Labaran labarai na Mayu 13, 2015

TUNAWA DA KISAN KISAN AMARYA
1) An yi bikin tunawa da kisan kiyashin Armeniya a babban cocin Washington National Cathedral

2) Kisan kare dangi na Armeniya ya haifar da shekaru 100 na 'yan'uwa game da bala'i da rikici

3) 'Na yanke shawarar zama tare da marayu na': Tunawa da 'Yan'uwa suna aiki a lokacin kisan kare dangi

LABARAI
4) Taron shekara-shekara na NCC ya nuna sabon mayar da hankali ga samar da zaman lafiya tsakanin addinai, daure jama'a.

5) Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa sun ba da umarnin $ 70,000 don mayar da martani na hadin gwiwa a Nepal, tare da sauran tallafi.

6) Juyawar al'adu tsakanin al'adu ya kawo bakan gizo na bil'adama tare don cewa 'Amin!'

7) Taron karawa juna sani kan zama dan kasa na Kirista 2015 ya dauki nauyin batun shige da fice

8) An gudanar da taron zaman lafiya na Haiti na biyu a Miami

Abubuwa masu yawa
9) Babban Sakatare na Cocin Brothers don samun digiri na girmamawa daga Manchester

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10) Aikin Alaska ya sami kyautar Going to Garden don tallafawa aikin lambu na 'arewa mai nisa'

11) Cocin Dutsen Morris na murna da Isabelle Krol memba na bakin haure

12) Brethren bits: Ba da gudummawa ga littafin tunawa ga babban sakatare, Tim McElwee wanda aka nada a matsayin sabon VP a Manchester, Ranar Action akan Jigilar Jiragen Amurka da sauran su daga Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a, Ranar Iyaye 5K don Zaman Lafiya a Najeriya, in ji Talabijin na Najeriya. kan ziyarar 'yan uwa a Chibok, da dai sauransu

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LABARI NA MAKO:

"Matukar muka baiwa jihar damar shiga aikin soja, ba shi da amfani a yi fatan samun zaman lafiya."

— George, wani matashi Ba’amurke da ya ƙi shiga zuciyarsa kuma an daure shi don imaninsa da kuma ƙin bin ƙa’idodin gwamnati na waɗanda suka ƙi saboda imaninsu a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. William E. Stafford ne ya ba da labarinsa a cikin littafinsa "Down in My Heart." Stafford marubuci ne, mawaƙi, kuma Cocin ’yan’uwa wanda ya ƙi aikin soja a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. "Down in My Heart" an buga shi a cikin 1947 ta Brotheran Jarida, yana ba da labaru daga abubuwan Stafford's CO. Newsline ta ba da wannan furci ne don karrama waɗanda suka ƙi saboda imaninsu a duk faɗin duniya a ranar masu ƙiyayya ta duniya, wadda ake tunawa da ita kowace shekara a ranar 15 ga Mayu.

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TUNAWA DA KISAN KISAN AMARYA

1) An yi bikin tunawa da kisan kiyashin Armeniya a babban cocin Washington National Cathedral

Babban taron taron hadin kan Kirista na Majalisar Coci ta kasa a ranar 6-9 ga watan Mayu kusa da Washington, DC, shi ne taron tunawa da kisan kiyashin da Armeniyawa suka yi a babban cocin Washington na kasa. A wannan shekara ta 2015 ta cika karni da fara kisan kiyashi a shekara ta 1915, wanda Turkiya ta Ottoman ta yi, inda mutane miliyan 1.5 suka mutu a sakamakon kisan gillar da aka ci gaba da yi har zuwa shekara ta 1923.

Sabis na Mayu 7 mai taken "Mai Tsarki Shahidai na kisan kiyashin Armeniya: Addu'a don Adalci da Zaman Lafiya," Majalisar Cocin Kirista ta Kasa a Amurka (NCC) da taron Bishops Katolika na Amurka ne suka dauki nauyi.

Babban wurin zama na babban cocin ya cika makil da iyalan Armeniya daga ko'ina cikin kasar, wanda ke wakiltar zuriyar da suka tsira daga kisan kiyashin da 'yan gudun hijira da aka yi maraba da su zuwa Amurka.

Mataimakin shugaban kasar Biden na daga cikin dubunnan da suka halarta tare da shugaban kasar Armeniya Serzh Sargsyan, da shugabannin Orthodox Mai tsarki Karekin II da Katolika na dukkan Armeniyawa da kuma Mai Tsarki Aram I Catholiciso na Babban House of Cilicia, shugaban Episcopal Bishop Katharine. Jefferts Schori wanda ya yi maraba da taron zuwa babban cocin Episcopal, babban sakatare na Majalisar Majami'un Duniya Olav Fykse Tveit wanda ya ba da wannan jawabi, da wakilai masu yawa da na addinai.

Wakilan Cocin 'yan'uwa a hidimar su ne Wendy McFadden, mawallafin 'yan jarida, da Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai.

Shugaban kasar Armeniya Sargsyan ya bayyana irin rawar da Amurka ta taka a cikin jawabin nasa, duk da cewa har yanzu gwamnatin Amurka ba ta amince da kisan gillar da aka yi a matsayin kisan kiyashi ba a siyasance ga Turkiyya. Sargsyan ya ce "A cikin gwagwarmayar mu na tsawon ƙarni na tabbatar da adalci da gaskiya, koyaushe muna jin goyon bayan Amurka, a tsakanin sauran ƙasashe." "Da yawa da yawa sun mutu kuma makomar wadanda suka tsira da yawa sun kasance mafi muni, idan kasashen abokantaka, ciki har da Amurka, ba su goyi bayan mutanenmu a cikin wannan mawuyacin lokaci ba."

Malaman addinin da suka ba da sakonnin sun yi kira da a ci gaba da kokari wajen fadin gaskiya da kuma sanin kisan kiyashin da aka yi, da kuma yin aiki don sasantawa da kuma dakile duk wani kisan kare dangi a nan gaba. Masu magana sun tuna da wasu kisan gillar da duniya ta sha a cikin shekaru 100 - Holocaust na Yahudawa, kisan kiyashi a Bosnia, Cambodia, Darfur, Ruwanda - da kuma ci gaba da tsananta wa Orthodox da sauran Kiristoci a Gabas ta Tsakiya, Siriya, Iraki, da sauran wurare.

“Salantu… yana nufin karɓar gaskiya, kamar yadda Littafi Mai Tsarki ya ce, gaskiya tana ‘yantar da mu,” in ji shugaban Orthodox na Armeniya Aram I a cikin wani saƙo da aka gaishe shi da tafi da ɗagawa. “Gaskiya tana ‘yantar da mu daga son kai… daga kowane irin girman kai da jahilci. Lallai wannan ita ce hanyar Kirista kuma na yi imani wannan ita ce hanyar ɗan adam. Mu gina duniyar da ake maye gurbin zalunci da adalci...rashin hakuri da sulhu. Wannan ita ce hanyar.

Shugaban Episcopal Schori ya karanta wata sanarwa daga Hukumar Mulki ta NCC wadda ta tabbatar da wanzuwar al’ummar Armeniya da “tashinsu” daga toka na kisan kare dangi. "Mun sami kwarin guiwa a cikin kiran da al'ummar Armeniya suka yi na su tsaya tsayin daka kan mugunyar kisan kiyashi a duk inda kuma a duk lokacin da aka aikata hakan," in ji sanarwar a wani bangare.

“Muna murnar tashin mutanen Armeniya. Bangaskiya ta Kirista duk game da bege ne, kuma duk game da nasarar rayuwa akan mutuwa. Kamar Yesu Kiristi, wanda ya tashi daga kabari don ya ba da rai ga duniya (Yohanna 8:12), mutanen Armeniya sun tashi daga toka na kisan kiyashi don su sake zama mutane masu ƙwazo a cikin dukan mutanen duniya. Shaida ce mai ƙarfi ga bangaskiya cikin tashin matattu, kuma shaida ce mai zurfi ga alkawarin Allah na tuna waɗanda suke dogara gareshi (Zabura 18:30). Kuma ga wannan, mu ce, 'Amin.'

Cikakkun bayanan Majalisar Coci ta kasa:

Tunawa da cika shekaru 100 da kisan kiyashin Armeniya

Taron na wannan yammaci ne mai girma. Mun taru da ’yan’uwanmu mata da ’yan’uwanmu a Cocin Orthodox na Armeniya da kuma sauran al’ummar Armeniya don mu ba da shaida game da kisan kiyashin da aka yi a Armeniya. Mun kuma taru tare da su don tabbatar da imaninsu da juriyarsu a cikin irin wannan mawuyacin hali. Sabili da haka, muna taruwa don tunawa, mu yi baƙin ciki, don samun wahayi, da i, har ma da bikin.

Muna tuna cewa kisan kiyashin Armeniya shi ne kisan kiyashi na farko a karni na 20, kuma ya nuna farkon abin da aka fi sani da mafi jini, mafi tashin hankali a duk tarihin dan Adam. A cikin mummunan lokacin da ya fara daga 1915 kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa 1923, an kashe Armeniya fiye da miliyan 1 (da sauran su), kuma an kashe daruruwan dubbai. An binne matattu a ƙasar da suka yi zaman zullumi. ’Yan gudun hijirar sun tarwatse a ko’ina a duniya, wasu kuma zuwa Amurka, inda zuriyarsu ta gaba ta zama abokai da makwabta da muke tare da su a yau.

Muna juyayin wadanda suka mutu. Muna tsaye a daren yau a cikin 'ya'ya, jikoki, da jikoki na wadanda aka kashe. Muna sauraron yaren mutanen Armeniya, da kuma manyan al'adunsu masu girman kai. Muna addu'ar tsohuwar Cocinsu, muna rokon rahamar Allah ga mutane da al'ummar da suka fara zama Kirista a tarihi. A daren nan, cikin hadin kai, magabatansu sun zama magabatanmu, harshensu ya zama harshenmu, addu’o’insu kuma ya zama addu’o’inmu.

Mun sami zaburarwa a cikin kiran da al'ummar Armeniya suka yi na su tashi tsaye wajen yakar wannan mugunyar kisan kiyashi a duk inda kuma a duk lokacin da aka yi ta. Kuma a cikin karni na karshe, an yi kisan kare dangi sau da yawa, kuma a wurare da yawa: a Turai (Holocaust) a cikin 1930s da 1940s; a Cambodia a ƙarshen 1970s; a Ruwanda a 1994; a Bosnia a tsakiyar shekarun 1990; kuma a Darfur a farkon shekarun 2000. Bugu da kari, a yau ana ci gaba da cin zarafi da laifukan cin zarafin bil'adama a sassa da dama na duniya, musamman a kasashen Afirka, Asiya, da Gabas ta Tsakiya. Dangane da irin wannan mummunar dabi'a, tsayawa a tsakanin 'yan uwanmu Armeniya muna tabbatar da cewa aikinmu na kawo karshen kisan kare dangi bai ƙare ba.

Daga karshe muna taya al'ummar Armeniya murnar tashi daga matattu. Bangaskiya ta Kirista duk game da bege ne, kuma duk game da nasarar rayuwa akan mutuwa. Kamar Yesu Kiristi, wanda ya tashi daga kabari don ya ba da rai ga duniya (Yohanna 8:12), mutanen Armeniya sun tashi daga toka na kisan kiyashi don su sake zama mutane masu ƙwazo a cikin dukan mutanen duniya. Shaida ce mai ƙarfi ga bangaskiya cikin tashin matattu, kuma shaida ce mai zurfi ga alkawarin Allah na tuna waɗanda suke dogara gareshi (Zabura 18:30). Kuma ga wannan, mu ce, "Amin."

— Tun lokacin da aka kafa ta a shekara ta 1950, Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Kiristi a Amurka ita ce ja-gorancin ikon raba shedu tsakanin Kiristoci a Amurka. Ƙungiyoyin mambobi 37 na NCC daga ɗimbin Furotesta, Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, African American American, da kuma Living Peace Church, sun haɗa da mutane miliyan 45 a cikin fiye da ikilisiyoyi 100,000 a fadin kasar. Don ƙarin bayani game da NCC je zuwa www.nationalcouncilofchurchs.us .

2) Kisan kare dangi na Armeniya ya haifar da shekaru 100 na 'yan'uwa game da bala'i da rikici

Taron tunawa da shekaru 100 tun farkon kisan kiyashin Armeniya a shekara ta 1915 kuma ya nuna kusan ƙarni na Cocin ’yan’uwa suna nuna juyayi ga waɗanda bala’o’i da rikice-rikice suka shafa. An kiyasta cewa Armeniyawa miliyan 1.5 ne suka halaka a hannun Turkawa Ottoman a kisan kiyashin da ya faru daga 1915 zuwa 1923. ’Yan’uwa sun fara biyan bukatun wadanda suka tsira da kuma ‘yan gudun hijira Armeniya tun daga shekara ta 1917.

“A shekara ta 1917, labarin kisan kare dangi na Armeniya ya girgiza zuciyar cocin,” in ji babban sakatare na Church of the Brothers Stanley J. Noffsinger a wata wasiƙa da aka aika zuwa ikilisiyoyi na ɗarikar. “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 wani kwamiti na wucin gadi da zai jagoranci aikin agaji. Bugu da kari, wakilai sun kuma amince da nada ma’aikata ga Kwamitin Ba da Agaji na Amurka a Gabas ta Tsakiya, don tabbatar da cewa za a gudanar da kudade da tallafi ga al’ummar Armeniya ba tare da tsangwama ba.”

Noffsinger ya lura cewa 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.

Noffsinger ya kara da cewa, "Gaskiyar 'yan'uwa da ke ba da amsa ga bala'in ɗan adam ba ta canza ba bayan shekaru 100 da suka wuce," in ji Noffsinger, yana kwatanta martanin Rikicin Najeriya a halin yanzu ga martanin coci shekaru 2014 da suka gabata. “A watan Oktoban 1.5, hukumar ta bada dala miliyan 1 (dala miliyan daya daga kadarorin darika da kuma dala 500,000 daga asusun gaggawa na bala’i) domin fara aikin agaji a Najeriya. A cikin watannin da suka gabata, daidaikun mutane da ikilisiyoyin sun ba da sama da dala miliyan 1 ga Asusun Rikicin Najeriya, tare da ci gaba da shigo da kyaututtuka.

