Labaran labarai na Fabrairu 22, 2012

“Ashe, ba azumin da na zaɓa ke nan ba, domin in kwance ɗaurin zalunci . . . don raba gurasar ku ga mayunwata?” (Ishaya 58:6a, 7a).

Maganar mako: “Kana yi murna da daukakata da kyawun duniya, A cikin soyayya mai kawo gafara, cikin mu'ujizar haihuwa. Kuna yin godiya a cikin ibada da addu'a. Amma abin da nake so a gare ku shi ne yarda ku raba. " — Aya ta farko na waƙar jigon wannan babbar sa'a ɗaya ta wannan shekara da aka shirya yi a ranar 18 ga Maris. Bidiyon da zai raka waƙar yana a www.brethren.org/oghs a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ake bayarwa tare da kaɗe-kaɗe da waƙoƙi, umarni na ibada, masu fara wa'azi, wa'azin yara, ayyukan matasa, da ƙari. Waƙar, "Babban Sa'a don Raba," Leslie Lee da Steve Gretz ne suka rubuta waƙar musamman don bikin.

LABARAI
1) Rahoton kudi na 2011 ya ƙunshi alamun bege da dalilin damuwa.
2) Taron CCT na shekara-shekara yana da yaki da wariyar launin fata, yaki da talauci.
3) Tattalin arziki na kiwon lafiya zai iya taimakawa wajen rage yawan kudin shiga.
4) Ma'aurata su sake koyar da wani semester a jami'a a N. Korea.
5) Wakilin Ikilisiya ya halarci mako mai jituwa tsakanin addinai na duniya a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

KAMATA
6) An kira Paynes ya jagoranci Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas.
7) Youth Peace Travel Team an sanya sunan don 2012.

Abubuwa masu yawa
8) An shirya taron jagoranci a ƙarshen Maris.
9) Mayu shine Watan Manyan Manya akan taken, 'Tsatu da Sha'awa da Buri.'

FEATURES
10) Gudanarwa ƙoƙarin ƙungiya ne: Tunani kan sakamakon tara kuɗi na 2011.

11) Yan'uwa rago: Tunawa, ma'aikata, ayyuka, Shekara-shekara taron, gunduma labarai, fiye da.

Yanzu kan layi: An buɗe babban rajista don taron shekara-shekara na Cocin Brothers 2012 a www.brethren.org/ac . Taron yana gudana tsakanin 7-11 ga Yuli a St. Louis, Mo., a cibiyar taron Amurka. Wadanda suka yi rajista a kan layi za su sami hanyar haɗi don ajiye dakuna a cikin toshe otal ɗin taro. Har ila yau akwai bayanai game da farashin rajista, cikakken jadawalin taron, jerin otal, bayanan sufuri na gida, ayyukan ƙungiyar shekaru don yara da matasa da matasa, jerin abubuwan abinci da farashin tikiti, fastoci don zaman fahimta da sauran kyautai na musamman. yayin taron, da ƙari mai yawa wanda ke cikin Fakitin Bayani don taron. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac . (Dubi 'yan'uwa rago a ƙasa don ƙarin sabuntawa kan taron shekara-shekara.)

1) Rahoton kudi na 2011 ya ƙunshi alamun bege da dalilin damuwa.

Sakamakon kuɗi na ma'aikatun cocin 'yan'uwa a cikin 2011 sun haɗa da alamu masu bege da dalilin damuwa. An ga sakamako mai kyau a cikin kasafin kuɗin Ofishin Taro da kuma wasu ƙuntataccen bayarwa. Koyaya, Ma'aikatun Core da sauran ma'aikatun masu cin gashin kansu sun fahimci kashe kuɗi fiye da abin da ake samu.

Jimlar kyaututtukan da aka samu don ma’aikatun ɗarikoki sun yi ƙasa a 2011 fiye da 2010. Ikilisiyoyi sun ba da jimilar $3,484,100, ƙasa da kashi 14.2 bisa ɗari daga 2010. Jimillar mutum da ya ba da $2,149,800 ya ragu da kashi 30.5 bisa ɗari idan aka kwatanta da shekarar da ta gabata.

Bayar da Ma'aikatun Kasuwanci ya ƙi $148,200, ko kashi 4.6 cikin ɗari, akan jimillar $3,083,200. Bayar da Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa (EDF), wanda ke canzawa dangane da tsananin bala'i, ya kasance mai ƙarfi a $1,811,500, amma ya kasance ƙasa da 2010 da $270,900. Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya da Asusun Jakadancin Duniya na Farko duk sun sami ƙarin kyaututtuka fiye da na 2010, jimlar $318,500 da $72,900, bi da bi.

Tushen tushen kuɗi don Ma'aikatun Mahimmanci shine gudummawa daga ikilisiyoyi da daidaikun mutane. Ci gaba da raguwar gudummawar a kan lokaci yana ci gaba da ƙalubalantar kasafin kuɗi da tsara shirye-shirye. Ma'aikata sun sami damar riƙe kashe kuɗi a ƙasa da adadin da aka tsara na 2011, amma har yanzu kashe kuɗi ya wuce kuɗin shiga da $65,800.

Hasashen kasafin kuɗin Ma'aikatu na 2012 ya nuna babban gibi tsakanin kuɗin shiga da kashe kuɗi da ake tsammani. Domin daidaitawa biyun, an kawar da mukamai tara tun daga ranar 28 ga Satumba, 2011. An yi wasu canje-canje don rage kashe kuɗi ko gano ƙarin hanyoyin samun kuɗi.

Sabuwar Cibiyar Taro ta Windsor (NWCC) ta sami asarar dala 176,400 a cikin 2011. Tallace-tallacen sun ɗan fi na 2010 girma, kuma asarar bai kai na shekarar da ta gabata ba. Koyaya, wannan sakamakon ya haɓaka gibin da aka tara zuwa $689,400.

Wasu ma'aikatu hudu da aka bayyana a matsayin masu cin gashin kansu suma sun dogara ne kan siyar da kayayyaki da ayyuka don samun kudin shiga. Kasancewa mai ƙarfi da sadaukarwa a taron shekara-shekara, haɗe tare da ƙoƙarin ma'aikata don rage farashi, sun taimaka Ofishin Taro ya ƙare 2011 tare da samun kuɗin shiga sama da $237,200. Sakamakon tabbatacce ya kawar da gibin da aka tara a baya.

Mujallar “Manzon Allah” ita ma ta ƙare shekaran a cikin baƙar fata, tare da samun kuɗin shiga mafi ƙanƙanta akan kashe $200.

Brotheran Jarida ta ci gaba da yin asara ta farko cikin shekaru uku tare da gibin dala 68,900. Abubuwan sun haɗa da raguwar tallace-tallace da ƙarewar tallafin Gahagen wanda ya ƙarfafa samun kudin shiga na shekaru masu yawa.

Shirin Albarkatun Material ya sami ƙarin farashi a kayayyaki da sufuri wanda ya haifar da kashe sama da kuɗin shiga na $31,200.

A cikin gwagwarmayar kuɗi, ma'aikata da hukumar suna ci gaba da godiya ga amincin masu ba da gudummawa. Hidimomin Coci na ’Yan’uwa suna wanzuwa ne kawai ta wurin goyon bayan waɗanda suke bayarwa da karimci har ma a lokacin rashin tattalin arziki.

An bayar da adadin da ke sama kafin a kammala tantancewar 2011. Za a sami cikakkun bayanan kuɗi a cikin Church of the Brothers, Inc., rahoton duba, da za a buga a watan Yuni 2012.

- LeAnn K. Wine babban darekta ne na Albarkatun Ƙungiya kuma ma'ajin cocin 'yan'uwa. (Dubi fasalin da ke ƙasa don tunani game da shekara ta 2011 daga ma'aikatan kulawa.)

2) Taron CCT na shekara-shekara yana da yaki da wariyar launin fata, yaki da talauci.

Ikilisiyar Kirista tare (CCT) ta kammala taronta na shekara-shekara a ranar 17 ga Fabrairu a Memphis, Tenn. Wadanda suka halarci taron shugabannin Ikilisiya na kasa 85 ne daga “iyalan bangaskiya” biyar na kungiyar: Ba-Amurke, Katolika, Furotesta na Tarihi, Evangelical/Pentecostal, da Kiristan Orthodox. Ƙungiyar maza da mata masu launuka iri-iri da ƙabilanci sun nemi tare don fahimtar da kuma tsara yadda ya kamata don yaƙar wariyar launin fata da talauci a Amurka.

