Labaran labarai na Yuli 16, 2015

NAZARIN TARON SHEKARAR 2015

1) Carol Scheppard da aka zaba a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa, a tsakanin sauran sakamakon zaɓe

2) Wakilai sun karbi jawabai kan yadda za a magance rikici a Najeriya

3) Jawabin Shugaban Kungiyar EYN Rev. Dr. Samuel Dante Dali a taron shekara-shekara

4) Taron na murna da hidimar babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger

5) Ofishin Jakadancin da Hukumar Ma'aikatar sun amince da tsarin lokaci da Kwamitin Bincike don neman Babban Sakatare

6) An karɓi wa'adin Kwamitin Bita da Tattaunawa

7) Kwamitin dindindin ya yi kira da a sake nazarin kuzari a cikin Ikilisiya

8) Kudirin ya nuna goyon baya ga al'ummomin tsirarun Kiristoci, a tsakanin sauran harkokin kasuwanci

9) Taron yana maraba da gundumar Puerto Rico, da sabon zumunci a Arewacin Carolina

10) Ken da Ted: Madalla!

11) Lokutan Taro na Shekara-shekara da na fi so

12) Taro na shekara-shekara


Hoto daga Glenn Riegel
Mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara David Steele

Kalaman mako:

"Abin baƙin ciki na ƙauna: yana matsa mana zuwa ga iyaka kuma yana sa mu rashin jin daɗi…. Sa’ad da muka ba da ’ya’yan ƙauna…’ waɗannan mutanen’ za su zama ’yan’uwa, ’yan’uwa mata, domin ƙauna tana canjawa.”
- Mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara David Steele, yana wa'azi don bude taron ibada na taron 2015.

“Kuna kuka kuna nishi tare da mu… ta cikin kwarin inuwar mutuwa…. Wannan kamar tashin matattu ne gare mu.”
- Samuel Dante Dali, shugaban kungiyar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brethren), yayi godiya ga Cocin 'yan'uwa bisa goyon bayan cocin Najeriya a lokacin wahala, zalunci, da mutuwa a hannun masu tsattsauran ra'ayin Islama. kungiyar Boko Haram. A cikin jawabinsa ga tawagar wakilan, Dali ya bayyana yadda ’yan’uwa na Amurka suka kawo agaji a lokacin da EYN ba ta samu taimako daga gwamnatin Najeriya ko kuma hukumomin kasa da kasa kamar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ba.


Godiya ga ƙungiyar labarai na sa kai waɗanda suka ba da ɗaukar hoto na taron shekara-shekara na 2015 a Tampa. Marubuta Karen Garrett da Frances Townsend sun ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline. Masu daukar hoto Glenn Riegel, Regina Holmes, Keith da Justin Hollenberg, Alysson Wittmeyer, Donna Parcell, da Alyssa Parker, da ma'aikatan gidan yanar gizo Jan Fischer Bachman da Russ Otto suka taimaka wajen tattara daruruwan hotuna daga taron shekara-shekara na bana. Nemo kundin hotuna da sauran albarkatu daga taron a www.brethren.org/AC2015 .


1) Carol Scheppard da aka zaba a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa, a tsakanin sauran sakamakon zaɓe

Hoto daga Glenn Riegel
Ƙaddamar da sabon mai gudanarwa da mai gudanarwa da zaɓaɓɓu na 2016. Durkusawa a hagu, Andy Murray an keɓe shi a matsayin mai gudanarwa. Ta durkusa a dama, Carol Scheppard ta zama zababben mai gudanarwa.

An zaɓi Carol Scheppard a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen mai gudanarwa na Cocin of the Brethren taron shekara-shekara, a zaɓen sabon jagoranci na ɗarika. Za ta yi aiki a matsayin zaɓaɓɓen shugaba don taron shekara mai zuwa a 2016, kuma a matsayin mai gudanarwa na taron na 2017.

Scheppard mataimakin shugaban kasa ne kuma shugaban kula da harkokin Ilimi a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) kuma memba ne na Cocin Lebanon na 'yan'uwa a Dutsen Sidney, Va. Ta girma a New England, tana zaune a lokuta daban-daban a Thomaston, Conn.; Salem, Mas.; da Putney, Vt. A cikin Putney ne ta fara saduwa da ’yan’uwa, inda ta shiga Cocin Farawa na ‘Yan’uwa a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Fasto Paul Grout. Tare da albarka daga al'ummar Farawa, ta kammala digirinta na digiri na allahntaka a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Princeton kuma an naɗa ta don koyar da falsafa da addini a Kwalejin Bridgewater. Ta kuma yi digirin farko a fannin Anthropology daga Jami’ar Wesleyan da ke Connecticut, da digiri na biyu a fannin ilimi na musamman daga Kwalejin Lesley da ke Cambridge, Mass., da digirin digirgir a fannin Nazarin Addini daga Jami’ar Pennsylvania da ke Philadelphia. Lokacin da ba ta shiga aikin ilimi mai zurfi ba, tana jin daɗin ɗan lokaci a gonarta, tana raba rayuwa tare da ma'aikatan da aka ceto da suka haɗa da awaki biyu, doki, kare, kuliyoyi biyu, da kifi huɗu.

Sauran sabon jagoranci

An jera sabbin shugabannin da mukamai. An jera sunayen wadanda taron ya zaba a kasa, tare da wadanda aka tabbatar da su a matsayin hukumar gudanarwa kuma an jera su:

Kwamitin Tsare-tsare:
Founa Inola Augustin-Badet na Eglise des Freres Haitiens Church of the Brother, Miami, Fla.

Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Raya Makiyayi da Fa'idodi:
Beth M. Cage na cocin Lewiston na 'yan'uwa a Gundumar Plains ta Arewa

Kwamitin Bita da Kima:
Ben S. Barlow na Montezuma Church of the Brothers a gundumar Shenandoah
Tim Harvey na Cocin Oak Grove na 'Yan'uwa a gundumar Virlina
Leah J. Hileman ta Fellowship Christian Fellowship a Kudancin Pennsylvania
Robert D. Kettering na Cocin Lititz na 'yan'uwa a Gundumar Atlantika ta Arewa maso Gabas
David Shumate na Cocin Daleville na 'yan'uwa a gundumar Virlina

Ofishin Jakadancin da Hukumar Ma'aikatar:
Yanki 1 – Paul Albert Liepelt na Cocin Somerset na Brothers, Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Yamma; Yanki 4 – John Hoffman na Monitor Community Church of the Brother, Western Plains District; Yanki na 5 – Mark Bausman na Cocin Community na Yan'uwa a gundumar Idaho

An tabbatar da matsayi a cikin Ofishin Jakadancin da Hukumar Ma'aikatar:
Carl R. Fike na Cocin Oak Park na 'Yan'uwa, gundumar Marva ta Yamma
David C. Stauffer na Stevens Hill Church of the Brother, Atlantic Northeast District
Patrick C. Starkey na Cloverdale Church of the Brother, Virlina District

Kan Hukumar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya:
Christy Crouse na Cocin Warrensburg na 'yan'uwa a Missouri da gundumar Arkansas

An tabbatar da matsayi a kan Kwamitin Aminci na Duniya:
George D. Barnhart na Central Church of the Brother, Virlina District
Gail Erisman Valeta na Prince of Peace Church of the Brother, Western Plains District
Jordan Bles na Cocin Westminster na Yan'uwa, Gundumar Tsakiyar Atlantika
Irvin R. Heishman na West Charleston Church of the Brothers, Kudancin Ohio

Hukumar Amincewa ta Yan'uwa:
Harry Spencer Rhodes na Tsakiya, Cocin Roanoke na 'Yan'uwa a gundumar Virlina

An tabbatar da matsayi a kan hukumar BBT:
Gerald A. Patterson na Manassas Church of the Brother, Mid-Atlantic District
Donna McKee Rhodes na Cocin Stone na 'Yan'uwa, Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya

Kwamitin Amintattu na Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany:
Laity: Lynn N. Myers na Cocin Antakiya na 'yan'uwa a gundumar Virlina
Limamai: Christopher Bowman na cocin Manassas na 'yan'uwa a gundumar tsakiyar Atlantic

An tabbatar da matsayi a kan hukumar hauhawa:
David W. Miller na Black Rock Church of the Brother, Southern Pennsylvania District
John W. Flora na cocin Bridgewater na 'yan'uwa, gundumar Shenandoah

2) Wakilai sun karbi jawabai kan yadda za a magance rikici a Najeriya

Hoto daga Glenn Riegel
Wani shugaban cocin Najeriya ya nuna daya daga cikin fostocin bangon warkarwa yayin da shugaban Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya Jay Wittmeyer ke magana da taron. Katangar Warkar dai jerin fastoci ne guda 17, kowanne tsayinsa ya kai kusan kafa 6, wadanda ke dauke da sunayen 'yan uwa kusan 10,000 a Najeriya da aka kashe a rikicin Boko Haram tun shekara ta 2008.

Daga Frances Townsend

Galibin taron kasuwanci na ranar Litinin da yamma an yi shi ne kan rikicin 'yar uwa a Najeriya, Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Kungiyar ta EYN dai na fuskantar hare-haren ta'addancin kungiyar Boko Haram mai tsatsauran ra'ayi.

Kungiyar mawakan mata ta EYN ta fara gabatarwa da waka game da yara da iyaye. Ko da yake an rubuta shi don koyar da iyalai, ya kuma bayyana wasu abubuwa na ruhaniya da alaƙa na alaƙa tsakanin EYN da Cocin ’yan’uwa.

Fassara, wani ɓangare na waƙar ya ce, “Muna godewa kuma muna ɗaukaka Yesu domin ya ba mu ’ya’ya. Ba mu saye su da kuɗi ba amma kyauta ce daga sama.” Daga cikin ayoyin da yawa akwai gargaɗi ga yara: “Mu, iyayenku mun sha wuya mu rene ku. Mun kawo ku don tallafa mana da kuma taimaka mana.

