Labaran labarai na Afrilu 8, 2015

LABARAI
1) Taimako daga EDF yana tallafawa ayyukan ma'aikatun bala'i a New Jersey, Colorado
2) Kwamitin Zaman Lafiya na Duniya ya hadu a watan Maris a New Windsor, Md.
3) Taɗi tare da 'Yan'uwa masu ruhi' Carl da Roxane Hill
4) Malaman addini sun bukaci a haramta amfani da makamai masu cin gashin kansu

KAMATA
5) Daraktan Fasahar Ilimi mai suna a Bethany Seminary

Abubuwa masu yawa
6) An fitar da shirin yawon shakatawa na bazara don rukunin BEST na Najeriya da ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta mata

BAYANAI
7) Bucher ya buga sabon sharhi, yayi magana akan 'Makoki, Waƙar Waƙoƙi' Afrilu 29 a Kwalejin Elizabethtown

FEATURES
8) Daga Babban Sakatare: Wasika zuwa ga ikilisiyoyi dangane da Armeniya da Najeriya
9) Lokacin Tawali'u da Hidima: Idin Soyayya a Najeriya
10) Shiru da magana na gaske: Kan koyarwa game da Littafi Mai-Tsarki da kabilanci a Amurka

11) Brethren bits: Personnel, Iran deal, Fellowship of Brothers Homes 2015 Forum, Shine Sponors "Faith Forward," Stone Church rike da Nigerian Benefit Concert, Dranesville ya gudanar da taron "Eat Out" kudi, Bridgewater College bikin shekaru 135, Mother's Day godiya Project, Kara

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Maganar mako:

"Wataƙila - amma ba makawa ba - za a tura makamai masu cin gashin kansu na farko a duniya nan gaba. Ba makawa ba ne saboda matakin hadin gwiwa na iya dakatar da wadannan makamai a yanzu." 

- Jonathan Frerichs, shirin Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya don gina zaman lafiya da kwance damara. Duba labarin da ke ƙasa, ko nemo sakin WCC akan layi a www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/religious-leaders-urge-a-ban-on-ful-autonomous-weapons .

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1) Taimako daga EDF yana tallafawa ayyukan ma'aikatun bala'i a New Jersey, Colorado

Rukunan ayyukan Ma’aikatar Bala’i na ’Yan’uwa biyu a Amurka suna samun tallafi ta hanyar tallafi daga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na ’Yan’uwa (EDF), jimlar dala 75,000. Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa sun kuma ba da umarnin bayar da tallafin EDF ga tsibirin Vanuatu bayan da guguwar Tropical Pam ta afkawa.

Wani rabon EDF na $ 45,000 ya ci gaba da tallafawa wurin aikin Tom Rivers a New Jersey, inda Ministocin Bala'i na 'yan'uwa ke ci gaba da aikin ginin ginin sakamakon lalacewar da Superstorm Sandy ya haifar a cikin Oktoba 2012. Haɗin gwiwa a wurin shine OCEAN, Inc., wanda shine samar da filin don gina gidaje guda shida na iyali guda shida a cikin garin Berkeley, NJ Sabbin gidajen, da OCEAN, Inc. za su gudanar da kuma kula da su, za a yi hayar su akan sikelin zamewa ga iyalai masu ƙanƙanta da matsakaita masu buƙatu na musamman waɗanda suka kasance. Super Storm Sandy ya shafa. Ana sa ran kammala aikin a farkon watan Mayu.

Wani kaso na EDF na dala 30,000 ya ba da gudummawar bude aikin sake gina ma’aikatun ‘yan’uwa a yankin Arewa maso Gabashin Colorado sakamakon ambaliyar ruwa da aka yi ta hanyar ruwan sama mai karfi a watan Satumbar 2013. Kananan hukumomi goma sha bakwai ne lamarin ya shafa, tare da sanarwar gaggawar gwamnatin tarayya da ta shafi kananan hukumomi 14 da iyalai sama da 28,000 da suka yi rajistar neman taimako. Rahotanni sun nuna cewa mutane takwas ne suka mutu, kusan dala biliyan 2 na ambaliyar ruwa, da kuma gidaje kusan 19,000 da suka lalace ko kuma suka lalace. Martanin 'yan'uwa zai mayar da hankali kan wasu yankunan da abin ya fi shafa a yankunan Weld, Larimer, da Boulder a Colorado, inda aka lalata gidaje 1,882 sannan wasu 5,566 suka lalace. Amsar za ta kasance wani aiki ne mai ban sha'awa, gayyata masu sa kai daga Cocin United Church of Christ da Almajiran Kristi don su tallafa wa ƙoƙarin ’yan’uwa.

Tallafin EDF na $20,000 yana tallafawa martanin Sabis na Duniya na Ikilisiya game da barnar da aka yi a Vanuatu sakamakon Tropical Cyclone Pam a watan da ya gabata. Gwamnatin Vanuatu ta ba da rahoton mutuwar mutane 17, mutane 65,000 sun rasa matsuguni, da kuma mutane 166,000 da ke bukatar agaji a tsibiran 24 da ke kan hanyar guguwar. Dukkan tsibiran suna da tasiri, kuma saboda warewarsu da lalacewar ababen more rayuwa, buƙatar kayan agaji don ci gaba da rayuwa da samar da matsuguni yana da mahimmanci. Wannan tallafin zai tallafa wa Sabis na Duniya na Ikilisiya tare da Dokar Aminci da Majalisar Kirista ta Vanuatu wajen samar da abinci na gaggawa, ruwa, da kayan abinci na gida ga wadanda suka tsira a cikin al'ummomin 78, da kuma gyara tsarin samar da ruwa da horo a rage hadarin bala'i.

Don ƙarin bayani game da Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa jeka www.brethren.org/edf .

2) Kwamitin Zaman Lafiya na Duniya ya hadu a watan Maris a New Windsor, Md.

By Jordan Bles

Hukumar Gudanarwar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya ta haɗu da ma'aikatan Maris 19-21 a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., don taron kwamitin bazara. Abin farin ciki ne don samun cikakken allo, don taro mai albarka da haɓakawa. Mambobin hukumar sun ji karin bayani kan ayyukan kungiyar Canjin Wariyar launin fata, sun shafe lokaci a kananan kungiyoyi tare da ma'aikatan jin bayanai game da ayyukansu, kuma sun karbi rahotanni daga kwamitocin gudanarwa daban-daban.

Tattaunawa game da matakin da ba na tashin hankali kai tsaye

Hukumar da ma’aikatan sun kuma tattauna kan alkiblar tsarin aikin al’umma ta Aminci, musamman dangane da harkar #BlackLivesMatter (kamar yadda aka bayyana a cikin fosta da rahoton shekara-shekara na wannan shekara). A Duniya Zaman lafiya na ci gaba da yin aiki tare da manyan kungiyoyi a cikin harkar #BlackLivesMatter, kuma muna haɓaka ƙoƙarinmu don taimakawa samar da zaman lafiya a duk inda ake tashin hankali. A cikin wannan aikin, muna yin amfani da tsarin rashin ƙarfi mai tushen bangaskiya, mai tushe cikin ƙimar agape na Kristi da ƙauna marar iyaka. A wasu lokuta, muna shiga yunƙuri da kamfen don magance takamaiman yanayi na wariya da rashin adalci. Kamar yadda memba na hukumar Barbara Avent (Denver, Colo.) ya raba, "Yesu na yana tafiya tare da waɗanda aka keɓe da waɗanda aka zalunta," kuma muna neman mu nemo kuma mu shiga cikin Kristi a wurin aiki a yau.

Haɗe da wannan babbar manufa, wannan ma'aikatar na iya jagorantar ma'aikatan Amincin Duniya ko mutane masu shiga don shiga cikin rashin biyayyar jama'a ko aiwatar da tashin hankali kai tsaye. Sau da yawa ana amfani da aikin kai tsaye ta hanyar ƙungiyoyin bangaskiya da sauran waɗanda ke inganta canji don matsa lamba kan waɗanda ke da ikon canza manufofin rashin adalci, Bayan wannan tattaunawar, Kwamitin Aminci na Duniya ya amince da manufofin da ke bayyana sigogi waɗanda ƙungiyar za ta tallafa wa membobin ma'aikata ko nada. mutanen da za su iya yin kasadar kamawa yayin da suke shiga cikin rashin biyayya na zaman lafiya a Duniya ko wasu ayyukan da ba na tashin hankali kai tsaye.

