Labaran labarai na Oktoba 4, 2012

“Amma ku fara ƙwazo domin Mulkin Allah…” (Matta 6:33a).

Maganar mako: "Allah, ta wurin Yesu Kristi, yana maraba da ku ko ta yaya." — Martin E. Marty, ɗaya daga cikin marubutan Kirista na zamani wanda a cikin fitowar 5 ga Satumba na “ƙarni na Kirista” ya amsa tambayar, “Mene ne ainihin ainihin Kiristanci?” ta amfani da iyakar kalmomi bakwai. An nakalto amsar Marty a cikin wata jarida ta kwanan nan daga Lacey (Wash.) Cocin Community–haɗin gwiwa ’yan’uwa da Almajirai ikilisiya–wanda ya tambayi kansa masu karatu, “Ta yaya za ku iya taƙaita saƙon Kiristanci cikin kalmomi bakwai ko ƙasa da haka?” ("Karni" ya buga ƙarin ƙoƙari a www.christiancentury.org/7words .)

LABARAI
1)'Yan'uwa martanin fari zai taimaka wa iyalai gonaki, karfafa ayyukan lambu.
2) Kwamitin gudanarwa na zaman lafiya a Duniya ya gudanar da taron fallasa.
3) Menene ake bayarwa yayin buɗe rajista ta 2013 ta Sabis na Inshorar 'Yan'uwa?
4) Bincike ya ba da alamu ga halayen 'yan'uwa game da ma'aikatun horo.

GABATARWA TARON SHEKARA
5) Daraktan taro ya yi farin ciki game da Charlotte 2013, ya nemi fahimtar farashin otal.
6) Shirye-shiryen taron shekara-shekara na 2013 ya haɗa da Lahadi na sabuntawa.
7) Matsa a tsakiyarmu: Tunani daga mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara.

SANARWA MUTUM
8) Brother Village ya sanar da John N. Snader a matsayin shugaban kasa kuma Shugaba.
9) James Skelly mai suna darektan wucin gadi na Cibiyar Baker a Kwalejin Juniata.

Abubuwa masu yawa
10) Webinar yana haskaka al'ajabi da tunani don ciyar da ruhu.
11) ENGAGE zai maraba da ɗalibai masu zuwa zuwa Seminary na Bethany.

12) Yan'uwa yan'uwa: Tunawa, ma'aikata, ayyuka, Ranar Aminci, taron koleji, bukukuwan tunawa, da ƙari.

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1)'Yan'uwa martanin fari zai taimaka wa iyalai gonaki, karfafa ayyukan lambu.

Ma’aikatan darika da gundumomi sun hada wani sabon yunkurin ‘Yan’uwa domin biyan bukatun manoma da al’umma biyo bayan matsanancin fari. Fari ya shafi galibin jihohin da ke tsakiyar Amurka.

Ayyukan haɗin gwiwar sun haɗa ƙarfi da albarkatun shirye-shirye na ɗarika da yawa tare da gundumomin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa, da Ma’aikatun Shaidu na Ba da Shaida da Zaman Lafiya, da Asusun Kula da Rikicin Abinci na Duniya, tare da ministocin zartaswa na gundumomi da masu gudanar da ayyukan ba da agajin gundumomi daga yankunan da fari ya fi shafa.

Roy Winter na Ministocin Bala’i na ’yan’uwa ya ce:

- A Ƙaddamar da Taimakon Farm za su tallafa wa ikilisiyoyi da gundumomi wajen ba da agaji da tallafi kai tsaye ga manoman da ke cikin haɗari a cikin al'ummominsu. An ba da tallafin dala 30,000 daga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa (EDF) don fara shirin Taimakon Farm.

- A Ƙaddamar da Tsarin Abinci da Abinci na Al'umma Goyan bayan lambunan jama'a na jama'a da sauran yunƙurin makamantan haka za su magance ƙarancin abinci, lalata muhalli, da talauci. An bayar da tallafin dala 30,000 daga Asusun Kula da Matsalar Abinci ta Duniya don fara wannan bangare na kokarin.

A matakin kasa, ma'aikatun 'yan'uwa na bala'i kuma suna haɗin gwiwa tare da ƙungiyoyin sa kai na ƙasa masu fa'ida a cikin bala'i (NVOAD). Mataimakin daraktan Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta Brotheran’uwa Zach Wolgemuth yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ke aiki a ƙungiyar NVOAD don kawo hankali ga fari da kuma taimakawa wajen daidaita martani tsakanin ƙungiyoyi masu haɗin gwiwa da membobin Sabis na Duniya na Coci. Don ƙarin bayani game da martanin NVOAD je zuwa http://nvoad.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=143:national-voad-declares-2012-drought-a-national-disaster-calls-for-coordinated-action-&catid=37:main-page-stories .

Fari mafi muni a cikin shekaru da yawa

“Amurka na ci gaba da fuskantar fari mafi muni cikin shekaru da yawa,” in ji roƙon agaji daga Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa. "A lokacin rani mai zafi, Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka ta ayyana yankunan bala'o'i a kananan hukumomi 1,584 a cikin jihohi 32 da ke fama da fari…. Sanarwar- wacce ta shafi kusan rabin kasar - ita ce bala'i mafi yaduwa a Amurka. Watanni 12 da suka gabata sun kasance mafi zafi da Amurka ta samu tun lokacin da aka fara yin rikodi a cikin 1895, a cewar Cibiyar Kula da Yanayi ta Kasa."

Ma’aikatan cocin na fargabar cewa sakamakon yankunan karkarar Amurka zai yi muni, gami da asarar rayuwa ga iyalai da kasuwanci da yawa wadanda suka dogara kan noma ko sauran samar da abinci, sarrafa abinci, noma, da kiwo.

Ga sauran sassan kasar, ana sa ran fari da karancin amfanin gona da ya haifar zai kara tsadar kayan abinci a shekara mai zuwa. Yawancin waɗanda ke da ƙarancin kuɗi na iya shiga miliyoyin Amurkawa waɗanda tuni ke fafitikar sanya abinci a kan teburi. Wataƙila fari zai ƙaru a yawan yaran da ke fama da yunwa - wanda a halin yanzu yana wakiltar ɗaya cikin yara huɗu a duk faɗin ƙasar, bisa ga buƙatar tallafin.

Ruwan sama na baya-bayan nan a Tsakiyar Yamma ya kawo agaji na ɗan gajeren lokaci kuma mai yiwuwa ya ceto albarkatun kiwo, amma ya yi ƙasa da ƙasa don taimakawa amfanin gonakin bana, musamman masara da waken soya.

Ƙaddamar da Taimakon Farm

Wannan yunƙurin zai ba da taimako da tallafi ga ƙananan manoma (ciki har da dabbobi, gonaki, manoman manyan motoci da dai sauransu) waɗanda suka yi asarar kuɗaɗen shiga gonaki mai yawa saboda fari, kuma suke fuskantar matsalar kuɗi mai tsanani ga dangin manoma. Za a ba da ƙananan tallafi ta ikilisiyoyi na Cocin ’yan’uwa don tallafa wa manoma da fari ya bar cikin haɗari.

Buri na biyu shi ne a ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyi su nemo hanyoyin kirkire-kirkire don tallafawa da yi wa mutanen da aka bari a gefe a cikin al’ummominsu hidima.

Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ‘Yan’uwa ne za su gudanar da wannan shiri. Shawarwari na bayarwa dole ne su fito daga ikilisiya, ba mutum ɗaya ba. Dole ne ofishin gundumar da ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa su amince da shawarwari kafin a ba da tallafi.

Taimakon farko na har zuwa $3,000 a kowace gona za a bayar kuma za a iya la'akari da tallafin na biyu har zuwa $2,000 kamar yadda ake samun kuɗi. Taimako na iya tallafawa buƙatu da dama ga dangin gona da suka haɗa da iri, ciyarwa, buƙatun iyali kamar kayan aiki da abinci, ilimi ga manoma, da gyara ƙasar da fari ya lalace. Tallafin zai mayar da hankali ne kan gonakin da suka yi fama da matsanancin fari, da kuma iyalai masu noma waɗanda ba su da ɗan fa'idar inshora da hasara mai yawa ga rayuwarsu.

Nemo ƙarin bayani game da Shirin Tallafin Farm don isa ofisoshin coci a cikin wasiku mai zuwa. Za a ba da fakitin bayanai da fom ɗin shawarwari ga ikilisiyoyi kuma za a samar da su akan layi a www.brethren.org/us-drought . A halin yanzu, ikilisiyoyi suna iya tuntuɓar gundumominsu don ƙarin bayani, ko kuma su nemi bayani daga Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa a 800-451-4407

'Zan je Aljanna'

"Zuwa Lambu: Shirin Tsaron Abinci da Abinci na Al'umma" yana ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ma'aikatun Shaida da Aminci da ke Washington, DC Zai sauƙaƙa, ilmantarwa, da ƙarfafa samar da lambunan jama'a na jama'a da sauran yunƙuri makamancin haka don magance kai tsaye. karancin abinci, gurbacewar muhalli, da talauci.

"Wadannan ayyukan za su yi aiki a matsayin wani batu na ilimi game da tsarin abinci na gida, yanki, na kasa, da na kasa da kasa da kuma manufofi da kuma damar yin tunani na tauhidi da ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyin," in ji sanarwar daga Ofishin Shaida da Aminci. “A matsayinmu na ikilisiyoyi muna taruwa akai-akai don yin ibada da zumunci. Tare da waɗannan al'ummomin da yawa daga cikinmu suna neman isa ga maƙwabtanmu da ƙaunar Yesu. Ta hanyar shirin Going to the Garden, ma’aikatun bayar da shawarwari da tabbatar da zaman lafiya na fatan ci gaba a kan wannan muradin kaiwa ga al’ummarmu ta hanyar samar da abinci mai ƙoshin lafiya da ɗorewa, ƙarfafa al’umma ta hanyar hidimar juna, da kuma kula da halittun Allah.”

Tallafin Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya na $30,000 yana ba da tallafin kuɗi na farko. Ofishin Shaida na Shaida da Zaman Lafiya zai zama farkon aiwatarwa da tuntuɓar ikilisiyoyin da ke shiga. Ana iya ɗaukar masu ba da shawara na ɗan lokaci don taimakawa samar da goyan bayan fasaha don ayyukan lambu.

Ana iya tambayar ikilisiyoyin su ba da kuɗin da ya dace don karɓar tallafi don aikin lambu. Za a ƙarfafa kuɗaɗen da suka dace, amma ba lallai ba ne a buƙata. Ana tsammanin wannan na iya haifar da har zuwa ikilisiyoyi 30 suna samun tallafin $1,000.

Manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart ya ce: “Ta wani bincike na baya-bayan nan da GFCF mai horar da ’yan rani, Jamie Frye, ya yi, mun koyi cewa aƙalla ikilisiyoyin Cocin 20 na ’yan’uwa suna da lambuna a yanzu,” in ji manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart. "Wannan samfurin, sabanin shirin da bankin Abinci ya yi daidai da kudi na shekaru goma da suka gabata, yana neman karfafa dangantaka ta sirri. Ya kuma gane cewa yunwa sau da yawa alama ce ta talauci ba dalili ba.

Ya kara da cewa, "Ta hanyar dangantakar sirri da mutane da iyalai da ke da alaka da lambunan al'umma," ya kara da cewa, "ikilisiyoyin suna da damar koyo da kuma aiwatar da wasu daga cikin tushen talauci a cikin al'ummominsu."

Ana sa ran zuwa Lambun:

- Yi aiki tare da ikilisiyoyin don ƙirƙira ko faɗaɗa lambuna na al'umma, taimaka wa ikilisiyoyi tare da tallafi da tsari na farko, ƙarfafa membobin coci su shiga.

- Ƙirƙirar littafin jagora daga tsarin aiki tare da majami'u da al'ummomi, don taimakawa irin wannan tsari a wasu wurare.

- Ƙirƙirar ayyukan gida tare da abubuwa masu zuwa: samfurin samar da abinci, kayan amfanin gona mai araha, tarin ruwan sama, takin gargajiya, ilimin tauhidi na coci da haɗin gwiwar al'umma, ilimin abinci mai gina jiki, da ilimi game da kula da muhalli, sabunta ƙasa, da manufofin abinci.

