Labaran labarai na Afrilu 19, 2012

Bayanin makon "Mun yi imani cewa Yesu ya bar tebur don coci, a matsayin wurin tarayya." - Marcos Inhauser, wanda tare da matarsa ​​Suely, shugaban Igreja da Irmandade (Church of the Brothers a Brazil) kuma yana aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na mishan na Cocin of the Brothers a Brazil. An nuna a sama Alexandre Goncalves, shugaban Igreja da Irmandade, ya yi addu’ar cin abinci na Ƙauna a ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa na Brazil.

“…Kuma abin da yake daidai zan ba ku” (Matta 20:4b).

LABARAI
1) Zauren Seminary ya tattauna haɗin gwiwar jima'i da ruhi.
2) Almajirai da shugabannin 'yan'uwa suna bincika haɗin gwiwa a cikin manufa.
3) Tallafin EDF yana tallafawa wurin sake gina bala'i na 'yan'uwa a Virginia.
4) Kiristoci da Musulmai sun hadu domin neman zaman lafiya da fahimtar juna.

KAMATA
5) Shugaban Kwalejin Juniata Tom Kepple yayi ritaya.
6) Jantzi ya zama ministan zartarwa na gundumar Shenandoah.

BAYANAI
7) Manual Deacon da aka sabunta don bugawa a cikin juzu'i biyu.
8) Takardun bidiyo 'Yan'uwan Najeriya sun fuskanci tashin hankali, samar da zaman lafiya.

Abubuwa masu yawa
9) Bibiyar matakan ku a Tafiya ta Ƙasa @ Ranar Abincin rana-da kowace rana.

fasalin
10) Girmama wadanda suka ce a'a yaki.

11) Yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, aiki, hukumar OEP, Kyautar Rufin Rufin, Ranar Lahadin Matasa, Shekaru 100, labaran koleji, da sauransu.

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1) Zauren Seminary ya tattauna haɗin gwiwar jima'i da ruhi.

Taron Shugabancin Seminary na Bethany akan “Farin Ciki da Wahala a Jiki: Juya Wa Juna” ya kawo mutane sama da 160 zuwa harabar makarantar a Richmond, Ind., a ranar 12-14 ga Afrilu. Shugaban taron shine James Forbes, babban minista na cocin Riverside na New York da Harry Emerson Fosdick Adjunct Farfesa na Wa'azi a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Union.

Taron shi ne karo na hudu a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen da shugabar Bethany Ruthann Knechel Johansen ta kaddamar, wadda ta bayyana a jawabinta na farko cewa batun na bana ya samo asali ne sakamakon cece-kuce a cikin majami'u da al'umma kan abin da ake nufi da jima'i da ruhi da aka yi a cikin siffar. Allah.

"Taron Shugaban kasa ya ba da shawarar wata hanyar kasancewa a cikin duniya kuma a fili buɗe shaidar Bethany Seminary ga coci da duniya da ke fama da jinƙai, adalci, da zaman lafiya," in ji ta. Tushen wannan shaida ya ta'allaka ne a cikin manyan ayyuka na al'adunmu na Anabaptist-Pietist. Waɗannan sun haɗa da nazarin nassosi a cikin jama’a, da begen da Ruhu Mai Tsarki yake ja-gora kuma ya ci gaba da bayyana mana gaskiyar Allah, da kuma imani cewa ƙaunar maƙwabcinmu ko baƙo, har ma da maƙiyanmu, yana ɗauke da tafarkin Kristi a duniya.”

Gabatarwa irin na wa'azin Forbes ya ba da ƙarin tambayoyi fiye da amsoshi a tsaka-tsakin jima'i da ruhi. Da yake tambayar ƙungiyar don tunawa akwai lokacin da ba za ku iya yin magana game da jima'i a cikin coci ba, jawabinsa na buɗewa ya haɗa da jerin tambayoyi masu yawa daga ra'ayoyi daban-daban - da alama an yi nufin ba da izini ga mahalarta su yi kowace tambaya ta kansu.

"Ba za mu warware wannan ba," in ji shi a wani lokaci. Ko da yake tattaunawa game da jima'i "ya rike coci a cikin bauta a cikin shekaru 50 na ƙarshe," Forbes ya ce dole ne cocin ya ci gaba da gwagwarmaya. "Ba nasara (na ƙarshe) ba ne zai zama abin burgewa ga Allah," in ji shi. "A cikin ƙoƙarinmu ne Allah yake ganin an ja hankalin mutane masu rauni zuwa ga kamala."

Haka kuma an gabatar da jawabai daga masu fafutuka daga bangarori daban-daban na ilimi. Abubuwan da aka gabatar sun fito ne daga tsarin likita na asibiti zuwa bambance-bambance a cikin jima'i na mutum ta David E. Fuchs, darektan likita na Ƙungiyar 'Yan Uwa ta Retirement Community a Lancaster, Pa .; don sake fassara rubuce-rubucen St. Augustine game da jima'i da zunubi na asali na David Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Shugaban Nazarin Katolika a Jami'ar Kentucky; zuwa mahimmancin tunani da ma'anar jima'i daga hangen nesa na Jungian ta Amy Bentley Lamborn, mataimakin farfesa na ilimin tauhidi na Pastoral a Babban Tauhidin Tauhidi, wanda ya tambayi mutane suyi la'akari da irin kyautar da za a iya kiyayewa a cikin "sauran" wanda muke jin tsoro ko ƙi.

Har ila yau, masu gabatar da shirin sun kasance Ken Stone, shugaban ilimi kuma farfesa na Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ibrananci, Al'adu, da Hermeneutics a Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Chicago, wanda ya yi jayayya don canza karatun "queer" na ayoyin Littafi Mai Tsarki a matsayin kayan aiki na wa'azi; da Gayle Gerber Koontz, farfesa na Theology and Ethics a Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, wanda tsawon shekaru yana koyar da jima'i ga ɗaliban hidima.

Shawarwari ga coci wani bangare ne na gabatarwar Fuchs da Koontz. Fuchs ya bukaci mahalarta da su tuna cewa lokacin da iyali ko coci suka ƙi mutum saboda jima'i da mummunar cutar da aka yi, yana ba da labarin rasa aboki na yara don kashe kansa. Martanin Ikilisiya game da jima'i ya kamata ya kasance da burin rage cutarwa da yin aiki da tashin hankali, in ji shi.

Daga cikin shawarwarin nata, Koontz ta yi kira ga cocin da ta inganta "lafiya ta jima'i" ko "ƙauna mai tsarki" wanda ya wajaba a dauki wasu mutane a matsayin mai tsarki ga Allah. Ta yi kira da a kimanta rashin aure a matsayin ingantaccen zaɓi na ruhaniya tare da aure, wanda ake kira Kiristoci don tunawa da iyali na gaskiya ba ilimin halitta ba ne amma ana samunsa a cikin cocin coci, kuma ta yi kira da a buɗe tattaunawa game da jima'i a cikin coci ta hanyoyi daban-daban ciki har da ilimin jima'i daga Mahangar Kirista. Rashin ikon yin magana da kyau game da jima'i ya haifar da fushi, rikici, da halin adalci a cikin coci, in ji ta.

Forbes ta rufe taron a cikin halin addu'a da yabo, yana kiran kasancewar Ruhu Mai Tsarki. Rashin Ubangiji na iya zama dalilin rashin gamsuwa da gogewar soyayya a rayuwar dan Adam, in ji shi, ya kara da cewa kusancin wani da wani na iya zama wata baiwar da ke da alaka da samuwar Ubangiji. “Ina so in san Allah ta wurin Ruhun Allah, domin ba abin da ya fi ƙarfi,” in ji shi.

Bayan da Forbes ya jagoranci addu'a, taron rufewa ya gayyaci mahalarta zuwa hidimar tarayya. Kowace rana na dandalin an gabatar da ibadar da ɗalibai, malamai, manyan malamai, da tsofaffin ɗalibai suke jagoranta. An gudanar da wani shagali na Mutual Kumquat da yammacin ranar Juma'a.

