'Yan'uwa Bits ga Nuwamba 15, 2012

- Tunatarwa: James R. (Jim) Sampson, memba na zaunannen kwamitin wakilai na gundumomi zuwa taron shekara-shekara, ya rasu a gidansa a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba. Ya yi aiki a Kwamitin dindindin a matsayin wakilin Arewacin Ohio District. Ya kasance minista da aka naɗa kuma tun 2000 ya kasance limamin coci a Gidan Shepherd mai kyau a Fostoria, Ohio. An gudanar da ziyarar a ranar Lahadi, 11 ga Nuwamba, a gidan jana'izar Coldren-Crates a Findlay, Ohio, inda aka gudanar da jana'izar ranar Litinin, 12 ga Nuwamba. Andrew Sampson, Fasto na Eel River Community Church of Brothers a Silver Lake, Ind., da ɗan Jim da Sheri, sun yi aiki.

- Tunatarwa: John Post, wanda ya yi aiki da ‘Yan Jarida a Cocin of the Brother General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill., ya mutu a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba. Ya yi hidima a sashen da ke gaban manema labarai, sa’ad da yake buga injinan littattafai, da manhajoji, da kuma mujallar “Manzo” dukkansu suna wurin a ofisoshin darika. Oktoba 1974 "Manzo" ya lura da rawar da ya taka a lokacin da, a matsayin mai kula da sashen, 'yan jarida sun canza daga "nau'in zafi" zuwa tsarin "nau'in sanyi" a cikin 1974 kuma an canza shi daga Linotype zuwa nau'in nau'in kwamfuta. A lokacin da 'Yan Jarida suka rufe aikin bugawa a 1986-87, ya kasance manajan hidimomin kirkire-kirkire kuma ya yi aiki na shekaru 32 a gidan buga littattafai. Ya yi iƙirarin cewa shi ne ma’aikaci na ƙarshe da ya bar sashen buga littattafai a farkon 1987. Baya ga ƙaunar Allah, iyalinsa, da Cocin ’yan’uwa, sha’awarsa a rayuwa sun haɗa da binciken tarihin tarihi, golf, keke, tafiye-tafiyen duniya. kimiyya da rayuwar dabba, da magana da mutane na kowane zamani. Tarinsa na 175,000-da da tarihin tarihin ba wai kawai ya haɗa da kakanni ba, amma zuriya - duk dangi ga 'ya'yansa hudu. A cikin ritaya, shi da matarsa ​​Donna sun koma Glendale, Ariz., Inda suka halarci Dove of the Desert United Methodist Church kuma inda aka gudanar da bikin tunawa da Nuwamba 4. An shirya wani sabis don Dec. 2, a 3 pm, a Majami'ar Highland Avenue na 'yan'uwa a Elgin, inda ma'auratan suka kasance memba na dogon lokaci. Matarsa ​​Donna ce ta tsira; 'ya'yansu Don Post na Elgin, Rashin lafiya; Diane Parrott na tafkin a cikin tuddai, rashin lafiya; David Post (Pamela), na Ojo Caliente, NM; da Daniel Post na Glendale, Ariz.; jikoki, jikoki, da jikoki; kuma ya haɗa a matsayin danginsa dangin Than Phu waɗanda ya taimaka sake matsuwa daga Vietnam, da Steffen Nies, aboki daga Jamus. Ana karɓar gudunmawar tunawa ga Asusun Samariya mai Kyau a Dove na Desert UM Church.

- Tunawa: Roy Edwin McAuley, 91, tsohon shugaban Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), ya mutu a ranar Oktoba 29. Tsohon Warrensburg, Mo., ya mutu a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Kingswood a Kansas City, Mo. An haife shi Mayu 31, 1921, a Wichita, Kan., ɗan Addison Bishop da Thomasita (Martin) McAuley. Ranar 21 ga Yuni, 1943, ya auri Ruth Arlene Nicholson a Wichita. Ta riga shi rasuwa a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 2010. Ya kammala karatun digiri a Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.), Bethany Theological Seminary, Jami'ar Nebraska, da Jami'ar Denver inda ya sami digiri na uku a fannin ilimi. Ya yi hidimar fastoci a Omaha, Neb., da Akron, Colo., kafin ya zama shugaban ilimi sannan kuma shugaban Kwalejin Elizabethtown. Daga baya ya zama mataimakin shugaban ilimi na Jami'ar Central Missouri a Warrensburg, ya yi ritaya a 1988. Bayan ya yi ritaya ya yi aiki a matsayin fasto na Cocin Cumberland Presbyterian da ke Warrensburg, inda aka gudanar da bukukuwan tunawa da ranar Juma'a, Nuwamba 9. Wadanda suka tsira sun hada da 'ya'yansa, Arthur. McAuley da matar Victoria na Paxton, Mass.; Mark McAuley da matarsa ​​Virginia na Kansas City, Mo.; Anne McAuley ta birnin Kansas; da Ruth Alicia Jones da mijinta Curtis na Warrensburg; jikoki, da jikoki. Ana karɓar gudummawar abubuwan tunawa ga Cumberland Presbyterian Church Pipe Organ Fund, kula da Sweeney-Phillips da Gidan Jana'izar Holdren a Warrensburg.

