'Yan'uwa Bits ga Dec. 6, 2013

- Tunatarwa: Rolland Perry Smith, 72, tsohon ma'aikacin mishan da Cocin 'yan'uwa a Najeriya, ya mutu a ranar 9 ga watan Nuwamba bayan fama da cutar kansa. An haife shi Oktoba 15, 1941, zuwa Harvey da Margaret Cozad Smith a Newport, RI, kuma ya girma a Huntington, Ind. Ya sami digiri daga Kwalejin Manchester da Bethany Theological Seminary, kuma ya halarci Colgate-Rochester Divinity School. Ya yi hidimar 'yan agaji daga 1964-67, na farko a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Kasa da ke Bethesda, Md., sannan ya zama malamin lissafi a Kwalejin Malamai ta Waka da ke Biu, Najeriya. Bayan ya yi aure da Bonnie Throne a shekara ta 1968, sun yi aiki tare a matsayin malamai a Kwalejin Malamai ta Waka tare da shirin mishan na Church of the Brothers na tsawon shekaru uku. A cikin aikinsa na ƙwararru, ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin fasto a Indiana, kuma a matsayin malamin lissafi a Illinois. Iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Iowa a cikin 1987, inda Rolland ya koyar da lissafi, kimiyyar lissafi, da kuma Littafi Mai-Tsarki a Makarantar Mennonite ta Iowa har zuwa 1999, kuma bayan ya kammala aikin koyarwa a Jami'ar Iowa, ya yi aiki a matsayin fasto na shekaru tara, ya yi ritaya a 2010. Ya yi ritaya. tsohuwar matar Bonnie Smith ta tsira; yara Daniel (Kathryn) Smith-Derksen na Seattle, Wash.; Timothy (MJ) Smith, na Atlanta, Ga.; Rachel (Bruce) Shugabancin Garin Iowa; da Sarah Smith ta Boston Mass.; kuma ta jikoki.

- Hukumar da ke kula da coci-coci ta kasa ta zabi James E. Winkler a matsayin babban sakatare/shugaban hukumar NCC. Winkler yana aiki a matsayin babban sakatare na United Methodist General Board of Church and Society. Zai gaji Peg Birk, wanda ya rike mukamin babban sakatare na rikon kwarya na NCC tun watan Yulin 2012, bayan murabus din tsohon sakatare Michael Kinnamon a shekarar 2011. Ofishin babban sakatare/shugaban kasa shi ne kan gaba a matsayin ma’aikata a hukumar ta NCC. Winkler ya kasance mamba a Hukumar Shari'a da Shawarwari ta NCC, mamba a kwamitin gudanarwa na Campaign for Health Care Now, kuma mamba na kungiyoyi da dama da suka hada da Cibiyar Faith and Politics, Churches for the Middle East Peace. da kuma Afirka Action. Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban sakatare na Babban Kwamitin Ikilisiya da Jama'a, manufofin jama'a na duniya da kuma hukumar adalci ta zamantakewa na United Methodist Church, tun daga Nuwamba 2000.

- Camp Alexander Mack ya sanar da murabus din manajan ofishin Phyllis Leininger har zuwa karshen watan Disamba. Ta kasance tare da sansanin tsawon shekaru 25 "kuma ta kasance a zuciyar duk abin da ke kwatanta Camp Mack," in ji sanarwar. An gudanar da Gidan Bude Gidan Retireti a ranar 1 ga Disamba a sansanin, wanda ke kusa da Milford, Ind. Camp Mack ya kuma tattara abubuwan tunawa da hotuna na Leininger don bikin. Ana iya aikawa da katunan Leininger na kula da Camp Mack, Akwatin PO 158, Milford, IN 46542. Leininger ta bukaci duk wani kyauta a cikin girmamawarta a ba da izini ga Camp Mack don "Growing from the Ashes Campaign" don gina sabuwar Becker Retreat Center. .

