- Gyara: Mai zuwa shine sabuntawa ga sanarwar da ta gabata Newsline game da Taron Shekara-shekara da Abincin Abinci na CrossRoads Valley Brothers-Mennonite Heritage Center a Harrisonburg, Va.: Taron Shekara-shekara na CrossRoads da Abincin Abincin zai gudana a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu da karfe 6:30 na yamma a Shady Oaks a Cocin Mennonite Weavers. Ana gayyatar kowa don shiga cikin abincin da ’yan’uwan Rhodes suka shirya kuma mai ba da gudummawa mai karimci ya bayar. Babban mahimman bayanai za su haɗa da nunin nunin faifai na “A Walk Down Memory Lane” wanda Allen Brubaker ya tattara da kuma “Voices from the Courthouse Prison,” wani sake aiwatar da dauri na shugabannin Mennonite da ’yan’uwa a farkon bazara na 1862.
- Tunawa: Ruth Ellen Early, 94, Church of the Brothers wakilin Washington na farko kuma tsohon darektan Matsugunin 'Yan Gudun Hijira da Sabis na Shige da Fice, ya mutu Dec. 17, 2011, a Richmond, Mo. An haife ta a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1917, a Hardin, Mo., zuwa Jesse da Maggie (Mason) Early. Da farko ta zama ma'aikaciyar Cocin Brothers a matsayin wakilin yanki na yankin yamma, wanda ke tsakiyar McPherson, Kan. Daga nan ta koma Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa da ke New Windsor, Md., don jagorantar shirin sasanta 'yan gudun hijira na shekaru da yawa. Ta shiga cikin aikin zaman lafiya wanda ya ga farkon abin da ke yau A Duniya Aminci. Ta koma birnin Washington, DC, ta koma makaranta a jami'ar Amurka inda ta kuma yi aiki a fannin huldar kasa da kasa, sannan ta samu mukami a kwamitin amintattu kan dokokin kasa, ta zama mace ta farko da ta zama mataimakiyar darakta a ma'aikatar hidima ta kasa. Hukumar masu adawa da Addini, kuma ta bi wannan alƙawari tare da hidimarta a matsayin wakiliyar Washington ta farko na ƙungiyar. Ta bude ofishin Washington a kan Capitol Hill a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1962, don mayar da martani ga wani mataki na taron shekara-shekara na neman kafa ofishin coci a babban birnin kasar. Na ɗan lokaci kaɗan, ta kasance mataimakiyar darektan yaƙin neman zaɓe a Nyack, NY, kuma aikinta ya haɗa da hidima a kwamitocin Coci na Duniya na Sabis, wato Kwamitin Ayyuka na Sabis na Shige da Fice. Ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin halayyar dan adam da nasiha daga Jami'ar Amurka kuma ta shafe ƙarshen shekarun aikinta a matsayin mai ba da shawara a fannin ilimi a can. A cikin 1985, ta yi ritaya ta koma Dabino a Sebring, Fla., na tsawon shekaru 15 masu zuwa, sannan ta koma jiharta ta Missouri inda ta zauna a yankin Kansas City. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar 31 ga watan Disamba karkashin jagorancin ministar zartaswa ta gundumar Western Plains Sonja Griffith. Iyalin suna ba da gudummawar abubuwan tunawa ga Aminci na Duniya da Cocin ’yan’uwa.
- Randi Rowan ya fara Janairu 2 kamar yadda mataimakin shirin na Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya, a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, rashin lafiya. Ayyukanta sun haɗa da tallafi na gaba ɗaya ga ma'aikata da faɗin shirye-shiryen da suka shafi Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Congregational Life. A baya ita ce mai kula da ofis na darektan Sana'o'in Kiwon Lafiya a Kwalejin Wheaton (Ill.), kuma ta yi aiki tare da Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka na Evangelical a Wheaton. Ta kuma kasance mai ƙwazo a cocin Willow Creek Community Church a South Barrington, Ill. Ta kware a fannin zane-zane a Jami'ar Illinois a Chicago. Ita da danginta suna zaune a Carol Stream, Ill.
- A cikin canje-canjen ma'aikatan gundumar, Ed Kerschensteiner ya fara a matsayin rikon kwarya na gunduma na Cocin of the Brother's Idaho District. Jennifer Jensen ta yi murabus a matsayin mai kula da matasa na gundumar Western Plains, daga ranar 1 ga Janairu. Ta yi aiki a wannan matsayi na tsawon shekaru bakwai.