A yayin tattaunawar, Patricia Ronk, memba na kwamitin zaman lafiya na Duniya daga Roanoke, Va., Ya tunatar da hukumar da ma'aikata na karni uku na wannan nau'i mai rikitarwa a cikin gado na Cocin 'Yan'uwa. “A shekara ta 1708, wasu gungun mutane sun ji an kira su don su yi aiki a kan hukunce-hukuncen Littafi Mai Tsarki da aka yi la’akari da su. A cikin rashin biyayya, sun yi wa juna baftisma,” in ji ta. “Ƙarfin gwiwa na waɗannan ’yan’uwa na farko ya fallasa zalunci na ruhaniya kuma ya saki al’ummomi masu ƙarfi na sabuntawa na ruhaniya. A cikin sauran rayuwarsa Alexander Mack ya kwashe kansa yayin da yake biyan tara kuma ya goyi bayan ci gaban ƙungiyar Brethren. Muna godiya don zarafi na ƙarfafa kan shaidarsu ga bangaskiya.”

Ta yaya za ku rayu cikin Shalom na Allah?

Bin Yesu cikin Ruhu ɗaya, ’yan’uwa a yau suna ci gaba da aiki, suna rayuwa cikin sabuwar al’umma ta Amincin Allah ga dukan mutane. Girman fallasa rikice-rikicen launin fata da ake yi a ƙasarmu yana sa hankalinmu ga matuƙar bukatar adalci a “lokacin nan” (Esther 4:14). Zaman Lafiya A Duniya yana gayyatar kowa ya yi la’akari da yadda za ku iya kasancewa cikin wannan muhimmiyar hidimar. Ana kiran ku da ku taru da mutane daga kabilu daban-daban don yin addu'a don neman lafiya, sulhu, da adalci? Ana kiran ku don yin aiki tare da yara, masu kyau a cikin bambancinsu, don taimaka musu su sami farin ciki na al'ummar Yesu? Ana kiran ku don koyo da raba game da ayyukan wariya da roƙon canji? Ana kiran ku don buɗe ƙofofin ikilisiyarku don haɓakar ruhaniya a matsayin al'ummai da yawa ko al'ummai dabam dabam? Ana kiran ku don shiga takamaiman kamfen tare da masu shirya #BlackLivesMatter don jawo hankali ga canje-canjen da ake buƙata don ƙirƙirar al'ummomi masu zaman lafiya da adalci?

Join mu!

A Duniya Zaman Lafiya yana gayyatar ku da ku yi addu'a kuma kuyi la'akari da yadda ake kiran ku zuwa aikin sulhu da adalci a cikin tashe-tashen hankula na zamantakewa a kusa da launin fata da wariyar launin fata. Muna gayyatar ku da ku yi tunani a kan sabon hoton zaman lafiya a Duniya, wanda ke ƙarfafa mu mu mayar da martani ga rikicin da ke tattare da dangantakar da ke kewaye da mu. (Don yin odar kwafin imel oep@onearthpeace.org .) A Duniya Zaman lafiya yana neman goyon bayan addu'o'in ku ga waɗanda aka shirya don ƙididdige ƙimar ɗaukar matakin tashin hankali kai tsaye don fallasa zalunci da buɗe sabuntar al'umma. Kamar ’Yan’uwa na farko da suka shige a Schwarzenau, Jamus, muna gayyatar ’yan’uwa su yi aiki da bege, su gina al’ummomin bangaskiya masu bambancin al’adu dabam-dabam, kuma su yi shelar bisharar Mulkin Allah da gaba gaɗi. Muna maraba da goyon bayanku cikin addu'a ga wannan muhimmin kira na adalci da sulhu a kan lokaci.

Da fatan za a tuntube mu, OEP@OnEarthPeace.org , don ƙarin bayani game da ma'aikatunmu na yanzu don ƙalubalantar wariyar launin fata da rashin adalci tare da ƙaunar Kristi agape.

- Jordan Bles shine shugaban kwamitin Amincin Duniya.

3) Taɗi tare da 'Yan'uwa masu ruhi' Carl da Roxane Hill

By Zakariyya Musa

Cocin of the Brothers co-director of Nigeria Crisis Response Carl Hill da matarsa ​​Roxane daga kasar Amurka, sun sake hallara don tantance tasirin gudummawar da ’yan’uwa na Amurka ke yi ga ayyukan EYN (Ekklesiyar Yan’). uwa a Najeriya, ko Cocin ’yan’uwa a Najeriya).

A wani bangare na ziyarar, ma’auratan sun gabatar da kasida a taron ministocin EYN na shekarar 2015 da aka gudanar a hedikwatar EYN da ke tsakiyar Najeriya. A cikin jawabinsu mai jigo “Ci gaba da Ayyukan Yesu Kristi,” Hills sun ƙarfafa fastoci su zama bayin mutanen da ke kusa da su a wannan lokacin.

Carl da Roxane Hill, wadanda ke da alaka tsakanin Cocin Brethren da EYN, sun bayyana cewa, sun himmatu sosai wajen hada karfi da karfe wajen wayar da kan ‘yan uwan ​​Amurkawa da sauran abokan huldar EYN kan tsananin rikicin Najeriya, da kuma mummunar illar da ke tattare da shugabanci. na EYN musamman da kuma kasancewar majami'ar gabaɗaya.

Ma'auratan sun bayyana manufarsu ga "EYN Quarterly Magazine" a cikin wata hira kwanan nan. A ƙasa akwai wasu sassa daga hulɗar. Muna muku barka da karatu.

EYN QM: Yallabai kuma madam, kuna nan kuma. Ana maraba da ku sosai. Menene ra'ayinku a wannan karon bayan wasu watanni a Najeriya?

Gabaɗayan lafiyar EYN ya bambanta sosai a cikin Maris fiye da lokacin da muka zo a cikin Nuwamba. Mun sami kwarin gwiwar ganin an kammala ofisoshi na Annex Headquarters kuma kowane shugaba yana aiki a ofishin sa. Mun ji dadin yadda kowane shugabanni ya dawo kan matsayinsa da kuma gudanar da ayyukansu gwargwadon iyawarsu. Har ila yau, ma'aikatan da iyalansu sun zama kamar an zaunar da su a cikin sabon yanayin.

EYN QM: Ku biyun ku na da alaka ne tsakanin EYN da Cocin ’yan’uwa kan halin da tsaron Najeriya ke ciki, musamman yadda ya shafi EYN. Menene ra'ayinku game da amfani da gudummawa daga 'yan'uwa?

EYN na kan hanyar aiwatar da shirin da EYN da Cocin ’yan’uwa suka amince da shi. Ƙungiyar Kula da Bala'i tana ɗaukar aikin ta da mahimmanci kuma an tattara ta don yin aiki. Mun sami damar sake duba shirin tare da tsara matakai na gaba da ya kamata a ɗauka. Mun ji daɗin cewa EYN (shugabanni da ƙungiyar) suna amfani da kuɗin kamar yadda aka tsara.

EYN QM: Menene bayanin ku a gida kan halin da EYN ke ciki bayan halartar taron ministocin EYN?

Abin farin ciki ne sosai ganin duk fastoci suna halartar taron ministoci. Wace hanya ce mai kyau don haɗa ikilisiya, don haɗa kan masu hidima da ƙarfafa su a cikin mawuyacin hali. Abin farin ciki ne ganin ƙungiyoyin fastoci suna magana da dariya tare. Muna addu'ar Allah ya sa wannan dan kankanin lokaci da suka rabu da matsalolinsu ya ba su karfin gwiwa ya ba su ikon komawa don kula da jama'arsu. Kamar yadda muka gaya musu a taron, an kira kowannensu don ya cika kalmomin Yesu da ya ce, “Ku yi kiwon tumakina.”

EYN QM: Daya daga cikin daliban ku na Kulp Bible College, Kwarhi, Boko Haram ta yi garkuwa da su a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya kimanin watanni uku da suka gabata, kuma daya daga cikin jami’an tsaron kwalejin ya bata. Yaya kuke ji game da hakan?

Muna bakin ciki sosai game da bacewar mutanen daga KBC. ‘Yan Boko Haram sun yi garkuwa da daya daga cikin daliban Carl mai suna Ishaya Salhona. Mun yi kokarin jin labarinsa amma babu wata magana a hukumance. Wannan dai shi ne karin sheda na yawan tashe-tashen hankula da suka mamaye yankin arewa maso gabas. An shafa kowa kuma ya rasa wanda ya sani ko ƙauna. Muna ci gaba da addu'a.

EYN QM: Kusan dukkanin majami'u an lalata su a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya, kuma a yanzu gwamnati ta sanar da kwato mafi yawan yankunan da 'yan tada kayar baya ke rike da su. Za ku ba da shawarar sake gina gine-ginen da aka lalata a yankunan?