- Cocin 'yan'uwa na neman mataimakin mai kula da sansanin aiki na 2015, don cike gurbin aikin sa kai wanda yake a Babban ofisoshi a Elgin, Mara lafiya Matsayin shine Sabis na Sa-kai na Yan'uwa (BVS) kuma ya haɗa da sabis a matsayin mai sa kai na BVS da kasancewa memba na Elgin Community House. Matsayin matsayi ne na gudanarwa da kuma aiki mai amfani tare da kashi uku na farko na shekara da aka yi amfani da shi don shirya wa matasa da matasa masu sana'a na rani aiki, da kuma lokacin rani da aka yi tafiya daga wuri zuwa wuri yana aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na sansanin ayyuka ga matasa da matasa. Ayyukan gudanarwa sun haɗa da zabar jigo na shekara-shekara, shirya kayan talla, rubutawa da tsara littafin sadaukarwa da albarkatun shugabanni, kafa maƙallan kuɗi, kafawa da kiyaye bayanan rajista, aika wasiƙu ga mahalarta da shugabanni, ziyartar wuraren aiki, tattara fom da takardun aiki, da sauran ayyukan gudanarwa. A lokacin bazara, mataimakin mai gudanarwa yana da alhakin gudanar da ayyukan musamman na musamman da suka haɗa da gidaje, sufuri, abinci, aiki, da nishaɗi, kuma yana iya zama alhakin tsarawa da jagorantar ayyukan ibada, ilimi, da ƙungiyoyi. Abubuwan bukatu sun haɗa da kyaututtuka da gogewa a hidimar matasa, sha'awar hidimar Kirista, fahimtar hidimar juna duka biyun bayarwa da karɓa, balaga ta ruhaniya da ta rai, ƙwarewar ƙungiya da ofis, ƙarfin jiki da ikon tafiya da kyau. Ƙwarewar da aka fi so da ƙwarewa sun haɗa da ƙwarewar sansanin aiki na baya a matsayin jagora ko ɗan takara, ƙwarewar kwamfuta gami da gogewa tare da Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Access, da Publisher. Don ƙarin bayani jeka www.brethren.org/workcamps . Don neman aikace-aikacen, tuntuɓi Emily Tyler, Cocin of the Brothers Workcamp Office, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; etyler@brethren.org ; Bayani na 800-323-8039 396.

- Aikace-aikacen don Sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar a cikin 2014 ana sa ran zuwa Janairu 10. Sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar (MSS) shiri ne na haɓaka jagoranci ga ɗaliban koleji a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa waɗanda ke ciyar da makonni 10 na bazara suna aiki a cikin coci, ko dai ikilisiya, ofishin gundumar, sansanin, ko shirin ƙasa. Kwanakin daidaitawa na 2014 sune Mayu 30-Yuni 4. Don ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen masu horarwa da masu jagoranci duba. www.brethren.org/yya/mss .

— Cocin ‘Yan’uwa na daya daga cikin kungiyoyi 29 da ke gargadin Majalisar game da sabon takunkumin da Iran ta kakaba mata. Ofishin Shaidar Jama'a na cocin ya lura cewa "takunkuman da aka sanya a halin yanzu sun kawo cikas ga tsarin diflomasiyya ya riga ya haifar da matsaloli da yawa ga 'yan kasar Iran" Wasikar hadin gwiwa da kungiyoyin kasa da kasa 29 suka aike wa manyan Sanatoci sun yi gargadi game da sabbin takunkumin Iran ko kuma yaren tsare-tsare da zai iya yin zagon kasa. Ci gaban diflomasiyya da Iran, kuma ya zo ne a daidai lokacin da majalisar dattijai ke nazarin gyare-gyare kan dokar ba da izinin tsaron kasa da kuma ranar da Amurka da Iran za su sake zama a zagaye na uku na shawarwarin nukiliya a Geneva. Wasiƙar da ƙungiyoyi masu sa hannun suna a www.niacouncil.org/site/News2?shafi=Labarai&id=10061&security=1&labarai_iv_ctrl=-1 . Ma’aikatan Shaidu na Jama’a kuma sun goyi bayan wani kamfen da Bread for the World ya yi yana ƙarfafa saƙon ga Majalisa cewa “wannan lokacin bai dace ba don hana iyalai saka abinci a kan teburi.” Bread for the World yana neman kira ga membobin Majalisa a 800-326-4941 ko saƙon imel don kare tallafin abinci ga waɗanda ke buƙata a wannan lokacin hutu. Nemo ƙarin a http://blog.bread.org/2013/11/200-million-meals-eliminated-as-thanksgiving-approaches.html .

