Cocin of the Brethren General Offices a Elgin, Ill., ta shirya taron tattara kayan abinci na birnin Elgin a ranar Martin Luther King. Ofisoshin ƙungiyoyin sun ba da sararin ajiya don tarin shekara na shekaru da yawa. An nuna a ƙasa: ƙungiyar matasan da suka ba da kansu don rarrabawa da taimakawa wajen rarraba abincin ga wuraren dafa abinci da miya na gida; da kuma ƙungiyar shugabannin da ke hannun don taimakawa, ciki har da ma'aikacin Cocin Brothers Don Knieriem (na biyu daga dama) wanda ya taimaka wajen shirya taron. Hotunan Cat Gong ne |
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- An tuna: Walter (Walt) Dean Bowman(90), wanda ya rasu a ranar 19 ga watan Janairu bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya. Ya yi hidima ga Cocin 'yan'uwa a matsayin mai kula da sansani da ma'aikatun waje a cikin 1970s da 80s. An haife shi a ranar 9 ga Fabrairu, 1923, a Norwalk, Ohio, ga Dean da Evelyn (Krieger) Bowman. Ya kammala karatunsa a Jami'ar Manchester (Tsohuwar Kwalejin Manchester), inda ya hadu kuma ya auri Frances Gibson, wanda suka yi shekaru 45 tare. Bayan limamin bazara, ya shiga makarantar sakandare ta Bethany a shekara ta 1944 a Chicago sannan ya ba da kai don aikin agaji a Italiya bayan yaƙi. A 1948 ya koma Bethany, inda ya kammala digiri na biyu na allahntaka. Ya shafe shekaru 20 yana hidimar fastoci a Illinois, Ohio, da Kansas. A cikin 1968, Gundumar Ohio ta Kudancin Ohio ta kira shi don ya jagoranci ma'aikatun ta na sansani da ilimin Kirista. Ya ɗauki alhakin haɓaka shirye-shirye na tsawon shekara don Camp Woodland Altars a Peebles, Ohio. A karkashin jagorancinsa, sansanin ya girma ya hada da sansanin bazara, ja da baya, da kuma ilimin waje don kungiyoyin makarantun gwamnati. Ya wakilci darikar a ma’aikatu, ciki har da Hukumar Ma’aikatar Ilimi ta Jihar Ohio, wadda ya shugabanci shekaru uku, yana kula da ma’aikatar ilimi ga dalibai a duk cibiyoyin jami’o’in jihar. Da farko a cikin 1975, ya raba lokacinsa tsakanin gunduma da matsayi mai kula da ma’aikatun waje na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Ya haɓaka ƙungiyar masu kula da sansani da shugabannin shirye-shirye na ƙasa baki ɗaya don ƙarfafawa da haɗa shirye-shirye a sansanonin 33 na ƙungiyar. Ya yi aiki a matsayin haɗin gwiwar 'yan'uwa ga ƙungiyoyin ecumenical da ke aiki don haɓaka shirye-shirye da tsarin karatu don ma'aikatun waje. Ya yi aiki kafada da kafada da Majalisar Zartarwa na gundumomi, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaba da kuma shugaban kwamitin bunkasa kwararru. A cikin 1988, ya ɗauki sabbatical don yin nazarin Mutanen Espanya tare da Fran a Costa Rica, yana shirin yin aikin sa kai a El Salvador. Ba a taɓa cimma wannan burin ba saboda rashin lafiya da ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar Fran a 1989. A 1991, ya auri Barbara Fessenden. Ya bar matarsa Barbara (Marino Fessenden) Bowman; yara Wayne (Annie) na Brandon, MB; Phil (Cathy Koolis) na Sarasota, Fla.; Theresa (Jeff) Plotnick na Calgary, AB; Christine (Robert) Guth na Goshen, Ind.; Steven (Diane) na Cincinnati, Ohio; Christopher Fessenden na Toluca Lake, Calif.; David (Vanessa) Fessenden na Las Vegas, Nev.; Brian (Christine) Fessenden na Canoga Park, Calif.; da jikoki. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar 22 ga Janairu a Cocin Episcopal na St. Andrew da St. Charles a Granada Hills, Calif. An karɓi kyaututtukan tunawa ga Heifer International da Habitat for Humanity.
- Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) tana gayyatar matasa masu tasowa da su nema yanzu don Shirin Gudanarwa na 2014. Matasa masu kula da tsofaffi za su yi aiki a taron kwamitin tsakiya na WCC a Geneva, Switzerland, daga Yuni 26-Yuli 10. "Ina ƙarfafa 'yan'uwa matasa matasa su nemi zama wakili a WCC," in ji Becky Ullom Naugle. , darektan Cocin of the Brother Youth and Young Adult Ministry. "Wannan shirin yana ba da fallasa ga ecumenism akan sikelin duniya kuma yana ba da damar fahimtar al'adu da gina dangantaka. Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya da shirin masu kula da ita tabbaci ne na bayyane cewa a cikin Kristi akwai baye-baye da yawa, amma Ruhu daya.” Masu nema dole ne su kasance tsakanin shekarun 18 zuwa 30. Kafin a fara taron, masu kula da su za su bi tsarin koyo na ecumenical a kan yanar gizo, suna fallasa su ga mahimman batutuwan ƙungiyar ecumenical ta duniya. A yayin taron, masu kulawa za su taimaka a wuraren ibada, kula da ƙasa, takardu, sadarwa, da sauran ayyukan gudanarwa da tallafi. Bayan taron, wakilai za su tsara ayyukan ecumenical da za su aiwatar a cikin majami'u da kuma al'ummominsu yayin dawowar su gida. An cika fom ɗin aikace-aikacen saboda shirin matasa na WCC kafin ranar 21 ga Fabrairu. Ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen da za a iya saukewa suna a www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/apply-now-stewards-programme-2014 .
— Shugabannin cocin ‘yan’uwa sun yi taro tare a cikin Inter-Agency Forum and Leadership Team meetings in Florida makon jiya. Wadanda abin ya shafa sun hada da mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara, zababben shugaban kasa, da sakatare, da shugabanni da kujerun hukumomin da ke da alaka da taron Coci of the Brothers, Brothers Benefit Trust, Bethany Theological Seminary, and On Earth Peace.
- “A nan akwai girmamawa ga masu aikin sa kai na BDM marasa tsoro jajircewa da 'polar vortex' a New Jersey, "in ji 'yan'uwa Bala'i Ministries a cikin wani sakon Facebook. An rera waƙoƙin Felix Bernard zuwa waƙar "Winter Wonderland":
Ringing Hammers – Kuna sauraro'?
Kamar yadda masu sa kai ke a-whistlin'.
Suna fuskantar rashin tsoro
Dusar ƙanƙara Allah ya yi,
Aiki a cikin wani yanayi na hunturu.
Aikin sa kai yana sa ka gajiya.
Tsokokinku suna ciwo kuma kuna zufa.
Amma sama Arewa, ka fare
Yayi sanyi ga gumi.
Aiki a cikin wani yanayi na hunturu.
dena:
Ba da agaji a cikin Kogin Toms mai sanyi
Kuma ka yi kamar kana cikin New Orleans,
Soakin 'haskoki kuma ba za ku yi rawar jiki ba-
Za ku ji dumi muddin kuna iya yin mafarki.
Bakin ciki ya tafi
Yayin da kuke yada farin ciki da jin dadi.
Singin' waƙoƙin ƙaunar Allah
Daga sama sama,
Aiki a cikin Wurin Wonderland!
- Yarjejeniyar tsagaita bude wuta ga Sudan ta Kudu An sanya hannu a ranar 23 ga Janairu a cikin wata sanarwa daga ACT Alliance, ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa ta ƙasa da ƙasa don Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa. Sudan ta Kudu ta fuskanci matsalar jin kai tun bayan yunkurin juyin mulkin da ya haifar da tashin hankali a watan Disamba. Fiye da mutane rabin miliyan ne aka tilastawa barin gidajensu, yayin da 86,000 suka tsere zuwa kasashe makwabta, in ji sanarwar. Sudan ta Kudu za ta ci gaba da bukatar taimakon kasashen duniya na dogon lokaci, amma babban sakataren kungiyar ACT Alliance John Nduna ya ce tsagaita bude wuta wani muhimmin mataki ne na farko. “Shugabannin bangarorin biyu dole ne a yanzu su nace dakarunsu su ajiye makamansu nan take kuma su baiwa kungiyoyin agaji damar kula da wadanda suka jikkata da wadanda aka tilastawa barin gidajensu. Muna fatan Sudan ta Kudu za ta iya komawa cikin zaman lafiya." Sakin ya yi hasashen ci gaba da kokarin da mambobin ACT ke yi, wanda ya hada da Cocin Brothers, da kuma taron Coci na Afirka duka, da Majalisar Coci ta Duniya, da Majalisar Cocin Sudan ta Kudu don tallafa wa kokarin zaman lafiya da sulhu da cocin ke jagoranta.