Nathan Hosler na ofishin Advocacy and Peace Witness ya rubuta: “Muna ɗokin jin martani game da wuraren da za a iya haɗa su cikin wannan yunƙurin. "Muna tunanin wani shiri mai sassauci kuma zai iya magance matsalolin da kowace al'umma da ikilisiya ke son shiga. Da wannan a zuciyarmu muna sa ran jin hanyoyin da za mu iya yin aiki tare da ikilisiyoyi don haɓaka ayyukan gida.”

Ya kamata ikilisiyoyin da ke da sha'awar su tuntuɓi ofishin Shaida na Shaida da Zaman Lafiya, wanda kuma yana maraba da shawarwarin mutanen da ke da ƙwarewa don tallafawa wannan aikin, da shawarwarin albarkatun taimako. Tuntuɓi Nathan Hosler a nhosler@brethren.org ko 202-481-6943, ko ta wasiku a 110 Maryland Ave. NE, Suite 108, Washington, DC 20002.

2) Kwamitin gudanarwa na zaman lafiya a Duniya ya gudanar da taron fallasa.

A taronta na faɗuwar rana, kwamitin gudanarwa na zaman lafiya na Duniya ya tattauna shirye-shirye don kawar da horon wariyar launin fata mai zuwa da tantancewa-mataki na gaba na alƙawarin da hukumar da ma’aikata suka yi don magance matsalolin wariyar launin fata a ciki da wajen ƙungiyar.

Sauran mahimman abubuwan kasuwanci sun haɗa da amincewa da kasafin kuɗin ƙungiyar na shekarar kasafin kuɗi na 2013 da kuma binciko sababbin abubuwan da suka faru a cikin ayyukan shirye-shirye, ciki har da binciken shirin Cocin Living Peace. Hukumar gudanarwar ta kuma yi maraba da wata kungiya daga zaunannen kwamiti na Cocin of the Brothers don tattaunawa kan sanarwar shigar da kungiyar ta On Earth Peace. Kwamitin dindindin ya bukaci wannan taron a cikin wata sanarwa ta "Hanyar Gaba" da aka fitar a taron shekara-shekara na 2012 a St. Louis, Mo.

A yayin taron, hukumar ta yi maraba da Bill Scheurer, wanda ya fara a matsayin darektan zartarwa na Aminci a Duniya a ranar 4 ga Yuni. Kungiyar ta kuma amince da memba mai barin gado Doris Abdullah (Brooklyn, NY) da kuma mai dadewa mai goyon baya kuma mai sa kai Fran Nyce (Westminster, Md.) don hidimarsu ga kungiyar. Bugu da ƙari, hukumar ta yi maraba da sabon memba na hukumar Cindy Weber-Han (Chicago, Ill.).

Domin 2013, hukumar ta kira Madalyn Metzger (Bristol, Ind.) don ci gaba da zama kujera, Robbie Miller (Bridgewater, Va.) ya ci gaba da zama mataimakin kujera, da Benjamin Leiter (Amherst, Mass.) don ci gaba da zama sakatare. A Duniya Zaman lafiya yana gudanar da tattaunawa da yanke shawara ta hanyar yarjejeniya.

A matsayin hukumar Ikilisiyar ’Yan’uwa, A Duniya Salama ta amsa kiran Yesu Kiristi na zaman lafiya da adalci ta hanyar hidimarta; yana gina iyalai, ikilisiyoyi, da al'ummomi masu tasowa; kuma yana ba da basira, tallafi, da tushe na ruhaniya don fuskantar tashin hankali tare da rashin tashin hankali.

- Madalyn Metzger ita ce shugabar kwamitin Amincin Duniya.

3) Menene ake bayarwa yayin buɗe rajista ta 2013 ta Sabis na Inshorar 'Yan'uwa?

Ma'aikatan Cocin 'yan'uwa da ke aiki na sa'o'i 20 ko fiye sun cancanci yin rajista a cikin samfuran inshora huɗu ta hanyar Sabis na Inshorar 'Yan'uwa a watan Nuwamba. Sabis na Inshorar 'Yan'uwa sabis ne daga Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT).

Ƙididdigar ƙididdiga, bayanin tsare-tsare, da fom ɗin rajista don Dental, Vision, Ƙarin Rayuwa, da Inshorar naƙasa na ɗan gajeren lokaci za a samu a www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/open-enrollment bayan Oktoba 29.

Wadanda ke son sabunta matakin ɗaukar hoto na yanzu don waɗannan ayyukan ba sa buƙatar sake nema.

Anan ga cikakken bayanin kowane ɗayan samfuran guda huɗu da ake bayarwa yayin buɗe rajista na wannan shekara:

Hakori: Zaɓi daga ɗaya daga cikin zaɓuɓɓukan shirin hakori guda uku don ma'aikacin coci ko danginsu. Waɗannan tsare-tsare na iya rufe gwaje-gwaje da sauran sabis na rigakafi, gami da cikawa, tiyatar baka, da orthodontia. Ana ba da wannan ɗaukar hoto tare da haɗin gwiwar Delta Dental na Illinois.

Vision: Zaɓuɓɓukan tsari guda uku suna samuwa ga ma'aikacin coci da dangi ta hanyar EyeMed Vision Care. Waɗannan tsare-tsaren suna ba da matakai daban-daban na ɗaukar hoto don gwajin ido, ruwan tabarau, da tabarau.

Karin Rayuwa: Wannan inshora yana samuwa ga membobin da ke da inshorar rayuwa ta hanyar Sabis na Inshorar 'Yan'uwa. Wannan samfurin da aka ƙididdige shekarun yana samuwa har zuwa $10,000 na ƙarin inshora ga waɗanda har yanzu ba su kai matsakaicin adadin fa'idar inshorar rayuwa ba.

Naƙasa na ɗan gajeren lokaci: Wannan samfurin ya ƙunshi mafi yawan rata tsakanin farkon nakasa da farkon ɗaukar nauyi na dogon lokaci. Wannan shirin zai biya kusan kashi 60 na albashi - har zuwa $1,250 a kowane mako. (Lura: Duk wata cuta ko rauni wanda mai nema ya sami magani, tuntuɓar, kulawa, ko ayyuka - gami da hanyoyin bincike-ko shan magunguna da aka tsara ko magunguna don magance cikin watanni uku nan da nan kafin kwanan watan inshora, ba a rufe shi ba. na farkon watanni 12 manufar tana aiki.)

Domin ma'aikacin coci kuma yana iya neman neman Rayuwa, Nakasa na Dogon Zamani, da Inshorar Kulawa ta Tsawon Lokaci ta Sabis ɗin Inshorar 'Yan'uwa a kowane lokaci cikin shekara, waɗannan ayyukan ba za su kasance cikin shiga cikin buɗaɗɗen rajista na 2013 ba. Amincewa zai dogara ne akan bayanin lafiya.

Don tambayoyi ko don karɓar fakitin rajista ta hanyar wasiku, tuntuɓi Connie Sandman, wakilin sabis na abokin ciniki, a 800-746-1505, ext. 366, ku inshora@cobbt.org .

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

4) Bincike ya ba da alamu ga halayen 'yan'uwa game da ma'aikatun horo.

Cocin ’Yan’uwa ta shiga cikin wani bincike da Ƙungiyar Mawallafa ta Mallaka ta Furotesta (PCPA) ta yi a bazarar da ta wuce lokacin da ‘Yan Jarida suka haɗa kai da wasu gidajen 14 don kwatanta yadda ikilisiyoyi ke ƙarfafa almajirantarwa da samuwar ruhaniya.

Binciken Lifeway Research mallakar Kudancin Baptist ne ya gudanar da binciken. Rahotonsu ga ‘Yan Jarida na ’Yan’uwa ya kwatanta ’yan’uwa da babban rukuni na dukan ƙungiyoyin da aka bincika, kuma ya ba da cikakken bincike ga dukan rukunin ikilisiyoyi da suka amsa. An tambayi waɗanda aka amsa su ba da rahoto game da halaye game da ma’aikatun horo kamar ilimin Kirista, nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, da ƙananan ƙungiyoyi.

Binciken ya sami amsa guda 191 daga ikilisiyoyin Coci na ’yan’uwa, daga cikin tafki sama da 1,000. Mawallafin 'yan jarida Wendy McFadden ta lura cewa wannan kyakkyawan martani ne ga binciken gabaɗaya. Ta yi tsokaci cewa sakamakon ya kasance mai ban sha'awa, ko da yake akwai iyakoki domin wakilan manyan gidajen buga littattafai da yawa ne suka samar da kayan aikin binciken kuma ya dogara ne akan abubuwan da suke so da kalmomin.

Ta lura cewa yana da wuya a cimma matsaya game da kayan ’yan’uwa domin tambayoyin sun yi kama da juna. Misali, ba sa kwatanta ikilisiyoyin da ke amfani da kayan ɗarika da ikilisiyoyin da ba sa. Wasu daga cikin binciken sun yi kama da sabani, haka nan. Misali, ikilisiyoyi da yawa suna rubuta nasu tsarin karatun, kuma ikilisiyoyi da yawa suna ba da rahoton amfani da manhajar da aka buga.

Ga wasu kaɗan sakamakon binciken:

- Ga duk matakan shekaru - yara, matasa, da manya - Makarantar Lahadi da safe ita ce mafi mahimmancin hidimar horo.

- Idan aka kwatanta da mafi girman samfurin, lokacin da aka tambaye shi "Wanene cikin waɗannan cocin ku ke da shi don ƙarfafa haɓakar ruhaniya na ikilisiyarku?" 'Yan'uwa ba su da yuwuwar samun tsari na niyya don horar da yara, matasa, da manya. ikilisiyoyi ’yan’uwa kuma ba su da yuwuwar samun shugaba da ke da alhakin kafa ruhaniya na waɗannan rukunin shekarun.

— Duk da haka, sama da kashi 75 cikin ɗari sun yarda cewa ikilisiyarsu tana samun ci gaba sosai a ruhaniyarsu.

- Yankin da aka fi zaɓa don inganta da ake so shine "ƙarin shugabanni."

— ’Yan’uwa sun fi samun sabani da wannan furci: “A bayyane yake waɗanne hanyoyi da dabaru suke tasowa da kuma girma almajirai a yau,” kuma da alama ba za su yarda da wannan furci ba: “Muna da hanyar da za mu bi don ci gaba ta ruhaniya. ”

- Lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da hidimar horar da yara, kashi 59 cikin 61 ba sa son tsarin tsarin lokaci ga Littafi Mai-Tsarki, kashi 90 cikin 70 sun fi son tsarin jigo, kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX sun gwammace tsarin da ke zagayawa ta hanyar ra'ayoyin Littafi Mai Tsarki masu dacewa da haɓakawa, kuma kusan kashi XNUMX cikin ɗari sun gwammace hanyar da ta dace.

- Ga ma'aikatun horar da matasa, kashi 90 cikin XNUMX sun gwammace hanyar da ta dace.

- Da aka tambaye shi yadda almajiranci ya canza a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata ’Yan’uwa ba su da yuwuwa su nanata motsin mahalarta don yin aiki a kan ilimin Littafi Mai Tsarki da kafa ƙananan ƙungiyoyi a waje da sauran ayyukan coci, kuma da ɗan ƙara jaddada mutanen da ke hidima a cikin al’umma da gina dangantaka da su. wadanda ke wajen coci.

- Lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da shirye-shiryen almajiranci ga yara, 'yan'uwa ba su da damar yin shirye-shirye a wajen makarantar Lahadi kuma suna iya nuna cewa ana gudanar da shirye-shiryen horar da yara na kasa da sa'a guda, sabanin cikakken sa'a ko minti 90.

— Lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da sakamakon da ake so na ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce na horo tare da yara, ’Yan’uwa suna iya zaɓar “nuna ƙarin ƙauna a cikin dangantaka” da kuma karɓe a matsayin abin da ake so, kuma da wuya su zaɓi “fi fahimtar Nassi da ma’anarsa.”

