,000 don agajin yunwa, Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa (AACB) ta dauki nauyin. Kayan gwanjon guda bakwai da aka yi gwanjon sun hada da kananan kaya guda biyu da lallausan bango guda biyar. Eddie Edmonds ya kasance mai yin gwanjo a wannan shekara, tare da Fred Bernhard da Dan Poole a matsayin masu tabo. Tara Hornbacker na Kwalejin Seminary na Bethany na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka shirya taron, tare da masu aikin sa kai da yawa suna taimakawa wajen yin kwalliya yayin taron.

- Bayan kantin SERRV da ke zauren nunin ya sha fama da fashi, rasa dala ɗari da dama na kayan ado na kayan adon, $750-plus an ba da gudummawa ga SERRV ta masu halartar taron. Daraktan taron Chris Douglas ya raba godiyar ma'aikatan SERRV saboda kulawar da suka samu daga mutane da yawa da suka dakatar da kantin.

- Titin St. Louis ya kasance mai tururi a safiyar Lahadi yayin da masu gudu da masu yawo suka taru a gandun daji na Forest 'Yan'uwa Benefit Trust Kalubalen Fitness. Duk da zafi da zafi, ’yan’uwa 81 sun fito da ƙarfe 7 na safe don su halarci wannan taron Babban Taron Shekara-shekara. ‘Yan wasan da suka zo na daya sune: Chelsea Goss, ‘yar tseren mata ta farko; Nate Hosler, mai tseren maza na farko; Don Shankster, mai tafiya na farko na maza; da Susan Fox, mace mai tafiya ta farko.

- "Matso a Tsakaninmu" an sanar da shi a matsayin taken taron shekara-shekara na shekara mai zuwa. Bob Krouse, wanda zai zama mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara a Charlotte, NC, a ranar Yuni 29-Yuli 3, 2013, ya bayyana hakan. Krouse ya ce shekara mai zuwa ita ce, kwatsam, bikin cika shekaru 100 da haifuwar marubucin waƙar Ken Morse.