Noffsinger ya rubuta: “A lokacin da mutane da yawa suna tambayar cewa ya dace da kuma muhimmancin ikilisiya 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 suke da imani a Najeriya-kamar yadda suka yi shekaru 100 da suka shige don da kuma mutanen Armeniya!’”

Rubutu mai zuwa yana daga ƙasidar da Diocese na Cocin Armeniya ta Amurka (Gabas) ta bayar:

Shekaru 24 da suka wuce, a daren 1915 ga Afrilu, 1,500,000, an fara kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa Armeniyawa fiye da XNUMX. Na farko da aka ware tare da yi musu kisan kiyashi su ne shugabanni da masana na al’ummar Armeniya da ke Turkiyya da Daular Usmaniyya; Lokacin da aka gama, biyu daga cikin uku Armeniyawa da ke zaune a wannan ƙasa sun mutu - waɗanda aka yi wa kisan gilla a kan al'ummar Turkiyya na Armeniya.

An tumbuke dukan al'ummar Armeniya daga ƙasarsu ta asali, wadda ta zauna sama da shekaru 3,000.

An lalata daruruwan majami'u na Armeniya, gidajen ibada, makarantu, da cibiyoyin al'adu a Turkiyya Ottoman.

Raphael Lemkin – wanda ya fara kirkiro kalmar “kisan kare dangi” kuma ana daukarsa a matsayin mahaifin yarjejeniyar kisan kare dangi ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a shekarar 1948 – ya ba da misali da makomar al’ummar Turkiyya ta Daular Usmaniyya a matsayin misali na abin da ya kunshi kisan kare dangi.

A cikin zaluncinsu, Turkawa Ottoman sun kafa sautin karni na 20: sauti mai ban tsoro wanda za a sake ji a sansanonin mutuwar Nazi, a Cambodia karkashin Khmer Rouge, a Bosnia-Herzegovina, a Ruwanda da Darfur. Kuma abin ya yi kamari a lokacin namu, a wurare masu cike da matsananciyar wahala inda “tsarkake kabilanci” ya zama manufar gwamnati, maimakon laifi a gaban mutum da Allah.

Bakin duhu da aka fi sani da kisan kiyashin Armeniya ya ci gaba har zuwa 1923, kuma ya girgiza ra'ayin duniya na lokacin. Ta'addancin da Turkiyya ta yi wa maza da mata da yara 'yan asalin Armeniya an yi rubuce-rubuce sosai, a cikin bayanan shaidun gani da ido, a cikin ma'ajiyar tarihin gwamnatocin Amurka, Burtaniya, Faransa, Austria, da Jamus, da kuma jaridun duniya. Jaridar “New York Times” ta buga labaran labarai sama da 194 – gami da bayanan farko na jami’an diflomasiyyar Amurka da Turai, wadanda suka tsira daga kisan kiyashi, da sauran shaidu – kan halin da al’ummar Armeniya ke ciki.

Kuma duk da haka - abin mamaki - bayan shekaru 100, gwamnatin Turkiyya har yanzu tana musanta cewa an taba yin kisan kare dangi a Armenia. Hujjoji da dabarun da suke amfani da su a yaƙin neman zaɓensu na ƙarya ne, rashin hankali ne kuma ɓarna a hankali; amma sun saba da ƙwararrun masana da masana tarihi waɗanda, a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, sun yi yaƙi da masu ƙaryata Holocaust, Ta'addancin Soviet, da sauran abubuwan da suka faru na rashin adalci.

Ga waɗancan 'yan Armeniyawa-Amurkawa waɗanda suka tsira daga kisan kiyashi kuma suka sami mafaka a wannan ƙasa, 24 ga Afrilu ta kasance ranar tunawa da ƴan uwan ​​da aka rasa, da raye-rayen da aka tumɓuke, da kuma mugun laifi a kan jama'a baki ɗaya. Amma kuma rana ce ta tunani kan tsarkin rayuwa, albarkar tsira, da wajibcin da ya rataya a wuyanmu na ’yan Adam kada mu bar su a lokacin da suke cikin fidda rai.

Yaran Armeniya waɗanda suka yi rashin kuruciyarsu a 1915 galibinsu sun tafi yanzu. A rayuwa sun dau da dacin tunaninsu cikin jajircewa da mutunci; amma bayan shekaru 100 zuri'arsu tana jiran adalci, har yanzu rayukan shahidai na dakon zaman lafiya. Zuriyarsu sun yi alkawarin tunawa da kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa Armeniya.

Abin da ya kamata duk masu hankali su tuna:

A cikin wannan shekara mai muhimmanci, ɗauki ɗan lokaci don tunawa da waɗanda aka kashe a farkon karni na 20, tare da duk sauran mutane a duniya waɗanda suka sha wahala wajen cin zarafin bil adama.

“Na ba da umarni ga rukunin mutuwara da su halaka, ba tare da jin ƙai ko tausayi ba, maza, mata, da yara ‘yan kabilar Poland. Ta wannan hanyar ne kawai za mu iya samun yanki mai mahimmanci wanda muke bukata. Bayan haka, wa ya tuna da kisan Armeniyawa a yau? Adolf Hitler, 22 ga Agusta, 1939, a jajibirin mamayar da Nazi ya yi wa Poland.

— Rubutu da hotuna na ƙasidar kan Kisan Kisan Armeniya na Christopher Zakian, Artur Petrosyan, da Karine Abalyan ne. Don ƙarin bayani game da ziyarar kisan kiyashin Armenia www.armenian-genocide.org , www.armeniangenocidecentennial.org , Da kuma www.agccaer.org .

3) 'Na yanke shawarar zama tare da marayu na': Tunawa da 'Yan'uwa suna aiki a lokacin kisan kare dangi

Da Frank Ramirez

“An bayar da rahoton kisan kiyashi ga ‘yan Armeniyawa dubu XNUMX, kuma a yanzu sojojin Faransa na ficewa daga birnin. Na yanke shawarar in zauna tare da marayu na, in ɗauki abin da ya zo. Wannan na iya zama wasiƙara ta ƙarshe. Duk abin da ya faru, ka tabbata ga Allah a sama kuma duk yana lafiya. Ina aiki da rana kuma sau da yawa da dare a asibitin gaggawa. Ku yarda da ni, yaƙi jahannama ne.”

Haka Evelyn Trostle (1889-1979), ma’aikaciyar agaji ta ’yan’uwa daga McPherson, Kan., ta rubuta a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu, 1920, daga Marash, a cikin Asiya Ƙarama, inda aka ci gaba da yin kisan kare dangi da gwamnati da jama’ar Turkiyya suka yi wa al’ummar Armeniya. .

Kamar yadda ’yan’uwa suka gane kuma suka tuna da wahalar da mutanen Armeniya suka sha, wadda ta fara a watan Afrilu 1915 kuma ta yi sanadin mutuwar mutane miliyan ɗaya zuwa biyar, yana da muhimmanci mu gane cewa martanin da ’yan’uwa suka bayar bai yi daidai da girman cocinmu.

Mutanen da ke da kyakkyawar niyya a duniya, ciki har da Amurkawa, ko da a tsakiyar yakin duniya na farko, sun kadu da rahotannin da suka fito daga yankin. Mujallun ’yan’uwa masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje sun ba da labarin kisan gillar da aka yi wa yara, mata, da maza da ba su ji ba ba su gani ba.

'Yan'uwa da farko suka amsa da karamcin da ba a taba gani ba. Dala 250,000 da jama'a suka tara a 1920 zai kai dala miliyan 3 zuwa dala miliyan 4 a yau.

Ƙari ga haka, a lokacin da ba a taɓa jin labarin ilimin ɗabi’a ba, ’Yan’uwa sun yi aiki tare da Kiristoci daga wurare dabam-dabam ta wurin Kwamitin Ba da Agaji a Gabas ta Tsakiya.

Rahoton Taron Taron Shekara-shekara na 1920 ya yaba wa AJ Culler don aikin da ya yi na shirya yunƙurin haɗin kai na ’yan’uwa a ƙasar Armeniya, yana mai cewa “an ba da kuɗin da nufin ceto ’yan Adam da ke fama da yunwa fiye da yadda ake ba don kowane fa’ida ko bashi wanda zai iya zuwa ga ’yan’uwa ɗaya ɗaya. Church of the Brothers.”

Sa’ad da yanayin siyasa ya tabarbare, an kori ma’aikatan agaji da suka haɗa da ’yan’uwa da yawa, amma kamar yadda rahoton ya ce: “’Yar’uwa Evelyn Trostle, wadda Kwamitin Kusa da Gabas ta kafa a Marash, ta ga wasu munanan kisan-kiyashi da kuka karanta a lokacin da aka yi juyin mulki. watannin hunturu. Ta gwammace ta ci gaba da zama a kan aikinta, ta dogara ga Allah ya ba ta kariya, maimakon ta bar marayun ta ga tausayin azzaluman Turkawa. Ta kasance misali mai kyau na ayyukan sadaukar da kai na ma’aikatan agaji.”

Trostle ta ceci rayukan ɗaruruwan yara ta wurin kasancewarta a lokacin kisan kiyashin a farkon 1920. Armaniyawan da ta yi hidima ta ƙarfafa ta ta koma Amurka don ba da labarinsu, wanda ta yi cikin haɗari mai girma, tana hawan doki tsawon ɗaruruwan mil mil. na ƙasa mai haɗari.

Trostle, wacce ta kasance mai koyarwa a Kwalejin McPherson, ta ci gaba da kashe yawancin rayuwarta a gabar tekun Yamma, tana tara kuɗi don agajin Armeniya tare da ba da labarin abin da ta lura. Dangantakar 'yan'uwa da mutanen Armeniya ta ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa ta hanyar Jami'ar La Verne a kudancin California.

-Frank Ramirez Fasto ne na Cocin 'yan'uwa, marubuci, ɗan tarihi, kuma mai yawan ba da gudummawa ga Newsline da "Manzo." Madogararsa na wannan labarin sun haɗa da Mintuna na taron shekara-shekara 1920, shafi 38-39; The New York Times, Maris 10, 1920; da kuma hirar da marubucin ya yi. Duba kuma "Wane Zai Kāre Yara?" a cikin littafin Ramirez "Mutumin Mafi Mahimmanci a Gundumar Patrick da Sauran Jaruman 'Yan'uwa da Ba a Yi tsammani ba" (Brethren Press, 2004). oda littafin a www.brethrenpress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=8593

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4) Taron shekara-shekara na NCC ya nuna sabon mayar da hankali ga samar da zaman lafiya tsakanin addinai, daure jama'a.

Majalisar Cocin Kirista ta kasar Amurka (NCC) ta gudanar da taron hadin kan Kirista na shekara karo na biyu a ranakun 7-9 ga watan Mayu kusa da birnin Washington, DC Taron ya mayar da hankali ne kan samar da zaman lafiya tsakanin mabiya addinai daban-daban da kuma daure jama'a, da batutuwan da suka hada da martanin kiristoci kan cin zarafin 'yan sanda. Wasu mutane 200 ne suka halarta, ciki har da shugabanni daga al'adun Kirista da dama.

Ma’aikatan Cocin ’Yan’uwa a wurin taron sune Nathan Hosler, darektan Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a, da Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai. Wendy McFadden, mawallafin 'yan jarida, kuma ta halarci wani gagarumin taron taron - bikin tunawa da kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa Armeniya a babban cocin Washington National Cathedral. An gudanar da bikin tunawa da shekaru 100 tun bayan fara kisan kiyashin da aka yi a kasar Armeniya a shekara ta 1915, kuma ya samu halartar dubban zuriyar wadanda suka tsira daga kisan kare dangi. Mataimakin shugaban kasar Biden yana cikin manyan masu fada a ji na addini da na siyasa da suke wurin. Duba rahoton Newsline a www.brethren.org/news/2015/armenian-genocide-is-commemorated.html .

Yankunan mayar da hankali kan ecumenical

A halin yanzu, NCC tana bin manyan ayyuka guda biyu: gina dangantaka tsakanin addinai tare da mai da hankali kan samar da zaman lafiya, da kuma kawo karshen zaman kurkuku. Dukansu sun yi jawabai daga manyan jawabai da masu fafutuka a wannan taron na 2015.

Gabanin taron, NCC ta dauki nauyin wata wasika zuwa ga babban mai shigar da kara na Amurka, inda ta bukaci da a gudanar da cikakken bincike a kan halin da ake ciki a Baltimore, domin nuna goyon baya ga bukatar magajin garin Rawlings-Blaker na a samar da tsari da gudanar da bincike a sashen ‘yan sanda na Baltimore.

Bayan kammala taron, Hukumar NCC ta fitar da “Kira ga ‘Yan Sanda da sake fasalin al’umma da warkar da su,” sanarwar da ta yi kira ga gwamnatocin tarayya, jihohi, da kananan hukumomi da su dauki kwararan matakai domin mayar da martani kan zaluncin ‘yan sanda da kashe-kashen Afrika. Amurkawa ta 'yan sanda.

Sanarwar ta ce, "Abubuwan da 'yan sanda suka yi na ta'asar da ke haifar da manyan raunuka da kuma mutuwa na faruwa sau da yawa da kyar za mu iya ci gaba da samun rahotannin," in ji sanarwar a wani bangare. "Wannan matsala ce ta kasa da ke kira da a mayar da martani na tarayya, jiha, da na gida." Duba cikakken bayanin sanarwar Hukumar NCC a kasa.