Taron Pre-Forum Gathering don tsofaffin ɗalibai sun gabatar da gabatarwa ta baiwar Bethany da Makarantar Addini ta Earlham. Batutuwa sun haɗa da alaƙar farashin batsa - tare da ƙididdiga kan haɓakar amfani da shi, tasiri, da jaraba har ma a tsakanin membobin coci da fastoci; kula da makiyaya da ke kula da jima'i; hanyoyin samari na neman kusanci; da kuma ƙaramin rukuni suna musayar nassin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Julie Hostetter, darektan Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci ne suka gabatar da jawabai; Jim Higginbotham, Mataimakin farfesa na ESR na Kula da Kiwo da Shawarwari; Russell Haitch, darektan Cibiyar Bethany don Ma'aikatar tare da Matasa da Matasa Manya; da farfesa na Sabon Alkawari Dan Ulrich, wanda ya jagoranci karatun ibada na Matta 20 tare da Edward L. Poling.

Za a bayyana abubuwan da aka gabatar daga dandalin tattaunawa a cikin fitowar bazara na Mujallar Bethany "Al'ajabi & Kalma." Bugu da kari, DVD na zaman taron za a yi don siye. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Jenny Williams a willije1@bethanyseminary.edu .

2) Almajirai da shugabannin 'yan'uwa suna bincika haɗin gwiwa a cikin manufa.

Shugabannin Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa da Ikilisiyar Kirista (Almajiran Kristi) suna taro tare don koyan al’adun juna, gano abubuwan gama gari na tiyoloji da aiki, da kuma neman damammaki damar yin aiki tare da manufa a nan gaba.

Shugabannin sun hadu a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu a Cibiyar Almajirai a Indianapolis da Maris 21 a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill.

Mahalarta zaman biyun su ne Sharon Watkins, babban minista kuma shugaban almajiran Kristi; Stanley Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Cocin ’yan’uwa; Robert Welsh, shugaban Majalisar Haɗin kai na Kirista ga Almajirai; da Mary Jo Flory-Steury, mataimakiyar babban sakatare na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Sauran ƴan'uwa da Almajirai shugabannin ma'aikata na ƙasa/jama'a suma sun shiga cikin tattaunawa akan rayuwar jama'a, hidimar mata, sabon shuka coci, da manufa ta duniya.

“Ruhun da nake ji a tsakaninmu… ba game da ikilisiyoyinmu biyu ba ne; game da Coci ɗaya ce da manufa ɗaya,” in ji Welsh yayin taron 21 ga Maris.

'Yan'uwa da Almajirai sun riga sun haɗa kai ta hanyar ƙungiyoyi kamar Majalisar Ikklisiya ta ƙasa da Sabis na Duniya na Ikilisiya, kuma suna shiga tare a cikin ma'aikatun mishan na duniya da martanin bala'i.

Shugabannin bangarorin biyu sun amince su ci gaba da gudanar da ayyukan hadin gwiwa da dama, wadanda suka hada da: samun wakilai a manyan taruka da taruka a rayuwar juna; binciko mafi girman dama don sabis da aikin hannu tare; kallon juna a matsayin abokan zama na farko a cikin sadaukarwar hadin kai ga samar da zaman lafiya da adalci; da kuma ciyar da juna a fagage na sabuwar kafa coci da kuma kawo sauyi a cikin ikilisiya.

Ziyarar ta Indianapolis ta kasance alama ce ta lokacin raba tarihi da tarihin Almajiran Kristi, bayyani na tsari da manyan wuraren shirye-shirye a cikin rayuwar cocin, yawon shakatawa na Cibiyar Almajirai, da sabis na ɗakin sujada da aka buɗe. zuwa ga dukkan ma'aikatan Cibiyar Almajirai a lokacin da Watkins ya jagoranci bikin Saduwa Mai Tsarki.

Ziyarar da aka yi a Elgin ta hada da wata majami'a da Cocin of the Brethren's Congregational Life Ministries ta jagoranta, da ma'aikatan da ke aiki a ofisoshin 'yan'uwa su ma sun halarta. Sabis ɗin ya gayyaci shugabannin Almajirai su shiga cikin farillai waɗanda ke tsakiyar al'adar 'yan'uwa na Idin Ƙauna: lokacin bincikar kai na ruhaniya, wanke ƙafafu, da hidimar tarayya.

Wanke ƙafafu, musamman ma lokacin Ista ya gabato, alama ce ta rayuwar ’yan’uwa, yayin da bikin tarayya a teburi na kowa yana da ma’ana ta musamman ga al’adar Almajirai. Watkins da Flory-Steury sun wanke ƙafafun juna, yayin da Noffsinger da Welsh su ma sun yi tarayya a cikin dokar. Sa'an nan dukan jama'a suka yi tarayya wajen karɓar tarayya tare.

“Abin farin ciki ne mu bincika abubuwan da al’adunmu suka yi tarayya da su. Musamman ma'ana shine tarayya cikin dokar wanke ƙafafu tare," in ji Noffsinger.

Watkins ya ce: “Na yi farin ciki sosai da wannan yunƙurin,” in ji Watkins a ƙarshen ziyarar da aka kai ofishin ’yan’uwa. "Akwai ma'anar da ƙoƙarin ecumenical ke tafiya da kyau lokacin da aka yi haɗin gwiwa, mutum da mutum."

- Cherilyn Williams na Cocin Kirista (Almajiran Kristi) ma'aikatan sadarwa sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan sakin haɗin gwiwa.

3) Tallafin EDF yana tallafawa wurin sake gina bala'i na 'yan'uwa a Virginia.

Tallafin $30,000 daga Cocin of the Brother's Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) yana ci gaba da tallafawa wurin sake gina ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa a gundumar Pulaski, Va. Wannan ƙarin rabo ne ga wurin aikin, tare da kason da aka yi a baya ya kai $30,000.

Ƙoƙarin sake gina ’yan’uwa ya biyo bayan guguwa guda biyu da aka yi a garuruwan Pulaski da Draper, Va. Tun daga ƙarshen lokacin rani na shekara ta 2011, masu aikin sa kai fiye da 400 sun kammala sabbin gidaje biyar kuma sun taimaka wajen gyara wasu da dama bisa ga buƙatar tallafin.

Taimakon zai ba da gudummawar kudaden aiki da suka shafi tallafin sa kai, gami da gidaje, abinci, da kuɗin tafiye-tafiye da aka kashe a wurin da kuma horar da sa kai, kayan aiki, da kayan aikin da ake buƙata don sake ginawa da gyarawa.

Kwanan nan an nemi Ministocin Bala'i na ’yan’uwa da su shiga aikin gwaji da ke haɗa ma’aikatan sa kai da kuɗaɗen tallafin da wata ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa ta samu. Bukatar ta hada da bukatar gina karin gidaje uku ga wadanda suka tsira da rayukansu. Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa suna tsammanin cewa tare da ɗaukar nauyin shari'a na yanzu da ayyukan da ke tafe, za a ci gaba da aiki a wurin gundumar Pulaski ta lokacin bazara.

4) Kiristoci da Musulmai sun hadu domin neman zaman lafiya da fahimtar juna.

A ranar 10 ga Maris, an gudanar da taron Kiristoci da Musulmai a Camp Ithiel da ke Cocin Brethren's Atlantic Southeast District. Kungiyar Action for Peace Team ta dauki nauyin shirya taron tare da shugabannin cibiyar al'adun Turkiyya da ke Orlando. Sama da mutane 40 ne suka halarta, ciki har da ’yan’uwa 35 tare da Turkawa 8 da ke zaune a yankin.

Manufar taron ita ce fara tattaunawa a fili game da alakar da ke tsakanin mabiya addinan biyu da kuma yin aiki ga fahimtar juna da zaman lafiya. Dokta Eren Tatari, farfesa a Kwalejin Rollins, da Merle Crouse na Kungiyar Action for Peace, ne suka shirya taron. Bayan gabatarwa na sirri, Eren ya gabatar da tushen Musulunci. Daga nan sai aka yi tambayoyi da sharhi game da imanin musulmi da yadda za a dauki nauyin halayen zaman lafiya da alaka.

