By Ralph McFadden
Haɗin Kan Gidajen 'Yan'uwa ya sadu a cikin taron shekara-shekara na Afrilu 14-16 a Des Moines, Iowa, da Cibiyar Dallas, Iowa. Maureen Cahill, shugabar cibiyar ritaya ta Spurgeon Manor a Cibiyar Dallas ce ta dauki nauyin taron. Goma sha huɗu daga cikin Cocin ashirin da biyu na al'ummomin da suka yi ritaya sun wakilci. Tare da baƙi, akwai mutane 21 da suka halarta.
Shirye-shiryen dabarun shine aka mayar da hankali ga shirye-shirye na yanzu da na gaba. Tun da farko a cikin wannan tsari, ƙungiyar ta mayar da hankali kan tarihinta, dangantakarta a halin yanzu da ƙungiyar, da kuma nazarin binciken da ya ba da rahoto game da karfi, rauni, da dama.
Kungiyar da ta halarci taron ba kawai ta amince da dokokin ba, har ma ta amince da wani kwamitin zartarwa bisa yarjejeniya. Kwamitin zartarwa ya hada da: Jeff Shireman, Shugaba na Lebanon Valley Brothers Home a Palmyra, Pa., yana aiki a matsayin shugaba; Chris Widman, babban darektan Gidan Shepherd mai kyau a Fostoria, Ohio, yana aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaba; John Warner, Shugaba na Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwan Retirement Community a Greenville, Ohio, yana aiki a manyan; Ferol Labash, Shugaba na Pinecrest Community a Mt. Morris, Ill., yana aiki a manyan; da Maureen Cahill, mai kula da Spurgeon Manor a Cibiyar Dallas, Iowa, mai hidima a manyan.
Shirye-shiryen nan gaba za su yi aiki a kan hanyoyin da gidajen za su ci gaba da yin haɗin gwiwa da juna, yin aiki tare da Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Ƙungiyoyin da Ƙungiyoyin Benefit Trust, da kuma haɓaka dangantaka mai ƙarfi da Cocin ’Yan’uwa da kuma gundumominta.
Waɗanda suka halarci taron sun nuna goyon baya mai ƙarfi don fahimta da kuma yin aiki da ƙa’idodin Cocin ’yan’uwa. Kwanaki biyu da rabi kuma lokaci ne na zurfafa zumunci da raba shuwagabanni da masu gudanarwa na al'ummomin da suka yi ritaya.
Ralph McFadden, wanda Fellowship of Brethren Homes ya yi hayarsa a matsayin darektan zartarwa na wucin gadi, an tabbatar da shi ta hanyar yarjejeniya a matsayin darektan zartarwa na dindindin. Kwantiraginsa ya fara ne nan da nan a ranar 16 ga Afrilu. Tsawon lokaci mai tsawo ya yi hidima ga Cocin ’yan’uwa a ayyuka daban-daban ciki har da matsayin zartarwa na Hukumar Ma’aikatar Shari’a ta tsohuwar Hukumar Mulki. Lokacin da ya kasance mai gudanarwa na Sabis na Raba a cikin Ƙungiyar Masu Kula da 'Yan'uwa daga 2001 zuwa 2005, ayyukansa sun haɗa da yin hidima a matsayin ma'aikatan Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa. A lokacin da ya yi ritaya ya kasance limamin asibiti, kuma ya kasance yana aiki a Pinecrest Community a Mt. Morris, Ill. Shi memba ne na Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill.
Matthew Neeley, COO na Brethren Hillcrest Homes, ya gayyaci Fellowship of Brethren Homes Forum zuwa La Verne, Calif., Don taron 2016. Za a sanar da ranakun daga baya.
- Ralph McFadden babban darekta ne na Fellowship of Brethren Homes. Don ƙarin bayani game da Fellowship of Brethren Homes da 22 Church of the Brothers da alaka da ritaya al'ummomin da suka hada da zumunci, je zuwa www.brethren.org/homes . Domin tuntuɓar e-mail na Fellowship of Brethren Homes ralph.mcfadden33@gmail.com .