- Tuna: Ruth Clark, 77, na Big Sky American Baptist/Brethren Church da ke Froid, Mont., a Northern Plains District, ta mutu ranar 6 ga Nuwamba a asibitin Trinity da ke Minot, ND Tsohuwar memba ce a Cocin of the Brothers General Board, ta yi wa'adi biyu. a kan allo na darika. Ta kuma yi aiki a kwamitin gudanarwa na On Earth Peace. An haife ta a ranar 18 ga Yuli, 1935, a gonar iyali a yankunan karkarar Cherokee County, Kan., ɗan fari na Yakubu da Opal Davidson. Ta sauke karatu daga McCune Rural High School kuma ta sami digiri na farko na kimiyya daga Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.). An sadaukar da ita ga rayuwar coci da hidimar al'umma, ita ma ta kasance mai ba da shawara ga zaman lafiya. Bayan kwalejin ta shiga Hidimar Sa-kai ta 'Yan'uwa, tana hidima a sansanin 'yan gudun hijira Friedland da kuma ofishin musanya na Cocin of the Brothers malami/alibai a Kassel, Jamus. Bayan ta koma gida, ta kasance matashiya ma’aikaciyar fage a Yankin Tsakiya na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Ta halarci Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany, inda ta sami digiri na biyu a Ilimin Addini. Bayan rani na aiki tare da Grandview Church of the Brothers a Froid, ta yi aiki na tsawon watanni 10 a matsayin darekta na Ilimin Kirista tare da Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Roanoke, Va. A duk lokacin da take a arewa maso gabas Montana ta kasance mai himma a cikin cocin ta, kuma kuma a cikin sauran kungiyoyin al'umma. Shekaru da yawa, ta yi aiki a matsayin memba na kwamitin Cibiyar Nazarin Zaman Lafiya a Billings, Mont. A watan Mayun 2009, Gundumar Plains ta Arewa ta karɓe ta saboda yin hidima fiye da shekaru 35 a ayyuka daban-daban da suka haɗa da sharuɗɗa da yawa a hukumar gunduma, zaunannen kwamitin taron shekara-shekara, da kuma matsayin wakiliyar Kasa ta duniya. Ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1965, ta auri Ralph Clark, wanda ya tsira daga gare ta. Har ila yau, akwai 'yar Kristi Jamison (Billy) na Jefferson City, Mo.; ɗan Russell Clark (Brandi) na Bozeman, Mont.; da jikoki. An gudanar da jana'izar ranar 13 ga Nuwamba, a Majami'ar Big Sky. Ana karɓar kyaututtukan tunawa zuwa Gundumar Plains ta Arewa.

- Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) tana maraba da nadin Archbishop na Canterbury na gaba. primate na Cocin Ingila, wanda ke taka rawa a cikin haɗin gwiwar Anglican na duniya. A cikin sakin, WCC ta mika sakon taya murna ga Bishop Justin Welby, bishop na Durham na yanzu a Cocin Ingila, wanda zai zama Archbishop na Canterbury na gaba. Welby za ta dauki nauyin ne bayan tafiyar Archbishop Rowan Williams a wata mai zuwa. Williams, mashahurin masanin tauhidi, ya karɓi alƙawari na ilimi a Jami'ar Cambridge, in ji sanarwar WCC.

- Sarah Long, memba na Grottoes Church of the Brothers kuma sakataren kudi na gundumar Shenandoah, an nada shi mai kula da Cibiyar Ci gaban Kirista (CGI) na gundumar Shenandoah. Ta kammala karatun digiri na CGI kuma ta fara sabon aikinta a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2013. John Jantzi, babban ministan gundumar Shenandoah, ya kammala aikinsa a matsayin shugaban CGI a ranar.

- Sonia Himlie ta yi murabus a matsayin darektan Camp Pine Lake kusa da Eldora, Iowa, a Gundumar Plains ta Arewa. Ta fara aiki a cikin cikakken lokaci a watan Agusta, kuma za ta ci gaba har sai an sami wanda zai maye gurbinsa. Jaridar gundumar ta sanar da cewa an kafa kwamitin bincike don nemo wanda zai maye gurbinsa.

