Yan'uwa Bits na Mayu 31, 2012

- Gyara: Ayyukan Kyakkyawan Ma'aikatar da ake magana a kai a cikin Newsline na Mayu 16 shiri ne na haɗin gwiwa na duka Coci na gundumomin Yan'uwa a Indiana a ƙarƙashin tallafi daga Lilly Endowment: Northern Indiana District da South Central Indiana District.

- Majalisar Coci ta kasa (NCC) ta zabi sabon babban sakataren rikon kwarya: Mashawarcin gudanarwa na canji na ƙasa kuma ƴar majalisa mai ƙwazo Peg Birk. Ita ce shugaba da Shugaba na Interim Solutions, Minneapolis, Minn., tsohon Babban Lauyan Gari na St. Paul, tsohon malamin makarantar William Mitchell College of Law a St. Paul, kuma tsohon shugaban riko na Asusun Ilimin Tauhidi , a tsakanin sauran mukamai. Ita memba ce ta Plymouth Congregational Church a Minneapolis, wacce ke da alaƙa da United Church of Christ. Babban sakatare na rikon kwarya zai kasance yana aiki na tsawon watanni 18 don yin aiki tare da hukumar NCC da ma’aikatanta don neman sabon hangen nesa da fayyace manufa ga hukumar ta NCC, a cewar sanarwar.

- An nada Rebekah Houff mai kula da shirye-shiryen wayar da kan jama'a na Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany, za ta fara Yuni 1. Ta yi digiri na 2012, bayan da ta sami digiri na biyu na allahntaka tare da girmamawa a hidimar matasa da matasa. A cikin wannan matsayi na shekara guda, ta yi aiki tare da Russell Haitch, mataimakin farfesa na ilimin Kirista kuma darektan Cibiyar Ma'aikatar tare da Matasa da Matasa, don fadada shirye-shiryen cibiyar a halin yanzu, gano aiwatar da ayyukan gwaji don shirye-shirye na gaba, da kuma tantance hanyoyi. don Bethany don ƙarfafa isar da kai a cikin hidimar matasa da matasa. Ayyukanta sun haɗa da sauƙaƙe damar ilimi ga ikilisiyoyi, ɗaliban Bethany na yanzu waɗanda ke bin fifikon hidimar matasa da matasa, da shugabanni a wannan filin hidima, da kuma abubuwan da suka faru ga matasa da matasa su kansu. Babban alhakin shine tsarawa da sauƙaƙe Binciko Kiran ku na 2013, taron karawa juna sani na kwanaki 10 ga ɗaliban makarantar sakandare da suka kammala sakandare, ƙarami, ko babbar shekara don yin la'akari da yadda bangaskiya, sana'a, da kiran Allah ke haɗuwa a rayuwarsu. Ana gudanar da Binciko Kiran ku daga Yuni 15-25 a harabar makarantar hauza a Richmond, Ind. Houff a baya ya yi aiki a cikin Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa ta Adult, yana daidaita tarurrukan ƙasa da sansanonin aiki, kuma ya ba da jagoranci ma'aikatar matasa a gundumomi da ikilisiyoyi da yawa.

- Francine Massie ta fara ranar 22 ga Mayu a matsayin mataimakiyar gudanarwa na Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista, tana aiki daga ofisoshin makarantar a harabar makarantar sakandare ta Bethany a Richmond, Ind. Tana da digiri na aboki a fannin kasuwanci daga Jami'ar Jihar Bowling Green kuma tana da shekaru 20 na gogewa a cikin saitunan ofis iri-iri. Ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatariyar tallace-tallace a Community Fellowship Community da sakatare a Cocin Kirista na Farko, duka a Richmond, kuma a matsayin manajan ofis / sakatare a KC Creations a Yellow Springs, Ohio. Kwanan nan ta kasance mataimakiyar gudanarwa na Hukumar Zuba Jari ta Yanki 7 a Springfield, Ohio, inda ta daidaita tallafi ga ofishin tsakiya da rukunin gundumomi 43.

