Labaran labarai na Afrilu 8, 2014

Maganar mako: “Ya Allah, kada in zama abin sha a cikin al’adar ‘bada’, har ban ga waɗanda suke fama da idona ba. Ka sa zuciyata ta yi aiki cikin hanyoyin jinƙai cewa kowane lokaci na ranata za ta ɗaga kai a matsayin bauta a gare ka.” - Mai Gudanar da Taron Matasa na Kasa da Ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa Katie Cummings (https://www.brethren.org/blog ).

“Ku bauta wa Ubangiji Allahnku, shi kaɗai kuma ku bauta wa” (Matta 4:10b).

LABARAI
1) Dandalin shugaban kasa na Bethany Seminary ya kalli bikin soyayya
2) Sabis na Bala'i na Yara yana mayar da martani ga zabtarewar laka a Washington
3) Ma'aikatan mishan 'yan'uwa suna aiki tare da kungiyar Najeriya masu taimakawa 'yan gudun hijira
4) Ecumenical Advocacy Days tsayayya tashin hankali, gina zaman lafiya

Abubuwa masu yawa
5) Cocin ’Yan’uwa ta dauki nauyin taron ‘Church and Post-Christian Culture’ taron

FEATURES
6) Rayukan taɓa rayuwa sosai: Tunani a sansanin aiki a Haiti
7) Muna ci gaba da manufa ta coci: Rahoton daga Falfurrias, Texas

8) Yan'uwa bits: Wasika a kan Isra'ila-Palestine, tsawo na TPS ga Haitians, gundumomi tattara gudunmawar laka, Easter a CrossRoads, 13th Sauti na Duwatsu, maganin rigakafi a Fahrney-Keedy, tsofaffin dalibai a Bridgewater, sabon jerin littattafai "Caukewa Gata,” ƙari.

 

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1) Dandalin shugaban kasa na Bethany Seminary ya kalli bikin soyayya

“Bikin Ƙaunar Rayuwa” shine jigon taron shugaban ƙasa karo na shida da aka gudanar a Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany a Richmond, Ind. Taron Taro na Farko na Afrilu 3-4 ya kasance ƙarƙashin jagorancin Bethany da tsofaffin ɗalibai. Taron da aka yi a ranar 4-5 ga Afrilu ya ƙunshi baƙon jawabai da masu gabatarwa da suka haɗa da mai fafutuka da mai zaman lafiya Shane Claiborne, Janet R. Walton na Ƙungiyar Tauhidi ta Tiyoloji, Ruth Anne Reese na Makarantar Tauhidi ta Asbury, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo kuma marubucin wasan kwaikwayo Ted Swartz.

Taron shugabannin da suka gabata sun yi magana da jigogi iri-iri, daga “Nassosin Ji na Salama” a 2008 zuwa “Littafi Mai Tsarki a Kasusuwanmu” a cikin 2013. Manufar taron ita ce gina al’umma a tsakanin waɗanda ke makarantar hauza, babban coci, da jama'a, da kuma samar da jagoranci na hangen nesa don sake tunani game da rawar da makarantun hauza a cikin jawaban jama'a, ta hanyar nazarin batutuwan da ke cikin tunani da tunani game da batutuwa na imani da ɗabi'a. Taimako daga Gidauniyar Arthur Vining Davis ta ba da taron. (Nemi kundin hoto a www.bluemelon.com/churchofthebrethren/livinglovefeastbethanyseminaryforum2014 .)

Tsofaffin ɗalibai/ae sun taru don taron farko

Sabis ɗin liyafa na soyayya na yamma wanda ya haɗa da wanke ƙafafu, abincin liyafar soyayya, da kuma haɗin kai sun buɗe taron Pre-Forum Gathering, wanda Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Daliban Seminary na Bethany/ae ya ɗauki nauyinsa. Bayan liyafar soyayya, masu halarta kuma sun ji daɗin tsoma ice cream da cobbler ɗin 'ya'yan itace da shugaba Jeff Carter ya yi aiki tare da wasu daga jami'o'i, ƙungiyar ɗalibai, da hukumar.

Carter yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda ke gabatar da rana ta gaba, akan maudu'in, "Kamar Almajiran Farko." Tunanin Carter akan al'adun gargajiya na abubuwan bukin soyayya kamar yadda Cocin 'yan'uwa ke yi, an gayyace martani daga masu halarta. Kamar yadda duk gabatarwar taron, Carter's ya ƙare da lokacin tambayoyi daga masu sauraro da kuma martani daga mai gabatarwa. Carter ya mai da hankali kan yadda canje-canje a cikin abubuwan bukin soyayya na iya shafar ma'ana da darajar hidima ga daidaikun mutane da coci. Gabatarwar ta ƙarfafa yin la'akari da gine-ginen al'adu na bikin soyayya, yana barin tambaya a bude: idan muka canza abubuwan liyafar soyayya, shin ma'anar za ta canza?

Har ila yau, gabatarwa daga sashen Bethany Denise Kettering-Lane, mataimakin farfesa na Nazarin 'Yan'uwa, wanda adireshinsa mai suna, "Ta Ruwa, da Mai: Baftisma da Shafawa a cikin Al'adun 'Yan'uwa"; Russell Haitch, farfesa na Ilimin Kirista, wanda ya yi magana a kan batun, “‘Yi Wannan’: Rayuwa da Al’adar Tare da Sabbin Mutane da Matasa”; da Malinda Berry, mataimakiyar farfesa na Nazarin Tauhidi, wanda ya yi magana a kan "Fiye da Hasken Candles: Tiyoloji, Bauta, Ayyukan Aiki, da Arts."

Dandalin yana neman sabon ma'ana ga al'adar Yan'uwa

Tare da ɗimbin masu magana da masu gabatarwa daga wajen ɗarikar, gami da masana ilimi, masu fafutuka, da masu fasaha, dandalin da kansa ya ba da ma'ana ga fahimtar al'adar bukin soyayya.

Claiborne, wanda ya kasance fitaccen mai magana a taron matasa na kasa na 2010 kuma ya yi aiki tare da Ƙungiyoyin Aminci na Kirista a Iraki, shi ne wanda ya kafa kungiyar bangaskiya mai sauƙi a Philadelphia. Ya bibiyi abubuwan da suka faru na rayuwa wanda ya kai shi aikatawa don bin Yesu, wanda ya bayyana a matsayin sadaukarwa don neman “hanyoyin mulkin,” tun daga ƙuruciyarsa a Tennessee ta hanyar sa kai tare da Uwar Theresa don shiga cikin motsi. na iyalai marasa gida a Philadelphia. Sana'ar da iyalai marasa matsuguni na cocin da aka yi watsi da su a Philadelphia ya kai ga al'ummar Simple Way wadda Claiborne ke rayuwa kuma a halin yanzu.

Da yake magana kan batun, "Wata Hanya ta Rayuwa," Claiborne ya ba da labaru da yawa daga aikinsa da na al'ummarsa - tun daga harba bindigogin hannu zuwa sassa na fasaha, zuwa dasa lambunan al'umma a cikin guraben da ba kowa - wanda ke kwatanta "abin da ake nufi da shi. zama bambancin al'ada…. Wannan shi ne abin da Allah yake yi a duniya, yana samar da al'adun gargajiya." Ya rufe da addu’a, “Ka ba mu mafarkai da hangen nesa, Ya Allah, don abin da kake son yi a duniya…. Ka taimake mu mu yi soyayya da ku sosai har mu zama kamar ku.”

Jawabin ilimi guda biyu da aka bayar da safiyar 5 ga Afrilu ya fara da cikakken nazarin Yohanna 13, babi na “hanyar” a cikin bisharar Yohanna da ke kwatanta jibin ƙarshe da Yesu ya ci tare da almajiransa da kuma abin koyi ga ’yan’uwa na ibada na ƙauna. Ruth Anne Reese, Shugaban Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Beeson kuma farfesa na Sabon Alkawari a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Asbury a Wilmington, Ky., ta lura cewa “ƙauna ita ce mataki na farko kuma mafi girma na wannan babin. Bai isa ya sami ilimi ba sai da soyayya.” A cikin labarin Yohanna na abubuwan da suka faru na jibin ƙarshe, Yesu ya nuna ƙauna sa’ad da yake fuskantar haɗari da ha’inci, da kuma cin amana, har da abokansa da mabiyansa na kud da kud. Yana kwatanta irin rayuwar da mabiyan Yesu za su ɗauka, in ji ta ga taron.