- An ba da kyautar kyautar $10,000 na shirin Shine na Brother Press da MennoMedia don a ba da labarin “Shine On” Littafi Mai Tsarki a cikin Mutanen Espanya, in ji mawallafin Brethren Press, Wendy McFadden. Tallafin ya fito ne daga Gidauniyar Schowalter, ƙungiyar Mennonite wacce ta ba da kuɗi a baya don takamaiman sassa na tsarin koyarwa na Jubilee da Taro 'Tsaro na Zagaye, kuma za ta kai ga kashe kuɗi don gyara, haɓakawa da tuntuɓar, fassarar, ƙira, da bugu. .

- Jonathan Shively, babban darakta na Congregational Life Ministries, zai jagoranci taron bita a kan "Mahimman Sha'awa, Ayyuka Masu Tsarki: Bincika Kyaututtuka na Ruhaniya" a ranar 14 ga Disamba a Cross Keys Village Community Brethren Home Community a New Oxford, Pa. Taron yana faruwa daga karfe 9 na safe zuwa 2 na yamma kuma yana ba da .4 ci gaba da karatun digiri ga ministoci. Farashin shine $10 ga mutum ɗaya ko $25 ga mutane biyar ko fiye daga ikilisiya ɗaya. Tuntuɓi ofishin gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania a 717-624-8636. Ana sa ran yin rajista zuwa ranar 11 ga Disamba.

- Jay Wittmeyer, babban darektan Cocin of the Brothers Global Mission and Service, An nada shi ga kwamitin zartarwa na hukumar Heifer International. Ya kasance yana aiki a hukumar a matsayin wakilin darikar. Cocin Brothers tana da wurin zama na dindindin a hukumar a matsayin ƙungiyar kafa ta Heifer International, wacce aka fara a matsayin Cocin of the Brethren's Heifer Project.

- Karis, ma'aikatar wayar da kan jama'a tare da haɗin gwiwa zuwa Cocin Pleasant Valley na Brothers, tana bikin cika shekaru biyu na shagonta da kantin sayar da abinci a Dutsen Sidney, Va., in ji jaridar Shenandoah District. "Sakamakon ci gaba yana amfana da ƙungiyoyi masu yawa - na gida, ƙungiyoyi, da na duniya," in ji jaridar. "Wani sha'awa ta musamman ita ce kafa lambuna don taimakawa ciyar da yara 30 da ake hidima a gidan marayu a Haiti."

- Cocin Ridge na 'yan'uwa a Shippensburg, Pa., yana gudanar da sake aiwatarwa da haihuwa. on Dec. 13, 14, and 15 at 7 pm "Sama da haruffa 30 da ke shiga, sanye da kayan ado na lokacin Littafi Mai-Tsarki, tare da dabbobi masu rai," in ji sanarwar a cikin jaridar Southern Pennsylvania District Newsletter. Za a samar da abubuwan sha, kuma duk ana maraba.

- Cocin Layin County na raye-rayen haihuwar 'yan'uwa a Champion, Pa., ya sami kulawar kafofin watsa labarai don ƙara karkatarwa. "A wannan shekara, ban da Haihuwa raye-raye, za mu sami mawaƙa biyu su rera waƙa kowane dare," Linda McGinley, mai gudanar da taron, ta shaida wa jaridar Tribune. Mawakan coci daban-daban za su shiga tare da mawaƙa Patty Kerr. Za a gudanar da Nativity kai tsaye a dare biyu, Disamba 13 da 14, daga 6:30-8:30 na yamma Karara a http://triblive.com/news/fayette/5209841-74/nativity-church-mcginley#ixzz2mpevACfG .