Ƙungiyoyin addinai da masu magana da ƙasashen duniya

Shugaban Baptist na Amurka, Roy Medley, wanda ke shugabantar Hukumar Mulki ta NCC, ya lura da abubuwan da ke cikin nassi game da tattaunawa tsakanin addinai da addinai lokacin da, a safiyar farko, ya gayyaci addu'a don taron: “Aikin da muka zo nan don yin aiki ne mai mahimmanci, domin an danka mana ma’aikatar sulhu. Don haka muna bukatar mu yi addu’a.”

Leymah Gbowee wadda ta lashe lambar yabo ta zaman lafiya ta Laberiya, ita ce ta jagoranci zaman farko na safe, amma ta kasance daya daga cikin fitattun jawabai da aka gayyata don gabatar da ko shiga cikin tattaunawar. Shima da yake jawabi a wani liyafar maraice da Majalisar Coci ta Duniya (WCC) ta dauki nauyin shiryawa shine Olav Fykse Tveit, babban sakatare na WCC, wanda ya gabatar da tattaunawa mai fadi game da abubuwan da majami'un Kirista ke aiwatarwa a duk duniya wajen samar da zaman lafiya mai adalci.

Masu gabatar da kara a tsakanin mabiya addinai sun hada da Naeem Baig, shugaban Da'irar Musulunci ta Arewacin Amurka kuma mai gudanar da harkokin addinai don zaman lafiya; Rabbi Gerald Serotta, babban darektan Majalisar Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington; Jared Feldman, mataimakin shugaban kasa kuma darakta na Majalisar Hulda da Jama'a na Yahudawa a Washington; da Sayyid M. Syeed, darektan kungiyar Musulunci ta ofishin hadin kan addinai da al'umma ta Arewacin Amurka.

Ɗaya daga cikin faifai kan mahaɗa tsakanin samar da zaman lafiya tsakanin addinai da matsalar ɗaurin kurkuku a Amurka ya haɗa da Gbowee, Feldman, da Syeed, tare da Walter Fortson, wanda ke da digiri na biyu a fannin laifuffuka kuma mashawarcin ilimi ne a Gidan Gyaran Matasan Mountainview a New Jersey, da kuma Angelique Walker-Smith, darektan abokin tarayya na Ba-Amurke da haɗin gwiwar cocin Afirka a Bread for the World.

Kwamitin ya yi la'akari da yawan Amurkawa da ke fama da su ko kuma ke fuskantar dauri, musamman al'ummar Afirka-Amurkawa, da kuma adadin "karfafawa" ga al'ummar Amurka na ci gaba da sanya adadi mai yawa na mutane a kurkuku. Abubuwan da ke ba da gudummawa sun hada da wariyar launin fata, talauci, gazawa a tsarin ilimin al'umma, mayar da gidajen yari, mayar da 'yan sanda soja, da wargajewar tsarin shari'ar laifuka zuwa tsarin jihohi da na gida daban-daban, da sauransu.

Dangane da wannan matsala mai dimbin yawa, masu jawabai sun bukaci coci-coci da su kara himma wajen jawo mutanen da ke fama da matsalar dauri da kuma wadanda suka fi fuskantar dauri. Walker-Smith ya kira Kiristoci daga al'adu daban-daban da su "taru don ƙirƙirar wurare kafin, lokacin, da bayan ɗaurin kurkuku." Ta shawarci majami'u da kada su karkata, amma su hada ma'aikatu irin su kantin sayar da abinci da horar da dalibai da ma'aikatun gidan yari, domin biyan bukatun masu karamin karfi da kuma taimakawa wajen hana zaman gidan yari.

Wasu kuma sun yi kira da a yi yunƙurin shiga tsakanin addinai don magance yawan ɗaurin kurkuku. Feldman ya ce: "Yanzu ne lokacin da ya dace da al'ummomin addinai za su taru don samar da tsari kan batun daure jama'a." Al'ummar bangaskiya ita ce kadai a cikin al'ummar da za ta iya "zuba yanayin ɗabi'a" a daidai lokacin da zancen siyasa game da ɗaurin kurkuku ya mamaye batun tsada, in ji shi.

Feldman ya shaida wa taron cewa "Ma'amala da batun zaman kurkuku ya zama dole don gina irin adalcin al'umma da muke yi wa aiki."

Tebur masu taro

Har ila yau, “teburan taro” guda huɗu sun gudanar da taro yayin taron. Tun da aka sake fasalin hukumar NCC a cikin ‘yan shekarun da suka gabata, kuma ba ita ce hukuma mai yanke hukunci ba, an kafa tsarin taron taron tare da kwamitin gudanarwa wanda ya kunshi shugabannin gamayyar majami’u. An fara sake fasalin NCC da sake fasalin a cikin kaka na 2012 (duba rahoton Newsline "Manyan kungiyoyin ecumenical na Amurka sun sake fasalin" www.brethren.org/news/2013/ecumenical-bodies-restructure.html ).

Teburin taro wata dama ce ta tarurruka da tattaunawa tsakanin ma'aikatan dariku ko tarayya, da masu aikin sa kai na coci da masu fafutuka da ke yin aiki a bangarorin hudu. Teburin taron suna magana tare game da yuwuwa da fifiko don aiki tare da ƙoƙarin bayar da shawarwari. Suna kuma raba bayanai da albarkatu.

Teburan taro guda hudu sune:
- Ilimin Kirista, Samar da Imani na Ecumenical, da Ci gaban Jagoranci
- Tattaunawar Tauhidi da Al'amuran Imani da Oda
- Dangantaka tsakanin addinai
- Ayyukan Haɗin gwiwa da Ba da Shawarar Adalci da Zaman Lafiya.

Ma'aikatan Cocin 'Yan'uwa Nate Hosler wani bangare ne na Tsarin Haɗin gwiwa da Shawarwari don Adalci da Teburin taron zaman lafiya. Babban Sakatare Stanley J. Noffsinger yana cikin Hukumar Mulki, ko da yake bai samu damar halartar taron na bana ba.

James E. Winkler shine babban sakataren NCC kuma shugaban kasa. Shi tsohon babban sakatare ne na United Methodist General Board of Church and Society. A shekarar 2013 NCC ta bar hedkwatarta mai tarihi a New York, inda ta koma ofisoshi a Washington, DC

Sabbin albarkatu

A ci gaba da bibiyar wani babban batu na taron hadin kan kiristoci, NCC na bayar da sabbin kayayyaki guda biyu kan daure jama'a: Jerin albarkatun da ake daure jama'a, da kuma Kit ɗin Starter wanda ta haɗa da Ilimin Kiristanci, Ƙirƙirar Faith Faith, da Taron Ci gaban Jagoranci. Tebur. Dukansu suna samuwa a kan fifikon ƙaddamar da taro na gidan yanar gizon NCC a http://nationalcouncilofchurches.us/about/massincarcerationpriority.php .

Hukumar ta NCC kuma tana mika goron gayyata zuwa gidan yanar gizo na WCC kan “Ikklisiya masu bishara da bakin haure,” wani bangare na jerin shirye-shiryen bishara a karni na 21 da WCC tare da hadin gwiwar hukumar NCC suka shirya, tare da tuntubar majalisar cocin Kanada. Hakanan ana samun goyan bayan gidan yanar gizon Hukumar Almajirai ta United Methodist. Yi rijista don webinar a http://nationalcouncilofchurches.us/pages/webinar-4 .

Cikakkun bayanan da Hukumar NCC ta fitar game da sake fasalin ‘yan sanda kamar haka:

Kira zuwa ga gyara da warkar da al'ummomi na 'yan sanda: Sanarwa daga Hukumar Gudanarwar Majami'u ta kasa

A cikin kukansu, “Babu adalci, babu zaman lafiya,” masu zanga-zangar a Ferguson, Baltimore, New York, da kuma wasu biranen ƙasar suna bayyana irin baƙin ciki da takaici da annabi Habakkuk ya yi sa’ad da ya yi shelar cewa:

“Ya Ubangiji, har yaushe zan yi kuka domin taimako,
   kuma ba za ku ji ba?
Ko kuwa kuka ce muku 'Tashin hankali!'
   kuma ba za ku yi ceto ba?
Don me kuke sa na ga zalunci
   kuma dubi matsala?
Halaka da tashin hankali suna gabana.
   husuma da jayayya sun taso.
Don haka doka ta zama kasala
   shari’a kuwa ba ta wanzuwa har abada.” (Habakuk 1:2-4a).

Tushen adalci da zaman lafiya imani ne na ɗabi'a ga ainihin kimar rayuwar ɗan adam. Ci gaban fasaha da amfani da kafofin watsa labarun sun kawo haske kan wata hujja mai tada hankali-rayuwar Amurkawa na Afirka, musamman waɗanda ke cikin al'ummomin da ke fama da talauci, ba su da kima kamar na masu hannu da shuni. Manufofin "Yaki akan Magunguna" da kuma "tsari kan aikata laifuka" na shekarun da suka gabata sun haifar da 'yan sanda da ba su da kyau ga jama'a da al'ummomin da aka ba su izinin kiyaye su.

Mutuwar manyan jami'an 'yan sandan Amurka da ba sa dauke da makamai a hannun 'yan sanda a Ferguson, Staten Island, North Charleston, da Baltimore na baya-bayan nan ba wani lamari ba ne. Abubuwan da ‘yan sanda suka yi na ta’addancin da ke haddasa munanan raunuka da mutuwa suna faruwa sau da yawa da kyar za mu iya ci gaba da samun rahotannin. Wannan wata matsala ce ta kasa wacce ke kira ga gwamnatin tarayya, jiha, da kuma na gida.

A cewar gidan yanar gizon Taswirar Taswirar Yan Sanda (http://mappingpoliceviolence.org/), kusan 304 Ba-Amurke 'yan sanda ne suka kashe a cikin 2014. Wannan takaddun aikin haɗin gwiwa ne na masu bincike da masu fafutuka masu zaman kansu saboda ba a adana bayanan jama'a ko na tarayya na wannan bayanin.

A irin waɗannan lokuta ana iya jin mutane suna tambaya, "Ina ƙungiyar bangaskiya," ko, "Shin cocin ya dace?" Ana iya samun amsoshin a inda al'ummar bangaskiya ke tsakiyar zafi da waraka. Mutanen da ke da alaƙa da NCC ta hanyar ƙungiyoyin membobinmu suna zama limamin kurkuku da ’yan sanda; 'yan sanda ne da mutanen da ke ba da lokaci, 'yan ƙasa da 'yan uwa masu dawowa, waɗanda aka azabtar da masu laifi, fastoci da shugabannin al'umma. A cikin tashe-tashen hankulan jama'a da suka barke a garuruwan kasar nan, shugabannin addininmu sun kasance kan gaba wajen gudanar da zanga-zangar lumana da kuma samar da kula da kiwo ga al'umma.

Muna yabawa da goyon bayan hukumomin tilasta bin doka da suka yi koyi da aikin ’yan sanda na gari, kuma a cikin al’adar bayar da shawara ga adalci da zaman lafiya da wahayi daga annabi Ishaya ya yi aiki a matsayin “masu gyara karya” muna kira da a sake fasalin tsarin shari’a da ke kawowa. sulhu da maidowa. Don wannan muna ba da shawarar matakai masu zuwa don sake fasalin 'yan sanda:

- Haɗa horon sauya rikici a matsayin wani ɓangare na horar da 'yan sanda da daidaitaccen madadin ko ƙarin zaɓi don magance laifuffuka da laifuka.

- Saka wa sassan 'yan sanda da jami'ai don ingantattun dabarun aikin aikin al'umma maimakon kamawa da adadin tikitin tikiti.

- Sanya horo ya zama tilas kuma a ci gaba da sabuntawa ga duk jami'an tsaro kan al'amuran al'adu na al'adu, hulɗa da masu tabin hankali, da kuma mayar da martani ga hare-haren jima'i.

- Aiwatar da amfani da kyamarori na jiki na wajibi a duk faɗin ƙasar tare da samar da tallafin tarayya ga al'ummomin da ba za su iya biyan su ba. Mun ƙi yunƙurin yunƙurin gundumomi na ɓoye a bayan dokokin FOIA da wasu hani.

- ladabtar da jami'an 'yan sanda wadanda ba sa sanya alamarsu ko ba da katin kasuwanci da suna da lambar lamba lokacin da aka nema.

- Magana game da sojan rundunar 'yan sanda da kuma yadda aka yi amfani da rarar kayan aikin soja.

- Magance matsalolin da ke tattare da wuce gona da iri da kuma aiwatar da dokokin da ma'aikatun 'yan sanda ke aiwatarwa ba tare da nuna bambanci ba da kuma tasirin da yake da shi ga al'umma da iyalai.

Hukumar da ke kula da majami’u ta kasa ce ta bayar a yayin taron hadin kan Kirista a ranar 7-9 ga Mayu, 2015.

— Tun da aka kafa ta a shekarar 1950, NCC ce ke kan gaba wajen bada shaida a tsakanin kiristoci a Amurka. Ƙungiyoyin mambobi 37 na NCC daga nau'ikan Furotesta, Anglican, Orthodox, Evangelical, Ba'amurke mai tarihi, da majami'u masu zaman lafiya, sun haɗa da mutane miliyan 45 a cikin fiye da ikilisiyoyi 100,000 a duk faɗin ƙasar. Don ƙarin bayani game da NCC je zuwa www.nationalcouncilofchurchs.us .

5) Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa sun ba da umarnin $ 70,000 don mayar da martani na hadin gwiwa a Nepal, tare da sauran tallafi.

Ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa sun ba da umarnin ba da gudummawar $ 70,000 daga Cocin of the Brothers Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) don taimakawa wajen ba da gudummawar haɗin gwiwa a Nepal tare da Sabis na Duniya na Church (CWS) da Lutheran World Relief, Heifer International, da abokan gida.

Sauran rabon EDF na baya-bayan nan na ci gaba da ba da tallafi ga ayyukan sake gina ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa a Spotswood, NJ; ya goyi bayan martanin CWS game da gudun hijirar miliyoyin 'yan Iraqi bayan shekaru da dama na rikici a kasarsu; kuma yana goyan bayan amsawar CWS ga halakar da guguwar bazara ta haifar a duk faɗin Amurka.