Dagewar da Yesu ya yi wajen yi wa almajirai hidima da ƙauna waɗanda ba da daɗewa ba za su ci amana da kuma musun shi abin koyi ne ga fastoci a yau, in ji ta, tana mai kira da a san hakikanin aiki a cikin ikilisiya a matsayin al’umma. "Cin amana da ƙaryatawa suna durƙusa a layin tarayya tare da mu," in ji ta. “Ko da ’yan uwa sun ci amanar bukin soyayya, ana karfafa su da su amsa addu’a da jin kai.” Ta bukaci mahalarta taron da su nemi ilhami ba ga tsari da kuma yadda ake gudanar da bukin soyayya ba, sai dai ga Ubangijin da bukin soyayyar ke nunawa. “Za mu iya dogara ne kawai a tsakiyar cin amana lokacin da muke kallon Yesu. Dole ne ku kalli Yesu don manufa, kuma al'umma ita ce rayuwa mara kyau daga wannan gaskiyar. "

Idin soyayya ya ke?

"Shin abincin al'ada yana da mahimmanci?" ta tambayi baƙo na biyu ilimi, Janet R. Walton, farfesa na Ibada a Ƙungiyar Tauhidin Tauhidi a New York. “A yayin fuskantar talauci mara tsayawa, tashin hankalin da ba ya tsayawa, zaɓe na yau da kullun da ke jawo mana asarar rayuka, shin akwai wanda ke tunanin cewa abincin al’ada yana da mahimmanci? Ina tsammanin zan yi!" Ta yi nazarin yanayin abinci na al'ada irin su liyafar soyayya da tarayya, da kuma al'adar cin abinci na ƙarni na farko na Greco-Roma wanda Ikklisiya ta farko za ta saba da ita, ta yin amfani da hotunan kafofin watsa labaru iri-iri na abinci da labaru daga sassa daban-daban na tarayya. hidimomin da aka gudanar a ɗakin sujada a Makarantar tauhidi ta Union.

Walton ya ɗauka, in ji ta, cewa "dukkanin al'ada suna buƙatar gyara akai-akai" kuma "a cikin dukkan al'ada wani abu yana cikin haɗari." Ta bukaci taron da ya yi la'akari da "rabi" a cikin ayyukanmu na ibada, don inganta hidimar al'umma - waɗanda za a iya barin su, yadda al'adu ke ƙarfafawa ko karya iyakoki, yadda a cikin al'adar al'umma da daidaikun mutane ke tilasta yin zabi. Daga cikin wasu, ta ba da misali da wani taron ibada a Union da aka gudanar a bikin tunawa da yakin Iraki, karkashin jagorancin kungiyar zaman lafiya da adalci. Gawawwakin gawawwaki suna kwance a ƙasa, ɗalibai suna taka rawar matattu na yaƙi. "Ratar da ke ƙasa ya canza komai," in ji Walton. "Don ci da sha, dole ne mu zagaya da su."

Duk da irin waɗannan abubuwan ba za su sami karɓuwa ga kowa ba, in ji ta, kamar yadda gabatarwarta ta ƙarfafa masu sauraro su ci gaba da bincika yadda majami'unsu suke tsarawa da aiwatar da al'ada. Ta jaddada cewa "al'adu masu tasiri sukan jawo mu kusa da abubuwan rayuwarmu…. Lokacin da al'adunmu suka ba da kwarewar da za ta iya lalata fatarmu kuma ta dagula zukatanmu, an kai mu mu yi wani abu." A Union, ta ce, "Muna nufin kan tebur don haɓakawa da karimci…. Samar da sarari ga abin da ba mu sani ba, samar da sarari ga bukatun juna.”

An kammala taron tare da “zamantakewa” da dama da limaman ‘yan’uwa da shugabannin coci suka jagoranta da suka hada da “Bukuwan Soyayya da Sallar Sahilan Afirka” tare da Roger Schrock; “Kawo Yara zuwa Tebur na Kristi” tare da Linda Waldron; taron tattaunawa na "Bikin Ƙauna: Al'ada da Ƙirƙira": "Bikin Ƙaunar Ƙauna" tare da Karen Garrett; da "Bikin Ƙauna Mai Rayuwa: Daga Sake Ƙaddamarwa zuwa Ƙarfafa Bauta" tare da Paul Stutzman.

An fara taron bautar rufewa tare da Ted Swartz yana ba da zaɓi na solo na zaɓaɓɓu daga “Idon Kifi,” yana yin aikin almajiri Bitrus a cikin fage da aka zana daga bisharar huɗu, sannan lokacin ibada cikin tsari na soyayya: jarrabawa. da ikirari, wanke ƙafafu, abinci, da tarayya.

“An taru a matsayin baƙi a teburinka,” in ji shugaban ibada wanda ya ba da addu’ar albarka ga gurasa da ƙoƙon. Gayyata ce da ta dace ga mahalarta su kalli bikin bukin soyayya tare da ikilisiyoyinsu a lokacin Mako Mai Tsarki, tare da kara wayar da kan jama'a kan zurfin ma'anar al'adar da aka saba da su, da idanu bude don sabbin fahimta da sabuwar ma'ana ta fito.

Kundin hotuna daga dandalin yana nan www.bluemelon.com/churchofthebrethren/livinglovefeastbethanyseminaryforum2014 .

- Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford darekta ce na Sabis na Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa.

2) Sabis na Bala'i na Yara yana mayar da martani ga zabtarewar laka a Washington

Sabis na Bala'i na Yara (CDS) ya tura masu sa kai guda bakwai don mayar da martani ga bala'in zabtarewar laka a gundumar Snohomish, Wash. CDS shiri ne na Ministocin Bala'i na Yan'uwa. Tawagar CDS ta yi aiki a Darrington, wata al'umma kusa da wurin zamewar. Amsar ta ƙare ranar Lahadi, 6 ga Afrilu, bayan da aka yi jimillar tuntuɓar yara 83, a cewar abokiyar daraktar CDS Kathy Fry-Miller.

FEMA ta ba da rahoton mutane 30 da aka tabbatar sun mutu daga bala'in na ranar 22 ga Maris, yayin da mutane 13 suka bace ko kuma ba a gano su ba, sannan gidaje 43 sun lalace, in ji Fry-Miller.

Masu sa kai na CDS suna samun horo na musamman don ba da kulawa ta musamman ga yara a cikin yanayi masu ban tsoro biyo bayan bala'o'i, suna ba su damar bayyana ra'ayoyinsu da labarunsu ta hanyar zaɓaɓɓun ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo. Masu aikin sa kai kan wannan martanin sun haɗa da manajan ayyukan bala'i John da Carol Elms, Stephanie Herkelrath, Kathy Howell, Sharon McDaniel, Sharon Sparks, da Caroline Iha.

Tawagar CDS ta yi wa yara daga al'ummomin da ke kusa da yankin zaftarewar laka, inda 'yan uwa suka rasa rayukansu a bala'in. Har ila yau, sun ba da kulawar yara a ranar Juma'a a yayin taron masu ba da agaji na farko da masu yankan katako wadanda ke aikin neman gawarwakin, da kuma a ranar Asabar yayin bikin tunawa da daya daga cikin mutanen da suka mutu a bala'in.

“A gaskiya muna ba da kulawar jinkiri ga al’ummar da ta dace. Masoyan da suka rasa su ne ma’aikacin dakin karatu ko makwabcinsu, ”in ji Fry-Miller. Masu aikin sa kai sun ba da hankalinsu ga yaran da ke da “wani matakin tsoro, kamar yaushe dutsen na gaba zai faɗo a kanmu?” Ta ce.

