By Randy Miller
An gabatar da baƙi na duniya a taron shekara-shekara na 2014 ga Hukumar Mishan da Ma'aikatar
A taronsu na shekara-shekara a ranar Laraba, 2 ga watan Yuli, mambobin Hukumar Mishan da Ma’aikatar sun sami sabani da maziyartan kasashen duniya, inda suka samu bayanai daga Global Mission and Service director Jay Wittmeyer kan yanayin da Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Najeriya (EYN, the Church of the Brethren) ke fuskanta. a Najeriya).
Har ila yau, sun yi bikin karramawar budaddiyar rufin asiri ta bana ga ikilisiyoyi da ke samun ci gaba wajen maraba da nakasassu, an kuma yi musu bayani kan halin kuxin kungiyar, kuma sun saurari rahoton shirin hidimar bazara na ma’aikatar.
Rahoton Najeriya
Wittmeyer, wanda ya ziyarci Najeriya a watan Afrilu tare da babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger, ya ce yanayi na ci gaba da tabarbarewa a yankuna da dama da ‘yan kungiyar EYN ke zaune, yana mai ba da misali da rahotannin wasu sabbin hare-hare a kusa da Chibok a karshen mako.
Wittmeyer ya shaida wa mambobin hukumar cewa "Lokacin da na fara shiga cikin jirgin a shekarar 2009, an kai hare-hare kan coci-coci a Najeriya." “Akwai dogon tarihin tashin hankali a Najeriya. Amma lokacin da ni da Stan muka kasance a can a watan Afrilu, ya yi kama da tawaye da makamai, har ma da farkon yakin basasa. Lamarin ya canja sosai a lokacin da nake wannan ofishi. A jihohi uku a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya, inda EYN ke da yawancin majami'u, mutane 250,000 sun rasa matsugunansu."
Rebecca Dali, babbar memba ce ta EYN kuma uwargidan shugaban EYN Samuel Dante Dali, na daga cikin maziyartan kasashen duniya da suka dauki lokaci suna musayar labaransu a teburi da mambobin hukumar. Dali zai yi magana ne game da yadda EYN ke fama da tashe-tashen hankula a Najeriya tare da kungiyoyi daban-daban yayin taron da kuma bayan taron.
Ban da Dali, wakilai daga Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke Brazil, da Cocin Arewacin Indiya da Cocin Gunduma na Farko na ’yan’uwa a Indiya sun halarci taron.
"Yayin da muke ci gaba, ina jin akwai bukatar 'yan'uwa ma'aikatun bala'i su shiga cikin lamarin, saboda Najeriya na cikin mawuyacin hali," in ji Wittmeyer, wanda ke shirin komawa Najeriya a watan Agusta, tare da Roy Winter, mataimakin babban darakta na Global Mission and Sabis da daraktan ma'aikatun bala'i na 'yan'uwa.
Rahoton kudi
Leanne Harnist, ma’ajin cocin ’yan’uwa, ta yi wa hukumar bayani game da kuɗaɗen ƙungiyar. Ta ba da rahoton cewa jimlar bayar da gudummawa ta kasance gaban inda cocin ta kasance shekara guda da ta gabata da kashi 8, amma ba da gudummawa ga Core Ministries ya ragu a baya, kuma bayar da gudummawar jama'a ya ragu a cikin 2013 da kusan kashi 3. Sai dai ta ce tana sa ran za a samu karuwar gudunmawar daidaikun mutane yayin da shekarar ke ci gaba. Duk da haka, ana sa ran samun raguwar kashi 2 cikin 2015 a shekarar XNUMX. Ta kara da cewa hasashen nan gaba ya nuna cewa kashe kudi zai zarce kudin shiga.
"Muna buƙatar duba wannan," in ji shugabar hukumar Becky Ball-Miller. “Ba za mu iya ci gaba ba
aiki kamar wannan ya daɗe da yawa."
Sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar
Memban Hukumar Pam Reist ya gabatar da bayyani na shirin Hidimar bazara na Ma’aikatar, inda ake ba wa ’yan’uwa matasa damar gwada hannunsu a shugabancin coci. Bayan nuna ɗan gajeren bidiyo, Reist ya gabatar da Lauren Seganos, wanda a halin yanzu yana hidima a cocin Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brothers, inda Reist fasto ne.