Kungiyar ta ziyarci gidan tarihin kare hakkin jama'a na kasa, wurin da aka yi shahadar Martin Luther King Jr.; Gidan Tarihi na Slave Haven, Gidan Tsaro na Railroad na karkashin kasa; da gidan ibada na Mason mai tarihi inda Sarki ya gabatar da jawabinsa na karshe kafin a kashe shi. Sun kuma ji ta bakin masu magana irin su Bernard LaFayette, wanda ya kafa SNCC da Rider Freedom a lokacin yunkurin kare hakkin jama'a, da Virgil Wood, mai shirya bikin Maris a Washington.

Shugabannin ’yan’uwa a wurin taron sun haɗa da zaɓaɓɓen shugaban taron shekara-shekara Bob Krouse, wanda ya halarta a madadin mai gudanarwa Tim Harvey (wanda a halin yanzu yake ziyartar sabuwar ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa a Spain); babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger; da mawallafin 'yan jarida Wendy McFadden.

"Hakika taro ne mai ban sha'awa," in ji Krouse a cikin wata hira ta wayar tarho. Ya bayyana tasirin ziyarce-ziyarce na baya-bayan nan a gidan adana kayan tarihi na kare hakkin jama'a na kasa da gidan kayan tarihi na Slave Haven, a cikin 'yan sa'o'i kadan ana tunatar da su sosai game da dogon tarihin wariyar launin fata a Amurka, da gwagwarmayar da ake yi. Ziyarar wurin da aka kashe Sarki “yana da ƙarfi sosai,” in ji shi. “A can, barandar da aka harbe shi. . . . Kuma a tuna da gazawar Ikilisiya don magance waɗannan batutuwa, bautar, bas. Abin kunya ne, da gaske, ganin gazawar cocin.”

Ɗaya daga cikin koyon da Krouse ke ɗauka daga taron shine dacewa da abin da ya kwatanta a matsayin ma'anar Kirista na "zuciya-cuci da rashin girman ɗabi'a" a fuskar wariyar launin fata. Taron a matsayin gaba ɗaya yana da alaƙa da cakuda farin ciki, kuma, ya ce–“farin ciki da za mu iya kasancewa a wurin a matsayin coci.”

Menene wannan yake nufi ga Cocin ’yan’uwa? "Ya yi mana wuya mu sami hannu," in ji Krouse. "Yawancin batutuwan da muka tattauna a matsayin maganganun siyasa," in ji shi, ya kara da cewa 'yan'uwa ba su magance wariyar launin fata ta hanyar da ta dace ba kamar yadda wasu ƙungiyoyin suka yi ƙoƙari su yi. Shawarwari ɗaya tak da ke fitowa daga taron CCT shine mayar da hankali kan dashen coci a kan tsire-tsire na kabilu daban-daban a cikin birane. Wani kuma shine sanin yadda wariyar launin fata ke cutar da mutanen da ke cikin al'adun gargajiya da kuma waɗanda ake nuna musu wariya.

“Daya daga cikin abubuwan da aka kawo mini gida . . . shi ne mu a wancan bangaren, mu ma mun sha fama da shi. Rayuwarmu ta yi ƙasa da wadata saboda rashin fuskantar al'adun baƙar fata da batutuwan da suka yi fama da su saboda wariyar launin fata.

“Yayin da muka keɓance – ta hanyar tiyoloji, al’adu, ƙabila – yana iyakance rayuwarmu da gaske. Mafi kyawun kwalliyar kwalliyar kwalliyar kwalliyar kwalliyar kwalliya ce. ”

Ga sanarwar da ta samu amincewar mahalarta taron CCT:

Fabrairu 17, 2012 – Daya cikin Almasihu saboda Duka

Wakilan majami'u da ƙungiyoyi na Cocin Kirista tare a Amurka sun taru a Memphis, Fabrairu 14-17, 2012, don amsa tambaya ɗaya: Ta yaya Ruhu Mai Tsarki zai yi amfani da shaidar Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., da kuma “Wasiƙarsa Daga Gidan Yari na Birmingham” don taimaka wa Ikklisiya ta ci gaba da yin bisharar da kuma yin shelarta da aminci?

A lokacin da muke tare, zukatanmu da tunaninmu sun shiga cikin sanarwar Yesu cewa: “Ruhu na Ubangiji yana bisana, gama ya shafe ni in yi bishara ga matalauta. Ya aike ni in yi shelar saki ga waɗanda aka kama, da ganin hangen nesa ga makafi, in saki waɗanda ake zalunta, in yi shelar shekarar tagomashin Ubangiji.”

Abokan Dr. King sun ba mu labarin abubuwan da suka faru na farko a cikin ƙungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a da kuma ci gaba da aikinsu. Mun sake haɗawa da labarin ɗalibai a kan Ride Freedom. Mun yi tafiya zuwa gidan kayan tarihi na Slave Haven kuma mun fuskanci ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar ƙasa na cinikin bayi, miliyoyin 'yan Afirka da suka rasa rayukansu ko 'yancinsu a cikin tilascin tafiya daga Afirka zuwa Sabuwar Duniya. Mun ziyarci Lorraine Motel da Gidan Tarihi na 'Yancin Jama'a na kasa, muna fuskantar sake fuska da abubuwan da suka wajabta yunkurin 'Yancin Bil'adama da Yakin Talakawa. Mun gane kiranmu zuwa ga "gaggawa mai tsanani na yanzu" wanda Dr. King ya ambata.

Muna shelanta babu shakka cewa wariyar launin fata, matsanancin rashin arziƙi, rashin adalci da talauci, da tashin hankali suna da alaƙa da juna. Dr. King ya ce "manyan uku uku na wariyar launin fata, matsananciyar son jari-hujja, da kuma soja ba za su iya cin nasara ba" lokacin da "ana daukar manufar riba da haƙƙin mallaka fiye da mutane." Muna kira ga ikkilisiya da ta faɗi kuma ta yi aiki mara ma'ana ga mutane. Ikilisiya mai adawa da wariyar launin fata yana ba da shawarwari ga daidaito, yana bin adalci, kuma yana haifar da tashin hankali. Mun san wannan. Mun dandana gaskiyar mulkin Allah mai karyawa a cikin dangantakarmu da juna. An tattara ta Ruhu, a matsayin ’ya’yan Ubanmu, cikin sunan Kristi Yesu, mun san gaskiya da dogara ga gaban juna.

Daga mahangar baƙon da ke kallon taronmu, muna iya zama kamar abokan hulɗar da ba za a iya yiwuwa ba –Kiristoci na Afirka, Turai, Hispanic, Asiya/Pacific, ƴan asalin Amirka, da kuma taron zuriyar Gabas ta Tsakiya cikin abota; Masu bishara, Pentikostal, Katolika, Orthodox, Ba-Amurke na Tarihi, da Furotesta na Tarihi suna musayar ra'ayoyi da rayuwa cikin begen juna. Muna tare. Mun ji “I” na Allah ga dangantakarmu kuma mun ce, “Amin ga ɗaukakar Allah.”

Taruwanmu a matsayin Ikklisiya na Kirista tare zumunci ne na farin ciki wanda muke godewa da addu'a dominsa yana faranta wa Allah rai, domin a cikin haduwar mu mun fuskanci Kristi yana rushe ganuwar da ke raba mu.

Tare da Dr. King, mun tabbatar: “Zalunci a ko’ina barazana ce ga adalci a ko’ina. An kama mu a cikin wata hanyar sadarwa da ba za ta iya tserewa ba, an ɗaure mu cikin tufa guda ɗaya ta kaddara. Duk abin da ya shafi mutum kai tsaye, ya shafi duka a fakaice.”

Daga haɗin kai cikin Kristi, muna gaya wa kowa a Amurka cewa akwai sarari ga mutane daga kowace ƙasa ko yare a wannan ƙasa. Kalar fatar mutum baiwa ce daga Allah; maraba da ɗayan aiki ne na ɗan adam na gama-gari. Dangantakar da mutum yake da ita da kuma yuwuwar da mutum ya faɗa shine yadda kowannenmu ya fahimci abin da Allah ya yi alkawari ga kowa. Akwai hanyoyi da yawa da al'ummarmu ke iyakance nau'ikan alakar da mutane ke da su da kuma damar ci gaban mutane. Mu da muka sadu tare a Memphis muna kira ga ikkilisiya don tsayayya da waɗannan iyakokin zamantakewa ta hanyar shiga sabon dangantaka tare da waɗanda suke da alama daban-daban da kuma samar da dama ga mutanen da ke cikin talauci don samun daidaito da kuma samun tsaro na tattalin arziki.