An kammala martanin CDS a ranar Lahadi, bayan zabtarewar laka ta zama bala'i da gwamnatin tarayya ta ayyana kuma an kira FEMA, in ji Fry-Miller. CDS ta amsa bisa bukatar Red Cross ta Amurka.

A cikin sakon Facebook daga ƙungiyar CDS, an sami "wasa mai kyau na hulɗa tare da yara da masu sa kai na CDS. Manyan ayyukan… sun kasance wasan ƙwallon dankalin turawa mai zafi da kuma mutum-mutumi. Yara sun yi nasu manyan robobi masu ƙarfi daga manyan akwatuna…. Wani muhimmin aiki ne ga yaran da suke jin ba su da ƙarfi a wannan lokacin baƙin ciki yayin da suke jiran jin labarin waɗanda suke ƙauna a cikin zabtarewar laka.”

Shafukan Facebook sun kuma ambato wata yarinya ’yar shekara tara da ta samu kulawa a wurin wasan: “Ina fatan za ku ci gaba da yi wa yaran hakan domin yana sa na ji dadi kuma ya mamaye yaran. Ina son yin fenti da wasa da kullu. Ina son yin zane Ina son shi lokacin da kuke yin wannan. "

Don ƙarin bayani game da Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara jeka www.brethren.org/cds .

(Jane Yount, mai gudanarwa na ma'aikatun bala'in 'yan'uwa, ta ba da gudummawa ga wannan rahoton.)

3) Ma'aikatan mishan 'yan'uwa suna aiki tare da kungiyar Najeriya masu taimakawa 'yan gudun hijira

By Roxane Hill

A karshen mako na 14-16 ga Maris, Cibiyar Kulawa, Karfafawa, da Zaman Lafiya (CCEPI) ta yi wa 'yan gudun hijira 509 hidima a hedikwata da Kulp Bible College of Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–The Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). . CCEPI ta raba kayan sawa da takalma 4,292, kilogiram 2,000 na masara, tare da guga da kofuna.

Daga cikin mutane 509 da aka yi aiki, fiye da 100 sun sami mutuwar aƙalla ɗan gida ɗaya. Dukkanin wadannan mutane sun bar gidajensu ne sakamakon hare-haren da kungiyar Boko Haram mai kaifin kishin Islama ke kaiwa, kuma an kona gidaje da coci-coci da dama.

A karshen makon da ya gabata ne dai wani fitar da kudade da kayan aiki daga sassan Najeriya ya baiwa CCEPI damar raba abinci da karin kayan sawa da takalma da dai sauransu 3,000 ga karin mutane 2,225 da ke gudun hijira sakamakon rikicin arewacin Najeriya. Masu ba da agaji na CCEPI tare da darakta sun yi aiki ba tare da gajiyawa ba na sa’o’i da yawa don tsarawa, tattarawa, da rarraba kayayyakin.

Ana adana cikakkun bayanai na gudummawar da aka karɓa da na kowane iyali da aka taimaka. Abin farin ciki ne ni da Carl mun yi hidima tare da ma'aikatan CCEPI a cikin wannan kamfani mai daraja.

CCEPI, wacce aka kafa a shekarar 2011, kungiya ce mai zaman kanta (mai zaman kanta) mai rijista a Najeriya. Wanda ya kafa ta, Dr. Rebecca Samuel Dali, yana aiki tare da gwauraye, marayu, da yara masu rauni fiye da shekaru goma. CCEPI tana inganta jin daɗin matalauta mafi ƙasƙanci kuma tana neman ƙarfafa waɗanda aka tabka.

- Roxane da Carl Hill suna hidima tare da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–Cocin of the Brothers in Nigeria) ta hanyar Cocin of the Brothers Global Mission and Service.

4) Ecumenical Advocacy Days tsayayya tashin hankali, gina zaman lafiya

By Christy Crouse

An binciko hangen nesa na "zaman lafiya a cikin al'umma, zaman lafiya a tsakanin al'ummai, zaman lafiya a kasuwa, da zaman lafiya da duniya" a cikin kwanaki 12 na Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) a Washington, DC Wannan taron ya faru Maris 21-24. kuma ya tara Kiristoci kusan 1,000 daga Sri-Lanka zuwa Alaska don su koyi game da kiran zaman lafiya a duniyarmu.

EAD tana mayar da hankali ne a kowace shekara don nuna wani batu na siyasa tare da yin la'akari da hanyoyin canza manufofin gwamnati don samar da al'umma mai adalci bisa mahangar Kirista. Taron EAD na bana ya mayar da hankali ne kan taken zaman lafiya, da farko kan kokarin rage saye da amfani da bindigogi domin haddasa barna, da kuma daidaita abubuwan da ake ba da kudade wajen hana tashe-tashen hankula da inganta tsaron bil'adama.

Luka 19:41-42 ya ja-gorance EAD, inda Yesu ya yi kuka a kan Urushalima, babban birnin da ya juya daga hanyar salama ta gaskiya.

Taron ya ƙunshi ibada, masu magana masu inganci, abubuwan baje koli daga ƙungiyoyi masu ɗaukar nauyi irin su Pax Christi da Bread for the World, da yawa na manufofin siyasa da taron bita, tarukan ɗarikoki, da ranar harabar gidan Capitol Hill a matsayin ƙarshen taron.

Membobin Cocin ‘Yan’uwa da yawa sun halarta ciki har da Nathan Hosler da Bryan Hanger daga Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a na darikar, da kuma Sarah Ullom-Minnich da ni, wadanda darikar ta dauki nauyin halarta.

A duk lokacin taron, mun sami damar zaɓar zaman da za mu halarta bisa ga abubuwan da muke so. Na halarci zaman da ake kira "Drones: Harkokin Harkokin Waje na Ƙasashen Waje da Makamai da Aka Aiwatar da su," "Lens Justice Lens and Core Practices," da "Tattaunawar Isra'ila/Falasdinawa: Hanyar Zaman Lafiya?" ga wasu kadan. Waɗannan duka sun ƙara ƙarin sani na game da manufofin Amurka da matsayi na yanzu da suka shafi muhimman batutuwa a cikin neman zaman lafiya a cikin ƙasarmu da duniya baki ɗaya.

A ranar Asabar da yamma na EAD, ma'aikata daga Cocin of the Brother Office of Public Shetness, Mennonite Central Committee, American Friends Committee, da sauran masu halarta daga majami'un zaman lafiya sun taru don zumunci da tattaunawa. A cewar Hosler, tattaunawar "ya tada tambayar ta yaya zamu dace, bambanta da, da kuma ji game da batun taron da ke da alaƙa a tarihi tare da ƙungiyoyinmu? Tattaunawar da ta dauki tsawon sa'o'i ana yi tana da matukar amfani sosai."

A gare ni, da wasu marasa adadi na tabbata, wannan taron wata dama ce mai ban sha'awa don ƙara fahimtar manufofin siyasa da al'amuran yau da kullum, yin aiki tare da lallausan magana da sauraron sauraro, da tattaunawa da sauran mutane masu ra'ayi daga ko'ina cikin duniya.

Manyan ra'ayoyi guda biyu da zan cire daga EAD duka suna magana ne game da murya: mahimmancin jin muryar waɗanda kuke magana da su, da wajibcin muryar Kirista a cikin siyasar yau. Ana iya amfani da na farko a duk yanayin rayuwa, amma musamman a fagen siyasa. Yana da mahimmanci don neman zaɓi da ra'ayoyin waɗanda kuke magana a madadinsu. Wata mata ‘yar kasar Libya da ta yi jawabi a EAD ta fito da wannan ra’ayi ne a lokacin da take magana kan halin da ake ciki a kasarta da kuma yadda ta ji cewa dole ne a ji muryar al’ummarta domin a samu saukin lamarin.