Dangantakar Ikilisiya ta Amurka da coci a Najeriya ba ta uwa da ’ya’ya ba ce, amma zumuncin iyali ne da Allah ya ba mu, ya kira mu mu amsa a wannan lokaci na bukata.

Jay Wittmeyer, babban darektan Global Mission and Service, ya bayyana tsare-tsaren da za a dade na tallafawa cocin Najeriya. Ya bayyana shirye-shiryen da ’yan’uwa suka samu don tunkarar wani babban rikici yayin da cocin ke aiki a Haiti bayan guguwa da girgizar kasa na 2010, suna yin komai tun daga gina gidaje zuwa ciyar da mutane.

Samuel Dali, shugaban EYN, ya zo wurin taron don bayyana zurfin rikicin da kuma nuna godiya ga irin goyon bayan da cocin Amurka ke ba shi. Ya bayyana yadda yankin da Boko Haram ke kai hare-hare shi ne yankin Najeriya da aka kafa EYN. Ya ce an kona majami’u 1,674, sama da mabiya coci 8,000 da ‘yan Boko Haram suka kashe, sannan kuma kusan fastoci 1,400 sun kona gidajensu ba tare da coci-coci ba, kuma ba su da kudin shiga.

Dali ya yi godiya da yawa saboda goyon bayan da Cocin ’yan’uwa suka ba shi, musamman ma goyon bayan wasu mutane. Ya yi godiya ga Wittmeyer, ga babban sakatare Stanley Noffsinger, ga Roy Winter na Brethren Disaster Ministries, da sauran masu aikin sa kai da suka yi balaguro zuwa Najeriya a lokacin da babu tsaro. Ya yi magana game da karɓar kiran waya yana ba da taimako, ƙarin taimako fiye da yadda zai nema - ba kuɗi kawai ba amma gwaninta a cikin shirin gaggawa. Duk wannan ya fito ne daga cocin a daidai lokacin da ya ce kasashen duniya suna cewa "matsala" a Najeriya ba ta da yawa.

Ya ce game da ’Yan’uwa na Amirka: “Ka zo ka ƙarfafa begenmu na rayuwa. Ka zo ka goge idanunmu don ganin kyakkyawar makoma mai kyau da haske…. Mun yi imanin makomar cocin za ta fi da kyau.”

An kuma gayyaci Rebecca Gadzama don ta ba da labarinta ga ƙungiyar wakilai. Ta yi ta kokarin ganin ta ceto ‘yan matan makarantar Chibok da suka samu kubuta daga wadanda suka sace su. Da yawa daga cikin 'yan matan na nan Amurka suna zuwa makaranta. Ana fatan da yawa daga cikinsu za su samu wannan damar nan gaba.

Wittmeyer ya gabatar da bayanan kudi game da abin da aka kashe ya zuwa yanzu kan Rikicin Rikicin Najeriya, da kuma abin da aka tsara na shekaru biyar masu zuwa. Ya zuwa karshen watan Yuni, an kashe sama da dala miliyan 1.9, kuma nan da shekaru biyar masu zuwa, kasafin kudin da aka yi hasashen za a yi a Najeriya ya haura dala miliyan 11.

A wani bangare na wannan rahoto na musamman kan Najeriya, wakilan sun kuma kalli wani faifan bidiyo na David Sollenberger, da addu'o'i a gaban wani "Bangaren Warkarwa" da ke bayyana 'yan'uwan Najeriya sama da 10,000 da Boko Haram ta kashe ko kuma suka rasa rayukansu. sakamakon ta'addanci da tashin hankali. Tunatarwa ce ta gani mai ƙarfi game da rikicin, tare da fastoci 17, kowane tsayi kusan ƙafa 6, an buɗe kuma an nuna su, an rufe su da sunaye.

Rebecca Dali da kungiyarta mai zaman kanta CCEPI sun yi bincike kuma suka rubuta sunayen 10,000, wadanda suka yi hira da wadanda suka tsira da kuma dangin wadanda aka kashe tun 2008. "Bangaren Warkarwa" yana da sunaye, tare da ƙauyen gida ko gari, da ranar da suka kasance. kashe. Ga wasu da abin ya shafa, an ba da ƙarin bayani, kamar mutumin da aka kashe bayan ya ƙi ceton ransa ta hanyar sauya addininsa na Kirista ya musulunta.

A bana an samu raguwar tashe-tashen hankula da ‘yan Boko Haram a wasu yankunan Najeriya, amma ana ci gaba da samun tashe-tashen hankula a wasu wurare. Dubban ɗaruruwan mutane har yanzu suna gudun hijira, suna zaune nesa da gidajensu, ayyukansu, da majami'u. Bukatar taimako, sake ginawa, da waraka daga raunin da ya faru zai ci gaba har zuwa wani lokaci mai zuwa, kamar yadda ake buƙatar addu'a.

3) Jawabin Shugaban Kungiyar EYN Rev. Dr. Samuel Dante Dali a taron shekara-shekara

Hoto daga Glenn Riegel
Shugaban EYN Samuel Dali yana jawabi a taron shekara-shekara na 2015, tare da matarsa ​​Rebecca Dali na tsaye kusa da shi a dandalin.

Yan'uwa masoyanmu,

Ina tsaye anan ne a madadin shugabanni da daukacin membobin kungiyar EYN, Cocin ‘yan’uwa a Najeriya, domin nuna farin cikin mu ga shuwagabanni da daukacin ‘ya’yan Cocin Brothers, iyayenmu da suka assasa. Muna gode muku da gaske don ƙaunarku irin ta Kristi wacce kuke nunawa EYN ta hanyoyi masu ma'ana a lokacin baƙin ciki da rashin bege.

Kamar yadda kuka ji ko karantawa, kungiyar ta’addancin Musulunci mai tsattsauran ra’ayi, wadda aka fi sani da Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf ne ya kafa ta a shekarar 2002. Shi da kansa ya yi tasiri ta hanyar koyarwa da wa’azin wani dan kasar Jamaica da ke kasar Ingila, wanda shi ma ya yi tasiri. yayi wa'azin ƙiyayya ga Yahudawa da Kirista da Hindu da Turawan Yamma, gabaɗaya.

Da farko dai kungiyar Yusuf ta fara ne a matsayin ta na yaki da cin hanci da rashawa, da kafa gwamnati da kuma abokan huldar ta, wato Kiristoci ko duk wata kungiya ta mutanen da ba su yarda da tsarin addininsu na Wahabi ba. A shekarar 2009 ne aka fara kai munanan hare-hare a kan al'ummomin yankin arewa maso gabashin Najeriya, musamman a jihohin Borno da Yobe da Adamawa. Waɗannan su ne jihohin da EYN, tun lokacin da aka kafa ta a 1923, ke aiki a matsayin rinjaye na Kirista. Wadannan jihohi uku ne aka sanya dokar ta baci saboda tsananin hare-haren ta’addanci.

Tun a shekarar 2009 al’ummomin musamman mabiya addinin Kirista a wadannan jahohin uku suka yi ta fama da munanan wahalhalu na tsawon shekaru shida ba tare da taimakon gwamnati ko kadan ba, sannan a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba, 2014, ‘yan ta’addan suka ci gaba da kai hari cikin gaggawa daga Michika zuwa Mubi. a lokacin ne aka kwace hedikwatar EYN daga hannun Boko Haram. Nan take shugabannin EYN suka gudu ta kowace hanya.

Sakamakon hare-haren da aka saba kai wa tun shekara ta 2009, kusan kashi 70% na mambobin EYN an tumbuke su gaba daya daga kasarsu ta asali da kuma gudun hijira. Sun yi asarar duk wani abu da suka mallaka, na gidajensu da dukiyoyinsu. A cikin aiwatar da waɗannan hare-haren, EYN ta yi asarar mambobi sama da 8000 cikin baƙin ciki. An kona gine-ginen coci 1,674 gaba daya. Bugu da kari, an lalata ko kuma rufe yawancin cibiyoyin mu na ilimi da na likitanci. A sakamakon haka, duk malaman makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki, ma’aikatan ci gaban al’umma, gami da ma’aikatan asibitin, da fastoci 1,390, mataimakan fastoci, da masu wa’azin bishara yanzu ba su da aiki da kuɗin shiga. Suna rayuwa ne kawai a kan kayayyakin agajin da ake rabawa mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu.

A yayin da muke cikin wadannan hare-hare da kuma nitsewa cikin kwarin 'yan Boko Haram, sai aka yi ta kuka da babbar murya ga gwamnatin kasarmu ta neman agaji. Mun gabatar da muhimmancin al’amarinmu ga gwamnati a rubuce da kuma a bayyane, amma amsar da muka samu ita ce zage-zage da alkawuran banza. Gwamnati ta ce za su taimake mu muddun ba za ta yi musu ja da baya ba, saboda tsoron illar Boko Haram.

Da muka fahimci cewa babu wani taimako da ke zuwa daga gwamnati, sai muka yi yunkurin neman taimako daga kasashen duniya. Sai dai abin ya ba mu mamaki yayin da aka gaya mana karara cewa lamarinmu bai isa ya jawo hankalin kasashen duniya ba. Wannan ya tuna min kisan kiyashin da aka yi a kasar Ruwanda inda kasashen duniya ke can suna kallon yadda ake kashe mutane, kuma ba su yi aikin ceton rayukan dubban fararen hula da aka kashe ba.

Da waɗannan martanin, mun yi sanyin gwiwa sosai kuma mun kusan rasa bege ga ƙoƙarin ɗan adam. Mun yanke shawarar dogara ga Allah, mahalicci, kuma ma'abucin duniya. Bayan haka, ku Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa ba zato ba tsammani kuma kun zo mana da sauri fiye da tsammani. Kun kubutar da EYN daga kuncin Boko Haram. Tun daga nan kuke kuka da nishi tare da mu. Ka riƙe hannuwanmu, Ka yi tafiya tare da mu a cikin kwarin inuwar mutuwa.