- Sarah Long, memba na Grottoes (Va.) Church of the Brothers, ya yarda da part-time matsayi na sakataren kudi da mataimakin malamai a ofishin gundumar Shenandoah. Ta fara aikinta ne a ranar 7 ga Mayu, inda ta gaji Jennifer Rohrer, wacce ke aiki a North Carolina.

- Brother Village, wata Coci na 'yan'uwa masu ritaya da ke Lancaster, Pa., ta sanar da hakan Dalibar Seminary na Bethany Mary Alice Eller ita ce jami'ar bazara tare da hidimar fastoci.

- Mataimakiyar masu gudanar da sansanin aiki na kasa na 2013 za su kasance Katie Cummings da Tricia Ziegler. Cummings ta kammala karatun digiri na baya-bayan nan a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), inda ta kware a fannin ilimin zamantakewa da kuma karami a cikin karatun zaman lafiya. Ta fito daga gundumar Shenandoah. Ziegler, wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na 2011 a Kwalejin Bridgewater, ya fito daga Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta Atlantika. Ta kammala karatun digirin digirgir (Biology) kuma ta yi karatun sakandare a bana. Dukan matan biyu za su fara aikinsu don tsara lokacin sansanin aiki na 2013 a watan Agusta.

- Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya suna maraba da J. Curtis Dehmey a matsayin mai horarwa wannan lokacin rani, yana hidima a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Dehmey dalibi ne a Lancaster (Pa.) Seminary Theological Seminary. Ya riga ya shiga cikin sabon taron dasa shuki na Coci kuma zai halarci taron manya na matasa na kasa da taron shekara-shekara, yana taimakawa a fannoni daban-daban.

— Ma’aikatun ‘yan’uwa na bala’i na ci gaba da neman ƙwararrun ma’aikatan wutar lantarki na sa kai yin aiki a Minot, ND, inda ambaliyar ruwa a bara ta lalata ko lalata dubban gidaje. Karancin ma'aikatan wutar lantarki na cikin gida ya haifar da koma baya na ayyukan da ke barazanar hana murmurewa. Bukatar tana nan da nan, tare da dumbin gidaje da ke jiran a gama wayoyi kafin a ci gaba da sake ginawa. Masu ba da agaji za su yi aiki a ƙarƙashin jagorancin ƙungiyar dawo da bala'i a Minot. Ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun ma'aikatan wutar lantarki na sa kai: da ake bukata nan da nan kuma cikin watanni da yawa masu zuwa; dole ne ya kasance yana da lasisin ɗan tafiya ko mafi girma; dole ne ya kasance a shirye don yin hidima na akalla makonni biyu. Ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa, za a ba wa mutane zaɓaɓɓu kayan sufuri na tafiya zagaye, abinci, da wurin kwana. Kira ofishin ma'aikatar Bala'i ta Brotheran uwan ​​​​a 800-451-4407 ko ta imel BDM@brethren.org don cikakken bayani.

- Ma'aikatan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Ma'aikatan Ikklisiya sun taya ɗan'uwan Indiya Vivek Solanky murna akan kammala karatunsa na baya-bayan nan daga Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany. Solanky ya halarci makarantar hauza tare da tallafi daga ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na ƙungiyar, tare da rakiyar matarsa ​​Shefali Solanky. Ya kammala karatunsa a harabar makarantar da ke Richmond, Ind., tare da babban digiri na fasaha tare da maida hankali a cikin Nazarin 'Yan'uwa. An yi wa taken gabatar da jawabinsa, “Tarihin Rikici Tsakanin Cocin ’Yan’uwa-Indiya da Cocin Arewacin Indiya: Matakin da za a iya kaiwa ga warware rikici.” Hanyar Solanky zuwa makarantar hauza ta fara ne lokacin da ya halarci taron Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi a Asiya a cikin 2007, inda ya zama mai sha'awar samar da zaman lafiya kuma shugabannin 'yan'uwa na Amurka sun ƙarfafa shi ya ci gaba da karatu a Bethany. A halin yanzu yana neman shirin likita na hidima don ci gaba da karatun tauhidi a Amurka.