Wannan shiri ne na dogon lokaci na farfadowa. Cocin Brothers tana ba da gudummawar shekaru 5 zuwa 10 na yin aiki tare da EYN. A wannan lokacin, hankalinmu zai mai da hankali ne ga ’yan’uwanmu maza da mata za su koma gida, da sake gina al’ummarsu. Kamar yadda muka sani, kusan komai ya lalace gaba daya daga hannun ‘yan tada kayar baya, kuma za a bukaci yardar Allah ta musamman da hadin kai don samun damar komawa da zama a wadannan yankuna. Kamar yadda yadda ake cin giwa cizo daya ne, dole ne mu fara murmurewa karamin mataki a lokaci guda. Yin aiki tare zai sauƙaƙe aikin da fatan.

EYN QM: Me za ku ce don taƙaita wannan zama?

Muna matukar ƙarfafa mu don ganin abubuwa suna dawowa cikin sauri a EYN. Idan aka kwatanta da daskarewar yanayin shugabanci a watan Nuwamba, mun gamsu da yadda kowa ke tafiya a wannan lokaci. Muna farin ciki da irin himmar da mutane ke shirin aiwatarwa. Mun kuma gamsu da ayyukan kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu (NGOs) da muke daukar nauyinsu. Suna iya yin wasu abubuwa da cocin ba zai iya ba. Al'ummar addinai a Gurku na tafiya lafiya. Wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ce ke magance ilimi. Sauran kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu suna aiki a rayuwar mutane tare da tabbatar da cewa ana kula da masu rauni sosai. Muna sa ran samun taimako daga wasu manyan kungiyoyi kamar kwamitin tsakiya na Mennonite da ma'aikatun agaji na Kirista. Muna sa ran dawowa Amurka da bayar da rahoto mai kyau game da ci gaban da ake samu a aikin ba da martani ga rikicin Najeriya.

- Zakariya Musa mai sadarwa ne na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) kuma yana aiki a Mujallar EYN Quarterly. Ya yi wannan hirar ne a ranar 19 ga watan Maris yayin da Carl da Roxane Hill ke Najeriya domin ziyarar da shugabannin kungiyar ta EYN da kuma tantance irin ci gaban da ake ta samu a rikicin Najeriya. Ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa ne tsakanin EYN da Cocin Brothers, aiki ta hanyar Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis da Ministries Bala'i. Don ƙarin bayani game da aiki a Najeriya jeka www.brethren.org/nigeriacrisis .

4) Malaman addini sun bukaci a haramta amfani da makamai masu cin gashin kansu

Daga sanarwar Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya

Ya kamata robots su yanke shawarar rayuwa da mutuwa? An bukaci shugabannin addini su gaya wa gwamnatoci “Kada.” A wakilta shawarar rai da mutuwa ga na'ura? Robots mutunta dokokin yaki? Makami da aka shirya don farauta da harbi? Wanene ke da hisabi?

Jami'an diflomasiyya, sojoji, malamai da 'yan kasar da abin ya shafa za su hadu a Geneva nan da nan bayan Ista don tattauna wadannan da sauran abubuwan da ke tattare da sabon nau'in makamai da aka sani da "makamai masu cin gashin kansu" ko "mutumin kisa."

A halin da ake ciki, Majalisar Coci ta Duniya (WCC) tana neman shugabannin addini na kasa da na gida da su tashi tsaye don yakar makamai masu cin gashin kansu ta hanyar sanya hannu kan wata sanarwar mabiya addinan da ke kira da a “hana, riga-kafi” na makaman.

"Wataƙila - amma ba makawa ba - za a tura makamai masu cin gashin kansu na farko a duniya nan gaba. Ba makawa ba ne saboda matakin hadin gwiwa zai iya dakatar da wadannan makamai a yanzu," in ji Jonathan Frerichs, babban jami'in shirin samar da zaman lafiya da kwance damara na WCC.

Sanarwar ta yi kira ga dukkan gwamnatoci da su shiga muhawarar kasa da kasa game da cikakken makamai masu cin gashin kansu da kuma yin aiki don hana su kafin a samar da su da tura su.

Sanarwar ta ce "Yakin robotic cin zarafi ne ga mutuncin dan Adam da kuma tsarkin rayuwa." Kungiyar Pax a Netherlands da Pax Christi International ne suka yi kiran.

"Mambobin cocin WCC sun yi alƙawarin gaya wa gwamnatocinsu da su haramta makaman da za su iya kai hari da kashe mutane da kansu, yanzu, kafin a yi su," in ji Frerichs. "Don haka ne muke rokon shugabannin cocin su shiga cikin goyon bayan wannan sanarwar hadin kan addinai a yanzu."

Tuni dai shugabannin addinai da kungiyoyi da dama a duniya suka rattaba hannu kan kiran da aka yi na haramta amfani da makamai masu cin gashin kansu. Wadanda suka rattaba hannu sun hada da Archbishop Desmond Tutu na Afirka ta Kudu, Archbishop Dr Antje Jackelén na Cocin Sweden, Rev. Ching-An Yeh na Cocin Presbyterian a Taiwan, Dr Andrew Dutney, shugaban Cocin Uniting a Australia da membobin Hukumar WCC Ikklisiya kan harkokin kasa da kasa daga kasashen Jordan, Najeriya, Finland, Indonesia, Rasha, Amurka da Tahiti.

Wakilan WCC za su halarci taron na Afrilu 13-17 a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Geneva. Irin wannan taro na biyu cikin shekaru biyu, zai iya haifar da ƙarin tattaunawa idan aka yi la'akari da sarƙaƙƙiyar batun da saurin ci gaban fasahar da ta dace tare da farar hula da na soja. Tuni dai kungiyoyin farar hula ke kira ga gwamnatoci da su fara tattaunawa kan matakan da suka dace, ta yadda ba za a ketare ka'idar da'a ta sanya injuna na kashe mutane ba.

Majalisar WCC ta 10 a shekara ta 2013 ta ba da shawarar cewa gwamnatoci "su bayyana goyon bayansu ga matakin hana jiragen sama marasa matuki da sauran na'urorin makami na mutum-mutumi da za su zave su kai hari ba tare da sa hannun ɗan adam ba yayin da suke aiki a cikin cikakken yanayin 'yancin kai," a cikin sanarwar taron kan Hanyar. na Just Peace da aka bayar a Busan, Jamhuriyar Koriya.

Koriya ta Kudu da Isra'ila a halin yanzu suna tura robobi masu dauke da makamai don kare iyakokinsu, tare da ma'aikacin dan Adam da ke kula da shi gaba daya, a cewar Kamfen don Dakatar da Robots.

Sanya hannu kan sanarwar tsakanin addinai don nuna goyon baya ga haramcin cikakken ikon mallakar makamai a www.paxforpeace.nl/stay-informed/news/interfaith-declaration . Nemo takardar gaskiyar da za a iya saukewa game da shelanta tsakanin addinai a http://lists.wcc-coe.org/c.html?ufl=7&rtr=on&s=jazjt,19r5c,usx,gh8g,lrz9,aicl,4e9i . Akwai jerin sunayen masu sa hannun a http://lists.wcc-coe.org/c.html?ufl=7&rtr=on&s=jazjt,19r5c,usx,hmbs,i9t3,aicl,4e9i .

- An sake buga wannan daga wata sanarwar manema labarai na Majalisar Coci ta Duniya mai kwanan wata 2 ga Afrilu, 2015.

KAMATA

5) Daraktan Fasahar Ilimi mai suna a Bethany Seminary

Da Jenny Williams

An nada Dan Poole daraktan Fasahar Ilimi a Makarantar Koyon Tauhidi ta Bethany, daga ranar 1 ga Yuli. Ya zo Bethany a 2007 a matsayin mai gudanar da aiki na ɗan lokaci na Ƙirƙirar Ma'aikatar kuma a cikin 2009 kuma ya fara aiki a matsayin abokin ci gaba na ɗan lokaci. Zai ci gaba a matsayinsa na Ƙirƙirar Ma'aikatar tare da aikin fasaha na ɗan lokaci.

Wannan sabon matsayi na fasaha na ilimi zai tallafa wa ilmantarwa ta nesa yayin da makarantar hauza ke ci gaba da haɓaka shirin Haɗin kai. Daliban da ba na zama ba a yanzu suna da damar daukar darasi cikin lokaci na gaske, kuma a karshen shekarar da ta wuce ne makarantar hauza ta kaddamar da azuzuwan fasahar da ke baiwa duk wanda ke cikin aji da kuma waje damar ganin juna yayin zaman darasi. Poole kuma zai kula da watsa shirye-shiryen abubuwan da suka faru da kuma taimaka wa malamai da abubuwan da ke buƙatar fasaha.

"Na yi farin ciki da cewa Dan zai yi hidimar makarantar hauza yayin da muke fadada amfani da ɗakin fasaha da kuma ci gaba da bunkasa alamu don haɓakawa da haɓaka shirinmu na ilimi," in ji Jeff Carter, shugaban.