- 'Yan'uwa masu amsa suna iya ba da rahoton cewa babu wani ma'aikatun almajirai da ke gudana a halin yanzu da ake ba wa matasa a wajen makarantar Lahadi. Har ila yau, ’yan’uwa ba sa iya bayar da rahoton yin bautar matasa, shirye-shiryen bayan makaranta, ko wasu abubuwan da suka faru kamar ƙungiyoyin matasa.

— Dangane da ma’aikatun almajiranci na manya, ikilisiyoyi ’yan’uwa sun fi samun manyan makarantun Lahadi kuma ba su da yuwuwar samun ƙungiyoyin maza ko mata ko lokutan koyarwa na fastoci banda hidimar ƙarshen mako.

- Sakamakon ya kuma nuna cewa ’yan’uwa ba su da yuwuwar fara sabbin ƙananan azuzuwa a kai a kai fiye da wasu.

— Da aka tambaye su don zaɓar sakamakon da ake so ko halaye na hidimar horo ga manya, ’yan’uwa suna iya zaɓar “sufi fahimtar Nassi da ma’anarsa” da kuma “koyi yadda za a magance matsalolin da kyau,” kuma da wuya su zaɓi “shaidu da suka canza rayuwa” da “ ana ci gaba da samar da sabbin shugabannin.”

— Wata tambaya mai buɗewa ta ƙunshi: “A cikin shekaru biyu da suka shige, waɗanne sababbin abubuwa ne cocinku ta yi ko kuma ta nemi yi don ƙarfafa almajiranci da kuma kafa ikilisiyarku ta ruhaniya?” A cikin martanin, kalmomin nan “ƙungiyar,” “nazari,” da kuma “Littafi Mai Tsarki” suna cikin abubuwan da aka fi amfani da su wajen kwatanta sababbin abubuwa da ikilisiyoyi suke yi.

GABATARWA TARON SHEKARA

5) Daraktan taro ya yi farin ciki game da Charlotte 2013, ya nemi fahimtar farashin otal.

Birnin Charlotte, NC, zai zama wuri mai ban sha'awa don taron shekara ta 2013, a cewar darakta Chris Douglas. A cikin wata hira da aka yi da shi makon da ya gabata a Babban ofisoshi na cocin a Elgin, Ill., ta yi sharhi game da wurin taron shekara-shekara na 227 na Church of the Brothers.

Shugaban taron na 2013 Robert Krouse, fasto na Cocin Little Swatara na ’Yan’uwa a Bethel, Pa., zai jagoranci taron a kan jigon, “Move in Our Midst.” (Dubi ƙarin cikakkun bayanai game da shirye-shiryen taron da ke ƙasa.)

Douglas ya kuma nemi afuwar tukuna kan farashin da aka yi hasashen farashin otal din na taron, ya kuma bayyana yadda farashin ya kasance da kuma wajibcin doka da cocin ke da shi na toshe otal din.

'Babban gari'

Douglas ya bayyana Charlotte, wacce ita ce babbar cibiyar kasuwanci ga gabar tekun gabas kuma ana daukarta a matsayin babban birnin banki na Kudu, a matsayin "mai dadi, gayyata cikin gari." Abubuwan jan hankali sun haɗa da NASCAR Hall of Fame kai tsaye a kan titi daga cibiyar taron. Yawancin gidajen cin abinci suna cikin sauƙin tafiya kuma. Douglas ya ruwaito cewa gidajen cin abinci na cikin gari suna "a kowane farashin farashi," kuma suna ba da "wuraren abinci da yawa da yawa."

Yankin tsakiyar gari yana da wuraren shakatawa tare da maɓuɓɓugan ruwa, furanni, da wuraren zama waɗanda za su ja hankalin ’yan’uwa – musamman waɗanda ke da iyalai matasa waɗanda ke neman sarari don yara su shimfiɗa ƙafafu.

Wurin cibiyar taron ta Charlotte yana da shekaru 17 kacal, kuma ya haɗa da kotun abinci da ke nuna wasu shahararrun gidajen abinci da sarƙoƙi. Tun daga shekara ta 2007 tana aiwatar da hanyoyin "Going Green" kamar sake yin amfani da ruwa da kiyaye ruwa.

Douglas ya kuma nuna wani shiri na musamman, sabo a wannan shekara, don Lahadi don zama lokacin sabuntawa na ruhaniya. A wannan shekara, an dage zaman kasuwanci kuma ba za a fara ba sai safiyar Litinin.

"Muna kan lokaci a cikin darikar mu da ya kamata mu daina kasuwanci kamar yadda muka saba kuma mu gayyaci Allah ya 'zuwa cikinmu' cikin niyya da karfi," in ji ta, ta nakalto taken da aka zaba domin Taro. “Ta yaya muke halartar kiran Allah a rayuwarmu, kuma ta yaya za mu buɗe kanmu don ƙyale Allah ya motsa? Taron shekara-shekara ya kamata ya zama fiye da kasuwanci kawai. " (Duba ƙasa don ƙarin game da ranar sabuntawa akan Yuni 30.)

'Ku yi haƙuri da mu' kan farashin otal

Shirye-shiryen taron shekara-shekara ya fara shekaru masu zuwa, tare da wuraren tarurrukan da aka tanada aƙalla shekaru biyar gaba-dabarun da har zuwa kwanan nan aka sami farashi mai rahusa ga ’yan’uwa. Duk da haka, tun lokacin da koma bayan tattalin arziki ya sanya gagarumin matsin tattalin arziki a kan masana'antar otal wannan ya canza, Douglas ya ruwaito.

An sanya hannu kan kwangiloli na Cibiyar Taro na Charlotte da toshe otal wata daya kafin faduwar kasuwar hannun jari ta 2008. Dokokin doka ne, in ji Douglas, kuma suna daure kan taron shekara-shekara. Ta yi ƙoƙarin sake sasantawa a kan kwangilar otal amma ba tare da nasara ba. "Na roki otal-otal da su rage farashin," in ji ta. "Na yi nadama cewa waɗannan farashin ba su da yawa, amma abin da muka samu ne."

Douglas ya bayyana wa masu kula da otal cewa dangin ’yan’uwa da kuma wakilai daga ƙananan ikilisiyoyi ba su saba biyan kuɗin da ake cajin a Charlotte ba, inda otal-otal a cikin gari yawanci ke ba da dala 180-dala kowace dare.

Ƙananan farashin dakunan dakunan dakunan otal-wanda ke tsakanin $130 zuwa $145- kusan ba a taɓa jin su ba a Charlotte kwanakin nan, Douglas ya koya daga sarrafa otal. “Don haka idan suka duba farashin mu sai su ce, me kuke kuka a kai? Waɗannan ƙima ne masu ban sha'awa, "daga mahangar otal ɗin, in ji ta. "Mun riga mun kasance mafi ƙarancin farashin kowane kwangilar otal na 2013."

Nasarar da ta samu ita ce ta rage yawan dakunan da aka tanada a toshe otal. Kwangilolin sun tilasta wa ikkilisiya ko dai ta cika wani kaso na ɗakuna a shingen kowane dare na taron, ko kuma ta biya otal-otal kan farashin dakunan da ba a cika ba. Wannan yana nufin cewa idan ’yan’uwa ba su cika kashi 85 na otal a kowane dare na taron ba, ana iya biyan kuɗin dakunan da ba a cika ba kai tsaye daga cikin kasafin kuɗin taron shekara-shekara.

Taron ya sami raguwa mai yawa a cikin farashin hayar cibiyar tarurruka, don yin kwangilar toshe otal, Douglas ya nuna. Irin waɗannan yarjejeniyoyin sun zama ruwan dare a biranen da ke da wuraren tarurruka. Misali, taron yana hayar Cibiyar Taro ta Charlotte akan kusan dala 57,000, yayin da Douglas ya kiyasta hayar cibiyar zai kai kusan $150,000 ga ƙungiyar da ba ta da kwangila tare da otal ɗin da ke kewaye.

A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, ta sami damar yin shawarwari mafi kyawu. Misali a Tampa, Fla., A cikin 2015, farashin otal zai kasance mai ma'ana sosai, in ji ta, kuma hayar cibiyar taron za ta kasance kyauta ga taron.

Har zuwa lokacin, duk da haka, Douglas ya nemi 'yan'uwa su bayyana goyon bayan juna ta hanyar ajiyewa a cikin otal ɗin taro maimakon zuwa wurare masu rahusa daga wurin taron.

Lokacin da ya bayyana cewa otal-otal na Charlotte ba za su rage farashin su ba, Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen sun tattauna batun kara kudin rajista ga wadanda ba su ajiye a cikin otal din ba, in ji Douglas. Manufar ita ce a taimaka wajen yada farashin dakunan otal da ba a cika ba a cikin kasafin kudin taron.

Duk da haka, kwamitin ya yanke shawarar cewa ba za su ɗauki wannan matakin ba, suna fata cewa roƙon ’yan’uwa kai tsaye don su fahimta kuma su taimaka ya isa ya ƙarfafa kowace ikilisiya da kowane mai halartan taro su yi abin da ya dace.

"Ina jin tsoro game da halin da muke ciki," in ji Douglas. "Na yi duk abin da na san yadda za a yi don daukaka kara zuwa otal din. Mun makale da wadannan dakunan. Kwangiloli ne na doka, kuma coci tana da hakki.”

6) Shirye-shiryen taron shekara-shekara na 2013 ya haɗa da Lahadi na sabuntawa.

Mai zuwa shine shirin farko na taron shekara-shekara na 2013 a Charlotte, NC, akan Yuni 29-Yuli 3. Dubi ƙasa don bayani game da jigo, jagoranci, wuri da wurare, kudade, farashin otal, da rana ta musamman da aka keɓe don sabuntawa na ruhaniya. Za a buga ƙarin bayani a www.brethren.org/ac kamar yadda ya zama akwai.

theme
“Move in Our Midst” jigon taron shekara-shekara na 2013, wanda aka ɗauko daga waƙoƙin mawaƙin Brotheran’uwa da mawaƙa Ken Morse ya rubuta. Wannan taron ya faɗo a cikin shekara ta 100 na haihuwar Morse, a cikin 1913.

An sanar da jigogi na yau da kullun:
Asabar 29 ga Yuni, “Ku Matso a Tsakaninmu,” Filibiyawa 2:13, 2 Labarbaru 7:14
Lahadi, 30 ga Yuni, “Ka taɓa mu,” Ezekiyel 36:26-27
Litinin, 1 ga Yuli, “Ka Koyar da Mu,” Afisawa 4:11-13
Talata, 2 ga Yuli, “Kasanya Mu,” Afisawa 4:30-32
Laraba, 3 ga Yuli, “Kawo Mu,” Matta 9:38, Luka 4:18-19

Nemo tunanin mai gudanarwa a kan jigon da ke ƙasa a cikin wannan Layin Labarai, ko je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac/theme-2013.html .

Leadership
Mai gabatarwa Robert Krouse, limamin cocin Little Swatara Church of the Brothers da ke Bethel, Pa., zai jagoranci taron wanda zaɓaɓɓen shugaba Nancy Sollenberger Heishman ya taimaka, limamin riko a Cocin West Charleston na ’yan’uwa a Tipp City, Ohio. James M. Beckwith, fasto na Annville (Pa.) Church of the Brother, shi ne sakataren taron shekara-shekara.

Yin hidima a kan Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen tare da jami'an Taro guda uku da daraktan Taro Chris Douglas sune Eric Bishop na La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brother, Cindy Laprade Lattimer na ma'aikatan fastoci a Lancaster (Pa.) Church of Brothers, da Christy Waltersdorff, fasto na York Center Church of the Brother a Lombard, Ill.