Wannan a gare mu yana kama da tashin matattu, domin mun kusan matattu har mu ma za mu rasa bege, amma ka zo, ka ƙarfafa begenmu na rayuwa. Mun yi rauni da yawa ba za mu iya tsayawa da tafiya ba, lokacin da ka zo ka ba mu ƙarfi mu ci gaba da hidima. Kuka da gajimaren wahala sun makantar da mu, amma ka zo ka share mana hawaye, ka bude idanunmu don ganin kyakkyawar makoma mai kyau. Yanzu muna murmurewa cikin sauri fiye da yadda muke tunani tare da kyakkyawar makoma.

Don haka 'yan'uwa, ya dace kuma na tsaya a gabanku a wannan rana a madadin daukacin 'yan kungiyar EYN in yi godiya ga goyon bayan da kuke ba ku mantawa. Muna matukar farin ciki da alfahari da samun ku a matsayin iyayenmu masu kafa da dukkan iyakokinmu. EYN na tsararraki masu zuwa za su ci gaba da yin godiya sosai ga dukanku don ƙauna da kulawar ku marar iyaka kamar Kristi.

Dangane da waɗannan duka, ka ba ni dama in yi godiya ta musamman ga waɗannan mutane masu zuwa ba tare da son zuciya ba: Jay Wittmeyer, babban darakta na Global Mission and Service da Stanley Noffsinger, babban sakatare, saboda fiyayyen jagoranci, ƙarfafawa, da tausayi ga Nijeriya. .

Mun gode wa Stanley da iyalinsa musamman don ba da lokacin tafiya zuwa Najeriya don kasancewa tare da mu a Majalisa 2015. Muna gode masa da daukar nauyin raba mana kalmar Allah da gudanar da ibada ta musamman ta sada zumunci mai tsarki a cikin wani taro mai tsarki. ban mamaki a Majalisa. Sabis ɗin wanke ƙafafu ne mai taɓawa da ban sha'awa. Stan da kanensa, John Andrews, sun tafi tare da mu a Najeriya sa’ad da yake da haɗari sosai don tafiya Najeriya. John, musamman, ya wuce gona da iri ta hanyar latsawa zuwa Chibok tare da matata Dr. Rebecca don ganin kansa da kuma jajantawa iyayen 'yan matan makarantar Chibok da aka sace.

Jay, kai shugaba ne mai ban mamaki kuma mai hangen nesa. Na tuna a farkon watan Oktoba na 2014 lokacin da kuka kira ni da tsakar dare agogon Najeriya, kun tambaye ni ko muna da wurin da za mu kwashe mambobinmu don tsira? Kun kuma tambaye ni ko muna da wurin da za mu iya amfani da shi a matsayin hedkwatar annex? Amsa na ga waɗannan tambayoyin "a'a." Sannan ka sake tambaya. Kuna so idan za mu iya samun wanda ke da gwanintar kula da bala'i don taimaka muku tsara bala'in. Nan take na amsa, “Eh! Kawai a aiko mana da duk wanda yake son ya taimake mu.”

Jay, ba tare da bata lokaci ba, ka aika da tawaga da ta hada da Roy Winter, Rev. Carl da Roxanne Hill da wani dan uwa daga Kenya, wadanda suka zo Najeriya karkashin jagorancin Roy. Sun hadu da mu a Jos lokacin da ba a yi ma mu dadi ba don tafiya Najeriya. Tare mun hadu kuma muka tsara shirin ba da agaji ga EYN. Mun kafa kungiyar kula da bala'o'i wanda a yanzu ke gudanar da shirin wanda a yau ke yin kyakkyawan aiki na agaji ga membobin EYN da wadanda ba EYN ba.

Saboda haka, bari in kuma mika godiya ta musamman ga Roy, Carl da Roxanne, da kuma Peggy Gish, Cliff Kindy da Donna Parcell, wadanda suka sadaukar da kai don ziyartar mu a Najeriya a lokacin da ba a yi balaguro zuwa kasar ba. Ina kuma mika godiya ta musamman ga Rev. Monroe Good, wanda tun farkon rikicin bai daina kirana ba ko kuma ya tambaye ni halin da muke ciki. Zuciyar Monroe da addu'a sun kasance tare da EYN tun lokacin da wannan tsunami ta Boko Haram ta mamaye mu cikin daji. Ya ci gaba da tuntuɓar ni dare da rana a cikin rikicin. Rev. Monroe, na gode sosai.

Godiyata ba za ta cika ba ba tare da amincewa da kuma yaba gudunmawar da ’ya’yan Cocin ’yan’uwa suka bayar ba, wadanda kamar yadda muka ji sun yi abubuwa daban-daban na tara kudi don tallafa wa EYN. Ba za mu manta da ’ya’yan COB da suka barnata bukatunsu na kashin kansu ba, suka kuma yi iyakacin kokarinsu wajen tara kudi don taimaka wa mambobin EYN. Musamman yarinyar da mu ka ji ta yi asarar takalmi na musamman sannan ta kwashe duk kudinta ta ba wa EYN wadanda rikicin Boko Haram ya shafa. Har ila yau, muna godiya ga dan John Andrew wanda ya tara wasu kudade don taimaka wa iyayen 'yan matan makarantar Chibok da aka sace, da kuma wasu da dama da suka yi ayyuka daban-daban na tara kudade don tallafawa EYN.

Ya ku yaran mu, kokarinku ya wuce taimakon EYN. Tunanin ku, soyayyar ku ga membobin EYN a Nijeriya da kuma tausayinku a matsayin ku, wanda ya sa ku yi hidima mai ban mamaki don kubutar da membobin EYN da ke nutsewa, wani abin ruhi ne da Allah ya ba wa membobin EYN, haka ma. al'ummar duniya baki daya. Addu'a ta tabbata ga Ubangijin da ya halicce ku da kamanninsa ya kiyaye ku, ya kuma kare ku yayin da kuke girma ku zama kayan albarkarsa ga duniya.

Yanzu 'yan'uwa maza da mata, mu hada kai mu yabi Ubangiji, mu gode wa Ubangiji domin shi ya karbi mulkin Nijeriya. Allah ya kubutar da Najeriya daga wargajewa da hargitsi baki daya. Mun yi addu'a da gaske tare da sauran al'ummomin Kirista don yin zabe cikin lumana da hadin kan kasarmu. Allah ya ji kuma ya amsa addu’ar da aka yi a zaben da mutane da yawa suka ji tsoro, an yi ta cikin kwanciyar hankali da lumana.

Yanzu muna da sabuwar gwamnati wacce muke fata kuma muka yi imani da kyakkyawan fata za ta kawo babban canji. Ana sa ran sabon shugaban kasa Mohammed Buhari zai kaddamar da yaki da kungiyar ta’addanci da kuma yaki da cin hanci da rashawa da rashin bin doka da oda da kuma taimakawa wajen sake gina al’ummomin da aka lalata. Mun yi imani cewa Allahnmu wanda ya canza Shawulu, mai tsananta wa masu bi, ya zama mai bishara kuma mai shuka Ikilisiya, Allahn da ya yi amfani da Sarki Sairus na Farisa ya mayar da mutanen Isra’ila zuwa ƙasarsu, shi ma zai yi amfani da gwamnatin Najeriya a yanzu. mayar da mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu zuwa kasarsu ta asali tare da samar da tsaro ta yadda jama'a za su samu rayuwa mai inganci.

Don haka mu ci gaba da yin addu’a tare da mu yayin da muke cikin tsarin samun waraka da murmurewa. Yi wa Nijeriya addu’a da sabuwar gwamnati, domin su ji Allah su bi umurnin Allah wajen yi wa al’ummar Nijeriya hidima. Mu godewa Allah domin matsalar tsaro ba ta yi kamari ba. Ko da yake, ana ci gaba da kai hare-hare da tashin bama-bamai, amma, a dunkule, al’amura sun inganta kuma wasu sun fara komawa kasarsu ta asali.

Duk da haka, har yanzu akwai kalubale da yawa. Mun ji cewa mutanen farko da suka yi yunkurin komawa gida, musamman a unguwar Waga, an yanka su ne kamar tumaki. Har ila yau, an yi garkuwa da wasu matan da suka koma wurinsu a yankin Madagali, kuma kamar yadda aka ambata, ana ci gaba da kai wasu hare-hare a wasu kauyuka. Haka kuma rugujewar kauyukan nasu ya yi yawa, ta yadda wasu ‘yan gudun hijirar da suka dawo suka ga barnar, suka yanke shawarar komawa sansanin saboda babu abin da ya rage musu a gida. Duk da haka, da yawa daga cikinsu sun kasance a ƙauyuka suna ƙoƙarin dibar kayan don sake gina rayuwarsu. Akwai wasu da ba za su sake komawa ƙauyen ba.

Mu a matakin shugabanci a EYN, tare da goyon bayan da muke samu daga gare ku, mun shagaltu da kokarin aiwatar da tsare-tsaren da muka yi. Kamar yadda za ku ji ta bakin tawagar da bala’in ya shafa, an sayi filaye da dama a Massaka, Jos, Jalingo, da Yolo. Ana ci gaba da gina gidajen zama, makarantu, dakunan shan magani da wuraren ibada a kowanne daga cikin wadannan wuraren. Har ila yau, ana ci gaba da rabon kayan abinci da iri na shuka a cibiyoyin IDP da kuma wadanda ke dawowa gida. An tura wasu fastoci da aka raba zuwa wasu sansanonin don ci gaba da hidimar cocin. Koyarwar warkar da rauni da zaman lafiya aiki ne mai gudana a cikin sansanonin.

