Labaran labarai na Disamba 7, 2013

“Kalman kuwa ya zama jiki da jini, ya koma cikin unguwa” (Yohanna 1:14, Saƙon).

Kalaman mako"Za mu tuna da Nelson Mandela saboda gafarar da ya yi wa makiyansa da wadanda suka aikata wariyar launin fata, wanda ba kasafai ba ne a tsakanin shugabannin duniya da dama a yau." - Agnes Abuom, shugabar kwamitin tsakiya na Majalisar Coci ta Duniya (WCC), a cikin wata sanarwa da ta fitar na tunawa da rayuwar bakar fata na farko a Afirka ta Kudu, kuma jagoran gwagwarmayar yaki da wariyar launin fata. Mandela ya rasu jiya yana da shekaru 95 a duniya.

“Shugaba: A yau muna haskaka kyandir na farko na isowa, kyandir na zaman lafiya. Duk: Muna addu'ar Allah ya baiwa 'yan uwa da abokan arziki. Za mu yi addu’ar zaman lafiya a gidan Allah.” - Daga Littafin Dalibai na Zagaye don Middlers, addu'a don Lahadi ta farko ta isowa. Gather 'Round manhaja ce ta ilimi ta Kirista daga Brotheran Jarida da MennoMedia. An gayyaci ɗalibai don shiga cikin hasken kyandir da karatu don alamar farkon isowa. "Yaya game da yin amfani da waɗannan karatun a cikin ibadarku na yau da kullun, kuma kuna gayyatar yaro daga ƙungiyar ku ta Middler don zama jagora kowane mako?" ya ba da shawarar jaridar Roundabout. Nemo karatun kyandir na Lahadi huɗu na Zuwan a Zagayen Nuwamba a www.gatherround.org/roundabout.html . A kan Gather 'Round Music CD akwai waƙoƙi don Zuwan da Kirsimeti wanda Mutual Kumquat ya yi. Saurari "Ku Shirya" da "Ku Fada Shi Akan Dutsen" ta hanyar mahaɗin don Zagayawa na Disamba a www.gatherround.org/roundabout.html . “Yi oda kwafin ku a yau, kuma ku raira waƙa tare da wannan zuwan,” in ji Gather 'Round. Oda daga Brother Press a 800-441-3712.

LABARAI
1) Royer Family Charitable Foundation yana ba da babban tallafi ga aikin likitancin Haiti
2) Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa sun bude wurin sake ginawa a New Jersey, da ke jihar Illinois da ke tsaftace guguwar.
3) Ofishin Ma'aikatar yana ba da bayanai game da hukuncin gidaje na limaman coci, BBT da ke da hannu cikin roko ta Cocin Alliance
4) Seminary yana karɓar kyautar Lilly Endowment don inganta jin daɗin tattalin arzikin ministocin nan gaba
5) Nasarar noman amfanin gona a Koriya ta Arewa
6) Gidan wutar lantarki 2013 yana tara matasa daga yankin tsakiyar yamma

ABUBAKAR MAI ZUWA
7) 'Majagaba a cikin Yanayin Duniya' wanda aka saita don Dec. 11

KAMATA
8) Tara 'Ma'aikatan Zagaye sun kammala aiki tare da 'Yan Jarida da MennoMedia
9) Michigan, Gundumomin Kudu maso Gabashin Atlantika suna ba da sanarwar canje-canjen ma'aikata

fasalin
10) Tunani akan ranar tunawa da Newtown

11) Yan'uwa: Tunawa da mishan Rolland Smith, babban sakatare na NCC, Camp Mack ritaya, Ma'aikatar Workcamp tana neman mataimaki, aikace-aikacen Sabis na Summer Service, nativities, abincin dare a John Kline Homestead, da ƙari.

 

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SANARWA TA TARO NA SHEKARA: Har yanzu ana buƙatar naɗin nadi na ofisoshi shida da za a zaɓa a taron shekara-shekara na bazara mai zuwa: Zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa, Memba na Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Tsare-tsare, Memba na Kwamitin Aminci na Duniya, Memba na Kwamitin Amincewa da Fa'idodin Brethren, Wakilin Seminary na Bethany mai wakiltar kwalejoji, Rajiyar Fasto. da Memba na Kwamitin Shawarar Fa'idodi mai wakiltar shuwagabannin gunduma. A farkon watan Janairu ne kwamitin da aka nada zai hadu, kuma an tsawaita wa’adin gabatar da sunayen ‘yan takarar zuwa ranar 2 ga watan Janairu. Fom ɗin takarar suna kan layi. Don yin takara, je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac . Bayani game da buɗaɗɗen matsayi yana a www.brethren.org/ac/elected-positions .

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1) Royer Family Charitable Foundation yana ba da babban tallafi ga aikin likitancin Haiti

Aikin Kiwon lafiya na Haiti yana karɓar babban tallafi na shekaru da yawa daga gidauniyar Royer Family Charitable Foundation wanda zai ba da damar ninka yawan al'ummomin Haiti waɗanda cibiyoyin kula da wayar hannu ke yi. Bugu da kari tallafin zai taimaka wa aikin siyan babbar mota kuma zai ba da gudummawar asusu na kyauta.

Tallafin dala 104,300 a wannan shekara yana ba da gudummawar dala 20,000 ga asusun ba da tallafin aikin likitancin Haiti, $34,300 don siyan babbar mota, da $50,000 don ninka adadin asibitocin a shekara mai zuwa. Ƙarin kuɗin yana nufin aikin Kiwon Lafiyar Haiti zai iya samar da wasu asibitocin kwana ɗaya guda 20 da ke ba da ƙarin al'ummomi 5 a cikin kwata a cikin 2014.