Poole yana da babban digiri na allahntaka daga Bethany kuma minista ne naɗaɗɗe a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa, yana da ikilisiyoyi a Pennsylvania da Ohio.

- Jenny Williams darekta ne na Sadarwa da Tsofaffi / ae Relations a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind.

Abubuwa masu yawa

6) An fitar da shirin yawon shakatawa na bazara don rukunin BEST na Najeriya da ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta mata

Kwamitin tsare-tsare ne ya fitar da shirin yawon shakatawa na bazara da kungiyoyin Najeriya daga Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) suka yi. Ƙungiyoyin biyu sune Brethren Evangelism Support Trust (BEST), ƙungiyar ƴan kasuwa da ƙwararru, da EYN Fellowship Choir.

Lancaster (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa ita ce ikilisiyar da ke ɗaukar nauyin. Kwamitin tsarawa ya haɗa da membobi daga Lancaster da wasu majami'u biyu na Pennsylvania: Ikilisiyar Elizabethtown na 'yan'uwa da kuma Cocin Mountville na 'yan'uwa. Tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar mishan Najeriya Monroe Good ce ke jagorantar kwamitin.

Hanyar yawon shakatawa:

Yuni 22, 4 na yamma: Barka da liyafa a Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md.

Yuni 23, 2 na yamma: An taƙaita kide kide a Fahrney-Keedy Village kusa da Boonsboro, Md., Mid-Atlantic District

Yuni 23, 7 na yamma: Waƙar Yabo a Hagerstown (Md.) Church of Brother, Mid-Atlantic District

Yuni 24, 7 na yamma: Waƙar Yabo a Maple Spring Church of the Brothers a Hollsopple, Pa., Western Pennsylvania District

Yuni 25, 7 na yamma: Waƙar Yabo a Maple Grove Church of Brother a Ashland, Ohio, Arewacin Ohio

Yuni 26, lokacin TBA: Lamari a Elgin, Ill., A cikin gundumar Illinois da Wisconsin, Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis ya shirya

Yuni 27, 1:30 na rana: Waƙar da aka taƙaita a matsayin wani ɓangare na tara kuɗi na gwanjo ga Najeriya a cocin Creekside Church of the Brothers a Elkhart, Ind., Northern Indiana District

Yuni 27, 7 na yamma: Yabo Concert a Manchester Church of the Brothers a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., Kudu/Central Indiana District

Yuni 28, safe: Bauta tare da Manchester Church of Brothers

Yuni 28, 7 na yamma: Yabo Concert a Long Center for Performing Arts in Lafayette, Ind., Wanda Sashen Yamma na Kudancin/Tsakiya Indiana ya dauki nauyin

Yuni 29, 10:30 na safe: Waƙar da aka gajarta a Community Fellowship Community a Richmond, Ind.

Yuni 29: Abincin rana da ziyara a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind.

Yuni 29, 7 na yamma: Waƙar Yabo a Salem Church of the Brothers a Englewood, Ohio, Kudancin Ohio

Yuni 30, 7 na yamma: Yabo Concert a Oak Park Church of the Brother in Oakland, Md., West Marva District

Yuli 1 da 2: Kiɗa a gundumar Shenandoah, wurare da lokutan TBA

Yuli 3: Concert a Kudancin Pennsylvania Gundumar, wuri da lokaci TBA

Yuli 4, 2 na yamma: Waƙar Yabo a Gidan Yan'uwa na Kwarin Lebanon a Palmyra, Pa.

Yuli 4: Wasan Yabo a Elizabethtown, Pa., Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika, wuri da lokaci TBA

Yuli 5, 10:15 na safe: Ibada da kide kide a Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brother, Atlantic Northeast District

Yuli 5, 7 na yamma: Yabo Concert a Germantown Church of Brother a Philadelphia, Pa., Atlantic Northeast District

Yuli 6, 2 na yamma: Yabo Concert a Peter Becker Community a Harleysville, Pa.

Yuli 6, 7 na yamma: Ƙa'idar godiya a Coventry (Pa.) Church of Brother, Atlantic Northeast District

Yuli 7, safe: Abincin rana a Washington, DC

Yuli 7, maraice: Concert a Atlantic Northeast District, wuri da lokaci TBA

Yuli 8, 7 na safe: Addu'a karin kumallo a Lancaster (Pa.) Church of the Brother, Atlantic Northeast District

Yuli 8, 7 na yamma: Yabo Concert a Jami'ar Baptist/Brethren Church a Kwalejin Jiha, Pa., Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya

Yuli 9: Yabo Concert a Virlina gundumar, wuri da lokaci TBA

Yuli 11-15: Taron Shekara-shekara a Tampa, Fla.

Yuli 15, 7 na yamma: Yabo Concert a Camp Ithiel a Gotha, Fla., Atlantic Kudu maso Gabas District

Don tambayoyi tuntuɓi Monroe Good a 717-391-3614 ko ggspinnacle@juno.com .

BAYANAI

7) Bucher ya buga sabon sharhi, yayi magana akan 'Makoki, Waƙar Waƙoƙi' Afrilu 29 a Kwalejin Elizabethtown

By EA (Elizabeth) Harvey

Christina A. Bucher, Shugabar Carl W. Zeigler a Nazarin Addini a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.), kwanan nan ta buga sharhin Littafi Mai-Tsarki a kan littafin Waƙar Waƙoƙi, a zaman wani ɓangare na jerin Sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Cocin Muminai. Sharhin Bucher ya raba sarari a cikin kundin, "Makoki, Waƙar Waƙoƙi," tare da Wilma Ann Bailey, wanda ya bincika Makoki.

Jerin Sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ikilisiya na Muminai shiri ne na haɗin gwiwa na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, 'Yan'uwa a cikin Cocin Kristi, Cocin 'yan'uwa, Cocin Mennonite Brothers, da Cocin Mennonite. Marubuta jerin littattafai 27 zuwa yanzu sun fito daga al'adun Anabaptist da Pietist/Radical Pietist. Herald Press ne ya buga shi, kuma ana iya siya ta ta Brotheran Jarida.

[Oda "Makoki, Waƙar Waƙoƙi" daga 'Yan'uwa Press akan $22.50 tare da kuɗin jigilar kaya da kulawa. Je zuwa www.brethrenpress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=2035 ko kira 800-441-3712.]

Rubutun Bucher ya tattauna batun Waƙar Waƙoƙi (Waƙar Waƙoƙi) raka'a, yana mai da hankali kan fasalin adabi na rubutun Littafi Mai Tsarki. Har ila yau, ya tattauna jigogi a cikin mafi girman mahallin canonical, yana gano hanyoyin da aka fassara Waƙar Waƙoƙi a cikin coci, yana mai da hankali musamman akan rubuce-rubucen tauhidin Anabaptist da Pietist da na ibada. Sharhin ya kuma tattauna kan fahimtar littafin game da jima'i.

Bucher zai yi magana game da Waƙar Waƙoƙi a matsayin rubutun ibada da ƙarfe 9 na safe ranar 29 ga Afrilu a Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley a harabar Kwalejin Elizabethtown. Wannan shirin ci gaba na ilimi na sa'o'i shida, wanda aka raba tare da masanin Tsohon Alkawari Bob Neff, yayi nazarin matani na ibada a cikin Tsohon Alkawari da suka wuce zabura. Kudin rajista na $60 ya haɗa da abubuwan sha, abincin rana, da .6 ci gaba da rukunin ilimi na ministoci. Ana yin rajista da biyan kuɗi zuwa Afrilu 13. [Don ƙarin bayani da fom ɗin rajista je zuwa www.etown.edu/programs/svmc/files/Registration_LivesOfDevotion.pdf .]

Jerin, wanda aka buga don waɗanda suke neman ƙarin fahimtar ainihin saƙon nassi da ma'anarsa na yau, suna haskaka nassosi, suna ba da tarihin tarihi da al'adu, kuma suna ba da ma'anoni na tiyoloji, zamantakewa, da ma'anoni.

Mawallafin jerin abubuwan ya lura cewa “Makoki, Waƙar Waƙoƙi” ya ƙunshi cikakken rajista na wallafe-wallafen Littafi Mai Tsarki daga waƙoƙin baƙin ciki na Isra’ila ta dā zuwa waƙoƙin ƙauna, waƙoƙin waƙoƙi na masoya. Sharhin Makoki ya ƙunshi tambayoyi game da mawallafi, hotunan Allah, da kuma nuna martanin al'umma game da ƙaura da haɓakar su ta ainihi a cikin bala'i, yayin da Bucher ya ba da ra'ayoyi da yawa game da Waƙar Waƙoƙi da zane-zane, halayensa, da ƙa'idodi fassarar zahiri.