Kulp Bible College na ci gaba da aikin ajinsu a Chinca na wani dan lokaci, yayin da muke jiran ingantaccen yanayin tsaro a Kwarhi. Muna kuma kokarin kafa sabbin coci-coci a wurare daban-daban inda wasu daga cikin mambobinmu da suka yi gudun hijira suke. Da waɗannan duka mun yi imani cewa makomar Ikklisiya za ta fi inda muke a da. Na tabbata cewa sannu a hankali za mu kwato wasu tsoffin majami'u da cibiyoyinmu, yayin da muke gina sababbi. A matsayin darasi daga abin da muka fuskanta, mun yanke shawara da gangan ba za mu ajiye dukiyarmu ba ko kuma kashe ƙoƙarinmu a wuri ɗaya. Maimakon haka, za mu rarraba albarkatun mu a wuraren da ake gudanar da aiki a duk fadin kasar.

Don guje wa dogaro da kyauta daga membobinmu, muna ci gaba da burinmu na gudanar da harkokin banki na microfinance don samar da tushen tattalin arziki mai ƙarfi ga coci da ƙarfafa membobinmu da cibiyoyinmu don haɓaka ƙarfi, ta yadda Ikilisiya ta ba da sabis mai inganci da inganci. ta dukkan cibiyoyinmu. Don haka na gode da tafiya tare da mu. Muna kara godiya da fatan Allah ya zaunar da mu lafiya a duk tsawon wannan taro kuma Allah yasa mu dace.

4) Taron na murna da hidimar babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger

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Iyalin Noffsinger sun haɗu tare a kan mataki don bikin wa'adin hidima na Stan Noffsinger a matsayin babban sakatare, ciki har da matarsa, Debbie, da 'ya'yansa Evan da Kaleb. A wurin taron akwai Pam Reist daga Hukumar Mishan da Ma’aikatar, wanda ya taimaka wajen tsara littafin tunawa da Noffsinger don tunawa da shekarun hidimarsa.

Daga Frances Townsend

Wa'adin Stanley Noffsinger a matsayin Babban Sakatare zai ƙare kafin taron shekara ta 2016, don haka an gudanar da bikin hidimarsa ga coci a wannan taron, kuma ya zama babban taron. Ta hanyar faifan bidiyo da tunanin masu magana da yawa, masu halartar taron sun tuna da abubuwa da yawa na shugabancinsa na darikar tun lokacin da ya karbi kiran zuwa wannan matsayi a 2003.

An gayyaci mutane da yawa don yin magana ciki har da Jeff Carter, shugaban Cibiyar Tauhidi ta Bethany, wanda ya yi magana game da kiran Allah zuwa hidima, da kuma kyauta na musamman da ake bukata a 2003 lokacin da Noffsinger ya amsa kiran. Carter ya yi bikin zurfafa zurfafawar Noffsinger a cikin aikin ecumenical. Domin wannan aikin a babban coci, Carter ya ce, “Ana jin muryarmu a dukan duniya.”

Nancy Miner, mataimakiyar gudanarwa ga babban sakatare, ta yi magana a madadin ma’aikatan. Manajan taron shekara-shekara David Steele ya yi magana a madadin shugabannin darika, kuma ya tuna sanin Noffsinger a 2004, da kuma yadda ya sami kwarin gwiwa ta hanyar kiransa a wancan lokacin. David Shetler, a madadin Majalisar Zartarwa na Gundumar, ya yi magana game da Noffsinger a matsayin mai tsaro, kula da majami'u da gundumomi, da kuma mai kula da annabci a matsayin muryar salama a cikin babbar al'ummar Kirista da duniya.

Baƙi na Ecumenical suma sun ƙara muryoyinsu ga bikin. Samuel Dali, shugaban EYN, ya ce mutanen Najeriya “sun san Stanley a matsayin gaskiya, mai koyi da Yesu Kristi,” suna yi masa murna a matsayin shugaba mai tawali’u, mai tausayi da damuwa sosai ga wasu. Ya gayyaci Noffsinger ya dawo Najeriya “lokacin da Allah da iyalinka suka yarda.”

Daga ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin ecumenical waɗanda Noffsinger ke da alaƙa da, Cocin Kirista tare, darekta Carlos Malave ya ba da godiya a madadin ƙungiyar ecumenical saboda jajircewar Noffsinger na aikin interchurch a lokacin da yawancin shugabannin ƙungiyoyi ke da shi a matsayin ƙaramin fifiko. Uban Reverend Aren Jebejian na Cocin Orthodox na Armeniya a Amurka ya ce Noffsinger ya ƙunshi ruhun ’yan’uwa da suka shiga, a shekara ta 1917, don su taimaka a lokacin kisan kiyashin Armeniya. Ya ba da kyautar gicciye na Armeniya da aka sassaƙa, yana cewa, “Ƙanana ce, amma tana wakiltar babbar ƙaunar da cocin Armeniya ke yi wa babban sakataren ku.” Sharon Watkins, babban minista kuma shugabar Cocin Kirista (Almajiran Kristi), ta gaya wa kungiyar cewa aikin Noffsinger ya kasance abin koyi a gare ta a matsayinta na jagoranci na coci.

Bidiyon da David Sollenberger ya yi ya yi bitar abubuwan da suka faru a lokacin wa'adin Noffsinger, wanda ya fara da taron shekara-shekara na 2003 a Boise, Idaho, lokacin da ƙungiyar ke fuskantar matsalolin kuɗi, sake fasalin, da tashin hankali tsakanin hukumomi. Amma bisa ga faifan bidiyon, Noffsinger ya ɗauki babban ƙalubalen sa don taimaka wa Ikklisiya ta sake tabbatar da matsayinta na cocin zaman lafiya. Ya yi aiki a kan wannan a cikin ƙungiyar, kuma ya kai saƙon zuwa taron addini na ƙasa da na duniya da kuma shaida ga gwamnatoci. A cikin faifan bidiyon, Noffsinger ya tuna wata tattaunawa da wani fasto a Pennsylvania wanda ya ce ana kiransa da “Sakataren Zaman Lafiya.”

Hukumar Mishan da Ma’aikatar sun ba da kyautar kwafin mutum-mutumin Bawan Allah da ke nuna wankin ƙafafu, da za a kafa a kan wani tushe mai ɗauke da Sabon Littafi Mai Tsarki na Duniya, da guntun itace daga Najeriya—alamomi uku na jan hankali na gama-gari. ma'aikatar sakatare.

Wata kyautar da Pam Reist da Church Elizabethtown suka gabatar ita ce littafin tunawa. Shafukan sun ƙunshi hotuna daga shekaru 12 na aiki da suka gabata, da kuma abubuwan tunawa da rubuce-rubucen hannu, godiya, da albarkatu waɗanda mahalarta taron na Shekara-shekara suka ƙara. Gaisuwar da aka aiko ta imel daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar za a ƙara a cikin littafin.

A cikin mayar da martani, Noffsinger ya ce, "Babu wani abu da ya fi girma a ciki da kuma cikin jikin Kristi." Ya kuma mai da tunanin jiki zuwa ga nan gaba, yana mai cewa wannan lokaci ne mai muhimmanci a rayuwar ɗarikar da dole ne Ikklisiya ta yanke shawara ko za ta kasance da haɗin kai a matsayin jikin Kristi, har ma da rashin jituwa kan wasu batutuwa.

“Ina fata za mu yanke shawara mu zama haɗin kai na Kristi a cikin wannan yanki na musamman da aka sani da Cocin ’yan’uwa,” in ji shi. "Muna da murya mai mahimmanci, ƙaramar da za mu iya zama - muryar da ake nema. Don haka ka zaɓi kalmominka da hikima domin ana neman mu mabiyan Yesu da kuma wata hanyar rayuwa. Ina addu'a don wannan coci ta bunƙasa, don yin murna da alherin Allahnmu da alherin Ubangijinmu Yesu Kiristi da kuma sanin da ya wanzu a yanzu cewa Ruhu Mai Tsarki ba ya faɗa mana amma yana nan yana jiran mu mai da hankali. Ina addu’a da mu ba mu amsa da hanya, da murya, da aiki da dabi’u da za su nuna wa duniya cewa akwai wata hanyar rayuwa kuma ita ce ta rayuwa ta tausayi da almajirai masu tsattsauran ra’ayi.”

Nan da nan bayan rufe taron kasuwanci, an gudanar da liyafar maraba don girmama Noffsinger.

5) Ofishin Jakadancin da Hukumar Ma'aikatar sun amince da tsarin lokaci da Kwamitin Bincike don neman Babban Sakatare

A yayin taronta na shekara-shekara a Tampa Cocin of the Brothers Mission and Ministry Board ya amince da rahoto daga Babban Sakatare na Ƙungiyar Canje-canje, wanda ya haɗa da sanya sunan Kwamitin Bincike mai mambobi bakwai kuma ya haɗa da lokacin da aka ba da shawarar.

Kira zuwa ga Kwamitin Bincike sune:

Mambobin Hukumar Ma'aikata na Yanzu:
- Connie Burk Davis (mai gabatarwa), Ofishin Jakadancin da Shugaban Hukumar Ma'aikatar, lauya / mai shiga tsakani mai ritaya, Westminster (Md.) Cocin 'yan'uwa, Gundumar Tsakiyar Atlantic
- Jerry Crouse, Memba na Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Ofishin Jakadanci da Ma'aikatar, Fasto kuma mai ba da shawara na makaranta, Warrensburg (Mo.) Cocin Brothers, Missouri da Arkansas District
- Jonathan Prater, fasto, Mt. Zion-Linville (Va.) Church of the Brothers, Shenandoah District
- Patrick Starkey, Wakilin Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Ofishin Jakadancin da Ma'aikatar, Fasto Cloverdale (Va.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa, gundumar Virlina

Memba na Ofishin Jakadancin da ke fita:
- Pamela Reist, tsohon memba na kwamitin gudanarwa na Ofishin Jakadancin da Ma'aikatar, Fasto, Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of Brothers, Atlantic Northeast District

Shugaban gunduma:
- David Steele, Ministan zartarwa na Gundumar Pennsylvania kuma mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara mai fita

Tsohon mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara:
- Belita Mitchell, Fasto na Harrisburg (Pa.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa, Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika

"Mun nemi yin la'akari da bambancin ɗarikar yayin da muka kafa kwamitin," in ji shugaban Ofishin Jakadancin da Ma'aikatar Don Fitzkee, "ko da yake yana da wuya a rufe cikakken bambancin shekaru, jinsi, kabilanci, tiyoloji, labarin kasa, da dai sauransu. .a cikin kwamitin mutane bakwai.”

