'Yan'uwa Bits ga Satumba 25, 2015

"Wasa na!!" Gail Erisman Valeta ya rubuta, a cikin sabon ƙalubalen Ice Bucket daga Prince of Peace Church of the Brother a Denver, Colo., yankin, inda ta kasance minista. Prince of Peace ya ba da ƙalubalen ƙanƙara ga sauran ikilisiyoyi na ’yan’uwa, a matsayin hanyar tara kuɗi don magance rikicin Nijeriya. An nuna a sama: a farkon wannan watan, Dave Valeta ya ɗauki ƙalubalen Bucket na Ice don girmama ritayar Jeff Neuman-Lee. Wanene zai kasance na gaba…?

- Tunawa: Phyllis Tickle, 2013 Babban Babban Taron Manyan Manya na Kasa da kuma karfafawa ga taken 2015 NOAC na ba da labari, ta mutu cikin lumana a gidanta da ke Lucy, Tenn., a ranar 22 ga Satumba. Taken 2013 NOAC shine “Healing Springs Forth,” kuma a lokacin jawabinta, “ Kyautar Warkar da Labari,” Tickle ta nuna godiya don an nemi ta ba da labarai daga rayuwarta sa’ad da ta sami waraka da alheri kamar yadda ta faɗa a cikin littattafanta “The Shaping of a Life,” “Abin da Ƙasar ta riga ta sani,” da kuma "Alherin da Muke Tunawa." Shahararrun littattafanta na baya-bayan nan game da Kiristanci na gaggawa, in ji ta, yana nufin cewa ana yawan ba da gayyata don magance wannan batu, duk da haka ikon labari ya kasance abin ƙauna a zuciyarta. Babban kalubalenta ga mahalarta NOAC su ba da labarin Allah, da nasu labaran, sun ji daɗin waɗanda suka ji shi, kuma kai tsaye ya zaburar da jigon taron na wannan shekara, “Sai Yesu Ya Fada Musu Labari.” "Zukatan mu sun yi nauyi da bakin ciki game da wucewar Tickle, amma kuma suna cike da godiya ga sakon da ta yi wa manya na darikar mu," in ji Kim Ebersole, darektan NOAC. "Tasirin Tickle zai rayu yayin da muke ci gaba da ba da labarin."

- Tunatarwa: Carrie Beckwith, 89, tsohon ma'aikacin mishan, ya mutu a ranar Satumba. Gidan Abinci na 19 Na Siyarwa da Hayar a La Verne, California Tare da mijinta Carl Beckwith, daga 1963-66 ta yi hidima a matsayin Cocin of the Brethren mishan a Garkida, Nigeria. Ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatare na cikakken lokaci ga Carl, wanda ya kasance manajan kasuwanci, kuma ta adana kantin sayar da kayayyaki don filin manufa. A 1966, sun ƙaura zuwa Modesto, Calif., Inda Carl ya yi hidima a matsayin darekta na tsohuwar Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa da ke can. A cikin 1970, ya koma Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., kuma ya zama babban jami'in kudi na SERRV International, yayin da Carrie ya yi aiki a 'yan shekaru a matsayin sakatare na ofishin CROP na yanki. Ta kuma yi aiki a asibitin jihar da ke Sykesville, Md., inda ta taimaka wajen kafa doka don samun muhallin ofishi mara hayaki. Daga hidimar makarantar sakandire a Majalisar Matasan gundumar Idaho har zuwa shekarunta na kwaleji a matsayin sakatariyar limamin cocin McPherson (Kan.) Church of the Brothers da kuma karbar dictation daga Dr. Boitnott yayin da yake koyarwa a Kwalejin McPherson, don hidimarta a matsayin dicon tun a cikin shekarunta na ƙuruciyarta, da kuma aikinta tare da ma'aikatun matasa na gundumar Idaho, cikin rashin sani ta shirya don shawarar da aka yanke tare da mijinta Carl don ƙaura zuwa Chicago don horarwa. don hidima a Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany inda ta ɗauki wasu darussa a Makarantar Koyar da Littafi Mai Tsarki. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa ta yi aiki a matsayin matar fastoci na gargajiya a lokacin fastoci na Carl a Montana, Idaho, Colorado, da California. Bayan yin ritaya a cikin 1988, Beckwiths ya yi aiki a matsayin masu ba da agaji, yana taimaka wa majami'u da ofisoshin gundumomi da yawa canzawa zuwa rikodin rikodin kwamfuta a Pennsylvania, Virginia, California, da Kansas. Sun shafe mafi yawan 1992 a matsayin masu jagoranci na sa kai na Cibiyar Abota ta Duniya a Hiroshima, Japan. Sun kuma ba da gudummawar watanni da yawa a kowace shekara don SERRV ko a sashen ba da baƙi a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor. A cikin 1999, an ba su Citation of Merit daga Kwalejin McPherson a matsayin shaida ga hanyoyi da yawa waɗanda suka yi aiki tare a matsayin ƙungiya cikin shekaru. A cikin ƙarshen 70s, bayan sun ƙaura zuwa La Verne inda suka zauna kwanan nan a Hillcrest, al'ummar 'yan'uwa masu ritaya, sun fara aikin rabin lokaci na shekaru biyar don ofishin gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma. Carrie ya yi aiki a matsayin abokin aikin ofis tare da Carl a matsayinsa na manajan kuɗi da dukiya. Mijinta mai shekaru sama da 69, Carl C. Beckwith. Daga cikin 'ya'yanta da suka tsira, jikoki, da jikoki akwai ɗan Jim Beckwith, wanda a halin yanzu yake aiki a matsayin sakataren Cocin of the Brothers na shekara-shekara kuma ya ci gaba da gadon mahaifiyarsa na kulawa da cikakkun bayanai. Daga cikin sauran abubuwan da ta gada ta nuna damuwa ga mutane musamman waɗanda ke kaɗaici, ruɗewa, ko fafitika, da kuma haƙƙin ɗan adam musamman ga mata da marasa rinjaye. An gudanar da taron tunawa da Satumba. 23 a Hillcrest Retirement Community a La Verne, Calif.