Masu gudanar da ayyukan sa kai sun haɗa da:
Masu gudanar da rukunin yanar gizon Dewey da Melissa Williard na Winston-Salem, NC
Mai gudanarwar rajista Nancy Hillsman na Durham, NC
Mai gudanarwar baƙo Teresa Broyles na Roanoke, Va.
Masu gudanar da Usher Linda da Buddy Crumpacker na Blue Ridge, Va.
Mai kula da siyar da tikiti Karen Haynes na Roanoke, Va.
Mai gudanarwa na saukewa / lodawa CD Lyons na Concord, NC
Masu gudanar da ayyukan yara na yara Pat Mullins na Little River, SC, da Suzanne Rhoades na Daleville, Va.
Mai tsara ayyukan yara, Kindergarten-2nd maki, Stephanie Naff na Bassett, Va.
Mai tsara ayyukan yara, maki 3rd-5th, Lynette Harvey na Roanoke, Va.
Babban mai kula da manyan ayyuka Clara Nelson na Blacksburg, Va.
Babban babban mai kula da ayyuka Mike Elmore na Salem, Va.
Matashi mai kula da ayyukan manya Emily LaPrade na Boones Mill, Va.
Mai kula da ayyukan Singles/Dare Owl Dava Hensley na Roanoke, Va.

Ranar sabuntawa
Ranar Lahadi, 30 ga Yuni, an kebe shi a matsayin rana ta musamman don masu halartar taron don "sake mayar da hankali, maidowa, sabuntawa," ba tare da shirin kasuwanci ba har zuwa safiyar Litinin. Wannan shi ne martani ga abu na kasuwanci da ya zo taron 2012 wanda ke nuna bukatar sake farfado da kwarewar taron shekara-shekara.

Lahadi zai ƙunshi abubuwan ibada guda uku:

— hidimar bautar safiya a kan taken “Alheri, Alheri, da Ƙarin Alheri” tare da mai magana Philip Yancey, mashahurin marubuci Kirista kuma marubucin “Mene ne Abin Mamaki Game da Alheri?” da kuma “Yesu Ban Taba Sani Ba”;

- hidimar ibadar la'asar akan jigon, "Hanyar zuwa ga Allah tana da Addu'a," jagorancin Mark Yaconelli, marubuci, mai magana, darakta na ruhaniya, kuma mai haɗin gwiwa kuma darektan shirye-shirye na Cibiyar Tausayi a Claremont (Calif). .) Makarantar Tauhidi; kuma

— “Taron Addu’a” maraice wanda ke gayyatar kowa zuwa ga sanin addu’a da kuma addu’ar haɗin gwiwa da ja-gora.

Bayan kowace hidimar ibada za ta kasance wani zama na “Taron Kaya” yana ba da zurfafa fahimtar fagage daban-daban na imani kamar yadda muke fuskantar Allah, jagoranci bawa, samuwar ruhaniya, da sauransu.

Wa'azin
Wa'azi a yammacin Asabar, Yuni 29, zai zama mai gudanarwa Robert Krouse.

Philip Yancey, marubucin "Mene ne Abin Mamaki Game da Alheri?" da kuma “Yesu Ban taɓa saninsa ba,” za su yi wa’azin safiyar Lahadi a ranar 30 ga Yuni. A wannan rana, Mark Yaconelli na Cibiyar Tausayi a Claremont (Calif.) Makarantar Tauhidi za ta yi wa’azi don hidimar ibada ta rana ta musamman.

Paul Mundey, limamin cocin Frederick (Md.) Church of the Brothers, zai yi wa'azi a yammacin Litinin, 1 ga Yuli.

Domin yin ibada a yammacin Talata, 2 ga Yuli, Pam Reist na ma'aikatan fastoci a cocin Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brothers, da Paul W. Brubaker, wani minista a cocin Middle Creek Church of the Brothers za su yi wa'azi tare. Lititz, Pa.

Suely Inhauser na Igreja da Irmandade, Cocin ’yan’uwa a Brazil, za ta yi wa’azin rufe taron a safiyar Laraba, 3 ga Yuli.

Wuri da kayan aiki
An buɗe Cibiyar Taro ta Charlotte a cikin 1995 kuma tana da murabba'in ƙafa 280,000 na taro/bayyana sarari, dakunan taro 46, da kotun abinci da ke nuna wasu shahararrun gidajen abinci da sarƙoƙin cafeteria. Tun daga 2007 tana aiwatar da hanyoyin "Going Green" kamar sake yin amfani da su, kiyaye ruwa, yin amfani da samfuran takarda masu lalacewa, da kayan tsaftace muhalli.

Otal ɗin otal a cikin garin Charlotte ya haɗa da otal biyar: Westin Charlotte da Hilton Charlotte Center City - mafi kusa da cibiyar tarurruka kuma an yi la'akari da otal ɗin haɗin gwiwa - da Omni Charlotte, Charlotte Marriott City Center, da Hampton Inn.

Ka tafi zuwa ga www.brethren.org/ac/location-facilities.html don ƙarin bayani game da birnin Charlotte mai tarihi, wanda aka kafa a cikin 1769, da jerin wuraren da ake sha'awa a yankin kamar NASCAR Hall of Fame da Laburaren Billy Graham.

Lambobin rajista
Rijistar wakilai: $285 don rajistar farko har zuwa 19 ga Fabrairu, 2013; $310 don rijistar gaba daga Fabrairu 20-Yuni 4, 2013; $360 don rajistar kan-site a Charlotte.

Rijistar ba babba ba: $105 don rajistar gaba ta kan layi daga Fabrairu 20-Yuni 4; $140 a kan site. Ga waɗanda ba sa shirin halartar cikakken Taron, ana samun adadin manya na yau da kullun na $35 a gaba, yana zuwa $45 a wurin.

Rangwamen Ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa: BVSers masu aiki na iya yin rijistar $30 a gaba, ko $50 a wurin.

Yara, matasa, da matasa masu shekaru 12-21: $30 don cikakken taron idan an yi rajista a gaba, $50 a wurin. Ana samun kuɗin yau da kullun na $10 don yin rijistar gaba, ko $15 a wurin.

Yara da ke ƙasa da 12: rajista kyauta ne, amma har yanzu ana buƙatar yara su yi rajista ta amfani da tsarin kan layi ko yin rajista a wurin lokacin isa Charlotte.

Farashin otal
Westin Charlotte: $145 a daki kowace rana, $18 kowace rana don yin kiliya
Hilton Charlotte Center City: $139 a daki kowace rana, $18 kowace rana don yin kiliya
Omni Charlotte: $130 a daki kowace rana, $15 kowace rana don yin kiliya
Cibiyar Birnin Charlotte Marriott: $ 139 kowace daki kowace rana, $ 14 kowace rana don yin kiliya
Hampton Inn: $ 134 a daki kowace rana, $ 10 kowace rana don yin kiliya

Albarkatun bidiyo
Bidiyon tallatawa game da taron na 2013 a Charlotte wani mai daukar hoto na Brethren David Sollenberger ne ya ƙirƙira kuma yana samuwa don dubawa a www.brethren.org/ac .

Za a buga ƙarin bayani da albarkatu a www.brethren.org/ac yayin da suke samuwa, gami da tambarin taron, tsarin kasuwanci, katin zaɓe, da ƙari.

7) Matsa a tsakiyarmu: Tunani daga mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara.

An zaɓi “Matsa a Tsakanin Mu” a matsayin jigon taron shekara-shekara na 2013. Har ila yau, shi ne taken waƙar "Move in Our Midst," tare da waƙoƙin da marigayi Brethren mawaƙin kuma marubucin waƙar Ken Morse ya rubuta. "Move in Our Midst" ya kasance waƙar da aka fi so a Taro na Shekara-shekara tsawon shekaru. Ga tunanin mai gudanarwa Bob Krouse akan wannan jigon:

Yayin da muke ci gaba da aikin Yesu, yana da muhimmanci mu gayyaci Yesu ya ci gaba da yin aiki a cikinmu. A fili yake Allah bai gama da mu ba tukuna. Kowannen majami'unmu da dukkan membobinmu suna buƙatar sabon taɓawa daga Ruhu Mai Tsarki don maido da abin da ya karye, ya wartsakar da membobin da suka gaji, da kuma farfado da hidimomi masu mahimmanci. Bulus ya ce haka: “Gama Allah ne ke aiki a cikinku, yana ba ku ku yi nufin nufinsa, ku kuma yi aiki.” (Filibbiyawa 2:13). Sa’ad da muka taru a Charlotte, NC, daga ranar 29 ga Yuni zuwa 3 ga Yuli, 2013, bari mu gayyaci Ruhun Allah mai rai ya motsa a tsakiyarmu, mu yi nufinsa da kuma yin aiki don yardarsa.

Ina mai da hankali ga waƙar “Matso a Tsakanin Mu” a matsayin Waƙar Ƙasa ta ’Yan’uwa. Ken Morse, wanda ya rubuta waƙoƙin, an haife shi ne a shekara ta 1913 don haka 2013 ya cika shekaru 100 da haihuwarsa. Da alama ya dace a kira taronmu na shekara-shekara na 227 da aka yi rikodin a ƙarƙashin jigon “Matso a Tsakanin Mu.” Ayoyin wannan waƙar kalmomi ne na roƙon gaggawa da addu'a daga zuciya:

“Matso a tsakiyarmu, ya Ruhun Allah…
Ka taba hannayenmu don ka shiryar da mu…
Ka ɗora daga ƙafafunmu ƙuƙumman da ke ɗaure…
Ka kunna zukatanmu don ƙone da harshenka…
Ruhun Allah, ya aiko mana da ikonka!”

Ina ba da shawarar cewa wannan alƙawari ya nanata wannan jigon: “Gama Allah ne mai-aiki a cikinku, yana ba ku ku yi nufin nufinsa, ku yi aiki kuma.” (Filibbiyawa 2:13).

Wannan lokaci ne mai wahala ga cocinmu. Ba mu da ra'ayi ɗaya kan batutuwa masu mahimmanci da yawa kuma ba koyaushe muke kasancewa a cikin mafi kyawun mu ba yayin da muke kokawa da bambance-bambancenmu. Yayin da muke taruwa a Charlotte, NC, bazara mai zuwa bari mu ƙasƙantar da kanmu mu yi addu’a cewa Allah ya shige mana gaba, ya gyara, ya wartsake, ya rayar da mu.

Asabar: “Ku Maso Tsakaninmu,” Filibiyawa 2:13, 2 Labarbaru 7:14: Muradinmu na ci gaba da aikin Yesu yana mai da hankali ga abin da aka ce mu yi. Duk da haka, kamar yumbu a hannun maginin tukwane, muna bukatar mu sa ranmu ga hannun Allah. Waƙar, “Matso a Tsakaninmu” gayyata ce: Ya Allah, ka matsa cikinmu, ka ci gaba da yin aiki a rayuwarmu! Bulus ya tuna mana: “Allah ne mai-aiki a cikinku, yana ba ku ku yi nufin nufinsa, ku kuma yi aiki domin jin daɗinsa.”

Lahadi: “Ka taɓa mu,” Ezekiyel 36:26-27: Allah ya halicci kowannenmu da marmarin kusanci. Duk da haka, buƙatu da ƙalubalen rayuwa za su iya ɓata mana rai kuma su sa mu fuskanci irin dangantakar kud da kud da Allah yake so. Allah yana so ya taɓa kuma ya canza zukatanmu: “Zan ba ku, da sabuwar zuciya, da sabon ruhu,” in ji Ubangiji.

Litinin: “Ka koya mana,” Afisawa 4:11-13: Yesu ya ce, “Ku je ku almajirtar da su, kuna koya musu….” Yesu ya koyar a hanyar da ba a sanar da almajiransa kawai ba, sun canza. Ayyukan manzanni, annabawa, masu bishara, fastoci, da malamai shine shirya waliyai don aikin hidima. Kayan aiki ya ƙunshi nau'in gyarawa da jagoranci wanda ke ba wa tsarkaka damar haɓaka bangaskiyar balagagge, ƙulla dangantaka mai kyau, kuma su zama kamar Yesu.

Talata: “Ka Canza Mu,” Afisawa 4:30-32: A cikin al’adar da yunƙurin kai da son kai ke da daraja, ana ɗaukan canji na ruhaniya a matsayin makasudi na kai maimakon haɗin gwiwa. Duk da haka, idan al'ummar bangaskiya za su yi aiki a matsayin jikin Kristi, aikin canji dole ne ya zama haɗin gwiwa. “Kada ku ɓata wa Ruhu Mai-Tsarki baƙin ciki” da abubuwa kamar “zaci, da hasala, da fushi, da husuma, da zagi,” in ji Bulus. Waɗannan abubuwan suna ɓata ikon yin aiki a matsayin jikin Kristi. Ikon canji na Ruhu zai ba mu damar barin baƙin ciki da fushi don mu yi alheri da gafara.