Manufar gidauniyar ita ce ta ci gaba da tallafawa wannan ƙarin adadin asibitocin kowace shekara har tsawon shekaru biyar.

Haiti Medical Project

Shirin Kiwon Lafiyar Haiti haɗin gwiwa ne na ’Yan’uwan Amurka tare da Eglise des Freres Haitiens (Cocin ’yan’uwa a Haiti) don samar da asibitocin tafi-da-gidanka a cikin al’ummomin da ba a yi wa hidima ba inda Haitian Brothers ke da ikilisiyoyin. Ƙungiyar likitocin Haiti, ma'aikatan jinya, da sauran ma'aikata suna ba da kulawar likita.

Aikin ya samo asali ne daga gogewar tawagar likitocin 'yan'uwa da ke Ma'aikatar Bala'i zuwa Haiti jim kadan bayan girgizar kasa da ta yi barna a Port-au-Prince da sauran yankuna a shekara ta 2010. Likitoci 'yan'uwa na Amurka suna cikin tawagar, kuma sun shaida bukatar ci gaba da ayyukan jinya. a cikin al'ummar Haiti.

An ba da tallafin ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce ta kyauta daga ikilisiyoyi da ɗaiɗaikun mutane, kuma yana da goyon bayan shirin Hidima da Hidima na Duniya. Jagoran aikin shine Paul Ullom-Minnich, likita daga tsakiyar Kansas wanda ya kira kwamitin gudanarwa. Tsohon Shugaban Hukumar Mishan da Ma’aikatar Dale Minnich mai ba da shawara ne na sa kai don fassara aikin.

Royer Family Charitable Foundation

“Kungiyar Royer Family Charitable Foundation tana ƙoƙarin inganta rayuwar mutane a duniya da kuma cikin gida ta hanyar shirye-shirye masu ɗorewa waɗanda ke da tasiri na dogon lokaci ga daidaikun mutane da al'ummomi,” in ji sanarwar manufa ta gidauniyar. “Manufar gidauniyar ita ce tallafawa bukatu na yau da kullun na rayuwa da lafiya tare da karfafa dogaro da kai na dogon lokaci. Gidauniyar ta fi son tallafawa ƙoƙarin da ke da tasirin gaske, ƙayyadaddun maƙasudin ma'auni, da ba da izinin dangantaka tsakanin masu karɓar tallafin da tushe. "

Iyalin Kenneth Royer da matarsa ​​Jean, wanda a yanzu ya rasu ne suka kafa gidauniyar a shekarar 2008. Tsofaffin ma'abota sana'ar fulawa ne mai bunƙasa, "Fluwar Royer da Gifts," wadda mahaifiyar Kenneth Hannah ta fara a 1937, kuma yanzu sun ba da zuwa tsararraki na iyali. Mahaifin Kenneth, Lester Royer, mai hidima ne mai lasisi a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.

Yanzu Kenneth da ’ya’yansa da jikokinsa da yawa suna mai da hankalinsu kan yin nagarta ta aikin gidauniyar iyali.

Becky Fuchs, fasto na Mountville (Pa.) Church of the Brothers, daya ne daga cikin dangin Royer da ke zaune a kan hukumar kafuwar. "Ni ne na kawo wa mahaifina ra'ayin," in ji ta a cikin wata hira ta wayar tarho, inda ta bayyana yadda gidauniyar ta zama mai sha'awar aikin likitancin Haiti.

Ta fahimci yadda Cocin ’yan’uwa ke aiki a Haiti bayan girgizar ƙasa, kuma aikin da ’yan’uwan da ke Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta gina na gina gidaje 100 ya burge ta. Bayan ganin gabatarwa da ganawa tare da Dale Minnich, ita da iyalin sun sami ƙarin fahimtar yanayin aikin.

Da yake jawabi ga gidauniyar, Fuchs ya nuna jin dadinsa kan yadda ake fatan tallafawa aikin likitancin cocin a Haiti. "Daya daga cikin sha'awarmu ita ce tallafin da muke bayarwa ya yi tasiri sosai a rayuwar mutane," in ji ta. Dama don taimakawa aikin aikin likitancin Haiti yana aiki sau biyu a matsayin mutane da yawa yana da mahimmanci ga tushe.

Fuchs ta kara da cewa ta yi matukar farin ciki "kowarin da iyayena ke yi a duk rayuwarsu na iya yin irin wannan bambanci." Tana fatan gudummawar da danginta za su bayar za ta zaburar da wasu don ganin cewa za a iya kawo sauyi.

Ƙarin bayani game da aikin likitancin Haiti yana a www.brethren.org/haiti-medical-project .

2) Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa sun bude wurin sake ginawa a New Jersey, da ke jihar Illinois da ke tsaftace guguwar.

A daidai lokacin da Ministocin Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa ke rufe wuraren ayyukan biyo bayan guguwar Irene a Schoharie da Binghamton, NY, shirin yana buɗe sabon wurin aiki a Spotswood, NJ.

A cikin wasu labarai na agajin bala'i, mai kula da bala'i na Illinois da Wisconsin Rick Koch ya yi kira ga masu sa kai da su taimaka wajen tsaftace bala'in guguwa a Illinois.