A cikin sabuntawa kan martanin Sabis na Bala'i na Yara (CDS) ga gobarar kwarin a arewacin California, mataimakiyar darakta Kathleen Fry-Miller ta ba da rahoton cewa masu sa kai na CDS 16 suna aiki a Calistoga. “Sun kula da yara 159 tun daga ranar 24 ga Satumba, kuma za su kasance a wurin akalla mako guda. Muna farin cikin cewa sabon mataimakin shirin mu na CDS, Kristen Hoffman, zai tafi yau don shiga ƙungiyar a California. Yau ne cikakken satin ta na farko akan aikin. Wannan shi ne ainihin abin da muke kira kan horo-aiki!" Fry-Miller ya nemi addu'a ga tawagar yayin da suke tallafawa iyalai da kuma kula da yaran da gobarar ta raba da muhallansu. Don ƙarin bayani jeka www.brethren.org/cds .

- Tunawa: Lois Alta Beery Schubert, 80, tsohuwar ma'aikaci a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices, ya mutu a ranar 14 ga Satumba. An haife ta a watan Agusta 17, 1935, a Mishawaka, Ind. Ko da yake ta girma kuma ta yi baftisma, danginta asali 'yan'uwa ne kuma bayan Duniya. Yaƙin II ta shiga Osceola (Ind.) Church of the Brothers. Bayan kammala karatun sakandare, ta shiga hidimar sa kai na 'yan'uwa (BVS) kuma ta yi aiki a kudancin Florida a wani wurin gandun daji na ƙaura. A cikin 1957, ta tafi aiki a Babban ofisoshi na darikar a Elgin, Ill., a matsayin sakatare. A shekara ta 1958 ta tafi Turai don bikin cika shekaru 250 na kafa ƙungiyar 'yan'uwa kuma ta yi aiki a sansanin aiki na yakin duniya na biyu. Ta sami digiri a fannin ilimin zamantakewa daga Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) kuma daga 1964-70 ma'aikacin zamantakewa ne a Wisconsin. A cikin 1970 ta fara aiki a ofishin gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso yamma a La Verne, Calif., tana aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar gudanarwa na Truman Northup. Ta sadu da mijinta Neil Schubert a Glendora (Calif.) Church of the Brothers inda suka yi aure a 1972. A wani aiki bayan aurenta, ta kasance sakatariya ga Glendora Teachers Association na kimanin shekaru 14, kuma ta yi aiki a ofisoshi da yawa da kuma iya aikin sa kai a cikin ikilisiyar Glendora. Mijinta mai shekaru 43 Neil Schubert, da 'ya'yan Craig Schubert (Melissa) da Eric Schubert (Allison), da jikoki. An gudanar da bikin hidimar rayuwa a ranar 19 ga Satumba a Glendora Church of the Brothers.