Mu gama-garin ’yan Adam da shaidarmu ga Kristi na dukan mutane suna kiran ikilisiyoyinmu don su yi aiki don jin daɗin kowa, don yin shawarwari ga adalci ga matalauta, mu bi adalci, da kuma aikata ƙauna da rashin tashin hankali da Yesu ya koyar. Don haka muna yaba wa majami'u da ƙungiyoyinmu cewa:

1. Yi nazarin shigar su cikin tsari da zaɓi na sirri waɗanda suka yi watsi da gaskiyar talauci da ci gaba da tasirin wariyar launin fata.

2. Rungumar ɗaya ko fiye daga cikin tsare-tsare daga Bayanin CCT game da Talauci a matsayin fifikon Ikklisiya wanda ke neman kawar da talauci a wannan ƙasa.

3. Ku yi tarayya da wata ikkilisiya wadda ke wakiltar zama “abokiyar da ba za ta yiwu ba” a cikin aikin mu na yaƙi da talauci, domin shaidarmu ta kowa ta zama ga Allah mai sulhunta mu cikin Almasihu.

4. Yi shelar a bainar jama'a, ta hanyoyinsu da kuma haɗin gwiwar aikin haɗin gwiwa, cewa sabbin nau'ikan wariyar launin fata da halayen Kiristanci ga baƙi, matalauta, da waɗanda ba na Kirista ba abin ƙyama ne ga Allah da kuma musun alherin da Allah yake cikinsa. Almasihu Yesu yana bayarwa ga kowa da kowa.

5. Neman hanyoyin haɗin gwiwa a cikin ma'aikatun su na adawa da wariyar launin fata da al'adu da kuma raba albarkatun su da abubuwan da suka faru a cikin wannan aikin tare da juna, kuma, kamar yadda ya dace, tare da abokan hulɗar addinai daban-daban.

6. Ku kasance masu yiwa juna hisabi ta hanyar ba da rahoto akai-akai game da ayyukansu akan waɗannan shawarwari ta wurin taron da Cocin Kirista suka gano tare.

7. A ƙarshe, yin aiki tare da haɗin gwiwa ta hanyar Ikklisiya na Kirista tare, haɓaka shaidar da ta dace da jama'a da kasancewarta a Birmingham a ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 2013, don tunawa da bikin cika shekaru 50 na "Wasika daga gidan kurkukun Birmingham" da kuma ba da rahoton abin da cocin ke yi don jama'a. shawo kan zunubi na wariyar launin fata kuma don tabbatar da "adalci ga kowa" tattalin arziki.

(Richard L. Hamm, babban darekta na Cocin Kirista tare a Amurka, ya ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoton. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi. dhamm@ddi.org ko 317-490-1968.)

3) Tattalin arziki na kiwon lafiya zai iya taimakawa wajen rage yawan kudin shiga.

Shin kuɗin kuɗin likita yana cutar da kasafin kuɗin cocinku? Ikilisiyar ku na iya cancanci samun babban kuɗin haraji akan kuɗin inshorar lafiya da ta biya don cikakken lokaci ko ma'aikata na ɗan lokaci a cikin 2011.

A hade tare da dokar kula da lafiya da aka sani da Dokar Kariya da Kulawa da Haƙuri, Sabis ɗin Harajin Cikin Gida yanzu yana ba da ƙima har zuwa kashi 25 cikin ɗari ga ƙananan ma'aikata da ba su biyan haraji waɗanda suka biya aƙalla rabin kuɗin inshora na ma'aikatansu a 2011. Ko da idan An riga an shigar da haraji don kasafin kuɗi na shekara ta 2011, Ikilisiya na iya shigar da sake dawowa don karɓar wannan bashi.

Russ Matteson, Fasto na Cocin Modesto (Calif.) Church of the Brothers ya ce: “An ɗauki ɗan aiki kaɗan kafin mu gano hakan, amma don mu sake saka hannun jari a hidimarmu ya dace sosai. Shi da shugabar kula da cocin nasa sun bi sawun yabo a bara bayan karanta sanarwar Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) da aka buga a Newsline.

Wannan “kadan aikin” da aka biya wa coci-Modesto ya sami maido da kusan $2,700, a cewar Matteson.

Wannan yana kama da wani abu da ya kamata cocinku ko ƙungiyar ku bi? Ƙara koyo game da yadda za ku iya neman wannan kiredit ta hanyar karanta wasiƙa da taƙaitaccen bayanin da BBT da IRS suka bayar a www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Insurance%20pdfs/tax-credit-web.pdf .

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

4) Ma'aurata su sake koyar da wani semester a jami'a a N. Korea.

Robert da Linda Shank suna shirin komawa wani semester koyarwa a Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Pyongyang (PUST) a Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Koriya ta Koriya. Ma'auratan suna aiki a Koriya ta Arewa tare da tallafi daga shirin Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Hidima na Cocin 'Yan'uwa.

Wannan semester da ya gabata a PUST ya kasance mai kyau ga Shanks, waɗanda ke nuna godiya ga dama ta musamman. ‘Yan Koriya ta Arewa “masu kyaun baƙi ne,” in ji Linda, a wata hira da aka yi da ma’auratan a Babban Ofishin cocin a Elgin, Ill., a watan jiya. Sun kasance a Amurka don hutun Kirsimeti.

Robert Shank, wanda shi ne shugaban Makarantar Noma da Kimiyyar Rayuwa a PUST, ya koyar da darussa guda uku: kwas din fasahar kere-kere ga daliban da suka kammala karatun digiri, wani kwas na kiwo na shuka ga daliban da suka kammala karatun digiri, da kuma kwas na ilimin botany na masu digiri. Linda Shank wani malamin Ingilishi ne mai haɗin gwiwa, yana taimaka wa ɗalibai da ayyukan bincike da kuma samar da asibitin Ingilishi don ɗaliban da suka kammala karatun digiri da kuma "sauraron sauraron" don taimakawa ɗalibai su koyi Turanci na magana don su wuce TOEFL (Gwajin Turanci a matsayin Harshen Waje). Azuzuwa a PUST ana koyar da su cikin Ingilishi kuma ɗalibai suna shiga sashin Ingilishi lokacin da suka fara shiga, sannan su ci gaba zuwa azuzuwan a manyan wurarensu.

Shanks sun lissafa abubuwan da suka cim ma na aikinsu a PUST: gagarumin karuwa a matakin amincewar da suka samu, da kara bunkasa alaka mai kyau da hukumar gudanarwar makaranta, duk sun bayyana a cikin daukakar Robert zuwa shugaban sashensa da karin matakan da suka dace. wanda yake ɗauka. Ɗayan da aka samu ta musamman shine samar da zane-zane na microscope 400 na tsire-tsire da sauran kwayoyin halitta don PUST, an samar da taimako daga Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.).

Babban abin da ya faru a zangon karatun da ya gabata shine ɗaliban da Shanks ke aiki tare da su. Murmushi ya haskaka fuskokinsu yayin da ma'auratan ke magana game da farin cikin koyar da gungun samari fitattu. Misali, dalibai takwas da Shanks suka kammala karatunsu tun lokacin da suka fara jami’a, uku suna karatun digiri na biyu a fannin kiwo, biyar kuma suna aikin injiniyan kwayoyin halitta. A wani misali kuma, ɗalibin ilimin botany wanda ya ci gaba da cewa, “Ina so in sani daidai,” yana tura Robert ya faɗaɗa iliminsa game da batun kuma ya gayyaci ƙarin bayani daga aji. Sannan akwai daliban da suka saba kwatanta atisayen dakin gwaje-gwajensu da zane-zane na zane-zane, inda dalibai a wasu kasashe za su gamsu da samar da tsararren zane.

Ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwa ta musamman daga Faɗuwar ita ce liyafar ranar haihuwa da ɗaliban da suka jefa wa Robert da Linda-a kan kasafin kuɗi na ɗalibi, ko da ta yaya nemo furen furanni a tsakiyar Nuwamba. Ana gudanar da bukukuwan maulidi "da murna" a Koriya ta Arewa, in ji Shanks. Sun bayyana cewa, “Ga yadda kuke yin bikin ranar haihuwa ba tare da kuɗi ba”: a wata ƙungiya, ɗaliban sun saka hotunan furanni da aka zazzage daga Intanet, kuma sun yi amfani da yankan da aka yi daga nannade ja mai sheki don kayan ado.