Dukansu Turkawa da 'yan'uwa suna da gadon gado mai ƙarfi na karimci da ziyartar teburin abinci mai kyau. Don haka, a lokacin hutu, ana ba da abincin Turkiyya da aka shirya a gida don shaƙatawa. An yi gayyata mai kyau don ziyarta a gidajen Turkiyya da kuma ci gaba da kulla abota.

An rufe taron da addu'a karkashin jagorancin Imam Omer Tatari, malami a jami'ar Central Florida.

Lokacin tare yana jin kamar farkon sabon kasada fiye da da'irar jin daɗinmu na yau da kullun. Kalubalen mu shi ne mu ɗauki wani mataki nan ba da jimawa ba, a matsayinmu na ɗaiɗaikun jama’a da kuma al’umman imani, don gina riƙon amana da kuma samun matsaya guda don samar da zaman lafiya.

- An ciro wannan labarin ne daga rahoton da Merle Crouse ya shirya don jaridar Atlantic Kudu maso Gabas.

KAMATA

5) Shugaban Kwalejin Juniata Tom Kepple yayi ritaya.

Thomas R. Kepple, wanda a karkashin shugabancinsa harabar Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., An canza shi ta hanyar tsarin gine-gine mai ban sha'awa da kuma yakin neman nasara mafi nasara a tarihin kwalejin, yana shirin yin ritaya May 31, 2013. An nada Kepple a matsayin shugaban kasar Yuli. 1, 1998, kuma zai gama shekara ta 15 yana jagorantar Juniata ta 2013.

Kepple ya zo Juniata daga Jami'ar Kudu, inda ya kware wajen kula da manyan ayyukan gine-gine da gyare-gyare da tsare-tsare na dogon lokaci. A cikin shekaru 15 da ya jagoranci Juniata, an sake fasalin babban harabar kwalejin, an sake gyarawa, kuma a wasu lokuta an sake gina shi don ƙarfafa zane-zane, wasanni, da koyarwar ajujuwa a kusa da tsakiyar quadrangle. Daga cikin canje-canje masu canzawa:
- Gina Cibiyar Kimiyya ta William J. Von Liebig mai girman ƙafa 88,000.
- Gina gyare-gyare da inganta Cibiyar Halbritter don Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru.
- Gyaran tarihi na LEED-certified Founders Hall, ginin 1879 wanda shine ginin harabar farko na Juniata.
- Rufe titin 18th, wanda ya kafa tsakiyar quad da tsakiyar tafiya wanda ke danganta kusan dukkanin manyan gine-ginen da ke harabar.
- Ƙirƙirar sabon tashar filin Raystown na miliyoyin daloli, canza tashar filin ta asali zuwa babban wurin koyarwa don shirin kimiyyar muhalli.

Kepple yana nuna nasarorin ɗalibin Juniata a matsayin dutsen taɓarɓarensa, gami da ƙwaƙƙwaran kyaututtuka na ƙasa da ƙasa waɗanda ɗaliban Juniata suka karɓa. Kungiyoyin wasan Juniata su ma sun yi nasara a lokacin Kepple, inda suka samu shida daga cikin gasar zakarun kasa bakwai na Juniata a cikin shekaru 15 da suka gabata.

Kammala a cikin 2005 na babban kamfen babban birnin Juniata, Gangamin Sakamako na Ba a sabawa ba, ya tara sama da dala miliyan 103, wanda ya zama babban kamfen na babban birnin Juniata. A shekarar da ta gabata, Kepple ya kuma ƙaddamar da shirin bayar da kyauta na "Canza Rayuwa don Canja Duniya", wanda aka mayar da hankali kan haɓaka kyautar Juniata zuwa fiye da dala miliyan 100.

An faɗaɗa shirye-shiryen ilimi sosai, gami da maido da sashin wasan kwaikwayo da kuma sake fasalin tsarin kimiyyar kwamfuta da ke akwai zuwa shirin fasahar bayanai na musamman. Bugu da ƙari, sabunta tsohuwar cibiyar kimiyya ta kwalejin zuwa Cibiyar Ilimi ta Brumbaugh ya canza reshe ɗaya zuwa Dale Hall, reshe da aka ƙera don samar da haɗin gwiwa da haɗin gwiwa tsakanin sassan kasuwanci, IT, da sadarwa.

Sashen kasuwanci na kwalejin ya gabatar da babban shiri a cikin koyarwar kasuwanci, yawancinsa ya mai da hankali kan Cibiyar Juniata don Jagorancin Kasuwanci da Bob da Eileen Sill Business Incubator.

Juniata ta kuma fara aiwatar da manyan tsare-tsare guda biyu don rarrabuwar kawuna tsakanin daliban kwalejin ta fuskar al'umma da kuma yanayin kasa. Na farko, kwalejin ta fara Ƙaddamar Haɗin Kai na Duniya wanda ya kafa Ƙungiyar Rayuwa ta Duniya ta Duniya, Ƙungiyoyin dalibai na duniya, ƙaddamar da ƙarin darussa na duniya a cikin ainihin manhaja na kwalejin, shirin wayar da kan harshe na duniya da kuma taimakawa wajen kafa musayar dalibai na duniya. Na biyu, ofishin rejistar ya yi yunƙurin faɗaɗa daukar ƴan tsirarun cikin gida. A yau kusan kashi 12 cikin ɗari na ƙungiyar ɗalibai suna wakiltar ƙungiyoyi marasa rinjaye.

Yawancin sabbin shirye-shiryen ilimi na Juniata da haɓaka abubuwan more rayuwa na kwalejin sun ba da labarai kan sikelin ƙasa, wanda daga baya ya taimaka wajen ɗaga martabar kwalejin ta ƙasa. The Princeton Review ya lura a cikin 2010 cewa "Kwalejin Juniata ya haɓaka daga yanki zuwa matsayin ƙasa a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata."

Kepple da James Lakso, Juniata provost, suma sun sa ido kan yadda aka samu canjin malamai kusan kashi 60 a lokacin shugabancin Kepple. Sakamakon haka kwalejin ta haɓaka shirye-shiryen ilimi masu nasara a cikin wasan kwaikwayo, kimiyyar muhalli (yanzu Juniata mafi girma girma girma), da fasahar bayanai. Juniata kuma ya ƙara ƙwarewa a cikin kafofin watsa labaru na dijital, fasaha, da kiɗan kayan aiki. Har ila yau kwalejin ta ƙara ko hayar sababbin malamai don ƙarfafa ƙarfin da aka kafa cibiyar a cikin ilimin kimiyya, kasuwanci, addini, zaman lafiya da nazarin rikici, da tarihi.

Shugaba Kepple shi ne kafa shugaban kungiyar Tuition Plan Consortium, mataimakin shugaban kwamitin mika mulki na Gwamna Ed Rendell na Pennsylvania, wanda ya kafa sabon taron wasannin motsa jiki na Landmark NCAA Division III, kuma ya jagoranci kungiyar Kwalejoji masu zaman kansu da Jami'o'in Pennsylvania. Shi memba ne na New York Times/Chronicle of Higher Education President's Cabinet, NCAA Division III Presidents Advisory Committee, Brothers Colleges Abroad, Princeton Review (Hukumar Shawarwari), An ba shi lambar yabo ta Kwalejin Westminster External Alumni Citation a watan Oktoba 2000. A cikin 2011. an ba shi digirin girmamawa na digiri na digiri na haruffan ɗan adam daga Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.).

- John Wall na ma'aikatan Kwalejin Juniata ya ba da wannan sakin.

6) Jantzi ya zama ministan zartarwa na gundumar Shenandoah.

John Jantzi ya karɓi kiran yin hidima ga Coci na gundumar Shenandoah a matsayin ministan zartarwa na gunduma tun daga ranar 1 ga Agusta. Tun daga shekara ta 2003 ya zama fasto na Cocin Mt. Bethel of the Brothers a Dayton, Va.