- Huma Rana ta shiga cikin ma'aikatan Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT) a watan Yuli a matsayin mataimakin darektan Ayyuka na Kudi. Ta na da fiye da shekaru 20 na gwaninta a cikin lissafin jama'a, dubawa, ayyuka masu sana'a, da kuma aiki tare da kungiya mai zaman kanta. Ta yi shekaru 10 a matsayin mai sharhi kan kasafin kuɗi da lissafin kuɗi na Ikilisiyar Evangelical Lutheran a Amurka, kuma kafin hakan ta yi aiki ga Ernst da Young. Ita ce CPA tare da digiri na farko a lissafin kudi daga Jami'ar Arewa maso gabashin Illinois, Chicago, Ill., Kuma memba ne na Illinois CPA Society da Cibiyar Nazarin Jama'a ta Amurka. Ita da danginta suna zaune a Elgin, Ill.

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Brethren Benefit Trust, akwai canje-canjen membobin a kan hukumar BBT. A taron shekara-shekara na 2015, wakilai sun zaɓi Harry Rhodes zuwa hukumar BBT. A taron hukumar BBT da aka gudanar a watan Yuli, hukumar ta kada kuri’ar nada Eunice Culp domin ta cika wa’adin Tim McElwee wanda bai kare ba, wanda ya yi murabus a watan Afrilun 2014. Craig Smith ya kammala wa’adinsa na biyu a hukumar BBT, inda ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru bakwai. A ƙarshe, an zaɓi Donna McKee Rhodes zuwa wa'adin shekaru huɗu a kan hukumar BBT ta membobin Shirin fensho na 'yan'uwa, masu wakiltar majami'u da gundumomi. Don ƙarin bayani game da ma'aikatun Brethren Benefit Trust jeka www.cobbt.org .

- Yakin neman zaman lafiya na kasa da gidauniyar zaman lafiya na neman babban darakta. Dukansu sun dogara ne a Washington, DC Suna neman ƙwararren mutum don ɗaukar matsayin ɗan lokaci na matsakaicin sa'o'i 24 a kowane mako. Shawarwari a cikin ƙungiyoyin biyu galibi ya dogara ne akan yarjejeniya kuma ya dogara da babban matakin haɗin gwiwa da tuntubar juna tsakanin babban darektan da kwamitocin ƙungiyoyin biyu. Gabatar da ci gaba da sauran abubuwan da suka dace ga shugaban kwamitin ma'aikata na NCPTF/PTF Board of Directors kafin Oktoba 15. Nemo cikakkun bayanai a www.peacetaxfund.org/pdf/EDPositionOpeningAugust2015.pdf .

- Kwamitin amintattu kan dokokin kasa na neman shugaban majalisar dokoki su kasance masu alhakin jagorantar manufofin tarayya da dama da kuma yin yunƙurin neman zaman lafiya da adalci. Daraktan majalisar yana jagorantar da gina kasancewar tushen Quaker na FCNL akan Capitol Hill, a Washington, DC, kuma yana wakiltar manufofin majalisa da abubuwan da suka fi dacewa da hukumar FCNL ta kafa, Babban Kwamitin. Cikakken bayani yana nan http://fcnl.org/about/jobs/legislative_director .

— “Godiya ta tabbata ga Allah da sake bude Kwalejin Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Kulp da Makarantar Sakandare na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) a Kwarhi," in ji Global Mission Prayer Update na wannan makon daga Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis. An rufe kwalejin Bible da makarantar sakandare tun daga watan bara lokacin da mayakan Boko Haram suka mamaye yankin. Ma'aikatan Ofishin Jakadancin na Duniya suna neman addu'a "domin lafiyar dukkan ɗalibai, ma'aikata, da malamai, saboda yanayin tsaro a yankin ya inganta, amma akwai haɗarin. Yi addu’a ga ’yan makarantar sakandare da matasa da suke zuwa kwalejin Littafi Mai Tsarki, a ƙoƙarinsu na koyo da kuma nazarin Kalmar Allah.” Don ƙarin bayani game da halin da ake ciki a Najeriya da kuma martanin rikicin Cocin Najeriya jeka www.brethren.org/nigeriacrisis .