Bucher yana da digiri daga Kwalejin Elizabethtown da Bethany Seminary Theological Seminary. Ta kammala karatun digirinta na digiri a cikin Nassosin Ibrananci a Jami'ar Claremont Graduate University. Ta kasance mataimakiyar bincike a Cibiyar Nazarin Antiquity da Kiristanci a Claremont, Calif., Daga baya kuma ta yi watanni tara a Tübingen, Jamus, tana aiki a Institut für ökumenische Forschung. A matsayinta na shugabar kwalejin Carl W. Zeigler a Nazarin Addini, tana ba da darussa a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki da harsunan Littafi Mai Tsarki.

Shekaru 10 ta yi hidima ga Cocin 'yan'uwa a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar tsara shirin Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Alkawari kuma ta rubuta nazari biyu don jerin Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Alkawari da Brothers Press suka buga: "Hoton Littafi Mai Tsarki don Allah" (1995) da "The Annabcin Amos da Yusha'u" (1997). Ta ba da gudummawar kasidu zuwa “Rayuwa da Tunani ’Yan’uwa” da “Manzo” kuma ta rubuta tsarin koyarwa ga Cocin ’yan’uwa. A cikin 2010, Bucher ya haɗa haɗin gwiwar “Shaidar Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ibrananci don Cocin Sabon Alkawari,” kuma Brotheran Jarida ne suka buga.

- EA (Elizabeth) Harvey manajan sadarwa ne kuma editan labarai a Ofishin Talla da Sadarwa a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.).

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8) Daga Babban Sakatare: Wasika zuwa ga ikilisiyoyi dangane da Armeniya da Najeriya

“Wannan babban aiki ne da na kira ku a ciki, amma kada ku shagaltu da shi. Zai fi kyau a fara ƙarami. Ba da kofi mai sanyi ga wanda ke jin ƙishirwa, alal misali. Mafi ƙarancin aikin bayarwa ko karɓa yana sa ka zama koyo na gaske. Ba za ku rasa kome ba.” (Matta 10:41-42, Saƙo).

Yan'uwa mata da maza.

Zai iya zama abin mamaki don sanin cewa sa hannu a Cocin ’yan’uwa a cikin bala’i ba koyaushe ne ke kan ainihin mu mutane ba. Babu shakka kun saba da ranaku kamar:
- 1941 - An kafa Hukumar Hidimar 'Yan'uwa tare da amsa bala'i a matsayin wani muhimmin sashi na jagororin sa.
- 1960 – An ƙirƙiri Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa don ba da kuɗi don mayar da martani ga cocin ga ayyukan bala'i da ayyukan agaji.
- 1973 - Taron shekara-shekara ya kafa jagororin mayar da martani ga bala'i don duk wani martani na bala'i a cikin gundumomin cocin.
- 1979 – An kafa Sabis na Bala'i na Yara (tsohon Kula da Yara na Bala'i) a matsayin hanyar tallafawa da kula da yara a cikin al'ummomin da bala'i ya shafa.

Amma waɗannan ba su ne farkon martanin Cocin ’yan’uwa game da bala’o’i ba. A shekara ta 1917, ainihin zuciyar cocin ta girgiza saboda labarin kisan kare dangi na Armeniya. Sanin irin wannan ta'asa ya kasance nauyi fiye da yadda 'yan'uwa za su iya jurewa.

Babban taron shekara-shekara na 1917 ya jefa kuri'a don ware jagororin da ake da su na ayyuka a ƙasashen waje don ba da kuɗi da tallafi ga al'ummar Armeniya da tashin hankali da ƙaura ya shafa. An nada kwamitin wucin gadi da zai jagoranci aikin agaji. Bugu da ƙari, wakilai sun kuma amince da naɗa ma’aikata ga Kwamitin Ba da Agaji na Amirka a Gabas ta Tsakiya, don tabbatar da cewa za a gudanar da tallafi da tallafi ga al’ummar Armeniya ba tare da tsangwama ba. Babu wata niyya ta kafa mishan na dindindin ko majami'u kamar yadda muke yi, domin mutanen Armeniya sun kasance al'ummar Kirista masu ibada. Daga 1917-1921, cocinmu na kusan membobin 115,000 sun ba da gudummawar $267,000 ga ƙoƙarin - kwatankwacin dala miliyan 4.98 a cikin dala 2015, ta amfani da ƙididdige ƙimar Farashin Mabukaci.

A cikin wannan shekara ta 100 na kisan kiyashin Armeniya, dankon zumuncin Kirista da ’yan’uwan da suka gabace mu suka kulla ya ci gaba da rinjayar al’adun Cocin ’yan’uwa da Cocin Orthodox na Apostolic na Armeniya. Wannan yana tabbatar da fahimtar abin da ke mai kyau da ake bukata a gare mu mu mutanen Allah: “Ku yi adalci, ku ƙaunaci alheri, ku yi tafiya cikin tawali’u tare da Allahnku” (Mikah 6:8).

Gaskiyar 'yan'uwa game da bala'in ɗan adam bai canza ba bayan shekaru da yawa. Sace ‘yan matan Chibok da aka yi a shekarar da ta gabata (wadanda akasari ‘yan uwa ne) ya alakanta rikicin Najeriya da zuciyar ‘yan uwan ​​Amurka. Wani yaro da labarin ya sosa rai ya ce, "'Yan matan Chibok za su iya zama kannena." Ikkilisiya ta shiga cikin lokacin addu'a da azumi. A halin da ake ciki, shugabancin Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) da ma'aikatan mu na Global Mission and Service sun shirya yadda cocin Najeriya ta mayar da martani ga mutuwa, halaka, rauni, da dubun dubatar 'yan gudun hijira na cikin gida. mutane a Najeriya.

Ofishin Jakadancinmu da Hukumar Ma'aikatarmu, da jin shirin amsawar EYN, sun yi aiki da ƙarfin hali da ƙarfin hali. A watan Oktoban 2014, hukumar ta bada dala miliyan 1.5 kwatankwacin dala miliyan 1 daga kadarorin darika da kuma dala 500,000 daga asusun gaggawa na bala'i) don fara aikin agaji a Najeriya. A cikin watannin da suka gabata, daidaikun mutane da ikilisiyoyi sun ba da sama da dala miliyan 1 ga Asusun Rikicin Najeriya, tare da ci gaba da shigo da kyaututtuka.

A lokacin da mutane da yawa suka yi shakka game da dacewa da muhimmancin coci a Amirka, ina so in yi ihu daga tudu mafi girma: “Na gode wa Allah don karimci, tausayi, da kuma ƙauna da ’yan’uwa suka nuna ga mutanen da ke da bangaskiya sosai. a Najeriya-kamar yadda suka yi shekaru 100 da suka gabata ga kuma da mutanen Armeniya!” Kamar yadda muka sake yin biyayya ga kiran Kristi na farawa da ƙoƙon ruwan sanyi, bari mu haɗa hannuwanmu tare kuma mu gayyaci wasu su taru a kan tafiya yayin da muke ci gaba da aikin Yesu. Lafia. Kawai. Tare.

Ina godiya ga kowane dayanku da kuka yi nasiha, azumi, addu'a, da taimakon 'yan uwanmu mata a Najeriya. Hannun da kuka haɗa hannu suna shaida wa duniya ƙauna da hasken Almasihu ta wurin magana, aiki, da aiki.

Allah, Almasihu, da Ruhu Mai Tsarki su kasance tare da ku.

Naku da gaske,

Stanley J. Noffsinger
Babban Sakatare
Church of the Brothers

9) Lokacin Tawali'u da Hidima: Idin Soyayya a Najeriya

By Peggy Faw Gish

Wataƙila bukukuwan Satin Mai Tsarki mafi ma’ana da na shiga sa’ad da na girma a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa shi ne abin da ake kira “Bikin Ƙauna,” wanda ya haɗa da wanke ƙafafu, cin abinci na tarayya, da tarayya, duk a hidima ɗaya. Kafin mu shiga, an ce mu bincika rayuwarmu, kuma idan muna da rikici da wani, mu je wurin wannan ɗan’uwa ko ’yar’uwar mu yi ƙoƙari mu daidaita tsakaninmu. Idan aka bi wannan hanya ce ta ‘yantar da kanmu daga fushi, bacin rai, da sauransu, amma kuma ‘yantar da al’umma daga tashe-tashen hankula da za su iya dakile kwararar soyayya da kuma Ruhun Allah da ke aiki a tsakaninmu.

A jiya da yamma, abin farin ciki ne a yi bikin wannan biki a nan Najeriya, tare da 'yan uwa kusan 400 na Najeriya. Ni kadai ne Ba'amurke kuma mai farin fata a wurin.