Laraba: “Ku Kawo Mu,” Matta 9:38, Luka 4:18-19: Wanda yake marmarin ya taɓa mu, ya koya mana, ya canza mu, yana marmarin kai mu zuwa duk inda akwai mutane masu tsoro, ko kaɗai, ko fushi, ko masu shaye-shaye, watsi. An kira mu mu yi bishara ga matalauta, mu yi shelar ‘yantuwa ga waɗanda aka kama, da ganin makafi, mu ƙyale waɗanda ake zalunta, mu yi shelar shekarar tagomashin Ubangiji. Dole ne mu tafi a matsayin masu kulawa da masu aikin agaji waɗanda kuma masu almajirantarwa ne! Lokacin da waɗanda suka ji tsoro da kuma kamu da kuma watsi da suka zama 'yanci a cikin Yesu za su zama 'yanci lalle ne!

Bob Krouse, mai gudanarwa
2013 taron shekara-shekara

KAMATA

8) Brother Village ya sanar da John N. Snader a matsayin shugaban kasa kuma Shugaba.

Hukumar gudanarwar kungiyar ‘yan’uwa masu ritaya a garin Lancaster, Pa., ta sanar da nadin John N. Snader a matsayin sabon shugaban al’ummar, wanda zai fara aiki daga ranar 19 ga watan Nuwamba. 1977.

Snader a halin yanzu babban mataimakin shugaban kasa ne don Kwarewar Abokin Ciniki a Ephrata (Pa.) Asibitin Al'umma, alhakin tsarawa da jagorantar tsarin ƙungiyar don samar da inganci mai inganci, kulawar taɓawa wanda ke haɗuwa da motsin rai tare da marasa lafiya da danginsu kuma yana haifar da ci gaba da aminci wanda zai haɓaka. kasuwar asibitin.

“An karrama ni da kuma kaskantar da kai da aka zabe ni a matsayin shugaban ‘yan uwa. Ina fatan yin hidima ga mazauna, ma'aikata, da kuma babbar al'umma na masu goyon bayan ƙauyen Brethren yayin da yake ci gaba da cika manufarsa, hangen nesa, da dabi'unsa," in ji Snader. Nadin na Snader ya yi daidai da tsarin dabarun mika mulki da hukumar gudanarwar ta dauka a farkon wannan shekarar.

Snader ƙwararren mai aikin sa kai ne na al'umma kuma a halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin shugaban Hukumar Amintattun Gidauniyar Lafiya ta Lancaster Osteopathic da kuma memba na hukumar 'yan uwa. Ya kammala karatunsa na Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) tare da digiri a Kimiyyar Siyasa kuma ya sami MBA a Jami'ar Saint Joseph's da ke Philadelphia. Shi ɗan'uwa ne na Kwalejin Gudanar da Kiwon Lafiya ta Amurka kuma ɗan'uwa na Kwalejin Likitoci na Philadelphia. Shi malami ne mai koyarwa a cikin shirin gudanar da harkokin kiwon lafiya na Jami'ar Saint Joseph kuma ya kasance malami a Jami'ar Pennsylvania, Jami'ar Saint Joseph, da Jami'ar Jihar Penn a duka karatun digiri da na biyu.

Yana zaune a Ephrata kuma memba ne na Cocin Lancaster of the Brothers.

A wani alƙawari, David Rayha, NHA, zai shiga ƙauyen 'yan'uwa a ranar 17 ga Oktoba a matsayin mataimakin shugaban ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya kuma zai kasance da alhakin kula da ƙwararrun kulawa, kulawa na sirri, kula da gida, da ayyukan gyarawa. A halin yanzu shi ne babban darektan Bellingham Retirement Community a West Chester, Pa. Yana da digiri na farko daga York College of Pennsylvania da kuma digiri na biyu a Public Administration tare da maida hankali a Heath Care Management daga Pennsylvania State University. Yana zaune a Willow Street, Pa.

Ƙauyen Ƙauyen Ƙauyen Ci gaba ne na Kula da Retirement Community wanda ke ba da kulawa ga mazauna shekaru 62 da haihuwa. A matsayin kamfani mai zaman kansa, ƙauyen yana ba da ayyuka da abubuwan more rayuwa a cikin yankuna uku na rayuwa waɗanda suka haɗa da zama na zama, kulawa na sirri, da ƙwararrun kulawar jinya. Ci gaba da kusanci da Cocin Brothers's Atlantic Northeast District, ƙauyen yana da mambobi tare da LeadingAge, LeadingAgePA, Fellowship of Brothers Homes, da Ƙungiyar Masu Ba da Anabaptist. Ƙauyen 'yan'uwa kuma yana kula da alaƙa da Brethren Services Inc. da Brethren Service II Inc., wanda aka haɗa a cikin 1984 da 2004 bi da bi, don manufar samar da gidaje masu araha ga tsofaffi da/ko nakasassu a ƙarƙashin Sashe na 202 na Dokar Gidajen Ƙasa.

- Tara Marie Ober manajan hulda da jama'a ne a unguwar Retirement Village na Brotherhood.

9) James Skelly mai suna darektan wucin gadi na Cibiyar Baker a Kwalejin Juniata.

James Skelly, wanda ya dade yana aiki a Cibiyar Baker ta Kwalejin Juniata don Nazarin Zaman Lafiya da Rikici, an nada shi darektan wucin gadi na cibiyar na tsawon shekaru biyu, wanda zai fara aiki nan da nan. Kolejin Juniata Coci ne na makarantar da ke da alaƙa a Huntingdon, Pa.

Skelly ya karbi mukamin daga Richard Mahoney, wanda ya jagoranci Cibiyar Baker daga 2008 zuwa 2012. Mahoney ya bar Juniata ya zama darektan Makarantar Jama'a da Harkokin Kasa da Kasa a Jami'ar Jihar North Carolina a Winston-Salem.

Skelly yana da alaƙa da shirin nazarin zaman lafiya na Juniata fiye da shekaru goma. A tsawon shekaru, a lokuta daban-daban ya shafe shekara guda ko semester a zama a kwalejin don koyar da kwasa-kwasan ko kuma ya dawo ya yi magana kan batutuwa daban-daban da suka shafi zaman lafiya.

"Cibiyoyin zaman lafiya kamar Cibiyar Baker, da kuma nazarin zaman lafiya da yawa, ba a jin dadi ba, ayyukan utopian, ko da yake wasu lokuta ana cewa su kasance haka, musamman ma wadanda suka dauki kansu 'masu gaskiya," in ji Skelly. "Maimakon haka, aikinmu ne a Cibiyar Baker da Kwalejin Juniata don tabbatar da cewa mun inganta gaskiyar da ba wai kawai yin la'akari da duniyar da muke rayuwa a cikinta ba, amma mafi mahimmanci, duniyar da muke so mu zauna a ciki kuma za mu iya haifar da ita. himma da basira."

An bayyana shi a matsayin "Mai tsara Nazarin Zaman Lafiya" ta masanin kisan kiyashi Robert Jay Lifton a cikin tarihin Lifton "Shaida ga Ƙarni Mai Girma," Skelly kuma memba ne na baiwa a Cibiyar Nazarin zamantakewa da Turai a Koszeg, Hungary, da kuma wani bincike na TAMOP. Aboki a Jami'ar Pazmany Peter Katholik a Hungary.

Yunkurinsa na neman zaman lafiya da jajircewarsa kan nazarin zaman lafiya ya samo asali ne tun a shekarun 1970, lokacin da a matsayinsa na hafsan sojan Amurka, ya shigar da kara a kan sakataren tsaro na lokacin Melvin Laird saboda ya ki yin aiki a Vietnam. Shari’ar ta taimaka wajen sake fayyace ka’idojin wadanda suka ki saboda imaninsu.

Tun lokacin da ya kammala digirinsa na uku a Jami'ar California, San Diego, ya koyar da koyarwa a cibiyoyi a Turai, Amurka, China, Japan, da Rasha. Ya wallafa labarai game da batutuwan yaki da zaman lafiya, da kuma nazarin kasashen waje da zama dan kasa a duniya a cikin irin waɗannan mujallolin masu sana'a kamar "Malamai na kasa da kasa," "Zauren kwance damarar," "Bita na zaman lafiya," da "Littafin Ayyuka da Bincike a Nazarin Ƙasashen waje: Babban Ilimi da Neman zama ɗan ƙasa na Duniya."

A cikin 1984 ya shiga jami'a a UC San Diego a matsayin mataimakin darektan Cibiyar Jami'ar kan Rikicin Duniya da Haɗin kai, inda ya yi aiki tare da Ambasada Herbert York, sanannen mai ba da shawara kan sarrafa makaman nukiliya na ƙasa, kuma ya taimaka ƙirƙirar shirin haɗin gwiwa na digiri da kuma nazarin zaman lafiya. shirin kasashen waje tare da Jami'ar Mejii Gakuin a Japan. Ya kasance wanda ya kirkiro da kungiyar Interungiyar Amincin Zaman Lafiya a 1987 da Shugaban Sashe na kungiyar Sentalungiyar Social Tushen Lafiya ta Amurka kan zaman lafiya da yaƙi 1987-88. Daga 1989-90, ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin darektan Cibiyar Yaki, Zaman Lafiya, da Kafofin Labarai na Jami'ar New York, kuma daga baya ya zama mataimakin darektan Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Irish a Jami'ar Limerick. A cikin 1995, ya haɗu da haɗin gwiwar Jami'ar Zaman Lafiya ta Turai-Spain, yanzu wani ɓangare na Jami'ar Jaume I a Castellon de la Plana.

- John Wall darektan huldar yada labarai ne na Kwalejin Juniata.

Abubuwa masu yawa

10) Webinar yana haskaka al'ajabi da tunani don ciyar da ruhu.

“Abin Mamakin Duka: Yin Amfani da Abin Al’ajabi da Tunani Don Ciyar da Ruhu” shine taken rukunin yanar gizo mai kashi biyu da aka gabatar a matsayin haɗin gwiwar ma’aikatun rayuwa na Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa da kuma Kwalejin ’Yan’uwa don Shugabancin Hidima. Wannan taron kan layi kyauta an yi niyya ne don fastoci da sauran membobin coci masu sha'awar, kuma ba a buƙatar riga-kafin rajista.

"Ta yaya za mu yi tunanin zama cikin mamakin duniya gaba ɗaya kuma muna gida a cikinta?" In ji gayyata daga Stan Dueck, darektan Ayyukan Canji. "Ma'anar abin al'ajabi yana riƙe waɗannan jihohi biyu a cikin tashin hankali mai ƙirƙira wanda ke ciyar da rayuwarmu ta ruhaniya tare da godiya da ban tsoro."

Mai magana shine Anabel C. Proffitt, mataimakin farfesa na ma'aikatun ilimi a Lancaster (Pa.) Seminary tauhidi. Wata minista da aka naɗa a Cocin United Church of Christ, ita ce marubuciyar talifi da yawa game da ilimin addini kuma tana kammala wani littafi mai suna “Sense of Wonder: Pathos and Play in Religious Education.”

Dates da sau:
— Zama na farko akan “Mene ne Abin Mamaki? A ina kuma Ta yaya Muka Samu?” zai kasance Oktoba 8, 10:30-11:30 na safe lokacin Pacific (1:30-2:30 na yamma gabas); maimaita ranar 11 ga Oktoba, 5-6 na yamma Pacific (8-9 pm gabas).

— Zama na biyu akan “Koma Tunanin Addini a Rayuwa da Hidima” shi ne Oktoba 29, 10:30-11:30 na safe (1:30-2:30 na yamma gabas); maimaita ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 5-6 na yamma Pacific (8-9 pm gabas).

Hanyar haɗi zuwa webinar a www.brethren.org/webcasts . Ministoci na iya karɓar rukunin ci gaba na ilimi 0.1 don zama kai tsaye kawai. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi 800-323-8039 ext. 343 ko sdueck@brethren.org .

11) ENGAGE zai maraba da ɗalibai masu zuwa zuwa Seminary na Bethany.

