“Gama an haifi ɗa dominmu…kuma ana kiransa Maɗaukaki Mai Ba da Shawara, Allah Maɗaukaki, Uba Madawwami, Sarkin Salama” (Ishaya 9:6).
LABARAI
1) Kwamitin Nazarin Kulawa na Ƙirƙiri yana gayyatar martani ga binciken
2) Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya ta fitar da sanarwa kan adalcin yanayi
3) Bethany yana cikin 'Seminary That Canza Duniya'
4) Yawon shakatawa na al'adu da yawa zuwa kasa mai tsarki yana da nasara
KAMATA
5) An nada majalisar zartaswar matasa ta kasa don 2017-18
6) Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany ta cika matsayi a shiga da kuma hidimar ɗalibai
BAYANAI
7) 'Art for Nigeria': Najeriya ta ba ni abubuwa da yawa, ina fatan in mayar da wasu
8) Yan'uwa: Gyarawa, Taron Taro Haraji na Malamai, ikilisiyoyi suna tallafawa maƙwabtansu musulmi, "Shawarwari na Zaman Lafiya Mai Aiki" daga gundumar N. Ohio, abubuwan da suka faru na Kirsimeti na musamman, shugaban Kirista na Ecumenical da aka tsare da kora daga Isra'ila, da ƙari.
Maganar mako:
"A cikin gaggawar kakar wasa, yana iya jin ba zai yiwu a zauna ba, don kallo da jira, don jin daɗin tsammanin Almasihu mai zuwa…. Muna tsammanin wani lamari mai girgiza duniya. Shiga cikin jiki na allahntaka. Katsewa a lokacin kanta. Lokacin ceto. Babu siyan kyauta ko gasa kuki da zai taɓa rayuwa daidai da ma’anar da ke ƙunshe cikin haihuwar Kristi.”
- Dana Cassell a cikin wani tunani da aka buga a cikin fitowar Disamba na "Manzo," Mujallar Church of the Brothers. Karanta cikakken tunani, mai taken "Lokaci Mai Sauƙi," a cikin Messenger Online a www.brethren.org/messenger/articles/2016/a-simple-season.html .
Ofishin taron yana tunatar da ikilisiyoyi da gundumomi cewa ba za a yi rajista da wuri ba ga wakilan taron su na shekara-shekara a watan Janairu kamar yadda a shekarun baya. Dukansu rajistar delegate da waɗanda ba delegate za su buɗe kan layi a rana ɗaya, Laraba, Maris 1, 2017. Za a gudanar da taron shekara-shekara a Grand Rapids, Mich., daga Yuni 28 zuwa Yuli 2. Ana iya samun ƙarin bayani a Grand Rapids, Mich. www.brethren.org/ac/2017 .
1) Kwamitin Nazarin Kulawa na Ƙirƙiri yana gayyatar martani ga binciken
An ƙirƙiri Kwamitin Nazarin Kulawa da Halitta a taron shekara-shekara na 2016 don amsa tambayar da ke ƙalubalantar mu don mu mayar da martani ga ƙuduri biyu kan sauyin yanayi (1991 da 2001). Cajin mu shine haɓaka aiki, musamman dangane da canzawa zuwa makamashi mai sabuntawa da rage amfani da mai* (www.brethren.org/news/2016/creation-care-study-committee.html
Kwamitinmu ya yi imanin cewa ya kamata a yi aiki a kan matakan darika, jam'i, da daidaikun mutane. A halin yanzu muna tattaunawa da hukumomin da suka dace na darikar don sanin mafi kyawun matakin aiki. Koyaya, a matakan jama'a da na ɗaiɗaiku, muna jin muna buƙatar kyakkyawar fahimtar fatan ku da gazawarku, da kuma fahimtar abubuwan da za su iya zama da amfani a gare ku. Bayan mun sami wasu bayanai daga wannan binciken, za mu yi aiki don samar da waɗannan albarkatun.
Da fatan za a ɗauki ƴan mintuna kaɗan don cike wannan ɗan gajeren binciken a https://goo.gl/forms/kqZk5PsZAt405yqq2 . Ba za mu buga kowane bayani game da mutum ɗaya ko ikilisiya ba tare da izini kai tsaye ba. Duk bayanan da aka ruwaito za a taƙaita su kuma ba a san su ba.
Na gode da lokacinku da tunaninku,
Sharon Yohn, Cocin Stone of the Brother, Huntingdon, Pa.
Duane Deardorff, Covenant Covenant Church of the Brother, Durham, NC
Laura Dell-Haro, Holmesville (Neb.) Church of the Brothers
*Kasusuwan kasusuwa sun hada da hanyoyin samar da makamashi kamar dumama man fetur, fetur, kwal, iskar gas, da wutar lantarki da ake samu daga wadannan hanyoyin. Sabbin hanyoyin samar da makamashi sun hada da iska, hasken rana, wutar lantarki, biomass (kamar itacen wuta), da kuma wutar lantarki da ake samu daga wadannan hanyoyin.
2) Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya ta fitar da sanarwa kan adalcin yanayi
Kwamitin zartarwa na Majalisar Majami'un Duniya (WCC) ya fitar da wata sanarwa game da shari'ar sauyin yanayi yayin wani taron baya bayan nan da aka gudanar a birnin Shanghai da Nanjing na kasar Sin a tsakiyar watan Nuwamba. Bayanin ya fara da nassi, yana ƙaulin rubutu daga Zabura 24:1-2, kuma ya ci gaba da kalaman goyon baya ga Yarjejeniyar Paris da tsarin amincewa da ya fara aiki a shari’a a farkon Nuwamba.
Bayanin WCC ya biyo baya gaba daya:
Sanarwa Akan Adalcin Yanayi
“Ƙasa ta Ubangiji ce, da dukan abin da ke cikinta, da duniya da dukan waɗanda suke cikinta; gama ya kafa ta bisa teku, ya kafa ta bisa ruwa.” (Zabura 24:1-2).
A ranar 4 ga watan Nuwamban shekarar 2016, yarjejeniyar da aka amince da ita a taron sauyin yanayi na MDD a birnin Paris a watan Disamba na shekarar 2015 (COP 21) ta fara aiki bisa doka, bayan da aka yi saurin amincewa da hadin gwiwa tsakanin Sin da Amurka. Yarjejeniyar ta Paris ta baiwa kasashe damar kiyaye yanayin zafi a duniya zuwa kasa da ma'aunin celcius 2, tare da yin duk wani kokari na takaita tashin ma'aunin ma'aunin Celsius 1.5. A karkashin yarjejeniyar, kasashen da suka ci gaba za su tallafa wa kasashe masu tasowa don daidaitawa da bunkasa cikin tsafta kuma mai dorewa, da kuma kara samar da hanyoyin magance asara da barna, gami da asarar da ba ta shafi tattalin arziki ba.
Waɗannan sakamako ne waɗanda Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya tare da majami'un membobinta, ACT Alliance, Ƙungiyoyin Kirista na Duniya da sauran ƙungiyoyin addinai da yawa da ƙungiyoyin jama'a suka daɗe suka ba da shawarar. Mun amince da rawar farko na Ecumenical Patriarchate wajen ba da shawara kan sauyin yanayi da muhalli tun daga 1981. Ƙasashen duniya da ƙungiyoyin jama'a sun yi maraba da yarjejeniyar Paris. Hukumar ta WCC ta yi maraba da cewa wannan yarjejeniya ta fi nuna kyakykyawar hangen nesa na adalci kan magance matsalar sauyin yanayi, tana ba da alamar fatan da aka dade ana jira ga wadanda suka fi fuskantar illar sauyin yanayi.
Kamar yadda Majalisar WCC ta 10 a Busan a shekara ta 2013 ta lura, waɗanda canjin yanayi ya shafa su ne sabuwar fuskar talakawa, gwauruwa da baƙo waɗanda Allah ke ƙauna da kulawa. Majalissar ta 10 ta yi kira ga majami'u na WCC da kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da su dage kan cewa gwamnatocin su sun lura da abubuwan da suka shafi kasa da kasa domin su dauki nauyin halittar Allah da kuma makomarmu baki daya, sannan ta bukace su da su kiyaye da kuma inganta hakin bil'adama na wadanda suka kasance a gaba. barazanar sauyin yanayi.
Membobin tawagar ecumenical (wanda WCC da ACT Alliance suka kira tare) da suka halarci taron sauyin yanayi na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Marrakesh, Nuwamba 7-18, 2016, (COP 22), sun yi kira ga COP 22 don fassara begen da yarjejeniyar Paris ta haifar zuwa. Babban buri da ayyuka na zahiri - lura da cewa ya zuwa yanzu yunƙurin da aka tsara na ƙasa (NDCs) sun yi ƙasa da abin da ake buƙata don hana haɓakar zafin duniya sama da digiri 2 ma'aunin celcius, ballantana maƙasudin muradin digiri 1.5 na ma'aunin celcius. Tawagar ecumen ta kuma yi kira ga kasashe da su fara yin gaggawar mika mulki ga tattalin arzikin kasa maras karancin iskar Carbon da suka hada da kawo karshen tallafin man fetur da kara zuba jari a sabbin makamashi, da kuma kasashe masu arzikin masana'antu da su tallafa wa kasashe masu tasowa masu fama da talauci a wannan sauyin yanayi ta hanyar hada-hadar kudi da fasaha.