Da lokacin wankin ƙafa ya yi, ƴan ƴan tsiraru suka tashi suka fita zuwa wuraren da aka keɓe, ko dai na maza ko mata, a wajen ginin da ake kafa kujeru, ana ajiye kwano da tawul. Wata mata sanye da kayan ado na Najeriya kala-kala, kuma tana cikin kungiyar mawaka, ta kama hannuna ta fito da ni da daya daga cikin kungiyoyin. A can, tare da wasu mata, muka yi bi da bi. Da farko wannan ’yar’uwar ta wanke ƙafafuna da ƙafata na ƙasa ɗaya bayan ɗaya, ta bushe su. Sannan ta zauna, nima nayi mata. Sai muka tsaya muka gaisa cikin soyayya.

Wannan aiki ne mai sauƙi, wanda ga wasu na iya zama kamar na ɗanyen aiki ne ko kuma na zamani, amma ga ƴan'uwan Najeriya da ikilisiyoyi a Amurka, aiki ne mai ƙarfi na alama. Shi ne ganin cewa son Allah ba ya rabuwa da kauna da kuma yi wa ’yan’uwanmu mata hidima. Yana kiran mu mu buɗe kanmu cikin ƙauna, kuma mu yi wa ’yan’uwanmu hidima da kuma yi wa ’yan’uwa hidima—a duk faɗin duniya da kuma a gida – kiran da ni da sauran mutane muka ji yayin da muke yin aiki don samar da zaman lafiya da adalci a cikin al’ummarmu da kuma gida. kasashen waje.

Zuciyata ta cika, lokacin da kanwata Najeriya ta wanke kafafuna, sannan muka kalli juna. Ba wai kawai ya narkar da duk wata damuwa da na ji ba a lokacin da nake zama Ba’amurke mai ba da agaji a nan tare da Kungiyar Rikicin Najeriya, na ji tana shirya ni tsawon watanni uku masu zuwa na rayuwa da aiki a tsakanin jama’a. Har ila yau tunani na ya ci gaba, kan yadda al'ummar Nijeriya da sauran al'ummomi, da suka tsunduma cikin yakin kwadayi da mulki, suke bukatar irin wannan soyayya da ruhi, da kuma yadda kasata ke bukatar wannan ruhi a cikin alakar ta da kasashen duniya. Ta yaya titunan biranen Amurka da ƙauyuka ke buƙatar ruhun tawali'u da kallon "ɗayan" a matsayin 'yar'uwarmu ko 'yar'uwarmu, domin ta san halin wariyar launin fata da zalunci a cikin kanmu da al'ummarmu masu kisa da wulakanta su.

Sauyi ne na zuciya da ruhi, wanda idan da gaske ne, ya yadu zuwa ga dukkan sauran fagagen rayuwarmu da dangantakarmu, wanda kuma dole ne ya kwarara cikin titunan birni da kuma bayan iyakokinmu, kuma yana iya zama tushen waraka, adalci, da sulhu. abin da muke kira “Mulkin Allah.” Kuma lokaci ne ko da yaushe yanzu don zama wani ɓangare na wannan.

- Peggy Faw Gish wata Coci ne na 'yan'uwa 'yan agaji da ke aiki a Najeriya tare da Najeriya Crisis Response, wani yunƙuri da aka gudanar tare da haɗin gwiwar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Najeriya (EYN, Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Gish, memba na Cocin 'yan'uwa daga Ohio, ya yi aiki na shekaru da yawa tare da Ƙungiyoyin Masu Aminci na Kirista kuma ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar CPT Iraq. Kwanan nan ta kasance cikin tawagar CPT da ke aiki a yankin Kurdawa na arewacin Iraki. Don ƙarin bayani game da martanin Rikicin Najeriya jeka www.brethren.org/nigeriacrisis .

10) Shiru da magana na gaske: Kan koyarwa game da Littafi Mai-Tsarki da kabilanci a Amurka

By Richard Newton

Lokacin da na sanya hannu don koyar da Littafi Mai Tsarki da Race a Amurka ( https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/872266/assignments/syllabus ), Ban san cewa ɗalibai na za su iya yin ɗimbin zagin Eric Garner da Tamir Rice ba. Babu wanda ya gaya mani cewa kotuna na zamani za su karɓi shaida daga wanda zai iya kwatanta Michael Brown da aljani ( http://wabashcenter.typepad.com/antiracism_pedagogy/2015/01/it-looks-like-a-demon-some-notes-on-the-visual-constructions-of-race.html ).

Kuma na ambaci cewa an raba taron karawa juna sani na farko daidai gwargwado tare da layin launi – dalibai farar fata uku tare da dalibai bakar fata biyu da ni kaina?

Abokan aiki a sabuwar makaranta ta (Kwalejin Elizabethtown www.etown.edu ) sun yi farin ciki da fargaba a gare ni. Babu wanda ya san abin da zai yi wannan nazarin alƙaluma wannan manhaja a wannan lokaci cikin lokaci. Wannan kwas ɗin zai zama dama ga wasu “magana ta gaske”-tattaunawa ta gaskiya, mara kyau game da yanayin ƙabilanci na ƙungiyarmu.

Ajin ya tashi don lura da haɗin kai na biyu daga cikin mafi kyawun fasahar samar da bambance-bambancen Amurka, nassosi ( www.christianhubert.com/writings/writing.html ) a wannan yanayin, Littafi Mai-Tsarki, da launin fata ( www.sunypress.edu/pdf/61761.pdf ). Za mu lura da yadda dukansu biyu suka yi aiki don kawo canji da kawo canji a wannan ƙasa.

Kowane mako biyu muna mai da hankali kan rukunin mutane dabam-dabam da rikitacciyar dangantakarsu da Littafi Mai Tsarki. Mun yi la'akari da takardun aikin Littafi Mai-Tsarki a cikin 'yan mulkin mallaka, bautar da ƴancin rai, gina farar fata, tatsuniyar tsirarun abin koyi, maganganun adawa da baƙi, da yaƙi da ta'addanci. Hakazalika, ƙabilun ƙabilanci sun ba mu damar duba aikin ’yantar da Littafi Mai Tsarki a cikin al’ummomin da ba su da kyau.

Daga ka'idar zuwa tarihi, abun cikin "an danna", amma tattaunawar ta kasance mai raɗaɗi kawai… Lokacin da suka ɗaga muryoyinsu, shi ne don ba da labaran bayan launin fata. Amma sau da yawa fiye da a'a, ɗalibai sun zaɓi su gyada kai kawai cikin aminci.

Kwata na semester na shiga, na yi tunani da ƙarfi tare da abokin aikina wanda ya ba da shawarar in saurari gunaguni na "magana ta gaske" kuma in juya ƙoƙarina ga abin da ke aiki. Dole ne in saurari rauni, rashin jituwa, da sha'awa.

Ga shi, na sami zance na gaske a wurin ƙarshe na tsammani.

Ina amfani da ayyuka iri uku don tantance koyo a zahiri. A saman ɓangarorin akwai wata babbar takarda bincike-wanda aka gabatar a matsayin tsaka-tsaki kuma an aiwatar da shi azaman aikin ƙarshe. Dalibai sun tsara nasu ra'ayoyin game da Littafi Mai-Tsarki da Race kamar yadda aka tabbatar a cikin kwarewar Amurka. Lokuttan tarihi, labarai kanun labarai, maganganun al'adu duk sun kasance don kamawa. Amma wannan a farkon kwas ɗin, ɗalibai suna ganin wannan a matsayin wani gwaji ne kawai.

Sun yi aiki har zuwa aikin babban dutse ta hanyar gabatar da takaddun bita a ƙarshen kowane rukunin. Musayar ta yi tsauri sosai, amma na ƴan mintuna ajin za su ɗorawa yayin da suke tattaunawa kan shirye-shiryen watsa labarai waɗanda masu gabatarwa suka yi amfani da su don kwatanta abubuwan nasu.

Irin wannan makamashin ya yi ƙamari a cikin littafin diary na aji na tsakiya. Dalibai sun ba da fahimi masu tasowa ga hotuna, labarun labarai, da sauran misalan da suka ci karo da su. Yana da kyau a lura cewa ina ba da ra'ayi kadan-ba-ko-ku-ce kan wannan matakin kammalawa.

A raina, wannan aikin aiki ne mai ƙanƙanta, amma a ciki na sami kuzarin da muka rasa a cikin aji. Na yi farin ciki lokacin da wani dalibi farar fata cikin girmamawa ya cancanci tunanin abokin karatunsa game da Asiyawa a matsayin "cikakkiyar baƙi" ta hanyar bambanta shi da ra'ayin Japanawa a kusa da WWII. Wata daliba Ba’amurke ta dauki nauyin faifan bidiyo na ka'idar inda ta aiwatar da mahimman ra'ayoyi ta hanyar danganta su da labarai daga gogewarta.