- Jaridar Goshen ta ba da rahoto game da sabon ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Cocin Nappanee (Ind.) da Faith Mission of Elkhart, Chicago/Michiana Biyar don Marasa Gida. Haɗin gwiwar yana kawo sabon kicin ɗin miya zuwa Nappanee. John Shafer, wanda ya kafa Chicago/Michiana Five don marasa gida, ya raba hangen nesansa na sabon dafa abinci na miya akan Facebook kuma Deb Lehman na cocin Nappanee ya ambace shi ga fastonta, Byrl Shaver, "wanda ke son ra'ayin," jaridar ta ruwaito. "Yanzu haka shirin zai dauki nauyin shirya miya a ranakun Litinin da Alhamis duk mako daga karfe 5 zuwa 6 na yamma" See More www.goshennews.com/local/x1636702933/Nappanee-soup-kitchen-to-open#sthash.sg9EyELA.dpuf .

- Kwamitin gundumar Kudancin Ohio ya gana don ja da baya na shekara-shekara tare da kasuwanci a tsakiya "a kusa da yadda za a girmama shawarar da taron gundumarmu ya yi yayin da muke ci gaba tare da Ma'aikatun Waje da kuma wuraren da ke Camp Woodland Altars," in ji wani rahoto a cikin jaridar gundumar. "sansanin zai buƙaci gyare-gyare masu tsada da sabuntawa don cika ka'idojin kiwon lafiya da aminci na jihar." Hukumar ta ƙirƙiri sabuwar Hukumar Tafiya da Ja da baya tare da membobin Ƙungiyar Canje-canje na Ma'aikatun Waje da aka gayyata su kasance cikin sa. "Manufar su ita ce haɓaka ma'aikatar sansani da ja da baya a Kudancin Ohio da kuma sarrafa kadarorin Woodland Altars," in ji rahoton. "Za a saki dala 100,000.00 na ajiyar mu ga Hukumar Camping da Retreat don yin gyare-gyaren da ake buƙata da sabuntawa don biyan buƙatun jihar don rayuwa da lafiyar lafiya a cikin lokacin lokacin bazara na 2014. An cire duk lamuni ga ma’aikatun waje daga cikin littattafan.”

- Abincin dare na Candlelight a Gidan Gidan John Kline a Broadway, Va., za a yi shi da ƙarfe 6 na yamma ranar Juma’a da Asabar, 20 da 21 ga Disamba. “Bugu da jin daɗin cin abinci irin na gida, baƙi za su koyi gwagwarmayar iyali a faɗuwar 1863, gami da Virginia. hare-haren dawakai, hauhawar farashin kayayyaki, da gudun hijirar yaƙi,” in ji gayyata daga shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa na John Kline Homestead, Paul Roth. Kujerun zama $40 ga kowane mutum. Kira 540-896-5001 don ajiyar kuɗi. Ana maraba da ƙungiyoyi; wurin zama yana iyakance ga baƙi 32.

- Peter Becker Community, wani Coci na Brotheran'uwa masu ritaya, ya yi haɗin gwiwa tare da Masu Taimakawa Gida na Lansdale, Pa., a wani yunƙuri don haɓaka zaɓuɓɓuka da saduwa da canje-canjen bukatun membobin al'umma ya ce sakin. Peter Becker ya shiga cikin tsarin da aka fi so. "Masu Taimakawa Gida a Peter Becker Community" za su sami kasancewar harabar tare da sa'o'i na ofis. Hukumar za ta ba da taimakon kulawa na sirri, sabis na gida, da abokantaka ga mazauna a cikin kowane matakan kulawa, kamar yadda mazauna da danginsu suka buƙata. Bugu da kari, mazauna harabar za su sami fifikon farashi. Za a ƙaddamar da shirin mai ba da kulawa a farkon Disamba don ba da damar mazauna harabar su shiga waɗannan ayyukan. A matsayin wani muhimmin sashe na wannan sabuwar dabarar dangantakar, Masu Taimakon Gida sun himmatu wajen tsarawa da haɓaka alƙawarin da ya gabata da ci gaba ga Asusun Al'umma na Peter Becker.

— Bikin Kirsimeti tare da sansanin Bethel a ranar 6 ga Disamba kuma ya kasance mai ba da kuɗi don sabon tarakta don sansanin da ke kusa da Fincastle, Va. Bikin ya hada da shirin kiɗa na Kirsimeti wanda dangin Jones suka gabatar. Kyaututtuka sun taimaka wajen siyan tarakta. “Taimakon haɗin gwiwarmu na Bethel na Camp yana sa Haɗin kai a aikace kamar yadda aka kwatanta a Ayyukan Manzanni 2:​43-47,” in ji sanarwar.