Jadawalin da aka amince da shi don neman shine:

- Yuli 2015: Kwamitin Zartaswa ya fara shirin daukar babban sakatare na wucin gadi idan Stan Noffsinger bai kammala cikakken wa'adinsa ba.

- Yuli 2015: Hukumar ta amince da rahoton ƙungiyar canji/tsari/lokaci; ya fayyace cewa kwamitin zartarwa yana da ikon sanya sunan wucin gadi idan ya cancanta; ya amince da shawarwarin kwamitin bincike da sunayen mambobi; yana shiga ƙarin tattaunawa game da halayen jagoranci da ake buƙata don irin wannan lokacin da sauran jagora ga Kwamitin Bincike.

- Yuli-Oktoba: Kwamitin Bincike ya hadu, tsarawa, da kuma shirya bayanin aiki da sanarwar aiki don amincewa / bita ta hukumar a watan Oktoba.

- Oktoba 2015: Kwamitin Zartarwa ya kawo tsarin albashi da fakitin fa'ida don amincewar hukumar; hukumar ta saurari rahoton Kwamitin Bincike kuma ta amince da kwatancen aiki da sanarwar matsayi.

- Bayan taron kwamitin Oktoba: An sanar da bude aikin; An fara tantance 'yan takara.

- Nuwamba 2015 zuwa Maris 2016: Tambayoyin da Kwamitin Bincike (Kwamitin Bincike ya tsara ranar ƙarshe ga masu neman).

- Maris 2016: Hukumar ta karbi rahoto daga kwamitin bincike kuma kwamitin ya gabatar da dan takara ga hukumar don amsa tambayoyi da amsa da kuma jefa kuri'a. (Idan wannan tsari bai shirya ba zuwa Maris, ana gabatar da ɗan takara a watan Yuni.)

- Taron shekara-shekara na 2016: An gabatar da sabon Babban Sakatare (ko a zabe shi, suna, da gabatar da shi idan ba a kammala wannan tsari a cikin Maris ba).

- Yuli-Satumba 2016: Sabon Babban Sakatare ya fara aiki.

Rahoton kungiyar mika mulki da hukumar ta amince da shi ya kuma bayar da wasu ka'idoji na kiran babban sakataren rikon kwarya, idan ana bukata. Kwangilar Stanley Noffsinger ta ƙara har zuwa taron shekara-shekara na 2016, amma hidimarsa ga coci na iya ƙarewa kafin ƙarshen kwangilar. Za a dauki babban sakatare na wucin gadi tare da fahimtar cewa ba zai zama dan takarar mukamin Sakatare Janar ba.

Ayyukan farko na Babban Sakatare na wucin gadi zai haɗa da:

- Yin hidima a matsayin mai kulawa, aiwatar da muhimman ayyuka na yau da kullun tare da haɗin gwiwar ma'aikatan zartarwa da Ƙungiyar Jagoranci, da kuma ba da ayyuka kamar yadda ya cancanta.

- Ci gaba da ɗorawa kan Tsarin Dabarun har sai an sami shugaba na dindindin.

- Duk da yake ba a gudanar da bincike na ƙungiya ba, duk da haka ana mai da hankali ga al'amurran kungiya, da lafiyar ma'aikata da dangantakar hukumar, da kuma yin aiki a kiyaye / inganta lafiyar kungiya.

(Shugaban Hukumar Mishan da Ma’aikatar Don Fitzkee ne ya bayar da wannan rahoton.)

6) An karɓi wa'adin Kwamitin Bita da Tattaunawa

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Daga Frances Townsend

Umurnin da wakilan taron na Shekara-shekara suka zartar ya kafa aikin kwamitin nazari da nazari don nazari da tantance tsari, tsari, da aikin kungiyar.

Kwamitin zai gudanar da bincikensa kuma ya ba da shawarwari ga taron shekara-shekara na 2017 don inganta ingantaccen aikin Ikklisiya ga manufofinsa. Ya zama al’ada ga Cocin ’yan’uwa su nada irin wannan kwamiti a shekara ta biyar na kowace shekara goma.

Umurnin aikin kwamitin ya ƙunshi jerin abubuwa da yawa da za a bincika, kamar yadda hukumomin cocin ke yin haɗin gwiwa da haɗin kai da juna, wane irin sha'awar zama memba na gabaɗaya a cikin shirye-shiryen ɗarika da manufa, da kuma yadda ƙungiyoyin cocin suke da shi. - shirye-shiryen matakin suna haɗuwa tare da manufofi da shirye-shiryen gundumomi.

An zaɓi mutane biyar don yin hidima a cikin kwamitin: Ben S. Barlow na cocin Montezuma na ’yan’uwa a gundumar Shenandoah, Tim Harvey na Cocin Oak Grove na ’yan’uwa a gundumar Virlina, Leah J. Hileman na Fellowship Christian Fellowship a Kudancin Pennsylvania. , Robert D. Kettering na Lititz Church of the Brother in Atlantic Northeast District, David Shumate na Daleville Church of the Brothers a Virlina District.

Kodayake rahotonsa na ƙarshe ya zo a cikin 2017, ana kuma sa ran kwamitin zai gabatar da rahoton wucin gadi ga taron shekara-shekara na 2016.

7) Kwamitin dindindin ya yi kira da a sake nazarin kuzari a cikin Ikilisiya

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Kira don sabon nazarin kuzari a cikin ikilisiyoyi, gundumomi, da kuma ƙungiyoyi, ya fito ne daga Kwamitin dindindin na wakilai na gunduma, kuma ya sami goyon baya daga taron shekara-shekara lokacin da ya kada kuri'ar amincewa da shawarar. Shawarar da ke da yuwuwar haifar da sakamako mai nisa ga dukan cocin, amsa ce ga tambaya kan tsarin gundumomi na gaba.

Wakilan gundumomin sun kuma gudanar da tattaunawa a cikin rufaffiyar zama game da matsalolin da suka shafi auren jinsi, da sauran harkokin kasuwanci.

Kwamitin dindindin na ganawa kowace shekara gabanin taron shekara-shekara domin ba da shawarwari kan harkokin kasuwanci da ke zuwa ga cikakkiyar wakilan wakilai, da sauran ayyuka. Taron kwamitin na ranar 8-11 ga watan Yuli a Tampa, Fla., ya kasance karkashin jagorancin mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara David Steele, wanda zababben mai gudanarwa Andy Murray da sakataren James Beckwith suka taimaka.

A bana baya ga ayyukan da suka saba yi, wakilan gundumomi sun samu horo kan tsarin da’a na rashin da’a na ministoci karkashin jagorancin Mary Jo Flory-Steury, mataimakiyar babban sakatare da babban darektan ma’aikatar, kuma sun samu damar yin tambayoyi na ma’aikatun al’adu. darekta Gimbiya Kettering bisa la'akari da tattaunawar kasa da Ferguson ya haifar da harbe-harbe a cocin Emanuel AME. A cikin makonnin da suka gabata, Kwamitin Tsare-tsare ya sami damar duba gidan yanar gizo kan zama cocin al'adu tsakanin al'adu.

A wani labarin kuma, a tsakiyar taron na safiyar Juma’a, a ranar 10 ga watan Yuli, cike da hawaye a idanunsa zababben shugaba Murray ya bukaci a ba shi dama don ya sanar da kungiyar cewa ana sauke tutar yakin Confederate daga fadar gwamnati. South Carolina.

Rufewa zaman

Kwamitin dindindin ya shafe maraice biyu a rufe. Mai gabatarwa David Steele ya fitar da sanarwar jama'a mai zuwa daga cikin wadannan zaman:

“Kwamitin dindindin ya gana da yammacin jiya a wani zama na rufe domin tattaunawa mai zurfi kan matsalolin da suka shafi auren jinsi daya. Mun hadu a cikin rufaffiyar wuri don samar da wuri mai aminci ga membobin su raba a fili da kuma mai da hankali ga sauraron juna. Babu wani aiki ko kuri'un bambaro da aka yi. Niyya da bege ita ce a raba wa wakilan Kwamitin Tsare-tsare hanyar shiga tattaunawa mai zurfi da ake bukata don ƙarfafa ginin cocinmu.”

Tambaya: Tsarin Gundumar gaba

An shafe sa'o'i da yawa na tattaunawa akan tambaya ɗaya da ke zuwa taron shekara-shekara na 2015: "Tambaya: Tsarin Gundumar gaba" daga Gundumar Mid-Atlantic. Tattaunawar tambayar ta biyo bayan ƙaramin rukunin “tattaunawar tebur” tare da shuwagabannin gunduma, da kuma gabatarwa game da tambayar da babban jami’in gundumar Mid-Atlantic Gene Hagenberger ya yi.

Tattaunawar ta bayyana ra'ayoyi mabanbanta game da dorewar tsarin gundumomi na yanzu, da kuma ko akwai bukatar tantance wannan tsarin. An yi tsokaci kan ci gaba da rasa membobin kungiyar a fadin darikar da kuma tasirin hakan ga gundumomi, da rashin adalci tsakanin manya da kananan gundumomi ta fuskar albarkatun yin hidima.

Hakanan akwai maganganu da yawa na sha'awar yin wannan damar don magance wani abu mai alaƙa, kuma wataƙila ƙarin tushen tushen mahimmanci a duk matakan cocin da suka haɗa da ikilisiyoyin, gundumomi, da ɗarika. Ko da yake wasu sun yi tambaya game da ko binciken da aka yi a kan mahimmanci zai kwafi aikin sabon kwamitin bita da tantancewa, wasu sun lura cewa kwamitin bita da tantancewa zai kasance ya magance batutuwan da suka shafi tsarin, ba wai kallon da coci ke yi a halin yanzu ba. yanayin kuzari.

Shawarar ƙarshe ta Kwamitin Tsare-tsare ita ce ta ba da shawarar “a zaɓi kwamitin nazari don magance matsalolin da tambayar ta taso game da kuzari da kuma aiki a cikin ikilisiyoyin, gundumomi, da ɗarika gaba ɗaya, gami da amma ba'a iyakance ga tsarin gunduma ba. Kwamitin binciken zai ƙunshi mutane biyu da ƙungiyar wakilai ta zaɓe, mutane biyu da Kwamitin dindindin ya naɗa, da kuma ma'aikaci ɗaya wanda babban sakatare ya nada. An bukaci kwamitin da ya bayar da rahoto ga taron shekara-shekara na 2017."

An gabatar da wannan sakamako na zaman kwamitin ga taron shekara-shekara, wanda ya amince da shawarar.

An zaɓi Kwamitin Nazari mai membobi biyar masu zuwa akan Mahimmanci da Dorewa: Larry Dentler na Gundumar Kudancin Pennsylvania da Shayne T. Petty na Gundumar Ohio ta Kudancin Ohio, wanda Babban Taron Shekara-shekara ya zaɓa; Sonya Griffith na gundumar Western Plains da Craig Smith na Gundumar Atlantika Arewa maso Gabas, wanda Kwamitin dindindin ya nada; da kuma babbar sakatare Mary Jo Flory-Steury, wanda babban sakatare Stan Noffsinger ya nada.

Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
Kwamitin dindindin yana ɗaukar lokaci don tambayoyi tare da Gimbiya Kettering, darektan Ma'aikatar Al'adu.

An sabunta tsarin roko

Wakilan gundumomin sun kuma amince da sabunta tsarin roko na ƙungiyar, tare da sauye-sauye da suka kama daga ƙaramar gyare-gyare da gyare-gyare na nahawu zuwa haɗa canje-canjen da aka yi a baya a jikin takardar.

Ɗaya daga cikin na ƙarshe shine shigar da shi a cikin tsarin aikin roko wani canjin edita da aka yi a cikin 2002 don daidaita daftarin aiki tare da 1996 Ethics in Ministry timeline don ƙararrawa. Matakin ya tabbatar da takaitaccen wa’adin mika karar kwanaki 45 kafin taron shekara-shekara, daga wa’adin kwanaki 60 da aka yi a shekarun baya.

Ƙarin canje-canjen yana ba da umarni cewa maimakon aika ƙara zuwa ga jami'an taron shekara-shekara da kuma kwamitin ƙararraki, ana aika ƙara kai tsaye ga jami'an taron shekara-shekara waɗanda za su tantance ko ya kamata a raba shi tare da kwamitin ɗaukaka na wannan shekara ko kuma tare da ƙararrakin shekara mai zuwa. Kwamitin. Har ila yau, an sanar da 'yan kwamitin dindindin da ke da rikici na sha'awa cewa "ya kamata" su janye kansu, a wani canji daga umarnin da ya gabata cewa "za su iya" kubuta.

A cikin sauran kasuwancin

- An zaɓi sabbin mambobi masu zuwa zuwa Kwamitin Zaɓe na dindindin: Kathryn Bausman na gundumar Idaho, J. Roger Schrock na Missouri da gundumar Arkansas, Kathy Mack na Gundumar Plains ta Arewa, da Jaime Diaz na gundumar Puerto Rico.

- An zaɓi sabbin mambobi masu zuwa zuwa Kwamitin Daukaka Kara na dindindin: Kathy Ballinger na Gundumar Ohio ta Arewa, Beth Middleton na gundumar Virlina, da Grover Duling na gundumar Marva ta Yamma; tare da Eli Mast na Kudancin Pennsylvania a matsayin madadin farko, da Nick Beam na Kudancin Ohio a matsayin madadin na biyu.

- An nada Belita Mitchell na Gundumar Arewa maso Gabashin Atlantika a cikin Kwamitin Amincewa da Shirye-shiryen kungiyar.

8) Kudirin ya nuna goyon baya ga al'ummomin tsirarun Kiristoci, a tsakanin sauran harkokin kasuwanci

Babban taron shekara-shekara ya zartar da wani kuduri kan al'ummomin Kirista marasa rinjaye wanda Hukumar Mishan da Hukumar Ma'aikatar ta kawo. A cikin wasu harkokin kasuwanci, taron ya tattauna abubuwa da yawa na kasuwanci da aka jinkirta daga taron shekara-shekara na 2014 na Church of the Brothers ciki har da canje-canje ga dokokin Church of the Brothers Inc. da kuma canjin siyasa da ya shafi Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT).

Ƙuduri akan Ƙungiyoyin Kiristoci marasa rinjaye

Kudurin ya mai da hankali ne a kan “hallaka al’ummomin Kirista a yankunan da ake kai wa Kiristoci hari a matsayin ’yan tsirarun addinai,” in ji Romawa 12:5 da kuma Galatiyawa 6:10, “Saboda haka, duk lokacin da muka sami zarafi, bari mu yi aiki domin amfanin kowa. , musamman ga waɗanda suke cikin iyalin imani.”

“Ko da yake muna damuwa sosai game da tsananta wa ’yan tsirarun addinai ba tare da la’akari da addini ko al’ada ba, muna jin kira na musamman na yin magana a madadin ’yan’uwa maza da mata a cikin jikin Kristi,” in ji ƙuduri, a wani ɓangare.

Yankunan da al'ummomin Kirista ke fama da matsananciyar zalunci, suna raguwa cikin sauri, ko kuma ke cikin haɗarin bacewa gaba ɗaya sun haɗa da arewa maso gabashin Najeriya, wasu yankunan arewacin Afirka, da Gabas ta Tsakiya musamman Falasdinu da Isra'ila, Iraki, da Siriya.

“Bugu da ƙari, a cikin wannan shekara da muke tunawa da cika shekaru 100 da kisan kiyashin Armeniya,” takardar ta ce, “muna sake jaddada aniyarmu ta tsayawa tare da ƙungiyoyin tsiraru da aka yi niyya a duk faɗin duniya kuma muna kira ba kawai don ƙara wayar da kan jama’a game da tsananta musu ba, amma don sake sabunta ƙoƙarinmu ta Ikilisiya da al'ummomin duniya don gina haɗin kai da kuma kare ƙungiyoyin addinai marasa rinjaye waɗanda ke fuskantar barazana."

Ƙudurin ya bayyana matakai bakwai da ’yan’uwa za su ɗauka don mayar da martani:
— yin addu’a ga ’yan’uwa mata da ’yan’uwa cikin Kristi a duk faɗin duniya;
- koyo game da kwarewar Kiristoci a wuraren tsanantawa da rikici;
- mika kalaman soyayya da goyon baya ga wadancan al'ummomin;
- himmatu wajen shiga cikin tattaunawa tsakanin addinai da shirye-shiryen zaman lafiya;
- tallafawa ƙoƙarin ba da shawara na coci a wuraren da ke cikin haɗarin bacewa;
- Haɓaka dangantaka da Musulmai da sauran al'ummomin addini a Amurka don ƙoƙarin fahimtar juna; kuma
- isar da baƙi "tare da maraba da waɗanda ke cikin al'ummominmu waɗanda suka shiga Amurka don neman mafaka daga tsanantawa, tashin hankali, da barazana ga rayuwarsu da imaninsu."

An jinkirta kasuwancin daga 2014

Abubuwan kasuwanci guda uku waɗanda suka zo zuwa taron shekara-shekara na 2014 an jinkirta zuwa taron 2015. Biyu daga cikin ukun sun zo bene ba tare da wani canji ba daga 2014: “gyara ga Dokokin Church of the Brothers Inc.” da "Fassarar Siyasa Game da Rahoton Kudi na Hukumar."

Jami’an Babban Taron Shekara-shekara sun raba na uku zuwa sababbin abubuwa biyu na kasuwanci: “Shawarar Canjin Siyasa Daga Brethren Benefit Trust” da “Amendments to the Brethren Benefit Trust Articles of Organization.”

Taron ya amince da sauye-sauyen da aka gabatar a cikin dokokin Cocin ’yan’uwa da suka fayyace wa’adin hidima ga memba na hukumar da aka zaba a matsayin shugaba, kuma ya fayyace “cewa cikakken wa’adin shekaru biyar ya ba da izini ga darekta [hukuma. memba] wanda ke aiki kasa da rabin wa'adin da ba a kare ba ya biyo bayan waccan wa'adin da ba a karewa ba, ba a wurinsa ba," kuma ya gane canjin sunan Gundumar Arewa maso Yamma na Pacific da kuma sabuwar gundumar Puerto Rico.

Taron ya amince da shawarwarin kan rahoton kudi na hukumar wanda zai baiwa hukumomin taron damar buga kwafin rahotannin kudi na shekara-shekara ta hanyar lantarki da kuma samar da kwafi a rumfuna a zauren baje kolin, tare da adana kudi da takarda ta hanyar rashin buga kwafin fakitin wakilai.

Taron ya amince da wani tsari na canza siyasa daga hukumar BBT wanda zai ba da damar memba mai ci na hukumar BBT wanda ya cancanci wa'adi na biyu kai tsaye ya zama ɗaya daga cikin zaɓen biyu da Kwamitin dindindin ya ba da shawarar zaɓen taron shekara-shekara, tare da shawara daga BBT. allo.