A cikin aikin diary, ba lallai ne su damu da in sa baki ko gyara ba. Dalibai suna da 'yancin yin magana, su yi kuskure, su ɓata wa juna rai. Idan ba su sami damar ƙalubalantar kansu da ƙalubalantar juna ba tare da katsewa ba, ta yaya za su iya haɓaka tausayawa mai mahimmanci da kwas ɗin ke son samarwa? Shiru na yana barin sarari don gina amana wanda ainihin magana ke buƙata.

Don gina irin wannan musayar, na maye gurbin dabarun shiga tsakani na da tsarin “babban koyo”, samun dama ga ɗalibai su koya mani game da batunmu. Na sa ɗalibai na gida su ɗauko taswira suka nuna mini – sabuwar Pennsylvania a cikin ɗakin – yadda Frederick Douglass ya isa Quakertown, kusancinmu da Gettysburg, da kuma inda Makarantar Indiya ta Carlisle take. Sa’ad da suka ba ni ƙasar, na iya magance aikin Littafi Mai Tsarki a kowane wuri.

A ƙarshen hanya, muna tambayar wane, yaushe, ko, da kuma yadda #BlackLivesMatter akan harabar mu ta tarihi-Kirista ( www.etown.edu/about/history  ). Ban tabbata ba ko za mu iya fara semester da magana ta gaske, amma ina so in yi tunanin inda muka ƙare a matsayin alamar cewa mafi kyawun yana zuwa ( https://storify.com/EtownCollege/teach-in ).

- Richard Newton mataimakin farfesa ne na Nazarin Addini a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.). Wannan shafin yanar gizon ya samo asali ne a shafin Wabash Center Blogs "Matsalolin tsere a cikin Classroom". www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu kuma ana sake bugawa anan tare da izini.

11) Yan'uwa yan'uwa

- Kenneth Bragg, mataimakin sito a Cibiyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., ya sanar da yin murabus daga ranar 9 ga Afrilu. Ya fara aikinsa da Cocin ’yan’uwa a watan Yuli 2001 a matsayin direban babbar mota don hidimar hidima. Ya yi shekaru 13 a wannan matsayi. Tun Nuwamba 2014, ya kasance mataimaki na sito don Albarkatun Kaya. "Aikinsa ya kasance da sadaukarwa na gaske da fahimta da kuma sadaukar da kai ga manufa na Cocin 'yan'uwa," in ji sanarwar ritayarsa.

- Yarjejeniyar da aka cimma a makon jiya tsakanin P5+1 da Iran Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a na Cocin of the Brothers suna maraba. "Yarjejeniyar tsarin… wata alama ce ta maraba ga makomar dangantakar Amurka a Gabas ta Tsakiya da manufofin makaman nukiliya gabaɗaya," in ji shafin yanar gizon ofishin game da yarjejeniyar. "Yarjejeniyar yarjejeniyar ta takaita karfin Iran na kera kayan makamin Nukiliya nan gaba kadan, kuma da fatan za ta kasance wani tubali ga karin diflomasiyya da Iran da sauran muhimman kasashe a yankin. Ya dauki niyyar siyasa da jajircewa ga dukkan bangarorin su hada kai duk da sabanin da ke tsakaninsu tare da fitar da wannan tsari na yarjejeniyar da za ta amfanar da dukkan bangarorin ta hanyoyi daban-daban. Muna yaba wa wadannan shugabannin diflomasiyya don haduwa tare da samun daidaito ko da bayan kungiyoyi da ayyuka da yawa sun yi barazanar yuwuwar yarjejeniya. Duk lokacin da diflomasiyya ta tura duniya zuwa ga zaman lafiya, muna yaba wa wannan yunƙurin, kuma muna fatan wannan yarjejeniya za ta haifar da ƙarin tattaunawa game da makaman nukiliya a duk duniya. " Karanta cikakken labarin a https://www.brethren.org/blog/2015/office-of-public-witness-welcomes-nuclear-framework-agreement-between-p51-and-iran .

- Haɗin kai na Gidajen Yan'uwa 2015 Forum shine Afrilu 14-16 wanda Maureen Cahill ya shirya, Manajan Spurgeon Manor a Cibiyar Dallas, Iowa. Adadin da ke kusa da ’yan’uwa da suka yi ritaya za a wakilta, in ji mai tsara shirin Ralph McFadden, wanda ya rubuta a cikin wata sanarwa zuwa Newsline cewa halartar taron da ake sa ran ya haɗa da mutane 21, waɗanda ke wakiltar 14 daga cikin 22 na Cocin 15 da ke da alaƙa da al’ummomin ritaya. Abin da za a mayar da hankali a ranar Laraba, 16 ga Afrilu, zai kasance kan Tsare Tsare-tsare. McFadden, wanda shi ne darektan zartarwa na wucin gadi na kawance, da Jonathan Shively, babban darektan ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life, za su sauƙaƙe. Tsare-tsaren Dabarun zai haɗa da bitar wani zurfin bincike na Shugaba / gudanarwa da aka ɗauka kafin taron. A ranar Alhamis, XNUMX ga Afrilu, abubuwan kasuwanci za su haɗa da bibiyar shawarwarin Tsare Tsare Tsare-tsare, nazarin shawarwarin dokoki, zaɓen Kwamitin Zartaswa, nazarin kasafin kuɗi, da kuma abubuwan kasuwanci daga Ma'aikatar Rayuwa ta Congregational Life Ministries da Brethren Benefit Trust.

- Shirin Shine na Brother Press da MennoMedia na ɗaya daga cikin masu tallafawa na taron da “Faith Forward” ke gudanarwa, ƙungiyar da ke da nufin sake yin tunanin hidimar yara da matasa. Taron yana faruwa a Chicago a ranar 20-23 ga Afrilu. Ma’aikatan ‘yan jarida da za su halarta sun hada da mawallafin Wendy McFadden da Jeff Lennard. Ana sa ran sauran membobin Cocin na 'yan'uwa su ma su halarci, ciki har da memba na Highland Avenue Michael Novelli daga Elgin, Ill., wanda yana daya daga cikin masu tsarawa kuma jagoran bita. Don ƙarin bayani jeka http://faith-forward.net .

— Cocin Stone of the Brothers da ke Huntingdon, Pa., na gudanar da wani taron fa’ida na Nijeriya a ranar 17 ga Afrilu da karfe 7 na yamma a cikin Wuri Mai Tsarki na coci. "Mun ji a labarai da kuma ayyukan ibadarmu game da shan wahala a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya," in ji sanarwar. “Wannan yana wakiltar babban rauni ga Jikinmu na Kristi. Cocin Stone yana da alaƙa da yawa zuwa wannan ɓangaren cocin kuma. Wasu daga cikin wadanda suka kafa na farko, Stover Kulp, matarsa ​​​​na farko Ruth Royer (wanda ya mutu a lokacin haihuwa a farkon kwanakin manufa), da matarsa ​​ta biyu, Christina Masterton, sanannun Kwalejin Juniata da Cocin Stone. Musamman, Stover ya kammala karatun digiri na Juniata kuma fasto a Stone na kusan shekara guda. A lokacin da yake Juniata ne ya kafa ra’ayoyi da Ruth don su soma wa’azi a Afirka kuma su kai Kiristanci zuwa wuraren da ba a taɓa saninsa ba.” Mai shirya gasar Marty Keeney ta kuma lura da dangantakar iyalinsa da coci a Najeriya a cikin sanarwar, inda ya bayyana wa jama’a cewa mahaifiyarsa na cikin ‘yan uwa da aka haifa a shekarun 1930 a garuruwan Lassa da Garkida na Najeriya.” Ribar da aka samu zai taimaka wajen tara kudade don magance rikicin Najeriya da kuma Asusun Rikicin Najeriya. Yin wasan kwaikwayo zai kasance adadin mawakan cocin da ƙungiyoyin kiɗan da suka haɗa da Stone Church Ringers, Donna da Loren Rhodes, Huntingdon Singing Doctors, Terry da Andy Murray, da Cocin Stone Chancel Choir. Sanarwar ta ce "Muna sa ran maraice mai ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa."