Tunani na ƙarshe, wajabcin muryar Kirista a cikin siyasa, an ƙara ƙarfafa ni ta wurin gogewa ta kan Capitol Hill. Ganin yadda kiristoci sama da 800 ke watsewa don ba da shawarar zaman lafiya ga ‘yan majalisarsu abu ne mai ban sha’awa; duk da haka, sanin cewa ra'ayin zaman lafiya ba safai ba ne ke ɗauka daga wasu masu fafutuka waɗanda ke ziyartar tudun a kowace rana ya sa na gane yadda ake buƙatar ra'ayin Kirista. A raina, mun kasance ainihin "haske a kan tudu" a wannan rana, muna kawo bege da ake bukata ga wani ɓangare na al'umma wanda ba koyaushe yana tunani game da mafi kyawun zaɓi ga ɗan adam ba.

Ecumenical Advocacy Days yana buɗe idanun duk waɗanda suka halarta. An shirya taron da kyau, yana haɓaka tattaunawa da ake buƙata, kuma yana ba da kayan aikin misali don koyo game da batutuwan da suka dace. Ina ƙarfafa duk waɗanda ke da lokaci da hanyoyin yin la'akari da halartar EAD 2015.

- Christy Crouse memba ne na Warrensburg (Mo.) Church of the Brother kuma sabon dalibi a Jami'ar Jihar Truman. Ta halarci taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista a 2013, kuma za ta kasance memba na 2014 Youth Peace Travel Team.

Abubuwa masu yawa

5) Cocin ’Yan’uwa ta dauki nauyin taron ‘Church and Post-Christian Culture’ taron

Daga Joshua Brockway

Missio Alliance ta sanar da wani taro mai suna "Church and Post-Kirista Al'adu: Shaidar Kirista" a Hanyar Yesu. "Coci da Al'adun Bayan Kiristanci" na neman tattara ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist na tarihi tare da gungun shugabannin da suka girma waɗanda suka sami sabon gida a cikin hangen nesa tauhidi na al'ada. Cocin ’Yan’uwa tana ba da gudummawar taron tare da Missio Alliance, “haɗin gwiwar majami’u, ɗarikoki, makarantu, da cibiyoyin sadarwa tare don ganin cocin da ke Arewacin Amirka an shirya don cikakken sa hannu cikin aminci cikin aikin Allah.” An shirya taron don Satumba 19-20 a Carlisle (Pa.) Brothers in Christ Church.

Kamar yadda mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara Shawn Flory Replogle ya lura a shekara ta 2010, ’yan’uwa suna cikin salon zamani. Ta hanyar ba da gudummawar wannan taro tare da Missio Alliance muna fatan samun damar shiga cikin haɓakar sha'awar hangen zamanmu na almajirancin Kirista.

A lokacin da take sanar da taron, Missio Alliance ta lura cewa, “Da alama wannan sha’awar [a Anabaptism] ta taso ne saboda dalilai daban-daban—musamman zahirin gaskiya da ƙalubalen zama yanayin yanayin al’adun bayan Kiristanci (Bayan-Kiristanci), yaƙe-yaƙe masu gajiyarwa. tsakanin ƙwaƙƙwaran aikin bishara na zamani, da sabon sani game da tiyolojin masarauta, musamman game da fahimtarmu na bishara.”

Shugabanni za su ba da jawabai masu mahimmanci a cikin wannan motsi mai girma ciki har da marubuci da fastoci Greg Boyd, Bruxy Cavey, da David Fitch. Shugabanni masu tasowa irin su Anton Flores-Maisonet, Brian Zahnd, da Meohan Good suma zasu halarci. Malaman tauhidi na bishara Cherith Fee-Nordling (Makarantar Arewa) da Frank James (Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Littafi Mai Tsarki) za su yi magana da tsakiyar tsakiyar Anabaptism da kuma bisharar Arewacin Amurka. Zaman hanyar sadarwa da tarurrukan bita sun tsara jadawalin kuma za su haɗa da zama na shugabannin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun masu ba da tallafi, gami da Cocin ’yan’uwa.

Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Congregational Life Ministries, ya ce, “A matsayinmu na masu kula da haɗe-haɗe na musamman na alkawuran Anabaptist da Pietist, mu ’yan’uwa muna da zarafi don ba da gudummawa ga tattaunawar da ke tsara ayyukan Kirista na ƙarni na 21st. Muna alfahari da farin cikin kasancewa a teburin da Allah ke hura sabuwar rayuwa cikin samuwar almajirai da al’ummar Kirista ta hanyar haɗin kai na shaida mai tarihi da sabon zubowar Ruhu.”

A matsayin mai ba da gudummawar taron Cocin ’yan’uwa na da rangwamen rajista masu yawa. Idan kuna sha'awar halartar taron, tuntuɓi Randi Rowan, mataimakiyar shirin don Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya a rowan@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 303.

Karin bayani yana nan www.missioalliance.org/event/church-after-christendom-christian-witness-in-the-way-of-jesus .

- Joshua Brockway darekta ne na Rayuwa ta Ruhaniya da Almajirai na Cocin ’yan’uwa

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6) Rayukan taɓa rayuwa sosai: Tunani a sansanin aiki a Haiti

Daga Thomas R. Lauer

Makon na Fabrairu 1-8, tawagar mutane 23 sun yi balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguro zuwa Haiti. New Fairview Church of the Brothers da ke York, Pa ce ta shirya da kuma sauƙaƙe tafiyar. Akwai aƙalla ƙungiyoyi biyar da aka wakilta.

Ban san wani abu da ya shafi rayuwa sosai ba. Ta wurin gwanintar manufa da aikin Ruhu Mai Tsarki akwai canji na rayuwa mai ban mamaki da kuzari. Ƙungiyarmu ta yi farin ciki sosai don ba da labarun tafiyar, dangantakar da ta taso, da kuma yadda aka buɗe idanunsu, kawai zan iya cewa, "Godiya ga Allah!"

Na gaskanta cocin da ke Amurka keɓantacce, jin daɗi, kuma yana da wadata har kusan ba zai yuwu a kutsawa cikin ikilisiya da haɗa ikilisiyar da zuciyar Allah ga mutanensa a duk sauran wurare da yanayi ba. Mun jahilci babban bukatu da bakin ciki, dadi cikin jahilcinmu. Tafiya irin wannan ƙasa mutane kusa da ’yan’uwa mata da ’yan’uwa waɗanda suke aiwatar da imaninsu kowace rana a cikin gwagwarmayarsu – a zahiri – don tsira. Yayin da muke shiga cikin gwagwarmaya, fuskantar talauci da rayuwa mai wahala, rashin saninmu ya zama fahimta, jin daɗinmu a gida ya zama ba zato ba tsammani.

Nan da nan mun san cewa mu ko su ba mu yanke shawarar inda za a haife mu ba, ko kuma mu zaɓi irin yanayin da za mu fuskanta a matsayin rayuwa ta al'ada. Bambance-bambancen abin ban mamaki ne kuma ba za a iya bayyana shi ba. A nan garinsu, a unguwarsu, a cocinsu muna cikin rayuwarsu, kuma a nan ne Allah ya hada mana tsananin kaunarsa ga wadanda aka zalunta da zukatanmu da rayuwarmu. Rayuwa ce ta canza!

Mun sami nasarar aikin aiki mai nasara a ma'anar Amurka game da girman aikin da abin da aka cim ma. Ikilisiyar Cap Haitien ta sayi wani gida mai ginin da ya kasance wurin zama, wanda ake bukatar a mai da shi wurin bauta. Mun kuma jagoranci kwana uku na Makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki na Hutu don yaran gida. Aikin aiki koyaushe yana jawo 'yan kallo da yawa kuma wannan yana ba da babbar dama ta isar da sako ga al'umma daga cocin gida. A rana ta biyu akwai sama da yara 200 a VBS.

Mun yi nisa fiye da yadda kowa ya zato ko tsammani. Ina tsammanin hakan yana da kyau. Na san wasu sun yi imani cewa shine cikakken ma'aunin tafiya, "Me ake bukata a yi?" da "Shin mun yi aiki?" Amsar ita ce eh!