Nemo ƙarin game da aikin Robert da Linda Shank a PUST a www.brethren.org/partners/northkorea .

5) Wakilin Ikilisiya ya halarci mako mai jituwa tsakanin addinai na duniya a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

Wakilin Cocin ’yan’uwa a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, Doris Abdullah, kwanan nan ya halarci Makon Haɗin Kan Addinai na Duniya na 2012 a Babban Taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a New York. Ga rahotonta daga taron:

“Kwamitin kungiyoyin sa-kai na addini (kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu) a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya sun yi kyakkyawan aiki tare da hada wakilai daga manyan addinai guda biyar na duniya (Yahudawa, Kiristanci, Musulunci, da Hindu da Buda) baya ga yawancin kananan addinai. Jiki (Shinto, Baha'i, Sikh, Native, and Traditional) kewaye da jigon 'Gidan Gabaɗaya don Amfanin Jama'a.'

“Shirin ya yi tsokaci kan batun gamayya da Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, shugaban babban taron ya yi magana a cikin babban jawabi, da William F Vendley, babban sakataren addini don zaman lafiya. Addinai na duniya sun yi tarayya da juna, tare da kyawawan dabi'u guda hudu da masu magana suka fayyace su: sha'awar shiga tsakani da sasanta rikice-rikice cikin lumana, gyare-gyaren Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, inganta rigakafin bala'i da martani, da ci gaba mai dorewa.

“Yayin da yawancin abubuwan da aka faɗa za a iya ambata, ɗaya ya bambanta a gare ni fiye da sauran: 'Ku kasance masu addini shine ku kasance masu bin addini.' Ba zan iya zama mai addini da kaina ba ko kuma a al'adata kadai. Muna raba wannan duniyar tare da duk mutanenta da sifofin rayuwa. Ba mu kaɗai ba ne, ko masu kaɗaici tare da Allahnmu. Akwai wata magana ta addini da ake samu a yawancin addinan duniya, al’adu, da imani: Doka ta Zinariya da mu a al’adarmu ta Kirista muke samu a cikin Matta 7:12 da Luka 6:31, ‘Ku yi wa wasu kamar yadda za ku so su yi wa wasu. ka.'

“Yuka Saionji daga Byakko Shinko Kai da Gidauniyar Zaman Lafiya ta Goi ta yi magana game da addu’o’i da yawa da suka zo Japan daga ko’ina cikin duniya bayan girgizar ƙasa da tsunami a ranar 11 ga Maris, 2011, da kuma imaninta na kan ikon yin addu’a. Addu'a ita ce fatanmu ga gobe mai kyau, kuma mu ci gaba da imani da addu'ar tausayi da soyayya domin mu shawo kan sharrin duniyarmu da alheri. Tare za mu iya yin wannan.”

- Baya ga yin aiki a matsayin wakilin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Cocin 'yan'uwa, Doris Abdullah kuma ita ce shugabar kwamitin kare hakkin bil'adama don kawar da wariyar launin fata, wariyar launin fata, kyamar baki, da rashin haƙuri mai alaƙa.

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6) An kira Paynes ya jagoranci Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas.

Russell da Deborah Payne sun karɓi kiran yin hidimar Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas a matsayin shuwagabannin gundumomi tun daga ranar 1 ga Yuni. Za su yi gidansu kuma su kafa sabon Ofishin Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas a Sulfur Springs, Tenn.

Russell Payne mai hidima ne da aka naɗa a cikin Cocin na Yan'uwa tare da gogewar shekaru 30 a matsayin fasto na Coulson Church of the Brothers a Hillsville, Va. (1982-86 da 1994 zuwa yanzu). Ya kuma yi hidima a matsayin fasto aboki kuma fasto na ikilisiyoyi a Tennessee da Indiana. Ya kammala karatun digiri na 1980 a Kwalejin Steed tare da digiri a fannin kasuwanci, wanda ya kammala karatun digiri na 1984 na Kwalejin Baibul na Graham, kuma ya kammala karatun shekaru uku na Cibiyar Ci gaban Kirista a gundumar Virlina.

Deborah Payne yana da shekaru masu yawa na gwaninta a ofis da gudanarwa na ƙungiya, kwanan nan a matsayin babban darektan Hope House of the Good Shepherd Inc. a Galax, Va. A baya can ta kasance manajan kasuwanci na Joy Ranch Inc. a Woodlawn, Va., kuma ta yi aiki. a Cibiyar Haɗin Kan Iyaye/Malamai na Makarantun Jama'a na Carroll County a Hillsville. Ta kammala karatun digiri na 1999 na Wytheville Community College tare da digiri a fannin ilimi, kuma ta kammala karatun digiri na 2003 na Kwalejin Bluefield tare da digiri a cikin gudanarwa da haɓaka ƙungiyoyi.

Jagorancin sa kai na Paynes a cikin darikar ya haɗa da hidimar Russell a matsayin mai gudanarwa na gundumar Virlina, a matsayin mai magana ga taron gunduma na kudu maso gabas, da kuma mai magana mai fa'ida a wurare da dama. Deborah ta yi aiki a Hukumar Lardi da Hukumar Shaida a gundumar Virlina, kuma ta kasance matashiyar jagorar ja da baya, mai ba da shawara a sansanin, mai ba da shawara ga matasa, kuma ta ba da wadatar mimbari. Ita ce yar magana a gundumar Virlina, bayan ta kammala karatun karatun shekaru uku.

7) Youth Peace Travel Team an sanya sunan don 2012.

An sanya sunan kungiyar tafiye-tafiyen zaman lafiya ta matasa ta 2012. Yayin da suke ba da lokaci tare da ƙananan matasa da manyan matasa a wannan lokacin rani a sansanonin da ke fadin Cocin 'Yan'uwa, ƙungiyar za ta koyar da zaman lafiya, adalci, da sulhu, duk mahimman dabi'u a cikin tarihin Cocin 'yan'uwa fiye da shekaru 300.

Tawagar Matasan Tafiya na Zaman Lafiya tana samun tallafin Cocin of the Brothers Youth and Youth Adult Ministry, Advocacy and Peace Witness Office, Brothers Volunteer Service, A Duniya Aminci, da kuma Waje Ministries Association.

Membobin tawagar 2012 sune Katie Furrow ne adam wata na Boones Mill, Va., Wanda ikilisiyar gida ce ta Monte Vista Church of the Brother a Callaway, Va.; Mafarauci Keith na Kokomo, Ind., da Mexico (Ind.) Church of the Brother; Kyle Riege na Wakarusa, Ind., da Camp Creek Church of the Brothers a Etna Green, Ind.; kuma Molly Walmer na Myerstown, Pa., da Meyerstown Church of the Brothers.

A duk lokacin rani, bi hidimar Tawagar Tafiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa ta 2012 ta ziyartar www.brethren.org/youthpeacetravelteam .

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8) An shirya taron jagoranci a ƙarshen Maris.

Bisa gayyatar Babban Sakatare, membobin Cocin 25 zuwa 30 za su yi taro a ranar 28-30 ga Maris don taron jagoranci a arewacin Virginia. Mahalarta suna riƙe da matsayi na jagoranci na yau da kullun da na yau da kullun a cikin Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa. Manufar taron ita ce yin nazari cikin addu'a game da yanayin jagoranci da ake buƙata a cikin ikilisiya a yau.

Babban magatakarda Stan Noffsinger ya ce: “Bisa la’akari da halin da cocin ke ciki a yanzu, yanzu lokaci ne mai muhimmanci na tara gungun shugabanni daga ko’ina cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, domin a yi la’akari da yadda cocin za ta ci gaba daga wannan wuri. kuma lokaci."