Nepal

Kudin EDF na dalar Amurka 70,000 don mayar da martani na hadin gwiwa ga girgizar kasar Nepal ya biyo bayan girgizar kasa mai karfin awo 25 da ta afku a ranar 7.8 ga Afrilu wanda ya yi sanadiyar salwantar rayuka da rayuka wanda ya bazu zuwa kasashen Indiya, China, da Bangladesh. "A matsayinta na ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe mafi ƙanƙanta a duniya, ikon Nepal na ba da amsa ga ɗimbin bukatun jin kai yana da iyaka, kuma gwamnatin Nepal ta yi kira ga al'ummomin duniya da su taimaka," in ji bukatar tallafin.

Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa za su yi aiki tare da abokan hulɗa na dogon lokaci CWS, Lutheran World Relief, da Heifer International, kuma za su haɓaka sabon dangantaka da ƙungiyoyin Nepalese. Wannan tallafin yana mai da hankali kan taimakon gaggawa ga wasu iyalai masu rauni ta hanyar samar da $30,000 zuwa CWS/Lutheran Relief World, $30,000 zuwa Heifer International, kuma har zuwa $10,000 don tallafawa haɗin gwiwar da ke tasowa a Nepal.

Dala 30,000 don amsawar CWS/Lutheran World Relief zai tallafawa kayan matsuguni na wucin gadi; abinci na gaggawa; ruwa, tsaftar muhalli, da bukatun tsafta; da kuma kula da psychosocial da ilimi.

Dala 30,000 ga Heifer International za ta tallafa wa agajin gaggawa a cikin nau'ikan kayan matsuguni na wucin gadi, abinci, barguna, da kuma kayan gida ga manoman kassai fiye da 10,000 da girgizar kasar ta shafa.

Za a ba da ƙarin tallafi da ke tallafawa waɗannan martani bisa ga bayar da wannan martani, a cewar Ministocin Bala'i na 'yan'uwa.

Spotswood, NJ

Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa sun ba da umarnin bayar da gudummawar EDF na $30,000 don ci gaba da tallafawa aikin sake ginawa a Spotswood, NJ A baya an ba da tallafin aikin ne ta hanyar tallafi daga Red Cross ta Amurka don gyarawa da sake gina gidajen da Super Storm Sandy ya lalace ko ya lalata.

Tun daga Janairu 2014, 'yan'uwa masu aikin sa kai suna aiki a kan gyaran gida da sake ginawa a wurare daban-daban na Monmouth County, NJ, ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da Monmouth County Long Term Recovery Group, Habitat for Humanity, da wasu abokan tarayya biyu. Yanzu haka kungiyar ta nada ma’aikatun ‘yan’uwa bala’i sama da rabin wadanda aka amince da su sun warke kuma sun tabbatar da cewa za a samu karin taimako da ake bukata a kalla ta hanyar kammala 2015.

"A wannan lokacin 489 masu aikin sa kai na BDM sun kammala aikin sa'o'i 31,800 na gyare-gyare da kuma sabon gini a kan gidaje sama da 85 a cikin gundumomi biyar, tare da yawancin suna cikin gundumar Monmouth daga wurin Spotswood," in ji ma'aikatan Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta Brethren.

Iraki

Tallafin EDF na dala 7,500 yana tallafawa martanin CWS game da gudun hijirar miliyoyin mutanen Iraqi bayan shekaru da yawa na rikici a cikin ƙasarsu. "Cibiyar Kula da Kaura ta cikin gida ta kiyasta fiye da mutane miliyan 3 - ciki har da 'yan tsiraru da yawa - sun kasance a Iraki har zuwa Nuwamba 2014," in ji bukatar tallafin. "Bugu da ƙari, ya zuwa watan Janairu 2015, an kiyasta cewa kimanin 'yan gudun hijirar Iraqi 32,000 suna zaune a Iran bayan sun guje wa tashin hankali."

Wannan tallafin zai taimaka wa CWS ta ba da taimako ga iyalai 'yan gudun hijirar Iraki 37 a ciki da wajen birnin Qom na Iran wajen siyan kayayyakin matsuguni da abinci.

Amurka

Tallafin EDF na $2,000 yana tallafawa martanin CWS ga lalacewa da lalata da guguwar bazara ta haifar a duk faɗin Amurka. Wannan tallafin zai samar da ayyukan horarwa na CWS akan yanar gizo da aka mayar da hankali kan buƙatun dawo da dogon lokaci a takamaiman wuraren da waɗannan guguwa suka faɗa. Hakanan za'a yi amfani da kuɗi don jigilar kayan aiki gami da kayan aikin CWS zuwa abokan haɗin gwiwa da majami'u waɗanda ke magance bukatun masu tsira.

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

6) Juyawar al'adu tsakanin al'adu ya kawo bakan gizo na bil'adama tare don cewa 'Amin!'

Biyu daga cikin masu shirya 2015 Intercultural Retreat da aka gudanar a farkon watan Mayu a Harrisburg, Pa., sun rubuta ra'ayoyinsu game da taron:

 

Taron al'adu ya yi la'akari da abin da ake nufi da zama cocin al'adu a karni na 21

Daga Mary Etta Reinhart

“Dukkan Mutanen Allah Suna Cewa Amin” shine jigo mai jan hankali don komawar al’adunmu na karshen mako a Harrisburg (Pa.) Cocin Farko na Yan’uwa inda Belita Mitchell ke hidima a matsayin limamin coci. Kusan mutane 150 daga gundumomi 9 na Cocin ’yan’uwa sun taru don su halarci wannan taron na kwanaki uku. Gundumar Atlantika arewa maso gabas da Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa ne suka dauki nauyin wannan taron daga ranar Juma'a zuwa Lahadi 1-3 ga Mayu. Shugabanni da masu magana da yawa sun ba wa mahalartan ƙwarewa iri-iri da hangen nesa kan abin da ake nufi da zama wani ɓangare na cocin al'adu a ƙarni na 21st.

Masu magana da baƙi sun haɗa da Drew Hart, wani "Ana-Blacktivist" wanda aka sani da koyarwarsa da wa'azi game da martanin Kirista game da batutuwa na launin fata da kabilanci. Ya ƙarfafa sanin hanyoyin daban-daban da al'adunmu na Amirka ke ba da amsa ga mutane masu launi ta hanyar kwatanta kwarewar rayuwarsa a duniyar ilimi da rayuwar al'umma.

Joel Peña wanda fasto ne na Cocin Alpha da Omega na 'yan'uwa, wata ikilisiyar Hispanic mai girma da ƙwazo a cikin Lancaster, Pa., ya jagoranci zaman taro mai jan hankali da ke bayyana yawan mutanen farko-, na biyu, da na uku Asalin Hispanic a Amurka. An ƙalubalanci waɗanda suka halarta don yin la'akari da yadda ƙasarmu da al'ummomin cocinmu za su kasance cikin shekaru 50 yayin da wannan ci gaban ya ci gaba.

Sauran jagoranci sun haɗa da Leah Hileman, wadda ke aiki a fagen dutsen Kirista mai zaman kanta da kuma fasto. Ta jagoranci wani zama mai ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa inda ta ba da misalan yadda al'adun gargajiya za su iya yin tasiri ga salon waƙarmu, ta yadda waƙar waƙoƙi iri ɗaya za ta iya bambanta sosai dangane da al'adun mawaƙa.

A safiyar Lahadi LaDonna Nkosi, limamin Cocin First Church of the Brothers da ke Chicago, Ill., ta yi wani zama mai ma'ana da ke bayyana ra'ayinta game da abin da aka fi sani da tauhidin 'yanci. Ministan zartarwa na Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas Craig Smith ya raba saƙon safiya a kan "Climbing Out of Your Rut," a ibadar safiyar Lahadi da ta biyo baya.

Bayan duk waɗannan shugabannin, an yi taɗi na taƙaitaccen zaman ibada a ƙarshen ƙarshen mako karkashin jagorancin Jonathan Bream, Fasto na Cocin Brooklyn (NY) First Church of the Brother; Doris Abdullah, minista mai lasisi a Brooklyn First; da Ron Tilley, babban darektan ma'aikatun 'yan'uwa na Harrisburg First. Ma'aikatan Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya da suka hada da Jonathan Shively, Stan Dueck, da Gimbiya Kettering suma sun ba da jagoranci da ba da gudummawa ga zaman karshen mako da abubuwan da suka faru.

Wasan wake-wake da yabo na ibada da yammacin ranar Asabar na daya daga cikin manyan wuraren da aka gudanar da taron. Ƙwararriyar ƙungiyar ibada ce ta jagoranci kidan bauta ƙarƙashin jagorancin Leah Hileman da Josiah Ludwick, abokin fasto a Harrisburg Farko da Mataimakin shirin bcmPEACE. Sauran mahalarta taron daban-daban sun ba da gudummawar basirarsu don yin wannan maraice mai cike da yabo da ibada.

Taron zumunci a ranar Lahadi ya kasance kyakkyawan lokaci ga mahalarta da masu bauta daga Harrisburg Farko don haɗuwa da shakatawa daga cikakkiyar gogewa mai ma'ana mai ma'ana wanda ya albarkaci mutane da yawa tare da sabunta hangen nesa na yadda za mu iya fitar da bangaskiyarmu a cikin duniyar al'adu da ke canzawa. Godiya da yawa ga fasto Belita Mitchell da ƴan uwa na Harrisburg Da farko ga dukan sadaukarwar da suka yi wajen gudanar da wannan gagarumin taron!

- Mary Etta Reinhart darektan Shaida da Wayar da Kai na Cocin Brethren's Atlantic Northeast District.

Ana ganin bakan gizo na ɗan adam a 'Dukkan Mutanen Allah Suce Amin'

By Gimbiya Kettering

Daga cikin lungu da sako, mutane sun ɗaga muryarsu suna cewa “Amin” – a ƙarshen addu’a, don tallafa wa masu magana, don nuna juyayinsu da labari, da kuma yabo da bauta. Domin taron Intercultural Gathering na 2015, Harrisburg (Pa.) First Church of the Brother ya cika da mutane daga ko’ina cikin ƙasar, daga al’ummar da ke kewayen cocin-har da wani ɗan’uwa mai wakiltar EYN da ya zo daga Abuja, Nijeriya. Bakan gizo mai kama da ɗan adam daga jarirai zuwa manyan mutane, fastoci zuwa sababbin masu bi; Hakika taron dukan mutanen Allah ne.

Taken, “Dukkan Mutanen Allah Suna Cewa Amin,” ya kasance mai ban sha’awa musamman a matsayin “amin” kalma ce da aka fassara – iri ɗaya a cikin duk harsuna, ba tare da buƙatar fassara a cikin taron da ke yaruka da yawa ba.

Daren bude taron, Jonathan Shively, babban darekta na Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Congregational Life, ya yi magana game da tasirin "al'adun birane" a kan dukan al'ummominmu. A ranar Asabar, Drew Hart, dalibin Anabaptist na digiri na uku a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Lutheran kuma mai rubutun ra'ayin kanka a yanar gizo na "Karni na Kirista," ya yi magana game da sulhunta launin fata a kasarmu. Joel Peña, babban fasto a Alpha da Omega a Lancaster, Pa., ya yi amfani da yanayin alƙaluman jama'a tsakanin Latin Amurkawa don tattauna yadda muke yin manufa da kai. Jagorancin taron ya kuma haɗa da Stan Dueck yana tattaunawa game da almajiranci da Leah Hileman da ke jagorantar zama kan hidimar kiɗa.

Tushen nassi da bangaskiya, yawancin tattaunawar kuma sun tabo abubuwan da ke faruwa a yau da kuma al'amuran yau da kullun. An bayyana damuwar da za ta yi nisa game da labarai cewa sun dace da mu duka a matsayin ’yan’uwa mata da ’yan’uwa cikin Kristi. Mutane sun ba da labarinsu na sirri kuma an albarkace su ta hanyar ji daga juna.

Tabbas, babu wani taron al'adu tsakanin al'adu da aka kammala ba tare da kiɗa ba. Tun daga waƙoƙin gargajiya har zuwa waƙoƙin yabo, waƙoƙin sun saba. Kuma wakokin sun kasance sababbi, wanda marubutan wakokin da suka yi su suka raba. Rubutun sun kasance cikin Turanci da Mutanen Espanya. Wani lokaci, murya ɗaya ce ta ɗaga wasu lokutan kuma ta fi ɗari. Dukkan godiya ta tabbata ga Allah. Amin!

Taro na Al'adu wani aikin haɗin gwiwa ne wanda Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya na Cocin Brothers, Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika, da Cocin Harrisburg na Farko na 'Yan'uwa ke tallafawa.

- Gimbiya Kettering darekta ne na ma'aikatun al'adu na cocin 'yan'uwa.

7) Taron karawa juna sani kan zama dan kasa na Kirista 2015 ya dauki nauyin batun shige da fice

Biyu daga cikin manyan matasan da suka halarci taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista na bana kan taron da tasirinsa:

Matasa suna tattauna alaƙa tsakanin ƙaura da bangaskiya

By Jenna Walmer

A ranar 18 ga Afrilu, matasa na Cocin ’yan’uwa sun taru a birnin New York a farkon taron bita na zama ɗan ƙasa na Kirista (CCS), taron da ke ba matasa damar bincika alaƙar da ke tsakanin wani takamaiman batu da bangaskiyarmu. A bana batun batun shige da fice ne.

Taron ya ƙare tare da ziyarar majalisa a Washington, DC A duk tsawon taron, mun tattauna mahimmancin dangantakar bangaskiyarmu da zama ɗan ƙasa da kuma yadda shige da fice ke tasiri rayuwarmu. Makon aiki ne mai cike da koyo, nishaɗi, da haɓakar ruhaniya. Mai zuwa shine taƙaitaccen sigar abin da ke ƙasa a CCS.