Duk da haka, wannan ma'aunin kawai shine ƙunƙuntaccen ra'ayi na manufar. Ni da kaina na auna nasara ta fuskar cudanya da ’yan’uwa mata da maza na gida, mu’amala da mu’amala da juna, da kuma ibadar juna. A cikin wannan ma'auni kuma, na ce, "Yabo Allah!" Ga kowane ɗayan waɗannan bege, wannan tafiya ita ce mafi nasara da na taɓa shiga. Ikilisiya ta yi farin cikin yin aiki tare da mu, membobinsu 43 sun haɗa kai da mu. Sun kasance masu sadaukarwa, haɗin kai, son koyarwa, da son koyo. Muna aiki kafada da kafada kowace rana, duk rana. Sun kasance masu aiki tuƙuru, mai yiwuwa aƙalla suna jin daɗin ci gaba da ciyar da aikin gaba kamar yadda muke. Yawancin rukuninmu sun ambaci yin aiki tare a matsayin babban abin lura a tafiyar, mai yiwuwa na biyu kawai ga bauta tare.

Ibada ita ce babban batu na tafiye-tafiye da yawa. Ƙauna, farin ciki, da godiya a cikin ibada abubuwa ne da a koyaushe suke fice idan aka kwatanta da bautarmu a gida. Yayin da ƙungiyoyi ke shiga cikin ibada, halayensu suna da ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa. Mun halarci ayyukan ibada uku a cikin mako. Na farko ya kasance a Port-au-Prince tare da ikilisiyar da ke gidan baƙi na Brothers, har da tarayya. Lokaci ne mai kyau tare. Mun yi ibada tare da ikilisiyar da ke Cap Haitien da maraice biyu. Kowannensu ya bambanta amma dukansu suna da albarka kuma sun ba da dama iri-iri don rukuninmu don yin hulɗa da ’yan’uwanmu maza da mata.

Tare da manyan maki akwai gwaji. Ina da yakinin an kare mu daga hatsari da cutarwa ta hanyar addu'o'in 'yan uwa mata da yawa na gaskiya. Haɗari ya kasance a wurin aikin, akwai haɗari a cikin tafiye-tafiyenmu, kuma akwai yuwuwar lahani. Bayyanar mu ya iyakance ga rashin lafiya. Muna da jerin membobin ƙungiyar da ke fama da ciwon ciki. Gabaɗaya ɗaya ne ko biyu a lokaci ɗaya, amma yana tafiya cikin rukuninmu cikin tsawon makonni biyu. Na kasance cikin tafiye-tafiye inda babu, ko ɗaya ko biyu kawai waɗanda suka sami rashin lafiya. A wannan karon ya kasance kashi 80 cikin XNUMX na kungiyar. Rashin jin daɗi na gaske ne kuma wahalar yana ƙaruwa ta wurin da ba a sani ba da wuraren zama. Mun shiga fagen fama na ruhaniya da sane, kuma wannan shine yanayinmu mafi rauni. Abokan gaba sun yi ƙoƙari sosai don su karkatar da hankalin tafiyar daga babban nasara a cikin ci gaban ruhaniya da na mutane zuwa wahala, yanke ƙauna, da zargi.

Addu'a ta rinjayi, soyayya da karbar baki suka mamaye mu, aka ci gaba da murna. A tsawon tafiyar mun kasance shaidun amincin Allah da mulkinsa yana ci gaba ta hanyoyi da yawa.

A karshen ina tabbatar muku, da farin ciki zan inganta da jagoranci wani rukuni. Ba ni da wani shakku ko kadan. Tasirin ruhaniya ya wuce bayani kuma zan so in ci gaba da shiga cikin irin wannan canjin rayuwa ga mutane da yawa kamar yadda zai yiwu.

- Thomas R. Lauer ya ƙaddamar da wannan rahoton don amfani a cikin Newsline.

7) Muna ci gaba da manufa ta coci: Rahoton daga Falfurrias, Texas

Cocin Falfurrias (Texas) na ’yan’uwa na ɗaya daga cikin ikilisiyoyi da ke samun tallafi daga Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya da Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a ta hanyar shirin “Zuwa Lambu” da ke ba da tallafi ga lambunan al’umma. Kwanan nan, membobin coci sun ba da rahoto ga manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart yadda aikin cocin ke ci gaba da gudana. An ciro wadannan daga wani dogon rahoto:

Jikokinmu CJ, Jason, da Emily sun ɗauki waɗannan furanni a makon da ya gabata. Wannan manuniya ce kawai na abin da ke faruwa a nan Falfurrias. Muna son yin tunanin cewa muna samun sabon farawa, da fure. Wataƙila ba za mu ci gaba da samun lambobi ba, amma a bayyane yake a gare mu cewa Allah yana kan aiki.

Cocinmu yana ɗaya daga cikin majami'u huɗu da suka fara yin addu'a da tattaunawa game da mummunan halin da ake ciki a Falfurrias. Muna da yanayi masu wahala da yawa da suka haɗa da muggan ƙwayoyi, fataucin mutane, kisan gilla da ke da alaƙa, da tashin hankalin iyali. A kan haka kuma rage kasafin kudin gwamnati ya kara haifar da matsala. Har ila yau, muna da batutuwan kuɗi a cikin birnin Falfurrias, da kuma gundumomi. Coci hudu sun hadu a watan Disamba don tattauna matsalar. A watan Janairu mun tattauna matsaloli daban-daban kuma muka ci gaba da addu'a. A cikin Fabrairu mun tattauna mahimmancin mafita na ruhaniya ga wannan matsala kuma mun tattauna kafa kungiya mai zaman kanta. Mun kira shi "Haɗin kai Falfurrias don Kristi." Ikklisiyoyi hudu da abin ya shafa su ne Cocin Brothers, United Methodist Church, Baptist Church, da Love and Mercy, coci mai zaman kanta.

Mun sami gatan samun tallafin $2,500 daga Gundumar Kudancin Plain na Cocin ’yan’uwa don siyan tarakta. Cocinmu ya zo da $2,000 kuma dangin coci sun ba da $1,000. Mun karbi ƙarin $2,500 daga gundumar ba tare da ruwa ba kuma mun sayi tarakta da kayan aiki. Muna matukar bukatar tarakta mai girma. Babban adadin yanka da tsare-tsaren da muke da shi don lambun ya sa ya zama dole don wannan siyan

Lambun sabuwar hidima ce ta wannan shekara. Da taimakon tallafin da Cocin ’yan’uwa suka samu mun sami damar fara wannan hidima. Mun fara kadan amma muna fatan ciyarwa yayin da muke koyo da samun ƙarin taimako daga al'umma. Babban dalilin wannan aikin shine bukata a cikin al'umma. Muna so mu kasance kasancewa lokacin da abubuwa suka yi tsanani kuma muna fatan zama wani ɓangare na maganin matsalolin da ke cikin al'ummarmu.

Muna da wata rijiya a gidan da muke son buɗewa mu gyara kamar yadda ake samun kuɗi. Za a yi amfani da wannan rijiyar wajen shayar da gonar lambu da yadi. Addu'armu ita ce, wannan aiki ya kasance da aikin dashen damina.

Mun yanke shawarar yin tafiya cikin bangaskiya kuma mun shiga tare da Cocin Katolika don tallafa wa bankin abinci. Zuwa watan Fabrairu mun kai abinci ga mutane 300. Ya zuwa Maris muna da masu sa kai 30 ciki har da shugabanni daga al'umma da ke taimakawa da wannan ƙoƙarin. A wajen rabon abincin da muka yi a watan Maris mun baiwa duk wanda ya zo neman abinci binciken. Mun so jin ta bakinsu. Mun je kadan kuma mun sami bayanai masu yawa. Za mu yi bitar sakamakon tare da sanar da mazauna abin da suke gani a matsayin al'amuran da suka fi damun al'ummarmu. Kamar annabi Iliya a cikin 1 Sarakuna 17:7-15, mun tafi ƙarami kuma za mu haskaka daga sakamako don ɗaukaka da ɗaukakar Ubangiji.