– Jay A. Wittmeyer, An nada babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis, a matsayin Wakilin Cocin 'yan'uwa ga Hukumar Gudanarwar Heifer International. Wittmeyer zai wakilci ƙungiyar kafa Heifer, wanda ya fara a matsayin Cocin of the Brother's Heifer Project.

- Rijistar gaba ta ƙare ranar 11 ga Yuni don taron shekara-shekara na Cocin Brothers a St. Louis, Mo. Za a gudanar da taron shekara-shekara na Yuli 7-11 a Cibiyar Amurka a St. Louis. Duk rajistar kan layi da ajiyar otal suna ƙare Litinin, Yuni 11, da ƙarfe 10 na yamma (lokacin tsakiya). Kudin rajistar da ba na wakilai ba na $105 ga kowane babba na taron gabaɗaya ya haura $140 bayan Yuni 11, lokacin da rajista za ta kasance a wurin kawai. Don ci gaba rajista je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac .

- Sabo a www.brethren.org : Shugaban Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany Ruthann Knechel Johansen ta bayyana fatanta da burinta na makarantar hauza yayin da ta shiga shekarar da ta gabata ta shugabancin kasar. Johansen ta sanar da yin murabus daga ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2013. Nemo shirin bidiyo a www.brethren.org/video/hop-and-dreams-for-bethany.html .

— Laburaren Tarihi da Tarihi na Brothers sun saka jerin littattafan da aka yi amfani da su don sayarwa online at www.brethren.org/bhla . Jerin ya ƙunshi laƙabi fiye da 1,500 tun daga mintuna na taron shekara-shekara, zuwa tarihin ikilisiyoyi da gundumomi ’yan’uwa, zuwa littattafan tauhidi da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, zuwa tsofaffin taken ‘yan jarida, da ƙari. Tuntuɓi ma'aikatan BHLA don ƙarin cikakkun bayanai, gami da farashi, a brethrenarchives@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 368.

- Harvey E. Good, farfesa na ilimin halitta emeritus a Jami'ar La Verne, Calif., ya taka rawar gani wajen samar da jigilar kwalaye 20 na kayan aikin kimiyya da kayan aikin dakin gwaje-gwaje zuwa Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Pyongyang (PUST) da ke Koriya ta Arewa. Abubuwan da aka ba da gudummawa suna tallafawa ƙoƙarin koyarwa na Robert da Linda Shank, Membobin Cocin 'yan'uwa waɗanda ke hidima a sashen PUST tare da tallafi daga ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na cocin. Robert Shank shi ne shugaban Noma da Kimiyyar Rayuwa a PUST kuma ya ba da rahoton cewa ɗalibansa sun “ji daɗi” game da sabbin damar da za su samu ta hanyar abubuwan da aka bayar. Ya kara da cewa shi da sauran malamai sun kirga sabbin kayan aikin da Good da jami'ar suka aiko domin samar da mataki na gaba wajen sayo dakunan gwaje-gwajen mu da kuma tallafawa binciken karatun daliban digiri. A cikin imel ɗinsa don sanar da cewa jigilar kayayyaki ta tashi daga La Verne, Good ya rubuta wa Shanks: “Muna fatan gaske cewa gudummawar wannan kayan aikin zai taimaka wajen rage yunwa da rashin abinci mai gina jiki a Koriya ta Arewa. ”