Wakilan sun amince da gyare-gyaren da aka yi wa BBT Articles of Organization, wanda nau'i-nau'i ne daban-daban ciki har da ƙananan canje-canje don dacewa da salo, da gyaran nahawu, amma kuma mafi mahimmanci canje-canje wanda a cikin wasu abubuwa ke ƙarfafa fahimtar doka na BBT a matsayin kungiya mai zaman kanta. dangane da taron shekara-shekara. Mafi mahimmancin gyare-gyaren sun haɗa da yaren da taron shekara-shekara kawai ya “karɓi” amma bai amince da rahoton shekara-shekara na BBT da sabbin membobin kwamitin da aka naɗa ba.

A cikin sauran kasuwancin

Wakilan sun amince da karin kashi 1 cikin XNUMX na tsadar rayuwa a cikin shawarar mafi karancin albashi na fastoci.

9) Taron yana maraba da gundumar Puerto Rico, da sabon zumunci a Arewacin Carolina

Hoto daga Glenn Riegel
Taron Shekara-shekara na 2015 ya yi maraba da sabon Gundumar Puerto Rico cikin Ikilisiyar ’yan’uwa. A baya can, majami'u a Puerto Rico wani yanki ne na Gundumar Kudu maso Gabashin Atlantika. Tare da ƙarin wannan sabuwar gundumar, yanzu akwai Coci 24 na gundumomin ’yan’uwa.

Daga Frances Townsend

Wani abin farin ciki na ranar farko ta kasuwancin Babban Taron Shekara-shekara shine lokacin da aka gabatar da sababbin zumunci da ikilisiyoyi. A wannan shekara, taron ya sami farin ciki na maraba da sabon gundumar Puerto Rico, wanda a da ya kasance wani ɓangare na Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas na Atlantic. Maraba na Puerto Rico yana ƙara yawan gundumomi a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa zuwa jimillar 24.

Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life, shi ma ya gabatar da sabon zumunci guda ɗaya. Rios de Agua Viva (Rivers of Living Water) haɗin gwiwa ne a Leicester, NC, wanda Fasto Mario Martinez da matarsa, Evelyn suka fara. Suna aiki tun Satumba 2013 kuma an ba su matsayin zumunci a cikin 2014 ta Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas.

Rios de Agua Viva ya kasance yana kaiwa musamman ga mazaunan Hispanic na al'ummarsu, waɗanda suka fito daga ƙasashe da yawa tun daga Cuba zuwa Chile. Sun fara taro a wata cibiyar jama'a, amma sun koma aiki a cikin al'umma da kuma daga gida, saboda cibiyar tana da tsadar haya kuma tana buƙatar biyan kuɗi na watanni.

Da aka yi hira da su bayan gabatar da su ga taron, Evelyn Martinez ta ce aikinsu na kawo bishara ya kasance kalubale ta hanyoyi da yawa amma tafiya ce ta karfafa bangaskiya. “Ubangiji ya koya mana kada mu ji tsoro,” in ji ta. "Duk lokacin da muka fuskanci gwaji, Ubangiji ya ba mu kalma."

Ta ce mutane da yawa da ba sa cikin tarayya a halin yanzu an kai su kuma sun albarkace ta hidimar, an ceci rayuka, kuma an shuka iri na bangaskiya. Ta yi magana game da aikin bishara tare da bege da ma'anar manufa kamar yadda ta ce, "Ba za ku iya ganin duniya ta yi duhu da duhu ba kuma coci ta yi shiru."

10) Ken da Ted: Madalla!

Hoto daga Glenn Riegel

Da Karen Garrett

Lahadi da daddare… 7 na yamma Karshen dogon yini. Mutane sun taru a cibiyar tarurruka ta Tampa, Hall Hall. Ken Medema da Ted & Co suna gabatar da "Zuciya zuwa Zuciya."

An nemi in kawo labarin.

Ana iya taƙaita tunani a cikin wasan kwaikwayo da kiɗa da kalmomi uku. Yana da ban mamaki!

An yi tsammanin hakan kuma ya faru. Tun daga waƙar farko masu sauraro ba su kallon suna shiga. Waƙa, tafawa, rawa, dariya, kuka, jin labaran Kristi daga wani sabon salo. Aljanin yana da mutum, hanyar Imuwasu, matar da aka kama tana zina, haduwar Yakubu da Isuwa.

Ƙullawar Ken da Ted na sauraron juna da kuma Ruhu ya jawo kowa da kowa a cikin zauren zuwa labaran da aka saba a hanyar da ta sa mu bar bambancin da muka zo.

Ga wasu abubuwan da aka tafi dasu shine-
Shanu a cikin makiyaya, suna tauna mana. "Imani, ku tauna shi kuma ku watsa."
Ka sake jin bangaskiyarka. Tare da Yesu a cikin rayuwarmu za mu iya sake farawa.

Wani mai halarta ya raba min cewa kowane labari game da zama “mataki ɗaya daga sabon farawa.”

Wani mai halarta ya bayyana cewa kwashe su shine "ajiya na iya zama mai ba da rai ko kuma ya kai ga mutuwa."

Wannan dan jarida ya dauka cewa duk wanda aka bari ya taba a wurin a cikin ransa da ya kamata a taba.

11) Lokutan Taro na Shekara-shekara da na fi so

Daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford

Yara kanana suna wasa a kasa a bayan zauren yayin gudanar da ibada, da yadda manya ke kallo da murmushin jin dadi.

Hoto daga Glenn Riegel

Tsofaffin abokai suna haduwa ba zato ba tsammani, tare da runguma da kukan "Ban san za ku zo taron bana ba!"

Sabbin abokai ana yin su yayin hawan lif masu tsayi a cikin manyan otal-otal na cikin gari.

Ganin wani katafaren falon otal ya cika da ’yan uwa sanye da rigar NYC da BVS, wasu da kananun yara, wasu masu launin toka, galibinsu da masu sanyaya cike da kayan abinci marasa tsada.

Lokacin da baƙi na ecumenical suka rikice game da wanda ke da alhakin, saboda babu lakabi a kan alamun suna kuma an san shugabannin da sunan farko.

Ganin kayan da aka ba da gudummawa sun taru a gaban dandalin yayin da ’yan’uwa suke kawo hadayu don Mashaidi ga birnin da aka karɓa.

Ganin wakilin yana zuwa microphone tare da damuwa sosai cewa jiki yana yin aikin coci da himma da kyau.

Jin gaisuwar gaisuwar da ake magana tsakanin teburin kai da waɗanda ke cikin marufofi-wakilan suna magana da shugaba a matsayin “ɗan’uwa mai daidaitawa” ko “yar’uwa mai daidaitawa,” da kuma jawabin da mai gudanarwa ya yi na “’yar’uwa” ko “ɗan’uwa” – suna gane juna a matsayin daidai. cikin gidan Allah.

Jiran wani ya yi furci ko ya furta ƙalubale ga coci-abin da babu makawa ya faru sa’ad da ’yan’uwa da yawa suka taru – kalamai marasa daɗi suna tunzura ’yan’uwa su fara yin magana da gaskiya da juna.

Shaidawa yadda rashin jin daɗi, tattaunawa ta gaskiya a tsakanin rarrabuwar ƙasa da ƙabila da fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki da ilimi da tiyoloji, na iya haifar da wahayi.

Da yake kewaye da dubban mutane da ke yin addu'a tare, duk a lokaci guda.

Ma'anar Ruhu wanda ke kawo hawaye lokacin da aka keɓe sabon mai gudanarwa tare da addu'a da ɗora hannuwa.

Jin baƙin ciki da kaɗaici bayan taron ya ƙare kuma duk mun koma gida, bayan an tuna da gidana na gaskiya a teburin ƙauna a cikin al'ummar Kristi.

- Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford minista ce da aka naɗa kuma darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa.

12) Taro na shekara-shekara

Hoto ta Regina Holmes
Kungiyar Mawakan Mata ta EYN ta rera waka don bude taron ibada na shekara ta 2015.

- Taron ta lambobi:

2,075 jimlar rajista, gami da wakilai 647

$48,334.03 da aka karɓa a cikin hadayun taro (tabbacin jimlar jimlar). An samu tayin ne don dalilai da dama da suka hada da taron shekara-shekara, Asusun Rikicin Najeriya, da Ma’aikatun Cocin ‘Yan’uwa.

An gabatar da mutane 193 a Gidan Jini, tare da jimlar pint 181 da za a iya amfani da su ciki har da adadin gudummawar "ja guda biyu" da aka samu daga masu ba da gudummawa a cikin kwanaki biyu.

Dalar Amurka 8,750 da kungiyar ’yan uwa masu kula da marasa lafiya ta tara, wanda ke amfana da Asusun Rikicin Najeriya.

200 shiga lokaci guda don watsa shirye-shiryen ibada a safiyar Lahadi. Ya zuwa yammacin Lahadi, a rana ta biyu na taron an haɗa raye-rayen kai tsaye da rikodin gidajen yanar gizo na ibada da kasuwanci sun riga sun wuce ra'ayoyi sama da 1,000.

- Baƙi na duniya a Tampa sun haɗa da 'yan'uwa 'yan Najeriya 50-60 wakiltar jagorancin Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria), EYN Women Fellowship Choir, da BEST group of Nigerian Brothers 'yan kasuwa da kwararru. Har ila yau, shugabannin coci daga Brazil, Haiti, Spain da Canary Islands, da ma'aikatan mishan daga Sudan ta Kudu, Haiti, Vietnam, da Najeriya sun halarci taron. Fastoci na Quaker daga Burundi da Ruwanda da ke aikin samar da zaman lafiya tare da 'yan'uwan Kwango na daga cikin manyan baki na wannan shekara.