— Ƙungiyar ‘Yan Jarida ta ‘Yan’uwa ta sanar da neman sabon editan “Rayuwa da Tunani ’Yan’uwa.” Wannan matsayi ne na kwangila. Mutumin ya cika wannan matsayin zai nemi shawara tare da 'yan'uwa shawarwari masu tsari, da masu yiwuwa marubutan, da kuma kula da manyan ka'idodi da ilimi. Editan ne ke da alhakin tantance abubuwan da ke cikin mujallar. Ƙungiyar 'Yan Jarida ta 'Yan'uwa ta kasance don manufar buga jarida da albarkatun da ke da alaƙa don magance matsalolin da ke fuskantar coci da kuma inganta tunani, ilimi, da fassarori na al'adun Anabaptist da Pietist waɗanda ke ciyar da Cocin 'yan'uwa. An buga cikakken bayanin aikin akan gidan yanar gizon Seminary tauhidin Bethany a www.bethanyseminary.edu/sites/default/files/docs/blt/BJA_EditorDescr.pdf . Masu nema ya kamata su aika da ci gaba zuwa Janairu 15, 2013, zuwa blt@bethanyseminary.edu . Don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi blt@bethanyseminary.edu .

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga makarantar hauza, a karon farko Bethany za ta ba da ibada don kowace Lahadi a Zuwan, farawa Dec. 2. Rubutu ta hanyar koyarwa da ikon gudanarwa, ayyukan ibada za su kasance tun daga ranar 26 ga Nuwamba. www.bethanyseminary.edu/resources/devotionals . Za a gabatar da sadaukarwa akan nassosi huɗu daban-daban kowane mako. Makarantar hauza tana fatan fahimta, tunani, da addu'o'in da malamai ke rabawa za su kasance masu ma'ana da amfani ga ikilisiyoyin, kungiyoyi, da daidaikun mutane a duk lokacin.

- Ilexene Alphonse ya ba da rahoto daga Haiti tare da hotunan lalata Guguwar Sandy ta bar wa al’ummar Cocin Marin Church of the Brothers. "Na je Marin ... tare da Michaela da Jean Altenord daga Kwamitin Kasa don ganin abin da ke faruwa," in ji shi ta imel. “Akwai iyalai uku, kusan mutane 10, suna zama a ginin cocin. Iyali daya sun rasa gidansu, gaba daya sun tafi. Daya daga cikin 'yan'uwa Bala'i Ministries gidan ya kusan tafi. Yana bakin kogin…. Gidan wani dan cocin ba ya zama. Wasu gidajen kuma sun cika da ruwa,” ya kara da cewa. Kungiyar ta kawo shinkafa, spaghetti, da mai ga wadanda ke zaune a ginin cocin. A cikin ɗan ƙaramin labarai, ikilisiyar Marin ita ma kwanan nan ta yi bikin girka sabon fasto, Joel Bonnet, wanda aka ba shi lasisi zuwa hidimar keɓewa.

- Duba gidajen yanar gizo daga Ofishin Jakadancin Alive 2012, faruwa a Lititz (Pa.) Church of the Brother daga Nuwamba 16-18, a http://www.brethren.org/webcasts/#missionalive . Za a fara gabatar da cikakken zaman taron ne daga ranar Juma'a da karfe 3 na yamma (gabas).

- Abubuwan ibada suna kan layi at www.brethren.org/spirituallife/one-people-one-king.html domin "Mutane Daya, Sarki Daya" an jaddada a ranar Lahadi, 25 ga Nuwamba. An gudanar da shi a ranar Lahadi mai ban mamaki na wannan shekara tsakanin Godiya da farkon Zuwan-wanda ake kira "Kristi Sarki" ko "Mulkin Kristi" Lahadi a cikin kalandar coci-wannan girmamawa ta musamman tana gayyatar 'yan'uwa da su tunatar da su, kafin lokacin jira, wanda muke da shi. jira. Taken nassi shine “Amma ƴan ƙasarmu tana cikin sama, daga nan ne kuma muke sa ran Mai-ceto, Ubangiji Yesu Kristi” (Filibbiyawa 3:20).