Sabon wurin aikin sake ginawa

"Na gode duka don goyon bayan ku na murmurewa a Schoharie, Prattsville, da Binghamton wannan shekarar da ta gabata," in ji wata sanarwa daga 'yan'uwa Ma'aikatar Bala'i Jane Yount. "Kun taimaka canza rayuwar mutane da yawa, da yawa don mafi kyau."

Sabuwar wurin dawo da guguwar Sandy a Spotswood, a arewacin gundumar Monmouth, NJ, ta fara Janairu 5, 2014. Brotheran uwan ​​​​Disaster Ministries shafukan yanar gizo nan ba da jimawa ba za su ƙunshi sabbin bayanan aikin a www.brethren.org/bdm .

Shirin zai ci gaba da aiki tare da abokan hulɗa na yanzu daga Future With Hope (UMCOR, taron NJ), Monmouth LTRG, da Ocean LTRG don karɓar lokuta. Hakanan, an tabbatar da ayyukan gyare-gyare guda biyu ta hanyar Habitat for Humanity. Gidajen masu aikin sa kai don sabon wurin aikin za su kasance a Cocin Trinity United Methodist a Spotswood, tare da tirelar shawa na shirin za a samar a sabon wurin.

Karanta wani labari game da yadda masu sa kai na bala'i suka taimaki wani da ya tsira daga Superstorm Sandy ya koma gida don hutu. www.brethren.org/bdm/updates/home-for-the-holidays.html .

Masifu da yawa

Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’Yan’uwa ta tuna wa ’yan’uwa cewa cocin ta “shai da mugun bala’i guda biyu cikin kwanaki da juna. Da farko, guguwar Haiyan ta afkawa tsibiran Philippines... Kwanaki bayan haka, barkewar mummunar guguwa da guguwa mai karfi ta afkawa yankin tsakiyar Yamma…. Kamar koyaushe, don Allah a ɗaga waɗannan da duk waɗanda suka tsira cikin bala'i cikin addu'a, ”in ji Yount a cikin bayanin imel.

Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'yan'uwa tana aiki a duka martani kuma tana karɓar gudummawa ga duka biyun. Ana iya ba da gudummawar kan layi don Typhoon Haiyan a www.brethren.org/typhoonaid . Ana iya ba da gudummawa ta kan layi don amsawar guguwa a cikin Midwest a www.brethren.org/edf . Ana karɓar gudummawa ta hanyar rajista zuwa Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa, wanda aka keɓance akan layin memo don Typhoon Philippine ko Tornadoes na Amurka. Wasika zuwa Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa, Cocin 'Yan'uwa, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120.

Tsabtace Tornado a cikin Illinois

Jami’in kula da bala’i na gundumar Illinois da Wisconsin Rick Koch yana godiya ga dukan waɗanda suka fara taimakawa wajen tsabtace guguwar a Illinois, da ikilisiyoyi da kuma mutanen da suka ba da gudummawa don aikin agaji.

Ya yi kira ga masu sa kai da su taimaka wajen tsaftace muhalli. Dole ne a amince da ƙungiyoyin masu sa kai, duk da haka. "Idan kuna sha'awar hada gungun ma'aikata daga cocinku ko yankinku zaku iya tuntuɓar ni kuma zan aiko muku da bayanin da kuke buƙatar zuwa wurin aiki," in ji Koch.

Wata bukata ta gaggawa ita ce "mutane da ke da kuma za su iya sarrafa na'urorin skid da sauran injuna masu nauyi," in ji Koch a cikin sabuntawar da aka aika ta imel a yau. “A farkon makon nan an yi ruwan sama a yankin, kuma yanzu kamar yadda kuka sani mun yi sanyi sosai. A kan waɗannan rukunin yanar gizon har yanzu ba a tsaftace su ba, tarkacen ya daskare a ƙasa. Don haka muna buƙatar wannan injin don taimakawa wajen motsa tarkacen daskararre.” Masu ba da agaji waɗanda za su iya taimakawa ta wannan hanyar su tuntuɓi Cocin Peoria na ’yan’uwa kai tsaye, Koch ya nema.

Ya lura da buƙatar kayan agaji ya bambanta a cikin jihar, kuma yana ƙarfafa ikilisiyoyi su tuntuɓi surori na Red Cross don gano abubuwan da ake bukata. Misali, a yankunan Washington, Pekin, da Gabashin Peoria, Ill., akwai buƙatar kayan wasan yara da katunan kyaututtukan suna yayin da Kirsimeti ke gabatowa.

Koch zai kasance a yankunan da guguwar ta shafa mako mai zuwa don isar da kayayyakin da aka bayar da kuma halartar taron Kungiyar Farko na Tsawon Lokaci. Zai so ya san yadda Cocin ’yan’uwa ke taimaka a ƙoƙarin. “Idan kai ko cocin ku kuna aiki ta wata hanya ta musamman don taimakawa, don Allah ku aiko mini da bayanin abin da kuka yi, nawa kuka taimaka, da tsawon lokacin da kuka yi aiki. Idan kun ba da gudummawar kaya ko kuɗi, don Allah ku sanar da ni wannan kuma.”

Don sa kai don tsaftace guguwa ko tuntuɓar Rick Koch tare da bayani game da ƙoƙarin ku, kira 815-499-3012.