A cewar Mary Jo Flory-Steury, mataimakiyar sakatare-janar, ba a kira taron ba don tsara manufofi ko yanke shawara. Maimakon haka, in ji Jayne Seminare Docherty, ɗaya daga cikin masu gudanar da taron, "Muna neman ƙirƙirar wani nau'in' dakin gwaje-gwaje na ilmantarwa' inda shugabanni za su shiga tattaunawa game da yadda za su iya taimakawa dukan Ikilisiya yadda ya kamata su shiga kiran Kristi na rayuwa bisa ga zuwa darajar masarauta yayin da ake yin shawarwari da yanke shawara game da batutuwa masu wahala. "

Farfesa a jagoranci da manufofin jama'a a Cibiyar Adalci da Aminci a Jami'ar Mennonite ta Gabas a Harrisonburg, Va., Docherty kwanan nan ta dawo Amurka daga shekaru hudu a Myanmar (Burma), inda ta yi aiki don haɓaka tsarin zaman lafiya da ya dace da al'adu. ayyuka na shawarwari. Babban jami'in gudanarwa Roger Foster, wanda ya kammala karatunsa na Cibiyar Adalci da Zaman Lafiya, shi ma ya shafe watanni shida da suka gabata a Myanmar tare da Docherty, yana aiki tare da kungiyoyin addini da na jama'a waɗanda ke mai da hankali kan ci gaban dabarun jagoranci.

9) Mayu shine Watan Manyan Manya akan taken, 'Tsatu da Sha'awa da Buri.'

A wannan watan Mayu, Cocin of Brother's Old Adult Ministry yana gayyatar ikilisiyoyin don yin bikin baiwar Allah ta tsufa da gudummawar manya ga rayuwarmu da al'ummomin bangaskiya.

“Tsufa da Sha’awa da Manufa”–jigon bikin 2012—yana kiran mutane na dukan zamanai su yi girma cikin hikima da wahayi, domin mu san begen da aka kira mu zuwa gare shi (Afisawa 1:17-18).

Ana samun albarkatun ibada da shawarwari don girmama manya akan layi a www.brethren.org/olderadultmonth ko ta hanyar tuntuɓar Kim Ebersole, darektan Rayuwar Iyali da Ma'aikatar Adult Adult, a kebersole@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039.

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10) Gudanarwa ƙoƙarin ƙungiya ne: Tunani kan sakamakon tara kuɗi na 2011.

A cikin 2011, sabuwar hanyar tunani game da sadarwar masu ba da gudummawa ta faru a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Tallafin kuɗi ya ɗauki ɗanɗano na ƙoƙarin ƙungiyar, tare da ma'aikata daga sassan ma'aikatar da yawa sun fara ɗaukar alhakin bayyana ƙimar ma'aikatun Cocin 'yan'uwa–da farashinsu.

Alal misali, wasiƙun da ake aika wa masu ba da agaji kusan kowane wata a bara suna da launuka iri-iri, hotuna, da muryoyi, domin marubuta daban-daban ne suka rubuta su. Wasiƙar Jonathan Shively game da Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational (wanda yake aiki a matsayin babban darektan) ya haifar da babban amsa, kamar yadda babban sakatare Stan Noffinger ya yi a tsakiyar shekara ta wasiƙar game da Haiti. Waɗannan wasiƙun na musamman, na ’yan’uwa sun tabbatar da nasara, muryoyi na musamman suna roƙon ’yan’uwa su tallafa wa wannan cocin da suke ƙauna.

Sabon a cikin 2011, wasiƙar kwata-kwata mai suna "Simply Put" ya maye gurbin tsohuwar "Wata Hanya ta Rayuwa" kuma mutane da yawa sun yi rajista na musamman. "Sai kawai Saka" yanzu yana da nasa jerin aikawasiku.

"eBrethren," wasiƙar imel da aka mayar da hankali kan kulawa, yana haifar da saƙon imel na godiya daga masu karatu bayan kusan kowane batu. A shekara ta 2011, an ba da labarin “eBrethren” dabam-dabam a cikin komai daga wasiƙun gundumomi, zuwa shafukan yanar gizo, zuwa nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, har ma da wa’azi. Yana da ban sha'awa cewa mutane suna ganin ba wai kawai ya cancanci karantawa ba, amma ya cancanci rabawa.

Wani labari na musamman game da “eBrethren” shi ne cewa fitowa ta ƙarshe da aka shirya a shekara ta 2011 ta ambata Nancy Miner, wadda ke aiki a Ofishin Babban Sakatare, dangane da shirin ba da tallafin jinya. Abokin zamanta na kwalejin ya karanta labarin kuma ya sami wahayi zuwa ga imel ɗin ofisoshin don sake saduwa da Nancy bayan shekaru da yawa! Haɗin mutane yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ke faruwa akai-akai yayin da muke yin aikin kulawa, kuma "eBrethren" yana taimakawa wajen sa duniya ta zama ɗan ƙarami ga masu karatu da yawa.

Ƙarƙashin ƙaƙƙarfan ƙoƙarin kula da ɗarikar a cikin 2011 shine mun adana fiye da $ 100,000 a cikin bugu da kuɗin aikawa ta hanyar ƙirƙirar wasiku kai tsaye "a cikin gida." Gabaɗaya, mutane sun ba da gudummawar $2,149,783. Kaso mai yawa na wannan kyauta ya zo ne a matsayin wasiyya mai karimci ga Asusun Gaggawa na Bala'i don ayyukan Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa.

Da alama membobin Ikklisiya sun fara samun farin ciki game da tallafawa Babban Ma'aikatun Ikilisiya, kuma sun fahimci mafi kyawun abin da irin waɗannan ma'aikatun ke yi-tsarin manya da matasa/matasa, haɗin gwiwa na duniya, Ma'aikatar Deacon, wuraren aiki, sadarwa, ma'aikatun al'adu, Sabis na Sa-kai na ’Yan’uwa, farashi na asali na shirin manufa, ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce na albarkatun masu shukar coci, da ƙari mai yawa.

- Mandy Garcia shine mai kula da Gayyatar Donor don Cocin Brothers.

11) Yan'uwa rago: Tunawa, ma'aikata, ayyuka, Shekara-shekara taron, gunduma labarai, fiye da.

Greg Davidson Laszakovits ya rubuta bazara “Jagorar Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki,” nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki da ƙananan manhaja daga 'yan jarida. Frank Ramirez ya ci gaba a matsayin marubucin fasalin "Daga cikin Halaye". Taken kwata na bazara shine “Kalmar Halittar Allah.” Darussan makonni na Maris 4 zuwa 27 ga Mayu sun mai da hankali ga batutuwa dabam-dabam da nassosi na Littafi Mai Tsarki da suka fito daga “Sashen Hikima Cikin Halitta” (Misalai 8) zuwa “Kalman nan Ya zama Jiki” (Yohanna 1) zuwa “Hanya, Gaskiya , da Rai” (Yohanna 14). Yi oda don $4.25 (ko $7.35 babban bugu) daga www.brethrenpress.com ko kira 800-441-3712.

- Tuna: Esther Craig, 95, ta mutu a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu a South Bend, Ind. Ta yi ritaya a 1981 daga Brotheran Jarida, bayan ta yi aiki na shekaru 25 na Cocin Brothers. Har ila yau, ta kasance ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa na farko, mai aikin sa kai a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Bayan yakin duniya na biyu, kuma ta kasance mai goyon bayan Heifer Project kuma daga baya Heifer International. Mahaifinta, George, ya taimaka a farkon Heifer. An bayyana ta a cikin "Manzo" na Fabrairu 1995 don samun manufa ta sirri don ba da gudummawar farashin karsashi ɗaya a shekara tun lokacin da aka fara aikin. “Shekaru da yawa gudummawar da ta bayar ba ta kai ga wannan burin ba,” in ji mujallar. "Tana murna ta tuna 1957, lokacin da ta fara samun nasara. Akwai lada mai yawa, in ji ta, wajen yin tunanin zuriya nawa ne suka mutu tun bayan wannan karsashin da ta saya shekaru 37 da suka gabata.” An haifi Craig ranar 14 ga Disamba, 1916, a Plymouth, Ind., ga George da Ada (Berkeypile) Craig. Ta kasance memba na Crest Manor Church of the Brothers a South Bend, inda aka gudanar da jana'izar ranar 16 ga Fabrairu. Ana karɓar gudunmawar tunawa ga Crest Manor Church of the Brothers, Heifer International, ko Cibiyar Kula da Hospice a Misawaka, Ind. Za a iya raba ta'aziyya ta kan layi a www.palmerfuneralhomes.com .