— An sanar da cocin Living Stream Church of the Brothers a matsayin sabuwar al'ummar ibada ta yanar gizo na Oregon da Gundumar Washington, suna ƙaddamar da hidimar ibada ta buɗe ranar Lahadi, Disamba 2, da ƙarfe 5 na yamma (lokacin Pacific). Za a gudanar da ibada a gidan yanar gizon www.livingstreamcob.org . Za a gudanar da sabis ɗin a cikin mutum a Portland, Ore., kuma za a watsa shi ta hanyar watsa shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizon kai tsaye ga masu bauta a duk inda suke da haɗin Intanet, in ji sanarwar. Mahalarta za su ba da gudummawa ga hidimar ibada ta fasalin taɗi kai tsaye. Living Stream Church of the Brothers za ta dauki nauyin ayyukan ibada na mako-mako, watsa shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizon kai tsaye a yammacin Lahadi, karkashin jagorancin fasto Audrey deCoursey. Karin bayani yana nan www.livingstreamcob.org .

- Gundumar Virlina tana gudanar da kyauta ta musamman ga dukkan gundumomi don amsa guguwar Sandy. "Saboda matsananciyar bukatar mayar da martani ga barnar da guguwar Sandy ta yi a arewa maso gabashin Amurka, muna ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyin gundumar Virlina su ba da kyauta ta musamman a ranar Lahadi, 18 ga Nuwamba don wannan dalili," in ji jaridar gundumar.

- Taron matasa a tsakanin gundumomi, "Ƙaunar Maƙiyanmu... GASKIYA!?!" za a gudanar da Nuwamba 17-18 da Shenandoah District Pastors for Peace a Bridgewater (Va.) Church of Brothers. Tun daga tsakar ranar Asabar, 17 ga Nuwamba, taron ya ci gaba har zuwa safiyar ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, ciki har da dare. Farfesa na Seminary na Bethany Russell Haitch zai ba da jagoranci.

- Ted & Kamfanin Theaterworks za su gabatar da "Aminci, Pies, da Annabawa" a cikin kwarin Shenandoah na Virginia a ranar 17-18 ga Nuwamba, gami da wasan kwaikwayo "Ina so in sayi maƙiyi." A kowane nunin, za a yi gwanjon pies ɗin gida, wanda zai amfana da aikin zaman lafiya na gida. Wasan farko a Bridgewater (Va.) Cocin Brothers yana amfana da Fastoci don Aminci da Cibiyar Fairfield, a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba a 7 na yamma Tikiti shine $ 12, ko $ 10 ga ɗalibai da tsofaffi, kyauta ga yara 6 da ƙasa.

- Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya ta ba da sabuntawa game da Baje kolin Gado na kwanan nan wanda aka gudanar tare da haɗin gwiwar Camp Blue Diamond. Sanarwar ta ce "Baje kolin kayayyakin tarihi na 2012 ya yi nasara." "Sakamakon kusan $27, 083.54 za a raba tsakanin Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya da Camp Blue Diamond don tallafawa ma'aikatun su."

- Gundumar Plains ta Arewa ta aika da tarin Bukatun Tsabtace Gaggawa don amsawar Hurricane Sandy, aika su tare da mai kula da ma'aikatun bala'i Dick Williams lokacin da ya ziyarci Cocin of the Brothers General Offices kwanan nan. Williams ya isa ne dauke da guga 30 na tsaftacewa don ba da gudummawa a madadin gundumar.

- Matasa a Taron Gundumar Mid-Atlantic sun ba da "taimakon lemun tsami" na gida. lemo, da ruwa ga wakilai a mayar da martani ga jigon taron, wanda ya haɗa da "Na ji ƙishirwa kuma kun ba ni in sha." Sun ƙirƙira fastoci da ke nuna rijiyar Asusun Tallafin Abinci na Duniya a Haiti kuma sun gayyaci wakilai don ba da gudummawa ga aikin. An tara kusan $230.

- Al'ummar Kauyen Retire Jama'a sun tattara tireloli dauke da kaya ga wadanda suka tsira daga Hurricane Sandy, aika kayan da za a rarraba ta hanyar Brooklyn First Church of Brethren a New York, bisa ga wata kasida a cikin "Intelligencer Journal" na Lancaster, Pa. Kayayyakin da aka bayar sun haɗa da suttura, riguna, barguna, da jakunkuna na barci. . Dana Statler, abokin fasto a ƙauyen Brethren, ya shirya gudummawar bayan ya kai ga membobin Brooklyn First. "Lokacin da muka ga yadda yankin Sandy ya yi tsanani, mun san muna son yin abin da za mu iya don taimakawa," in ji Statler ga jaridar. Karanta rahoton a http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/772313_Brethren-Village-collects-items-for-Sandy-victims.html#ixzz2C2Y9HMB8 .