3) Ofishin Ma'aikatar yana ba da bayanai game da hukuncin gidaje na limaman coci, BBT da ke da hannu cikin roko ta Cocin Alliance

A ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, alkali na Kotun Lardi na Amurka na gundumar Yammacin Wisconsin ya yanke hukuncin cewa alawus din gidaje da Hukumar Harajin Harajin Cikin Gida (IRS) ke ba wa limamai bai dace ba. Shawarar ba ta da wani tasiri nan take domin har yanzu ba ta yi tasiri ba, kuma hukuncin yana nan a dage har sai an kare duk wani kararraki.

Ofishin Ma'aikatar yana ba da hanyar haɗi zuwa bayanai game da hukuncin a www.brethren.org/ministryoffice . Wannan sabuntawa daga Dokar Coci da Haraji da “Kirista a Yau,” ya lura wannan sashe na kundin harajin tarayya “keɓance daga harajin kuɗin shiga na tarayya wannan ɓangaren diyya na minista wanda cocin da ke ɗaukan ma’aikata ya keɓe a gaba a matsayin alawus na gidaje har ana amfani da shi don kuɗin gidaje kuma baya wuce ƙimar hayar gida ta gaskiya…. Keɓancewar parsonage ya kasance cikakke, aƙalla a yanzu. "

Shugaban Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) Nevin Dulabaum ya halarci taron Coci Alliance a wannan makon a Baltimore, Md., Inda wani karamin kwamiti ya tsara shirin gabatar da takaitaccen bayanin amicus yana daukaka hukuncin. Ƙungiyar Ikilisiya ƙungiya ce ta bayar da shawarwari na shirye-shiryen fa'ida na coci 38 da ke wakiltar malamai sama da miliyan 1, ma'aikata, da danginsu. Ta hanyar zama memba na BBT, Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa za ta kasance wani ɓangare na taƙaitaccen amicus, in ji Dulabum.

Ma’aikatan BBT suna jin gaggawar yin taka-tsan-tsan a wannan al’amari, domin su taimaka wa ministocin Cocin ’yan’uwa da suka ji labarin kuma suna mamakin abin da ke gaba da ko ya shafe su, in ji Dulabaum. Wannan yana da mahimmanci ga BBT yayin da yake zayyana biyan kuɗi da yawa azaman izinin gidaje, yana bawa masu karɓa fa'idar haraji. Waɗannan kuɗin sun haɗa da biyan kuɗin shekara na masu ritaya, tallafin Shirin Taimakon Ma'aikatan Ikilisiya ga waɗanda suka yi ritaya, da kuma biyan naƙasa na dogon lokaci ga membobin shirin fensho.

Ana sa ran za a daukaka kara kan hukuncin da kotun ta yanke zuwa kotun da'ar da'irar Amurka ta 7 da ke Chicago. Idan kotun ta amince da hakan, ana sa ran za a daukaka kara zuwa Kotun Koli. Zai iya zama shekaru da yawa kafin a yanke shawara ta ƙarshe. Har zuwa lokacin, fa'idar harajin alawus ɗin gidaje za ta ci gaba da kasancewa ga malamai.

Don tambayoyi game da amicus taƙaitaccen tuntuɓi shugaban BBT Nevin Dulabum a ndulabum@cobbt.org ko 800-746-1505 ext. 388. Domin tambayoyi na gaba ɗaya game da alawus ɗin gidaje na limaman tuntuɓi Mary Jo Flory-Steury, babban darektan ofishin ma'aikatar da kuma babban sakatare. officeofministry@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039.

- Ma'aikatan sadarwar BBT Brian Solem ya ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoton.

4) Seminary yana karɓar kyautar Lilly Endowment don inganta jin daɗin tattalin arzikin ministocin nan gaba

Da Jenny Williams

Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany ta sami kyautar $259,954 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Makarantar Tauhidi ta Lilly Endowment Inc. na tushen Indianapolis don magance matsalolin tattalin arziki da ke fuskantar ministocin gaba. Bethany na ɗaya daga cikin makarantun tauhidi 67 a duk faɗin ƙasar don samun wannan tallafin.

Matsi na kuɗi na sirri yana iyakance ikon waɗanda suka sauke karatu a makarantar hauza su karɓi kiraye-kirayen zuwa hidimar Kirista da kuma ɓata tasirin shugabannin limamai da yawa. Don taimakawa magance wannan batu, Lilly Endowment ta ƙirƙiri Ƙaddamar da Makarantar Tauhidi don Magance Matsalolin Tattalin Arziki da ke Fuskantar Ministoci na gaba. Manufar shirin ita ce ƙarfafa makarantun tauhidi don yin nazari da ƙarfafa ayyukansu na kuɗi da ilimi don inganta tattalin arzikin fastoci na gaba. Dukkanin makarantun tauhidi da Ƙungiyar Makarantun Tiyoloji a Amurka da Kanada ta ba su izinin ƙaddamar da shawarwarin tallafi.

Bethany ya zayyana maƙasudai uku a cikin shawarwarin nata don taimakawa fastoci na gaba su haɗa ƙa'idodin kulawa cikin rayuwarsu da kuma jagorantar mutane, iyalai, da ikilisiyoyin zuwa ga gina rayuwar kula: 1) gano matsalolin kuɗi na ɗalibai na yanzu da waɗanda suka kammala karatunsu, 2) amsawa. ga waɗannan matsalolin tare da shirye-shiryen niyya waɗanda za su haɓaka ilimin kuɗi da kuma kula da kowane fanni na rayuwa, da 3) sauƙaƙe tattaunawa, duka a cikin makarantar hauza da kuma cikin ɗarika, game da kula da kuɗi.