A ranar Jumma'a, Nuwamba 2, Bethany Theological Seminary za ta maraba da dalibai masu zuwa zuwa ENGAGE, gabatarwa ga shirye-shiryen makarantar hauza da rayuwar al'umma. Tracy Stoddart Primozich, darektan shiga shiga, abubuwan da ke faruwa a ranar suna faruwa a harabar makarantar hauza a Richmond, Ind., kuma sun haɗa da dama da dama ga baƙi don yin hulɗa tare da ɗalibai na yanzu, malamai, da ma'aikata.

"Dalibai a koyaushe suna yin la'akari da cewa ziyartar makarantu masu zuwa yayin tsarin fahimtarsu wani muhimmin bangare ne na shawararsu ta zuwa Bethany," in ji Primozich. "Ranar ziyarar mu ta ENGAGE tana ba duk wanda ke tunanin makarantar hauza damar sanin ko wanene mu da kuma abin da muke bayarwa wajen binciken binciken tiyoloji."

Babban mahimman bayanai za su haɗa da zaɓuɓɓukan zaman aji iri-iri, ba da damar mahalarta su sami cikakkiyar ƙwarewar ba da kwasa-kwasan makarantar hauza, membobin malamai, da salon koyarwa:

Tara Hornbacker, Farfesa na Ƙirƙirar Ma'aikatar: "Hanyar Hannu a matsayin Horarwar Ruhaniya"
Gano yadda hankali zai iya zama al'adar rayuwa, na kai da kuma na sana'a.

Dan Poole, kodineta na Samar da Ma'aikatar: "Binciken Golden Triangle na Ma'aikatar"
Wannan zaman yana duba gaskiyar cewa ma'aikatar ta dogara ne akan TBD (Alamar: ba ta tsaya ga "za'a ƙayyade") ba. Ku zo ku binciko fahimtar daidaitaccen tsarin rayuwa da hidima.

Ken Rogers, Farfesa na Nazarin Tarihi: "Martin Luther da farkon Furotesta"

Denise Kettering, mataimakin farfesa na Nazarin 'Yan'uwa: "Sufidu, Uwaye, da Shahidai: Mata a cikin Gyara"
Shin gyara ya taimaka mata ko a'a? Za mu bincika ayyuka daban-daban waɗanda mata suka ba su kuma suka ɗauka a lokacin gyarawa.

Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, farfesa na Wa'azi da Ibada: "Madalla, Bauta Mai Wasa"
Ibada tana kiran mafi kyawun tattaunawar tauhidi da basirar wasa. Ku zo gano wasu hanyoyi masu tunani da wasa na ƙirƙirar ayyukan ibada masu ma'ana ga dukan mutanen Allah!

Malinda Berry, malami na Nazarin Tauhidi: “Ya Ya Kamata Mu Yi Rayuwa? Tunanin Tauhidi akan Rayuwar Kirista”
Sau da yawa muna tunanin zama Kirista a matsayin gaskata wasu abubuwa, amma kuma mun san cewa zama Kirista yana da alaƙa da yadda muke rayuwa. A cikin wannan zaman, za mu hada shi duka.

Baƙi na ɗalibi kuma za su karɓi bayanai game da shiga da taimakon kuɗi, ɗaukar rangadin harabar, da shiga cikin ibada. Don ƙarin bayani ko yin rajista, ziyarci gidan yanar gizon Bethany a www.bethanyseminary.edu/visit/engage .

- Jenny Williams darektan sadarwa da tsofaffin ɗalibai / ae dangantakar Bethany Seminary.

12) Yan'uwa yan'uwa.

An yi bikin cika shekaru 40 na hidimar sa kai na 'yan'uwa a Arewacin Ireland a ranar 15 ga Satumba lokacin da gungun ma'aikatan BVS na yanzu da masu sa kai na baya suka taru don cin abincin rana. Jami'in BVS Turai Kristin Flory ya kasance a Belfast don taron. A cikin bayaninta game da bikin, ta tuna da kalaman da Rev. Harold Good ya yi a wurin taron cika shekaru 30: “Lokacin da aka rubuta cikakken labarin dukan waɗannan shekarun a Ireland ta Arewa, abin baƙin ciki ba za a rubuta ko ambaton ku ba—ba BVS ko kuma ba. ku daidaiku. Yi hakuri da hakan. Amma mafi mahimmanci, ta hanyoyin da ba za a taɓa aunawa ba, shine kun ba da babbar gudummawa ga rayuwar mutane da yawa a nan da kuma yanayinmu gaba ɗaya. Ta zuwanka nan ka ƙarfafa mu, ta wajen taimaka mana mu gane cewa mu ɓangare ne na babban iyali na duniya waɗanda ke damuwa da zaman lafiya, adalci, da mutane…. Yana da mahimmanci cewa ba mu kaɗai ba a cikin hakan. "

- Tunawa: Phill Carlos Archbold, 76, tsohon mai gudanarwa na Cocin of the Brothers Annual Conference kuma fitaccen Fasto a gundumar Atlantic Northeast District, ya mutu Oktoba 1 a Brethren Village a Lancaster, Pa. An sanya shi a asibiti a ranar 21 ga Satumba bayan an kwantar da shi a asibiti a gidansa. fama da ciwon daji. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na taron shekara-shekara na 2001 a Baltimore, Md. A 2002 ya yi ritaya daga hidimar fastoci na dogon lokaci a Brooklyn (NY) First Church of the Brothers, inda ya fara zama abokin fasto na Hispanic da ma'aikatun musamman kuma ya kasance ministan matasa. . Duk da haka, kwanan nan an sake kiran shi don ya yi hidimar coci a matsayin wucin gadi. Shekarunsa a Brooklyn na Farko ya taimaka wa ikilisiyar da take hidima a hidima ga tsofaffi a cikin ikilisiya, da kuma matalauta da mabukata a unguwar da ya yi hidima ta musamman na ziyara da kuma kula da marasa gida, masu amfani da kwayoyi, musamman masu fama da cututtuka masu alaka da HIV da AIDS. Ayyukansa na gundumomi da ɗarika sun haɗa da haɗin gwiwa tare da shirin ma'aikatar birane na tsohon Janar, da kuma hidima a kan hukumar kula da gundumar Atlantic Northeast da kuma sauran jagoranci a gundumar inda ya kasance sanannen mai magana. Ya kuma kasance limamin coci na shekaru da yawa a Bailey House, cibiyar kula da masu fama da cutar AIDS. Archbold ya girma a Colón, Panama, kuma sa’ad da yake matashi ya yi aikin sa kai ga limamin cocin Fort Davis, sansanin sojan Amurka. Bayan ya zo Amurka, an tsara shi kuma ya tafi Vietnam a matsayin sakataren Janar Westmoreland. Sa’ad da yake kafa ɗakin sujada ga janar ɗin ne ya sadu da Earl Foster, wanda zai zama babban Fasto a Cocin Farko na ’Yan’uwa na Brooklyn. Aikin ƙwararrun Archbold kuma ya haɗa da gudanarwar asibiti. A cikin 1990, yana da shekaru 54, an nada shi jagoran matasa na shekara ta mujallar "Group". A wata hira da “Group” ya gaya wa mujallar cewa ya yi shekara takwas a matsayin mai hidima na matasa a Brooklyn First kafin ya shiga hidimar fastoci a matsayin ma’aikaci na cikakken lokaci. Bayanin da ya yi game da barin aikin da ake samun kuɗi mai yawa na hidimar matasa: “Na sami kuɗi da yawa a matsayina na mai kula da asibiti…. Yanzu komai ya ragu. Amma farin cikin ya fi yawa. Ina ganin ana canza rayuwa." Za a gudanar da taron tunawa a Lititz (Pa.) Church of the Brothers a ranar Oktoba 28, da karfe 4 na yamma ana gayyatar baƙi zuwa liyafar nan da nan. Ana karɓar gudummawar abubuwan tunawa ga Cocin Farko na ’Yan’uwa na Brooklyn, Asusun Samari mai Kyau na Ƙauyen, ko ƙungiyar AIDS na zaɓin mai bayarwa. Don kallon gidan yanar gizon sabis kowane lokaci bayan Oktoba 29, ziyarci www.spencefuneralservices.com .

— Mandy Garcia an kara masa girma zuwa mataimakiyar darakta na Donor Communications for the Church of the Brother. A cikin wannan sabon matsayi da aka kirkiro za ta ba da rahoto ga John Hipps, darektan hulda da masu ba da tallafi, kuma za ta yi aiki daga ofishin Babban Sakatare. Kwanan nan ta kasance mai gudanarwa na Gayyatar Donor, matsayi a cikin ma'aikatan sadarwa. Ta fara a matsayin ɓangare na ƙungiyar Kulawa da Masu Ba da Tallafi a cikin Yuli na 2010.

— Camp Bethel kusa da Fincastle, Va., yana neman mai ba da sabis na baƙo don cike ma'aikacin cikakken albashi wanda zai fara Jan. 2, 2013. Sansanin yana neman abin dogaro, ma'aikaci mai kulawa tare da kyakkyawar haɗin kai, ƙungiya, da ƙwarewar jagoranci. Kwarewa a ma'aikatar sansani/ ja da baya ko baƙon baƙi an fi so da/ko gogewa mai alaƙa. Kwarewa a gudanar da ofis ƙari ne, tare da ƙwarewar kwamfuta tare da ƙwarewa tare da MS Office Suite 2007 ko sama da haka dole ne. Ana samun aikace-aikace, cikakken bayanin matsayi, da ƙarin bayani a www.campbethelvirginia.org .

- Coci World Service (CWS) yana neman ƙwararren mai ba da amsa gaggawa ga jihohin Midwest da filayen fili (wurin aiki da zama a Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, ko North Dakota ). Kwararren mai ba da agajin gaggawa shine muhimmin sashin aiki na tsakiya na Shirin Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na CWS a Amurka kuma yana ƙarfafa aikin haɗin gwiwa ta mutanen da ke da imani a cikin cikakkiyar kulawa da bala'o'i da suka haifar da bala'o'i da ɗan adam ciki har da shirye-shirye, amsawa, farfadowa, rage rauni ta hanyar horo, jagoranci, gina ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙungiyoyi na jagorancin al'umma na gida. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Oktoba 24. Don cikakkun bayanai je zuwa www.churchworldservice.org/site/PageServer?pagename=employment_241 .

- Zaman Lafiya A Duniya ta aika da sake fasalin Ranar Aminci ta 2012 a cikin wasiƙar imel ɗin ta na baya-bayan nan. Ranar Aminci wani shiri ne na gayyatar ikilisiyoyin da al'ummomi don kiyaye ranar Addu'ar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya a ko kusa da Satumba 21. Sama da ikilisiyoyin 170 da kungiyoyin al'umma a kasashe 15 da jihohin Amurka 26 sun yi hadin gwiwa tare da Amincin Duniya don shirya bukukuwan addu'o'i a wannan shekara. yakin neman zaben kungiyar karo na shida. "Ayyukan da aka gano a cikin gida na takamaiman abubuwan da suka faru sun haɗa da fuskoki da yawa na tashin hankali: tashin hankali na bindiga, cin zarafi, tashin hankali na gida, yaki, da ƙiyayya bisa ga imanin addini, da sauransu," in ji sake fasalin, wanda ya haɗa da cikakkun bayanai game da wasu abubuwan da suka faru a Sharpsburg, Md. .; Auburn, Ind.; da Indiya. Nemo cikakken bayanin ranar zaman lafiya a cikin fitowar kwanan nan na "Mai gina zaman lafiya" a http://conta.cc/O2BudO .