- McPherson (Kan.) Church of the Brothers yana daukar nauyin wasan kwaikwayo ta Kwalejin Kwalejin McPherson ranar Lahadi, Dec. 8. "Kirsimeti a McPherson: Music for Harp and Choir, A Service of Lessons and Carols" za a fara da karfe 7 na yamma Waƙar ta mawakin Birtaniya na zamani Benjamin Britten, in ji shi. saki daga kwalejin. "Bikin Carols op. An fara rubuta 28 a matsayin jerin waƙoƙin da ba a haɗa su ba, amma daga baya an haɗa shi zuwa yanki ɗaya tare da rera waƙa da recesional. Ana yin garaya ta solo bisa waɗannan waƙoƙin ta hanyar abubuwan da aka tsara, ”in ji sakin. "An rubuta a cikin 1942 a lokacin balaguron tekun Atlantika, Birtan's cantata ya dogara ne akan Turanci ta Tsakiya, Latin, da waƙoƙin Ingilishi na zamani." Josh Norris, mataimakin farfesa a fannin kiɗa kuma darektan ayyukan mawaƙa ne ke jagorantar ƙungiyar mawaƙa. Ana gayyatar jama'a. Za a karɓi kyauta na son rai a ƙofar don taimakawa wajen rubuta kuɗin da ake kashewa na wasan kwaikwayo.

- Ma’aikatar Bethel a Boise, Idaho, alaka da Mt. View Church of the Brother, yana gudanar da liyafa ta kammala karatu a ranar 14 ga Disamba da karfe 4 na yamma a cocin. Ma'aikatar tana taimakon mutanen da suka kasance a kurkuku don sake shiga cikin jama'a. Kakakin liyafar shine David Birch, mai kula da yanki na 4 na Sashen sakin layi. “Ku zo tare da mu yayin da muke bikin canza rayuwa da kuma alherin Allah,” in ji gayyata daga David McKellip, wanda shi ne ja-gora a hidima. Tuntuɓi akwatin gidan waya 44106, Boise ID 83711-0106; 208-345-0701; www.bethelministries.net .

- Shirin sabunta cocin Springs of Living Water ya fito da isowa/Kirsimeti babban fayil ɗin horo na ruhaniya mai taken “Fara zuwa Farin Ciki, An Haifi Almasihu Mai Ceton!” An yi nufin babban fayil ɗin don taimakawa mutane da ikilisiyoyi su sami ci gaba na ruhaniya a cikin wannan lokacin shirye-shirye da biki, in ji sanarwar daga shugaban Springs David Young. Rubutun Lahadi suna bin jerin labarai na Ikilisiya na ’yan’uwa. Saka yana ba da zaɓuɓɓuka don mutane suyi la'akari da inda Allah yake jagoranta a matakai na gaba na haɓaka ruhaniya. Vince Cable, limamin cocin Uniontown Church of the Brother, ya rubuta tambayoyin nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki. Nemo babban fayil a gidan yanar gizon Springs www.churchrenewalservant.org .

— “Muryar ’yan’uwa” na Disamba, shirin talabijin na USB Ikilisiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Portland ta 'Yan'uwa ta samar, tana da fasalin Tallan Tallafin Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa na Gundumar Atlantika ta Arewa maso Gabas da Kudancin Pennsylvania. Wannan babban gwanjon yana tara kuɗi don agajin bala’o’i, tare da bayar da kowane nau’in kayayyaki da kuma yin gwanjo da kuma kuɗin da aka samu don taimakawa ma’aikatun ‘yan’uwa da bala’i. A wannan shekara "An yi gwanjon karsana 60 da kyawawan kayan kwalliya, motoci na gargajiya, kayan gida, kayan aiki, da kayan aiki," in ji sanarwar daga mai gabatarwa Ed Groff. “Wadanda suka halarci wannan gwanjon Tallafin ’yan’uwa na shekara-shekara na 37 na shekara-shekara an ba su abinci mai daɗi da aka shirya don wannan taron. Ana yin gwanjon kassai mai ja da fari kuma ana sayar da ita akan $3,400. Labari ne mai daɗi.” Don tuntuɓar kwafi groffprod1@msn.com .