-Bayan yin hidima ga tsarin fensho na 'yan'uwa da Cocin of the Brethren Credit Union, Jill Olson ta yi murabus daga matsayinta na wakilin sabis na memba a Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT). Ranar ƙarshe na aiki ita ce 9 ga Maris. An ɗauke ta asali don yin aiki a matsayin jami'ar lamuni na ƙungiyar lamuni a cikin Nuwamba 2008. Lokacin da ƙungiyar lamuni ta ƙungiyar ta haɗe da Corporate America Family Credit Union a watan Yuni 2011, ta shiga sashin shirin fensho. a matsayin wakilin sabis na abokin ciniki da yin aiki akan ayyuka na musamman.

- Brotheran Jarida da MennoMedia suna neman manajan aikin don samar da sabon manhaja na makarantar Lahadi ga yara da matasa. Wannan yana fara aiwatar da sabon tsarin karatun haɗin gwiwa don ƙaddamar da shi a cikin 2014, wanda zai gaje shi kuma ya gina kan tsarin karatun Tattaunawa na yanzu wanda ke ci gaba cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da sa ido kan ayyuka, ɗaukar ma'aikata, da kulawa. Dole ne ya kasance yana da gogewa ko ilimi a tiyoloji, ilimin Kiristanci, ko bugawa. Wannan matsayi ne na cikakken lokaci, albashi na tsawon aikin, wanda aka kiyasta zai kasance shekaru uku zuwa biyar. Za a ba da fifiko ga 'yan takarar da za su iya aiki daga ofishin MennoMedia ko Mennonite Church. Za a sake duba aikace-aikacen daga ranar 1 ga Maris. Gabatar da aikace-aikacen zuwa searchcommittee@mennomedia.org .

- Laburaren Tarihi da Tarihi na Brothers (BHLA) a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., Yana da budewa ga wani intern of archival. Manufar Shirin Ƙarfafa Ƙarfafawa shine don haɓaka sha'awar sana'o'in da suka shafi ɗakunan ajiya, dakunan karatu, da tarihin 'yan'uwa. Shirin zai samar da ayyukan aiki a cikin BHLA da dama don haɓaka abokan hulɗar sana'a. Ayyukan zai haɗa da sarrafa kayan adana kayan tarihi, rubuta abubuwan ƙira, shirya littattafai don kasida, amsa buƙatun tunani, da taimakon masu bincike. Abokan hulɗar ƙwararru na iya haɗawa da taron adana kayan tarihi da na laburare da tarurrukan bita, ziyarar ɗakunan karatu da wuraren adana kayan tarihi a yankin Chicago, da shiga cikin taron Kwamitin Tarihi na Yan'uwa. BHLA wurin ajiya ne na hukuma don wallafe-wallafe da bayanai na Church of the Brothers. Tarin ya ƙunshi fiye da juzu'i 10,000, sama da ƙafafu 3,500 na rubutu da rubutu, sama da hotuna 40,000, da bidiyoyi, fina-finai, DVD, da rikodi. Wa'adin hidima shine shekara guda, farawa a watan Yuli. Rarraba ya haɗa da gidaje, dala $540 kowane mako biyu, da inshorar lafiya. An fi son ɗalibin da ya kammala karatun digiri, ko mai karatun digiri tare da aƙalla shekaru biyu na kwaleji. Bukatun sun haɗa da sha'awar tarihi ko ɗakin karatu da aikin adana kayan tarihi, shirye-shiryen yin aiki tare da daki-daki, ingantaccen sarrafa kalmomi, ikon ɗaga akwatunan kilo 30. Nemi fakitin aikace-aikacen daga Ofishin Albarkatun Dan Adam, Church of the Brother, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; dbrehm@brethren.org . Dole ne a kammala ƙaddamarwa zuwa Afrilu 1. Don ƙarin game da matsayi tuntuɓi BHLA a 800-323-8039 ext. 294 ko tbarkley@brethren.org.

- Daraktan Ofishin Taro Chris Douglas ya aika da wasiƙa ga shugabannin gundumomi yana neman taimako don ƙarfafa ’yan’uwa su tanadi ɗakunan da aka keɓe a cikin Toshe otal na taron shekara a St. Louis. Saboda ana yin kwangilar wuraren taron shekaru biyar kafin a fara, ta bayyana wa shugabannin gundumomi, an ba da kwangilar taron don cika dakunan otal sama da 970 a kowane dare na “kololuwar” taron kuma ya biya kuɗin waɗannan ɗakunan ko taron ya ba su. goers ko a'a. “Biyan kuɗin dakunan otal da ’yan’uwa da ba ’yan’uwa za su zauna a ciki zai iya kashe mu dubbai da dubban daloli,” in ji ta yi gargaɗi. "A ƙarshe, zai haifar mana da samun farashin rajista mai nau'i biyu: $ 105 (ba wakilai ba) idan kun kasance a cikin rukunin gidaje na taro ko mafi girma idan kun zaɓi yin rajista a waje da wannan shingen, kuna haɗarin cewa za mu samu. don biyan kuɗin dakunan da ba a yi amfani da su ba.” Dalili na biyu na yin ajiyar kuɗi a otal ɗin Taro shi ne cewa waɗannan otal ɗin suna biyan wurin taron don wani yanki na hayar sararin taro bisa adadin daren otal ɗin da aka yi amfani da su, wanda ke rage cajin kai tsaye ga cibiyar taron. "Idan da fatan za ku iya samun kalmar a gundumarku kuma ku ƙarfafa mutane su yi ajiya a ɗayan otal ɗin taro guda uku (Renaissance Grand, Holiday Inn, da Hyatt), zan yi godiya," in ji Douglas. A cikin sabuntawa kan farashin otal, ƙimar ɗakin a Hyatt Hotel ya ragu daga $125 zuwa $115. Don ƙarin bayani ko tambayoyi game da otal ɗin taro da masauki, tuntuɓi Douglas a cdouglas@brethren.org .

- A cikin karin labarai daga taron shekara-shekara. mai gudanarwa Tim Harvey yana samar da adadin gajerun shirye-shiryen bidiyo tsakanin yanzu da taron 2012 da ake kira "Lokaci tare da Mai Gudanarwa." Za a samu su a www.brethren.org/ac kuma ta shafin Facebook na taron shekara-shekara. Hoton farko yana kan layi a www.cobannualconference.org/StLouis/ModeratorMoments.html .

— Cocin ’Yan’uwa sun haɗa kai da ƙungiyoyi 60 don ba da “Abokin Kotu” ko amicus takaitaccen bayani ga Kotun Koli. Ƙungiyoyin ƙasa, jihohi, da na gida waɗanda ke shigar da taƙaitaccen tallafin Medicaid a cikin Dokar Kulawa Mai Sauƙi, suna jayayya cewa faɗaɗa gabaɗaya ta magance ainihin manufar Medicaid don cika ƙa'idodin ɗabi'a don taimaka wa matalauta da marasa lafiya. Amintaccen Reform in Health Care and the Washington Interreligious Staff Community (WISC) Health Care Working Group ne suka gabatar da taƙaitaccen bayanin, wanda ya ce a cikin wata sanarwa, “Kira ce ta gwamnati ta kawo adalci da kariya ga matalauta da marasa lafiya, burin da ya yi daidai da Kundin Tsarin Mulkin Amurka. Don haka, amici ya daɗe yana tallafawa Medicaid, shirin al'ummarmu don kula da lafiya ga matalauta. Taƙaitaccen yana jayayya cewa Dokar Kulawa mai araha ba ta tilasta jihohi su ci gaba da shiga Medicaid ba. Maimakon haka, dole ne jihohi su ci gaba da shiga cikin Medicaid, kuma su faɗaɗa shirye-shiryen su, domin abu ne mai kyau da ɗabi'a a yi. " Don duba taƙaitaccen bayani da jerin masu sa hannu jeka www.faithfulreform.org .