- Wata makaranta a Najeriya da ke samun tallafi daga Rikicin Najeriya na Cocin Brethren da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Najeriya (EYN, Cocin Brethren in Nigeria) tana da marayu 60, a cewar Carl da Roxane Hill, masu jagoranci na kokarin magance rikicin. Wani sako da wani mai aikin sa kai a makarantar ya fitar kwanan nan, ya ruwaito cewa, “Yau ranar zawarawa ce a cocin COCIN da ke Jos. Sun ziyarci gidan marayun da ke Jos. Ranar ta yi kuka.” Wurin ya ɗauko nassin nassi daga Yaƙub 1:27: “Addini mai-tsabta mara-ƙazanta a gaban Allah Uba kuma shi ne, a ziyarci marayu da gwauraye cikin ƙuncinsu, a tsare kanmu daga ƙazantar duniya.”

- Ofishin ma'aikatar yana karbar bakuncin taron majalisar zartarwa na gundumomi (CODE) a wannan mako mai zuwa a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices da ke Elgin, Ill, taron zai tara ministocin zartarwa na gundumomi 24 na kungiyar. Kunshe a cikin ajanda lokaci ne da za a raba Idin Ƙauna tare.

— Newville (Pa.) Cocin ’Yan’uwa na bikin cika shekaru 90 da kafuwa. An gayyaci babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers Stan Noffsinger don yin wa'azi don bikin tunawa da ranar Lahadi, 27 ga Satumba.

- New Carlisle (Ohio) Cocin na 'Yan'uwa ya shiga cikin Bethel Churches United shekara-shekara CROP Walk da yammacin ranar Lahadin da ta gabata. Hanyar tafiya ta fara kuma ta ƙare a New Carlisle Church. Burin masu yawo 62 da suka yi rajista shine a tara dala 10,000 don yunwa, a karshen wata. Kamar yadda "New Carlisle News" ta kan layi ta ruwaito, "Carol Dutton koyaushe mai shiga tsakani ne a taron shekara-shekara, yana ba da suturar 'Coco the Clown' dinta tare da tara jama'a. Kafin a fara tattakin na Lahadi, Dutton ya yi magana da masu yawo game da asalin shigar cocin da CROP Walk. Dutton ya ce Wilmer Funderburgh shi ne wanda ya kafa New Carlisle ta shiga cikin CROP Walk, yana mai cewa shi ma memba ne na Cocin New Carlisle Church of the Brother. Ta nuna hoton Funderburgh a ɗaya daga cikin Tafiya na CROP na farko a New Carlisle, mai kwanan wata 1954. 'An yi wani abu kowace shekara tun daga lokacin don taimakawa al'ummarmu da kuma mutanen duniya,' in ji ta. Nemo cikakken labarin a www.newcarlislenews.net/index.php/community-news/135-bcu-s-annual-crop-walk-raises-7-071 .

- Har ila yau a cikin labarai na wannan makon: Lick Creek Church of the Brother a Bryan, Ohio, ya ba da gudummawar $1,028.79 ga Williams County Habitat For Humanity. Taimakon ya fito ne daga kudaden da aka tara a taron jama'a na ice cream na cocin na shekara-shekara, kuma an ba da rahoto a cikin "Bryan Times." Nemo hoton gabatarwar rajistan a www.bryantimes.com/news/social/lick-creek-church-donation/image_424c6ce4-5b80-5517-b574-cb9465bf941f.html .

- Fiye da $250,000! Wannan ita ce burin da taron gunduma na Kudancin Pennsylvania ya yi a ƙarshen makon da ya gabata, a cikin gangamin tattara kudade na gundumar don magance rikicin Najeriya. “Na yi farin ciki da na ji labarin dukan abubuwa masu ban al’ajabi da ikilisiyoyinmu suke yi don taimaka wa Cocin EYN na ’yan’uwa,” in ji shugabar gunduma Traci Rabenstein a cikin wasiƙar gundumar. "Kokarin da ku a matsayinku na kungiya kuka bayar don taimakon kudi ya baiwa al'ummarsu 'kafa' yayin da suke kokarin sake ginawa gwargwadon iyawarsu." Dangane da mayar da martani, fastoci biyu a gundumar – Larry Dentler da Chris Elliot – dukkansu ’yan taraktoci masu masana’antu daban-daban, sun musanya taraktoci kuma suka tuka taraktan ɗayan zuwa taron. Carolyn Jones, ma’aikaciyar ofishin gunduma, ta rahoto ga shugaban kungiyar ‘Crisis Response’ na Najeriya Carl Hill cewa jimillar kudaden da aka tara za su kai kusan dala 270,000, duk da cewa ba za a samu adadin na karshe na wani lokaci ba. Taron gunduma ya kasance Satumba 18-19 a Ridge Church of the Brother in Shippensburg, Pa., tare da Jeff Carter, shugaban Bethany Seminary, a matsayin bako mai magana.

