Cocin Claysburg na 'Yan'uwa ya yi bikin cika shekaru 90 na hidima a yankin Claysburg a ranar 11 ga Satumba. “Cocin Claysburg ya fara ne a farkon shekarun 1920 sa’ad da wasu daga cikin Leamersville Brethren suka yi tunanin cewa ya kamata a yi makarantar Lahadi a Claysburg,” in ji Fasto Ron Bashore. “An yi hayar wani katon daki a kan tsohon ginin bankin, kuma a shekarar 1921 makarantar Lahadi tana aiki a lokacin bazara. A cikin 1923 Gundumar Tsakiya ta fara aikin Cocin ’yan’uwa a Claysburg. An gudanar da hidima a cikin wata tafarki na rani da aka gina a ƙasa inda cocin ke tsaye a yau. Hukumar gundumar ta yi shirye-shirye don gina ginin yanzu a cikin 1925…. A ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1926, an shirya coci a hukumance.”
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- Tunatarwa: Stewart Kauffman, 97, na Lancaster, Pa., ya mutu a ranar Alhamis, Oktoba 6. Ya yi aiki a Cocin of the Brothers denominational staff daga 1955-1960 a matsayin darektan ma'aikatar da bishara, kuma a matsayin ma'aikaci na Stewardship Enlistment / Planned Giving daga 1970 har sai da ritayarsa a 1986. A baya ya kasance Fasto kuma ya kasance babban zartarwa na yanki (matsayi daidai da babban jami'in gundumar yau) na tsohon yankin Gabas na Cocin Brothers daga 1953-55. A cikin hidimar sa kai ga cocin, shi ma ya kasance memba na tsohon Janar na darikar daga 1963-1970, yana aiki a matsayin shugaba a shekararsa ta karshe a hukumar. A cikin 1961 an ba shi digirin girmamawa na allahntaka ta Bethany Theological Seminary. Ya jagoranci duka ibada da kiɗa don Tarukan Shekara-shekara da aka gudanar a farkon 1960s. Ya jagoranci Kungiyar Ayyukan Shirye-shiryen Kuɗi na Estate and Financial Planning Action for the National Council of Churches na tsawon shekaru shida kuma ya ba da gudummawa wajen tsara shirye-shirye na Majalisar Amintattun Kirista ta Arewacin Amirka don haɗa da bukatun ikilisiyoyi da cibiyoyi. A shekara ta 2000 an karɓe shi don aikin sa kai tare da Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Dogara na Zella J. Gahagan Charitable Trust, yana samun yabo na musamman daga Babban Hukumar. Gahagan Trust na miliyoyin daloli ya ba da kuɗin shiga na shekara da rabawa na lokaci ɗaya don ma'aikatun tare da yara, matasa, da matasa. Kauffman ya rubuta littafi game da rayuwa da aikin Zella Johns Gahagan (1899-1984) mai suna "Tudun Zella," wanda 'yan jarida suka buga. Kauffman ya sami digiri daga kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) College da Bethany Seminary, ya yi karatun digiri na biyu a Cibiyar Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Garrett da Jami'ar Pittsburgh, sannan ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Mansfield da ke Oxford, Ingila, da Bossey Ecumenical Institute a Switzerland. Za a yi taron tunawa da Kauffman a ranar Talata, 11 ga Oktoba, da karfe 1 na rana, a cikin dakin ibada da ke unguwar Brethren Village Retirement Community a Lancaster.
- Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Yamma ta kira William (Bill) W. Wenger don yin aiki a matsayin zartaswar gundumar riko tun daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2017. An yi naɗin nadin ne na tsawon shekara ɗaya. Wenger ya fara alakarsa da Cocin 'yan'uwa da ke Shippensburg, Pa. An ba shi lasisin yin hidima a 1980 kuma an nada shi shekaru goma bayan haka, a cocin Mount Zion Road Church of the Brothers a gundumar Atlantic Northeast. Ya kammala karatun digiri a Kwalejin Masihu, Grantham, Pa., inda ya sami digiri na farko a fannin addini, kuma ya sami digiri na Master of Divinity daga Makarantar Tauhidi ta Evangelical. Baya ga gogewa a shugabancin fastoci a cikin ikilisiyoyin, ya kawo gogewar limamin cocin da ya yi hidima a Peter Becker Community, wata Cocin da ke da alaka da ritayar 'yan'uwa a Harleysville, Pa. A halin yanzu shi fasto ne a Cocin Moxham na 'yan'uwa a Johnstown, Pa., kuma memba ne na hukumar gudanarwa na Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley (SVMC) kuma tana aiki a matsayin kwasa-kwasan koyarwa na koyarwa a tarihin coci, fassarar Littafi Mai Tsarki, da gabatarwa ga Tsohon Alkawari.
- Jami'ar Manchester tana neman 'yan takara don Gladdys Muir Farfesa na Nazarin Zaman Lafiya, ƙwararren farfesa a cikin Shirin Nazarin Zaman Lafiya a harabar jami'ar a Arewacin Manchester, Ind. Jami'ar tana gayyatar aikace-aikacen neman matsayi a matsayin malami ko farfesa matsayi dangane da cancantar. Wannan shi ne cikakken lokaci, matsayi na waƙa wanda zai fara a cikin fall na 2017. Shirin yana neman mutumin da ke da himma mai ƙarfi ga, kuma ya nuna kyakkyawan aiki a cikin koyarwar karatun digiri da haɗin gwiwar interdisciplinary. Jami'ar Manchester gida ce ga shirin karatun zaman lafiya na farko na farko a duniya, wanda aka kafa a cikin 1948. Shirin ya dogara ne akan alƙawarin rashin tashin hankali, haɓaka haƙƙin ɗan adam, da tsarin ƙasa da ƙasa wanda ya dace da zaman lafiya. Majalisar malamai daga sassa daban-daban na ilimi ne ke haɗa shi. Don ƙarin bayani game da mahimman ayyukan aiki, cancanta, jadawalin aiki, biyan kuɗi da fa'idodi, da yadda ake nema, je zuwa www.manchester.edu/about-manchester/news/news-articles/muir-professorship-2016 . Binciken aikace-aikacen zai fara Oktoba 15, kuma zai ci gaba har sai an cika matsayi. Jami'ar Manchester ita ce ma'aikaci daidai gwargwado. Ana maraba da masu neman waɗanda suka ƙara rarrabuwa da baiwa da ma'aikata.
- Cibiyar Heritage na Valley Brothers Mennonite a Harrisonburg, Va., Ta gayyaci aikace-aikace don matsayin babban darektan gudanarwa na cikakken lokaci. Ya kamata ɗan takarar da ya yi nasara ya kasance yana da ƙwarewa a cikin hangen nesa na shirye-shirye, tsara dabaru, tara kuɗi, tallatawa, gudanarwa, hulɗar jama'a, haɗin kai na sa kai, da fassarar hangen nesa na cibiyar ga coci da al'umma. Ya kamata darektan ya kasance da himma ga gadon da ’yan’uwa da Mennonites suke yi, musamman a Kwarin Shenandoah. Albashi da fa'idojin da hukumar gudanarwa ta kayyade. Aika wasiƙar aikace-aikacen, ci gaba, da shawarwari guda uku zuwa Glen Kauffman, Shugaban, Kwamitin Bincike, Masu Ba da Shawarar Kuɗi na Everence, 841 Mt. Clinton Pike, Harrisonburg, VA 22802; glen.kauffman@everence.com . Matsayi a buɗe har sai an cika. Don ƙarin bayani game da cibiyar je zuwa www.vbmhc.org