A baya can ya yi aiki don Littattafan Zaɓi a matsayin mai ba da shawara na haɓaka / tallace-tallace 1995-2003 kuma a matsayin manajan gunduma na Littattafan Zaɓi na Arewacin Virginia 1981-95. A cikin 2011 ya zama babban malami a Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas, yana koyar da tarihin Littafi Mai-Tsarki da jigogin Tsohon Alkawari. Tsawon shekaru tara daga 1980-89, yana cikin tawagar fastoci a Broad Street Mennonite Church a Harrisonburg, Va.

Tun daga 2004 ya kasance mai himma a cikin jagorancin gundumomi, bayan ya yi aiki a hukumar gundumar Shenandoah, a matsayin shugaban hukumar rayarwa, a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Bita na Ofishin Jakadancin gundumar, kuma a matsayin mai koyar da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Cibiyar Ci gaban Kirista (ACTS). ) tare da daukar matsayin shugaban addini a shekarar 2011.

Yana da digirin digiri na ma'aikatar daga Makarantar Tauhidi ta Union da Makarantar Presbyterian na Ilimin Kirista, babban malamin allahntaka daga Makarantar Mennonite ta Gabas, da digiri na farko na kimiyya a ilimin zamantakewa daga Kwalejin Mennonite ta Gabas.

Shi da iyalinsa suna zaune a Harrisonburg, Va. Ofishin gundumar Shenandoah zai ci gaba da kasancewa a Weyers Cave, Va.

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7) Manual Deacon da aka sabunta don bugawa a cikin juzu'i biyu.

Sabon “Manual Deacon” da aka yi wa kwaskwarima da faɗaɗa yana gab da kammalawa, tare da shirin bayarwa a wannan lokacin rani, in ji Donna Kline, darektan Cocin Ɗaliban Likitoci na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Sabon saitin juzu'i biyu yana ba da juzu'i ɗaya don nazarin mutum da na rukuni, yayin da aka tsara juzu'i na biyu don rakiyar diakoni yayin da suke hidima a gidaje, asibitoci, da sauran wuraren da suke hidima.

Mujalladi biyu sune:
- "Kira," ƙayyadaddun bayani wanda ke taimaka wa masu amfani su fahimci aikin deacon da shirya diacon don hidima; kuma
— “Kulawa,” cikakken tsarin addu’o’i don yanayi da yawa, da kuma waƙoƙi, nassosi, da sauran hidima suna taimakawa ga farillai, kula da ikilisiya, da kuma hidimar juna.

Sabuwar jagorar tana nan don yin oda daga Brotheran Jarida. Ana iya siyan kowane juzu'i daban akan $16.99, ko ana iya siyan saitin juzu'i biyu akan $28. Za a ƙara cajin jigilar kaya da kaya zuwa farashin. Kira Brother Press a 800-441-3712 ko je zuwa www.brethrenpress.com ko zazzage fom ɗin oda a www.brethren.org/deacon .

8) Takardun bidiyo 'Yan'uwan Najeriya sun fuskanci tashin hankali, samar da zaman lafiya.

An yi wani sabon faifan bidiyo game da tarihin Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–Cocin the Brothers in Nigeria) da kuma kokarin da take yi na samar da zaman lafiya a cikin yanayi na tashe-tashen hankula da karuwar tashin hankali.

Wani mai daukar hoton bidiyo na Brothers David Sollenberger ne ya dauki faifan "Sowing Seeds of Peace" yayin wata tafiya zuwa Najeriya a karshen shekarar da ta gabata. Sollenberger kuma ya gyara kuma ya ba da labarin bidiyon, wanda zai nuna nuni a taron shekara-shekara na 2012. Cocin of the Brethren's Global Mission and Service Office ne ya dauki nauyin shirya fim ɗin.

Kwarewar tashe-tashen hankula a Najeriya – yawancinsu sun samo asali ne daga rikice-rikice tsakanin addinai, da kuma kungiyoyin ‘yan ta’adda – da kuma kokarin da cocin ke yi wajen samar da zaman lafiya an bayyana shi da hirar da ‘yan coci da shugabannin coci suka yi. Haka kuma wadanda suka bayar da hirarrakin fim din sun hada da shugabannin addinin Musulunci da ’yan kasuwa da ke hada kai da ’yan uwa na Najeriya wajen samar da zaman lafiya a wurare kamar birnin Jos da ke fama da tashe-tashen hankula.

Bidiyo a cikin tsarin DVD yana samuwa kyauta ta hanyar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na Duniya, amma ba za a samu shi akan layi ba saboda damuwa ga lafiyar mutanen da aka nuna. Don kwafin tuntuɓar Anna Emrick, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; Bayani na 800-323-8039 363; ko mission@brethren.org . Ko tafi zuwa www.brethren.org/peace don ƙaddamar da buƙatar kwafi.

Ana ƙirƙira jagorar nazari don taimaka wa majami'u su yi amfani da wannan bidiyo a matsayin tushen hanyar makarantar Lahadi da nazarin ƙaramin rukuni.

Abubuwa masu yawa

9) Bibiyar matakan ku a Tafiya ta Ƙasa @ Ranar Abincin rana-da kowace rana.

Takalma na wasan tennis, kwalban ruwa, tufafin da suka dace da yanayi - menene kuma kuke buƙatar tafiya hanyar ku zuwa salon rayuwa mai inganci? Wataƙila wata hanya ce ta kiyaye matakan da kuka ɗauka.

Idan za ku shiga cikin Tafiya ta Ƙasa @ Ranar Abincin rana, wanda ke faruwa a ranar 25 ga Afrilu da tsakar rana, ko kuma idan kun riga kun fara tafiya na motsa jiki, bin diddigin ci gaban motsa jiki na iya taimaka muku tsayawa kan aikin motsa jiki na yau da kullun kuma ya nuna muku yadda. da yawa ka cika.

Hanya ɗaya don bibiyar matakanku ita ce ta hanyar saka pedometer duk rana-ko kawai lokacin tafiyar ku. Sannan zaku iya rikodin adadin matakan da kuka ɗauka kuma ku sanya ido kan ci gaban ku. Je zuwa www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Insurance%20pdfs/InsuranceUpdate/Workplace-Wellness-Walking-Log.pdf don zazzage fayil ɗin Microsoft Word wanda ya ƙunshi ginshiƙi na mako-mako don tafiyar mil, lokaci, da adadin matakai.

Ga masu fasaha na fasaha, akwai wani zaɓi. Shafukan yanar gizo kamar Taswirar Tafiya na (Map My Walk) www.mapmywalk.com ) zai iya taimaka muku ƙirƙirar hanyar tafiya ta amfani da Google Maps, bin diddigin tafiye-tafiyen da kuka kammala, da raba nasarorin dacewarku tare da abokai akan layi. Ee, akwai app don waccan-iPhone, Blackberry, da masu amfani da Android za su iya saukar da aikace-aikacen Taswirar Walk na don amfani akan wayoyinsu masu wayo. Ka'idar za ta yi rikodin hanyar tafiya ta amfani da fasahar GPS lokacin da aka kawo wayar hannu don tafiya.

Tafiya ta Ƙasa @ Abincin rana ya rage mako guda! A cikin shekara ta uku a jere, Sabis na Inshorar 'Yan'uwa yana haɗin gwiwa tare da Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield don ɗaukar bakuncin Walk @ Abincin rana ranar 25 ga Afrilu da tsakar rana, tafiya mai daidaitawa a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., da kuma halartar taron. Wuraren aiki na 'yan'uwa a duk faɗin ƙasar.

Idan kuna son taimakawa cocinku, ƙungiyarku, ko al'ummarku masu ritaya shiga cikin Tafiya ta Ƙasa @ Ranar Abincin rana, aika sako zuwa inshora@cobbt.org don kayan bayani da jagora game da ɗaukar nauyin tafiya.

Idan kana zaune kusa da Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., shiga Sabis na Inshorar 'Yan'uwa a bikin tafiya a ranar 25 ga Afrilu da tsakar rana a 1505 Dundee Ave. Taswirar tafiya da aka ba da shawarar, abinci mai daɗi, da ruwa za a ba da (kawo naku) kwalbar ruwa).

- Brian Solem shine mai kula da wallafe-wallafe na Brethren Benefit Trust.