Daga cikin ukun, aiwatar da shirye-shirye don ilimin kudi da kulawa yana da mafi rikitarwa kuma shine tushen tsari. Don taimakawa ɗalibai su rage bashi yayin da suke makarantar hauza, ra'ayoyi da albarkatu don rayuwa mai sauƙi, neman aikin waje, da samun kuɗin waje za a samar da su. Gaskiya da yuwuwar ma'aikatar bivocational kuma za a yi magana da gangan tare da ɗalibai.

Gina ilimin kuɗi na dogon lokaci zai haɗa da ilmantar da malamai da ma'aikata game da yanayin bashi da kula da kuɗi a rayuwar samari na yau. Matakai masu amfani na gaba za su haɗa da ƙara mai da hankali kan kulawa a cikin manhajar karatu da sabbin wurare-dukkanin kafofin watsa labarai da na jama'a-don haɗa kyawawan ayyuka cikin rayuwar ɗalibi. Sakamakon duk waɗannan shirye-shiryen za su kasance masu daraja ga tsofaffin ɗalibai / ae da sauran su a waje da Bethany, kuma makarantar hauza tana shirin yin haɗin gwiwa da sadarwa ta hanyoyin da za su amfana da ƙungiyar gaba ɗaya.

Jeff Carter, shugaban Bethany, ya nuna damuwa game da jin dadin daliban da ke dauke da bashin kudi da ba a taba gani ba. "Bethony yana shirye don shiga matsalolin kudi na ɗalibai da masu digiri, bincika da inganta ayyukan da ke haifar da kula da harkokin kuɗi da lafiya da rayuwa, da kuma kaiwa ga makarantar hauza don shiga coci da al'adu da kalubalen kudi ke fuskanta. An albarkace mu da ɗalibai masu aminci da ƙwazo waɗanda muke neman kayan aiki da ƙarfafawa yayin da suke fita hidimar wannan zamani. ”

Abubuwan da aka bayar na Lilly Endowment Inc.

Lilly Endowment Inc. tushe ne mai zaman kansa na tushen Indianapolis mai zaman kansa wanda aka kirkira a cikin 1937 ta membobin dangin Lilly guda uku - JK Lilly Sr. da 'ya'yan JK Jr. da Eli - ta hanyar kyaututtukan hannun jari a kasuwancinsu na magunguna, Eli Lilly da Kamfanin. Kyautar ta kasance don tallafawa abubuwan da suka shafi addini, ilimi, da ci gaban al'umma. An tsara bayar da tallafin addini na Lilly Endowment don zurfafa da wadatar rayuwar addinin Kiristan Amurka. Yana yin hakan ne ta hanyar yunƙuri don haɓakawa da dorewar ingancin hidima a cikin ikilisiyoyin Amurka da Ikklesiya. Ana iya samun ƙarin bayani a www.lillyendowment.org .

- Jenny Williams darektan Sadarwa da Tsofaffin Daliban / ae Relations a Seminary na Bethany.

5) Nasarar noman amfanin gona a Koriya ta Arewa

Ma'aikatan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis a Koriya ta Arewa, Robert Shank, ya ba da rahoton muhimman ci gaba a binciken shinkafa, waken soya, da masara a Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Pyongyang (PUST), inda shi da matarsa ​​Linda suke koyarwa. An ƙara sabon amfanin gona, sha'ir, a cikin wannan aikin a cikin 2014, kuma tallafin Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya yana taimakawa wajen faɗaɗa aikin ya haɗa da ƙananan 'ya'yan itace.

Ayyukan uku daga cikin takwas na daliban Shank da suka kammala digiri sun mayar da hankali kan ganowa da kiwon shinkafa ga yankunan da ke fama da ambaliyar ruwa, waken soya don ƙasa mai gishiri, da kuma haɗa nau'in masarar Amurka a cikin nau'in Koriya.

Shank ya bayar da rahoton cewa, dalibai biyu sun je birnin Harbin na kasar Sin, domin yin aikin kammala digiri, yayin da wasu biyun kuma suka samu gurbin karatu a Cibiyar Binciken Shinkafa ta kasa da kasa da ke kasar Philippines.

Kwamitin nazari na Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya (GFCF) ya amince da Shanks kwanan nan don karɓar kyautar $5,000 na biyu don faɗaɗa aikin don haɗa al'adun nama na ƙananan 'ya'yan itace kamar blueberries, strawberries, da blackberries. Bayan balaguron manyan ɗalibai 20 zuwa China, ɗaya ya zaɓi berries don wani aiki.

Robert Shank ya rubuta, "Akwai tsauraran kulawar al'umma game da nau'ikan filayen noma, amma kadan ne kan yadda ake amfani da filin a gefen tsaunuka." Ya bayyana cewa hakan ya haifar da noman layi, sare dazuzzuka, zaizayar kasa, da kuma ambaliya a gindin kogin. Noman amfanin gona na shekara-shekara a kan waɗannan tuddai masu matuƙar ƙazanta yana da lahani ga kiyaye ƙasa, yayin da amfanin gona na yau da kullun kamar bishiyoyin berry da itatuwan 'ya'yan itace na iya yin amfani sosai kuma zai fi kyau a hana zaizayar ƙasa.

Don ƙarin bayani game da aikin Shanks, je zuwa www.brethren.org/partners/northkorea .

6) Gidan wutar lantarki 2013 yana tara matasa daga yankin tsakiyar yamma

Da Walt Wiltschek

Fiye da mutane 70 sun shiga cikin Powerhouse 2013, Cocin of the Brother Midwest yankin matasa taron, wanda aka gudanar a Camp Mack (Milford, Ind.) a karon farko a wannan shekara. Ya yi bikin shekara ta huɗu don taron tun lokacin da aka sake farawa a cikin sabon tsarin faɗuwa.