Tafiya cikin dandalin Times na New York tare da kaya a cikin shakka babu kasada. Mun ji daɗin wuraren da ke birnin, amma mun yi tafiya da yawa don gano otal ɗinmu. Bayan mun warke daga doguwar tafiya kuma muka je cin abincin dare, Nate Hosler da Bryan Hanger na Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a ne suka jagoranci taronmu na farko. Nate ta tattauna alaƙar ƙaura zuwa Littafi Mai Tsarki. Daga nan, Bryan ya gabatar da wuraren magana don ziyarar majalissar mu.

Washegari, muka rabu kuma muka je coci da ke kewayen birnin. Na je Judson Memorial, cocin da ke da alaƙa da Baptists da United Church of Christ. Wannan cocin ya bambanta sosai kuma ba kamar yadda nake tsammani ba, amma tabbas zan iya ganin kaina na halarta. Mai wa'azin ya kasance kyakkyawa ɗan gurguzu, kuma dukan jama'a suna karɓar kowa: masu fama da cutar AIDS, 'yan luwadi, baƙi. Sun kuma inganta kasancewa a siyasance da zamantakewa.

Abin da ya burge ni shi ne an kama mai wa’azi tare da Dorothy Day da Cesar Chavez. Daga baya da yamma, mai jawabi shi ne ainihin mai wa’azi da muka saurara da safe a Judson. Ta ba da labari bayan labari game da baƙi da ta taimaka. Wannan ya haifar da haɗin kai ga gaskiyar da muka riga muka fara koya. Sanya labari ga gaskiya yana da mahimmanci don haɗawa da ziyarar majalisa.

A ranar Litinin, mun fara ranar tare da limamin cocin Riverside, wanda ya tattauna matsalolin shige da fice da kuma tsarin gaba ɗaya. Bayan wannan zama, da yawa sun tafi Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don yawon shakatawa da kuma wani kwarewar ilimi. A Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, kungiyar ta koyi game da 'yancin ɗan adam. Ina ba da shawarar cewa kowa ya ziyarci Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a kalla sau ɗaya saboda yana buɗe idanunku ga abin da duniya gaba ɗaya ke aiki a kai.

A ƙarshe, ranar tafiya! Tafiyar bas ɗaya ce daga cikin lokutan farko da za ku fara hulɗa da gungun mutane mafi girma. Bayan haka, mun isa birnin Washington, DC, mun gana da Julie Chavez Rodriguez, mataimakiyar daraktar ofishin hulda da jama'a na fadar White House. Mun sami damar kasancewa a harabar Fadar White House! Karen kwayoyi ne ya shaka mu. Har ma na ga maɓuɓɓugar da kuke gani koyaushe a talabijin, kuma ina da hotunan waje na West Wing da duk motocin Sabis na Sirri. Julie Chavez Rodriguez ta ba mu haske kan ajandar Shugaba Obama kan shige da fice. Ta kuma ba mu labarin shirin horarwa a fadar White House.

Bayan cin abinci, Jerry O'Donnell ya ba mu cikakken darasi na farko kan yadda za mu yi magana da wakilanmu. Ya gaya mana mu yi amfani da abubuwan da suka faru na sirri, kuma mu yarda da yanayin gwamnati a halin yanzu. Har ila yau, ya tunatar da mu cewa muna magana ne ga wadanda ba su da murya, baƙi.

Laraba mun sake yin wani zaman horon majalisa da safe. Wannan zaman ya ba mu misalai ta hanyar taron riya na abin da za a yi da abin da ba za a yi ba yayin da muke ofis. Mun sake tattauna muhimman batutuwanmu, don haka sun kasance sabo ne a cikin tunaninmu. Kakakin ya gaya mana mu jagoranci da labarin yadda shige da fice ya yi tasiri a rayuwarmu. Ta kuma shaida mana cewa ’yan majalisa ba sa kwace iyaka saboda tsoro. Ba sa yin aikin gyaran shige da fice kuma suna ba baƙi haƙƙin saboda tsoro. Waɗannan abubuwan sun makale da ni yayin da muka shiga ƙungiyoyinmu da shirye-shiryen ziyarar Dutsen mu.

Ƙungiyara ta je ofishin Sanata Bob Casey. Mun tambaye shi game da janye sojojin da aka yi a kan iyakar. Casey dan Democrat ne. Ya kada kuri'a don ci gaba da soji a kan iyaka saboda abu daya ne da 'yan Republican ke son ci gaba da yin kwaskwarimar shige da fice. Mataimakin ya bayyana cewa wannan shine "ba da ɗauka," abin da Casey "ya ba" ga 'yan Republican don ya sami wani abu dabam. Da yamma, mun yi tunani tare da babban rukuni a ziyararmu.

Zamanmu na ƙarshe ya yi tunani game da makon, da yadda muka girma a hankali da ruhaniya. Bayan zaman, mun dauki hotuna da yawa, muka yi musabaha, muka yi bankwana. Fastonmu ya iso da motar mu kuma mun tafi, a shirye mu zama almajiran Kristi, yanzu muna iya yada kalmar hijira zuwa ga al'ummominmu don kawo canji a duniya.

Yayin da muka zama ƙwazo a cikin siyasa kuma muka fahimci batutuwan da ke kusa da kuma abin da muke so a zukatanmu, ku tuna mu riƙe alaƙa da bangaskiya cikin zuciya. Ka tuna da yin magana ga waɗanda ba za su iya magana da kansu ba. A ƙarshe, ku tuna kuyi aiki ba tare da tsoro ba.

- Jenna Walmer babbar babbar makarantar sakandare ce daga Palmyra (Pa.) Cocin 'yan'uwa wanda kuma ke yin bulogi na gidan yanar gizo na Dunker Punks.

Waiwaye na Taro na zama Kirista

By Corrie Osborne

Tafiyar matasa wani abu ne na musamman a cikin kansu, amma taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista (CCS) ya ma fi na musamman ganin cewa masu halarta suna koyo da daukar matakin siyasa game da wani batu. A taron karawa juna sani na zama dan kasa na Kirista na bana, wasu muhimman batutuwa sun ci gaba da zama a cikin zukatanmu. Mun koyi cewa a matsayinmu na Kiristoci yana da muhimmanci mu kula da mutane ko an rubuta su ko a’a, cewa baƙi suna taimakon tattalin arzikinmu maimakon cutar da shi, kuma babu wani dalili mai kyau na hana baƙi.

Wa'azin ya kasance game da kula da garken ba tare da yin takamaiman ko wanene kuke taimakon ba - wannan ya haɗa da baƙi. Daya daga cikin masu magana da mu, Fasto daga Judson Memorial Church kuma mai fafutukar siyasa na dadewa, ya ba mu labarin kusan jami’an ‘yan sanda mata 30 a duk fadin birnin New York da suka ba da kansu don amsa kiran taimako daga bakin haure da ba su da takardun shaida da ake cin zarafi. Don gudun kada a kore su, dole ne jami’an su kiyaye ziyarar daga littattafan. Ma’ana, jami’an suna zabar abin da suka yi imani ya dace da ɗabi’a su ɗauka a kan matakan da tsarin shige da ficen da ya karye ya kira su da su ɗauka.

Mun koyi cewa yana da mahimmanci a ilmantar da ku game da wani batu, amma kuma ku ɗauki mataki ta hanyoyin da suka dace da ku. Wani lokaci yana da kyau a karkata zuwa ga jinƙai da karimci sabanin yadda doka ta tanada.

Duk da yake yana iya zama kamar ba shi da amfani don korar bakin haure da ba su da takardun izini, an kiyasta kimanin miliyan 11 sun riga sun zauna a Amurka. Ayyukansu sun ƙunshi aikin hannu, aikin gona, kasuwancin gidan abinci, da taimakon gida. Wata gardama akai-akai da ake amfani da ita a kan baƙi da ke zaune a Amurka ita ce cewa suna karɓar ayyukan yi daga “haihuwa da haihuwa” Amurkawa. Sabanin haka, kusan dala biliyan 6 zuwa dala biliyan 7 na harajin Tsaron Jama'a ana biyan su ta hanyar ma'aikata marasa izini kowace shekara. Wannan ƙididdiga ba ta haɗa da miliyoyin daloli na albashin da ake biya a ƙarƙashin tebur ba.

Gaskiyar ita ce, ma'aikatan da ba su da takardun shaida suna yin ayyukan da yawancin jama'ar Amirka ba za su damu da kansu ba. Bugu da ƙari, harajin Tsaron Jama'a daga ma'aikatan da ba su da takardun shaida ba za su taba yin amfani da kansu ba; kudaden suna shiga cikin wani babban tafkin da aka ware a tsakanin 'yan kasa na doka. A taƙaice dai, baƙin haure da ba su da takardun shaida suna biyan sauran mu mu yi ritaya.

Don ƙarin fahimtar batun, mun sadu da wani wanda ke da kwarewa ta farko da ke aiki tare da al'amuran sirri da na siyasa na batun shige da fice-Julia Chavez Rodriguez, 'yar Cesar Chavez. Mun shaida yadda take cudanya da kungiyoyi a fadin kasar tare da tattara labarai domin sanya fuskar dan Adam akan manufofin Shugaba Obama. Babban batu nata shi ne, babu wata hujja mai inganci da za ta tabbatar da hana baƙi.

Batutuwan biyu da ke kawo mafi yawan cece-kuce ba su da alaƙa da dangin baƙi da rashin ilimi game da lamarin. Kamar yadda yake a yawancin lokuta, rashin fahimta yana haifar da tsoro. Wasu sun ce tsarin shige da fice ya “karye,” amma da yawa daga cikin fitattun mutane suna zargin cewa dala mai sarkakiya na gwamnati na samar da manufofin shige da fice da su zama marasa tushe da gangan don haifar da matsala. Wannan yanayin siyasa mai rauni ya sa a sauƙaƙe samun maki na siyasa a matsayin ɗan siyasa. Matsayin ɗan siyasa game da shige da fice na iya shafar tsarin su gaba ɗaya kuma ya canza sakamakon tseren.

A taƙaice dai, mun koyi cewa babban abin da ke tattare da batun ƙaura shi ne rashin tausayi da kuma wulaƙanta bakin haure. Yana da mahimmanci a matsayinmu na coci mu kasance da buɗe ido da maraba domin abin da aka ce mu yi ke nan. Duk da haka, mun lura cewa ’yan siyasar da muka zanta da su ba su amsa tambayoyin da muka yi ba kai tsaye, domin wataƙila ba su da masaniya game da batun da ke gaba, amma kuma saboda yanayin aikinsu na bukatar kada su yi. bada da yawa. Abin baƙin ciki, yana da haɗari sosai mutum ya zama ɗan bangaranci ko da a cikin ƙungiyar siyasa.

Abu mafi mahimmanci, mun fahimci cewa mafi kyawun abin da za mu iya yi game da wannan batu shi ne ɗaukar abin da muka koya tare da mu, don yin amfani da shi daga baya a rayuwa idan dama ta samu.

- Corrie Osborne babban matashi ne a cocin Manchester Church of the Brother a Arewacin Manchester, Ind.

8) An gudanar da taron zaman lafiya na Haiti na biyu a Miami

Da Jerry Eller

Daga yammacin Juma'a 24 ga Afrilu, har zuwa tsakar rana Lahadi, 26 ga Afrilu, an gudanar da taron zaman lafiya na Haiti na biyu a l'Eglise des Freres Church of the Brothers a Miami, Fla. A yayin taron kwanaki uku masu halarta 100 sun yi rajista. Daga cikin wadannan masu rajista 22 matasa ne. Masu rajista sun wakilci majami'u biyar na Haiti a Florida da Cocin 'yan'uwa a Haiti.

Tallafin karimci na dala 1,500 daga Coci na Brethren’s Global Mission and Service ya sa wannan taron ya yiwu. Taimakawa taron shine Aikin Gundumar Kudu maso Gabas na Atlantic Action for Peace Team.

Taro da masu gabatar da jawabai a taron karawa juna sani na bana sune:
- Sabunta kan Haiti wanda Jeff Boshart da Fasto Yves suka gabatar
- Tushen Littafi Mai-Tsarki don Samar da Zaman Lafiya da Shaidar Salama wanda Alexandre Gonçalves ya gabatar
- Halin rikice-rikice da shawarwari da Jerry Eller ya gabatar
- Shirin warware rikicin zaman lafiya a Duniya wanda Alexandre Gonçalves ya gabatar
- Matsalolin da ke Fuskantar Iyalan Haiti (Harshe da Haɗuwa, Tattaunawar kwamiti
- Taron Matasa wanda Alexandre Gonçalves ya gabatar
- Ƙungiyar Rawar Matasan Haiti, waɗanda aka yi a matsayin samfoti don halartar taron shekara-shekara
- Muhimmancin Samar da Zaman Lafiya da Hidima a Rayuwar Ikilisiya, taron tattaunawa
- Safiya na Asabar wanda Wayne Sutton ya gabatar, da Safiya na Lahadi wanda Founa Augustin ya gabatar

Masu shirya taron sune Rose Cadette da Jerry Eller. Shugabannin fassarar sune Founa Augustin, Jonathan Cadette, Rose Cadette, da Jeff Boshart. Wakilin Zaman Lafiya A Duniya shine Alexandre Gonçalves, ƙwararren ɗalibin allahntaka daga Brazil a halin yanzu yana halartar Seminary Theological Seminary. Misis St. Fleur ta shirya sayan abinci, ta kula da yawancin matan Haiti da suka shirya abincin, kuma ita ce mai kula da hidimar abinci.

Mahalarta taron sune Founa Augustin, Jonathan Cadette, C. Gasen (shugaban matasa), Brittany Cadette da sauran matasa. Jeff Boshart, memba na ma'aikatan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis, ya ba da jagoranci gabaɗaya mai kima yayin taron bita a matsayin jagoran bita, mai gudanarwa, da fassara. Fasto Ludovic St. Fleur ya ba da rancen duk basirarsa don yin taron karawa juna sani kuma ya zama abin da ya faru mai ma'ana.