- Ma'aikatar Deacon na ƙungiyar tana ba da dama da dama ga ikilisiyoyin da shugabannin coci don inganta nasu hidimar dicon. Ana shirin gudanar da jerin tarurrukan bita na wannan faɗuwar, duba jadawalin faɗuwar farko a www.brethren.org/deacon/training.html . Hakanan akwai abubuwan da suka faru kafin shekara-shekara na taron diakoni a St. Louis, Mo., a farkon Yuli, yi rajista a https://secure2.convio.net/cob/site/Ecommerce?store_id=2281 ko zazzage fom ɗin rajista daga www.brethren.org/deacons/documents/2012-ac-workshops.pdf . Yi oda kwafin sabon “Manual Deacon” a cikin juzu'i biyu daga Brotheran Jarida a www.brethrenpress.com ko kira a oda zuwa 800-441-3712. “Manual deacon” zai kasance a cikin Yuli. Wata hanya ita ce taswirar littafi da ake amfani da ita yayin taron bita, sami ta kan layi a www.brethren.org/deacon/books.html . Masu sha'awar sabunta imel daga Ma'aikatar Deacon na iya shiga a www.brethren.org/add-interests.html .

- A yayin taron NATO na baya-bayan nan a Chicago kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta tambayi Sabis na Bala'i na Yara (CDS) don sanya ƙungiyoyi biyar na masu aikin sa kai a kan "babban faɗakarwa," in ji mataimakiyar darekta Judy Bezon. Bukatar ƙungiyoyi biyar na nufin dole ne a ɗauki masu sa kai 20. "Na sami amsa da yawa kuma an sanya ƙungiyoyi a faɗakarwa," Bezon ya ruwaito ta imel. “Wata mai aikin sa kai ta gaya mani cewa tana nan kuma za ta zauna da ‘yarta a yankin, amma ba za a sami daki ga wasu ba kamar yadda ‘yar ta ta yi niyya na tsawon lokaci don samun baƙon da za su yi zanga-zangar adawa da NATO. tarurruka. Wani mutum ya zauna a kusa, amma zai kasance a Pennsylvania (a lokacin). Ya ce ya yi la'akari da cewa yana cikin nisan tuki kuma… ya ba da tayin daukar tirelar balaguron tafiya zuwa wurin aikinmu don wurin da za mu tafi hutu da kuma ba da masu sa kai guda shida idan ya cancanta…. Lallai ina da masu sa kai masu karimci da tunani mai ban mamaki."

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga CDS, masu aikin sa kai da suka yi aiki a Joplin, Mo., bayan guguwar da ta barna a bara an nuna su a cikin rahoton tunawa da bala'in ta WHSV TV a Harrisonburg, Va. Bob da Peggy Roach ya yi tafiya zuwa Joplin daga Fenix, Va., don taimakawa kula da yaran da abin ya shafa. Duba shirin bidiyo a www.whsv.com/home/headlines/Local_Community_Still_Helping_Missouri_One_Year_after_Tornadoes_152746555.html

- Bear Run Church of the Brothers a Mill Run, Pa., an yi bikin shekaru 90 a ranar 25 ga Maris.

- Plumcreek Church of the Brothers a Shelocta, Pa., yana bikin cika shekaru 150 da dawowa gida a ranar 3 ga Yuni tare da ibadar safiya da karfe 10:30 na safe, sannan a ci abinci, da hidimar ranar tunawa da karfe 2 na rana. RSVP ku smlongwell@windstream.net ko 724-354-4108.

- Crest Manor Church of the Brothers in South Bend, Ind., kwanan nan ya gama aikin ƙirƙirar Buckets 38 Tsabtace don Sabis na Duniya na Coci (CWS). ’Ya’yan bala’in da ke ba da galan buckets cike da kayan tsaftacewa ana adana su kuma ana rarraba su ta Cibiyar Hidima ta ’Yan’uwa da ke New Windsor, Md. 'yan makonnin da suka gabata suka sallame su," in ji Fasto Bradley Bohrer.

- Richard Yowell, limamin cocin Cedar Run Church of the Brothers a Broadway, Va., yana tara kuɗi don gasar Olympics ta musamman ta hanyar nuna ƙarfinsa na toshewa, a cewar jaridar Shenandoah gundumar. A ranar 6 ga Yuni, a bankin SunTrust da ke Harrisonburg, Va., zai yi yunƙurin karya rukunoni shida na shingen baranda biyar kowanne a cikin daƙiƙa 30, yayin da fitilar Olympics ta musamman ta isa Harrisonburg. Har ila yau Yowell zai shiga cikin gasar tseren wuta ta musamman ta Olympics.