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10) Girmama wadanda suka ce a'a yaki.

Labari mai zuwa na Howard Royer, wanda kwanan nan ya yi ritaya daga ma'aikatan ɗarika, an rubuta shi don wasiƙar wasiƙar na Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill.–kuma yana iya ba da misali ga yadda sauran ikilisiyoyi suke tunawa da girmama waɗanda suka ƙi saboda imaninsu:

Domin sanin sansanoni da ayyukan da aka ƙaddamar shekaru 70 da suka gabata, gidan yanar gizon Civilianpublicservice.org yana tattarawa da kuma buga labarai akan kowane sansani 152 da ayyukan da suka yi aiki a cikin jihohi 34 a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Sansanonin sun zama gida ga 12,000 da suka ƙi aikinsu da imaninsu waɗanda suke aiki a asibitocin tabin hankali, da ke kula da dazuzzukan jihohi, sun yi yaƙi da gobarar daji, gina hanyoyi, madatsun ruwa, da gidaje, ko kuma suka ba da kansu ga binciken kimiyya.

Sa’ad da Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya soma, ikilisiyoyi masu zaman lafiya—’Yan’uwa, Abokai, da Mennonites—sun yi shawarwari da gwamnati don su kafa tsarin da waɗanda suka ƙi saboda imaninsu za su iya yin wata hidimar da ba ta soja ba. Ikklisiyoyi masu zaman lafiya sun ɗauki alhakin gudanarwa da kuma ba da kuɗin shirin, wanda ’yan’uwa suka ba da gudummawar fiye da dala miliyan 1.3 da abinci da sutura masu yawa. Shirin ya sami waɗanda suka ƙi saboda imaninsu daga ƙungiyoyin addinai 200, waɗanda kusan 1,200 ’yan’uwa ne.

A farkon shirin a 1940, Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., ya ba Fasto, Clyde Forney, hutun watanni shida tare da albashi don tsara aikin kiyayewa na CPS a Lagro, Ind. A cikin 1942, W An kira Harold Row don ya jagoranci shirin Cocin Brothers CPS na ƙasa.

Hedkwatar ’Yan’uwa da ke Elgin an ba wa matasa da yawa da suka yi aikin hidima a lokacin yaƙin. Daga cikinsu akwai J. Aldene Ecker, Robert Greiner, da Roy Hitesew, waɗanda dukansu suka zauna ko suka koma Elgin kuma suka zama membobin cocin Highland Avenue na dogon lokaci.

Biyu da suka yi aiki a CPS kuma a halin yanzu suna cikin dangin Highland Avenue su ne Merle Brown, 94, da Russell Yohn, 88. Brown sun yi hidima a shirye-shirye a Pennsylvania da New Jersey; Yohn a Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Oregon, da Virginia. A ƙarshen yaƙin duka mutanen biyu sun ba da kansu a matsayin "masu kauye masu zuwa teku," suna jigilar dabbobin agaji zuwa al'ummomin da yaƙi ya daidaita a Turai.

Tare da wa'adin zaman lafiya wanda ya biyo bayan yakin duniya na biyu, an tsawaita madadin sabis, tare da sanya 1-W daftarin aiki zuwa Elgin don yin aiki a asibitin tunani na jihar da hedkwatar coci da kuma ayyuka a duk faɗin Amurka da ƙasashen waje.

Janar Lewis B. Hershey, wanda ya jagoranci Sabis na Zaɓe daga 1940-70, ya bayyana Ma'aikatar Jama'a ta Farar Hula a matsayin gwaji "don gano ko dimokuradiyyarmu ta isa ta kiyaye 'yancin tsiraru a lokacin gaggawa na ƙasa." Ba a yarda da su ba kamar yadda masu ƙin yarda da imaninsu suka kasance, CPS a matsayin al'umma suna nuna ma'aunin mutunta lamiri da kuma shirye-shiryen sasantawa daga coci da jihohi.

11) Yan'uwa yan'uwa.

- Al'ummar Pinecrest a Mt. Morris, Ill., Maraba da Diana Roemer na Lake Summerset, Ill., A matsayin darektan Ci gaba da Talla. Roemer kwanan nan ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru hudu a matsayin babban darektan kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross Northwest Illinois Chapter, sannan kuma ya kasance babban darektan riko na kungiyar Red Cross Rock Rock ta Amurka. Ta sami digiri daga Kwalejin Rock Valley da ke Rockford, Ill., Da kuma digiri na farko a fannin fasaha a kimiyyar siyasa tare da karatun digiri na biyu a cikin sadarwar jama'a da aikin jarida daga Jami'ar Jihar California, Northridge, da UCLA. Aikinta a Pinecrest Community ya fara Maris 30.

- Fahrney-Keedy Home and Village, Coci na Brotheran'uwa masu ritayar jama'a kusa da Boonsboro, Md., yana neman darektan kula da Pastoral (limamin coci) don haɓaka tallafi na ruhaniya da buƙatun fastoci na al'ummar Fahrney-Keedy, da kuma taimakawa tare da kafa muhallin da ke yarda da nau'ikan ɗabi'u, asali, imani na addini, da salon rayuwa don haɓaka haɓakar ruhi na kowa a cikin al'umma. Ƙwarewar da ake buƙata da ƙwarewa sun haɗa da naɗawa, haɗin gwiwa tare da Ikilisiyar Yan'uwa da aka fi so, da ƙwarewa a cikin shawarwarin makiyaya, babban rayuwa, da hidima da aka fi so. Tuntuɓi Cassandra P. Weaver, Mataimakin Shugaban Ayyuka, a 301-671-5014 ko ta imel a cweaver@fkhv.org .

- A yayin taronta na bazara, kwamitin gudanarwa na zaman lafiya a Duniya ya tattauna matakai na gaba a kokarin kungiyar na neman sabon shugaban gudanarwa. Hukumar na fatan cike wannan mukami a watanni masu zuwa, da kuma gabatar da sabon babban darakta a taron shekara-shekara na Cocin of the Brothers da ke St. Louis, Mo. Taron na shekara-shekara na hukumar ya gudana ne a ranar 16-17 ga Maris a hidimar 'yan'uwa. Cibiyar a New Windsor, Md. Sauran abubuwan kasuwanci sun hada da rahotanni daga ma'aikata da kwamitocin gudanarwa, da kuma samun sakamakon binciken kudi na kungiyar kwanan nan. Bugu da kari, mambobin hukumar sun yi shirin ci gaba da aiki dangane da kawar da wariyar launin fata a ciki da wajen kungiyar. Kwamitin gudanarwa na zaman lafiya a Duniya yana gudanar da kasuwanci da yanke shawara ta hanyar amfani da tsarin yarjejeniya na yau da kullun, wanda shugaban hukumar Madalyn Metzger ke jagoranta.

- Ana karɓar zaɓe don lambar yabo ta Buɗe Rufin 2012. Kyautar ta shekara-shekara ita ce amincewar Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya na ikilisiyoyin, gundumomi, ko daidaikun mutane da ke aiki don tabbatar da cewa kowa-komai iyawa dabam-dabam zai iya bauta, bauta, bauta, koyo, da girma a gaban Allah a matsayin ƙwararrun membobin Kirista. al'umma. Akwai fom a www.brethren.org/disabilities/openroof.html tare da bayanai game da masu karɓa na baya. Za a karɓi nadin har zuwa 1 ga Yuni.

- Ranar 6 ga Mayu ita ce Lahadin matasa a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa. Jigon shekara ta 2012 shine “Ciyar da Rata” (Romawa 15:5-7). Ana samun albarkatun ibada tare da fosta, jagorar ayyukan jama'a, murfin bulletin, da ƙari mai yawa don saukewa daga www.brethren.org/yya/national-youth-sunday.html .