Taron da ba a shirya ba ya faru tare da Jonathan Cadette, Jerry Eller, da Jeff Boshart. Wadannan mutane uku sun je Haiti bayan girgizar kasa a shekara ta 2010, a matsayin wani bangare na tawagar agajin bala'o'i.

Wayne Sutton ne ya samo fassarar Creole na Church of the Brothers a 1970 game da yaki kuma an rarraba kwafi a taron karawa juna sani.

Cocin ’yan’uwa Haiti a Amurka yana haɓaka kuma yana canzawa. Tana fafutukar kiyaye al'adunta da yarenta duk da cewa tana canzawa ta zama Amurkawa. Matasan Haiti su ne kan gaba a cikin waɗannan sauye-sauye. Jama'a ne masu ƙarfi kuma suna ɗokin rungumar dabi'u da ƙa'idodin Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa. Cocin ’Yan’uwa na da wata dama ta musamman don yi wa waɗannan matasa hidima yayin da suka fara fitowa a matsayin shugabannin gobe. Za su iya zama jagorori masu ƙarfi a cikin ikilisiya idan an renon su kuma aka ba su dama.

Wannan taron karawa juna sani ya nuna zaman lafiya a matsayin hanyar rayuwa ta Kirista da samar da zaman lafiya a matsayin hanyar magance rikice-rikice da warware rikice-rikice, daga mutum zuwa yanayin duniya. Mahalarta taron karawa juna sani da yawa sun taƙaita abin da suka fuskanta: “Muna buƙatar wannan saƙon. Da fatan za a dawo.”

- Jerry Eller ya shirya wannan rahoton ne a madadin Kungiyar Ayyukan Aminci ta Kudu maso Gabashin Atlantic.

Abubuwa masu yawa

9) Babban Sakatare na Cocin Brothers don samun digiri na girmamawa daga Manchester

Daga fitowar Jami'ar Manchester

Babban sakatare na Church of the Brothers Stanley J. Noffsinger zai karbi lambar girmamawa Doctor of Humane Letters a ranar Lahadi, Mayu 17, daga Jami'ar Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind. Taron wani bangare ne na ayyukan fara jami'ar wanda kuma ya hada da hidimar Baccalaureate a 11 ni a Cordier Auditorium, inda Noffsinger shine mai magana baƙo. An fara bikin ƙaddamarwa da ƙarfe 2:30 na rana a Cibiyar Nazarin Jiki da Nishaɗi.

Noffsinger, wanda ya kammala karatun digiri a Manchester a shekarar 1976, shine fuskar Cocin ’yan’uwa ga duniya. A matsayin babban sakatare tun 2003, Noffsinger shine babban mai gudanarwa na ƙungiyar da ta kafa Jami'ar Manchester, tana saita sautin ruhaniya da kewaya coci ta hanyar gwagwarmayar bangaskiyar zamani.

A fagen duniya, shi murya ce mai tsayin daka da ƙarfin zuciya ga mutanen da ake zalunta, yana ba da shawarar adalci na zamantakewa da kuma ci gaba da tabbatar da zaman lafiya a cikin duniya da ke cike da yaki da tashin hankali. Abubuwan ban mamaki na Noffsinger sun fito ne daga bikin ranar zaman lafiya ta duniya tare da Paparoma Benedict XVI a Italiya zuwa tattauna hanyoyin samar da zaman lafiya da fahimtar juna tare da shugabannin kasa da kasa da na siyasa 300 a New York. Ya shaida yadda darikar ta kai wa Haiti matalauta da girgizar kasa, sannan ya bi sahun sauran shugabannin Kirista a matsayin bakon shugaba Obama a fadar White House.

Ɗan Fasto na Cocin ’yan’uwa, Noffsinger ɗan kasuwa ne mai nasara kafin ya amsa kiran aikin coci. Kafin ya zama babban sakatare, Noffsinger ya kasance babban darektan Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa a New Windsor, Md., Inda ya jagoranci shirin gaggawa na cocin da ma'aikatun hidima. A matsayinsa na jami'in majami'ar ya yi aiki a hukumar taron Amurka na Majalisar Coci ta Duniya da kuma matsayin mataimakin babban shugaban Majalisar Coci ta kasa.

Noffsinger zai bar mukaminsa na babban sakatare a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2016. Ƙaramin 'ya'yansa biyu, Caleb, dalibi ne a Manchester.

Karanta sakin Jami'ar Manchester a www.manchester.edu/graduation/honorarydegrees.htm

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10) Aikin Alaska ya sami kyautar Going to Garden don tallafawa aikin lambu na 'arewa mai nisa'

Wani aikin aikin lambu na musamman a Alaska yana ɗaya daga cikin rukunin yanar gizon da ke karɓar tallafi ta hanyar Shirin Zuwa Lambun na Cocin Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Abinci ta Duniya (GFCF) da Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a. Manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart ya ce "Abin da suke yi kawai ya ba ni haushi."

Ƙoƙarin Alaska manufa ce ta Bill da Penny Gay da kuma aikin kai wa ikilisiyarsu a Pleasant Dale Church of the Brothers a Decatur, Ind.

Ayyukan Gays a “arewa mai nisa” aikin lambu ya fara ne a cikin 2003 lokacin da Bill ya tafi yawon koyo zuwa ƙauyen Arctic, Alaska, tare da Sabon Ayyukan Al'umma. Ya ce: “Nakan dawo Alaska kowace shekara tun lokacin, kuma matarsa ​​Penny ta shiga cikin lamarin.

"An kai mu wurin don mu shuka iri da yawa fiye da shuka iri don lambuna," in ji Bill.

Ayyukan taimakawa al'ummomin Alaskan na asali don haɓaka aikin lambu ya samar da sabbin kayan lambu da ingantaccen abinci mai gina jiki a wuraren da abinci ya iyakance - muhimmin muhimmin al'amari na aikin. Amma aikin Gays akan aikin lambu ya miƙe daga na zahiri zuwa na ilimi, da na ruhaniya, kuma ya haɗa da raba bisharar Kirista. Daga cikin fa’idojin da ake da su: ‘yan luwadi sun koya wa matasa tsarin aikin lambu. Kuma sun yi maraba da wani sabon memba cikin al’ummar bangaskiya, sa’ad da ɗaya daga cikin mutanen da ke zaune a ƙauyen Arctic ya yi baftisma.

A wannan shekara ma'auratan sun yi farin ciki game da wani sabon yanayi mai wuyar sha'ani: taimakawa al'ummomin Alaska na arewa mai nisa daga aikin lambu zuwa noma. "Yanzu lokaci yayi da gaske don zuwa aiki," in ji Bill a cikin wata hira ta wayar tarho kwanan nan. “Yanzu na san dalilin da ya sa muka zo nan. Yanzu na san dalilin da ya sa Allah ya sa mu koma kowace shekara.”

Fiye da shuka iri

Aikin aikin lambu a Alaska ya samo asali ne ta hanyar tattaunawa da wani dangi a ƙauyen Arctic, waɗanda ke fuskantar ƙorafi na hanji. Bill ya ba da shawarar cewa shuka sabbin kayan lambu na nasu zai iya taimakawa, amma an gaya masa cewa aikin lambu a arewa mai nisa yana da wahala idan ba zai yiwu ba. "Bari in gwada," ya ce musu.

“Da farko sun yi mana dariya,” Bill ya tuna. "Amma a shekara ta biyu, ba su kasance ba." Gargaɗi da faɗakarwa game da aikin lambu mai nisa a arewa ba su ƙare ba, yayin da aikin Gays ya fara samun nasara.

"Ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba, ba abin burgewa ba ne," in ji Bill. "Za mu doke kanmu har zuwa kashi, muna zaune a cikin tanti, amma ya yi aiki."

Da farko sun tafi ƙofa zuwa ƙofa suna ba da gudummawa don taimaka wa iyalai su shirya lambu. Sun taimaki iyalai su dasa gonakinsu, sannan suka mayar da mallakar lambunan ga iyalai don kula da su. Iyalai da yawa sun sami aikin aikin lambu yana da magani, in ji Bill. Ya zama wata hanya ta kawar da damuwa ta yau da kullum da kuma hanyar samun sabbin kayan lambu a cikin abincinsu.

"Mun gano cewa ya fi dacewa da yara," in ji Bill. Yara sun taimaka wajen inganta lambuna, gays sun samu. "Iyayena suna da lambu, me yasa ba naku ba?" Bill ya ji yaran suna fada da juna.

Kodayake nasara, aikin yana da wuyar jiki. Bill ya fara zuwa Alaska, kuma Penny ta same shi a can bayan kammala karatun shekara. A lokacin da ta zo, mai yiwuwa ya yi asarar kilo 25, saboda tsananin motsa jiki da yake yi. Aikin lambun da ke arewa mai nisa yana buƙatar fiye da lankwasawa, durƙusa, da haƙa na aikin lambu a kudancin kudancin. kuma ya hada da daukar ruwa. Kuma lambuna a Alaska na buƙatar dabaru daban-daban kamar yin amfani da tudu da gadaje masu tsayi, saboda sanyin perma lamari ne.

A shekara ta 2011, akwai lambuna 25 zuwa 30 a ƙauyen Arctic, bayan shekaru biyar na aiki. Wannan shekarar ita ce ta ƙarshe da Gays suka yi aiki a ƙauyen Arctic, bayan sun motsa ƙoƙarin zuwa Circle bisa gayyatar da wani shugaban Alaska na ƙasar ya yi masa.

Daga aikin lambu zuwa noma

A Circle, aikin taimaka wa mutane haɓaka lambuna ya fara canzawa zuwa tunanin noma. Bill ya bayyana cewa mutanen da ke Circle sun fara fahimtar cewa akwai fatan samun ayyukan yi da kuma ba da kuɗi a cikin noman noma, waɗanda ba sa cikin aikin lambun al'umma.

Canji zuwa noma daga gonaki masu tasowa zai ɗauki ɗan lokaci, watakila shekaru da yawa, kuma zai buƙaci ƙarin saka hannun jari na kuɗi da albarkatu daga al'ummar Alaska na asali. Amma abu ne mai ban sha'awa sosai ga Gays.

Duk da haka, Bill ya nuna cewa samun dama da kuma araha na aikin lambu ya sa shi a gaba. "Ba lallai ne ku kashe kuɗi ba, ɗan aiki kaɗan ne kawai."

A wannan lokaci, 'yan Gays suna shirin karin shekaru biyu na aiki a Circle, sannan kuma suna fatan karin shekaru biyar na aiki a wasu al'ummomin Alaska, "kuma ga inda za mu iya gudu tare da wannan," in ji Bill. “Yanzu mun kafa kanmu, kuma wannan ita ce shekara ta tara. Sun san za mu dawo.”

'Ba zan iya yarda da cewa ina wani ɓangare na shi'

Farin cikin Bill da sadaukar da kai ga aikin lambu a Alaska ya zo da babbar murya: "Amfanin ya ci gaba da ci gaba," in ji shi. “Abin kunya ne kawai ka kasance cikin matsayi don iya taimaka wa mutane da yawa. Wannan aikin manufa ya zo ya ayyana mu. Ni dai na kasa gaskata yadda ni da matata muka shiga cikinsa.”

Aikin da aka fara karami "ya ci gaba, kuma ya karfafa mutane da yawa. Ya cancanci hakan.”

A cikin shekarun da suka wuce ƙungiyoyin coci sun haɗa su don ayyukan hidima, kuma sun shafe lokaci suna aiki da Habitat for Humanity. Sun ja hankalin kafafen yada labarai da dama a Alaska, har ma tashar Discovery Channel ta tunkare su don wani shirin talabijin wanda suka ki saboda irin wannan kulawar bai dace da aikin ba. "Wannan ba shine babban albashin da muke nema ba," in ji shi.

"Ba zan iya zama mai farin ciki ba," in ji Bill kawai. "Wannan shine abin da na sani tabbas."

Zuwa Lambun tallafin

Cocin of the Brother's Global Food Crisis Fund (GFCF) ta ba da tallafi biyu na $1,000 kowanne, a cikin shekaru a jere, ga Cocin Pleasant Dale don aikin aikin lambu a Circle, Alaska. Akwai tattaunawa tsakanin Gays da manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart game da babban tallafi daga GFCF don tallafawa matakai na gaba.

Tallafin zuwa Lambun ya taimaka wajen biyan kuɗin gina greenhouse a Circle. Yawancin rukunin yanar gizon da ke karɓar tallafin Going to Garden suna cikin ikilisiyoyi na Cocin ’yan’uwa ko kuma a cikin unguwannin su. Koyaya, aikin a Alaska yana da nisan mil dubu daga ikilisiya mafi kusa. Duk da nisa da rarrabuwar ƙasa, Gays sun ɗauki lambunan Alaska aikin isar da jama'a na ikilisiyar Indiana.

Don ƙarin bayani game da Tafiya zuwa Lambun duba www.brethren.org/peace/going-to-the-garden.html .

Don ƙarin bayani game da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya jeka www.brethren.org/gfcf .

Don neman tallafin Going to the Garden tuntuɓi manajan GFCF Jeff Boshart, jboshart@brethren.org , ko Daraktan Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a Nate Hosler, nhosler@brethren.org .

Nemo labarin "Ma'adinan Labarai" na Fairbanks game da aikin Bill da Penny Gaye mai suna "Newsflash: Gardens Can Grow in the Arctic" a www.newsminer.com/newsflash-gardens-can-grow-in-the-arctic/article_89c567d5-746b-5203-99b3-7471d8a278a8.html?mode=story .