Addu'armu ita ce yayin da kalmar ta fito za mu jawo hankalin daidaikun mutane da ƙungiyoyi masu son zuwa hidimar manufa mai mahimmanci. Muna matukar godiya da goyon bayan Gundumar Kudancin Kudancin da membobinta, taimakon kuɗi na "Tafi zuwa Lambuna" don fara mu da lambun al'umma, zuwa Ono (Pa.) United Methodist Church don tallafin kuɗi na karimci, addu'o'i na ci gaba. da kira masu ƙarfafawa, da kuma zuwa ga Gern da Pat Haldeman daga Hummelstown, Pa., don taimaka mana siyan tayoyin tarakta. Ƙauna da goyon baya a lokuta masu kyau da marasa kyau ana jin su da gaske.

Mun ci gaba da aikin ikkilisiya wanda shine "Ku tafi ga dukan duniya, ku almajirtar da su kamar yadda Almasihu ya umarta" (Matta 28:16-20). Muna tuna cewa abin da Yesu ya yi shi ne ya yi tafiya tare da mutane don biyan bukatunsu na gaggawa. Bari mu a matsayin ikilisiyar Yesu Kiristi alkawarin tafiya cikin mutane. Kasance tare da mu a hidima.

Muna so mu gayyace ku don kasancewa cikin dangin cocinmu a wannan faɗuwar. Za mu sami wuraren RV guda huɗu. Za a shirya ƙugiya-ups. Duk abin da muke tambaya shine adadin da aka ba da shawarar kowane wata, biyan kuɗin wutar lantarki na wurin, kuma mu ba da hannu a cikin coci, filaye, ko lambun faɗuwa. Kira 956-500-9614 ko 956-500-5651 don ƙarin bayani.

- Don da Lucinda Anderson memba ne na Cocin Falfurrias (Texas) na 'Yan'uwa.

8) Yan'uwa yan'uwa

- Cocies for Middle East Peace (CMEP) na neman Kiristoci su amince wata wasikar ecumenical da ta bukaci cimma cikakkiyar yarjejeniya don kawo karshen rikicin Isra'ila da Falasdinu. Babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger ya sa hannu a wasiƙar, kuma Cocin of the Brothers Office of Public Witness yana taimakawa wajen inganta ta. Wata sanarwa daga CMEP ta ruwaito cewa "a karon farko shugabannin cocin Katolika, 'yan Koftik, Lutheran, da Episcopal shugabannin majami'u a Urushalima da kuma mai kula da Wurare Mai Tsarki na Franciscan suna shiga tare da ƙungiyoyin Kirista da ƙungiyoyin Kirista na Amurka don tallafawa ƙoƙarin gaggawa na cimma yarjejeniya. don kawo karshen rikicin Isra'ila da Falasdinu. Waɗannan fitattun shugabannin Kirista daga Katolika, Orthodox, manyan Furotesta, Evangelical, da Ikklisiya na Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi suna goyan bayan ƙoƙarin Sakataren Harkokin Wajen Amurka John Kerry na neman hanyar sasantawa da za ta ba da damar al'ummomin bangaskiya su bunƙasa kuma su inganta a ƙasa mai tsarki." Wasikar "ya zo ne a wani muhimmin lokaci don begen zaman lafiya a kasa mai tsarki," in ji daraktan gudanarwa na CMEP Warren Clark. Ƙarin game da wasiƙar yana a http://go.cmep.org/letterforpeace .

- Cibiyar Albarkatun Iyali ta Haiti-ma'aikatar Haitian First Cocin na 'yan'uwan New York, a Brooklyn-yana gudanar da taron sake yin rajista don Matsayin Kariya na wucin gadi na Haiti (TPS) a ranar 17 ga Afrilu. An gudanar da taron tare da memba na Majalisar Birnin New York Jumaane D. Williams, Brooklyn Defender Services, da Habnet da 45th District Haitian Relief. Ƙoƙari. Wannan taron na alƙawari ne kawai, tare da lauyoyi da ƙwararrun shige da fice da ke akwai don taimaka wa masu rajista da aikace-aikacen, in ji sanarwar. "'Yan ƙasa na Haiti masu cancanta za su sami TPS mai tsawo don ƙarin watanni 18, daga Yuli 23, 2014, zuwa Janairu 22, 2016," in ji sanarwar. Wannan ya biyo bayan matsayin TPS da Amurka ta ba Haiti bayan girgizar kasa na 2010. "Daruruwan dubunnan mutanen Haiti da suka rasa gidajensu da kuma 'yan uwansu na ci gaba da rayuwa cikin barna a garuruwan tantuna na wucin gadi," in ji Williams a cikin sakin. "TPS ta taimaka wa Haiti da yawa sun kira Amurka gida yayin da Haiti ke gwagwarmaya don murmurewa daga wannan mummunan bala'i. Dangane da irin barnar da aka samu, iyalai da suka rasa matsugunansu, rikicin rashin matsuguni, da kuma karyewar tsarin tattalin arziki, mun fahimci yadda sabunta TPS ke da muhimmanci wajen sake bullowar Haiti." Wadanda suke son tsawaita matsayinsu na TPS dole ne su sake yin rajista a cikin kwanaki 60 daga Maris 3-May 2, 2014. Don RSVP don taron a Brooklyn tuntuɓi Rachel Webster, darektan sabis na yanki, a 718-629-2900 ko rwebster@council.nyc.gov .

- Chicago (Ill.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa ta ƙaddamar da KAPacity na mako 12! Shirin matukin jirgi na kawar da tashin hankali. “Dr. EL Kornegay na Cibiyar Baldwin-Delaney a Makarantar Tauhidin Tiyoloji ta Chicago shine jagoranmu," in ji jaridar Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin. "Mambobin al'umma daga sassan Chicago sun kasance tare da mu kowace Laraba daga 5: 30-7: 30pm don yin addu'a, tsarawa, da horarwa yayin da muke hada kai don ci gaban matasa da al'umma da kuma kawo karshen tashin hankali. Da fatan za a yi mana maraba.”

- Shugaban gundumar Pacific Northwest Colleen Michael ya ba da rahoton cewa gundumar na tattara kudade domin taimakawa wadanda bala'in zaftarewar laka ya shafa a jihar Washington. "Taimakon da aka samu ta Cocin Pacific Northwest District Church of the Brothers (PO Box 5440, Wenatchee, WA 98807) ana aikawa kai tsaye zuwa bankin Community Coastal na Darrington," in ji ta. "Wannan asusun (kashi 100) yana tafiya kai tsaye ga bukatun gaggawa na iyalan da wannan bala'i ya shafa." Gundumar kuma tana ba da gudummawa ga ayyukan Ma'aikatun Bala'i da Ma'aikatun Bala'i na Yara, bayar da a www.brethren.org/edf .

- Kasuwancin Ma'aikatun Bala'i na Gundumar Shenandoah na 22 na shekara shine Mayu 16-17 a filin wasa na Rockingham County (Va.) Fairgrounds. "A wannan shekara, Kwamitin Gudanar da Kasuwanci yana da sabon shugaba, Catherine Lantz na Cocin Mill Creek na 'Yan'uwa, wanda ya gaji Nancy Harlow lokacin da ta kammala aikinta," in ji jaridar gundumar. Jadawalin abubuwan da suka faru yana a www.shencob.org kuma gwanjon yana kan Facebook a “Brethren Disaster Ministries Auction.”

- Ma'aikatar da Ofishin Jakadancin a taron Virlina zai kasance ranar 3 ga Mayu, farawa da karfe 8:30 na safe, a Cocin Topeco na ’yan’uwa a Floyd, Va. Jigon shi ne “Ku ɗanɗani ku gani” (Zabura 34:8). Patrick Starkey, Fasto na Cocin Cloverdale na ’Yan’uwa, shi ne zai zama mai wa’azin hidimar ibadar safiya. Jaridar gundumar ta ba da rahoton tarurrukan bita da yawa da kwamitocin da kwamitocin hukumar suka shirya da suka hada da "Sa'o'inta mafi kyawu" na Kwamitin Ma'aikatun Waje, "Bayanan Tafiya na Bus na NYC" na Hukumar Kula da Raya, "Ci gaba da Ilimi ga Ministoci" da " Canje-canje a Tsarin Ba da Lasisi” na Hukumar Ma’aikatar, “Yi Ƙaƙwalwa, Kuɗi, da Haraji” na Hukumar Kula da Kulawa, “Muna da Labarin da za mu Bada!” ta Sabon Kwamitin Ci gaban Coci, “Ƙananan da Bauta wa Ubangiji” ta Hukumar kan Shaida. Ana samun ƙimar ci gaba da ilimi. Ikilisiyar Topeco za ta ba da abubuwan sha da kuma abincin rana. Bayan cin abincin rana, za a fara ba da taƙaitaccen taƙaitaccen taron wakilai na shekara-shekara da karfe 1:30 na yamma a ƙarƙashin jagorancin wakilan dindindin na gundumar Virlina da mai gabatar da taron shekara-shekara, Nancy Sollenberger Heishman.

- Taken taron gunduma na Kudancin Ohio na 2014 An sanar da: “Mu Bayin Allah ne Masu Aiki Tare.” Taron gunduma zai kasance Oktoba 10-11 a Happy Corner Church of the Brothers.

- Ƙungiya mai suna "Brethren Helping Hands" a Kudancin Ohio District ya kammala aiki a Mullen House a Bethany Seminary, ya sanar da wasiƙar gundumar. Makarantar hauza ta saya Mullen House don samar da gidaje masu araha ga ɗalibai. Wasu ’yan agaji 17 daga Gundumar Ohio ta Kudancin Ohio sun yi aiki jimillar kwanaki 62 ko sa’o’i 378 don su taimaka wajen gyara gidan. “Na gode wa duk wanda ya ba da lokaci da kuzari don taimaka wa Bethany don samar da gidaje ga shugabanninmu na gaba,” in ji jaridar. "Brethren Helping Hands yanzu yana neman aikin mu na gaba." Je zuwa www.sodcob.org/about-us/our-commissions/shared-ministries-commission/brethren-helping-hands.html .

- CrossRoads Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center a Harrisonburg, Va., Za a gudanar da hidimar faɗuwar rana ta Ista da ƙarfe 6:30 na safe ranar Lahadi, Afrilu 20, a kan tudu a CrossRoads (1921 Heritage Center Way). Kawo kujerar lawn ko bargo. "Kyakkyawan ra'ayi na fitowar rana a bayan Massanutten Peak yana dumi ko da safiya mai sanyi!" In ji jaridar Shenandoah gundumar.

- Sauti na 13 na shekara-shekara na Bikin Kaɗe-kaɗe da Ba da labari na Dutse a Bethel na Camp a cikin Dutsen Blue Ridge na kudu maso yammacin Virginia, kusa da Fincastle, Va., Afrilu 11-12. Ana yin bikin ruwan sama ko haske. Babban mataki zai kasance a cikin Cibiyar Filayen Deer. An nuna su ne sanannun masu ba da labari na ƙasa Andy Offutt Irwin, David Novak, Ed Stivender, da Donna Washington, da kuma kiɗa daga Luv Buzzards da New River Bound, da Back Porch Studio Cloggers. Je zuwa www.soundsofthemountains.org don tikiti da bayanai.

- Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye, Cocin 'yan'uwa masu ritaya kusa da Boonsboro, Md., Ya sanar da cewa Dr. Sheikh Shehzad Parviz na Tristate Infectious Diseases LLC, zai zama mai ba da shawara don gudanar da cututtuka masu yaduwa. Zai taimaka wa mazauna wurin da ke buƙatar amfani da ƙwayoyin cuta, kuma zai taimaka da sabon tsarin kula da ƙwayoyin cuta na wurin. Sanarwar ta ce "Mai kula da kwayoyin cutar har zuwa kwanan nan an yi shi ne kawai a asibitocin kulawa." “Shirin kula da Fahrney-Keedy yana da maƙasudai da yawa: ƙayyadadden amfani da magungunan kashe ƙwayoyin cuta marasa dacewa; inganta zaɓin antimicrobial, dosing, da tsawon lokacin jiyya; da iyakance sakamakon da ba a yi niyya ba na amfani da ƙwayoyin cuta kamar fitowar juriya, abubuwan da suka faru na miyagun ƙwayoyi da tsada. "

- Tsofaffi biyar na Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.)–Uku daga cikinsu membobi ne na Cocin ’yan’uwa – za a karrama su a lokacin bikin ƙarshen tsofaffin ɗalibai na 11-13 ga Afrilu. Har ila yau a karshen mako ana bikin rantsar da David W. Bushman a matsayin shugaban Bridgewater na tara (duba Newsline na Maris 18). Jim da Sylvia Kline Bowman, aji na 1957 da membobin Bridgewater Church of the Brothers, za su sami lambobin yabo na 2013 Ripples Society. An haifi Bowmans a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma suna daraja ’yan’uwa suna mai da hankali kan rashin tashin hankali, gina zaman lafiya, adalci, da haɗin kai na duniya,” in ji sanarwar. Bowmans sun kafa Asusun Kyauta na Kline-Bowman don Ƙirƙirar Zaman Lafiya a Bridgewater. Kyautar tana haɓaka shirye-shirye, ayyuka, aikin ilimi, da horarwa waɗanda ke haɓaka manufofin zaman lafiya, rashin tashin hankali, da adalci na zamantakewa, da kare muhallin duniya. Suna fatan wannan yunƙurin zai haɓaka waɗannan ɗabi'u a cikin ɗalibai a matsayin wani ɓangare na ilimi mai zurfi." Christian M. Saunders, aji na 1999 kuma memba na Manassas (Va.) Church of the Brothers, zai sami lambar yabo ta matasa Alumnus. Saunders "ya ci gaba da aiki mai nasara a cikin leken asirin Amurka… wanda aka zaba a bara don halartar Kwalejin Yakin Kasa," in ji sanarwar. Hakanan ana girmama shi: Douglas A. Allison, aji na 1985, yana karɓar lambar yabo ta Alumnus Distinguished; da Bruce H. Elliott, aji na 1976, suna karɓar lambar yabo ta West-Whitelow Humanitarian Award.

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Bridgewater, Kwalejin Equestrian Club za ta karbi bakuncin "Estern Horses' Easter" a Cibiyar Equestrian a Weyers Cave, Va., A ranar Asabar, Afrilu 12, da karfe 1 na yamma Wani saki ya lura cewa daliban firamare da pre-school da iyalansu suna gayyatar zuwa gabatarwa, "Masu gadi na Yara," yana nuna skits game da Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Jack Frost, Mother Nature, Sandman, da Haƙori Fairy. Jerry Schurink, darektan hawa, zai ba da labarin abubuwan da suka faru. Yara za su iya ba dawakai da magunguna biyo bayan gabatarwar. Madadin shiga, ƙungiyar mawaƙa tana buƙatar gudummawar kayan gwangwani don Bankin Abinci na Yankin Blue Ridge.

- “Sashen zane-zane na Kwalejin Juniata ya ɗauki masu fasaha uku da ɗalibai da yawa don ƙirƙirar ɗaruruwan kwanoni don masu cin abinci masu fama da yunwa don taronta na shekara ta takwas na Empty Bowls, wanda ke tara kuɗi don amfanar bankunan abinci na Huntingdon County daban-daban, ” rahoton wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. Ba komai za a fara da karfe 5 na yamma ranar Juma'a, 11 ga Afrilu, a Cocin Stone na 'yan'uwa a Huntingdon, Pa. Tikitin $10 ne ga manya, $6 ga yara masu shekaru 5 zuwa 10, kyauta ga yara a ƙarƙashin 5. Ana samun tikiti a Unity House, inda ofishin ma'aikatar harabar makarantar yake, a Ellis Hall daga karfe 5:30-7 na yamma a ranar 9 da 10 ga Afrilu. Ma'aikatan da suka biya farashin manya za su karɓi miya da burodi, da kwanon miya na yumbu da hannu daga shirin tukwane na kwalejin. . Ana iya siyan T-shirt na tunawa akan $10 a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙoƙarin tara kuɗi. Kulob din koyar da tukwane na kwalejin Mud Junkies, da Art Alliance, PAX-O na nazarin zaman lafiya, da Majalisar Katolika ne ke daukar nauyin Bowls. Gidajen abinci suna ba da gudummawar miya da sauran kasuwancin suna ba da gudummawar ayyuka ko kayayyaki.

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Juniata, shugaba James A. Troha zai daidaita shingen siminti a kirjinsa yayin da yake kwance kan gadon kusoshi a daren Physics Phun. An shirya fara taron ne da karfe 7 na yamma ranar 9 ga Afrilu, a zauren tsofaffin dalibai a Cibiyar Ilimi ta Brumbaugh. Yana da kyauta kuma yana buɗewa ga jama'a. “Babban daraktan Physics Phun Night a koyaushe shine nunin da ke nuna yadda rarraba ƙarfi a faɗin yanki na iya rage tasirin ƙarfin. Shugaba Troha zai nuna wannan ka'ida ta hanyar barin James Borgardt, farfesa a fannin kimiyyar lissafi, ya karya shingen siminti tare da guduma yayin da Troha ke kwance akan gadon ƙusoshi, "in ji sanarwar. Sauran zanga-zangar a wurin taron, wanda Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararwa suka ɗauka ta ɗauka, za su haɗa da kumfa methane mai zafi, daskarewar nitrogen mai yawa na abubuwa, da iska, da Bernoulli Effect tare da takarda bayan gida, da sauransu.

- Jami'ar Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., ta yi bikin baje kolin kasa da kasa tare da raye-raye, abinci, kiɗa, ayyukan yara, da baje koli a ranar Lahadi, 13 ga Afrilu, bisa ga sanarwar. Admission kyauta ne daga tsakar rana zuwa 4 na yamma taron a Cibiyar Ilimin Jiki da Nishaɗi. “Shahararriyar jin daɗin rana: samfuran jita-jita da ɗaliban ƙasashen duniya suka fi so daga ko’ina cikin duniya, don kuɗi na ƙima,” in ji sanarwar. "Daliban suna shirya abincin a kicin na jami'ar tare da taimakon Chef Chris da ma'aikatan abinci na Chartwell." Ɗaya daga cikin ɗalibi daga Jamus yana shirin yin "linsen und spätzle," abincin lentil, da Schwarzwälder-Kirsch Trifle, wani baƙar fata na daji. Har ila yau a cikin menu: wani kayan zaki na tofu na Vietnam da ake kira Tau Hu Nuoc Duong, wani abincin naman Habasha mai yaji da ake kira kitfo, Bangladeshi mashed eggplant, da sauransu. Kasashe XNUMX daga nahiyoyi shida ne za su wakilci a wurin baje kolin tare da raye-raye da fasahohin fasaha iri-iri, kade-kade, abinci, da sauransu.

- Aika aikace-aikace kafin Mayu 1 don shiga cikin horon bazara na 2014 na Kirista Peacemaker Teams (CPT) Corps, in ji gayyata. "Shin kun shiga cikin wata tawaga ta CPT na baya-bayan nan wacce ta kori sha'awar ku don aikin samar da zaman lafiya, tare da wasu masu aiki ba tare da tashin hankali ba don yin adalci, da fuskantar rashin adalcin da ke haifar da yaki? Shin salon samar da zaman lafiya na CPT, fuskantar zalunci, da kuma kawar da zalunci yana aiki daidai da naku? Shin yanzu lokaci ya yi da za mu ɗauki mataki na gaba don shiga ƙungiyar masu zaman lafiya?" Za a gudanar da horon a Chicago, Ill., Yuli 11-Aug. 11. Nemo aikace-aikacen a www.cpt.org/participate/peacemaker/apply . Don amsoshin ƙarin takamaiman tambayoyi, tuntuɓi Adriana Cabrera-Velásquez, mai kula da ma'aikata, a ma'aikata@cpt.org .

- Biyar daga cikin manyan masu fitar da makamai a duniya suna daga cikin rukunin kasashen Turai galibinsu da suka rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar cinikayyar makamai ta farko a duniya a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, shekara guda bayan da babban taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya amince da shi. Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) tana bikin wannan ci gaba. Sakatare Janar na WCC Olav Fykse Tveit ya fitar da wata sanarwa yana mai cewa, "Yana da mahimmanci musamman cewa biyar daga cikin manyan masu fitar da makamai a duniya 10 suna cikin wadanda suka amince da su a yau - Faransa, Jamus, Italiya, Spain, da Birtaniya," in ji Tveit. A halin da ake ciki gwamnatoci 31 ne suka amince da ATT, amma domin yarjejeniyar ta fara aiki, jihohi 50 na bukatar amincewa da ita, in ji sanarwar ta WCC. Tveit ya lura cewa ya kamata Amurka da Rasha su bi wannan misali - manyan masu fitar da makamai - da kuma China. A taron WCC na baya-bayan nan da aka yi a Koriya ta Kudu, wakilan coci daga kasashe fiye da 100 sun yi kira ga gwamnatocinsu da su amince da aiwatar da yarjejeniyar cinikin makamai. Sanarwar ta WCC ta lura cewa "tashe-tashen hankula da rikici na kashe kusan mutane rabin miliyan a kowace shekara." Karanta bayanin TVeit a www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/general-secretary/statements/bringing-world2019s-new-arms-trade-treaty-in-effect .

— Ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ’yan’uwa suna tsara jerin littattafan da ake kira “Ci gaban Gata,” fatan farawa jerin tare da ƙarar farko a wannan shekara, bisa ga sakin. An shirya jerin jerin "don ba da gudummawar hangen nesa na 'yan'uwa ga sha'awar tauhidin Anabaptist da aiki," in ji sanarwar. Ƙungiyar ta haɗa da Denise Kettering, mataimakin farfesa na Nazarin 'yan'uwa a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind .; Kate Eisenbise Crell, mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin addini a Jami'ar Manchester a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.; Joshua Brockway, darektan Rayuwa ta Ruhaniya da Almajirai na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa; da Andrew Hamilton, malami a makarantar tauhidi ta Ashland (Ohio). Littafin farko a cikin jerin mai suna "Ceto Haɗin kai: Ra'ayin 'Yan'uwa na Kafara" na Eisenbise Crell ne kuma za a buga wannan faɗuwar tare da Wipf da Stock ta hanyar yaƙin neman zaɓe na "Kickstarter" na neman alƙawura don tallafin kuɗi. Littafin zai ba da bincike mai zurfi na ra'ayoyin tarihi na kafara, gami da ra'ayoyin Anabaptist na ceto, da tauhidin kafara mai inganci na zamani, in ji sanarwar. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi ahamilto@ashland.edu .

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Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Don da Lucinda Anderson, Jeff Boshart, Joshua Brockway, Christy Crouse, Andrew Hamilton, Bryan Hanger, Mary Kay Heatwole, Roxane Hill, Jeri S. Kornegay, Thomas R. Lauer, Michael Leiter, Glen Sargent, Jane Yount, da edita Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'Yan'uwa. An shirya fitowa ta gaba a kai a kai na Newsline a ranar Talata, 15 ga Afrilu. Sabis ɗin Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne ke shirya labarai. Tuntuɓi edita a cobnews@brethren.org . Newsline yana fitowa a ƙarshen kowane mako, tare da batutuwa na musamman idan an buƙata. Ana iya sake buga labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen. Don cire rajista ko canza abubuwan da kuka zaɓa na imel je zuwa www.brethren.org/newsline .