- Faɗakarwar Action daga Ofishin Shaida na Ƙarfafawa da Zaman Lafiya na ƙungiyar yana ba da fifikon “Fififimai don Kasafin Kudi Mai Aminci” wanda shugabannin addinai ke taro a babban birnin kasar ya bayyana. Takardar abubuwan da suka fi ba da fifiko ta bayyana a wani bangare, “Sakonmu zuwa ga shugabanninmu na kasa – wanda ke da tushe a cikin litattafanmu masu tsarki – shi ne: Yi aiki da jinkai da adalci ta hanyar yi wa jama’a hidima, ba da tallafi mai karfi ga talakawa da marasa galihu, a gida da waje. da kuma kula da duniya.” Karanta cikakken rubutun a www.faithfulbudget.org . “Mu a matsayinmu na Kiristoci da kuma Cocin ’yan’uwa ba za mu yarda ba a kan yadda za mu daidaita rikicin kasafin kuɗi da abubuwan da muka fi ba da muhimmanci ba, amma tun da muna son mu bi Yesu a kowane abu, ya kamata mu roƙi shugabanninmu na siyasa su yi adalci da ƙauna. jinƙai kamar yadda aka ƙarfafa mu a cikin nassinmu,” in ji faɗakarwar, tana ambaton Bayanin Taron Shekara-shekara na 1977 akan Adalci da Rashin Tashin hankali. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Nate Hosler, Jami'in bayar da shawarwari, nhosler@brethren.org ko 202-481-6943.

— ’Yan’uwa a Brazil suna haɓaka hidima a favela (ganin shanty) a yankin Hortolândia. "Ya fara ne sa'ad da wata 'yar coci (Regina) ta gano cewa za ta iya taimaka musu su ba da azuzuwan yadda ake dafa abinci da kuma yadda za su sami ƙarin kuɗin dafa abinci don abubuwan da suka faru," in ji rahoton imel daga Marcos Inhauser. Shi da matarsa, Suely, shugabanni ne a Igreja da Irmandade (Cocin ’yan’uwa a Brazil). “Bayan wani lokaci mun fara yin hidimar ibada da kuma bibliotherapy. Bugu da kari, mun yi aiki tare da taimaka musu da wasu dabaru da horo kan ci gaban al'umma, wanda ya haifar da canja wurin favela zuwa sabon yanki na birni. A yanzu muna cikin tsarin ilimi don rigakafin tashin hankali a cikin gida da cin zarafin yara. An yi wannan ma'aikatar ne bisa izini daga Hukumar Ilimi kuma kusan yara 25 ne ke karbar horo a kowane mako don gujewa cin zarafin gida da jima'i. Mun kuma samar da kwandunan abinci da bikin Kirsimeti.” Don ƙarin bayani game da 'Yan'uwa a Brazil je zuwa www.brethren.org/partners/brazil .

- Rubutun Facebook na wannan makon daga Inglenook Cookbook da Brethren Press: “Lokacin bazara ne, don haka ga girke-girke mai sauƙi na sabo bishiyar asparagus. Ji daɗi!” Wannan girke-girke na bishiyar asparagus tare da farin miya ya fito ne daga littafin Cookbook na 1911 Inglenook, wanda Sister Katie E. Keller na Enterprise, Mont ta gabatar: “Ku dafa bishiyar bishiyar asparagus 1 awa 1 ko ƙasa da haka, gwargwadon shekaru, sannan ku kwashe duk ruwan, kakar. da barkono da gishiri. A zuba man shanu cokali daya da rigar da aka yi da garin cokali 1 da kirim mai dadi kofi daya. Ku bauta wa gasassun man shanu.” Don ƙarin bayani game da sabon littafin dafa abinci na Innglenook da girke-girke na gado da hikima daga bugu na baya, je zuwa http://inglenookcookbook.org .

- Girard (Ill.) Cocin 'yan'uwa ya yi bikin shekaru 100 a watan Fabrairu. A cikin rahoton jarida game da bikin, wanda aka lura a cikin wasiƙar gundumar Illinois/Wisconsin, an nuna fasto Ron Bryant yana gabatar da babban memba na cocin, Avis Dadisman, 94.

- Cocin Fellowship na Dutsen Lebanon na Barboursville, Va., yana bikin cika shekaru 100 da kafuwa. tare da farkawa Afrilu 19-21. Ayyukan 7 na yamma sun ƙunshi Terry Jewel na Knights Chapel kuma sun haɗa da kiɗa na musamman da labarin yara. Dutsen Lebanon zai dawo gida ranar 22 ga Afrilu zai fara da ibadar karfe 10 na safe, sannan kuma a rufe abinci. Da fatan za a kawo kujerun lawn don abincin dawowar gida, in ji sanarwar a cikin "Bita na Orange County" akan layi.

- Bikin soyayya na kurame na farko a cikin Cocin Yan'uwa An gudanar da shi a ranar 4 ga Afrilu ta Ƙungiyar Kurame a Frederick Church of the Brothers a Maryland. Nemo ƙarin game da zumuncin kurame na Frederick a http://fcob.net/deaf-fellowship .

— Quinter (Kan.) Cocin ’yan’uwa tana gudanar da taron “Bita na Bangaskiya, Iyali, da Kuɗi” a ranar 28 ga Afrilu, 9 na safe zuwa 4 na yamma (rejista da ƙarfe 8:30 na safe) Ƙarƙashin Jagorancin Aminci a Duniya kan jigon, “Yadda Za a Yi Rayuwa da Aminci A Cikin Abin da Ku Ke Bukata Da Kiyaye Zaman Lafiya a cikin Iyali,” an gabatar da taron ne tare da haɗin gwiwar ’yan’uwa. Amincewa da Amfani. Za a ba da abincin rana da kula da yara. Don halarta, da fatan za a kira 785-754-3630 zuwa Afrilu 23. Za a tattara kyautar kyauta don biyan kuɗi.

- Cocin Linville Creek na ’Yan’uwa a Broadway, Va., tana karɓar “Voices from the Courthouse Prison,” Wasan da CrossRoads ya gabatar, Cibiyar Heritage na Valley Brothers-Mennonite a ranar 29 ga Afrilu, da karfe 7 na yamma Wasan ya nuna abubuwan da suka faru a lokacin hunturu na 1862, lokacin da aka daure shugabannin Mennonite da Brothers a gidan kurkuku na gundumar Rockingham saboda adawa da yakin basasa. Ya ƙunshi muryoyin John Kline, Gabe Heatwole, da wasu waɗanda ke raba imaninsu da gwagwarmayarsu-da matan da suka ziyarce su kuma suka kula da su yayin da suke kurkuku. Kyauta ta kyauta za ta amfana da aikin cibiyar.

— Babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger zai yi wa’azi a Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brothers a ranar Lahadi, Afrilu 22, da kuma a Panora (Iowa) Church of the Brothers a ranar Lahadi, Mayu 6. An fara hidimar Panora da ƙarfe 10 na safe, kafin lokacin tambaya da amsa lokacin taron. Makarantar Lahadi 9 na safe, tare da abincin potluck yana rufewa da safe. “An yi maraba da kowa,” in ji gayyata a cikin jaridar Lardin Plains ta Arewa.

- Cocin Stone na 'yan'uwa a Huntingdon, Pa., A ranar 13 ga Afrilu ya shirya wani "Babu Bowls" abincin dare mai nuna ɗaruruwan kwano waɗanda sashen fasaha na Kwalejin Juniata suka ƙirƙira. Abincin dare ya tara kuɗi don bankunan abinci na Huntingdon County daban-daban. A cewar wata sanarwa daga kwalejin, mahalarta sun sami “ba miya da burodi kaɗai ba, har ma da kwanon miya na yumbu da aka yi da hannu daga sanannen shirin tukwane na kwalejin.” Masu tallafawa sun haɗa da Mud Junkies, ƙungiyar yumbu na kwalejin, Art Alliance, PAX-O, kwalejin nazarin zaman lafiya, da Majalisar Katolika. Kungiyar 4-H da rundunar 'yan mata suma sun kirkiro kwano don taron. Sanarwar ta lura cewa wannan ita ce shekara ta shida da Juniata ke shiga cikin fanko na fanko, wani taron da aka tsara a duk faɗin ƙasar don mai da hankali kan yunwar duniya.