— A Duniya Zaman Lafiya, wata hukuma ta Cocin ’yan’uwa, tana neman babban darekta na cikakken lokaci. Babban darektan yana da alhakin dabarun aiki da ayyuka na ma'aikatan On Earth Peace, shirye-shirye, faɗaɗawa, da aiwatar da aikin sa. Shi/shi zai sami zurfin sanin ainihin shirye-shiryen ƙungiyar, ayyuka, da tsare-tsaren kasuwanci. Masu nema na iya duba gidan yanar gizon Zaman Lafiya na Duniya don cikakkun bayanai game da manufa da shirin: www.onearthpeace.org . Ayyuka da ayyuka za su haɗa da tsare-tsare na dogon lokaci, ƙayyadaddun tsarin kimantawa, da daidaiton ingancin kuɗi, gudanarwa, tara kuɗi, da haɓaka albarkatu, tallace-tallace, da sadarwa. Babban darektan zai shiga tare da ƙarfafa ma'aikatan Amincin Duniya, membobin kwamitin, masu sa kai, masu ba da gudummawa, da ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwa, kuma su wakilci OEP zuwa babban coci da tarukan ecumenical. Shi/shi zai bunkasa da aiwatar da tara kudade da tsare-tsare da manufofin samar da kudaden shiga, da kafawa da kula da dangantaka da manyan masu ba da agaji da masu sa kai. Kwarewa da ƙwarewa: Ana buƙatar digiri na farko; babban digiri fi so; aƙalla shekaru 10 na gwaninta a cikin manyan gudanarwa masu zaman kansu, ciki har da abubuwan da suka shafi albarkatun ɗan adam, tallace-tallace, hulɗar jama'a, da tara kuɗi / haɓaka albarkatu; m kasuwanci da kuma kudi kwarewa, ciki har da ikon saita da kuma cimma dabarun manufofin da sarrafa kasafin kudin; tallace-tallace mai karfi, hulɗar jama'a, da ƙwarewar tattara kuɗi tare da ikon yin amfani da nau'i mai yawa; da sanin Ikilisiyar Yan'uwa da ake so. Ƙwarewa za su haɗa da kyakkyawan ƙwarewar magana da rubuce-rubuce da ilimin kwamfuta. Ranar ƙarshe don aikace-aikacen shine Fabrairu 29. Aika wasiƙar murfin kuma a ci gaba zuwa Ralph McFadden, Mashawarcin Bincike, oepsearch@sbcglobal.net . Ko tuntuɓi McFadden a gidansa/wayar ofishinsa 847-622-1677.
- Ana neman addu'a ga Najeriya, inda tashe-tashen hankula irin na ‘yan ta’adda suka sa gwamnati ta kafa dokar ta-baci a wasu sassan jihohin Arewa hudu. A makonnin baya-bayan nan dai hare-haren da ake kai wa da sunan kungiyar Boko Haram sun rikide daga kai hari kan cibiyoyin gwamnati zuwa hare-haren da ake kaiwa mutanen kabilar Igbo ta kudancin kasar da ke zaune a arewacin kasar, da ma coci-coci na Kirista. Kiristoci a yankin Kudu maso Gabashin kasar sun fara barazana da kai farmaki kan musulmin arewa da ke zaune a yankunansu. 'Yan kabilar Igbo da dama na ficewa daga arewa kuma musulmi na barin kudu maso gabas. Sabanin rikicin da ya barke a baya na rikicin ’yan bangar addini da ya addabi garuruwan Arewa kamar Maiduguri da Jos, shugabannin cocin sun bayar da rahoton cewa sabon rikicin ya yi daidai da yakin basasar Najeriya a karshen shekarun 1960 kuma ya samo asali ne a fannin tattalin arziki, gwagwarmayar kabilanci da siyasa, da sarrafa man fetur. Galibin Kiristoci da Musulmai a Najeriya sun yi Allah wadai da ayyukan Boko Haram, sannan shugabannin cocin sun bukaci kada a dauki rikicin a matsayin rikici tsakanin Kirista da Musulmi. Ana neman addu'a ga 'yan'uwan Najeriya, ikilisiyoyinsu, fastoci, da shugabannin darika, da kuma ma'aikaciyar mishan ta Cocin Brothers Carol Smith.
- Jijjiga Aiki na wannan makon daga ofishin bayar da shawarwari da zaman lafiya na coci ya kira hankali ga Janairu 11 a matsayin Shekaru 10 da tsare fursunoni a Guantanamo Bay, Kuba. Sanarwar ta gayyaci 'yan'uwa da su shiga kungiyar National Religious Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) don yin kira ga shugaba Obama da ya cika alkawarin da ya dauka shekaru uku da suka gabata na rufe sansanin. Fadakarwar ta biyo bayan taron shekara-shekara na shekara ta 2010 "Shawarwari akan azabtarwa" kuma ya haɗa da addu'ar amsawa don rufe Guantanamo. Nemo Faɗakarwar Ayyuka a http://cob.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=14963.0&dlv_id=16641 .
