- Gyara: Newsline na makon da ya gabata ya ba da wurin da ba daidai ba ga jaridar da ta yi hira da ma'aikacin Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) Michael Himlie. An yi hira da Himlie ta “Record-Record” na Harmony, Minn.
- Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany's Nicarry Chapel ta sami lalacewar ruwa wannan makon bayan tsarin kashe gobara guda biyu a cikin makarantar hauza a Richmond, Ind., sun fashe cikin matsanancin yanayin zafi. A cikin imel ɗin imel zuwa ga jama'ar makarantar hauza mai kwanan wata 8 ga Janairu, Shugaba Jeff Carter ya rubuta cewa "wani shugaban yayyafawa da ke da alaƙa da tsarin wuta ya karye saboda yanayin sanyi kuma ya shayar da wurin shiga ta baya da ruwa…. Bututu na biyu yana ciyar da kan mai yayyafawa a cikin Nicarry Chapel ya fashe. Ruwa ya lullube dakin ibadar kuma an jika wasu kujeru, wakoki, da sauran kayan ibada.” Lalacewar ruwa ta yi muni sosai har ta lalata ɗakin ɗakin sujada, wanda ake cirewa kuma za a girka sabon bene. "Ko da yake yanayi mai wuyar gaske, wannan al'umma ta yi abin da abokai suke yi," in ji Carter. "Mun sauka a inda za mu iya, mun ƙarfafa lokacin da muka sami dama, kuma ba mu yanke kauna ba, amma mun yi magana game da matakai na gaba. Ina godiya ga waɗancan ƙwararrun sabis waɗanda suka zo taimakonmu, don ƙwararrun ma'aikata masu kulawa, malamai, da ɗalibai, ga abokanmu a Earlham, da kuma al'ummar da ta damu sosai game da wannan makarantar hauza."
- 'Yan'uwan Haitian suna neman addu'a ga iyalan mambobi biyu na Eglise des Freres Haitiens (Cocin ’yan’uwa a Haiti) wanda ya mutu a hatsarin jirgin ruwa. A ranar 18 ga watan Nuwamba, wani kwale-kwalen jirgin ruwa ya bar Haiti dauke da ’yan Haiti kusan 100, sun nufi Bahamas don neman ingantacciyar rayuwa. A ranar 24 ga watan Nuwamba jirgin ya kife kuma mutane 32 ne kawai daga cikin 100 da aka ceto. Daga cikin mutane kusan 15 daga al’ummar Aux Plaines da suka halaka akwai Ronel Leon da Franky Gustave, wasu manyan mambobi ne na Cocin Aux Plaines na Brothers a La Tortue, Haiti. Rose Cadet, wadda ta aike da bayanin bala'in ga ma'aikatan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Hidima ta rubuta: "Halayen rashin jin daɗi a Haiti yakan sa mutane su yi kasada da rayukansu don neman rayuwa mai kyau.
- A karshen mako ne ake cika shekaru 12 da isowar fursunonin farko a gidan yari na Guantanamo Bay. Ofishin Shaidu na Jama’a yana gayyatar ’yan’uwa da su shiga cikin addu’a domin a kawo karshen azabtarwa. A gobe Asabar, 11 ga watan Janairu, ofishin sheda na jama'a yana daukar nauyin gudanar da wani gangami a birnin Washington na kasar Amurka, tare da gangamin yaki da azabtarwa na addini, domin murnar zagayowar wannan rana da kuma yin kira ga shugaba Obama da ya cika alkawarinsa na rufe taron. Gidan Yari na Guantanamo Bay. “Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a na gayyatar ku da ku shiga cikin ruhi ta hanyar shiga cikin da’irar Addu’a ta kasa baki daya don Rufe Guantanamo wanda wani bangare ne na ayyukan karshen mako,” in ji gayyata. Ƙarin bayani game da da'irar addu'a da kuma yadda ake shiga yana cikin sabon faɗakarwar Aiki daga Ofishin Shaida na Jama'a. Nemo Faɗakarwar Ayyuka a www.brethren.org/guantanamo .
- "BVS yana buƙatar taimakon ku!" in ji gayyata don kammala bincike game da Hidimar Sa-kai ta Yan'uwa. Mutanen da ke hidima a cikin BVS, mutanen da suka kasance masu aikin sa kai na BVS a baya, membobin coci, da sauran masu sha'awar ana neman su taimaka wajen ba da ra'ayi game da shirin. Shigarwar za ta taimaka wa BVS ƙayyade wuraren mayar da hankali da haɓaka don gaba. Nemo binciken a www.brethren.org/bvs .
- Sarah Long ta sanar da yin murabus a matsayin sakatariyar kudi na gundumar Shenandoah kuma mai kula da cibiyar Cibiyar Ci gaban Kirista ta gundumar, mai tasiri Maris 1. Jaridar gundumar ta ba da rahoton cewa za ta koma Roanoke, Va., yankin a matsayin mai gudanarwa tare da sabis na sabuntawa na coci, E3.