Har ila yau, a birnin Marrakesh, shekaru 15 da suka gabata, yayin taron COP 7, WCC, ta shirya wani gagarumin taron tattaunawa kan ra’ayin Musulunci da na Kirista kan Muhalli da sauyin yanayi. A cikin wannan taron, Kiristoci da Musulmai sun tabbatar da cewa "al'ummomin bangaskiya sun haɗu don yin zaman lafiya da Duniya." Tun daga wannan lokacin tattaunawa tsakanin addinai da hadin gwiwa don tinkarar kalubalen sauyin yanayi ya karu, wanda ke ba da gudummawa ga ci gaban da ya haifar da yarjejeniyar Paris.
Kwamitin zartaswa na WCC, taron da aka yi a birnin Nanjing na kasar Sin, daga ranar 17-23 ga Nuwamba, 2016:
Yana sake jaddada damuwar gaggawa na majami'u a duniya dangane da sauyin yanayi da illolinsa ga dukkan halittu, musamman a kan al'ummomin matalauta da 'yan asali masu rauni, da lalacewar muhalli da ba za a iya jurewa ba, da asarar nau'ikan halittu, da karuwar hadarin da ke tattare da rikice-rikicen zamantakewa da siyasa. rikice-rikice da ƙaura a cikin duniyar da ke fama da matsananciyar yanayi, da ɗabi'a mai mahimmanci na karkatar da man fetur da kuma saka hannun jari a cikin ƙananan hanyar carbon don tabbatar da jin daɗin tattalin arziki, zamantakewa da muhalli da dorewa ga dukan halitta.
Ya sake jaddada muhimmancin ci gaba da ba da shawarwari da aiki don tabbatar da adalci a yanayin yanayi a cikin tsarin aikin hajji na adalci da zaman lafiya, da kuma karfafa hadin gwiwa tsakanin addinai don aiwatar da yarjejeniyar Paris.
Ya kuma yi maraba da misalin da gwamnatin kasar Sin ta bayar wajen amincewa da yarjejeniyar Paris da kuma jagorantar kasashen duniya wajen zuba jari a fannin samar da makamashi mai sabuntawa.
Yana baiwa gwamnatin kasar Sin kwarin gwiwar nuna karin jagoranci a duniya ta hanyar rage fitar da hayaki mai gurbata muhalli kamar yadda yarjejeniyar Paris ta kulla.
Ya yi kira ga dukkan jihohi da su cika alkawuran yarjejeniyar Paris, ta hanyar aiki na gida, na kasa da kasa da kasa, da hadin gwiwa, don rage fitar da hayaki mai gurbata muhalli, da dakatar da sare dazuzzuka, don tabbatar da cewa karuwar zafin duniya bai wuce ma'aunin Celsius 2 ba (kokarin tabbatar da kare muhalli). kasa da maki 1.5 ma'aunin celcius), da kuma kara saka hannun jari a fasahohin makamashin da za a iya sabuntawa domin cimma burin samar da makamashi mai sabuntawa kashi 100 nan da shekarar 2050.
Kiraye-kiraye musamman ga kasashe masu arzikin masana'antu don haɓaka tallafi (ciki har da hanyar canja wurin fasaha) da kuma cika alkawarin tattara dala biliyan 100 a kowace shekara don rage sauyin yanayi da daidaitawa daga 2020.
Ya bayyana damuwarsa kan alkawarin da shugaban Amurka mai jiran gado Donald Trump ya dauka na ficewa daga yarjejeniyar Paris, ya kuma yi kira ga gwamnatin Amurka da ta kiyaye tare da cika alkawuran da ke tattare da amincewa da wannan muhimmiyar yarjejeniya.
Ya bayyana goyon bayan aikin shirin WCC muhalli da adalci na tattalin arziki (EEJ) don haɓaka ayyukan tauhidi da ilimi kan ɗorewa madadin rage talauci da adalci na muhalli (SAPREJ), yana mai jaddada wajabcin canza salon rayuwa don magance tushen abubuwan da ke haifar da yanayi. zalunci.
Ya lura cewa sauyin yanayi ya riga ya sami mummunan sakamako a kan tushen abubuwan abinci na mutane: ruwa da abinci, don haka ya tabbatar da aikin WCC's Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) da ke jagorantar WCC zuwa zama "Blue Community" (gane ruwa a matsayin). haƙƙin ɗan adam, yana cewa "A'a" ga siyar da ruwan kwalba inda ruwan famfo ba shi da aminci a sha, da haɓaka tallafin jama'a, mallakarsa da sarrafa ayyukan ruwa da na magudanar ruwa), da na Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) na yaƙin neman zaɓe na Abinci don Rayuwa. adalcin abinci, haƙƙin ɗan adam na abinci, da kuma samar da abinci mai ɗorewa mai dorewa.