- The Open Table hadin gwiwa, ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa masu ci gaba, sun ƙirƙiri Ayyukan Zuwan Hoto na yau da kullum. "Tare da kalandar kowace rana ana gayyatar ku don ɗaukar hoto, amfani da wayar hannu mai wayo… ma'ana da harbi kamara, fim, har ma da hoton tunani, duk abin da matsakaici ke aiki a gare ku. Manufar ita ce ku ɗauki ɗan lokaci na kwanakinku, ku gan shi da sabbin idanu ta hanyar ruwan tabarau na kyamara, kuma ku kawo niyya cikin ranarku yayin da muke shirye-shiryen haihuwar Kristi, ”in ji sanarwar. Ƙungiyar tana gayyatar raba hotuna ta Instagram, Facebook, ko Twitter, ta amfani da hashtag #PhotoAdvent13. Ko loda hotuna zuwa rukuni akan Flicker photostream, www.flickr.com/groups/advent2013 .

- Jin Kiran Allah yana ɗaukar matakai don zama mai zaman kansa 501(c)(3) kungiyar da ba ta haraji. Shirin yaki da tashe-tashen hankula a biranen Amurka ya fara ne a wani taron majami'un zaman lafiya. Yana faɗaɗa cikin sauri, tare da sabon babi a kudu maso gabashin Pennsylvania mai suna Chester/Delco Chapter wanda ke gudanar da gangamin farawa a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba, tare da mutane sama da 140. Akwai tattaunawa game da faɗaɗa cikin Virginia kuma. Wani babban babin Washington (DC) ya fara shiga zanga-zangar da ake gudanarwa a ranakun 14 ga kowane wata a hedkwatar NRA da ke Fairfax, Va., domin girmama wadanda aka kashe a makarantar firamare ta Sandy Hook. Babi na Harrisburg, Pa., ya gina “Memorial to Lost” mai ɗauke da t-shirts masu ɗauke da sunayen waɗanda aka kashe da bindigogin hannu a yankin tun 2009. Jaridar ta ce. "Harrisburg, Washington, DC, da Philadelphia duk yanzu suna da ko ba da jimawa ba za su sami Memorial ga Lost." Don ƙarin je zuwa www.heedinggodscall.org .

- Shafin raba bangaskiya don fim ɗin Kirsimeti "Mala'iku Suna Waƙa," yana ba da labarin wa’azi da labarin yara na Fasto Frank Ramirez, mai taken “Kirsimeti na Gaskiya mai Shuɗi.” Fim ɗin da ke nuna Harry Connick Jr., Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, da Kris Kristofferson, da sauransu, "cibiyar wani mutum ne da ya fuskanci mummunar bala'i tun yana yaro a lokacin Kirsimeti, kuma wanda ke fama a lokacin hutu," Ramirez ya ba da rahoto ga Newsline. . Wa'azin da labarin yara yana nan www.angelssingmovie.com/faith-sharing-resources/#.Uo1RiHco7cs .

- Bill Galvin, wanda ya yi aiki da Cibiyar Lantarki da Yaƙi (a baya NISBCO) sama da shekaru 30, zai sami lambar yabo ta Lifetime Achievement award daga Washington Peace Center a Washington, DC, a ranar Dec. 12. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara na GI Rights kuma ya zama ƙwararrun ƙwararrun haƙƙoƙin lamiri. a cikin sojoji, in ji sanarwar daga kwamitin gudanarwa na Cibiyar Lantarki da Yaki. Sanarwar ta ce, "Kwarewar sa ta kasance tushen tushe ga GI Rights da kuma motsi masu adawa da mahimmanci don magance daukar aikin soja tare da ainihin hoto na gaskiyar aikin soja," in ji sanarwar, ta kara da cewa hukumar ta yi matukar farin ciki da wani wanda ke yin 'mu. za a gane aikin' ta wannan hanyar. " Don ƙarin bayani game da kyautar, je zuwa http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/activistawards .