- Taron shugabannin daga Coci na 'yan'uwa, Bethany Seminary, da 'yan'uwa kolejoji da jami'o'i sun fara a yau a General Offices a Elgin, rashin lafiya. Hosting taron ne Ma'aikatar Shawarwari Council-wani rukuni na denominational da Seminary ma'aikatan da kuma gundumomi - wanda ya ya gayyaci wakilin kowace makaranta don halarta. Har ila yau, an gayyato shugabannin hukumomin taron shekara-shekara: babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger, shugaban makarantar Bethany Ruthann Knechel Johansen, shugaban Brethren Benefit Trust Nevin Dulabaum, da kuma On Earth Peace Executive Bill Scheurer. Wakilin kwalejojin zai zama shugaban Thomas Kepple na Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa.; Robert Andersen, W. Harold Row Farfesa na Nazarin Ƙasashen Duniya a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.); Greg Dewey, provost na Kwalejin Arts da Kimiyya a Jami'ar La Verne, Calif.; Kent Eaton, mataimakin shugaban kula da Ilimi a Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.); Dave McFadden, mataimakin shugaban zartarwa kuma shugaban Kwalejin Pharmacy a Jami'ar Manchester, wanda ke da babban ɗakin karatunsa a N. Manchester, Ind.; da Susan Traverso, provost kuma babban mataimakin shugaban kasa a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.). A cikin wata wasika zuwa ga mahalarta, Johansen da Noffsinger sun lura cewa shekaru 30 kenan tun lokacin da malamai da shugabannin darika suka hadu don tattauna dangantakar da ke tsakanin bangaskiya da ilmantarwa kamar yadda aka samu a kolejoji na Brothers.

- Bikin cika shekaru 40 An yi bikin Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa a Arewacin Ireland a ranar 15 ga Satumba lokacin da ƙungiyar ma'aikatan BVS na yanzu da masu sa kai na baya suka taru don cin abinci. Jami'in BVS Turai Kristin Flory ya kasance a Belfast don taron. A cikin bayaninta game da bikin, ta tuna da kalaman da Rev. Harold Good ya yi a wurin taron cika shekaru 30: “Lokacin da aka rubuta cikakken labarin dukan waɗannan shekarun a Ireland ta Arewa, abin baƙin ciki ba za a rubuta ko ambaton ku ba—ba BVS ko kuma ba. ku daidaiku. Yi hakuri da hakan. Amma mafi mahimmanci, ta hanyoyin da ba za a taɓa aunawa ba, shine kun ba da babbar gudummawa ga rayuwar mutane da yawa a nan da kuma halin da muke ciki. Ta zuwanka nan ka ƙarfafa mu, ta wajen taimaka mana mu gane cewa mu ɓangare ne na babban iyali na duniya waɗanda ke damuwa da zaman lafiya, adalci, da mutane…. Yana da mahimmanci cewa ba mu kaɗai ba a cikin hakan. "

- Ana ba da ministocin coci Ci gaba da rukunin ilimi (CEUs) don halartar Ofishin Jakadancin Alive a ranar 16-18 ga Nuwamba a Lititz (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Ministocin da suka halarci cikakken taron na iya karɓar 1.0 CEUs. Wadanda ke halartar abubuwan da suka faru a ranar Juma'a kawai za su iya samun 0.4 CEUs kuma dole ne su halarci duka zaman juma'a. Halartar zaman taro uku na ranar Asabar da aƙalla taron bita uku yana ba da 0.6 CEUs. Don karɓar CEUs, nuna sha'awar kan fom ɗin rajista; kudin shine $10 ga kowane mutum. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/missionalive2012 don yin rajistar kan layi.

- Kisan kashe dalibai Jami'ar Polytechnic ta faru a birnin Mubi, Nigeria - babban birni mafi kusa da hedkwatar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Tuni dai birnin ya kasance cikin dokar ta-baci da kuma binciken gida-gida da jami'an tsaron Najeriya suka yi bayan hare-haren da wata kungiyar masu kishin Islama da ake kira Boko Haram ta kai kan hasumiya na sadarwa. Sai dai jami'ai da rahotannin kafafen yada labarai ba su alakanta rikicin da Boko Haram amma sun ce kungiyoyin dalibai ne ke da alhakin kai harin. Kisan dai ya biyo bayan zaben kungiyar dalibai ne da ake ta takaddama a kai. “Wasu shaidun gani da ido (dalibi) sun ce an kashe dalibai sama da 35,” in ji wani shugaban EYN ta imel. Ya ce tun bayan kashe-kashen ne shugabannin jami’ar suka umurci daliban da su fice daga cikin harabar jami’ar sannan daruruwan mutane ke barin garin. An bar wasu ɗaliban “ba su da abinci kuma babu wurin kwana domin babu isassun motocin da za su kai su garinsu kuma babu abin hawa daga iyayensu,” shugaban EYN ya rubuta, ya ƙara da cewa shi da kansa yana taimaka wa ɗaliban Mennonite biyu su dawo gida. Sakon sa na imel ya sanya shakku kan bayanin a hukumance kan tashin hankalin, inda ya bayyana cewa an kuma kashe dalibai a birnin Maiduguri a wurare biyu da ke da alaka da jami'ar a can. E-mail dinsa ya ƙare da, "Godiya da yawa don addu'o'in ku."

- Mt. Vernon Church of the Brother a Waynesboro, Va., bikin 146 shekaru (1866-2012) tare da Gida a ranar Lahadi, Oktoba 7. An shirya sabis na musamman na 11 na safe tare da Garold Senger a matsayin bako mai magana, gurasa da kofi na tarayya, sadaukarwa na kwanan nan da aka gyara kitchen da zumunci. hall, da abincin zumunci. Ikilisiya tana maraba ga waɗanda suka halarta ko suka ziyarta a Dutsen Vernon a dā.

- A ranar 7 ga Oktoba, Saka idanu Church of Brothers a McPherson, Kan., Yana gudanar da bikin cika shekaru 125.

- 'Yan wasan karshe na Oscars Energy na 2012 Ƙarfin Ƙarfafa Addini da Haske na California ya haɗa da Ikklisiya na ikilisiyoyi biyu: La Verne da Modesto. Taron bayar da kyaututtuka zai zama maraice na Nuwamba 13 a Grace Cathedral a San Francisco. Yana girmama majami'u tare da nasarori masu ban mamaki a aikin kula da makamashi, ilimi, da bayar da shawarwari don yanayi mai aminci. Cocin La Verne na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan takara uku don "Ingantacciyar Makamashi." Ikilisiyar Modesto tana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka yi nasara huɗu a rukunin “Green Gine-gine”. Don ƙarin bayani jeka http://interfaithpower.org/2012/07/save-the-date-2012-energy-oscars-november-13 .

- Wolfgamuth Church of the Brothers yana ba da “karɓi” ga New Hope Ministries, wurin ajiyar abinci na gida a Dillsburg, Pa. A ranar 26 ga Agusta, ikilisiya da al’ummar Dillsburg sun zarce abin da ake tsammani ta hanyar cika ba ɗaya kaɗai ba, amma manyan motoci biyu masu ɗauke da fiye da 1,060. fam na abinci da abubuwan da ba su lalacewa ga New Hope Ministries, in ji wani sako daga cocin. Jimlar adadin fam ya yi daidai da $1,759.60 darajar kayayyaki. Hange na ikilisiya don hidimar zamantakewa da ta kai ga matalauta da karye cikin sunan Yesu Kristi shine ya jagoranci Ƙungiyar Hidimar Jagorancin Bauta, wanda Dallas Lehman ke jagoranta, don shirya tuƙin abinci na musamman.

- New Fairview Church of the Brothers a York, Pa., yana ba da liyafar Faɗuwa don Ma'aikatar Tsayawar Motar Carlisle a ranar Oktoba 6. An fara gwanjon shiru da ƙarfe 4 na yamma Ana ba da cikakken abinci a 5:30 na yamma Taron yana nuna sabuntawa daga Chaplain Dan da nishaɗi ta Saita Kyauta.

- Panther Creek Church of the Brothers a Adel, Iowa, yana gudanar da bukin soyayya na tsakiyar Iowa na shekara na biyar a ranar tarayya ta duniya Lahadi, Oktoba 7, da karfe 5 na yamma fastoci da membobin ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa a tsakiyar Iowa za su raba jagoranci. “Ana maraba dukan ’yan’uwa maza da mata na Kristi su zo su sa hannu,” in ji sanarwar daga Gundumar Plains ta Arewa. Tuntuɓi 515-993-4096.

- York (Pa.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa ya sanar da baƙo na musamman a ranar 14 ga Oktoba: Elizabethtown (Pa.) Shugaban Kwalejin Carl J. Striwerda zai yi magana don hidimar ibada da safiyar Lahadi.

- Ni'ima na kwatsam ga rukunin faɗuwar rana Sabis na Sa-kai na Yan'uwa ya faru a lokacin ibadar safiyar Lahadi a Manassas (Va.) Church of the Brothers a makon da ya gabata, lokacin da ƙungiyar daidaitawa ta BVS ta yi ibada tare da ikilisiya. Wani wasiƙar imel daga Manassas ya lura da ƙwarewar Lahadi ta musamman tare da wannan sharhi: “Lokacin da kuka rasa ranar Lahadi a Manassas, kuna rasa ranar Lahadi a Manassas…. Sautin Jamusanci. Albarkar ikilisiya ba zato ba tsammani ga ’yan’uwa 27 Ma’aikatan Hidima na Sa-kai. Babban waƙa. Kudan zuma, kudan zuma, da sauran kudan zuma. Latas kyauta."

- Fasto Ken Oren na Pitsburg Church of the Brothers a Arcanum, Ohio, yana daya daga cikin ministocin da ke halartar wani dogon karshen mako na Kairos a Cibiyar Gyaran Warren County a karshen mako na farko na Nuwamba. Yana samun horo na makonni takwas, da yamma ɗaya a mako, don yin shiri don hidima. Jama'a na halarta ta hanyar yin addu'a don taron, da yin kukis na musamman da wuraren zama don aikawa da fursunoni. "Daga abin da na gani a baya, zan iya gaya muku cewa wannan motsi ne na Allah," Oren ya rubuta a cikin wasiƙar wasiƙar coci "A cikin kwanaki huɗu tare, muna ganin rayuwa ta canza." Wasikar ta ƙunshi hanyar haɗi zuwa ga addu'ar kan layi don Kairos: www.3dayol.org/Vigil/GetVigil.phtml?pvid=7447&commid=1551 .

- Blue Ridge Chapel Church of the Brothers, Waynesboro, Va., yana karbar bakuncin Pull-for-a-Cause a ranar 6 ga Oktoba daga karfe 10 na safe Jaridar Shenandoah ta ruwaito cewa kudaden da aka samu sun amfana da dangin Gibson, wanda dan su Dustyn ya mutu a wannan makon a wata gobara da ta lalata gidansu. Taron ya ƙunshi Mary Jacobson, 58, wanda aka sani da "Mace Mafi ƙarfi a Duniya." "Mamba mai aiki a Blue Ridge Chapel, za ta nuna wannan ƙarfin ta hanyar jawo motar kashe gobara mai nauyin kilo 47,000," in ji sanarwar. Hakanan za a sami dama ga kowane shekaru don yin gasa a gasa mai ƙarfi. Don ƙarin bayani kira 540-949-6915.

- Somerset (Pa.) Church of the Brothers shi ne makasudin sata ta kwanan nan a cewar "Tribune Democrat." A karkashin taken, "'Yan fashin sun kulle kansu, suna barin katin kiredit a wurin," jaridar ta ruwaito cewa barayi biyu "an yi zargin sun yi amfani da wata mashaya don tilasta musu shiga Cocin Somerset na 'Yan'uwa…. Sun shiga wani ma'ajiyar ajiya suka sace katin kiredit amma sai suka kulle kansu cikin ofishin cocin da gangan." Nemo cikakken rahoton a http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x403302079/Burglars-locked-in-church-left-credit-card-police-say .

- Wasanni biyar kyauta na Ted & Company show, "Mene ne Mai ban dariya Game da Kudi?" Ma'aikatar Kyakkyawan Aikin Ma'aikatar Arewacin Indiana da Kudancin/Tsakiya Indiana ke daukar nauyin, tare da tallafi daga Asusun Tallafawa Lilly. Ayyuka sune: Oktoba 12, 7 na yamma, a Makarantar Midil ta Indiya Springs a Birnin Columbia, Ind.; Oktoba 13, 7 na yamma a Anderson (Ind.) Church of the Brother; Oktoba 14, 3 na yamma, a Camp Mack a Milford, Ind.; Oktoba 20, 7 na yamma a Osceola (Ind.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa; da Oktoba 21, 3 na yamma a Manchester Church of the Brothers a N. Manchester, Ind. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Gundumar Kudu/Central Indiana a 260-982-8805.