Audrey da Tim Hollenberg-Duffey, ɗalibai na shekara ta uku a Makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany, sun kasance manyan masu magana a kan jigon, "Labarun Lambuna: A Duniya kamar yadda yake cikin Sama." Ta hanyar ayyukan ibada guda uku sun bincika labarai daga lambun Adnin, lambun Jathsaimani, da lambun rai a cikin Ruya ta Yohanna 22. Yin amfani da hotuna daga zane-zane na Renaissance zuwa matsi na zaitun zuwa ganyaye, sun kalli nagartar halittar Allah, bukatar mu. gyarawa da “girbi,” da kuma damar yin sabon abu a matsayin sashe na “tushen Allah” na mulkin Allah.

Taron, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 16-17 ga Nuwamba, ya kuma haɗa da tarurruka da suka shafi batutuwa irin su kira da sana'a, 'yan'uwa al'adun gargajiya, taron matasa na kasa, hidimar waje, aikin lambu, "Seagoing Cowboys," da sauransu, da kuma wuta na cikin gida, a gabatar da kidan "The Cotton Patch Gospel," abinci mai kyau, da lokacin nishaɗi.

Jami'ar Manchester tare da hadin gwiwar gundumomin da ke kewaye ne suka shirya taron na manyan matasa da masu ba da shawara. Gidan Wuta na gaba zai faru a cikin Nuwamba 2014, tare da cikakkun bayanai da za a tantance. Za a buga sabuntawa a www.manchester.edu/powerhouse .

- Walt Wiltschek, Ma'aikatar Harabar Jami'ar Manchester, ya ba da wannan sakin.

Abubuwa masu yawa

7) 'Majagaba a cikin Yanayin Duniya' wanda aka saita don Dec. 11

"Majagaba a cikin Yanayin Duniya," wani shafin yanar gizon haɗin gwiwar Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya ta 'Yan'uwa, BMS World Mission, Bristol Baptist College, da Urban Expression UK, yana faruwa Dec. 11 a 2: 3-4 pm (Gabas). Yi rijista a www.brethren.org/webcasts .

Jigon gidan yanar gizon ya bincika abin da za mu iya koya daga “majagaba (waɗanda) sun ɗauki bisharar Yesu Kristi zuwa sababbin wurare da al’adu dabam-dabam. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan sanannun sanannun kuma labarunsu sun ƙarfafa wasu, "in ji sanarwar. “Da yawa ba a san su ba kuma an manta da labaran. Menene za mu iya koya daga waɗannan majagaba da kuma waɗanda suke hidimar majagaba a yanayi dabam dabam na duniya a yau?”

Jagoran gidan yanar gizon shine David Kerrigan, babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na BMS. Shi da matarsa ​​Janet sun yi aiki a Babban Chandraghona da Asibitin Kuturu a Bangladesh, kuma shi ma ya kasance shugaban tawagar yanki na Asiya da ke Sri Lanka, kuma darektan manufa a Didcot na BMS.

Webinar kyauta ne, amma ana godiya da gudummawa. Ministoci na iya samun ci gaba da rukunin ilimi 0.15 don halartar taron kai tsaye. Yi rijista a www.brethren.org/webcasts . Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Stan Dueck a sdueck@brethren.org .

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8) Tara 'Ma'aikatan Zagaye sun kammala aiki tare da 'Yan Jarida da MennoMedia

Anna Speicher da Cyndi Fecher suna kammala aikinsu tare da Gather 'Round, tsarin koyarwa na Kiristanci wanda 'yan'uwa Press da MennoMedia suka samar tare. Tattauna 'Round yana cikin shekararsa ta ƙarshe ta samarwa kuma za'a samu ta cikin bazara na 2014. Tsarin karatun magaji, Shine, zai kasance farkon faɗuwar gaba.

Dukansu Speicher da Fecher za su ci gaba da wasu nauyi a kan kwantiragin har zuwa bazara mai zuwa, don taimakawa wajen gama Gather 'Round's quarter final.

Anna Speicher

Anna Speicher ta kasance darektan ayyuka kuma babban editan Gather 'Round na tsawon shekaru 10, tun daga kaka 2003. Ta fara aikinta yayin da 'yan'uwa Press da MennoMedia (sai Mennonite Publishing Network) suka kirkiri tsarin karatun. Ranar karshe ta a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill., zai kasance 13 ga Disamba.

Speicher ya taka rawar gani wajen kirkiro da kuma samar da Gather 'Round' da kayan sa ga malamai da dalibai, tun daga kanana yara tun daga kanana da manya zuwa manya masu kula da yara, wanda Gather 'Round ya ba wa wasu kayan karatu. shekaru.

Tare da tushen ra'ayi a cikin Shema, nassin "Ji Ya Isra'ila" daga Kubawar Shari'a wanda shine nassi na tushe, Speicher ya taimaka wajen tsara Tattaunawa a matsayin ilimin Kirista na tushen Littafi Mai Tsarki. Ta jagoranci tushe na niyya na manhajar a cikin ingantattun ka'idojin ilimi da bincike na ilimi, tare da mai da hankali kan biyan bukatun ɗalibai masu salo iri-iri. Gather 'Round ya ba da fifikon Anabaptist akan ilimin Kirista da aka saita a cikin al'ummar bangaskiya mai ƙarfi, tare da alaƙa mai ƙarfi tsakanin ikilisiya da gida.