- Camp Peaceful Pines yana neman cika matsayin mai kula da sansanin don kakar 2014 da kuma bayan. Camp Peaceful Pines wata ƙungiya ce mai zaman kanta mai zaman kanta mai zaman kanta wacce ke da alaƙa da gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Yana cikin tsaunin Saliyo Nevada na California a cikin dajin Stanislaus National Forest akan Sonora Pass. Membobin ma'aikata sun kasance ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun masu sa kai waɗanda ke son mutane, halitta, da Allah. Kwamitin gudanarwa da kwamitin shirye-shirye sun yi ƙoƙarin ɗaukar mutanen da suka balaga addinin Kiristanci da ƙwarewar jagoranci don jagorantar kowane sansani. Matsayin mai kula da sansanin yana tallafawa buƙatun aiki na yau da kullun daga Yuni 1 zuwa Satumba. Mai kula da sansanin yana da alhakin gudanar da ayyukan yau da kullun na sansanin, kula da sansanin, da gaisuwa da daidaita sansanonin tare da shugabannin sansanin. Wannan matsayi yana ba da rahoto ga kujerar kwamitin sansanin kuma yana ba da rahotanni ga kwamitin sansanin. Don amfani, ƙaddamar da aikace-aikacen tare da ci gaba da nassoshi uku ta Maris 1 zuwa Garry W. Pearson, Shugaban Hukumar, 1 Prado Lane, Davis, Ca 2932; ko sallama ta hanyar lantarki zuwa garrypearson@sbcglobal.net ; waya 530-758-0474. Tawagar neman za ta zaɓi ƴan takara masu cancanta don yin tambayoyi a cikin Maris. Camp Peaceful Pines shine ingantaccen Aiki: yarda da shiga ana amfani da su ba tare da la'akari da launin fata, launi, akida, asalin ƙasa, ko nakasa ba. Don ƙarin bayani game da sansanin je zuwa www.camppeacefulpines.org .
- Cocin Lebanon na 'yan'uwa a Mt. Sidney, Va., ta keɓe sabon sashinta tare da wani shagali da ƙarfe 2 na rana a ranar Lahadi, 19 ga Janairu. Wasiƙar Shenandoah ta ba da rahoton cewa an sayi sashin ne ta hanyar karimci na wasiƙa daga wani ɗan ikilisiya na tsawon rayuwarsa.
- Gundumar Plains ta Arewa tana shirin tarukan "gungu" da yawa nan da wasu watanni masu zuwa. Za a yi taro a kowane gungu na yanki biyar na gundumar. “Manufar ita ce a ƙarfafa juna da ƙulla dangantaka ta haɗin kai da kuma goyon baya tsakanin ’yan’uwa ikilisiyoyi,” in ji wasiƙar gunduma. “Cluster Iowa ta Tsakiya” na ikilisiyoyi suna yin musabaha a ranar Lahadi, 16 ga Fabrairu, a kan ayoyi daga 1 Korinthiyawa 3: 1-9 (“Ku Filin Allah ne”) ko 1 Korinthiyawa 12: 12-31a (“Ɗaya). jiki mai yawa”), ko kuma jigon taron gunduma na 2014 (“Allah Yana cikin Dalla-dalla”). Jaridar gundumar ta ba da rahoton cewa manufar musayar mimbari ta dogara ne a kan wani ɓangaren hangen nesa da manufa ta Arewa: “Za mu kira limaman cocinmu da ikilisiyoyi su yi aiki tare don samar da hidimar gama gari.”
- Har ila yau, daga Arewa Plains, jaridar gundumar ta ba da rahoton cewa wani sabon shafi daga Iowa Peace Network ana gudanar da shi ta Ivester Church of the Brother memba Jon Overton. Nemo blog a http://iowapeacenetwork.blogspot.com .
- Damar bita ga shugabannin coci Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) ta shirya don haɓaka dangantaka da ƙwarewar sauraro, a matsayin wani ɓangare na sabon Ventures a cikin jerin Almajiran Kirista. Taron bita a ranar 25 ga Janairu, "Gina Lafiyayyan Dangantaka: Kayan aikin Jituwa tsakanin Bambance-bambancen," zai ba da kayan aikin gina alaƙa mai jituwa a cikin al'ummar Ikklisiya. Taron bita a ranar 26 ga Janairu, "Sauraron Tausayi Mai Zurfi," zai taimaka haɓaka ƙwarewa don ƙarin kula da sadarwa tsakanin mutane. Ana gudanar da bitar a kwalejin tare da Barbara Daté a matsayin mai gudanarwa. Farashin shine $50 don taron bita na Janairu 25 da $25 don taron bitar na Janairu 26. Don yin rajista, tuntuɓi crains@McPherson.edu .