- Ana gayyatar matasa, shugabannin matasa, da iyaye su ji Maria Santelli, darektan Cibiyar Lantarki da Yaki, yayi magana a Lancaster (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa a ranar 2 ga Disamba da karfe 3 na yamma Santelli's zai mayar da hankali kan batutuwan 'yancin addini da lamiri da aka taso ta hanyar shiga cikin soja yayin da yake nuna sabon littafin. , "Gyara Soul: Farfadowa daga Rauni na ɗabi'a bayan Yaƙi." Tare da gabatar da ita za ta kasance baje kolin kwafin namun daji mara matuki. A kokarin da take yi na wayar da kan jama'a game da bukatar daina amfani da wadannan jirage marasa matuka don kisan gilla da yakin basasa a kasashen waje da kuma sa ido na farar hula a cikin gida, kungiyar masu neman zaman lafiya ta Pacem a Terris a Newark, Del., tana ba da rancen samfurinsa mara matuki. don nunin ilimi a wurare daban-daban a kusa da gundumar Lancaster a ranar 29 ga Disamba. 8. An dauki nauyin wannan taron www.1040forPeace.org tare da Harold A. ("HA") Penner a matsayin mai kira.

- Church Women United (CWU) da kuma National Council of Churches (NCC) suna miƙa Kwarewar Jagorancin Mata Mata don ba da dama ga mata masu shekaru 18 zuwa 30 waɗanda ke aiki a ƙungiyar membobin NCC ko ƙungiyar Women United Church. Taron hukumar kula da matsayin mata (CSW) zai kasance daga 1 zuwa 6 ga Maris, 2013, yana ba da jagoranci ga CWU, NCC, Ecumenical Women a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, da taken bana, “Kawar da kuma rigakafin duk wani nau'in cin zarafi da ake yi. mata da 'yan mata." Aiwatar a www.ncccusa.org/pdfs/cwunccapplication2013.pdf .

- Jakadiyar UNICEF ta fatan alheri Agnes Chan ta ziyarci kungiyoyin masu samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista Ofishin (CPT) a tsohon birnin Hebron, Falasdinu, a ranar 6 ga Nuwamba, tare da tawagar UNICEF don ganin tasirin aikin kan yara da ilimi, in ji sanarwar CPT. "Chan ya gode wa EAPPI (shirin rakiyar Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya) da kuma CPT saboda aikin da suke yi a Hebron, tare da tabbatar da cewa yara za su iya shiga makaranta da mutunci."

— Majalisar Coci ta Duniya tana kira ga Kiristoci da su taimaka wajen inganta ’yancin yara da kawar da cin zarafin yara. Kiran addu'a da aiki tsakanin addinai shine ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, wani bangare na Ranar Addu'a da Ayyukan Yara na Duniya. Olav Fykse Tveit, babban sakatare na WCC, ya ce, “Ko yaya yanayin yake, yaki, bala’i, cuta ko talauci, yara sun fi fuskantar rashin adalci. Su ne marasa laifi kuma dole ne mu daukaka su zuwa ga Allah cikin addu'a." Karin bayani yana nan www.dayofprarayerandaction.org .

- An gabatar da Phil da Jean Lersch tare da lambar yabo ta 2012 Gemmer Peacemaking Award ta Action for Peace Team na Atlantic Southeast District. Dukansu sun kasance membobin ƙungiyar, kuma Phil ya yi aiki na shekaru da yawa a matsayin shugaba da sakataren kuɗi. Yana kuma shugabantar Kwamitin Gudanar da Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi a Florida. Ko da yake membobin Cocin Brothers na tsawon rai, a matsayinsu na ɗalibai sun shiga Sabis na Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa kuma sun halarci taron karawa juna sani na zaman lafiya a Brethren Haus a Kassel, Jamus, da kuma a gidan MR Zigler. Phil ya taimaka wajen kafa Hukumar Agaji ta ’Yan’uwa a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, inda ya shugabanci Kwamitin Zaman Lafiya na shekaru 20. Har ila yau, ma'auratan sun dauki nauyin Tarukan Zaman Lafiya a Ashland Theological Seminary, kuma suna da Ma'aikatar 'Yan'uwa na 30 shekaru a St. Petersburg inda suka rubuta da kuma buga albarkatun don koyar da zaman lafiya ga yara. "Ƙarfin yunƙurinsu da hangen nesa sun sa kiran samar da zaman lafiya a raye a gundumarmu," in ji wata magana daga Atlantic Kudu maso Gabas.

- Catherine Fitz ta yi bikin cika shekaru 100 da haihuwa tare da danginta na coci a Westminster (Md.) Church of Brother on Oktoba 21, bisa ga "Carroll County Times." Fasto Glenn McCriard, ya kira ta "babban mutum wanda ya ƙunshi ƙauna da kulawa."