- "Ƙara Kulawa… a Duk Lokaci" shine taken Taron Koyar da Deacon tare da Curtis W. Dubble, a ranar 28 ga Afrilu a ƙauyen da ke Morrisons Cove a Martinsburg, Pa. Dubble zai raba labarin matarsa ​​Anna Mary, kuma yayi magana game da yanke shawara na ƙarshen rayuwa, buƙatar sadar da umarnin gaba, tsarin tallafi na masu kulawa, da kuma rayuwar imani da addu'a a lokutan wahala. Kudin shine $5 kuma ya haɗa da abincin rana. Ci gaba da darajar ilimi yana samuwa ga fastoci. Ranar ƙarshe na rajista shine Afrilu 20. Nemo ƙarin a www.midpacob.org .

- Horon Deacon zai kasance wani ɓangare na Potluck gundumar Illinois da Wisconsin a Peoria (Ill.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa a ranar 28 ga Afrilu. Baya ga abincin rana na potluck, ranar ta ƙunshi bita da kuma damar da masu hidima za su sami ci gaba da ilimi. Donna Kline, darektan ma’aikatar Deacon na Cocin ’yan’uwa za ta jagoranci taron bita kan “Ruhaniya ta Ruhaniya,” “Taimakawa Masu Rauni,” da “Tsalan Ginin Hidimar Deacon”. Daraktan taron shekara-shekara Chris Douglas zai jagoranci "Addu'a tare da Nassi," "Addu'a tare da Kiɗa, Fasaha, da Jarida," da "Tafiya na Addu'a." Wasu zaman za su koya wa mahalarta su haddace nassi kuma su faɗi wani labari na Littafi Mai Tsarki da ba za a taɓa mantawa da shi ba. Rajista shine $5. Ana gayyatar kowane ɗan takara don kawo tasa don rabawa. http://iwdcob.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/50508723/District_Potluck_2012_Registration_Form.pdf

- Tafiya ta Yunwa ta Duniya za ta kasance ranar 22 ga Afrilu farawa daga Cocin Antakiya na 'yan'uwa da ke Rocky Mount, Va., da karfe 3 na yamma Sauran abubuwan da ke tafe da ke wani bangare na gwanjon Yunwar Duniya na shekara-shekara a gundumar Virlina sun hada da Gasar Golf a ranar 12 ga Mayu a filin saukar jiragen ruwa na Mariner; hawan Keke na Yuni 2 wanda ya fara daga Cocin Antakiya da karfe 8 na safe; Gabatarwa 10 ga Yuni da gabatarwa tare da Jonathan Emmons; da Auction da kanta a kan Agusta 11. Don ƙarin bayani da rajistar rajista je zuwa www.worldhungerauction.org .

- Brethren Woods Camp da Retreat Center kusa da Keezletown, Va., Yana gudanar da bikin bazara a ranar 28 ga Afrilu, 7 na safe - 2 na yamma Ayyuka suna tara kuɗi don tallafawa shirin hidima na waje na gundumar Shenandoah ciki har da gasar kamun kifi, karin kumallo na pancake, zanga-zangar sana'a, hawan jirgin ruwa, hike-a-thon, wasanni na yara, gidan dabbobi, layin zip. hawa, gwanjo, barbecue, Dunk the Dunkard Booth, Kiss the Cow takara, da ƙari. Je zuwa www.brethrenwoods.org .

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Brethren Woods, rajista ya kamata a yi a ranar 27 ga Afrilu don Ranar Kasuwar Kaya ta sansanin a kan Mayu 5. Kwarewar kwale-kwale a kan kogin Shenandoah ya fara ne a Mountain View Church of the Brothers a McGaheysville, Va., da karfe 9:30 na safe ma'aikatan sansanin, ciki har da ƙwararren malamin kwale-kwale da masu kare rai, za su ba da horo. Farashin shine $30 kuma ya haɗa da abincin rana, kwalekwale, filafili, jaket ɗin rayuwa, da ƙarin kayan aiki. Za a aika da lissafin tattarawa da iznin zamewa/waivers ta e-mail bayan an karɓi rajista. Fom din rajista yana nan www.brethrenwoods.org .

- Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye, Cocin 'Yan'uwa na ci gaba da kula da ritayar jama'a kusa da Boonsboro, Md., ta karbi bakuncin ta na uku shekara-shekara Open House a kan Mayu 12 daga karfe 1 zuwa 4 na yamma Saki da aka gayyata don yin rangadin ƙauyen, tattaunawa da ma'aikata da mazauna garin, hawa keken doki a cikin al'umma, jin daɗin shaƙatawa da nunin faifai game da mutane da wuraren Fahrney-Keedy, kuma ga aikin yana gab da kammalawa akan faɗaɗɗen masana'antar sarrafa ruwan sha da tsare-tsare don babban yankin jiyya na jiki da kuma hanyoyin tafiya guda biyu. "Akwai ayyuka da yawa da ke ci gaba a nan Fahrney-Keedy yayin da muke ci gaba," in ji Keith R. Bryan, Shugaba / Shugaba. "Baƙi za su ji daɗi ba kawai da cikakken damar yin ritaya a nan ba har ma da yadda muke aiki a nan gaba." Don RSVP don buɗe gidan ko ƙarin bayani kira 301-671-5015 ko 301-671-5016 ko ziyarci www.fkhv.org.

- Timbercrest Senior Living Community a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., Yana gabatar da jerin ilimi na watanni bakwai akan "Tsafa mai Nasara" a ranar Alhamis na uku ga wata. An fara jerin shirye-shiryen a yau, Afrilu 19. Zama na awa daya yana farawa da karfe 9 na safe kuma ya haɗa da littattafan aiki na mu'amala da nishaɗi kyauta. Ƙungiyoyin yanki da dama za su shiga don gabatar da batutuwa daban-daban, kamar a watan Afrilu, Kamfanin Zimmer ya tattauna lafiyar haɗin gwiwa, kuma a watan Mayu, wani jami'in 'yan sanda na jihar Indiana mai ritaya zai raba yadda za a kare kansa daga zamba. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi 260-982-3924 ko dfox@timbercrest.org .

- Sabis na Kuɗi na ɗaliban Kwalejin Manchester sun raba sanarwa game da Shirin Tallafin Matching Matching Church. Kwalejin tana a Arewacin Manchester, Ind. Coci na shirin shiga cikin shirin suna buƙatar samun damar yin amfani da jerin sunayen masu karɓa don shekarar ilimi ta 2012-13, in ji sanarwar. Je zuwa www.manchester.edu/SFS/sfsforms.htm . Danna kan "Church Matching Recipient Roster." Kammala kuma ƙaddamar da aikin ba da daɗewa ba bayan Yuni 1 don a ba da garantin kuɗin da ya dace da Kwalejin Manchester. Sanarwar ta bukaci majami'u su sani cewa dole ne su bi ka'idodin IRS game da gudummawar da ke gudana ta ƙungiyoyin agaji, kuma "wannan shirin ba a nufin ba da damar iyalai su ba da kuɗi ta hanyar coci don ɗansu ya sami damar samun gurbin karatu daidai." Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Ayyukan Kuɗi na Student a 260-982-5066 ko sfs@manchester.edu .

- Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) ta sanar da kwamitin neman shugabanta na gaba. Shugaban kasar George Cornelius ya sanar a ranar 6 ga Maris cewa zai bar kwantiraginsa da kwalejin ta kare a karshen wannan shekarar karatu. Mataimakin shugaban kasa Roy W. Ferguson Jr. zai yi aiki a matsayin shugaban rikon kwarya. Kwamitin binciken ya hada da Judy Mills Reimer, tsohuwar sakatare-janar na Cocin Brothers, tare da shugaba G. Steven Agee, alkali a Kotun Daukaka Kara ta Amurka ta Hudu; Debra M. Allen, ƙwararren akawu na jama'a kuma ma'ajin Sidney B. Allen Jr. Builder Inc.; William S. Earhart, ƙwararren akawun jama'a kuma ma'ajin Heatwole/Miller Real Estate Management and Development Company; Michael K. Kyles MD, likitan likitanci a kan ma'aikatan Asibitin Yanki na Halifax; Robert I. Stolzman, abokin tarayya a kamfanin lauyoyi na Adler, Pollock & Sheehan; James H. Walsh, abokin tarayya tare da kamfanin lauya na McGuireWoods LLP; W. Steve Watson Jr., Lawrence S. da Carmen C. Miller Shugaban xa'a da kuma farfesa na falsafa da addini; da Kathy G. Wright, mai kula da dabaru na Philip Morris USA Inc.