- Sabbin littattafai da albarkatun Najeriya An gabatar da su a kantin sayar da littattafai na 'yan jarida a zauren taron baje kolin. Dukansu uku sun samo asali ne daga shawarwarin membobin coci:
"Yaran Uwa ɗaya: Littafin Ayyukan Najeriya" takarda ce mai launi kala-kala da aka tsara don taimaka wa yara su kara sanin Najeriya da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Yayin da majami'unsu da dattawan su ke yin addu'a da tara kuɗi don rikicin Najeriya, wannan littafin yana taimaka wa yara su fahimci halin da ake ciki a matakin da ya dace. Akwai ragi mai yawa don siyan kwafi 10 ko fiye.
Sabuwar ƙirar t-shirt, a cikin launuka uku, yana nuna zurfin alaƙar da ke tsakanin ’yan’uwa a Amurka da Nijeriya. Zane ya yi daidai da kyawawan kayayyaki masu haske na EYN Fellowship Choir, kuma yana ɗauke da sunayen ƴan'uwa ikilisiyoyi biyu, kalmar nan “Jiki ɗaya cikin Almasihu,” da kuma aya daga 1 Korinthiyawa 12:26. Wani kaso na tallace-tallacen t-shirt yana amfana da Asusun Rikicin Najeriya.
Hotunan zane-zane na #BringBackOurGirls, wani yanki na fasaha na asali da na musamman na mai zane-zanen Colorado Sandra Ceas-wanda aka nuna a cikin nunin Coci na 'yan'uwa-kuma ana siyarwa ne daga 'Yan'uwa Press. Wani kaso na tallace-tallacen yana zuwa ne ga Asusun Rikicin Najeriya.

- Tammy Charles, darektan hulda da masu ba da gudummawa a ma'aikatun Metropolitan, ya sami kyautar babban tarin kayan da masu halartar taron suka kawo a matsayin wani ɓangare na Mashaidin Garin Mai masaukin baki. Bugu da ƙari, kayan abinci guda biyar irin su diapers, ’yan’uwa sun gabatar da cek ɗin da ya kai $3,951.15 na gudummawar kuɗi. Hidimar tana yi wa marasa gida hidima, da iyalai da sauran mabukata a yankin Tampa. Sanarwar manufarta: “Muna kula da marasa matsuguni da waɗanda ke cikin haɗarin zama marasa matsuguni a cikin al’ummarmu ta hanyar ayyukan da ke rage wahala, inganta mutunci, da kuma sa wadatar kai… a matsayin nunin hidimar Yesu Kristi mai gudana.”

- Happy birthday to the Brother Foundation! Kungiyar wakilan ta rera wakar “Happy Birthday” ga gidauniyar ‘yan uwa, tare da busa hayaniya domin murnar cika shekaru 25 da kafuwa, a wani taron kasuwanci a ranar Litinin, 11 ga watan Yuli. Gidauniyar ma’aikatar ‘Brethren Benefit Trust’ ce. Shugaban BBT Nevin Dulabum ya sanar da cewa gidauniyar ta bunkasa sosai a cikin shekaru 25 da ta yi, kuma a yanzu tana sarrafa dala miliyan 170 na kadarorin Cocin of the Brothers a fadin cocin. Ya gayyaci masu zuwa taron zuwa rumfar BBT a zauren nunin don jin daɗin biredin ranar haihuwar 200, fara fara ba da hidima.

- 'Yan'uwa suna ta gudu a Tampa, a zahiri! Masu halartar taron sun gudu da tafiya tare da Tafiya na birni a safiyar Lahadi a cikin ƙalubalen Fitness na 5K wanda Brethren Benefit Trust ya dauki nauyinsa. Rukuni huɗu na “na farko” an yarda da su: ɗan tseren namiji na farko Nathan Hosler (19:01); 'yar tseren mace ta farko ita ce Marianne Fitzkee (24:19); Namiji na farko shine Don Shankster (33:44); mace ta farko mai tafiya shine Bev Anspaugh (36:31).

- Mutane da yawa da ƙungiyoyi sun sami karramawa ko girmamawa a lokacin taron 2015. Jeri mai zuwa wanda ko shakka babu bai cika ba. Da fatan za a aika ƙarin ƙwarewa ko girmamawa ga editan Labarai a cobnews@brethren.org :

Cocin Cedar Lake na 'Yan'uwa a Auburn, Ind., da Staunton (Va.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa sun sami lambar yabo ta Buɗe Rufa don ci gaba wajen sa majami'unsu maraba ga waɗanda ke da nakasa. Ma'aikatar nakasassu ta Congregational Life Ministries ce ke ba da kyautar. Cikakken rahoto kan wannan kyautar zai bayyana a fitowar Newsline na gaba.

Eugene F. Roop, memba na Kwamitin Amintattu na Jami'ar Manchester, an gabatar da shi a ranar Lahadi tare da lambar yabo ta Jami'ar Manchester Church-Jami'ar hidima. "Eugene F. Roop watakila ya kasance ga Cocin 'yan'uwa abin da jagoran jirgin kasa ya kasance na Polar Express: wanda ya kiyaye duk abin da aka nuna a hanya mai kyau kuma a kan hanya kuma yana taimaka wa mutane da yawa a cikin imani a hanya, "in ji labarin. Roop tsohon shugaban makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany, wanda aka sani da karatunsa na Littafi Mai Tsarki da sharhi. A wannan shekara, shi da matarsa ​​sun kafa Asusun Eugene F. da Delora A. Roop wanda zai taimaka wa Manchester wajen kawo masu magana, shirye-shirye, da sauran tsare-tsare don haɓaka al'adun 'yan'uwa.

Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) a lokacin abincin rana ta gabatar da tsofaffin ɗalibai biyu tare da lambar yabo ta Garber: Fred Swartz, ajin 1958, wanda fasto ne na Coci na 'yan'uwa mai ritaya kuma tsohon sakataren taron shekara-shekara daga 2003-2012; da Emily Birr, aji na 2015, wanda ya shiga cikin Sabon Ayyukan Al'umma da taron matasa na yanki Roundtable, kuma ya yi aiki a Camp Mack a Indiana. Kyautar Merlin da Dorothy Faw Garber don Sabis na Kirista suna girmama Merlin Garber, Fasto Cocin Brothers da 1936 Bridgewater alumnus, da matarsa ​​Dorothy Faw Garber, wanda ke cikin aji na 1933.

Carol Wise, babban darektan kungiyar 'yan'uwa da Mennonite don sha'awar LGBT (BMC), Kungiyar mata ta karrama ta a yayin wani liyafar cin abincin rana da ta ci gaba da bikin cika shekaru 40 da kafuwa. Hikima ta sami lambar yabo, kuma shi ne wanda aka ba da jawabi a wurin cin abincin rana, yana mai jawabi jigon “Hagu akan itacen inabi” (Romawa 24 da 25).

Ralph Miner an nada shi OMA Volunteer of the Year ta Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatun Waje na Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Shi memba ne na Majami'ar Highland Avenue na 'yan'uwa a Elgin, Ill., Kuma ya shiga Camp Emmaus a Dutsen Morris, Ill., "A zahiri tun lokacin haihuwa," bisa ga ambaton da aka buga a gidan yanar gizon sansanin. Nemo cikakken bayanin a www.campemmaus.org .

- Game da wadanda zagaye tebur…. An gudanar da taron kasuwanci a kan teburi, inda wakilai suka zauna a gungu-gungu waɗanda suka haɗa da mutane daga sassa daban-daban na ƙungiyar a kowane teburi. An yi niyya wurin zama don sauƙaƙa kyakkyawar rabawa da zumunci, da tattaunawa kai-da-kai kan harkokin kasuwanci na coci. "Guru Tebur" da tsohon mai gudanarwa Tim Harvey sun shirya teburin kuma sun horar da masu gudanar da tebur. A wurin horar da masu gudanarwa na tebur kafin taron kasuwanci na farko, ya rarraba katunan tare da umarni masu zuwa:
Yadda ake zama mai gudanarwa a tebur a matakai 5 masu sauki
1. Yi nishadi.
2. Karfafa mutane su yi magana, musamman musayar ra'ayi da mahanga daban-daban.
3. Ka sanar da ni yadda zan iya taimaka maka [lambar wayarsa]
4. Yin fuka-fuki, idan ya cancanta. Layin da ke tsakanin "Ruhi ya ja-goranci" da "tafiya ta wurin zama na wando" sau da yawa layin digo ne, a mafi kyau.
5. Lokacin da komai ya gaza, duba mataki na 1.

- Labaran kan layi na taron shekara-shekara na 2015 a Tampa tare da rahotannin labarai, kundin hotuna, kaset na yanar gizo, bulletins na ibada, wa'azi, app ɗin taron, da ƙari, yana a www.brethren.org/AC2015 .

- DVD ɗin "Taro na Shekara-shekara na 2015 da Wa'azi". yana fasalta mahimman bayanai na bidiyo daga Tampa da lokutan kasuwanci, ibada, da abubuwan da suka faru na musamman. A wannan shekara ƙarin waƙoƙin sun haɗa da waƙar Ken Medema da ya rera don ibadar safiyar Lahadi, wanda ’yan’uwan Nijeriya suka ƙarfafa su da kuma imaninsu a lokacin wahala. Ofishin taron da ma'aikatan bidiyo na David Sollenberger ne suka samar da DVD, kuma ana sayar da su ta hanyar 'Yan jarida. Je zuwa www.brethrenpress.com ko kira 800-441-3712 don yin oda.


Ƙungiyar Labarai don Taron Shekara-shekara na 2015: masu daukar hoto Glenn Riegel, Regina Holmes, Keith Hollenberg, Justin Hollenberg, Donna Parcell, Alysson Wittmeyer, Alyssa Parker; marubuta Frances Townsend da Karen Garrett; Eddie Edmonds, Jaridar Taro; Jan Fischer Bachman da Russ Otto, ma'aikatan gidan yanar gizon; Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan labarai. Sabis na Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne ke samar da 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. An shirya fitowar Newsline na gaba a kai a kai a ranar 22 ga Yuli.

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