- Ranar 11 ga watan Janairu kuma ita ce ranar wayar da kan jama'a game da fataucin mutane. bayyana ta hanyar wani mataki na Majalisar Dokokin Amurka. Kungiyoyin da ke da tushen imani suna kira ga Amurkawa da su kara wayar da kan miliyoyin da ake fama da su ta hanyar fataucin mutane, da kuma shiga cikin neman hanyoyin da za a dakile hakan. Sanarwar da Majalisar Coci ta Ƙasa ta fitar ta ce “Kwanan nan gwamnatin Amurka ta ba da rahoton cewa ana fataucin mutane 800,000 a kan iyakokin ƙasashen duniya kowace shekara; Kashi 80 cikin 2008 na su mata ne kuma kusan rabin su kanana ne. Wadannan alkalumman ba su hada da miliyoyin da ake fataucinsu zuwa aikin kwadago da bautar jima'i a cikin iyakokin kasa ba." Nemo ƙudurin taron shekara-shekara na XNUMX kan bautar zamani da ƙarin albarkatu a www.brethren.org/advocacy/moderndayslavery.html .
- Ayyukan Sa-kai na Yan'uwa (BVS) yana sanar da fara sa 2012 Hannun Hannun hunturu, wanda za a gudanar a Janairu 19-Feb. 17 a Camp Ithiel a Gotha, Fla. Wannan zai zama rukunin BVS na 296 kuma zai haɗa da masu sa kai 15 daga ko'ina cikin Amurka da Jamus. Membobin Cocin 'Yan'uwa da yawa za su halarci, kuma sauran masu aikin sa kai sun fito ne daga bangarori daban-daban na bangaskiya suna ƙara ingantaccen bambance-bambance ga ƙwarewar fuskantarwa. Babban abin haskakawa shine nutsewar karshen mako a Miami. A duka yankunan Miami da Orlando, ƙungiyar za ta sami damar yin aiki a bankunan abinci na yanki, Habitat for Humanity, da ƙungiyoyin sa-kai daban-daban. Kungiyar kuma za ta fuskanci "Yawon shakatawa mai guba" da ke nuna barnar da sinadarai na noma ke yi a kasa da ruwan tafkin Apopka da masu aikin gona. A BVS potluck yana buɗewa ga duk waɗanda ke sha'awar ranar 7 ga Fabrairu a 6 na yamma a Camp Ithiel. "Maraba da sababbin masu aikin sa kai na BVS kuma ku raba abubuwan da kuka samu," in ji gayyata daga jami'in daidaitawa Callie Surber. “Kamar yadda ko da yaushe tunaninku da addu’o’inku suna maraba kuma ana buƙata. Da fatan za a tuna da wannan sabon rukunin da kuma mutanen da za su taɓa a cikin shekarar hidimarsu ta BVS. ” Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ofishin BVS a 800-323-8039 ext. 425.
- Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatar Waje yana karɓar shawarwarin tallafin muhalli daga sansanonin, cibiyoyin ma'aikatar waje, da ikilisiyoyin. Har ila yau OMA tana neman nadin nadi don Sa-kai na Ma'aikatar Waje da Mutum na Shekara, don a karrama shi a aluncheon a taron shekara-shekara na 2012. Forms da bayanai suna a www.cammardela.org . Dukkanin fom na ƙare zuwa ranar 20 ga Fabrairu.
- A watan Nuwamba, Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) ta sanar da "Jump Start Kansas," yana ba da kyautar $ 5,000 ga ɗalibin sakandare na Kansas wanda ya fito da mafi kyawun sabon kasuwancin kasuwanci tare da wani $ 5,000 ga ƙungiyar ɗaliban da suka gabatar da mafi kyawun ra'ayin kasuwanci - ɗaya a fagen kasuwancin kasuwanci kuma ɗaya don kasuwancin zamantakewa. Tallafin ya zo ba tare da wani sharadi ba cewa ɗaliban sun halarci Kwalejin McPherson. Bugu da kari, kwalejin na bayar da tallafin karatu ga wadanda suka yi nasara da 10 na karshe. Wani saki na baya-bayan nan ya lura cewa ranar ƙarshe ga ɗaliban makarantar sakandare ta Kansas don cin gajiyar wannan damar shine Janairu 25. Shigar da ra'ayoyi a http://blogs.mcpherson.edu/entrepreneurship/jump-start-kansas. Wani kwamiti mai zaman kansa zai zabi 'yan wasan karshe don halartar gasar firimiyar ranar 15 ga Fabrairu don babbar kyautar kyautar $ 5,000 don haɓaka ra'ayin, da kuma $ 20,000, malanta na shekaru huɗu zuwa McPherson. Sauran takwas da suka kammala gasar suma za su sami tallafin karatu na $4,000 zuwa kwalejin.