- "Za mu iya biyan bukatun inshorar ku," in ji sanarwar buɗe rajista na 2017 daga Brethren Benefit Trust. BBT yana ba da sabis na inshora masu zuwa, samuwa ga duk masu cancanta masu aiki da masu ritaya na Ikilisiya na ma'aikatan 'yan'uwa: nakasa na gajeren lokaci, rashin lafiya na dogon lokaci, rashin lafiya mai tsanani, haɗari, Ƙarin Medicare, hakori, hangen nesa, da inshora na rai. Ziyarci cobbt.org/open-enrollment bayan Oktoba 31 don cancanta kuma don nemo ƙima, zaɓuɓɓuka, da fom ɗin rajista. Bude rajista yana faruwa Nuwamba 1-30. Rufewa yana aiki Jan. 1, 2017. Membobi na yanzu basa buƙatar sake neman aiki sai dai idan suna son canza matakin ɗaukar hoto. Domin neman karin bayani inshora@cobbt.org
- Rikicin Najeriya na ci gaba da tattara littattafai ga Najeriya. Makarantun da ke da alaƙa da EYN suna buƙatar littattafai don ɗakunan karatu da azuzuwan su; ana buƙatar gudummawar sabbin littattafan yara ko kuma a hankali da aka yi amfani da su waɗanda ke cikin yanayi mai kyau, wanda ya dace da yara masu shekaru 6 zuwa 16. Ana buƙatar musamman littattafan babi na takarda don yara, kamar waɗanda aka gane ta Newberry Award. Littattafan da ba na almara ba da kuma littattafan yara kuma ana buƙatar. Har ila yau, ana tattara littattafai don Kulp Bible College, makarantar horar da ma’aikatar EYN, wacce ke buƙatar kayan horar da fastoci da suka haɗa da littattafai kan ilimin Kirista, tiyoloji, wa’azi, Ibrananci da Hellenanci, shawarwarin makiyaya, da ɗa’a, tare da sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki da littattafan tunani. . Duk littattafan yakamata su kasance cikin yanayi mai kyau kuma a buga su a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata. Ma'aikatan kwalejin sun ba da jerin buri na takamaiman lakabi, je zuwa www.brethren.org/nigeriacrisis/action.html . Kira 410-635-8731 don ƙarin bayani. Aika littattafai zuwa: Littattafai don Najeriya, Cibiyar Sabis na Yan'uwa, 601 Main St., New Windsor, MD 21776. Dole ne littattafai su isa Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa kafin ranar 20 ga Nuwamba.
— “Tunanin Bulus da Al’adar Pauline a Sabon Alkawari” wata hanya ce ta kan layi da ake samu ta Cibiyar Ma'aikatar Susquehanna Valley (SVMC) tare da haɗin gwiwar Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista, kuma Bob Cleveland ya koyar. Ana ba da kwas ɗin daga Janairu 30-Maris 24, 2017. Kudin karatun shine $285. Dalibai na iya karɓar TRIM ko EFSM kiredit ko ci gaba da sassan ilimi. Ana yin rajista da biyan kuɗi zuwa Disamba 30, 2016. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi 717-361-1450 ko svmc@etown.edu ko je gidan yanar gizo www.etown.edu/SVMC
- Bikin Sabbaths® na Ƙasa na 2016 na Ƙasa, "Yaran Alkawari: Rufe Damarar Dama" za a gudanar da Oktoba 21-23. An mayar da hankali ne a bana wajen ganin an toshe guraben damammaki saboda talauci da rashin samun ingantaccen ci gaban yara kanana da ilimi mai inganci ta yadda kowane yaro zai iya kaiwa ga abin da Allah Ya ba shi. "Domin hakan ta faru, mu a matsayinmu na masu imani muna bukatar mu tsaya tsayin daka a cikin al'ummominmu kuma mu tura al'ummarmu don cika alkawuranmu na soyayya da adalci, daidaito, da mutunci ga kowa," in ji sanarwar daga Majalisar Coci ta kasa. "Haɗa dubban majami'u, majami'u, masallatai, temples, da sauran al'ummomin addini a duk faɗin ƙasar