— Milledgeville (Ill.) Cocin ’yan’uwa yana ɗaukar tafiyar mil 3.16 na gudu/tafiya a ranar 9 ga Yuni a maimakon 5K da aka saba. Ka yi la’akari da Yohanna 3:16. "Yayin da taron ke bikin nassi, yana inganta rayuwa mai kyau," in ji jaridar Illinois da Wisconsin Gundumar. Fasto Rick Koch ƙwararren mai gudu ne. Abubuwan da aka samu za su tura yara zuwa Camp Emmaus kuma suna tallafawa agajin bala'i.

- A yayin Komawar Matasa na Gundumar Pacific Kudu maso Yamma a Camp La Verne a watan Afrilu, daukacin ƴan wasan kwaikwayo da ma'aikatan gidan talabijin na "Grey's Anatomy" sun kasance a wurin yin fim ɗin wasan ƙarshe na kakar wasa. "Ya ƙunshi hatsarin jirgin sama," in ji mai ba matasa shawara na gundumar Dawna Welch. "Abin farin ciki ne sosai!" Camp La Verne yana kan tsayin ƙafa 6,900, a cikin tsaunukan da ke sama da San Bernardino, Calif. Nunin da aka nuna a farkon wannan watan akan ABC.

- Kasuwancin Ma'aikatun Bala'i na gundumar Shenandoah ya buga sakamakon farko: kiyasin samun dalar Amurka 195,000 (tare da ƙarin kudin shiga da ake sa ran), masu cin abinci 1,121 sun yi hidima a daren Juma'a na kawa-ham, mutane 311 sun ji daɗin omelet kuma 197 sun zaɓi pancakes a karin kumallo na safiyar Asabar, an ba wa mutane 219 abincin rana ranar Asabar, jigilar jini ya tattara 27 raka'a. "Na sake gode wa kowa don babban ƙoƙari a madadin Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa!" In ji jaridar gundumar.

- McPherson (Kan.) Kwalejin ta ba da lambobin yabo na shekara-shekara ga tsofaffin ɗalibai. Wadanda suka samu wannan shekarar sune Harold da Lynda Connell, da Eldred Kingery, da John Ferrell. Tun bayan da suka yi ritaya, Connells sun ba da kansu a wurare da dama musamman ma Red Cross, Civitan, da Brotheran agaji, kuma sun ba da lokaci a kan bala'o'i fiye da 95 na kasa. Kingery shi ne shugaban kasa kuma Shugaba na Calvin Community, al'ummar Presbyterian masu ritaya a Des Moines, Iowa, kuma ya kasance memba na Kwamitin Amintattu na Kwalejin McPherson da kuma tsohon ma'aikaci a Cedars, wata Cocin 'yan'uwa masu ritaya a McPherson. Ferrell ya kasance shugaba, magatakarda, shugaban dalibai, darektan shiga da kuma mataimakin shugaban ci gaba da shiga a Central Christian College, kuma McPherson County United Way da Chamber of Commerce aka nada shi "Gidan Gida" a 2002.

- Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., ta sami tallafin bincike na dala miliyan 1 daga Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Howard Hughes don aiwatarwa da haɗa Tsarin Jagoranci na Genomics a cikin manhaja. Yana haɗawa da faɗaɗa koyarwa da bincike na Juniata a cikin ilimin genomics tare da ingantaccen manhaja wanda aka ƙera don samar da ingantaccen tushe a cikin ɗabi'a, shari'a, da al'amuran al'umma da ke tattare da binciken a cikin ilimin halittu. Juniata na ɗaya daga cikin kwalejoji da jami'o'i 47 a duk faɗin ƙasar don karɓar sama da dala miliyan 50 daga Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Howard Hughes.