11) Cocin Dutsen Morris na murna da Isabelle Krol memba na bakin haure

Da Dianne Swingel

Dutsen Morris (Ill.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata ta gudanar da hidima da biki ga memba Isabelle Krol, a bikin cika shekaru 50 da zama 'yar kasar Amurka a hukumance. Ta zo Amurka daga Belgium, bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Wannan wani bangare ne na tarihin rayuwarta, wanda Dianne Swingel ta yi hira da shi:

An haifi Isabelle a ranar 4 ga Yuni, 1930 a Dour, Belgium. Ko da yake ba ruwansa a farkon gwamnatin Hitler, Jamus ta mamaye Belgium (kusan mutane miliyan 9) a watan Mayu na shekara ta 1940. An yi yaƙi na kwanaki 18, kuma an tura sojoji cikin ƙaramin aljihu a arewa maso gabashin ƙasar. Sarki Leopold na Uku ya ji tsoron karan sojojin Belgium da aka shafe, har ya mika wuya ga Jamusawa. Wannan dai bai samu karbuwa a wajen ‘yan kasar ba, kuma wasu ‘yan kasar Belgium sun tsere zuwa kasar Ingila, suka kafa gwamnati da sojoji a gudun hijira.

Isabelle (10) tana zaune a babban gida a Dour wanda ya kasance na ƴan'uwan Muir, tare da mahaifiyarta Rose, 'yar'uwarta Henrietta (7), da ɗan'uwan Louis (5). Suna haya ne daga dangin Harmegnie, waɗanda suka gaji gidan, kuma mahaifiyarta ta iya zama a wannan gidan har tsawon shekaru 70 na rayuwarta. Wataƙila an yi amfani da ginin don sojoji a lokacin WWI, saboda akwai sanduna a kan tagogin sama, kuma an ba da tatsuniyoyi game da wata rijiya da aka ɓoye muhimman abubuwa a cikinta ga Jamusawa. Sojojin Jamus ne suka mamaye gidan dangin Rose a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Dour ya kasance kusa da iyakar Faransa, don haka yana da mahimmanci ga Jamusawa. Yana kan hanyar zuwa Ingila, ta hanyar Tekun Arewa.

A cikin shekarun yaƙi, mahaifiyarta tana aikin wanki da tsaftace gidaje; mahaifinta ya kasance a cibiyar tunani a lokacin yaƙin, saboda tsananin baƙin ciki, kuma ya rasu a shekara ta 1946. Ya taɓa yin aiki a ma'adinan kwal. Lokaci ya yi musu wuya sosai, kuma sau da yawa mahaifiyarta ta ɗauki ɗan’uwan su yi aiki da ita, da yake ’yan matan suna makaranta. Abinci da kud’i sun yi k’aranci kuma suna fama da yunwa, amma sun samu abin da za su samu, albarkacin ‘yan uwa da abokan arziki. Akwai wata babbar kawu daga Faransa da ta iya tsallaka iyaka ta yi musu man shanu da kofi, wadda ta boye a bel ɗinta. Lokacin da Isabelle ta je makaranta kowace rana, malamin ya ba ta sandwich mai kyau ta ci; Ita wannan malamar ta yi wa mahaifiyarta irin wannan alherin, a lokacin tana makaranta.

Isabelle ta iya yin wata ɗaya na kowane lokacin rani a lokacin yaƙi a Switzerland, wadda ta kasance ƙasa mai tsaka tsaki. Wannan wani bangare ne na wani shiri da aka yi wa yara matalauta na kasashen da yaki ya daidaita, inda yara ke zama a gidaje masu zaman kansu. Dan uwanta ya iya zama a Sweden, a cikin irin wannan shiri a can. A can aka ciyar da su da kyau, kuma sun sami kiba. 'Yar'uwar ta zauna tare da mahaifiyar. Iyalin sun kuma sami wasu fakitin abinci da kuma tufafi daga Sweden, Switzerland, da Amurka.

Isabelle tana tunawa da ganuwa na sojojin Jamus a kowane lokaci, kuma ana sa ran kowa da kowa zai ba su hadin kai. Za ta iya tunawa da sautin sojojin da ke tafiya a kan titunan dutse, da kuma waƙa. Jamusawa ne suka sanya ido kan ilimi, musamman ba su bari a koyar da wani abu mara kyau game da su. Duk da haka, Isabelle tana da malami wanda ya sami damar shiga cikin wannan bayanan haramtacciyar hanya don rabawa tare da ɗalibai. Akwai ɗan jinƙai, ko da yake, kamar yadda Jamusawa ke da shirin bayan makaranta don ƙananan yara, kuma suna ba da abinci kaɗan.

Kawun nata ya yi aiki da Jamusawa, saboda yana son zama ɗan sanda a garin, wanda ke nufin ƙarin abinci ga danginsa. Akwai wani dan uwan ​​da ya yi aiki a karkashin kasa, aka gano shi, aka kai shi sansanin taro. A garinsu, an kawo ’yan mata Yahudawa uku daga ƙasar Holland zuwa gida kuma an ba su matsayin “’ya’ya,” don haka za su iya zuwa makaranta kuma Jamusawa ba za su ɗauke su ba.

A cikin 1944 Amurkawa suna shiga cikin yankinsu, kuma ta tuna da karar jiragen sama na shawagi, da wasu bama-bamai na hanyoyi. Duk mutanen garin sai da suka je ginshiki domin tsira. A cikin babban gidan da suke zaune, cikin rashin jin daɗi ta tuna da gizo-gizo a ko da yaushe, musamman a cikin ginshiki a lokacin farmaki.

Yayin da Amurkawa ke samun galaba akan Jamusawa, Isabelle ta tuna ganin yadda Amurkawa ke sauka a cikin parachute dinsu. 'Yan matan yankin sun yi riguna daga kayan parachute. An yi gumurzu a kan tituna. Bayan da aka 'yantar da kasar a cikin kaka na 1944, yawancin sojojin Amurka sun kasance a Mons kusa, wanda har yanzu yana da sansanin Amurka a can.

Da aka gama yakin, mutanen da suka tsira daga sansanonin fursunoni, kamar dan uwanta, suka dawo. An dauki kawun nata a matsayin mai hadin gwiwa da Jamusawa, kuma ya kasance a boye tsawon shekara guda. Da aka same shi, sai aka zagaya da shi da sauran wadanda suka hada baki a cikin garin, inda mutane suka rika jifan su, aka daure su.

Belgium ta yi asarar kusan kashi 1 cikin XNUMX na al'ummarta a lokacin yakin, amma tattalin arzikinta bai lalace ba kamar kasashe da yawa. An sami farfadowar tattalin arziƙin cikin sauri, wani ɓangare sakamakon Tsarin Marshal.

Isabelle da Zenon

Isabelle da Zenon [daga Poland] sun hadu a gidan rawa, kuma ya koya mata raye-raye iri-iri kamar waltz, tango, da cha-cha, waɗanda ya koya a sansanin ƴan gudun hijira. Sun yi aure shekara guda, Fasto ya aura, kuma suka zauna tare da mahaifiyar Isabelle. Isabelle ya yi aikin tsaftacewa da nanny, yayin da yake aiki a kamfanin kera fenti, wanda ma'aikatan Isabelle suka mallaka.

Bayan shekaru biyu da aure, sun yanke shawarar barin Belgium, domin babu wata makoma mai yawa ga ma’aikacin da ya ƙaura a wurin. Da farko sun yi la'akari da Jamus, amma sai suka yanke shawarar zuwa Amurka, saboda za a sami ƙarin dama a gare su. Akwai 'yan biza ga Yaren mutanen Poland, amma akwai ƙarin ga waɗanda ke Belgium. Isabelle ta ɗauki aji a cikin ainihin Turancin tattaunawa.

Sabis na Duniya na Coci ne ya dauki nauyinsu kuma sun tashi zuwa Idlewild a New York a ranar 7 ga Afrilu, 1954, tare da $365 kawai, kuma babu lambobin sirri a cikin Amurka. Mista Coolich daga Cocin World Service ya sadu da su a filin jirgin sama kuma aka kai su gidan Misis Jean Beaver, wata dattijo da aka naɗa a Cocin Presbyterian. Ita ce gwauruwar Gilbert Beaver, shugaba a cikin ƙungiyoyin Y kuma shugabar zaman lafiya a duniya. Babban gidansu gonar taron addini ce, kuma tana neman samari ma'aurata da za su taimake ta. Gidan Mrs. Beaver babba ne, mai dakuna 17, akan fili mai girman eka 100. Zenon ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tsaron gida, kuma Isabelle ta taimaka da tsaftacewa. Sadarwar su da Mrs. Beaver ƙayyadadden nau'in Ingilishi ne. Sun zauna da Mrs. Beaver tsawon shekaru takwas.

Misis Beaver tayi tayin sayar musu da kadada 10 akan filaye. Zenon ya gina kyakkyawan farin gida akan kadarorin. Daga karshe suka sayar da gidansu suka koma Mt. Kisko, NY, inda suka yi haya a lokacin da suke gyara wani tsohon gidan gona. Daga nan suka ƙaura zuwa Croton Falls, inda Zenon ya yi aikin ɗan kwangila, ya gama gida, suka ƙaura. Yaran sun bunƙasa a cikin tsarin makarantar Brewster mai kyau. Daga baya Zenon ya sayi wani tsohon gida a cikin ƙasar, don gyarawa da amfani dashi azaman wurin bazara.

Dukansu sun ɗauki aji "Turanci don Haihuwar Ƙasashen waje", sannan suka zama ƴan ƙasar Amurka a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1965.

Isabelle ta zama diacon a cocin Presbyterian, kuma Zenon ya ce zai yi ritaya idan wa'adin ta ya cika. Don haka lokacin da wannan ya faru, sun sayar da gidan da ke New York don riba mai ban sha'awa, sun yi tafiya mai nisa a kudu maso gabashin Amurka, kuma suka sayi wani gida akan gwanjo a Fulton, Ky. Sun zauna a can kusan shekaru takwas. A ƙarshe Zenon ya fara samun wasu matsalolin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, kuma sun yanke shawarar su matsa kusa da 'ya'ya mata Catherine da Rose.

Sun yi aiki tare da wani ɗan kasuwa wanda ya ba da shawarar cewa farashin-hikima, yana iya zama mafi ma'ana don kallon Mt. Morris. Kusan shekara ta 2000 sun sayi gidansu kuma bayan sun sayi coci a garin, an gayyace su su ziyarci Cocin ’yan’uwa kuma suka ci gaba da halarta a wurin. Isabelle ta ji daɗin yadda cocin ta nanata zaman lafiya. Kiran waya masu daɗi da maraba da Bill Powers ya burge ta kuma ta shiga lokacin Ritchey-Martins fastoci ne. Isabelle ta yi aiki a ƙungiyar jagoranci na coci, ta taimaka a wurin gandun daji, kuma ta yi hidima a matsayin diacon.

Zenon yana da ci gaba da matsaloli da haɓakar hauka, kuma ya tafi ya zauna a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Dixon. Ya mutu a shekara ta 2008. Isabelle ta ci gaba da zama a gidan da ke kan titin Lincoln, tare da karenta, Shadow.

- Dianne Swingel memba ce ta Mount Morris Church of the Brothers a Dutsen Morris, Mara lafiya.

12) Yan'uwa yan'uwa 

Ana gayyatar membobin Church of the Brothers daga ko'ina cikin darikar don halartar wani biki na musamman na hidimar aminci na babban sakatare Stanley J. Noffsinger, wanda ake shirin yin taron shekara-shekara a Tampa, Fla. Tare da Shirye-shiryen Celebration Ƙungiya, Ƙungiyar Craft da Crop na Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of Brother yana ƙirƙirar littafin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya wanda zai kasance ga duk masu halarta a taron shekara-shekara don sanya hannu, sannan za a gabatar da su ga babban sakatare. Ga waɗanda ba su iya halartar taron shekara-shekara, ana iya aiko da gaisuwa a gaba ta imel. "Idan ba za ku kasance a Tampa ba kuma kuna son mika godiyarku da fatan alheri ga Stan, da fatan za ku aiko da gaisuwa ta hanyar lantarki, zuwa ranar 1 ga Yuni," in ji gayyata daga Pam Reist, memba na Tawagar Shirye-shiryen Biki kuma na Ofishin Jakadancin. da Hukumar Ma'aikatar. "Na gode da taimakon da kuka bayar don sanya wannan ya zama na musamman, don girmamawa ga sadaukarwa da kyakkyawar hidima ga coci!" Ya kamata imel ɗin ya ƙunshi gaisuwar jimla ɗaya ko biyu, sunan farko da na ƙarshe, ikilisiya, da gunduma. Aika zuwa haldemanl@etowncob.org .

- An nada Tim McElwee zuwa sabon mukamin mataimakin shugaban jami'ar Manchester don albarkatun ilimi, Daga ranar 1 ga watan Yuni mai zuwa. Melanie Harmon, babban darektan raya kasa, zai shiga cikin aikinsa na mataimakin shugaban kasa don ci gaba, a cewar wata sanarwa daga jami'ar. McElwee ya kammala karatun digiri na Manchester a 1978. Yana da digiri na gaba daga Jami'ar Purdue da Bethany Theological Seminary. Tsawon shekaru biyar ya yi aiki a matsayin darekta na ofishin Cocin of the Brothers da ke Washington, DC Ya yi aiki a jami'ar Manchester a fannoni daban-daban da suka hada da fasto na harabar jami'ar, daraktan ci gaba, mataimakin shugaban kasa na ci gaba, kuma mataimakin farfesa a fannin nazarin zaman lafiya. da kuma kimiyyar siyasa. A cikin 2013, ya koma Manchester don zama mataimakin shugaban kasa don ci gaba, matsayin da ya yi shekaru da yawa a Kwalejin Albright da ke Pennsylvania. A cikin wannan sabon matsayi na mataimakin shugaban kasa na albarkatun ilimi, McElwee zai kula da uku daga cikin kwalejoji hudu na Jami'ar: Arts da Humanities, Business, and Education and Social Sciences. Har ila yau, zai kula da sabuwar Cibiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru da kuma Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru. Don ƙarin bayani game da Jami'ar Manchester jeka www.manchester.edu .