- Taron Farfadowar Jama'a ake kira "Transformed!" za a gudanar da Gundumar Plains ta Arewa a ranar Oktoba 12-13 a Camp Pine Lake. Wadanda ke jagorantar taron sune Stan Dueck, darektan Canjin Ayyuka, da Donna Kline, darektan Ma'aikatar Deacon. An yi niyya ne don fastoci, shugabannin ikilisiya, diakoni, da duk waɗanda suke neman kawo sabuwar rayuwa ga ikilisiyoyinsu. Taimako na son rai zai taimaka wajen biyan kuɗi. Tuntuɓi ministan zartarwa Tim Button-Harrison a 641-485-5604 ko nplainscob@gmail.com .

- "Ajiye kwanan wata!" Oktoba 13 shine bikin cika shekaru 100 na liyafa Shekaru 100 na Ƙungiyar Taimakon Yara, ma'aikatar Kudancin Pennsylvania. An gudanar da shi a dakin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Valencia a York, Pa., maraice yana farawa da liyafar da ƙarfe 5 na yamma tare da shirin da zai fara da karfe 6 na yamma Taken shine "ƙarni na Kulawa, makoma ga yara."

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania, za a ba da horon Gudanar da Hatsari mai taken "Rahoton Cin zarafin Yara" a ranar 11 ga Oktoba daga 6-9 na yamma a cikin Dakin Gallery a Ƙauyen Cross Keys na Gidan 'Yan'uwa. Babu kuɗi kuma mahalarta zasu iya samun .3 ci gaba da rukunin ilimi.

- Oktoba 12-13 sune ranakun taron gundumomi uku a cikin Cocin 'Yan'uwa: Yankin Arewa maso Gabas na Atlantic zai hadu a Leffler Chapel a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.); Gundumar Mid-Atlantic ta hadu a Easton, Md.; da Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta Atlantika ta gudanar da taron gunduma na 128 a Sebring (Fla.) Cocin ’yan’uwa a kan jigo “Fanning the Flame” (Ayyukan Manzanni 2:1-4), tare da zartarwa na Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya Jonathan Shively a matsayin mai jawabi na farko.

- "Gro daga toka" shine sunan yakin Camp Mack don tara kudade don gina Becker Retreat Center a wurin tsohon Becker Lodge, a cewar wata sanarwa daga sansanin. Wuta ta yi hasarar gobara a watan Yulin 2010. Bayan da aka kammala Yuni 2011 na Cibiyar Maraba da John Kline don maye gurbin hidimar abinci da ayyukan ofis da aka daɗe a cikin ɗakin, Camp Mack yanzu yana buƙatar maye gurbin masauki da wuraren taro. Manufar yakin neman zabe shine $2,466,000 zuwa ga burin aikin na $3,766,000. A matsayin wani ɓangare na yaƙin neman zaɓe, Camp Mack yana ɗaukar liyafar tara kuɗi takwas a duk faɗin Indiana a ranar Asabar da yamma. Na farko shine Satumba 22 a Camp Mack. Abincin dare na ƙarshe kuma zai kasance a Camp Mack a ranar Dec. 9, da Richmond a ranar Dec. 30. Bayani game da kamfen da abincin dare, da damar ba da gudummawa, suna kan layi a www.cammpmack.org . Ana iya yin tanadi don abincin dare ta kiran Camp Mack a 574-658-4831.

- Bikin Ranar Gado Na 28th Brothers a Camp Bethel kusa da Fincastle, Va., Oktoba 6 daga 7:30 na safe zuwa 2:30 na yamma – ruwan sama ko haske, bisa ga wasiƙar sansani. “Ranar Al’adunmu ta 2012 za ta sami abinci iri ɗaya da nishaɗi kamar yadda aka saba PLUS wasu sabbin abubuwa masu ban sha’awa da masu dawowa: Mutanen kirki na Cocin Cedar Bluff na ’Yan’uwa za su yi girkin alherin dafa abinci guda biyu na buɗaɗɗen tuffa na man shanu mai daɗi. Cocin Lakeside na 'yan'uwa zai ba da Bounce House ga yara da kuma yankin Heritage wanda ke nunawa da kuma nuna 'tsofaffin hanyoyi.' Majalisar Ministocin Yara na Virlina za ta samar da ayyukan sana'ar yara a cikin Gidan Sana'a. Alexander Mack da kansa (!) zai ziyarce mu kuma ya ba da gabatarwa biyu a Hillside Auditorium, "in ji sanarwar. Don ƙarin je zuwa www.campbethelvirginia.org/hday.htm .

- Bridgewater (Va.) Kwalejin na murna da zuwa gida a ranar Oktoba 5-7. Wani abu na musamman a lokacin karshen mako shine nuni na "Tsarin Tarihi: Gidan Kwalejin Bridgewater Ta Shekarar Shekara," tarin sabbin wake, kayan wasanni na tarihi, kayan wasan kwaikwayo na kayan gargajiya, da sauran tufafi daga baya, a cikin Baugher Room a cikin Alexander Mack Memorial Library. Sauran abubuwan da suka faru sun haɗa da: Gasar Golf na Tsofaffi da Abokai; the Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet–inda 'yan wasan kwaleji Amy Rafalski Hamilton '98, James Hulvey '73, Andrew Saboda haka' 75, da Davon Lewis '98 za a shigar da su a cikin Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon ƙafa; gudu / tafiya 5K; Bikin dawowar gida na iyali; rangadin kauyen Dutse; bude gida a Wright-Heritage Link; wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa na maza da na mata; Hotunan haduwa don azuzuwan 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, da 2012; da wasan kwallon kafa da Hampden-Sydney Tigers. A lokacin hutun rabin lokaci, za a gabatar da masu gabatar da kararraki da zobe sannan kuma za a nada Sarki da Sarauniya mai zuwa. Za a gabatar da wani wasan kwaikwayo na maraice ta Kwalejin Bridgewater Chorale da Jazz Ensemble. Don jadawalin je zuwa www.bridgewater.edu/files/alumni/homecoming-schedule.pdf .

- A cikin sabuntawa daga Ƙaddamarwar Springs a Sabunta Coci, kashi na biyu na babban fayil ɗin koyarwa na ruhaniya akan Ayyukan Manzanni wanda ke gudana daga tsakiyar Oktoba zuwa Zuwan yanzu yana samuwa a www.churchrenewalservant.org . Taken shi ne “Mutanen Allah da ke cikin Mishan” tare da yin bimbini da nassosi a kan tafiye-tafiyen wa’azi na Bulus, in ji shugaban Springs David Young. Tambayoyin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Vince Cable, fasto na Cocin Uniontown Church of the Brothers ne, kuma ɗaiɗaikun ko ƙananan rukunin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na iya amfani da su. Don karɓar ƙarin bayani game da shirin Springs Initiative don cocin gida, ko Cibiyar Springs don horar da fastoci da shugabannin coci, tuntuɓi Joan da David Young a davidyoung@churchrenewalservant.org .

- Sabon Aikin Al'umma ta bayar da rahoton bayar da tallafin dala 2012 na karshe na shekarar 4,000 ga Sudan ta Kudu don ilimantar da yara mata da kuma ci gaban mata. Wannan ya kawo jimlar tallafin da kungiyar ke bayarwa a Sudan ta Kudu zuwa kusan dala 35,000 duk shekara. Har ila yau, aikin ya sami tallafin dala 6,000 daga gidauniyar Royer Family Charitable Foundation don samar da ƙarin kayan tsafta ga 'yan matan makarantar Sudan a cikin shekara mai zuwa. A cikin rahoton nasa, darekta David Radcliff ya kuma nuna damuwarsa ga mace-mace sakamakon gobarar da ta tashi a wata masana'anta a Pakistan, wacce ta samu "kyakkyawan kimar tsaro ta wata kungiyar sa ido da kamfanonin ke samun kayayyakinsu daga wadannan masana'antu," ya rubuta. . "Wannan yana daya daga cikin dalilan da NCP ke aiki don ba mata damar zama masu hazaka a cikin tattalin arzikinsu - dabarun dinki, kayan aikin lambu, ilimi, lamuni - maimakon a kama su a cikin cin gajiyar yawanci idan ba tsarin tattalin arzikin kasa da kasa mai saurin kisa ba." Don ƙarin je zuwa www.newcommunityproject.org .

- Ajiye kwanan wata don Ranakun Sha'awar Ecumenical (EAD) 2013, in ji sanarwar kwanan nan daga Ma'aikatun Shaida da Zaman Lafiya da ke Washington, DC Taron EAD na shekara-shekara yana maraba da daruruwan Kiristoci zuwa babban birnin kasar don karshen mako na ilimi, ibada, da shawarwari. An shirya shi a shekara mai zuwa don Afrilu 5-8 a kan jigo, "A Tebur na Allah: Adalcin Abinci don Duniya Mai Lafiya." Mamba na ma'aikaci Nate Hosler, "Afrilu 5-8, 2013, zai kasance lokaci mai mahimmanci don tayar da muryoyin bangaskiya don tallafawa kawo karshen yunwa, inganta abinci mai gina jiki, samar da mafi adalci da tsarin abinci mai dorewa, da kare halittun Allah-da kuma bada shawara ga ' Amintaccen Kasafin Kudi na Tarayya.'” Koyi ƙarin a www.AdvocacyDays.org . Ana gayyatar ’yan’uwa don su sanar da ma’aikatan Shaidar Advocacy da Salama idan suna shirin halarta.

- A cikin 'yan tarurruka da Kwamitin tsakiya na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC).-Wakilin majami'u 349 membobi a fadin duniya ciki har da Cocin 'yan'uwa - an amince da maganganun kan batutuwan zamani da kuma shirye-shiryen da za su zo taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na WCC a shekara mai zuwa a Koriya ta Kudu. Bayanin ya mayar da martani kan kisan kiyashin da aka yi a ranar 16 ga watan Agusta a mahakar ma'adinan Marikana-Lonmin da ke kasar Afirka ta Kudu, sun jaddada aniyar hadin gwiwa da 'yan asalin kasar Ostireliya, inda suka yi kira ga tsohuwar Jamhuriyar Yugoslavia ta Macedonia da ta saki Archbishop na Orthodox na Serbia Jovan na Ochrid daga kurkuku; ya yi bayani kan matsalar tattalin arziki a Turai; ya yi kira da a sake rubuta sunan Faransa Polynesia (Maohi Nui) a cikin jerin ƙasashen Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da za a shirya don samun 'yancin kai; ya kwadaitar da Pakistan "ta dauki matakin gaggawa don hana sacewa, tilasta musulunta, da auren dole ga 'yan mata daga kananan kabilun addini"; ya yaba wa majami'u na Myanmar saboda yunƙurin samar da zaman lafiya; ya kuma yi kira ga dukkan bangarorin da su shiga tattaunawa domin kawo karshen tashin hankali a kasar Siriya. Kwamitin tsakiya ya ba da shawarar cewa a shirya jawabai ga babban taron kan batutuwa kamar haka: 'yancin addini da haƙƙin dukkan al'ummomin addini dangane da siyasantar da addini; zaman lafiya da sake haduwa a yankin Koriya; da kuma "Salama kawai." Kwamitin ya kuma tattauna wata sanarwa game da haɗin kai na Kirista, da kuma takarda kan aiki, da taron zai gabatar da shi domin tantancewa. Takardar manufa ita ce ta farko tun 1982 don ba da tabbaci na ecumenical na manufa, in ji sanarwar WCC. Nemo "Tare Zuwa Rayuwa: Aikin Hidima da Bishara a Canjin Filaye" a www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/2012pdfs/Mission_statement_approved_10_09_2012_final.pdf .

- Joyce da John Cassell, 'Yan'uwa a halin yanzu suna aiki a Isra'ila da Falasdinu tare da shirin haɗin gwiwa na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya, suna yin rubutun ra'ayin kanka a yanar gizo game da kwarewa. Nemo labarunsu da hotunansu a www.3monthsinpalestine.tumblr.com .