a cikin wannan bikin ta hanyar gudanar da taron ibada na musamman na tsakanin addinai ko kuma sabis na musamman a wurin ibadar ku, ƙara shirye-shiryen ilimi, da ayyukan bayar da shawarwari ga ku jawo masu imani wajen inganta rayuwar yara da iyalansu a cikin al'ummarku, jiharku da kuma al'ummarmu." Kara karantawa a gidan yanar gizon Asusun Tsaro na Yara: www.childrensdefense.org/programs/faithbased/faith-based-action-programs-pages/childrens-sabbaths/National-Observance-of-Children-s-Sabbaths.html
Jigon taron shekara-shekara na 50th na Gundumar Tsakiyar Atlantika
- Cocin Hudu na gundumomin Yan'uwa suna gudanar da taron gundumomi a karshen wannan makon:
Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya ya sadu da Oktoba 7-8 a Everett (Pa.) Cocin ’Yan’uwa, Jigon, “Ka Cika Farin Cikina,” ya fito ne daga Filibiyawa sura 2. “Wannan lokaci ne da shaidarmu a matsayin Ikilisiyar Kirista dole ne ta kasance da haɗin kai da kuma haɗin kai. sulhu wanda ya wuce bangaranci, kasa, ko matsayin tauhidi,” in ji gayyata daga mai gudanarwa Dale Dowdy. “Idan muka kasa yin wannan muhimmin kira, to za mu zama kamar gishirin da ya rasa dandano. Kalmomin Bulus zuwa gare mu da ke cikin Filibiyawa sun tuna mana hakki mai ban sha’awa na ɗaukan bishara zuwa cikin duniya da farin ciki da manufa ɗaya wadda ba za a iya musun ta ba.” Andy Murray, tsohon mai gudanarwa na Taron Shekara-shekara, zai isar da saƙon yammacin Juma'a.
Gundumar Idaho Har ila yau, yana gudanar da taronsa a ranar Oktoba 7-8, taro a Mountain View Church of the Brother, Boise, Idaho.
Taron Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika shine Oktoba 8 a Elizabethtown (Pa.) Kwalejin Leffler Chapel.
Hakanan haduwar Oktoba 8 shine Gundumar Tsakiyar Atlantika, ta yin amfani da jigon nan “Zowar, motsin, da aikin, da ta’aziyyar Ruhu Mai Tsarki” (2 Timothawus 1:7). Wannan shi ne taron shekara-shekara na 50th na gundumar Mid-Atlantic, wanda ke taro a St. Mark's United Methodist Church a Easton, Md.
- Wani sabon littafi ya ƙunshi ikilisiyar Lick Creek ta Arewacin Ohio da dangin Vietnam da suka taimaka sake tsugunar da su a shekarun 1980, in ji Kris Hawk, shugaban gundumar riko. Littafin mai suna “’Yan gudun hijira! Neman ‘Yanci na Iyali da Cocin da Ya Taimaka musu Su Sami Shi,” kuma marubucin Cocin of the Brothers Jeanne Jacoby Smith da Jan Gilbert Hurst ne suka rubuta. Nemo ƙarin a www.amazon.com/gp/product/0997006218
- "Brethren Woods yana da sabon gidan yanar gizon!" in ji sanarwar daga sansanin da kuma cibiyar ja da baya da ke kusa da Keezletown, Va. “Bayan watanni da yawa na aiki tuƙuru, muna farin cikin sanar da sabon gidan yanar gizon mu a hukumance da aka sake fasalin! Adireshin gidan yanar gizon ya kasance iri ɗaya ne amma an sake fasalin rukunin yanar gizon gabaɗaya kuma an sake fasalinsa.” Je zuwa www.brethrenwoods.org
- Auction Relief na Yan'uwa na bana An tara kusan dala 365,000, kamar yadda jaridar Lebanon (Pa.) ta ruwaito. Ana gudanar da gwanjon na shekara-shekara tare da haɗin gwiwar Gundumar Arewa maso Gabashin Atlantika da Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Kudu. Jaridar ta ruwaito cewa an fara gwanjon ne a shekara ta 1977 kuma an ba da sama da dalar Amurka miliyan 14,000,000 don agajin bala'o'i ga wadanda bala'o'in halitta ya shafa, a Amurka da kuma na duniya baki daya." Karanta labarin a www.ldnews.com/story/news/local/community/2016/09/26/brethren-disaster-relief-auction-raises-365000/91108346
- Steve Schweitzer, shugaban ilimi kuma farfesa a makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany, zai kasance mai gabatar da darasi na gaba na Ventures, 9 na safe zuwa 12 na rana (lokacin tsakiya) ranar Asabar, Nuwamba 12. Batunsa zai kasance "Littafin Tarihi da Ikilisiya: Tiyoloji, Ci gaba, Ƙirƙira, da Mulkin Allah .” Yayin da littafin Sarakuna ya bayyana dalilin da ya sa Isra’ilawa suka yi hijira, an rubuta littafin Tarihi bayan hijira, a cikin manyan canje-canjen al’adu, don a ba da hanyar ci gaba. Mahalarta za su bincika jigogi da yawa na tsakiya a cikin littafin kuma su yi tunani tare a kan yadda Tarihi zai taimaka wa ikkilisiya ta kasance da aminci a tsakiyar canjin al'adu. Ana samun bayanin yin rajista a www.mcpherson.edu/ventures . Ventures a cikin Almajiran Kirista shiri ne na kan layi na Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.), wanda aka ƙera don baiwa membobin Ikklisiya ƙwarewa da fahimta don rayuwa mai aminci da kuzari na Kirista, aiki, da jagoranci. Duk darussan kyauta ne, amma ana maraba da gudummawa don taimakawa ci gaba da wannan ƙoƙarin.
- A ranar 30 ga Oktoba Steve Longenecker, Edwin L. Turner Babban Farfesa na Tarihi a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) , za ta ba da lacca kan “Siyasa ta Anbaftisma.” Cocin Community Mennonite da ke Harrisonburg, Va., ne ke gudanar da wannan laccar Cibiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ta Mennonite a Harrisonburg, Va., kuma tana farawa da ƙarfe 4 na yamma.
- Tawagar Haɗin Kan Jama'ar Yan Asalin Ƙungiyar Kiristocin Masu Zaman Lafiya (CPT) kwanan nan ya shirya ɗan gajeren tafiya zuwa Standing Rock Sioux Reservation "don gano irin tallafin da za su iya ba da masu kare ruwa," in ji wata sanarwa ta CPT. " Sansanonin sun zama wurin taruwa ga mutane da yawa da ke adawa da barazanar bututun mai na Bakken ga kogin Missouri da sauran hanyoyin ruwa." Tawagar ta ziyarci sansanin Ruhu Mai Tsarki na Dutse inda suka ji ta bakin wani masanin tarihin kabilar Lakota game da manufofin da suka hada da kare ruwa da filaye, da adawa da bututun Dakota. "Mun ji akai-akai cewa 'wannan sansani ne da aka kafa akan addu'a," in ji sanarwar. Kungiyar ta kuma je babban sansanin, Oceti Sakowin, da kuma karamar kungiyar Red Warrior Camp, inda suka gana da wata tawagar taimakon lauyoyi domin karin bayani kan kiran masu sa ido na kasa da kasa. “Mun kuma sami damar ganawa da masu shirya bututun da suka jajirce wajen dakatar da aikin bututun ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba. Mun ji labarin ayyukan baya-bayan nan, kamawa, da kuma ci gaba da buƙatar ƙwararrun masu sa kai waɗanda za su iya lura da rubuta waɗannan ayyukan,” in ji sanarwar. “Kwanaki kadan gabanin ziyarar da muka kai, ‘yan sandan kwantar da tarzoma sun kama mutane 24 da bindiga a yayin wani harin ba-ta-kashi da aka kai a wajen ginin da ke kusa da wurin, kuma shugabanni da dama sun ba da rahoton kasancewar maharba a tsaunukan da ke kusa. 'Yan sanda sun gamu da ayyukan rashin tashin hankali na mahalarta sansanin tare da mayar da martani mai karfi da aka kama 21 a yayin wani aikin addu'a a ranar 28 ga Satumba a wurin ginin." Nemo cikakken sakin a www.cpt.org/cptnet/2016/10/06/indigenous-peoples-solidarity-cpt-ips-team-visits-no-dakota-access-pipeline-camps
- Bread for the World yayi tsokaci kan kalaman da ‘yan takarar shugaban kasa suka fitar Donald J. Trump da Hillary Clinton kafin muhawararsu ranar 9 ga Oktoba, kan yadda za su magance yunwa da fatara a Amurka da ma duniya baki daya. "Dukkanin maganganun suna ba da haske mai mahimmanci game da yadda kowane ɗan takara zai magance yunwa da talauci a ƙasarmu da ma duniya baki ɗaya, kuma ta hanyoyi da yawa sun bambanta da juna," in ji David Beckmann, shugaban Bread for the World, a cikin wata sanarwa. . “Maganganun sun kuma kafa wa Martha Raddatz da Anderson Cooper, masu gudanar da muhawarar na wannan Lahadin, da su nemi Trump da Clinton su kare tsare-tsarensu na fafatawar don rage yunwa da fatara. Ɗaya daga cikin yaran Amurka biyar na kokawa da yunwa. To me ya sa kusan ba a yi maganar yunwa da fatara ba a muhawarar shugaban kasa da mataimakinsa? An ba da sanarwar ne don kada kuri'a don kawo karshen yunwa, gamayyar kungiyoyi 166 da ke aiki don mayar da yunwa, fatara, da kuma damammaki mafi girma a siyasance a shekara ta 2016. Wadannan da sauran kungiyoyi sun dade suna aiki don sanya batun yunwa da talauci. Har ila yau, VTEH ta kasance tana gudanar da yakin neman zabe a kafafen sada zumunta inda ta bukaci masu gudanar da muhawara su yi tambaya game da yunwa da fatara. Nemo Bread don Duniya a saki a www.bread.org/news/trump-clinton-release-statements-about-hunger-and-poverty-advance-oct-9-debate . Karanta maganganun Trump da Clinton a http://votetoendhunger.org/about-hunger/presidential-candidate-videos
- Abokai tare da Weather, wani sabon shiri daga wasu mawakan uku da aka sani da aikinsu tare da Mutual Kumquat, sun fitar da kundi na farko kuma suna yawon shakatawa a Midwest. Wadanda suka kafa su ne Seth Hendricks, fasto a Happy Corner Church of the Brother a Englewood, Ohio; David Hupp, darektan ƙungiyar mawaƙa na matasa kuma mai rakiya a Cocin Manchester na 'yan'uwa da kuma farfesa na kiɗa a Jami'ar Manchester a Indiana; Chris Good, memba a cocin Manchester a halin yanzu yana zaune a Ann Arbor, Mich. Sauran mawakan da abin ya shafa sun hada da furodusa/guitarist Seth Bernard na Earthwork Music Collective, bassist Brennan Andes (The Macpodz), drummer Julian Allen (Theo Katzman, Michelle Chamuel), da kuma mawaƙa Lindsay Lou da Madelyn Grant. “Zama mutum shine rayuwa a cikin duniyar tsoro, baƙin ciki, rashin adalci, da rashin kunya,” Good ya bayyana sabon aikin. “Ta yaya muke koyo da girma a waɗannan lokutan ƙalubale, kuma mu yi ƙoƙari mu zama tushen ƙauna, bege, sha’awa da hangen nesa? Yanayin ba makawa yana zuwa mana kowace rana… ta yaya za mu zabi rayuwa a cikin rashin tsinkayar guguwa da kuma sararin sama?” "Mai albarka don Tafiya," waƙar jigon NYC na 2014 da Hendricks da Good suka rubuta, ita ce waƙar buɗewa a kan sabon kundin, wanda ya haɗa da "Love Makes a Way," wahayi daga mai magana da NYC da ɗan gwagwarmayar Australiya Jarrod McKenna. Abokai tare da Weather suna da wuraren shakatawa a Indiana wannan karshen mako: Fall Festival a Beacon Heights Church of Brother a Fort Wayne a ranar Jumma'a, Oktoba 7, a 6 na yamma; da Ayyukan Komawa Jami'ar Manchester a Arewacin Manchester a ranar Asabar, Oktoba 8, da karfe 3:30-6 na yamma Don ƙarin gani. www.friendswiththeweather.com