3) Bethany yana cikin 'Seminary That Canza Duniya'
Da Jenny Williams
Dalibin Seminary na Bethany Jonathan Stauffer
A cikin shekara ta biyu a jere, Cibiyar Bangaskiya da Hidima a Makarantar tauhidin tauhidi ta McCormick ta kira Bethany Seminary Theological Seminary zuwa "Seminary That Change the World." Shirin ya gane makarantun da ke nuna ƙirƙira a cikin ilimin tauhidi, saka hannun jari ga ɗalibai da shirye-shiryen da ke ba da sabis na al'umma da adalci na zamantakewa.
Misalai na saka hannun jari a waɗannan dabi'u sune guraben karo karatu, haɗa sabis da adalci cikin tsarin karatun, da damar koyo na tushen al'umma. Don zaɓe, Bethany ya ba da bayani game da matsayi na nazarin aiki a hukumomin sabis na al'umma da ɗalibai ke riƙe, wuraren samar da ma'aikatar a ƙungiyoyin sa-kai, da tsofaffin ɗalibai/ae waɗanda ke haɗa bangaskiya da sabis a cikin aikinsu. Bethany tana ba da Tallafin Sabis na Sabis na Ikilisiya ga ɗaliban da suka yi niyyar shiga aikin hidima, kuma ƙungiyar hauza ta ɗauki matakai don ƙirƙirar wayar da kan al'adu da dama a harabar. Darussan Bethany kamar Aminci da Tiyoloji na Muhalli da Nauyin Kirista da gangan suna bincika al'amuran zamantakewa na yanzu, kuma ɗaliban Bethany suna da babban sassauci don ƙirƙirar hanyar ilimi da aka keɓance wacce ta haɗa bangaskiya da sabis.
Cibiyar Bangaskiya da Hidima tana haɓaka makarantu masu suna "Seminary That Change the World" ta hanyoyi daban-daban. A cikin shekara ta biyu, kalandar Zuwan kan layi yana fasalta tunanin yau da kullun ta ɗalibai ko tsofaffin ɗalibai / ae daga makarantun hauza. Jonathan Stauffer, babban dalibin MA a Bethany, ya rubuta tunanin wannan shekara na Dec. 4. Karanta tunaninsa da ƙarin game da shi a www.faith3.org/shafi4 .
Makarantar haɗin gwiwa ta Bethany, Makarantar Addini ta Earlham, ita ma tana cikin waɗanda aka karrama na bana. Ƙarin bayani game da "Seminary That Canza Duniya" da kuma aji na 2016-17 yana samuwa a www.stctw.org
- Jenny Williams darektan sadarwa ne a makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany a Richmond, Ind.
4) Yawon shakatawa na al'adu da yawa zuwa kasa mai tsarki yana da nasara
Daniel D'Oleo
Mutane XNUMX sun ji daɗin zarafi don ziyartar Isra'ila yayin da suke tarayya, suna raba karatun nassosi masu ma'ana akan shafukan Littafi Mai-Tsarki, da kuma kawo nassi mai rai a cikin ransu da tunaninsu. Ma'aikatar Hispanic ta Renacer karkashin jagorancin Stafford Frederick da Daniel D'Oleo ne suka shirya wannan tafiya a matsayin wani taron tattara kudade don tallafawa hangen nesa da ma'aikatar Renacer Hispanic Ministry.
Kungiyar da ta halarci rangadin al'adu da yawa na kasa mai tsarki
Tafiyar ta kasance abin al'ajabi ga waɗanda suka ziyarci ƙasa mai tsarki a karon farko. Kasancewa a birane da wuraren da Yesu ya yi tafiya kuma ya haɓaka hidimarsa yana da ma’ana ga mutane da yawa a rukunin. Hakan ya kasance musamman ga mutane shida da suka yi baftisma a Kogin Urdun, waɗanda suka ji daɗin hawan jirgin ruwa a Tekun Galili, da kuma waɗanda suka sha ruwa a Tekun Gishiri. Daga cikin wuraren da aka ziyarta: Kafarnahum, Kan'ana, Nazarat, Urushalima, Baitalami, Kaisariya, Tekun Galili, da Tekun Gishiri, da sauransu. Ruwan sama a ranar ziyarar kabarin Yesu bai hana ƙungiyar yin tarayya da juna a wurin ba.
Kafin tafiya, akwai damuwa game da tsaro yayin ziyarar Isra'ila. Sai dai kungiyar ta samu labarin cewa kafafen yada labarai sun taimaka wajen haifar da fargabar da ba ta dace ba. Kwarewar ta kasance mai girma, kuma ƙungiyar ba ta taɓa jin cikin haɗari ba.
Kayayyakin kungiyar ya kasance kamar haka: mata goma sha biyar da maza hudu da suka wakilci Amurka, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Chile, da Haiti, yayin da mutum mafi tsufa ya cika shekaru 80 a wannan watan. A cikin dukan tafiyar, an rera waƙoƙi da waƙoƙi a harsuna huɗu: Turanci, Sifen, Haitian Creole, da Ibrananci.
An ɗauki tafiyar ta yi nasara yayin da aka taɓa rayuwa, dangantakar al'adu dabam-dabam ta ƙarfafa, an tara kuɗi don albarka da tallafawa sabuwar shukar coci, an gina abubuwan tunawa, kuma mafi mahimmanci an ɗaukaka sunan Allah!
Za a sadaukar da kuɗin shiga daga tafiyar don tallafawa hangen nesa na Ma'aikatar Hispanic Renacer don ƙarfafa ƙoƙarin dasa cocin Latino a Amurka. Don ƙarin bayani game da Ma'aikatar Hispanic Renacer jeka shafin Ministerio Hispano Renacer Facebook ko kira 540-892-8791.
- Daniel D'Oleo Ikilisiya ne na 'yan'uwa minista kuma jagora a ma'aikatar Hispanic Renacer.
KAMATA
5) An nada majalisar zartaswar matasa ta kasa don 2017-18
Cocin of the Brothers Youth and Young Adult Ministry ta nada majalisar zartaswar matasa ta kasa ta 2017-18. Membobin kungiyar sune:
Hannah Baka daga Mt. Wilson Church of the Brothers a yankin Atlantic Northeast District
Erika Clary daga Cocin Brownsville na 'yan'uwa a gundumar tsakiyar Atlantic
Emilie Deffenbaugh su zama Cocin Somerset na 'yan'uwa a gundumar Western Pennsylvania
Haley Dulabum daga Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Illinois da Wisconsin
District
Connor Ladd daga Cocin Columbia City Church of the Brother a Arewacin Indiana District
Trevor Haren daga Ivester Church of the Brothers a Northern Plains District
Manya masu ba da shawara ga majalisar ministoci Carol Elmore daga gundumar Virlina da Nathan Hollenberg daga gundumar Shenandoah.
Becky Ullom Naugle, darektan Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa, zai yi aiki tare da majalisar ministoci don tsara taron matasa na kasa 2018. NYC 2018 zai faru Yuli 21-26 a Ft. Collins, Kolo.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa ta manya je zuwa www.brethren.org/yya
6) Makarantar Sakandare ta Bethany ta cika matsayi a shiga da kuma hidimar ɗalibai
Da Jenny Williams
Sabbin ma'aikatan makarantar hauza Lori Current da Bailey Schroeder
Bethany Theological Seminary ya cika sabon matsayi na babban darektan shiga da kuma hidimar dalibai tare da daukar ma'aikata Lori Current na Richmond, Ind. Ta zo aikin gudanarwa a makarantar hauza daga Jami'ar Indiana ta Gabas a Richmond, inda ta rike mukamin mataimakin darekta. na shiga.
A cikin shekaru shida da ta yi tare da IUE, Current ta mayar da hankali kan inganta haɗin gwiwa tare da kwalejojin al'umma, musamman Ivy Tech a Richmond, da kuma ƙara yawan ɗaliban canja wuri da ke shiga jami'a a cikin semesters a jere. Ta kuma taimaka ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwar kwangila tare da Ƙungiyar Tennis ta Mata da Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Tennis don taimakawa wajen canja wuri da ɗaliban kan layi waɗanda ke buga wasan tennis na ƙwararru. Ta kammala karatun digiri a Jami'ar Taylor.
Yanzu yana cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na Majalisar Canjawa ta Indiana, wanda Hukumar Kula da Ilimi mai zurfi ta ba da izini. 'Yar kasuwa mai ƙwaƙƙwaran al'umma kuma mazauninta, ita ce shugabar ƙungiyar ta Richmond Rotary Club, tsohuwar shugabar Taimakawa Matasa Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru, kuma mai karɓar 2015 na Kyautar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Matasa na Wayne County.
Bailey Schroeder na Richmond, Ind., zai cika matsayin mataimaki na gudanarwa don shiga da ayyukan ɗalibai. Har ila yau daga IUE, Schroeder ya rike mukamin mataimakin daraktan shiga jami'a tsawon shekaru uku. Baya ga kula da daukar ma'aikata daga manyan makarantu sama da 25, ta ba da jagoranci wajen aiwatar da tsarin tattara bayanai na kwamfuta da kuma kula da shafukan yanar gizo na sashen shigar da dalibai. Ta kammala karatun digiri a Kwalejin Earlham.
Dukansu Current da Schroeder za su fara a Bethany a ranar 3 ga Janairu, 2017.
- Jenny Williams darektan sadarwa ne a makarantar tauhidin tauhidin Bethany a Richmond, Ind.
BAYANAI
7) 'Art for Nigeria': Najeriya ta ba ni abubuwa da yawa, ina fatan in mayar da wasu
Daga Jonathan “Pogu” Ogburn
Art for Nigeria by Jonathan Ogburn (daga hagu): #1, Bring Back Our Girls; #2, Lokacin Girbi; #3, Lokacin Wasa
A daren 14 ga watan Afrilu da sanyin safiyar ranar 15 ga watan Afrilun shekarar 2014 ne mayakan kungiyar Boko Haram suka kai hari a garin Chibok dake arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Nan take ‘yan ta’addan suka mamaye karamar rundunar ‘yan sandan garin Chibok inda suka yi awon gaba da dalibai ‘yan mata kusan 276 ‘yan makarantar Sakandare, wadanda akasarinsu ‘ya’yan kungiyar Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa ne a Najeriya (EYN, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria).
Na ji wannan labari jim kadan bayan faruwar hakan ta kafafen sada zumunta kuma abin ya dame ni, domin ni a garin Chibok wuri ne da na taba sani tun ina yaro. Iyayena, Howard da Carolee Ogburn, sun zo Najeriya a matsayin masu wa’azi a Cocin ‘yan’uwa (CBM) a 1963. Na tafi Najeriya ina ɗan shekara 3. Mun ƙaura zuwa ƙaramin gari mai nisa na Chibok jim kaɗan, tare da ƴan uwana mata guda uku. A can aka ba ni sunan Chibok Pogu, a zahiri “Yaro mai ’yan’uwa mata uku.” Daga baya muka koma wasu garuruwan arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Ni da iyayena mun bar Najeriya a shekara ta 1984, muna zaune a Najeriya gaba daya ban da furloughs.
Ko da yake na bar Najeriya shekaru da yawa da suka wuce abin da ya faru ya canza rayuwata kuma ina bin labarai sosai a can. Tun daga shekara ta 2010 ne Boko Haram suka addabi yankin da na taso. Duk wani gari da kauye da na zauna ko na ziyarta an kai hari sau da dama: Lassa, Chibok, Kwarhi, Mubi, da Jos. Ana zargin Boko Haram da kisan kiyashi da dama ciki har da a Gwoza a watan Yuni 2014, da kuma Bama da Baga a 2015. Kamar yadda an kashe mutane 30,000 zuwa 100,000 a cikin wannan lokaci. Garuruwa da kauyuka a cikin manyan jahohin arewa maso gabashin Najeriya uku sun lalace. Sansanonin ‘yan gudun hijira na cike da ‘yan gudun hijirar da ba su da isasshen abinci, wadanda suka firgita da ‘yan Boko Haram, ta yadda jita-jita na kusanto mayaka ya isa a yi gudun hijira.
Art for Nigeria by Jonathan Ogburn (daga hagu): #4, Shadouf a Burkina; #5, Rakuma a Mbalala, Arewa maso Gabashin Najeriya; #6, Mata Uku Suna Fasa Hatsi
Najeriya ta ba ni yawa, ina fatan in mayar wa Najeriya wasu. Yin amfani da abubuwan tunawa da kuma wani lokacin tsofaffin hotuna na masu mishan na CBM na zana hotuna da ke ba da cikakken bayani game da rayuwa a cikin nesa, arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Zane-zane suna launin launi ta amfani da alamomin Prismacolor masu inganci.
Katunan bayanin kula suna da girman inci 4 da inci 5, ana buga su akan takardan lilin mai inganci, kuma farashin $4 akan kowane kati. Kowa ya zo da ambulan. Fitar Hotunan girman inci 9 ne da inci 11, an buga su akan takardan lilin da aka ƙera, kuma farashin $20 kowanne. Asalin kayan zane kuma na siyarwa ne.
Na yi alƙawarin ba da gudummawar rabin kuɗin da aka samu ga Asusun Rikicin Nijeriya, wanda ya zuwa yanzu ya tara sama da dala miliyan 5 don ayyukan agaji a yankin Arewa maso Gabashin Nijeriya da yaƙi ya daidaita.
- Jon “Pogu” Ogburn ya taso ne a Najeriya a matsayin ’ya’yan cocin ’yan uwa masu mishan. A halin yanzu yana zaune a Arewacin Carolina, inda ya mallaki kuma yana gudanar da ƙaramin kasuwancin gyaran gida tare da mai da hankali kan gyaran rufin rufin. Don ba da odar "Art for Nigeria" tuntuɓi Jon Ogburn, 584 Oleander Ln., Sylva NC 28779.
Art for Nigeria by Jonathan Ogburn (daga hagu): #7, Jafi Falls; #8, Ferry akan Kogin Yedzeram; #9, Juya Auduga zuwa Zare
Art for Nigeria by Jonathan Ogburn (daga hagu): #10 Laraba, Arewa maso Gabashin Najeriya; #11, Daji Sunflowers; #12 Smooth Phlox
8) Yan'uwa yan'uwa
- Gyara: Hoton ma'aikata suna gina sabon coci ga sansanin 'yan gudun hijira a Najeriya, a cikin rahoton Jay Wittmeyer a Newsline a ranar 3 ga Disamba, ya bayyana tare da layin bashi da ba daidai ba. Donna Parcell ne ya dauki hoton.
- Taron Taro na Haraji na Malamai 2017 Makarantar Brotherhood Academy for Ministerial Leadership, Cocin of the Brother Office of Ministry, da Bethany Theological Seminary ne ke daukar nauyin shirin a ranar Asabar, 28 ga Janairu, 2017. Ranar ƙarshe na rajistar ita ce Janairu 20. Dalibai, fastoci, da sauran shugabannin coci suna an gayyace su don halartar ko dai a cikin mutum a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind., ko kan layi. Ministoci na iya samun .3 ci gaba da rukunin ilimi. Zama zai shafi dokar haraji ga malamai, canje-canje ga 2016 (shekarar harajin da ta fi yanzu don shigar da shi), da cikakken taimako game da yadda za a yi daidai daidai da nau'i daban-daban da jadawalin da suka shafi limaman coci, gami da ba da izinin gidaje, aikin kai, W- Rage limaman 2s, da sauransu. Farashin $30 ne ga kowane mutum. Bethany na yanzu, TRIM, EFSM, SeBAH, da Makarantar Addini na Earlham na iya halarta ba tare da tsada ba, kodayake har yanzu ana buƙatar rajista. Deb Oskin, EA, NTPI Fellow ne ke ba da jagoranci, wanda ke yin lissafin harajin malamai tun 1989. Don ƙarin bayani jeka https://bethanyseminary.edu/brethren-academy/clergy-tax-seminar .
- La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brothers Mambobin sun kammala makonni biyu na ba da tallafi da rakiya ga dalibai a wata cibiyar islamiyya da makarantar da ke kusa, bayan da cibiyar ta samu wasikar barazana, da ba a san sunansu ba. Mauri Flora, mamba ne na kwamitin zaman lafiya da adalci na cocin wanda ya kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka shirya wannan yunkurin. A yau ne aka wayi gari da asubahin karshe na rakiyar yara yayin da suka isa makarantar, kuma an gudanar da sallar la’asar a daidai lokacin da al’ummar Musulmi suka kammala sallar Juma’a. Baya ga membobin Cocin La Verne, mutanen da ke da hannu a Move On da kuma Pilgrim Place na Claremont sun goyi bayan ƙoƙarin.
— Kungiyar shugabannin cocin sun yi alkawarin yaki da kalaman kyama a Carlisle, Pa., gami da ministar Church of the Brothers Marla Bieber Abe. Wani rahoto a jaridar The Sentinel ya ce kungiyar da aka kafa bayan Holly Hoffman, mai hidima a cocin St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, “ta kai ga gungun fastoci a farkon watan Nuwamba don shirya wani taro inda za a iya fitar da sanarwar hadin gwiwa ta yin Allah wadai da kiyayya. jawabi da kuma sanar da wadanda aka zalunta cewa akwai goyon bayansu a cikin karamar hukumar. Ta gaya wa jaridar, "Coci tana bin duniya bashin da ta ba da sanarwa game da duk wani tashin hankali ko ƙiyayya." Kungiyar da aka kafa kamar yadda Majalisar Karamar Hukumar Carlisle ta shirya yin la'akari da shawarar dokar nuna wariya. Nemo cikakken labarin jarida a http://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/group-of-church-leaders-promise-fight-against-hate-speech-in/article_421a45c7-7069-5943-a7c4-47e9209d79af.html .
- Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of the Brothers ya rubuta wasikar goyon baya da karfafa gwiwa ga wani masallaci a Harrisburg da ya samu daya daga cikin wasiku na barazana, wanda ba a san sunansa ba da aka aikewa masallatai da cibiyoyin addinin musulunci a fadin kasar. “Cikin bakin ciki ne muka ji labarin wata wasiƙar ƙiyayya zuwa ga al’ummarku ta bangaskiya. Irin wannan magana mai ratsa jiki ba ta da gurbi a cikin al’umma mai wayewa, kuma ba abin karɓa ba ne,” in ji wasiƙar cocin, a wani ɓangare. "Don Allah ku sani cewa duk da cewa muna da wasu akidun addini daban-daban kuma muna bikin al'adu daban-daban, ba ku kadai ba." Marla Bieber Abe ta ruwaito cewa wasu ’ya’yan cocin Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren suma sun yi aikin sa kai a masallacin, inda suka yi aiki a matsayin masu ba da kariya ga al’ummar Musulmin da ke wurin. Nemo rahoton jarida game da martanin cocin Elizabethtown, wanda Lancaster Online ya buga a http://lancasteronline.com/features/faith_values/lancaster-county-church-pledges-support-to-harrisburg-islamic-society-after/article_6c8a4584-be39-11e6-98b8-2b71f12c3c6c.html .
- Gundumar Ohio ta Arewa tana tallata sabon jerin abubuwa na "Nasihu na Amincewa da Zaman Lafiya" daga Linda Fry, Mai Ba da Shawarar Zaman Lafiya/Sausantawa na gundumar. Ana samun shawarwarin daga gidan yanar gizon www.nohcob.org/blog/2016/12/01/practical-peace-making-tips .
- Coci na 'yan'uwa a Pennsylvania sun kasance suna yin kukis ɗin da aka gasa a gida don rarraba ta Ma'aikatar Tsayawar Motar Carlisle a lokacin lokacin hutu. Wannan ma'aikatar ce ta shekara-shekara tana ba da kyautar kukis a matsayin nuna ƙauna da tallafi ga masu motocin dakon kaya da sauran matafiya waɗanda suka ratsa ta tashar mota a Carlisle, Pa.
- Madadin bada shawarwarin Kirsimeti shine batun don shirin “Muryoyin ’yan’uwa na Disamba,” shirin talabijin na al’umma na wata-wata wanda Portland (Ore.) Peace Church of the Brothers ke samarwa. "Waɗannan ra'ayoyin daban-daban an tsara su ne don ba da ma'ana ta gaske ga wannan Ruhun Kirsimeti yana ba da taimako na canza rayuwa ga wani mutum ko dangin da ke fama da bala'in guguwa ko kuma rashin damar da dukanmu muke ɗauka a hankali," in ji sanarwar daga furodusa Ed. Groff. “Wannan shirin ya ƙunshi Ma’aikatun Bala’i na ’yan’uwa, Asusun Rikicin Nijeriya, da kuma asusu na musamman, ‘Bawa Yarinya Dama,’ na Sabon Al’umma…. Mutum ɗaya zai iya yin babban bambanci, a wannan lokacin Kirsimeti. " A cikin Janairu, 'Yan'uwa Voices za su gabatar da Matt Guynn na Amincin Duniya a cikin wani shiri mai taken, "Ƙirƙirar Mutunci ga Kowa," yana gabatar da batun wariyar launin fata a cikin wannan ƙasa. Sauran shirye-shiryen da ke tafe za su kunshi yadda Cocin Arlington na Brothers ke amfani da kafafen sada zumunta na zamani don isar da sako ga al’ummar yankin, da kuma tafiyar da wata kungiya daga cocin Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren zuwa Najeriya domin taimaka wa ’yan kungiyar EYN. Za a iya kallon Muryar Yan'uwa akan layi a www.YouTube.com/BrethrenVoices da kuma kan tashoshin shiga al'umma a fadin kasar.
- A wani mataki da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba a kan shugabancin Majalisar Coci ta Duniya (WCC) da ƙungiyar ecumenical, babban sakatare na WCC Isabel Apawo Phiri an kama shi, an yi masa tambayoyi, kuma an kore shi daga filin jirgin sama na Ben Gurion na Isra'ila. A cikin wata sanarwa da ta fitar a ranar 6 ga watan Disamba, WCC ta ce tana matukar nadama kan kyamar da Isra'ila ke yi kan shirin WCC na samar da zaman lafiya tare da yin adalci ga Palasdinawa da Isra'ilawa. Phiri yana tafiya ne don halartar shawarwari tare da shugabannin coci a Urushalima kan Shirin Taimakawa Ecumenical a Falasdinu da Isra'ila (EAPPI), ɗaya daga cikin shirye-shirye da ayyuka da yawa da WCC ke tallafawa a duniya. Da yake lura da cewa Phiri shi ne dan Afirka daya tilo a cikin tawagar ma'aikatan WCC, kuma daya tilo da aka hana shiga, WCC ta umurci wakilanta na shari'a da su gaggauta shigar da kara kan "wannan mataki na rashin adalci da nuna wariya ga Phiri." Karanta cikakken sakin daga WCC a www.oikoumene.org/en/press-centre/news/wcc-israeli-treatment-of-wcc-leadership-unjust-and-discriminatory .
Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Paige Butzlaff, Daniel D'Oleo, Ed Groff, Stan Noffsinger, Jon Ogburn, Linda Williams, Sharon Yohn, da edita Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'yan'uwa. Tuntuɓi edita a cobnews@brethren.org . Newsline yana fitowa kowane mako, tare da batutuwa na musamman idan an buƙata. Ana iya sake buga labarai idan an ambaci Newsline a matsayin tushen. An saita fitowar labarai akai-akai na gaba zuwa 16 ga Disamba.