- Bidiyon YouTube game da manhajar Shine hadin gwiwa ne Brethren Press da MennoMedia suka samar yana a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-s30ns5Ad0&feature=youtu.be . Gajeren faifan bidiyo da ke kwatanta furci daga nassi, “Yesu ya ce, ‘Ku ne hasken duniya, bari haskenku Ya haskaka,’” yana haɓaka sabon tsarin koyarwa na Kirista da za a fara farawa daga wannan faɗuwar, bayan ƙarshen bazara na ta. precursor manhaja Tara 'Zagaye. Littafin labarun “Shine On” Littafi Mai Tsarki na yara zai kasance a cikin Maris. Don ƙarin bayani jeka www.brethrenpress.com .
- Kwanon Miya na Kulawa ya kasance hanya daya da kungiyoyin matasa ke taimakawa yaki da fatara da yunwa a cikin al'ummominsu ranar Lahadin Super Bowl. Ofishin Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa na ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwar matasa 'yan'uwa. Ra'ayoyi don ayyuka ciki har da ɗaukar tarin a cikin tukunyar miya a wannan rana a coci, neman ikilisiyoyin su ba da kuɗi ko kayan abinci ga mutanen da suke bukata. Ƙungiyoyin matasa suna ba da kashi 100 na gudummawa kai tsaye ga ƙungiyar agajin jin yunwa na cikin gida waɗanda suka zaɓa. “A shekarar 2012, kungiyoyi sama da 10,000 sun tara sama da dala miliyan 9.8 da kuma abinci ga kungiyoyin agaji na agaji na gida. Jimlar sama da dalar Amurka miliyan 90 kenan da aka tara tun lokacin da aka fara tafiyar a 1990!” Inji gidan yanar gizon Souper Bowl. Nemo ƙarin ra'ayoyi, yi rijistar ƙungiyar matasa don shiga, da bayar da rahoton sakamako a www.souperbowl.org .
- Paul Mundey, babban Fasto a Cocin Frederick (Md.) Church of the Brother, zai jagoranci taron ci gaban coci na shekara a gundumar Shenandoah. Noma don Babban Girbi zai kasance a ranar 1 ga Maris daga 9 na safe zuwa 3 na yamma a cocin Mountain View Fellowship Church of the Brothers a McGaheysville, Va., a kan jigon, “Ga shi, Ina gab da Aikata Sabon Abu” (Ishaya 43:19). ), da ƙarin nassosi daga 2 Korinthiyawa 4:7: “Amma muna da wannan taska a cikin tulun yumbu, domin a bayyana sarai cewa wannan iko mai-girma na Allah ne, ba daga wurinmu yake ba.” Mundey ya kasance babban Fasto a Cocin Frederick na ’yan’uwa mai mutum 1,100 na tsawon shekaru 17, kuma a baya ya kasance darektan aikin bishara da ci gaban ikilisiya na Cocin ‘yan’uwa na tsawon shekaru 13. Nemo ƙasidar rajista a http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1110837621104-228/Cultivating2014.pdf .
- Ƙungiya daga Goshen City (Ind.) Church of Brothers Yana shirin tafiya ta kwanaki 10 a watan Yuni zuwa Bexbach, Jamus, don taimakawa wajen bikin cika shekaru 35 da kulla dangantakar 'yar'uwar Goshen. Tafiyar za ta hada da hawan jirgin ruwa a kogin Rhine, da kuma zama na kwanaki uku tare da dangi mai masaukin baki, akan farashi daga $1,400-1,600. Tuntuɓar allanjkauffman@gmail.com .