- Cocin Dranesville na ’yan’uwa a Herndon, Va., tana shirya taron tattara kuɗi mai taken “Ku ci don Tallafawa Ofishin Rikicin Najeriya” a ranar 1 ga Afrilu zuwa 1 ga Yuni. Manassas (Va.) Church of the Brothers na cikin wadanda ke taimakawa wajen tallafawa wannan kokarin. Gidajen cin abinci masu shiga a cikin tara kuɗi na "Cin Out" sune Diner Jukebox a Sterling, Va., A 46900 Community Plaza, da kuma a Manassas, Va., A Cibiyar Siyayya ta Canterbury Village a 8637 Sudley Road. “Ku bar rasidin ku a cikin kwalba a rajista kuma kashi 10 za su je asusun ajiyar rikicin Najeriya… wanda Cocin ’yan’uwa ke gudanarwa,” in ji sanarwar. "Bukatar tana da girma, shiga cikin manufa don warkar da al'ummomin da ƙiyayya da tashin hankali suka lalata." A ranar 30 ga Mayu daga karfe 10 na safe zuwa 2 na dare Cocin Dranesville kuma ta shirya wani siyar da za ta amfana da kokarin rikicin Najeriya - sayar da fasaha da fasaha wanda kuma zai hada da kayan gasa a gida. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Cocin Dranesville a 703-430-7872.

- Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas ta gudanar da taron Zumunci na Iyali ranar Lahadi, 19 ga Afrilu, da karfe 4 na yamma a cocin Pleasant Valley Church of the Brothers. "Za a yi ayyuka ga yara masu shekaru 5-11 da matasa masu shekaru 12-18," in ji sanarwar daga gundumar. "Pleasant Valley zai ba da abinci bayan hidimar. Wannan zai zama la'asar na ibada da zumunci tare da mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara David Steele."

- Brothers Woods yana daukar nauyin jerin kide-kide na bazara kuma yana farin cikin maraba da Southern Grace a karfe 7 na yamma Afrilu 12 da The Promised Land Quartet a karfe 7 na yamma Afrilu 19. Dukansu kide-kide za a yi su ne a sabon wurin Brethren Woods, Pine Grove.

- Camp Emmaus a Illinois da gundumar Wisconsin yana riƙe da Ranar Kick Off a ranar Asabar, Yuni 13, daga 2-5 na yamma Abubuwan da suka faru sun hada da biredi da buda baki ga Bill da Betty Hare a bikin cika shekaru 50 na hidima a matsayin manajan sansanin. Da karfe 4 na yamma za a yi bikin ba wa masaukin suna "Hare Lodge".

- Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) Jiya ta yi bikin cika shekaru 135 tun lokacin da aka kafa shi, yana ba da kyaututtuka uku yayin taron safiya. "Shugaba David W. Bushman zai gane membobin malamai uku don ƙwarewa a cikin koyarwa da ƙwarewa," in ji wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. Larry C. Taylor, mataimakin farfesa na kiɗa da shugaban sashen, yana karɓar lambar yabo ta Faculty Scholarship. Julia Centurion-Morton, mataimakiyar farfesa na Mutanen Espanya kuma shugabar sashen harsuna da al'adu na duniya, ta sami lambar yabo ta Martha B. Thornton Faculty Faculty Award. Brandon D. Marsh, mataimakin farfesa a tarihi, ya sami lambar yabo ta Ben da Janice Wade.

- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Kwalejin Bridgewater, Jerry Greenfield, Co-kafa Ben & Jerry's ice cream, za su yi magana a "Wani Maraice na Harkokin Kasuwanci, Matsayin Jama'a da Falsafar Kasuwancin Radical," a 7: 30 pm Afrilu 16, a Cole Hall. "A cikin 1978, tare da $ 12,000, Jerry Greenfield da Ben Cohen sun bude Ben & Jerry's a cikin wani gidan mai da aka gyara a Burlington, Vt. Kamfanin na farko ya biyo baya a 1981, rarrabawa a wajen Vermont ya fara a 1983 kuma kamfanin ya fito fili a 1984. A 2000. ma'auratan sun sayar da kasuwancin ice cream na fiye da dala miliyan 325 ga Unilever, tare da Greenfield ya ci gaba da aiki a kamfanin," in ji sanarwar daga kwalejin. An amince da shi don haɓaka sadaukar da kai ga al'amuran zamantakewa ta Majalisar kan fifikon Tattalin Arziki, Ben & Jerry's an ba shi lambar yabo ta Kasuwanci a cikin 1988 don ba da gudummawar kashi 7.5 na ribar da suka samu kafin haraji ga ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu ta hanyar Gidauniyar Ben & Jerry. A cikin 1993, Duo ya sami lambar yabo ta James Beard Humanitarians of the Year Award da kuma a cikin 1997 lambar yabo ta masu samar da zaman lafiya na al'umman zaman lafiya na shekara. Bayan Ben & Jerry's, Greenfield yana aiki a kan hukumar don Cibiyar Kula da Al'umma mai Dorewa kuma yana da hannu tare da Kasuwanci don Matsayin Jama'a da TrueMajority.

- Wata dalibar Kwalejin Juniata ta sami kulawa daga ABC News da sauran kafofin watsa labaru don aikin da ya yi don zama a cikin wani bukkar da aka yi da kansa a cikin dazuzzuka a waje da harabar a Huntingdon, Pa. Dylan Miller, wanda shi ne babban jami'a a Cocin of the Brothers college, ya zaɓi ya zauna a waje don kurkusa. zuwa shekaru biyu yanzu. "Na yi rashin lafiya na zama a cikin dakunan kwanan dalibai, kuma na yi tunanin zan iya ajiye $4,000 a semester da ke zaune a waje, inda nake son zama," ya gaya wa ABC News. Da yake karbar shawara daga mahaifinsa, ya sanya wannan salon rayuwa ya zama aikin makaranta, kuma ya gina bukka a cikin Baker-Henry Nature Reserve na kwalejin. Labarin ABC News ya ba da rahoton cewa “tsarin na wucin gadi ba a cika shi ba: akwai ƙaramin teburin dafa abinci da tebur ɗin rubutu da ya gina da kansa tare da ƙaramin gado mai naɗewa da akwati don tufafinsa…. Miller kuma yana da ƙaramin murhun girki da ramin wuta na waje don dafa abinci, kuma yana shawa a cikin ɗakunan wanka na gamayya a harabar.” Aikin karatunsa na ƙarshe na karatun digiri shine ake kira "Content With Nothing." Nemo labarin ABC News a http://abcnews.go.com/US/pennsylvania-college-senior-lives-forest-hut-campus/story?id=30080643 .

- The Church of the Brothers Global Women's Project (GWP) ta sanar da aikin godiyar ranar iyaye mata na shekara. "Maimakon ka sayi ƙarin kayan kyaututtuka na abin ƙauna ga ƙaunataccenka, nuna godiyarka tare da kyautar da ke taimakawa sauran mata a duniya," in ji sanarwar. “Taimakon ku ya ba mu damar gudanar da ayyukan da aka mayar da hankali kan kiwon lafiyar mata, ilimi, da aikin yi. A sakamakon haka, zaɓaɓɓen da kuka zaɓa za su karɓi kati mai kyau, da aka rubuta da hannu wanda ke nuna cewa an yi kyauta don girmama ta, tare da taƙaitaccen bayanin GWP." Ana samun saƙon sanarwa game da aikin akan layi a http://files.ctctcdn.com/071f413a201/1268ddbc-e7e5-411f-8d7d-0511ca2abd2b.pdf .

- "Yaya CPT ke mayar da martani ga ISIS? Ku zo ku gani da kanku,” In ji goron gayyata daga Kungiyoyin masu samar da zaman lafiya na Kirista ga masu sha'awar wata tawaga mai zuwa zuwa Kurdistan Iraki a ranar 30 ga Mayu zuwa 12 ga Yuni. Ana yin kiran taro a ranar 9 ga Afrilu don amsa tambayoyi game da tawagar. Darektan sadarwa da sa hannu Jennifer Yoder da mai kula da tawaga Terra Winston za su tattauna kan tsaro, tara kudade, dabaru, da kuma gogewarsu kan tawagar zuwa Kurdistan Iraqi lokacin da ISIS ta mamaye Mosul a watan Yuni 2014. An shirya kiran da karfe 4 na yamma (lokacin gabas). Yi rijista don shiga cikin kiran waya a www.cpt.org/node/11135 . Don ƙarin game da Ƙungiyoyin Masu Zaman Lafiya na Kirista jeka www.cpt.org .

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Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Jordan Bles, Deborah Brehm, Jane Collins, Peggy Faw Gish, Monroe Good, Bryan Hanger, EA (Elizabeth) Harvey, Mary Kay Heatwole, Marty Keeney, Zakariya Musa, Ralph McFadden, Nancy Miner, Richard Newton , Stanley J. Noffsinger, Donna Rhodes, Jenny Williams, Roy Winter, da editan Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa. An saita fitowar Newsline a kai a kai a kai a kai a ranar 14 ga Afrilu. Sabis ɗin Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne ke buga Newsline. Tuntuɓi edita a cobnews@brethren.org . Newsline yana fitowa kowane mako, tare da batutuwa na musamman idan an buƙata. Ana iya sake buga labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen.