An gudanar da keɓe babban sakatare David Steele yayin ibadar safiyar Lahadi a taron 2016 na Ofishin Jakadancin da Hukumar Ma'aikatar.
Rahoton kudi da tsarin kasafin kudi na shekara ta 2017, ba da tallafi don agajin bala'i biyo bayan guguwar Matthew, tare da tattaunawa game da yanayin coci da tushen matsalolin da ke faruwa a yanzu duk sun kasance a kan ajanda na taron faɗuwar Ofishin Jakadancin da Hukumar Ma'aikatar Ikilisiya. na Yan'uwa.
An gudanar da tarurrukan Oktoba 13-17 a Babban ofisoshi na darikar a Elgin, Ill., wanda Don Fitzkee ke jagoranta, wanda zaɓaɓɓen shugaba Connie Burk Davis ya taimaka. Wannan shi ne taron kwamitin farko na David Steele a matsayin babban sakatare na Cocin Brothers.
A karshen mako ya hada da hidimar tsarkakewa ga Steele, wanda ya fara a matsayin babban sakatare a ranar 1 ga Satumba. Ibadar da hukumar ta yi a safiyar Lahadi ta hada da sakon da Fitzkee ya kawo wanda ya mayar da hankali kan jagoranci da ayyukan babban sakatare, da kuma kwanciya-kan-na- hannu don Steele. An yi rikodin sabis ɗin kuma ana iya duba shi a shafin Facebook na Church of Brothers a www.facebook.com/churchofthebrethren
Tattaunawa tana rarraba tushen abubuwan da ke haifar da tashin hankali
Shugaban taron shekara-shekara Carol Scheppard ya jagoranci zaman na awa biyu ga hukumar da ma’aikata bisa la’akari da tambayar, “Coci na ’yan’uwa: Shin mu da muka ce mu ne?” Ƙarin ƙarin zama guda biyu da ƙaramin kwamiti na mambobin kwamitin ke jagoranta sun mayar da hankali kan tushen tashin hankali a cikin coci, ciki har da bambance-bambance game da ikon Littafi Mai-Tsarki da fassarar da jima'i.
Membobin kwamitin uku-Donita Keister, Jonathan Prater, da J. Trent Smith – an nada su zuwa karamin kwamiti bayan taron shekara-shekara na 2016, don taimaka wa hukumar wajen amsa tambayar “Rayuwa Tare kamar yadda Kiristi ke Kira.” An bukaci Stan Dueck daga ma’aikatan Ma’aikatar Rayuwa ta Congregational Life ya shiga cikin kwamitin shima.
Taron ya mika damuwarsa ga hukumar. Tambayar ta yi tambaya, a wani ɓangare, don ƙoƙari don “ magance tushen tashin hankalinmu da kuma samar da dabarun da za su taimake mu mu bi da juna cikin gaskiya irin na Kristi.” (Karanta cikakken rubutun tambayar a www.brethren.org/ac/2016/documents/business/nb4-query_living-together-as-christ-calls.pdf )
Sakamakon binciken da sauran ayyukan farko da kwamitin ya gudanar ya taimaka wajen tattaunawa da kwamitin, wanda ya yi nasarar gano abubuwa da dama da ke kawo tashin hankali a cocin da kuma wasu dabarun da za a iya bi don mayar da martani. Sai dai hukumar ba ta kai ga ba da shawarwarin daukar matakai ba.
"Kwamitin ya yi fatan za mu ci gaba da gano dabaru," in ji Fitzkee, "amma batutuwan suna da sarkakiya. Idan da akwai mafita cikin sauki da wani ya same su zuwa yanzu."
Jami'an hukumar da kwamitin za su tantance matakai na gaba don ci gaba da magance tambayar.
An amince da kasafin kudin 2017
Hukumar ta amince da daidaitaccen kasafin kudi na 2017 na $5,192,000 don Ministries Core, da kuma kasafin "babban jimla" ga ma'aikatun cocin 'yan'uwa na kusan $8,517,000. Hukumar ta kuma karbi rahoton kudi na shekara zuwa yau na 2016.
Ma’aikata ne suka ba da shawarar kasafin 2017, kuma yana da ƙasa da dala 160,000 a cikin abubuwan da ake tsammani na Ma’aikatun Ma’aikatun fiye da siga da hukumar ta amince da shi a watan Yuni. Koyaya, ya haɗa da fiye da $ 700,000 na “gadaji” ko canja wurin kuɗi na lokaci ɗaya na kudaden da aka karkata daga ajiyar kuɗi gami da kuɗin da ba a yi amfani da su a baya ba, da kuɗaɗe daga Sabon Gine-gine da Filayen Windsor, Gine-gine, da Asusun Kayan Aiki.
Sabuwar Gudunmawar Taimakawa Ma’aikatar za ta fara aiki tare da kasafin kuɗi na 2017, wanda ke wakiltar gudummawar kashi 9 cikin ɗari daga gudummawar da aka bayar ga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa da Asusun Tallafawa Abinci na Duniya, da kuma wasu ƙayyadaddun gudummawa. Wannan gudummawar ta maye gurbin kuɗin cikin gida wanda a baya ana cajin waɗannan kudade biyu.
An gina karin kashi 1.5 cikin 2017 na kudin rayuwa na albashi a cikin kasafin kudin shekarar XNUMX, wanda kuma ya yi la'akari da karuwar kudaden inshorar lafiya na shekara mai zuwa, kuma ya ci gaba da ba da gudummawar da ma'aikata ke bayarwa ga Ma'aikatan Taimakon Kiwon Lafiyar Ma'aikata da ke rakiyar manyan kungiyar. tsarin deductible.
Bugu da kari, hukumar ta amince da shigar da kasafin kudin mujallar “Manzon Allah” a cikin kasafin Ma’aikatun Ma’aikatu tun daga shekarar 2017. Wannan zai kawo karshen wasu shekaru da mujallar ta dauka a matsayin “ma’aikatar bayar da kudade ta kai.”
Membobin kwamitin, ma'aikata, da baƙi a cikin "tattaunawar tebur" sun tattauna tambayoyin da suka shafi tambaya kan "Rayuwa Tare kamar yadda Kiristi ke Kira."
An amince da tallafi don agajin guguwa
Kwamitin zartaswa ya amince da bayar da tallafi guda biyu na dala 40,000 kowannensu don aikin agajin bala'i bayan guguwar Matthew, don fitowa daga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa (EDF).
Taimako ɗaya zai “fara” martanin Cocin ’yan’uwa da ke Haiti, wanda guguwar ta yi fama da shi sosai. Aikin agaji na ’yan’uwa a Haiti zai kasance yunƙurin haɗin gwiwa na l’Eglise des Freres d’Haiti (Cocin ’yan’uwa a Haiti), Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa, Aikin Likitan Haiti, da Shirin Abinci na Duniya. Sauran tallafin yana tallafawa aikin agajin guguwa na Coci World Service (CWS) a Haiti.
Roy Winter na Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa ne ya sanar da wani ƙaramin taimako na $7,500, a matsayin rabon farko ga ayyukan agajin guguwa na CWS a gabashin gabar tekun Amurka tare da mai da hankali kan waɗanda ambaliyar ruwa ta shafa a Carolinas. Ana sa ran ƙarin rabo yayin da ake ci gaba da tantance buƙatun.
An raba daftarin sabon falsafar manufa
Hukumar ta sami daftarin farko na sabon takardar falsafar manufa daga Babban Daraktan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis Jay Wittmeyer da wani kwamiti na wucin gadi. Takardar ta mayar da hankali kan ƙirƙirar sabon haɗin gwiwa na ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa na duniya da ake kira da Global Church of the Brothers. Ya ba da ginshiƙai na fahimtar yadda ƙungiyoyin ƙasa daban-daban waɗanda suka bayyana a matsayin ’yan’uwa za su iya danganta juna, yadda za a iya aiwatar da manufa ta duniya bisa la’akari da kasancewar ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa a ƙasashe dabam-dabam, da kuma yadda za a iya maraba da sababbin ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa. Za a raba takardar ga wasu kungiyoyi daban-daban don tattaunawa da sharhi kafin a dawo kan hukumar don ci gaba da nazari.
Wani bangare na atisayen da ke duba tushen tashin hankali a cocin ya kuma bukaci mambobin kwamitin da ma'aikatan su gano wuraren hadin kai a cikin imani da aiki a tsakanin 'yan'uwa a fadin darikar.
Hukumar ta tattauna Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa
Shawarar yin amfani da abin da aka samu na duk wani siyar da kadarorin da aka yi a Cibiyar Hidima ta ’yan’uwa ya sa aka tattauna sosai a tsakanin mambobin hukumar. Sai dai hukumar ta kasa cimma matsaya kan shawarar da kwamitin zartarwa ya gabatar.
The "babban harabar" rabo na 'yan'uwa Service Center dukiya a New Windsor, Md., An jera don siyarwa tun Yuli 1, 2015. The "ƙananan harabar" wanda ya ƙunshi sito da ofishin annex ba na sayarwa da-in taron da aka sayar da babban harabar - zai ci gaba da aiki a matsayin Cibiyar Hidima ta 'Yan'uwa kuma za ta ci gaba da gina ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa, Sabis na Bala'i na Yara, da kuma Shirin Albarkatun Material. Cibiyar Baƙi ta Zigler da wuraren SERRV suna aiki a harabar babban harabar yayin da aka jera kayan don siyarwa.
Tattaunawar shawarwarin ya bayyana ra'ayoyi iri-iri game da yadda za a yi amfani da abin da aka samu na tallace-tallace. Lokacin da aka bayyana cewa hukumar ba ta iya cimma matsaya ba, kuma gyare-gyare guda biyu suka gaza, sai aka yanke shawarar baiwa wani karamin kwamiti na mambobin kwamitin da ma’aikata damar yin nazari kan lamarin da kuma dawo da shawarwarin kwamitin a taron na Maris 2017. Wadanda aka nada a kwamitin sun hada da shugaba Don Fitzkee, shugabar da aka zaba Connie Burk Davis, da wakilin zartarwa na gundumar David Shetler, da babban sakatare David Steele.
A cikin sauran kasuwancin
An kira Patrick Starkey a matsayin zababben shugaba na gaba, don farawa a wannan matsayi a taron sake fasalin hukumar yayin taron shekara-shekara na 2017. Ya zauna a cikin kwamitin zartarwa kuma minista ne da aka nada daga Cloverdale, Va. Zai yi aiki a matsayin zababben shugaban kasa na tsawon shekaru biyu, yana taimakawa Connie Burk Davis wacce za ta fara wa'adin shugabancinta a bazara mai zuwa, sannan kuma zai jagoranci hukumar na tsawon shekaru biyu masu zuwa. shekaru.
An karɓi murabus ɗin mamban hukumar John Hoffman, saboda dalilai na lafiya. Yana jiran a yi masa dashen koda. Hukumar ta yi addu'a don warkar da Hoffman, da kuma samun mai ba da gudummawar gabobin da ya dace. Hoffman ya fito daga McPherson, Kan., Kuma ya yi shekara ɗaya kacal na wa'adinsa na shekaru biyar a hukumar.
An nada William C. Felton na Royersford, Pa., a matsayin wakilin Cocin 'yan'uwa ga Germantown Trust wanda ke da alhakin ginin tarihin Germantown da dukiya a arewacin Philadelphia. Felton memba ne na Providence Church of the Brothers kuma babban dan kwangila ne kuma shugaban William C. Felton Builder Inc. Bukatunsa sun hada da farfadowa a yankin Phoenixville kuma yana aiki a cikin Phoenixville Green Team da Phoenix Iron Canal and Trails Association , a tsakanin sauran kungiyoyi masu sana'a.
Hukumar ta samu rahotanni da dama da suka hada da bitar dabarun manufofin dashen coci da ayyukan kasa da kasa, da gudanar da ibada ta yau da kullum da kuma rufe ibada baya ga ibadar safiyar Lahadi, kuma sun ci abinci tare da kuma lokacin sanin juna.
Nemo hanyar haɗi zuwa kundin hoto na taron a www.brethren.org/album