- Babban Sakatare Janar na Majalisar Cocin Duniya Olav Fykse Tveit ya yi Allah wadai da tashin hankalin da ake yi a Syria. "Ina bayyana matukar bakin ciki na game da kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa mutanen da ba su ji ba ba su gani ba, musamman kananan yara da aka yi a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata a kauyen Taldou, a yankin Houla, kusa da Homs, a Syria," in ji Tveit a cikin sanarwarsa na baya-bayan nan. "Mu, a matsayinmu na majami'u, ba za mu iya yin Allah wadai da wannan rashin adalci ba, kuma mu nuna goyon bayanmu ga iyalan wadanda abin ya shafa, muna makokin 'yan uwansu." Tveit ya nuna matukar damuwarsa kan yadda ake ci gaba da tashe tashen hankula a Syria sama da shekara guda. Nemo bayanin a www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/general-secretary/statements/statement-on-violence-in-syria.html .

– Nunin gidan talabijin na al’umma mai suna “Ƙoyoyin ‘Yan’uwa Portland (Ore.) Peace Church of the Brother, wanda Portland (Ore) ya yi, ya ƙunshi marubucin ’yan’uwa, ɗan tarihi, da mai ba da labari. Jim Lehman a cikin na biyu na jerin shirye-shirye biyu na wannan watan. Lehman, memba a Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., marubucin "Tsoffin 'yan'uwa" da adadin littattafan yara, a tsakanin sauran rubuce-rubuce. A cikin "Muryoyin 'Yan'uwa" ya tattauna rubuce-rubuce da ba da labari kuma ya gaya wa ɗayan labaran da ya fi so game da yadda matasa matasa suka fara hidimar 'yan'uwa a taron shekara-shekara na 1948. A watan Yuni, “Ƙoyoyin ’yan’uwa” sun ƙunshi matasa na Palmyra (Pa.) Cocin ’yan’uwa waɗanda suka ba da gudummawa ga farkon Kwamitin Kula da Al’umma. Tuntuɓi furodusa Ed Groff a groffprod1@msn.com don kwafi. “Muryar ’yan’uwa” tana nan don amfani da ita azaman albarkatun makarantar Lahadi da kuma rarraba kan kebul na shiga cikin al’umma.

- Cocin Brothers da aka nada Sam Smith yana cikin shekara ta takwas na shirya rumfar daukar ma'aikata ta zaman lafiya a bikin kade-kade na Cornerstone, bikin kida na Kirista na rani da aka gudanar a Bushnell, Ill. Bikin yana gudana tsakanin 2-7 ga Yuli. Smith ya ba da rahoton cewa "muna buƙatar taimakon ku ta hanyar kuɗi da kuma ta hanyar kasancewar ku ta jiki wajen gudanar da rumfar. Mun samar da matsakaitan matasa 75 duk shekara suna sanya hannu kan sanarwar 'Ba zan Kashe' ba,” wadda ake gabatarwa ta hanyar Fellowship of Reconciliation. Tuntuɓi Smith a 630-240-5039 ko FORchicago@comcast.net .

- Shawn Kirchner, pianist/organist/mawaki-in-zaune a La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brother, an ba shi suna Swan Family Composer a Gidan zama tare da Babban Chorale na Los Angeles. "The Los Angeles Master Chorale ya sau da yawa gabatar da Kirchner's choral guda a cikin kide kide da wake-wake a LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall, da kuma ba da izini a 2007 saitin na Pablo Neruda sonnet, Tu Voz da kuma kwanan nan concert suite, Ga New Joy: Ancient Carols na Kirsimeti. ,” in ji sanarwar a gidan yanar gizon chorale. Wani ɗan wasa tare da chorale, Kirchner kuma yana rera waƙa tare da LA Philharmonic. Yabo na TV/fim ɗinsa sun haɗa da daraktan kiɗa na Cocin Brothers 2004 na Musamman na Kirsimeti Hauwa'u akan CBS, da rera waƙa akan fasalin sautin fina-finai da suka haɗa da “Avatar” da “Horton Hears a Who,” da sauransu. Ya kasance mai kula da kida don taron matasa na kasa da yawa kuma ya jagoranci kiɗa a taron shekara-shekara.