- Faɗakarwar Action daga Ofishin Shaida da Zaman Lafiya na ƙungiyar suna rokon 'yan'uwa da su goyi bayan kiraye-kirayen kawo karshen shigar Amurkawa a Afghanistan, kuma suna gargadin mabiya coci kan karuwar takun saka tsakanin kasashen duniya da Iran. "A ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, Sakataren Tsaro Leon Panetta ya sanar a karon farko cewa Amurka za ta kawo karshen ayyukan yaki a Afghanistan tun tsakiyar shekarar 2013," in ji wani sanarwar. "Kungiyar 'yan majalisa biyu a halin yanzu tana rarraba wasiƙa zuwa ga shugaban ƙasa na nuna goyon bayansu ga wannan ƙarar lokaci don kawo ƙarshen yaƙin Afghanistan…. Ya kamata shugaban kasar ya san cewa Amurkawa suna goyon bayan kawo karshen ayyukan yaki a Afghanistan cikin gaggawa." Dangane da Iran, wani faɗakarwa ya ce, "Lokaci ya yi da za a ba da himma, da kuma yin aiki don hana gaba (yaƙi). Rikicin da ake yi da Iran game da shirinta na nukiliya yana da zafi matuka. Ya bukaci gwamnatin Obama da ta himmatu wajen gudanar da harkokin diflomasiyya, da ba da bincike da kuma sanya takunkumin da aka sanyawa Iran lokaci don yin aiki a Iran, da kuma gaya wa Isra'ila cewa kada ta kai wa Iran harin riga-kafi." Don ɗaukar mataki kan waɗannan batutuwa, je zuwa cikakken rubutun faɗakarwar akan layi. Nemo faɗakarwa akan "Ƙarshen Yaƙin a Afghanistan" a http://cob.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=15621.0&dlv_id=17621 . Fadakarwa game da Iran tana nan http://cob.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=15681.0&dlv_id=17801 .

- Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya sun sami kyakkyawar amsa ga Stuart Murray/Juliet Gilpin bita da webinar Maris 10, rahoton Stan Dueck, darektan Canjin Ayyuka. Saboda buƙatun an ƙara sabbin zaɓuɓɓukan tikiti. Wadanda ba za su iya halartar taron bitar ko gidan yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizon yanar gizo ba na iya yin rajista don zaman da aka yi rikodi. Ana iya siyan tikiti akan layi kuma za a aika hanyar haɗin imel bayan 10 ga Maris. Don siyan tikitin zaman da aka yi rikodi ko don ƙarin bayani jeka. www.brethren.org/webcasts/changing-world-future.html . Hakanan, farashin rukuni yana samuwa yanzu. Don rajistar rukuni tuntuɓi Randi Rowan a rowan@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 208, ko Stan Dueck a sdueck@brethren.org ko 717-335-3226.

- Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley tana gudanar da taron tattara kudade na ilimi a wurin Gidan Taro na Dunker akan Filin Yakin Kasa na Antietam a ranar 28 ga Afrilu. Taron ya fara da karfe 11 na safe a Manor Church of Brother tare da Jeff Bach, darektan Cibiyar Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), da John Frye, jagorar fassara na National Park Service . Za a gudanar da abincin rana da shirin a Majami'ar Manor kafin tafiya zuwa fagen fama, inda za a gudanar da lokacin ibada a gidan taron Mumma (Cocin Dunker). Kudin ciki har da abincin rana $30. Ana samun ci gaba da darajar ilimi don ƙarin $10. Ranar ƙarshe don yin rajista shine Afrilu 16. Ana ƙarfafa yin rajista da wuri kamar yadda taron ya iyakance ga mahalarta 75. Tuntuɓi SVMC a 717-361-1450 ko svmc@etown.edu .

Ma'aikaciyar mishan Carol Smith tana ba da sakonni ta yanar gizo daga aikinta tare da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–Cocin of the Brothers in Nigeria). Rahoton nata na yanzu ya hada da labaran taron jagoranci na Coci/Fasto a Cibiyar Taro na EYN, da kuma taron mata na ZME, da wata sabuwar coci da aka fara a hedikwatar EYN, da wata sabuwar tuta da aka rataya a gaban dakin karatu na Kulp Bible College tare da jigon 2012: “Dole ne ku kasance da hali irin na Kristi Yesu” (Filibiyawa 2:5). Je zuwa www.brethren.org/partners/nigeria/updates/smith/news-about-eyn.html .

- Sabuwar "Hidden Gem" daga ɗakin karatu na Tarihi da Tarihi na Brothers (BHLA) tarihin rayuwa ne kuma saitin hotunan Ted Studebaker, shahidi 'yan'uwa don zaman lafiya a lokacin Yaƙin Vietnam (je zuwa www.brethren.org/bhla/hiddengems.html ). An kuma nuna labarinsa a wani sabon sashe na gidan yanar gizon Sabis na Jama'a na Farar Hula wanda aka mayar da hankali kan aikin waɗanda suka ƙi aikin soja a Vietnam, a http://civilianpublicservice.org/storycontinues/vietnam . "Da alama yana da mahimmanci a sake duba hidimar mutumin da falsafarsa ta fi dacewa fiye da kowane lokaci a cikin duniyarmu da ke fama da rikici," in ji ƙwararren ɗalibi na Virginia Harness.

- Roxbury Church of the Brothers a Johnstown, Pa., ana bikin cika shekaru 120 da kafuwa.

- Sabuwar Ƙungiyoyin Farko a Batavia, Ill., Ba a sake haduwa ba, in ji jaridar Illinois da Wisconsin District. Ƙungiyar Jagorancin gundumar ta yanke shawarar sayar da kadarorin. Za a gudanar da sabis na rufewa a sabon gidan taro na farko Maris 3 da karfe 2 na rana

- Blue Ridge Chapel Church of the Brothers kusa da Waynesboro, Va., sadaukar da wani ƙari ga coci makaman a kan Fabrairu 5. Yana Bugu da kari ya hada da wani zumunci zauren cewa kujeru a kusa da 300, wani sabon kitchen, sabon ofisoshi, gidan wanka kayan aiki, ajiya, da kuma wani lif don samun dama ga nakasassu.

- Lancaster (Pa.) Cocin 'yan'uwa yana karbar bakuncin "Labarun Lamiri da Haraji a cikin Al'adun Yaki" a 3 pm a kan Maris 11. Masu magana sun hada da Kelly Denton-Borhaug, wani minista Lutheran kuma farfesa na nazarin addini a Kwalejin Moravian a Baitalami, Pa., kuma marubucin "Yakin Amurka-Al'ada, Sadauka, da Ceto"; Pat Hostetter Martin, malamin coci, mai aikin sa kai, kuma mai adawa da harajin yaki daga Harrisonburg, Va.; Jack Payden-Travers, babban darektan yakin neman zabe na Asusun Harajin Zaman Lafiya; da Shane Claiborne na Hanya Mai Sauƙi a Philadelphia da kuma mai magana a Cocin of the Brothers National Youth Conference a 2010. Kowane Church a Peace Church da 1040 don Aminci ne suka dauki nauyin shirin, shirin zai magance kalubalen yin addu'a don zaman lafiya yayin da ake biyan kuɗi don yaki. . Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi HA Penner a 717-859-3529, ko Berry Friesen a 717-471-9691.

- faifan sauti na dandalin tattaunawa wanda Cocin Yan'uwa San Diego (Calif.) ya shirya tare da tsohon Sajan Marine Corey Gray yanzu ana samun su akan layi, a cikin sanarwar daga gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma. Grey shine mai magana don zaman fahimtar zaman lafiya a Duniya a taron shekara-shekara na 2012, ranar 10 ga Yuli da karfe 9 na safe. An gudanar da taron a San Diego a ranar 30 ga Oktoba kan batun, "Daga Marine Sgt. zuwa Pacifist!" A watan Disamba an ba Gray matsayin ƙin yarda. Audio na gabatar da shi kashi biyu ne a www.4shared.com/music/xva65r6q/11_4_11_6_07_PM.html da kuma www.4shared.com/music/ohh8RoAD/11_4_11_11_55_PM.html .

- Gundumar Shenandoah ta gudanar da bikin liyafar cin abincin dare karo na 10 na ma'aikatun bala'i a Bridgewater (Va.) College a ranar Maris 10. Taron a Kline Campus Center Dining Hall yana farawa da karfe 5:30 na yamma tare da nunin kayan gwanjo. Tikitin $22 ne. Tuntuɓi Brenda Fawley 540-833-2479, Karen Fleishman 540-828-2044, ko Betty Morris 434-985-7571.

- Kungiyar Cigaban Cocin Shenandoah da Ƙungiyoyin bishara "None don Babban Girbi" ranar 10 ga Maris daga karfe 8:30 na safe zuwa 2 na yamma a Cocin Pleasant Valley Church of the Brothers. Shugabannin su ne Fred Bernhard, ma'aikaci a Bethany Theological Seminary da Kirista Community wanda ya yi rubuce-rubuce da yawa game da baƙi da kuma rarraba bangaskiya; da Steve Clapp da Melissa Lopze na Community Kirista. Farashin shine $25 ko $20 ga kowane mutum don rukunin coci na biyar ko fiye. Fastoci na iya samun .35 ci gaba da rukunin ilimi don ƙarin kuɗi na $10. Abincin rana yana haɗa da rajista. Yi rijista akan layi a www.shencob.org .

- Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta Atlantika tana gudanar da Ranar Fun(d) ta Venture a Camp Ithiel a Gotha, Fla., A ranar 10 ga Maris, daga 10 na safe zuwa 3 na yamma Wannan taron shine ranar Majalisar Ci gaban Ikilisiya ta shekara-shekara "ba da kudade" don tallafawa dashen coci, farfado da coci, da sabbin shirye-shiryen hidima da ci gaban masu shuka coci a Florida. , Georgia, da Puerto Rico, bisa ga sanarwar. Abubuwan da aka fi sani sun haɗa da gwanjon kekunan gida, tallace-tallacen abinci da sana'o'i, rumfunan coci, wasanni, da zumunci. Kiɗa na Saltwater Soul ne daga Ikilisiyar Jacksonville na Yan'uwa.

- Paul Brockman, babban jami'in kiɗa a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), zai gabatar da "A Service of Choral Evensong" da karfe 4:20 na yamma ranar 26 ga Fabrairu a Bridgewater Church of the Brother, bisa ga wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. Taron shine aikin girmamawa na Brockman kuma zai ƙunshi waƙoƙi, addu'o'i, karatu, "Magnificat" (Waƙar Maryamu), da "Nunc dimittis" (Waƙar Saminu). Ya tsara yawancin kiɗan don hidimar kuma zai gudanar da ƙungiyar mawaƙa, wanda ya haɗa da ɗaliban Bridgewater, malamai, da tsofaffin ɗalibai. Larry Taylor, mataimakin farfesa a fannin kiɗa, zai yi aiki a matsayin mai rakiya ga gaɓoɓi. Robert Miller, limamin Kwalejin Bridgewater, zai yi aiki a matsayin cantor.

- John Kline Homestead yana gayyatar azuzuwan makarantar Lahadi don gudanar da zaman safiya na Lahadi a gidan tarihi na jagoran 'yan'uwa na zamanin yakin basasa a Broadway, Va. Malami da kuma an ba da haske. Ibadar safiya bayan haka tare da Ikilisiyar Linville Creek dake kusa da ita na zaɓi ne. Gidan gidan yana iya ɗaukar girman aji na madaidaicin mutane 40. Tuntuɓi Steve Longenecker a 540-828-5321 ko slongene@bridgewater.edu .

- Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye, wani Coci na 'yan'uwa masu ritaya a cikin Boonsboro, Md., yana da gane yawan ma'aikata don kyakkyawan sabis da shekaru aiki. Shida sun sami lambar yabo ta Service Excellence, kuma an karrama 16 saboda shekarun da suka yi aiki, a wurin cin abincin dare na ma'aikata. Mutanen shida da aka ba su don hidimar sun hada da Rayanna Staley, wanki; Janet Cole, RN, ta taimaka rayuwa; David Banzhoff, sabis na cin abinci; Ginny Lapole, aikin gida; da David Goldsborough, LPN, da Evan Bowers, LPN, dukansu na jinya. An gane ma'aikatan wanda tsawon lokacin a Fahrney-Keedy ya kasance a cikin shekaru biyar: a cikin shekaru biyar Andrea Betts, GNA, Deb Manahan, RN, da Nicole Moore, GNA, duk aikin jinya; Heather Cleveland, CNA/Med Tech, ta taimaka rayuwa; Mike Leiter, mataimakin shugaban Kasuwanci da Ci gaban Al'umma; Kathy Neville, mataimakin darektan Ayyuka; Doug Ridenour, darektan Kulawa; Bonnie Shirk, lissafin kudi; da Fran Wilson, cibiyar samar da kayayyaki. A shekaru 10 sun kasance Angie Keebaugh, LPN, Naomi Keene, GNA, Stephanie Teets, CMA/GNA / magatakarda naúrar, duk ma'aikatan jinya; Julia McGlaughlin, RN, mataimakiyar darekta na Nursing; Renia Talbert, wanki; da Paula Webb, GNA, mai gudanarwa na rayuwa. A shekaru 20 Joyce Grove, GNA, ta taimaka rayuwa.

- Shirin Doctor of Pharmacy na Kwalejin Manchester Majalisar Amincewa ta Ilimin Pharmacy ta ba da matsayin pre-takara. Sanarwar ta ruwaito cewa kwalejin ta sami izini don fara rajistar ɗalibai a sabuwar Makarantar Pharmacy da ke Fort Wayne, Ind. Dave McFadden, shugaban riko kuma mataimakin shugaban zartarwa, “Wannan babbar nasara ce ga Makarantar Pharmacy saboda ta inganta. Ƙarfin ƙungiyarmu ta jagoranci kuma yana ba mu damar shigar da aji na farko na ɗalibai 70.” Shawarar ta nuna cewa Makarantar Pharmacy tana kan hanyar samun cikakken izini a cikin Mayu 2016, bayan kammala karatun digiri na farko na ɗalibai. Makarantar ta karɓi aikace-aikacen sama da 300 kuma tana sa ran samun ƙari kafin ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen 1 ga Maris. Don ƙarin ziyarar www.manchester.edu/pharmacy .

- Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) tana maraba da Muhammad Yunus, wanda ya lashe kyautar Nobel, da karfe 8 na yamma ranar 4 ga Afrilu a matsayin babban mai jawabi na 2012 Ware Lecture on Peacemaker. Yunus ya samo asali ne na Bankin Grameen - banki ba tare da lamuni ba - ga matalauta a Bangladesh. A cikin 2006, Yunus da bankin sun sami kyautar Nobel ta zaman lafiya tare. Lacca mai taken "Samar da Bege da Nasara: Zaman Lafiya da Ci gaba ta hanyar Kasuwanci da Ayyukan Jama'a" kyauta ce kuma buɗe ga jama'a. Ajiye tikiti ta kira 717-361-4757.

- Hukuncin kisa zai zama batun muhawara a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) lokacin da abokin hamayya da mai goyon baya suka hadu a Cole Hall a ranar 29 ga Fabrairu. A cewar wata sanarwa daga makarantar, abokin hamayyar hukuncin kisa Bud Welch, wanda aka kashe diyarsa a harin bam na birnin Oklahoma, da Jeff Jacoby, wanda ya dade yana goyon bayan hukuncin kisa. , zai yi muhawara da karfe 7:30 na yamma wanda shirin Anna B. Mow Endowed Lecture Series ya dauki nauyinsa. Welch shi ne shugaban kwamitin iyalan wadanda aka kashe don kare hakkin dan adam, yana aiki a kwamitin hadin gwiwa na kasa don kawar da hukuncin kisa, kuma ya sami lambobin yabo na "abolitionist of the year". Jacoby marubuci ne na "Boston Globe."

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Bridgewater, kwalejin na murna Watan Tarihin Baƙar Fata ta hanyar gudanar da wani yanki na Karatun Karatun Ba-Amurke na Ƙasa karo na 23 a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, daga 2-4 na yamma a ɗakin Boitnott. Bikin kyauta ne kuma buɗe ga jama'a.

- Kwamitin zartarwa na Majalisar Coci ta Duniya (WCC) ya aika da wani saƙon fastoci ga majami'u a Siriya tare da bayyana fatan kawo karshen tashe-tashen hankula a can, da tattaunawa ta kasa da za ta fito daga rikicin, bisa zaman lafiya da adalci, da amincewa da 'yancin dan Adam da mutunta bil'adama, da bukatar zama tare cikin mutunta juna. Sakon yana goyan bayan wasiƙar haɗin gwiwa daga shugabannin majami'u uku a Siriya da aka aika zuwa ikilisiyoyi a watan Disamba suna yin Allah wadai da amfani da kowane irin tashin hankali tare da ƙarfafa membobin "kada su ji tsoro kuma kada su rasa bege." An bukaci majami'un membobin WCC da su shiga ayyukan hadin kai a wannan mawuyacin lokaci a Siriya.

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Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Jordan Blevins, Charles Culbertson, Chris Douglas, Kim Ebersole, Mary Jo Flory-Steury, Mary Kay Heatwole, Michael Leiter, Amy J. Mountain, Stan Noffsinger, Harold A. Penner, Howard Royer, Glen Sargent , Amy Trowbridge, Becky Ullom, da editan Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Ku nemi fitowar ta gaba a kai a kai a ranar 7 ga Maris. 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.