"Ina matukar godiya da wannan shirin," in ji Seganos ga hukumar. “Abin da na fi so a kai shi ne nasihar da mu ma’aikata ke yi da shugabannin coci. Ya jawo gadon ’yan’uwanmu game da hakan. Matasan da suka zo ta wannan shirin a da yanzu suna hidima a matsayin shugabanni a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Don haka don Allah a ci gaba da tallafawa MSS!"
Bude lambar yabo ta Rufin
An amince da ikilisiyoyi uku don ƙarin ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce na marabtar waɗanda suke da bukata ta musamman zuwa ikilisiyoyinsu. Jonathan Shively, darektan zartarwa na Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya, ya ba da lambar yabo ta 2014 Open Roof Award zuwa Cocin South Waterloo (Iowa) Church of the Brothers, Lone Star Church of the Brothers a Lawrence, Kan., Da Clover Creek Church of the Brothers a Martinsburg, Pa .
An ba da lambar yabo ta 2014 Open Roof Award ga ikilisiyoyi uku: South Waterloo (Iowa) Church of the Brothers, Lone Star Church of the Brothers in Lawrence, Kan., Da Clover Creek Church of the Brothers a Martinsburg, Va.
Ƙari ga haka, Shively ta yarda kuma ta gode wa Donna Kline, darekta na Ma’aikatar Deacon, don hidimar da ta yi na tsawon shekaru. Kline yana yin ritaya a wannan bazarar.
Cocin South Waterloo na 'Yan'uwa ya haɓaka dangantaka da Harmony House, wurin kula da raunin kwakwalwa a Waterloo, Iowa, yana ba da jakunkuna na kyauta ga wasu mazauna, da sarari don fita da rawa na shekara-shekara. Ikklisiya ta kuma “ce e” ga membobinta da ke da nakasa, tana ba su hanyoyin yin hidima duk da ƙalubalen da suke fuskanta, suna koyon yadda za su haɗa su cikin ayyukan coci. An shigar da lif a ginin cocin, kuma dakunan wanka sun dace da ADA. An cire pew a cikin wuri mai tsarki don ba da sarari ga waɗanda ke cikin keken guragu, kuma masu kai agajin suna taimaka wa masu tafiya.
Jonathan Shively, shugaban zartarwa na Congregational Life Ministries, ya amince da Donna Kline, darektan ma'aikatar Deacon, akan ritayar ta. Wannan karramawar ta zo ne a yayin taron taron shekara-shekara na Ofishin Jakadancin da Hukumar Ma’aikatar.
Lone Star Church of the Brother Ikklisiya ce da ta yi gwagwarmaya don samun ci gaba kuma ta himmatu wajen ci gaba. Tattaunawa game da gyare-gyaren jiki don yin amfani da gine-gine ya fara a can shekaru 40 da suka wuce, kuma ko da yake a cikin shekaru arba'in ba dukan abubuwan da aka gwada ba ne suke da taimako, cocin ya ci gaba. Cocin ya sami damar shigar da lif. Yaro mai Down Syndrome yana kunna kyandir don ibadar safiya. Wani matashi da ke fama da ciwon kwakwalwa yana ba da jagoranci a makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki na hutu, yana jagorantar addu'a a coci, kuma yana ba da shaida. Ikilisiya ta fahimci cewa ba da zarafi ga kowa ya yi hidima sau da yawa ita ce hanya mafi kyau ta hidima.
At Clover Creek Church of Brother, Bayar da damar shiga jiki aiki ne na ci gaba, amma Ikklisiya tana ba da manyan bulletin bullets da na'urorin haɓaka ji, kuma tana da sabon shingen ƙofar gaba wanda ke kawar da matakai. A cikin 2009, cocin ta fara Ma'aikatar Kayan Aikin Kiwon Lafiya ta John's Way don taimakawa mutanen da ke da nakasa da/ko buƙatun kayan aikin likita. Suna ɗaukar kayan aikin likita da aka yi amfani da su, suna tsaftacewa da gyara su yadda ya kamata, sannan su ba da su. An samar da abubuwa sama da 2000 ga mabukata, wanda babban wurin ajiyar kaya ya saukaka. A wannan watan Mayu a bikin cika shekaru 10 na John's Way, wanda aka ba wa suna bayan ɗan cocin mai shekaru 19 John Scott Baird wanda aka haife shi da wata cuta mai saurin kamuwa da cuta wadda ta sa tafiya ko magana ba zai yiwu ba, cocin ta keɓe sabon ginin sito don hidima.
- Randy Miller editan mujallar Messenger ne. Donna Kline da Jonathan Shively na ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoton.