“Ku koya wa masu bi da ranku: ta wurin magana, da halin ɗabi’a, ta ƙauna, ta bangaskiya, ta gaskiya” (1 Timothawus 4:11, Saƙo).
LABARAI
1) Kungiyoyin matasan Ikilisiya sun taru domin yin rijistar taron matasa na kasa
2) Ayyukan hanyoyin dabarun aiki na ci gaba ta hanyar ƙungiyar Amintattu ta Brethren Benefit Trust
3) Taron Gundumar Virlina ya goyi bayan kokarin samar da zaman lafiya a Najeriya
Abubuwa masu yawa
4) Yau shine ranar buɗewa don rajistar sansanin aiki, ranar ƙarshe don neman sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar, Ƙungiyar Balaguron Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa
5) Taron Shuka Ikilisiya yana kallon makomar al'adu tsakanin al'adu
6) Idin Ƙaunar Rayuwa shine jigon dandalin Bethany's 2014
FEATURES
7) Memba na Cocin Brothers yana jagorantar horar da zaman lafiya a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo
8) Kudirin Sabuwar Shekara: Tunani na Janairu 2014 daga Ma'aikatar Manya ta Tsofaffi
9) Yan'uwa: Gyara, Bethany's Nicarry Chapel yana fama da lalacewar ruwa, 'Yan'uwan Haitian sun nemi addu'a, bikin cika shekaru 12 na fursunoni na farko a Guantanamo, Kwamitin Zabe ya hadu, binciken BVS, murabus da bude aiki, da dai sauransu.
NOTE ZUWA GA MASU KARATUN LABARAI: Sakon Imel na ma’aikatan cocin ‘yan’uwa ya kasance duk ranar yau Juma’a, 10 ga Janairu. Muna ba da hakuri kan rashin jin dadi. Don tuntuɓar ma'aikatan sadarwa da sashen Sabis na Labarai yayin da imel ɗin ke ƙasa don Allah a aika sako zuwa bimblebc@aol.com .
1) Kungiyoyin matasan Ikilisiya sun taru domin yin rijistar taron matasa na kasa
Da Lucas Kauffman
Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren matasa da masu ba da shawara na daga cikin kungiyoyin da suka taru a ranar 3 ga watan Janairu domin gudanar da taron rijistar matasa na kasa (NYC). Matasan da ke Highland Avenue Church a Elgin, Ill., sun yanke shawarar gudanar da bikinsu domin su kasance cikin na farko da suka yi rajistar NYC 2014.
Su bakwai ne kawai daga cikin mutane sama da 200 da suka yi rajista a cikin sa'o'i biyu na farko bayan bude rajistar kan layi don NYC da karfe 7 na yamma (tsakiya) da yammacin ranar Juma'a.
Ƙungiyar matasan Highland Avenue sun fara liyafar suna cin abinci na pizza, guntu, kukis, cake, da abubuwan sha. Bayan kallon bidiyon YouTube na yadda ake yin rijista ta yanar gizo, sai suka rabu a dakuna uku daban-daban, suna zaune a nau'ikan kwamfutoci daban-daban, suka tafi aiki.
Nathaniel Bohrer da Elliott Wittmeyer biyu ne daga cikin matasan da suka yi rajista. Bohrer yana fatan ganin tsoffin abokai yayin da yake NYC, kuma yana wasa da Ultimate Frisbee. Dukansu Bohrer da Wittmeyer suna neman cire abubuwa da yawa daga NYC. Bohrer yana fatan ƙirƙirar sabbin alaƙa, kuma ya sami sabon fahimtar yadda cocin ke aiki. Wittmeyer yana neman jin daɗi, yayin da kuma yana koyon wasu tarihi game da ɗariƙar, da sauraron wa'azin da ke koya masa wani abu.
Coordinators NYC suna gudanar da nasu jam’iyyar rajista
Yayin da matasan Highland Avenue ke yin rajistar masu gudanar da NYC Katie Cummings, Tim Heishman, da Sarah Neher suna yin jam'iyyar rijista ta nasu a Babban ofisoshi na darikar. Sun kasance tare da Becky Ullom Naugle, darektan ma'aikatun matasa da matasa, da Sarah Ullom-Minnich, wacce ke cikin Majalisar Matasa ta Kasa.
Bayan sun ci pizza suka shirya komai, kowannensu ya shiga cikin kwamfuta don kallon yadda rajistar ta shigo. Sun ƙidaya daga daƙiƙa 10, zuwa lokacin buɗe rajista na hukuma. An dauki mintuna biyar kafin a fara rajistar farko. Dole ne a magance ƴan ƙananan matsalolin ta waya. Bayan 9pm suka bar ofis din
Heishman ya ce yana sa ido ga komai, a matsayinsa na mai gudanar da NYC. "Ina fatan ganin duk sunaye sun shigo, da saduwa da mutane da yawa a lokacin NYC. Ina jin daɗin duk masu magana, makada (Mutual Kumquat da Rend Collective Experiment), musamman ayyukan ibada. Zai yi farin ciki sosai ganin komai ya taru a wannan Yuli. "
Fiye da 400 rajista a karshen mako
Wasu daga cikin majami'u da matasa suka yi rajista don NYC a karshen mako na farko: Wakemans Grove Church of the Brothers a gundumar Shenandoah; Ikilisiyar Ambler na 'Yan'uwa da Little Swatara Cocin 'yan'uwa a gundumar Atlantic Northeast; McPherson da Wichita Ikklisiya na Farko waɗanda suka haɗu a Gundumar Plains ta Yamma; Cocin Manchester na 'Yan'uwa a Gundumar Indiana ta Kudu ta Tsakiya; Cocin Gettysburg na ’yan’uwa a gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania; Cocin Oak Grove na 'Yan'uwa a gundumar Virlina; Cocin West Charleston na 'Yan'uwa da Cristo Nuestra Paz waɗanda suka haɗu a Kudancin Ohio District.
Ya zuwa safiyar Talata, 7 ga Janairu, mutane 464 sun yi rajista don NYC. Wannan ya haura daga mutane 366 a cikin kusan kwanaki hudu na farkon rajistar kan layi don NYC ta ƙarshe a 2010.
Kyakkyawan dalilai don zuwa NYC
Akwai dalilai da yawa da zai sa matasa suyi rajista don NYC, a cewar Heishman. "NYC wuri ne da za ku iya saduwa da Kristi kuma ku ji kiran ku a matsayin mai bin Yesu," in ji shi. "Sau da yawa yana da mahimmanci na ruhaniya ga matasa da yawa a lokacin karatunsu na sakandare."
Wani dalili na yin rajista? Heishman ya ce NYC za ta zama abin fashewa.
Don ƙarin bayani da yin rajista don taron matasa na ƙasa, wanda ke gudana a Jami'ar Jihar Colorado a Fort Collins, Colo., Yuli 19-24, je zuwa www.brethren.org/nyc .
- Lucas Kauffman babban jami'a ne a Jami'ar Manchester a N. Manchester, Ind., kuma mai horar da 'yan jarida a watan Janairu a ofishin Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa.
2) Ayyukan hanyoyin dabarun aiki na ci gaba ta hanyar ƙungiyar Amintattu ta Brethren Benefit Trust
By Brian Solem
A taronta na shekara-shekara na Nuwamba, Hukumar Daraktoci na Ma’aikatun Fansho, Inshora, da Ma’aikatun Kula da Kaddarori sun ciyar da tsarinta na yau da kullun, sun yi gyare-gyare kaɗan amma masu mahimmanci ga shirin saka hannun jari, kuma sun nemi ƙarin tattaunawa game da Shirin Taimakawa Ma’aikatan Ikilisiya na BBT. .
A taronta na Nuwamba 22-23, wanda ya wuce kwanaki biyu na tarurrukan kwamitoci, hukumar ta shafe kwana biyu karkashin jagorancin Randy Yoder yana aiki don ƙirƙirar sabbin manufa da maganganun hangen nesa. Hakanan ya tabbatar da Bayanin Ethos na BBT da Bayanin Manufar (duka biyun ana iya duba su a www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/ideals ) kuma ya haɓaka saiti na Ƙimar Mahimmanci guda biyar, waɗanda suka fito daga tsarin dabi'u na BBT a baya. Babban dabi'u sune: Yi aiki da gaskiya, Jagoranci tare da tausayi, Ba da sabis na gasa, Ƙarfafa goyon bayan juna, Samfuran alhakin zamantakewa.
A watan Disamba, kwamitin Tsare-tsare na Dabarun yayi aiki tare da ra'ayoyin hukumar kuma zai gabatar da daftarin bayani, da kuma abubuwan da suka fi dacewa ga BBT, a taro na gaba a watan Afrilu.
Wasu muhimman abubuwan da suka faru daga tarurrukan, waɗanda aka gudanar a Frederick (Md.) Church of the Brother, sun haɗa da:
- Bayan shawarwarin da ƙungiyar masu ba da shawara ta zuba jari, Marquette Associates, hukumar ta amince da ƙaura daga kadarori na Asusun Ritaya Retirement daga Asusun Taimako na Kare Kuɗi na Tattalin Arziki zuwa wani sabon Asusu na Dukiyar, wanda a halin yanzu ake saka hannun jari ta hanyar PIMCO All Asset Asusun juna. Ƙara wannan asusu yana faɗaɗa zaɓin kariyar hauhawar farashin kayayyaki na BBT.
- Saboda manajan Asusun Ƙimar Hannun Cikin Gida, Iridian Asset Management LLC, ya saka hannun jarin wannan asusu a cikin salon farko na tsaka-tsaki, hukumar ta amince cewa za a canza sunan zuwa Asusun Kasuwancin Kasuwanci na cikin gida. Hukumar ta kuma bukaci a sake duba duk sunayen asusun don tabbatar da daidaito a ma'aikatun BBT da kuma rahotanni daga masu sayar da su.
— Don kyautata wa membobin Shirin Fansho na ’yan’uwa, hukumar ta amince da binciken bayar da kuɗaɗen kwanan wata don shirin ritaya na ƙungiyar. Wannan salon saka hannun jari yana bawa mai saka hannun jari damar zaɓar asusu bisa adadin shekarun da suka gabata kafin yin ritaya, kuma matakin haɗari da lada ana daidaita shi ta hanyar manajan saka hannun jari dangane da ranar ritaya. Ma'aikatan BBT za su dawo da binciken ga hukumar a watan Afrilu.
- Sabbin shirye-shiryen asusun saka hannun jari na al'umma guda biyu (SRI) ne ma'aikata za su bincika. Da farko, hukumar ta amince da binciken wani sashe na Asusun Tallafawa na Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa wanda zai dace da ka'idojin saka hannun jari na BBT. Shirin Asusun Tactical Fund na yanzu, na asusu biyar yana saka hannun jari a cikin rarrabuwar kuɗaɗen da BBT ke saka hannun jari a halin yanzu a cikin asusun juna, wanda ke nufin ba lallai ba ne su yi biyayya ga SRI. Na biyu, hukumar ta amince da bukatar da ake bukata na Balanced Fund for Brethren Pension Plan members; a halin yanzu, Balanced Fund yana saka hannun jari a cikin Baitulmalin Amurka.
- Hukumar ta zabi Wayne Scott ya zama memba nata wanda zai fara a watan Yuli 2014. Ya yi aiki a hukumar tun 2010.
- Majalisar ta amince da kasafin kudin BBT na 2014. Hakan ya nuna an samu raguwar kashi 5 bisa kasafin shekarar da ta gabata.
- Hukumar ta BBT ta amince da bita ga Labaran Kungiyar ta. Waɗannan canje-canjen za a fayyace kuma a kawo su ga wakilan taron shekara-shekara a cikin Yuli 2014.
- Kwamitin Zuba Jari ya duba biyu daga cikin manajojin zuba jari na BBT-Segall Bryant da Hamill, wanda ke kula da babban fayil ɗin Growth na BBT; da Kayne Anderson Rudnick, wanda ke kula da babban fayil ɗin Small Cap na hukumar. An sanya hannu kan kamfanonin biyu don ƙarin wa'adin shekaru uku.
- Kwamitin Zuba Jari ya amince da sabuntawa ga ma'auni na Asusun Lamuni na Banki, wanda Asusun Ritaya Ritaya da abokan ciniki na 'yan'uwa za su iya amfani da shi. Yanzu yana bin tsarin S&P/LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 Index, wanda shine mafi kyawun ma'auni mai tsada ga asusun.
- Brian Solem shine mai kula da wallafe-wallafe na Brethren Benefit Trust.
3) Taron Gundumar Virlina ya goyi bayan kokarin samar da zaman lafiya a Najeriya
Emma Jean Woodard
Gundumar Virlina tana da mutane masu alaƙa da ma'aikatar a Najeriya kuma ta ba da tallafi da addu'o'i ga 'yan'uwan Najeriya na dogon lokaci. Saboda tashe-tashen hankula, barna, da mace-mace da aka yi a Najeriya, Kwamitin Kula da Zaman Lafiya na Gundumar ya yanke shawarar jaddada kokarin zaman lafiya na 'yan'uwa 'yan Najeriya a Sabis na Lafiya na Gundumar Virlina na Satumba 2012.
A wannan hidimar, an nuna wani ɓangare na faifan DVD mai suna “Sowing Seeds of Peace” kuma an rarraba katunan ga mahalarta don su rubuta kalaman tallafi da ƙarfafawa ga ’yan’uwanmu mata da maza na Najeriya. An ba da waɗannan katunan da aka rubuta a matsayin hadaya a lokacin hidimar.
Bayan wannan sabis ɗin, Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen da Shirye-shiryen taron gunduma ya zaɓi ci gaba da ba da fifikon tallafin Najeriya a taron gunduma na Virlina na 2012. An kuma nuna wani yanki na DVD a wurin taro kuma, an rarraba katunan da ba kowa ba ne za su iya rubuta saƙo a kansu. An ƙarfafa wakilai su gaya wa ikilisiyoyinsu su rubuta kati. An tattara katunan kuma aka aika wa Jay Wittmeyer a ofishin Global Mission and Service of the denomination a Janairu 2013, domin ya gabatar da tafiya ta gaba zuwa Najeriya.
Kamar yadda kwamitin shirye-shirye da tsare-tsare ya tsara taron gunduma na 2013, sun yanke shawarar ci gaba da tallafa wa Najeriya ta wata hanya ta daban. Kwamitin ya yanke shawarar cewa hadayun da aka yi a lokacin bukukuwan ibada guda biyu a taron gunduma - wanda yawanci ke zuwa ayyukan hidima a gundumar - za su je Asusun Tausayi na EYN na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN–Church of the Brothers in Najeriya).
An gudanar da taron gunduma a shekara ta 2013 a Cocin Greene Memorial United Methodist da ke cikin garin Roanoke, Va., a ranar 8 da 9 ga Nuwamba. Wannan ikilisiyar ta karɓi gunduma da gaske tare da tarurruka da yawa a shirye-shiryen taron, an rage kuɗin yin amfani da ginin, da kuma masu sa kai 30. duk cikin taron na kwana biyu.
Jami'an taron sun amince da wata shawara don ba da kyautar da aka ɗauka yayin zaman kasuwanci ga Asusun Tausayi na EYN don godiya da kuma amincewa da ikilisiyar Greene Memorial da masu sa kai. Mahalarta taron sun goyi bayan wannan aikin cikin ƙwazo. Wannan hadaya ita ce mafi girma da muka taɓa yi, kuma jimillar hadayu guda uku da sauran gudummawar sun kai $5,195.92.
Jigon taron shi ne “Ku Kusato ga Allah, Shi kuwa Za Ya Kusato gare ku” daga Yaƙub 4:7-8a. Domin Allah yana kusa, sadaukarwar dama ce gundumar Virlina ta raba ƙauna da goyon baya ga waɗanda suke rayuwa da kuma hidima a yanayi mai haɗari da wahala don bangaskiyarsu.
- Emma Jean Woodard mataimakin babban minista ne na gundumar Virlina.
Abubuwa masu yawa
4) Yau shine ranar buɗewa don rajistar sansanin aiki, ranar ƙarshe don neman sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar, Ƙungiyar Balaguron Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa
Yau, Juma'a, 10 ga Janairu, wata muhimmiyar rana ce ga matasa da matasa masu sha'awar shiga cikin sansanin bazara, ko neman shirin hidimar bazara na Ma'aikatar ko Ƙungiyar Tafiya ta Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa. Rijistar kan layi don rani 2014 wuraren aiki buɗe yau a www.brethren.org/workcamps . Yau kuma ita ce ranar ƙarshe don aikace-aikacen Sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar ( www.brethren.org/yya/mss ) da kungiyar tafiye tafiye ta zaman lafiya ta matasa ( www.brethren.org/yya/peaceteam.html ).
Ana buɗe rajistar sansanin aiki da yammacin yau
Cocin of the Brothers Workcamp Ministry zai buɗe rajista ta kan layi don lokacin sansanin aiki na 2014 yau da karfe 7 na yamma (lokacin tsakiya). Sa’ad da ake nazarin jigon, “Ka Koyar da Rayuwarka,” bisa 1 Timotawus 4:11-16, hidimar sansanin za ta ba da manyan sansani guda takwas a wannan bazara, da kuma sansanin ayyuka na gama-gari guda ɗaya, sansanin matasa guda ɗaya, da sansanin ayyuka guda biyu don hidima. Mahalarta Revival Fellowship (BRF).
Mahimman bayanai guda biyu don yin rajista a wannan shekara sun haɗa da buƙatu don ƙaramin manyan mahalarta don cike fom ɗin izinin iyaye kafin lokaci, da kuma ƙarin adadin ajiya na $ 150 ga duk wuraren aiki.
Duk mai sha'awar yin rijista zai iya samun ƙarin bayani game da jadawalin da kwatancen wuraren aiki a www.brethren.org/workcamps .
Aikace-aikacen MSS, YPTT sun ƙare a yau
Yau ne ranar ƙarshe don neman Sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar da Ƙungiyar Balaguro na Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa don bazara na 2014.
Sabis na bazara na Ma'aikatar (MSS) shiri ne na haɓaka jagoranci ga ɗaliban koleji a cikin Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa waɗanda ke ciyar da makonni 10 na bazara suna aiki a coci (ikilisi, gundumar, sansanin, ko shirin ɗarika). Interns suna ciyar da mako guda a wurin daidaitawa sannan kuma makonni tara suna aiki a saitin coci. Interns suna karɓar kyautar koyarwa na $ 2,500, abinci da gidaje na makonni 10, $ 100 kowace wata suna kashe kuɗi, sufuri daga daidaitawa zuwa jeri, sufuri daga jeri zuwa gida. Ana sa ran Ikklisiya su samar da yanayi don koyo, tunani, da haɓaka ƙwarewar jagoranci; saitin wani ɗalibi don shiga hidima da hidima na makonni 10; kyauta na $100 a wata, da daki da jirgi, sufuri akan aiki, da tafiya daga daidaitawa zuwa wurin sanyawa; tsari don tsarawa, haɓakawa, da aiwatar da ayyuka a fannoni daban-daban; albarkatun kuɗi da kuma lokacin fastoci / mai ba da shawara don halartar kwana biyu na fuskantarwa. Tsarin 2014 shine Mayu 30-Yuni 4. Ana samun ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen www.brethren.org/yya/mss .
Ƙungiyar Tafiya ta Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa (YPTT) ƙungiya ce ta 'yan'uwa matasa masu shekaru 18-23 waɗanda ke ciyar da rani tafiya zuwa Coci na sansanonin 'yan'uwa don shiga da koyar da matasa game da batutuwan zaman lafiya da adalci yayin rayuwa da koyo tare da 'yan sansanin. Babban makasudin aikin ƙungiyar shi ne tattaunawa da wasu matasa game da saƙon Kirista da al’adar wanzar da zaman lafiya ta ’yan’uwa. Tawagar Tafiya ta Zaman Lafiya ta Matasa aikin haɗin gwiwa ne na Coci na Matasa na Matasa da Ma'aikatar Manya ta Matasa, Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa, Amincin Duniya, da Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatun Waje. Ana samun ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen www.brethren.org/yya/peaceteam.html .
5) Taron Shuka Ikilisiya yana kallon makomar al'adu tsakanin al'adu
Taron Shuka Ikilisiya da za a yi a ranar 15-17 ga Mayu, wanda Cocin ’yan’uwa ke daukar nauyinsa ta ofishin Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Ikilisiya da Kwamitin Ba da Shawarwari na Ci gaban Ikilisiya. kuma wanda aka shirya shi a Makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany a Richmond, Ind., Za a ci gaba da sa ido tare da taken, "Tsarin Karimci, Girbi Kyauta-Zuwa Gaban Al'adu tsakanin Al'adu."
Yanzu an buɗe rajista a www.brethren.org/churchplanting/events.html kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa 17 ga Maris a farashin "tsuntsu na farko" na $179. Kudin rajistar yana ƙaruwa zuwa $229 bayan Maris 17. Ana ba da rajistar ɗalibi akan ƙimar $129. Adadin $149 ya shafi masu rajista na farko, mai kyau tun farkon lokacin rajista (Maris 17).
Mai tushe a cikin ibada da addu'a, yana ba da horo a aikace
"Wannan taro mai ban sha'awa da aka mayar da hankali kan dashen coci ya samo asali ne a cikin ibada da addu'a yayin da ake ba da horo mai amfani, haɓaka tattaunawa, da kuma ba da ra'ayi mai ban sha'awa," in ji gayyata daga Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Ministocin Rayuwa na Congregational Life. "Duk taron zai yi aiki ga makomar al'adu daban-daban, gami da waƙa ta musamman da aka bayar a cikin Mutanen Espanya."
Manyan jagororin taron sun hada da Efrem Smith, shugaban kasa da kuma Babban Darakta na Tasirin Duniya, wata kungiya ce ta mishan birane da ta himmatu wajen karfafawa talakawan birane ta hanyar gudanar da ayyukan dashen coci da ci gaban jagoranci; da Alejandro Mandes, darektan Hispanic Ministries for the Evangelical Free Church of America, wanda ke da sadaukarwa ta musamman don ƙauna, horarwa, da aika shugabannin baƙi.
Nancy Sollenberger Heishman, shugabar taron shekara-shekara na Cocin ’yan’uwa, za ta yi wa’azi don buɗe hidimar ibada.
Ana karɓar shawarwarin bita
Masu shirya taron kuma suna neman shawarwarin bita daga waɗanda suke da gogewa da ƙwarewa don rabawa masu shuka cocin. Taron karawa juna sani a wurin taron zai inganta harkar shukar cocin, da samar da basira don ci gaban cocin, da karfafa jagoranci na mishan. Masu gabatar da shirye-shirye da sauran shugabannin za su ba da tarurrukan bita, kuma za su haɗa da jerin jagororin masu magana da harshen Sipaniya, da kuma masu aikin shuka.
Wadanda aka yarda da shawarwarin bita za su sami ƙarin rangwamen rajista. Wadanda suka gabatar da shawarwarin bita ya kamata su tsara yin rajistar taron bayan sun ji ko an amince da shawararsu.
Ana iya samun bayanai da jagororin shawarwarin bita a www.brethren.org/churchplanting/proposals.html .
Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa www.brethren.org/churchplanting/events.html ko lamba churchplanting@brethren.org .
6) Idin Ƙaunar Rayuwa shine jigon dandalin Bethany's 2014
Da Jenny Williams
Taron Shugaban Kasa na shida na Bethany Seminary zai shiga cikin yanayi na Littafi Mai-Tsarki, a aikace, da na kwarewa da ma'anar magana mai kima ta bangaskiya tsakanin 'yan'uwa: Idin Ƙauna. An gudanar da Afrilu 4-5 a harabar Bethany a Richmond, Ind., wannan taron zai ƙunshi jagoranci daga sanannun masu magana da malamai tare da 'yan'uwa mata da 'yan'uwa a cikin al'adar bangaskiyar 'yan'uwa.
Ana buɗe rajista a ranar 15 ga Janairu akan gidan yanar gizon Bethany. Ana ba da ƙarancin kuɗi har zuwa 15 ga Fabrairu, kuma makarantar sakandare, koleji, da ɗaliban da suka kammala digiri za su iya halarta ba tare da tsada ba.
Kakakin kuma mai fafutuka Shane Claiborne zai kasance mai gabatar da jawabi a yammacin ranar Juma'a tare da jawabi mai taken "Wata Hanya ta Rayuwa," yana gayyatar masu sauraro su sake tunanin abin da ake nufi da zama jikin Kristi a raye a duniya. Kulawar halitta, samar da zaman lafiya, da sulhun launin fata hanyoyi ne da za su taimaka mana mu ga bisharar ba kawai hanyar gaskatawa ba amma ta rayuwa. Claiborne jagora ce ta Sauƙaƙan Hanya, al'ummar bangaskiya wacce ta taimaka haihuwa da haɗa al'ummomin bangaskiya masu tsattsauran ra'ayi a duk duniya. Ya rubuta kuma yana tafiya da yawa, yana magana game da samar da zaman lafiya, zamantakewa, adalci, da kuma Yesu - daga jami'o'i zuwa kafofin watsa labaru na kasa da na duniya.
Masu gabatar da jawabai guda biyu za su ba da ra'ayoyi game da Idin Ƙauna daga labarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da wurin al'ada a furcin bangaskiya. Yin zane a kan rubutun Yohanna 13, Ruth Anne Reese za ta gabatar da "Cin amana a Abincin Jibi: Nuna Ƙauna a Tsakanin Hatsari." Mai da hankali kan nunin hidimar Yesu da umarninsa na son juna, ita ma za ta yi tunani a kan rayuwa tare a cikin coci a yau, Reese ita ce Shugaban Beeson na Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki kuma farfesa na Sabon Alkawari a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Asbury a Wilmington, Ky. a cikin Janar Wasiƙu, ta rubuta littattafai da yawa kuma a halin yanzu tana hidima a hukumar Cibiyar Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki.
Janet R. Walton, farfesa na ibada a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Union a birnin New York, za ta kawo ƙware a al'adun gargajiya na addini zuwa adireshinta, "Abincin Bidi'a, Yanzu." Ta hanyar tambayoyi game da iyakokin abincin al'ada - wanda zai iya ci, abin da muke ci, yadda muke ci - za ta bincika yadda irin waɗannan abincin za su iya haɗawa da ƙalubalanci hanyoyin bangaskiyar rayuwa da ƙauna mai rai. Ayyukan Walton a fannin al'ada ya fi mayar da hankali kan ma'auni na fasaha, ra'ayoyin mata, da alkawuran adalci, wanda aka nuna a cikin littattafai da yawa da ta tsara. Tsohuwar shugabar Kwalejin Liturgy ta Arewacin Amurka, an ba ta suna Henry Luce Fellow a cikin Tauhidi da Fasaha a cikin 1998 kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta AAR Excellence in Teaching Award.
Daga Ted da Kamfanin a Harrisonburg, Va., ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, marubucin wasan kwaikwayo, kuma masanin tauhidi Ted Swartz zai shiga cikin labarun Littafi Mai Tsarki na Yesu da almajiransa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo "Fish Eyes." Ta wurin fage daga Linjila huɗu, almajiri Bitrus ya fara tafiya ta hanyar al'ajibai, tambayoyi, da bangaskiya mai girma, yana kaiwa ga saƙon ɗakin Sama. Mutane da yawa za su gane Swartz da aikinsa a tsaka-tsakin ban dariya da labarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki-yawanci yana ba da ƙarin fahimtar rubutu. "Fish Eyes" yana ɗaya daga cikin wasanni 14 Swartz ya rubuta ko kuma ya rubuta, tare da littafin "Laughter Is Sacred Space."
Biyar breakout zaman zai jagoranci mahalarta cikin sabbin hanyoyin fuskantar da tunani game da Idin Soyayya:
“Bikin Ƙauna Mai Rayuwa: Daga Sakewa zuwa Bauta Mai Kyau” tare da Paul Stutzman, abokin limamin cocin Clover Creek Church of the Brothers
"Bikin Ƙaunar Ƙauna" tare da Karen Garrett, manajan editan "Rayuwar Rayuwa da Tunani" da kuma mai gudanarwa na kima a Bethany Seminary
"Bukin Ƙaunar Sahila na Afirka: Daga Najeriya zuwa Sudan" tare da Roger Schrock, Fasto na Cocin Cabool na 'Yan'uwa
“Kawo Yara Zuwa Tebur na Kristi” tare da Linda Waldron, hidimar yara a Cocin Happy Corner Church of the Brothers.
"Bikin Ƙaunar Ƙauna: Al'ada da Ƙirƙira" tare da 'yan majalisa Audrey DeCoursey, fasto na Living Stream Church of the Brother; Janet Elsea, limamin riko na Cocin Pleasant Hill na 'yan'uwa; Alexandre Gonçalves, fasto kuma mai ba da shawara a rigakafin tashin hankalin yara da ɗalibin Bethany MDiv (Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil); Matthew McKimmy, limamin cocin Richmond Church of the Brother; Curt Wagoner, Fasto a Yammacin Alexandria, Ohio; da kuma mai gudanarwa Bekah Houff, mai gudanarwa na shirye-shiryen wayar da kan jama'a a Bethany
Taron Pre-Forum na hudu za a gudanar da shi tare da taron, daga ranar Alhamis da yamma, 3 ga Afrilu, kuma za a ci gaba har zuwa ranar Juma'a da yamma. Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Alumni / ae, masu tallafawa taron, za su jagoranci mahalarta ta hanyar ibada da kuma Idin Ƙauna a ranar Alhamis da yamma. Kamar yadda aka saba a baya, jami’ar Bethany za ta gabatar da laccoci hudu a ranar Juma’a, inda za su mai da hankali a wannan shekara kan wuri da yanayin al’ada da al’ada a rayuwar addini:
"Ta Ruwa da Mai: Baftisma da Shafawa a Al'adar 'Yan'uwa" wanda Denise Kettering-Lane, mataimakin farfesa na nazarin 'yan'uwa ya gabatar.
"'Yi Wannan': Rayuwa da Al'ada tare da Sabbin Mutane da Matasa" wanda Russell Haitch, farfesa na tiyoloji mai amfani ya gabatar
"Fiye da Hasken Candles: Ayyukan Al'ada, Bauta, da Tiyoloji" wanda Malinda Berry, mataimakin farfesa na ilimin tauhidi da darektan shirin MA ya gabatar.
"Kamar Almajiran Farko" wanda Jeff Carter, shugaban kasa ya gabatar
An kaddamar da Taron Shugabancin a cikin 2008. Ta hanyar bincika batutuwan da ke magance batutuwan bangaskiya da ɗabi'a cikin tunani, taron suna ƙoƙari don gina al'umma a tsakanin waɗanda ke Bethany, babban coci, da jama'a, da kuma ba da jagoranci mai hangen nesa don sake tunanin rawar. na seminaries a cikin jawabin jama'a. A cikin fall 2010, Bethany ta sami kyauta mai karimci daga Gidauniyar Arthur Vining Davis don ba da damar taron.
Duk babban zaman taron tattaunawa da laccocin da za a yi kafin taron za a yi su ne kai tsaye. Ana samun rukunin ci gaba na ilimi don abubuwan biyu. Don cikakkun bayanai da yin rijista daga Janairu 15, ziyarci www.bethanyseminary.edu/forum2014 . Don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi forum@bethanyseminary.edu ko 800-287-8822.
- Jenny Williams darekta ne na Sadarwa da Tsofaffi / ae Relations a Bethany Theological Seminary.
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7) Memba na Cocin Brothers yana jagorantar horar da zaman lafiya a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo
Cliff Kindy ya jagoranci horar da zaman lafiya ga 'yan'uwan Kongo a DRC
Da Lucas Kauffman
Memba na Cocin Brothers Cliff Kindy, wanda kuma ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin masu samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT), ya ziyarci Brotheran'uwa a Jamhuriyar Dimokuradiyyar Kwango daga ranar 14-23 ga Disamba. Wannan ba ita ce ziyarar farko da Kindy ya kai Kongo ba, inda ya yi tafiya tare da CPT. A lokacin tafiyar CPT ya “ji dadin yadda daidaikun mutane da kungiyoyin zaman lafiya da adalci suke sake daukar matakin daga masu tayar da kayar baya, lokacin da hakan ke nufin jefa rayuwarsu cikin kasada a kullum.”
An yi wannan tafiya ne bisa bukatar fasto Ron Lubungo da ’yan’uwa a DRC. Jay Wittmeyer, babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na Cocin ’yan’uwa, ya faɗaɗa aikin wannan ziyarar kuma ya taimaka wajen ba da kuɗi, in ji Kindy.
Kindy ya cim ma manyan ayyuka guda biyu, yana jagorantar horon samar da zaman lafiya na zaman lafiya ga yawancin gungun 'yan'uwa, da kuma taimakawa wajen gina dangantaka da 'yan'uwa a DRC. " Horon ya kasance babban abin da aka mayar da hankali na kwanaki uku na kwanaki tara," in ji Kindy. “Rukunin mutane 24 ne daga darikoki 5 da kabilu 5. Na ji daɗin zurfin haɗin gwiwa tare da jigogi da ayyukan a cikin horon. An kewaye rayuwarsu da tashin hankali, dalilin da ya sa suke neman kayan aikin da za su magance wannan tasirin a rayuwarsu."
Tafiyar ta kuma haɗa da kasancewa sashe na ibada tare da ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa uku. Kindy ta ce: “Fasto Lubungo ya ce in yi wa’azi a ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan da yamma, limaman coci takwas sun shafe sa’o’i da yawa suna yin tambayoyi game da Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke Amirka da kuma tattauna wasu batutuwa da ke fuskantar cocinsu.”
Kindy ya kara da cewa "Na kuma sami damar ganawa da kungiyoyin Twa [pygmy] da hare-hare suka raba da muhallansu a yankunan dajin su." "'Yan'uwan DRC sun kasance suna yin aikin noma, zaman lafiya da ci gaba tare da Twa."
Kindy ya iya gani kuma ya fuskanci abubuwa daban-daban yayin tafiyarsa. "Yanayin da ke cikin kwandon burodi mai tsaunuka, wanda ke kewaye da sarƙoƙin tsaunuka zuwa gabas da yammacin tafkin, yana ƙara ƙaƙƙarfan inganci ga mutanen da suka mamaye wannan yanki," in ji shi. "Hikima da gogewar masu gina zaman lafiya waɗanda suka dawo daga aminci a sansanin 'yan gudun hijira na Tanzaniya don amsa kiran zama masu zaman lafiya a cikin al'ummomin gidajensu da ke fama da tashin hankali yana ƙara wadata na musamman ga kyawawan Kiristoci."
Kindy ya ci karo da 'yar matsala yayin da yake cikin Kongo. "Wata kungiya dauke da makamai ta tare motar mu a wani shingen bincike," in ji shi. Ya kuma ga mutane dauke da makamai a kan tituna da tituna, “kamar mayakan Mai Mai kishin kasa na bi ta kan babur wata rana da rana,” inji shi. "Mutuwar mutane miliyan shida a DRC a cikin shekaru XNUMX da suka wuce sun nuna a sarari cewa kwarewar da nake da ita na irin wannan tsaro ba ita ce kadai hanyar da al'amura ke faruwa ba idan mutum ya gana da wasu da dama daga cikin kungiyoyin masu dauke da makamai da ke addabar lardin Kivu ta Kudu."
Sabuwar kungiyar Yan'uwa
Cliff Kindy ya jagoranci horar da zaman lafiya ga 'yan'uwan Kongo a DRC
A DRC, akwai ikilisiyoyin ’yan’uwa takwas, masu kusan mutane 100 kowanne, kuma kowanne yana da nasa fasto. Kindy ya ce: “Suna fatan cewa horo na Littafi Mai Tsarki da tauhidi ga fastoci na iya kasancewa wani bangare na zurfafa dangantaka da Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke Amurka, da kuma alaƙa da Cocin ’yan’uwa a Najeriya, Haiti, da Indiya,” in ji Kindy.
Yara da matasa sune abubuwan farko a cikin ayyukan ibada da ya halarta. "'Yan'uwa a Ngovi suna da ƙungiyar mawaƙa guda uku kuma yaran da ba su isa shiga ƙungiyar mawaƙa ba sukan yi amfani da kalmomi kuma suna kwafi motsin yayyen ƴan uwan da suke rera ko buga ganguna da kata."
Kindy ya ziyarci ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa da ke Makabola da aka kashe mutane 1,800 a ƙauyen a shekara ta 1998. “Cutar wannan bala’in ya yi kama da abin da ke da alaƙa a DRC,” in ji shi. "Ƙarin tarurrukan tashin hankali da matakai don warkarwa waɗanda ke gudana na iya zama daidai da abin da tsoffin sojojin Amurka daga Iraki da Afghanistan ke buƙata don warkarwa daga raunukan yaƙin tunaninsu."
Rayuwa za ta iya yi wa ’yan’uwa mata da kuma ’yan’uwa Kiristoci da ke Kongo wuya. Kindy ta ce "Kasarsu tana kan gaba a ma'auni a matsakaicin kudin shiga na shekara." "Wata rana na ci abincin rana da karfe 2 na rana, kuma na ci abinci na gaba washegari da karfe 4 na yamma ina tsammanin hakan na iya zama ba sabon abu ba. A matsayin baƙo, na kwana a kan gado da gidan sauro, ƙaramin teburi, kujera, da fitila mai sarrafa batir a ɗakina da ke Cibiyar ’Yan’uwa da ke Ngovi. Sauran tare da ni sun kasance a kasa ba tare da sauran kayan ado ba. Lokacin da muka yi tafiya a kan hanya a wajen birnin Uvira, matsakaicin gudun yana kusan mil 20 a cikin sa'a daya sai dai idan ba mu da ramuka, duwatsu, da tafkuna don gujewa inda za mu yi tseren har zuwa mil 30 a kowace awa na ƙafa 40. Kinshasa, babban birnin kasar, yana gefen yamma mai nisa na DRC, don haka wasu ayyukan ababen more rayuwa kadan ne ake raba su da gabas, duk da cewa da yawa daga cikin ma'adanai na wannan kasa mai arzikin albarkatu suna gabas."
Fatan zaman lafiya marar tashin hankali
Kindy yana fatan kungiyoyin yankuna uku da suka kafa cikin sauri daga horon tashin hankali za su shiga cikin gaggawa a kokarin samar da zaman lafiya. "Wannan kungiya tana da damar da za ta wuce abin da CPT da kanta ta yi a cikin shekaru 26 da suka gabata," in ji shi, "saboda rayuwarsu tana cikin hatsari a kokarin maye gurbin tashin hankali da samar da zaman lafiya na rashin zaman lafiya a gida, al'umma, da kuma ƙasa. Suna da alaƙa ta kud da kud da ƙasashe maƙwabta kuma wannan ruhun na iya yaɗuwa cikin sauri.
"Tare da 'yan'uwa na DRC, ina jin zurfin da kuzarin Ruhu a cikin bauta da hangen nesa na membobin da shugabanni," in ji shi. “Kuruciya da saka hannun jari suna tuna mini abin da na gani a Cocin Haiti na ’Yan’uwa, ’Yan’uwa da ke Brazil, da kuma lokacin da aka soma hidimar Cocin ’yan’uwa a Puerto Rico.
Ya kara da cewa: "Mayar da hankali kan 'yan'uwan DRC kan samar da zaman lafiya muhimmin bangare ne na almajirancin Kirista a duniyarmu a yau," in ji shi. "Wataƙila wannan mayar da hankali za a iya sake sawa tare da sabon ƙarfin kuzari tsakanin mu a Amurka."
Mahalarta horon ba da tashin hankali ya raba gaskiya a ƙarshen kwanaki uku: “Cliff, DRC ba ta kera ko sayar da bindigogi. Kasarku ita ce mafi girma a duniya da ke samar da makamai. Kamfanonin ku suna kula da ƙungiyoyin gwagwarmaya don samun damar arzikin ma'adinan mu don amfanin ku. Muna ɗaukar nauyin wannan rashin adalci na tattalin arziki da kuma tashe tashen hankula. Ya kamata a yi aikin samar da zaman lafiya a kasarku."
"Eh," Kindy ta amsa. “Idan addu’ar Yesu za ta kasance da ma’ana a duniyarmu, Kiristoci a Amirka suna bukatar su fi ’yan’uwanmu mata da ’yan’uwanmu da ke Jamhuriyar Dimokuradiyyar Kwango da muhimmanci sosai game da buƙatun almajirantarwa.”
- Lucas Kauffman ya tattara wannan labarin ta hanyar hira da Cliff Kindy, kuma rahotanni Kindy ya rubuta game da tafiyarsa. Kauffman babban babban jami'a ne a Jami'ar Manchester a N. Manchester, Ind., kuma mai horarwa na watan Janairu tare da Cocin of the Brothers News Services.
8) Kudirin Sabuwar Shekara: Tunani na Janairu 2014 daga Ma'aikatar Manya ta Tsofaffi
“Ka sāke rayuwar da ta kasance cikin mutumin da ka kasance a dā, wanda sha’awoyi na yaudara suka lalatar da kai. Maimakon haka, ku sabunta tunaninku ta wurin Ruhu, ku kuma yafa sabon mutum halitta bisa ga kamannin Allah cikin adalci da tsarki na gaskiya.” (Afisawa 4:22-24 CEB).
Yayin da 2013 ya zo ƙarshen, labarai game da warwarewa don yin canje-canjen rayuwa sun fito a jaridu da mujallu da TV da Facebook. A ko'ina, mutane sun yi alƙawarin ko dai su daina munanan halaye ko kuma su ɗauki sababbi, masu koshin lafiya yayin da sabuwar shekara ta shiga.
Kwanan nan, ni da mijina mun sami albarka don halartar hidimar tarayya ta ƙarshen shekara tare da mahaifiyarsa ’yar shekara 97 a yankinta da ta yi ritaya. Limamin da ke hidimar tarayya ya nuna cewa yana iya zama da sauƙi a daina ɗabi'a mara kyau fiye da ɗaukan sabo mai kyau. Ban sani ba ko hakan gaskiya ne, amma yana kama da canji, kowane canji, yana da wahala ga mutane, wanda hakan na iya zama dalilin da ya sa bincike daban-daban ya nuna cewa kudurorin Sabuwar Shekara sun fi karye fiye da yadda ake kiyaye su.
Wannan ba yana nufin cewa kada mu yi tunanin hanyoyin da za mu iya inganta yadda muke rayuwarmu ba. Amma watakila ya kamata mu yi hakan akai-akai maimakon ƙoƙarin canza komai a cikin faɗuwar rana.
Game da ko ya kamata mu mai da hankali ga abin da ya kamata mu yi ko kuma abin da bai kamata mu yi ba, wataƙila ba batun “ko/ko” ba ne amma batun “duka/da” ne. Bayan haka, Nassi ya ba da jagora a kan duka biyu: “Masu albarka ne waɗanda…” (Mt 5: 3-11) da kuma “Ba za ku…” (Fitowa 20: 1-17).
Wataƙila zai yi kyau mu karanta kuma mu yi tunani a kan waɗannan ayoyin a yanzu da kuma cikin 2014 yayin da muke neman mu yi rayuwarmu bisa sawun Yesu.
Salla: Muna kara godiya ga Allah bisa dukkan alkawuran da aka dauka na sabuwar shekara. Muna roƙonka ka kasance tare da mu yayin da muke nazarin Kalmarka kuma muna ƙoƙari mu rayu bisa ga misalin wanda muke bikin haihuwarsa da rayuwarsa kuma muke neman koyi da Yesu Kristi. Amin
Don yin tunani da tattaunawa:
1. Yayin da kuke fara sabuwar shekara, karanta kuma ku yi tunani a kan kalmomin waƙar, “Wannan rana ce ta sabon farawa” (#640 a cikin Hymnal: A Worship Book, Brother Press, 1992).
2. Shin yana da sauƙi a gare ku ku daina ɗabi'a mara kyau ko fara sabon ɗabi'a mai kyau?
3. Yayin da kuke tunani a kan rayuwar ku, menene kuke so ku canza? Ta yaya za ku bi don tabbatar da waɗannan canje-canjen rayuwa su zama gaskiya?
Karatun da aka ba da shawarar:
Lokaci zuwa Lokaci: Ƙarfin Canjin Rayuwa ta Yau da kullum Amy Sander Montanez. Ƙarin Bugawa, 2013.
Lokacin Asiri: Ayyuka 10 na Ruhaniya don Rungumar Rabin Rayuwa Mai Farin Ciki Na Biyu da Paula Huston. Loyola Press, 2012.
Ma'aikatar Manya ta Tsohuwar tana hange coci da gangan da ke tabbatar da baiwar tsufa, da kuma manya, a rayuwarta da kuma hidima ga duniya. Manufar mu ita ce kiran ma'aikatu ta, don, da kuma tare da manya a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa.
- Kim Ebersole darekta ne na Rayuwar Iyali da Ma'aikatun Manya na Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Tuntube ta a kebersole@brethren.org ko 800-323-8039 ext. 305. Don ƙarin je zuwa www.brethren.org/OAM .
9) Yan'uwa yan'uwa
- 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 .
Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Jeff Boshart, Roselanne Cadet, Jeff Carter, Elizabeth Harvey, Jon Kobel, Garry Pearson, Jonathan Shively, Emily Tyler, Becky Ullom Naugle, John Wall, da editan Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai don cocin 'yan'uwa. An shirya fitowar Newsline a kai a kai a kai a kai a ranar 17 ga Janairu. Sabis ɗin Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne suka shirya shi. 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 .