- Elizabethtown (Pa.) Kwalejin tana tsara abubuwan musamman don girmama jagoran 'yancin ɗan adam Martin Luther King Jr. An fara a cikin 2005, Ofishin Diversity na kwalejin ne ke daukar nauyin bikin na tsawon mako guda, in ji sanarwar. Makon ya fara ne ranar 20 ga Janairu tare da damar 10:30 na safe don duba bikin cikar Maris na 50 a Washington a Blue Bean Café a harabar. Da karfe 2 na rana a wannan rana za a gabatar da gabatarwa mai taken "Muryoyi Shida na Bikin Martin Luther King Jr. a cikin Mintuna Sittin" a Babban Laburare. Ranar zagayowar da karfe 6:15 na yamma tafiya daga Brossman Commons zuwa Leffler Chapel and Performance Center inda a karfe 7 na yamma taron MLK Gospel Extravaganza da Awards zai ƙunshi mawaƙa, mawaƙa, soloist, da raye-raye suna ba da maraice na musamman na al'adu. da kiɗa. Don cikakken jerin abubuwan da suka faru je zuwa www.etown.edu/offices/diversity/mlk.aspx . Duk abubuwan da Kwamitin Tsare-tsare na Martin Luther King Jr. ke daukar nauyinsu kyauta ne. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Diane Elliott a elliottd@etown.edu ko 717-361-1198.
- Daniel Ellsberg zai yi magana a Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., a ranar 30 ga Janairu, da ƙarfe 7:30 na yamma, kan batun "Sabi da Sirri." Ellsberg tsohon manazarci ne na dabarun RAND Corporation kuma babban jigo a cikin littafin 1971 na wani binciken kan "Yin yanke shawara a Vietnam 1945-1968" wanda daga baya ya zama sananne da sunan "Takardun Pentagon." Saki daga kwalejin ya lura cewa a cikin shirye-shiryen lacca, a ranar 23 ga Janairu a 7:30 na yamma Juniata za ta nuna "Mutumin Mafi Haɗari a Amurka: Daniel Ellsberg da Takardun Pentagon." Za a nuna fim ɗin a cikin Neff Lecture Hall a Cibiyar Kimiyya ta von Liebig. Lacca na Ellsberg yana gudana a Rosenberger Auditorium a Cibiyar Halbritter don Yin Arts. Fim da kuma lacca duk kyauta ne kuma a buɗe ga jama'a.
- Cibiyar Al'adun gargajiya ta 'yan'uwantaka-Mennonite a Harrisonburg, Va., tana gudanar da taronta na shekara-shekara da abincin dare da ƙarfe 6:30 na yamma ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, a cocin Harrisonburg Mennonite. Shirin zai ba da haske game da nasarorin 2013 da tsare-tsare na 2014, da ayyukan masu fasaha da masu fassarar da ke cikin tafiye-tafiyen filin da aka ba wa daliban firamare. Wurin zama yana da iyaka, yi ajiyar wuri zuwa ranar 1 ga Fabrairu. Tuntuɓi 540-438-1275 ko info@vbmhc.org .
- Makon Addu'a don Hadin kan Kirista ana yin bikin ne a al’adance tsakanin 18-25 ga Janairu (a arewaci) ko kuma a ranar Fentakos (a kudancin hemisphere), ta ikilisiyoyi a duk faɗin duniya. Ana ba da albarkatun mako ta Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya, kuma wannan shekara ta mai da hankali ga jigon da tambaya: “An raba Kristi?” (1 Korinthiyawa 1:1-17). Kowace shekara Kiristoci daga sassa dabam-dabam na duniya suna taimaka wajen shirya albarkatun, kuma rukunin wakilai daga Kanada ne suka shirya aikin farko a kan jigon a wannan shekara. Je zuwa www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/week-of-prayer/week-of-prayer .
- Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista sun ba da sanarwar "wani sabon mataki na CPT a Turai," a cikin sakin kwanan nan. Kungiyar, wacce ta fara a cikin Cocin Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi ciki har da Cocin Brothers, ta fara binciken sabon aiki tare da 'yan gudun hijira da baƙi a Turai. Sanarwar ta ce, "Rufe tsare-tsare da kuma rufe iyakokin Turai da makwabtanta a cikin 'yan shekarun nan ya sha bamban da kalaman Tarayyar Turai na dimokuradiyya da 'yancin dan Adam na duniya." "Dubban 'yan gudun hijira sun mutu a kan iyakokin EU a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Kimanin milyoyin shingen waya da tsare kan iyakokin irin na sojoji na tilastawa bakin hauren bin hanyoyin da suka fi hatsarin gaske – na tsallaka tekun Bahar Rum ko kuma mashigin da ke tsakanin Girka da Turkiyya. Wadanda suka sanya hakan suna fuskantar wariyar launin fata, tashin hankali, gazawar hukumomi, da kuma tsare su akai-akai ko kora." CPT a Turai, wanda ke da haɗin gwiwa mai karfi tare da kwamitin zaman lafiya na Mennonite na Jamus, yana shirin wata tawagar bincike ta farko zuwa iyakar Girka da Turkiyya don ganawa da 'yan gudun hijira, ƙungiyoyin jama'a da masu fafutuka, gina dangantaka, da haɓaka fahimtar halin da ake ciki. sakin yace. Tawagar za ta gudana ne a watan Afrilu. Don ƙarin je zuwa www.cpt.org .