- Taron Gundumar Pacific Northwest za a gudanar da wannan karshen mako mai zuwa, Satumba 25-27, a Camp Myrtlewood a Myrtle Point, Ore.

- A wani taron hukumar gundumomi na baya-bayan nan, hukumar yankin kudu maso gabas ta kada kuri’ar amincewa Ikklisiyoyin 'yan'uwa a Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kwango a matsayin 'yan'uwa majami'u don tallafawa da addu'a da kudi kamar yadda aka jagoranta, kuma sun kada kuri'a don karfafa ikilisiyoyin su yi la'akari da daukar nauyin iyalan 'yan gudun hijira daga Siriya yayin da damar da ake samu ko da yake bala'i da ma'aikatun 'yan gudun hijira. Takaitaccen sanarwar manema labarai daga mai kula da gunduma Gary Benesh ya kuma lura cewa hukumar gundumar tana binciken ƙarin sabbin ikilisiyoyin Hispanic guda biyu a gundumar.

- Gidan Fahrney-Keedy da Kauye, wani Coci na 'yan'uwa masu ritaya da ke kusa da Boonsboro, Md., na maraba da daraktan raya karkara na USDA na jihar Bill McGowan zuwa wani bikin yanke ribbon da ke nuna an kammala inganta tsarin ruwa. Sauran wadanda suka shiga cikin bikin sun hada da hukumar gudanarwar al'umma, ma'aikata, da mazauna. Ayyukan da aka inganta sun haɗa da sabon tankin ajiyar ruwa da ake buƙata don samar wa al'umma samar da ruwan sha na kwanaki uku a kowace ka'idar jiha, samar da babban tsarin kashe gobarar gine-gine, da kuma baiwa al'umma damar bunkasa harabarta a shekaru masu zuwa. Ana yin yankan ribbon ne a yau, 24 ga Satumba, da karfe 11 na safe

- "Dr. Richard Newton yana binciken nassosi na ɗan lokaci kuma a matsayin Ba’amurke Ba-Amurke, yana ganin yadda Littafi Mai Tsarki zai zama albarka da la’ana,” in ji wani saki daga Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) game da wani taron da ke tafe da zai iya jan hankalin ’Yan’uwa. Newton zai raba sakamakon bincikensa a ranar 7 ga Oktoba a Kwalejin Shugabancin Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Al'umma ta Elizabethtown. Maganar tsakar rana, a cikin ɗakin Susquehanna a Myers Hall, farashin $ 15; abincin rana aka bayar. Tattaunawar masu sauraro tana da muhimmiyar rawa a laccar Newton yayin da ya gano cewa “tattaunawar tana rubuta babi na gaba.” Abubuwan da ke faruwa na yau da kullun suna haifar da alaƙa tsakanin Littafi Mai-Tsarki da al'adun baƙar fata-daga batutuwa tare da tutar Confederate, zuwa yaƙin neman zaɓe na Rayuwar Baƙar fata, rikice-rikicen da ke tattare da Ba-Amurke-Amurka suna nuna sabon abu na Littafi Mai-Tsarki da alaƙarsa da rayuwar yau da kullun. "Don mafi kyau ko mafi muni, koyaushe akwai wani abu da za a yi magana akai," in ji Newton a wata hira da aka buga a http://now.etown.edu/index.php/2015/09/24/newton-discusses-the-african-american-bible-bound-in-a-christian-nation-oct-7 .

- Lancaster (Pa.) Online rahoton cewa Wheatland Chorale, ƙungiyar mawaƙa mai zaman kanta wacce ke da alaƙa da Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), za ta rera waƙa a gasar Choral ta ƙasa da ƙasa a Rimini, Italiya. Ana gudanar da gasar daga ranar Juma'a zuwa Litinin, 25-28 ga Satumba. Kungiyar ta gudanar da wani “budadden bita” na yau da kullun a ranar Lahadi a Cocin Lancaster na 'yan'uwa, inda memba na chorale Emery DeWitt shi ne darektan kiɗa. Kungiyar Wheatland Chorale ita ce kadai kungiyar mawakan Amurka da za ta yi a gasar babbar gasar da za a yi a Rimini, inda za su fafata da wasu kungiyoyin murya 22 na duniya, a cewar rahoton. Nemo cikakken labarin a http://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/wheatland-chorale-has-its-eyes-on-the-prize-in-the/article_654fe452-5e0b-11e5-aef3-13b11ffdd366.html .