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Kwalejin Bridgewater, tsofaffin ɗalibai biyar da suka haɗa da membobin Cocin Brothers uku za a karrama a matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin ƙarshen tsofaffin ɗalibai na shekara-shekara na Afrilu 20-22. A liyafar shekara-shekara na Ƙungiyar Ripples a ranar 20 ga Afrilu, Dr. J. Paul Wampler (aji na 1954) da Doris Cline Egge (1946) za su karbi 2012 Ripples Society Medal. A bikin lambar yabo na tsofaffin ɗalibai a ranar 21 ga Afrilu, za a ba da lambar yabo ta Alumna Award ga Dr. Elizabeth Mumper (1976). Za a ba da lambar yabo ta Matasa Alumna ga Emila J. Sutton (2002). Za a ba da lambar yabo ta Jama'a ta Yamma-Whitelow ga Dr. Kenneth M. Heatwole (1979).

- The McPherson (Kan.) Kwalejin Bulldogs kwanan nan sun yi bikin fitowar farko ta ƙarshe ta huɗu. "Tare da nasara ta zo-daga baya tare da ƙasa da minti ɗaya a fafata da Kwalejin Dordt a gasar Kwando ta maza ta NAIA DII, Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Maza ta shiga fitowa ta farko ta Ƙarshe na Ƙarshe na Bulldogs Basketball," in ji wata wasika ta e-mail ga McPherson. tsofaffin ɗalibai. "Sun yi rashin nasara a hannun Jami'ar Northwood iri daya a wasan kusa da na karshe, amma sun samu nasarar da za ta shiga cikin kundin tarihin MC Athletics." Kalli dawowar a www.youtube.com/McPhersonCollege .

- "Abin da ya kamata a tuna game da aljanu shi ne cewa sun kasance matattun kwakwalwa ne masu saurin yaduwa ba tare da dalili ba," ta ba da rahoton wani saki daga Kwalejin Juniata, “don haka yana da ban mamaki sau biyu cewa rukunin masu shirya fina-finai na Kwalejin Juniata sun sami damar raya matattu har tsawon lokacin da za su kammala fim ɗin da ya ci kyautar $12,000 a kwalejin.” Juniata ya sami matsayi na farko don "Showtime," wani fim ɗin aljan da aka ƙirƙira don "Nuna Mana ETC ɗinku," wata gasa ta ETC Inc. (Sakamakon Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na lantarki). Kamfanin ya ƙware a cikin hasken wasan kwaikwayo. Don lambar yabo ta farko kamfanin ya ba da allon haskaka wasan kwaikwayo a ƙungiyar fim ɗin Juniata, wanda zai sarrafa hasken wuta da tasirin hasken wuta a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Suzanne von Liebig. Kayan aikin sun fi dala 12,000. Gus Redmond, wani dalibi na biyu daga Bethesda, Md., wanda ya samo asali aikin a lokacin da ya gano gasar ta kan layi a gidan yanar gizon ETC ya ce "An yi fim din wannan kafin wasan karshe a watan Disamba.

- Yawancin malaman Kwalejin Juniata da mai shirya fina-finai na gaskiya za su tattauna yadda wasan kwaikwayo da al'adu masu ban mamaki za su zama kayan aiki don zaman lafiya da tsayin daka a yankunan da ke fama da tashin hankali, talauci da zalunci. Tattaunawar taron na faruwa ne bayan an nuna shirin shirin "Aiki tare a Duniya" a karfe 7 na yamma Afrilu 25 a Neff Lecture Hall a harabar Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa. Fim da tattaunawar tattaunawa kyauta ne kuma bude ga jama'a. Cibiyar Baker don Zaman Lafiya da Nazarin rikice-rikice ce ta dauki nauyin taron kuma Celia Cook-Huffman, Farfesa Burkholder Farfesa na magance rikice-rikice.

- Shirin Mata na Duniya yana gayyatar shiga cikin aikin godiyar ranar mata na shekara-shekara. “Kawai ka aika da gudummawa ga GWP don girmama macen da ka sani kuma kake so (ciki har da sunanka da adireshinka da sunan wanda aka karɓa da adireshinsa), kuma za mu aika mata da kati mai kyau da aka rubuta da hannu da ke nuna cewa an yi mata kyauta. girmamawa. Za a yi amfani da gudummawar don tallafa wa ayyukan haɗin gwiwarmu a Rwanda, Uganda, Nepal, Sudan ta Kudu, da Indiana - duk wanda ke mayar da hankali kan inganta rayuwar mata." Hakanan ana maraba da gudummawar abubuwan tunawa. Don shiga cikin Ayyukan Godiya ta Ranar Mata ta aika da gudummawa zuwa Shirin Mata na Duniya, c/o Nan Erbaugh, 47 South Main St., West Alexandria, OH 45381. Za a aika da katunan godiya a lokacin ranar iyaye idan an sami buƙatun zuwa ranar 6 ga Mayu. .

- Tattaunawa kan rikicin bindiga za a gudanar a Devon, Pa., a ranar Lahadi da yamma Afrilu 22 daukar nauyi Jin Kiran Allah, wani yunƙuri na yaƙi da tashe-tashen hankulan bindigogi a biranen Amurka da aka fara a wani taro na Cocin Zaman Zaman Lafiya guda uku. Taron a Majami'ar Unitarian Main Line ya ƙunshi Sufeto Michael Chitwood na Upper Darby, Pa.; Dokta Fred Kauffman, likitan dakin gaggawa mai ritaya daga Asibitin Jami'ar Temple a Philadelphia; Max Nacheman, babban darektan CeaseFire Pennsylvania; da Jim McIntire, shugaban hukumar sauraron kiran Allah. Abincin rana a 12:30 pm ana biye da tattaunawa ta 12: 50-2 na yamma Don ajiye wurin zama da abincin rana, tuntuɓi Sue Smith a jfsmithiii@comcast.net zuwa Afrilu 21.

- Jordan Blevins, tsohon jami'in bayar da shawarwari na Cocin 'yan'uwa da kuma Majalisar Coci ta kasa (NCC), tana aiki ne a matsayin shugaban kwamitin sake fasalin da sake fasalin hukumar ta NCC. Yana aiki ne tare da mataimakin shugaban hukumar NCC Kathryn M. Lohre. Aikin rundunar ya zo dai-dai da kokarin hukumar NCC na neman babban sakataren rikon kwarya.

- Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya da Babban Taron Coci na Afirka suna nuna damuwarsu kan yadda rikici ya karu a tsakanin Sudan da Sudan ta Kudu, a cewar Ecumenical News International (ENI), yayin da yake mayar da martani kan wasu munanan fada tsakanin kasashen biyu tun bayan samun ‘yancin kai a Sudan ta Kudu a watan Yulin da ya gabata. Dakarun Sudan ta Kudu sun mamaye garin Heglig mai mai da ke kasar Sudan, amma kasashen biyu na ikirarin yankin. Ba a san ko nawa ne aka kashe a fadan na makonni biyu ba, in ji ENI.

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Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da James Deaton, Mary Jo Flory-Steury, Bob Gross, Mary Kay Heatwole, Donna Kline, Michael Leiter, Phil Lersch, Ralph McFadden, Nancy Miner, Glen Sargent, John Wall, da edita Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford , darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Ku nemi fitowar ta gaba a kai a kai a ranar 2 ga Mayu. Sabis ɗin Labarai na Cocin ’Yan’uwa ne ke buga Newsline. Tuntuɓi edita a cobnews@brethren.org. Newsline yana fitowa kowane mako, tare da batutuwa na musamman idan an buƙata. Ana iya sake buga labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen. Don cire rajista ko canza abubuwan da kuka zaɓa na imel je zuwa www.brethren.org/newsline.