- Abincin dare na shekara-shekara na Camp Mack shine Maris 7, farawa da hors d'oeuvres a 6: 15 pm Rex Miller, babban darektan Camp Mack, zai yi magana game da makomar sabuwar Cibiyar Becker Retreat a wurin tsohon Becker Lodge, wanda aka lalata a cikin wuta, da hangen nesa na gaba. domin sansanin. Kudin shine $25 don wurin zama wanda ba a tsara ba; ko $300 da ƙari ga teburan da aka keɓe don mutane shida zuwa takwas. Sanarwar da aka fitar ta ce kungiyar ta girma daga Toka Capital Campaign tana tara kudade don gina cibiyar Becker Retreat Center, kuma tana da dala 442,000 daga adadin da ake bukata don fara aikin ginin. Don ƙarin bayani jeka www.cammpmack.org .
- "Dasa tsaba na BANGASKIYA a cikin rayuwar yara, matasa da matasa!" ya ce gayyata zuwa taron liyafa na Sow the Seed Scholarship a Camp Bethel a ranar 6 ga Maris, farawa daga 6:30 na yamma Kudin $50 da duk gudummawar da aka samu daga asusun “sansanoni” na yamma da ma’aikatun sansanin bazara. RSVP ta ranar 27 ga Fabrairu zuwa 540-992-2940 ko campbetheloffice@gmail.com .
- Gundumar Kudu maso Yamma ta Pacific ta sanar da jigon kuma ya raba tambarin taron gunduma na 2014 wanda mai gudanarwa Erin Matteson ya jagoranta a ranar 7-9 ga Nuwamba a Hillcrest jama'ar masu ritaya a La Verne, Calif. Taken, "Ruhun Allah Motsi," hurarre daga Ishaya 43: 18-19. Matteson shine rubutun ra'ayin kanka a yanar gizo da aikawa da albarkatu masu alaƙa da jigon a www.pswdcob.org/spirit gami da alamar shafi da tunani mai zuwa:
“Allah yana lulluɓe dukan halitta cikin Ruhu,
jariri kuma ya dauke mu,
yana gayyatarmu da ƙalubalantar mu don kasancewa cikin ƙungiyar waraka…
Da fatan samun karin adalci, soyayya, zaman lafiya da farin ciki ga duniyar Allah,
Ta yi ta raɗaɗi da waƙa, ta zage-zage da zage-zage tana tafiya…
Rawa da wasa, hidima da raira waƙa, tare da ni, da juna da baƙi, ma.
Ɗauki felun ku, ku ɗauki, kwano da tawul, alamun rashin amincewa, kofuna na ruwan sanyi…
Har dukan halitta su sake zama sabo da kore.
Gabaɗaya a hannu, ga duk…
Ceton gaskiya, zo a ƙarshe.”
- Bridgewater (Va.) Kwalejin ta karbi bakuncin abubuwa uku na Fabrairu 3-9 da ke mai da hankali kan yunwar duniya, Haiti, da rashin abinci a Amurka, a cewar sanarwar. A ranar 3 ga Fabrairu da karfe 7:30 na yamma, Tony P. Hall, babban darektan kungiyar Alliance to End Yunwa, zai yi magana game da kokarinsa na duniya don rage yunwa da inganta yanayin 'yancin ɗan adam. An zabi Hall sau uku don samun lambar yabo ta zaman lafiya ta Nobel, ya taba zama jakadan Amurka a Hukumar Kula da Abinci da Aikin Noma ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da kuma babban darektan UNICEF. Jonathan Myerson Katz, kawai wakilin labarai na Amurka na cikakken lokaci a Haiti lokacin da girgizar kasa ta Jan. 2010 ta afku, zai yi magana da karfe 7:30 na yamma ranar 4 ga Fabrairu. Littafinsa, “Babban Motar da Ya Tafi: Yadda Duniya Tazo A ceci Haiti da Hagu Bayan Bala’i,” dalla-dalla yadda ta’addanci da barnar girgizar kasa da kuma ayyukan agaji da suka biyo baya. A ranar 9 ga Fabrairu da karfe 3 na yamma, za a nuna shirin "Wani Wuri a Teburin". Fim din ya yi nazari kan yunwa a Amurka ta labaran wasu mutane uku da ke kokawa da karancin abinci. Duk abubuwan da suka faru guda uku, wanda Kline-Bowman Endowment ke tallafawa don Ƙirƙirar Zaman Lafiya, za su faru a Cole Hall kuma suna buɗe wa jama'a ba tare da caji ba.