- Cherise Glunz ya fara ranar 8 ga Yuni a matsayin mataimakiyar shirin a Cocin of the Brothers Donor Relations Sashen, don yin aiki a Babban ofisoshi na ƙungiyar da ke Elgin, Ill. Ita mazaunin Elgin ce, kuma ta kammala karatun digiri a Jami'ar Judson tare da digiri a fasahar ibada da mai da hankali kan watsa labarai. Ta kuma rike da takardar shaidar jagoranci ibada daga Makarantar Bauta ta Quad Cities a Davenport, Iowa. Tun daga watan Agusta 2013 ta yi aiki a kula da harabar a Willow Creek Community Church a S. Barrington, Ill.

- An sanar da "Ranar Aiki kan Harin Jiragen Sama na Amurka" a ranar Juma'a, 15 ga Mayu. Cocin of the Brother of the Brother Office of Public Shaida yana gayyatar ’yan’uwa su shiga, don tallafa wa Bayanin Taron Shekara-shekara na 2013 kan Yaƙin Jirgin Sama. An bukaci mahalarta da su kira wakilansu da sanatoci a Majalisar Dokokin Amurka (nemo bayanai a House.gov da Senate.gov) don gaya wa zaɓaɓɓun jami'ai game da damuwar mutanen imani, game da halin kirki na yakin basasa, da kuma bukata. don dakatar da hare-haren jiragen sama. “Ka umarce su da su yi kira ga gwamnati a bainar jama’a da su bayyana yajin aikin har zuwa yau,” in ji sanarwar daga Ofishin Shaidanun Jama’a. Fadakarwar ta lura da abubuwa da yawa don 'yan'uwa su sani, ciki har da yadda gwamnatin Amurka ke gudanar da "yaki na boye ta CIA ta hanyar aiwatar da 'jerin kisa' ba tare da sa ido mai ma'ana ba daga Majalisa ko jama'ar Amurka. Wannan babban iko ne kuma yana da haɗari sosai don barin ba a kula ba, ”in ji faɗakarwar. Sauran abubuwan da ke damun su sun hada da manufar dogaro da jiragen yaki marasa matuka don fadada yaki a duniya, yadda ake amfani da jiragen yaki wajen kai hari ga daidaikun mutane ko da kuwa wuraren da suke da kuma illar da jiragen yakin ke yi wa al'umma rauni ko raba su da muhallansu, da rashin tsaro na hakika ko zaman lafiya sakamakon yakin da ake yi da jirage marasa matuka. "Ta'addancin duniya yana karuwa, kuma kungiyoyin masu tsattsauran ra'ayi suna amfani da raunin da hare-haren jiragen sama ya yi a matsayin kayan aikin daukar ma'aikata," in ji sanarwar. Ba da daɗewa ba za a aika da cikakken faɗakarwa ta imel zuwa jerin sha'awar Ofishin Shaidu na Jama'a. Yi rajista don karɓar faɗakarwa a www.brethren.org/advocacy/actionalerts.html .

- Cocin of the Brethren Office of Public Shet ya sanya hannu kan wata wasika da ke neman a kawo karshen tsare iyali a Cibiyoyin Tsaron Shige da Fice. Gabaɗaya, ƙungiyoyi 188 da sauran ƙungiyoyin addini da ƙungiyoyin jin kai sun rattaba hannu kan wasiƙar ta ƙasa. Wasikar ta bukaci shugaban kasar da ya kawo karshen tsare yara da iyaye mata da ke gujewa tashin hankali a Amurka ta tsakiya. Ka'idoji masu zuwa sun kasance manyan batutuwa da kanun labarai a cikin wasiƙar: “Bai kamata iyalai su kasance a tsare ba sai a yanayi na musamman…. Dole ne iyalai su sami cikakken tsari a kan iyaka…. Bai kamata a tsare iyalai ba saboda dalilai na hana…. Kada a raba iyalai…. DHS ya kamata ta yi amfani da wasu kayan aikin ban da tsarewa don rage haɗarin jirgin inda aka nuna damuwa." Wasikar ta rufe da wata sanarwa ta sirri ga shugaban: “Bai kamata DHS ta tsare yara da iyayensu a wurare irin na kurkuku ba. Muna roƙon ku da ku soke ƙaƙƙarfan manufofin tsare iyali da aka tsara a lokacin bazara na 2014 da aiwatar da tsarin adalci da mutuntaka. tsare iyali bai kamata ya zama gadonku ba. Yanzu ne lokacin da za a kawo karshensa sau ɗaya. Nemo cikakken rubutun wasiƙar akan layi a www.aclu.org/letter/sign-letter-president-obama-re-call-end-family-detention .

- Har ila yau, Ofishin Shaidu na Jama'a ya rattaba hannu kan wata wasika da Majalisar Coci ta kasa ta dauki nauyin zuwa ga Babban Lauyan Amurka. suna kira da a yi cikakken bincike kan halin da ake ciki a Baltimore, don nuna goyon bayan bukatar Magajin Garin Rawlings-Blaker na wani tsari da bincike na aiki a Sashen 'yan sanda na Baltimore. Sama da ‘yan uwa 20 masu alaka da hukumar NCC ne suka sanya hannu kan wasikar, wacce aka aike a karkashin kungiyar kare hakkin jama’a kan sake fasalin ‘yan sanda. Haɗin gwiwar ya “taru a matsayin gamayya ɗaya don neman gaggawar buɗe wani tsari ko gudanar da bincike a kan Sashen ‘yan sanda na Baltimore. Bayan kashe Freddie Gray, kasar ta sake fahimtar kalubale da damuwar wata hukumar 'yan sandan birnin. Amma duk da haka, mazauna Baltimore, musamman al'ummomi masu launi, suna kokawa game da waɗannan matsalolin shekaru da yawa, "in ji wasiƙar, a wani ɓangare. “Yayin da ma’aikatar shari’a ta fara gudanar da bincike kan mutuwar Freddie Gray kuma tana tattara bayanai don sanin ko duk wani take hakkin jama’a da ake tuhuma ya faru, mun yi imanin cewa ya zama dole a fadada bincike a kan dukkan sashin ‘yan sanda bisa la’akari da tsawon lokaci. tarihin gunaguni da damuwa daga mazauna Baltimore. "

- Ranar Uwa 5K don Zaman Lafiya a Najeriya wanda aka gudanar a Bridgewater, Va., a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata ya tara dala 5,295, tare da bayar da gudummawar dala 4,460 ga ayyukan ‘yan’uwa da bala’i, bayan kashe kudi. Peter Hamilton Barlow ne ya shirya taron.

- NBC News ta buga rahoto daga yankin Michika na arewa maso gabashin Najeriya kusa da hedikwatar EYN Boko Haram sun mamaye watan Oktoban da ya gabata, da kuma kusa da birnin Mubi. Rahoton ya ce "A kan manyan titunan da ke zuwa arewa daga Yola babban birnin jihar Adamawa, an sake dawo da wasu harkokin kasuwanci a garuruwan amma aljihu na fatalwa da tunasarwa da 'yan tada kayar bayan sun bayyana. "Wasu watanni uku da kawo karshen fadan, har yanzu warin gawarwaki na ci gaba da manne da iska a hedkwatar Cocin 'yan'uwa kusa da Mararaba." Rahoton ya mayar da hankali ne kan halin da mutanen da suka tsira da matsugunansu ke komawa gidajensu, wadanda ke fuskantar matsanancin karancin abinci da yunwa. Nemo rahoton a www.nbcnews.com/storyline/missing-nigeria-schoolgirls/nigerias-boko-haram-survivors-yanzu-fuska-yakin-da-yunwa-n356931 .

- Wani gidan talabijin na Najeriya ya fitar da wani rahoton bidiyo kan ziyarar da ya kai garin Chibok a Najeriya. Rebecca Dali ta Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brother in Nigeria) da Jon Andrews, wanda ya kasance a Najeriya tare da kungiyar 'yan uwa. Rahoton ya nuna yadda aka raba kayan agaji ga mutanen garin Chibok da suka hada da iyalan ‘yan matan makarantar da aka sace da kuma mutanen da rikicin kungiyar Boko Haram mai tsatsauran ra’ayi ya raba da muhallansu. Dali ya kafa kuma ya jagoranci CCEPI, Cibiyar Tausayi, Ƙarfafawa, da Ƙaddamar da Zaman Lafiya, ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin sa-kai na Najeriya da ke haɗin gwiwa da EYN da Cocin of Brothers in the Nigeria Crisis Response shirin. Duba bidiyon a https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9nHTH_3NJjtSkNPUFprTHRWUVE/edit?usp=drive_web . Nemo karin bayani game da Rikicin Najeriya a www.brethren.org/nigeriacrisis .

- Gidan yanar gizon yanar gizo a cikin jerin "Al'amuran Iyali" zai bincika abubuwan da suka shafi rayuwar iyali karkashin jagorancin mai gabatarwa Mary Hawes. Gidan yanar gizon a ranar 19 ga Mayu da karfe 2:30 na yamma (lokacin Gabas) mai taken "Cradle to the Grave" kuma zai ba da ra'ayoyi da hanyoyin da manyan cocin coci za su iya tallafawa da ƙarfafa iyalai yayin da suke fuskantar kalubale iri-iri. Hawes yana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara na ƙasa na Cocin Ingila don Yara da Ma'aikatar Matasa don Diocese na London, kuma limamin Ikklesiya na ikilisiyar Anglican a Kudancin London. Webinar kyauta yana ba da rukunin ci gaba na ilimi 0.1 don ministocin da suka shiga taron kai tsaye. Gidan yanar gizon yana ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda Cocin of the Brothers's Congregational Life Ministries tare da abokan tarayya a cikin United Kingdom ke daukar nauyin. Ana samun ƙarin bayani da rajista www.brethren.org/webcasts . Don tambayoyi tuntuɓi Stan Dueck, darektan Ayyukan Canji, a sdueck@brethren.org .

— “Ga hanyar da za mu tallafa wa Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa! Yawancin BDMers ɗin mu suna zuwa Shenandoah Auction Mayu 15-16. Suna ɗaukar abubuwa biyu don haɗa su cikin gwanjon,” a cewar sanarwar Burton da Helen Wolf. Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan ita ce tiren katako wanda "ya kasance yana komawa tsakanin gundumominmu guda biyu," in ji sanarwar, yayin da yake magana akan tire da Dick da Pat Via suka yi. Abu na biyu shi ne saƙan Afganistan da Nancy Jackson ta yi daga Ƙungiyar 'Yan'uwa Retirement Community. "Abin mamaki shine cewa ta kasance makaho," in ji sanarwar. "Tana fatan Afghanistan ta kawo aƙalla $200 don BDM…. Muna ɗokin taimaka wa ’yan’uwanmu da ke gundumar Shenandoah.”

- Donald Kraybill zai sami digiri na girmamawa daga Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.). a bikin farawa ranar Asabar, 16 ga Mayu, a cewar sanarwar. Kwalejin za ta yi bikin yaye karatun sau biyu a wannan rana: a 11 na safe farawa na 112th inda masu digiri na 514 za su hada da 77 masu samun digiri na kimiyya, digiri na digiri na 126, digiri na digiri na 282, digiri na digiri na 15, da digiri na farko na 14. a cikin aikin zamantakewa; kuma da karfe 4 na yamma bikin yaye dalibai 178 School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) da suka hada da 40 da suka sami digiri na biyu a fannin kasuwanci, 111 digiri na farko, da kuma digiri na 27. E. Roe Stamps IV, wanda ya kafa Stamps Leadership Scholars, shine mai magana don bikin al'ada, kuma malamai uku na farko na Jami'ar Elizabethtown College Stamps Scholars za su kammala karatun digiri tare da ajin 2015. Mai magana ga masu digiri na SCPS Dana Chryst, Shugaba na Jay Group . Tare da Kraybill, wanda ya yi ritaya a matsayin Babban Malami a Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist, za a ba da digiri na girmamawa ga Stamps da Chryst da Hatfield Foods' Phil Clemens, memba mai ƙwazo na Babban Cibiyar Kwalejin.

- Don bikin ranar masu adawa da lamiri ta duniya 2015, wanda ake gudanarwa kowace shekara a ranar 15 ga Mayu, Za a gudanar da taron tunawa da yakin duniya na farko a dandalin Tavistock da ke birnin Landan na kasar Birtaniya. "Masu jawabai za su hada da Sheila Triggs ta kungiyar Mata ta kasa da kasa mai zaman lafiya da 'yanci wadda a bana ke bikin cika shekaru dari, da Mia Tamarin, wata matashiya da ta yi zaman gidan yari a matsayin mai kishin Isra'ila," in ji sanarwar daga Ekklesia, wani labari. sabis da tangar tunani tare da abokan haɗin gwiwa a cikin Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Anabaptist sun haɗa da Cibiyar Mennonite a Biritaniya da Ƙungiyoyin Masu Aminci na Kirista UK. "Za a karanta sunayen sauran waɗanda suka ƙi saboda lamirinsu daga ko'ina cikin duniya a yayin bikin da furanni da aka shimfiɗa a dutsen Conscientious Objectors a dandalin." Taron karrama wadanda suka ki yarda da lamiri ne ya shirya taron zaman lafiya na yakin duniya na farko, wanda sanarwar ta bayyana a matsayin gamayyar hadin gwiwa da ta kunshi Conscience, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Movement for the Abolition of War, Network for Peace, Pax Christi, Peace News, Peace Pledge. Union, Quaker Peace and Social Witness, 'Yancin Kin Kashe ƙungiya, da Ƙungiyar Mata ta Duniya don Aminci da 'Yanci. Nemo ƙarin labarai da ra'ayoyi daga Ekklesia a www.ekklesia.co.uk .

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Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Karine Abalyan, Peter Hamilton Barlow, Jeff Boshart, Bryan Hanger, Elizabeth Harvey, Heejin Hwang, Gimbiya Kettering, Steven D. Martin, Nancy Miner, Stan Noffsinger, Corrie Osborne, Artur Petrosyan, Frank Ramirez, Mary Etta Reinhart, Dianne Swingel, Jenna Walmer, Roy Winter, Christopher Zakian, 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 19 ga Mayu. Sabis ɗin Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne suka shirya shi. 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.