Wannan sabuwar dabarar, wacce ta taimaka ƙirƙirar albarkatu na musamman kamar sa hannun Talkabout, ya sami babban yabo ga Gather 'Round in ecumenical circles, kuma ya sami haɗin gwiwar manhaja da yawa tare da wasu fiye da 'yan'uwa da Mennonites.

Cyndi Fecher

Fecher ta shafe fiye da shekaru hudu tana gudanar da editan manhajar Gather 'Round Curriculum, tun daga watan Agusta 2009. Ranar karshe ta a manyan ofisoshi zai kasance ranar 21 ga Janairu, 2014.

A matsayinta na edita mai gudanarwa, ta dauki nauyin tabbatar da cewa dukkanin manhajojin sun hadu wuri guda, tare da kula da samar da jagororin malamai, litattafan dalibai, fakitin albarkatu, da CD na kiɗa. Ta yi shawarwari tare da marubuta, masu gyara, masu zane-zane, masu zane-zane, da mawaƙa, kuma ta taimaka wajen kula da jadawali na edita tare da yin kwafi, gyarawa, da kuma magance matsala ga manhaja.

Tun da farko, Fecher ya kuma yi aiki na shekara guda a matsayin mataimakiyar aikin Gather 'Round. Lokacin bazara mai zuwa za ta zama ’yar wasan pian don taron shekara-shekara na Cocin ’yan’uwa a Columbus, Ohio.

9) Michigan, Gundumomin Kudu maso Gabashin Atlantika suna ba da sanarwar canje-canjen ma'aikata

Nathan (Nate) An kira Polzin ya zama ministan zartarwa na gundumar Michigan, kuma Héctor Pérez-Borges ya sanar da shirinsa na yin ritaya a matsayin mataimakin zartarwa na gundumar Atlantic ta Kudu maso Gabas, a cikin canje-canjen ma'aikata ga gundumomin Cocin 'yan'uwa.

Héctor Pérez-Borges

Pérez-Borges ya sanar da shirinsa na yin ritaya a matsayin mataimakin zartarwa na yankin kudu maso gabashin Atlantic yana aiki tare da majami'un Puerto Rico a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2014. Ya fara aikinsa a matsayin mataimakin shugaban gundumar a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 2011. Aikin hidimarsa ya fara a watan Satumba 1994. bayan ya yi ritaya da wuri a matsayin masanin sinadarai daga kamfanin harhada magunguna inda ya rike mukamin manajan tabbatar da inganci. An kai shi aiki a matsayin shugaban gudanarwa kuma malami a Colegio Pentecostal Mizpa, kwalejin Littafi Mai Tsarki bayan sakandare. Shi da matarsa ​​Annie sun shiga Iglesia de Los Hermanos (Church of the Brothers) a Vega Baja, PR, a cikin Janairu 2002. Ikilisiya ta kira shi Fasto a Fabrairu 2004. An ba shi lasisi kuma an nada shi a Cristo El Señor Iglesia de los Hermanos a cikin Vega Baja, inda ya yi hidima a matsayin fasto daga 1 ga Fabrairu, 2004 har zuwa Fabrairu 2012. Shi da matarsa ​​suna ɗokin more lokaci tare da iyali, karatu, rubutu, balaguro, da hidimar sa kai.

Nate Polzin

An kira Nate Polzin da ta yi aiki a matsayin ministar zartaswa na gundumar Michigan, don cike gurbin rabin lokaci fara nan da nan. Wannan canji ne daga matsayin na wucin gadi da ya rike tun ranar 7 ga Maris, 2009. Polzin kuma malamin coci ne, wanda ya fara aiki da kuma ci gaba da rabin lokaci na cocin da ke Drive a Saginaw, Mich. Yana hidima a kwamitin amintattu. na Bethany Theological Seminary wakiltar malamai.

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10) Tunani akan ranar tunawa da Newtown

By Bryan Hanger

A ranar 14 ga watan Disamba ne ake cika shekara guda da kisan gillar da aka yi a makarantar firamare ta Sandy Hook da ke Newton, Conn. Yayin da muke daukar lokaci don yin tunani game da zagayowar wannan mummunar asarar rayuka, Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence ta shirya. wasiƙar da shugabannin addinai sama da 50 na ƙasa suka sa hannu, ciki har da babban sakatare na Cocin Brethren Stan Noffsinger. A ƙasa akwai wani yanki daga cikin wasikar da za a saki ga jama'a kuma a aika wa kowane ɗan majalisa a ranar Litinin, 9 ga Disamba.

“Cikin zukata, yanzu mun kusa cika shekara guda da harbin makarantar firamare ta Sandy Hook a ranar 14 ga Disamba, 2012. A wannan rana mai ban tausayi, al’ummarmu ta ga asarar yara 20 da ba su da kariya da kuma na malamai da masu gudanarwa shida. wanda ya kula da su. Muna ci gaba da nuna alhinin wannan asarar rayuka da ba dole ba, da kuma dimbin rayukan da aka rasa sakamakon tashin hankalin da aka yi a kowace rana tun daga lokacin. Shugabannin bangaskiya a Newtown sun kasance a sahun gaba wajen mayar da martani ga bakin ciki da radadin iyalai, da na daukacin al'ummar da ke wurin. A duk faɗin ƙasar, muna baƙin ciki tare da ’yan’uwanmu da al’ummominmu, kuma muna da ƙudirin dukansu na yin duk abin da za mu iya don tabbatar da cewa mun dakatar da wannan tashe tashen hankula.

Cikakken wasiƙar za ta kasance a kan layi a faithsagainstgunviolence.org a ranar 9 ga Disamba, tare da ƙarin bayani game da taron kira.

Shawara: Bangaskiya Suna Kira Don Hana Rikicin Bindiga

Cocin of the Brother's Office of Public Witness zai kasance tare da Faiths United don Hana Rikicin Bindiga da ƙungiyoyin membobinta a cikin ranar kiran zuwa Majalisa a ranar 13 ga Disamba
goyon bayan manufofin rigakafin tashin hankali na bindiga. Muna gayyatar ku don tada muryar ku kan wannan batu yayin da kuke jin jagoranci kuma ku tuntuɓi Sanatocin ku a ranar 13 ga Disamba. Don ƙarin bayani game da wannan batu da yadda za ku shiga, duba Ofishin faɗakarwar Ayyukan Shaidun Jama'a a http://cob.convio.net/site/MessageViewer?em_id=25381.0&dlv_id=0 .

Ɗauki lokaci a cikin wannan lokacin na bege don yin addu'a da tunani game da wannan bikin tunawa da baƙin ciki, kuma ku fara tunanin yadda za ku yi aiki don hana tashin hankali a cikin al'ummarku.

- Bryan Hanger mataimaki ne na bayar da shawarwari a Cocin of the Brothers Office of Public Witness a Washington, DC Don ƙarin bayani game da ma'aikatar Shaida ta Jama'a tuntuɓi kodineta Nathan Hosler a nhosler@brethren.org ko 717-333-1649.

11) Yan'uwa yan'uwa.

- Tunatarwa: Rolland Perry Smith, mai shekaru 72, tsohon ma'aikacin mishan da Cocin Brothers a Najeriya, ya rasu a ranar 9 ga watan Nuwamba bayan fama da cutar daji. 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.

-– Majalisar gudanarwar 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-aikace don Sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar a cikin 2014 ne saboda Janairu 10. Ma'aikatar Summer Service (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 na ƙasa. shirin. 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 ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi 29 yana gargadin Majalisa game da sabbin takunkumin Iran. Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a na cocin ya lura cewa "takunkuman da aka kakabawa na 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 yaren tsare-tsare wanda 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 .

- Aikin koyarwa na Shine An ba da kyautar dala 10,000 na Brethren Press da MennoMedia don samar 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 tafi wajen kashe kuɗi don gyarawa, haɓakawa da tuntuɓar, fassarar, ƙira, da bugu. .

- Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Congregational Life Ministries, zai jagoranci wani taron bita akan "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 gudana daga karfe 9 na safe zuwa 2 na yamma kuma yana ba da .4 ci gaba da ilimi. credits 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 riƙe da sake aiwatarwa da kuma haihuwar haihuwa a ranar 13 ga Disamba, 14, da 15 a 7 na yamma "Sama da haruffa 30 da ke shiga, sanye da tufafi 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 Rayayyun Haihuwar 'Yan'uwa a Champion, Pa., ya karɓi 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 .

- Cocin Lower Deer Creek na 'Yan'uwa a gundumar Indiana ta Kudu ta Tsakiya ya tattara sama da tan guda na abinci don ɗakunan abinci guda biyu, a cewar jaridar gundumar. An zubar da jimlar fam 2,032 na abinci a wuraren ajiyar abinci na gida a lokacin godiya.

- Jaridar Goshen ta ba da rahoto game da sabon ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Nappanee (Ind.) Cocin Brothers and Faith Mission of Elkhart, Chicago/Michiana biyar ga 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 .

- Hukumar Kudancin Ohio ya sadu da wani koma baya na shekara-shekara tare da kasuwanci a tsakiya "a kusa da yadda za a fi girmama shawarwarin taron gundumarmu yayin da muke ci gaba da ma'aikatun waje da wuraren da ke Camp Woodland Altars," in ji wani rahoto a cikin wasiƙar gundumar. "sansanin zai buƙaci gyare-gyare masu tsada da sabuntawa don cika ka'idojin kiwon lafiya da aminci na jihar." Hukumar ta ƙirƙira sabuwar Hukumar Tafiya da Ja da baya tare da membobin Ƙungiyar Canjin Ma'aikatun Waje da aka gayyata don kasancewa cikinta. "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 babban fayil ɗin koyarwa na ruhaniya na zuwa/Kirsimeti mai taken “Fara zuwa Farin Ciki, An Haifi Kristi Mai Ceto!” An yi nufin babban fayil ɗin don taimakawa mutane da ikilisiyoyi su sami ci gaba na ruhaniya a cikin wannan kakar shirye-shiryen da bikin, 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 ƙirƙira Ayyukan Zuwan Hoto na yau da kullun. "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 ranarku, ku gan shi da sabbin idanu ta 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 ƙungiyar 501 (c) (3) mai zaman kanta mai zaman kanta. 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 .

Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Colleen M. Algeo, Jeff Boshart, Chris Douglas, Mary Jo Flory-Steury, Ed Groff, Rick Koch, Wendy McFadden, Becky Ullom Naugle, David McKellip, Dale Minnich, Paul Roth, Janine Schwab, Anna Speicher, David S. Young, Jane Yount, da editan Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'Yan'uwa. An shirya fitowar Newsline na gaba a kai a kai a ranar 13 ga Disamba.

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