1) 'Muna murna da wannan lokacin zuwan': Mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara ya aika da wasiƙar Kirsimeti
2) CDS na ci gaba da horar da Zuciya a Najeriya
3) Tafiya zuwa Najeriya yana da alaƙa da ƙoƙarin samar da zaman lafiya, ƙarancin abinci
4) Yan'uwa 'yan'uwa: Ma'aikata, mai gudanarwa-zaɓaɓɓen yana karɓar lambar yabo ta Rockford, "Night Circle" na Crest Manor Church yana raba safa na Kirsimeti, mutanen kirki a cikin Lancaster County - ciki har da 'yan'uwa da Mennonites - su sami "yi ihu"
Maganar mako:
“A yau, yayin da mutane da yawa suke shirin yin bikin Kirsimati tare da iyalansu, muna bukatar mu dakata na ɗan lokaci mu yi addu’a ga ’yan’uwanmu mata da ’yan’uwan da suka rage a cikin yaƙi mai muni. Yi addu'a ga mutanen da suka sami kansu cikin tarko a Aleppo. Yi musu addu'a don haƙuri da kuma nufin su tsira. Yi addu'a ga waɗanda suka tsere sun dawo don taimaka wa wasu. Ayi addu'a Allah ya kawo karshen wannan yaki na 'yan uwantaka, kuma kada a kara rasa rayukan da ba su ji ba ba su gani ba. Ya Allahna, kai ne mafakata da garkuwata; Na sa zuciyata ga maganarka.' (Zabura 119:114)
- Daga Ƙungiyoyin Masu Samar da Zaman Lafiya na Kirista "Addu'o'in Masu Zaman Lafiya" na Disamba 14. Nemo ƙarin daga CPT akan layi a www.cpt.org .
1) 'Muna murna da wannan lokacin zuwan': Mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara ya aika da wasiƙar Kirsimeti
Ta hanyar Carol Scheppard
Ya ku 'yan'uwa maza da mata,
Alheri da salama a gare ku cikin sunan Yesu Almasihu Ubangijinmu. Muna farin ciki da wannan lokacin zuwan yayin da muke bikin cikin jiki-kaunar Ubangiji mai ban al'ajabi don zama ɗan adam, ya zauna a cikinmu, ya fitar da mu daga duhunmu. “Kalman kuwa ya zama jiki, ya zauna a cikinmu, mun kuma ga ɗaukakarsa, ɗaukakarsa kamar ta makaɗaicin ɗa uba, cike da alheri da gaskiya.”
Kamar yadda mala’iku suka yi shelar: “Ina kawo muku albishir mai-daraja mai-girma ga dukan jama’a: yau a cikin birnin Dawuda, an haifi Mai-ceto gare ku, shi ne Almasihu, Ubangiji. Wannan zai zama alama a gare ku: za ku tarar da yaron sanye da sarƙoƙi yana kwance a komin dabbobi…
Allah ya zaɓi a haife shi a cikin duniya mai cike da tashin hankali na rikice-rikicen siyasa da tashe-tashen hankulan jama’a domin mu damu da masu mulki da masu iko su jijjiga tushensa. Duk da haka mafi ban mamaki, Allah ya zaɓi a haife shi a cikin rumbu don ƙasƙantar da matafiya, gajiyayyu, domin mu san iko mai ban mamaki na canji na allahntaka, ikon da yake namu yayin da muke da'awar matsayinmu a cikin Jikin Kristi.
Shin mun ji wannan labari sau da yawa har ba mu gane girmansa ba, ba mu daɗe da tsammanin canjinsa ba, mun daina amincewa da alkawuransa? Wannan lokacin zuwan shin za mu iya dandana wannan labari da sabbin idanuwa da kunnuwa, mu fito cikin kwarin guiwar tsammanin 'ya'yansa? Allah yana iya kuma yana yi kuma zai canza rayuwarmu da duniyarmu yayin da muke buɗe kanmu ga kasancewar Kristi. Bari mu jira tare da ɗokin jira, kallo da sauraron motsin Ruhu Mai Tsarki.
Kuma yayin da muke jira, kada mu manta ko wanene mu. Mu ne Zaɓaɓɓen Allah/Jikin Kristi, bayyanuwar kasancewarsa a duniya da kuma wakilan mulkinsa. Don haka, aikinmu na farko shi ne mu bauta wa Allah Shi kaɗai, mu juyo daga kowane nau’i na bautar gumaka (girman kai, dukiya, ko mulki), da kuma shaida madawwamiyar ƙaunar Allah.
Aikinmu na biyu shi ne kula da junanmu, mu tallafa wa juna cikin bangaskiya, da hidima ga gwauruwa, da marayu, da baƙon da ke cikinmu. A cikin bautar Allah shi kaɗai, mun tsaya a baya da masu mulki da masu iko, muna nuna madawwamiyar ƙaunar Allah ga waɗanda aka zalunta da marasa ƙarfi. Kamar yadda yake a duniya a lokacin haihuwar Kristi, duhu yana matsa mana kuma yana barazanar kashe begenmu. Ka tuna cewa hasken Kristi yana haskakawa a cikin mafi ƙasƙantattun wurare da wuta a cikin warwatse da waɗanda aka kora. Kamar yadda Jikin Kristi ya dace wurinmu yana tare da Yesu a bayan rumbun.
Don haka, ku kasance masu jajircewa wannan lokacin zuwan da Haɗarin Fata! Ku bauta wa Allah da dukkan ɗaukakar Allah, kuma ku kula da waɗanda suka tsaya su kaɗai a cikin inuwa. "Hasken yana haskakawa cikin duhu, duhun kuwa bai rinjaye shi ba." Allahnmu yana raye kuma yana mulki duniya da lahira!
Barkanmu da warhaka ga Kirsimeti mai albarka,
A cikin Kristi,
Carol Scheppard ne adam wata
Mai Gudanar da Taron Shekara-shekara na 2017
Don ƙarin bayani game da taron shekara-shekara na 2017 na Church of Brothers, je zuwa www.brethren.org/ac
2) CDS na ci gaba da horar da Zuciya a Najeriya
Kathleen Fry-Miller
Muna godiya sosai cewa John Kinsel ya sami damar komawa Najeriya a farkon wannan watan kuma ya ba da ƙarin horo na Warkar da Zuciya, warkar da rauni ga yara, da kuma bin diddigin Sabis na Bala'i na Yara (CDS). Suzan Mark, darektan EYN (Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) Ma'aikatar Mata ta sake karɓe shi.
Mata da maza XNUMX ne aka horas da su yin aikin warkar da raunuka tare da yaran da rikicin Boko Haram ya shafa, ciki har da tara daga cikin matan da suka halarta a matsayin horo na gaba ga horaswar na farko a watan Afrilu.
Kinsel ta samu damar tattaunawa da matan da aka horar da su a baya game da abin da suka koya na tsawon watanni shida na horar da wasu da kuma aiki da yara a yankunansu na arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Ya yi farin ciki don ya iya fita cikin ƙauyuka kuma ya sadu da mutane masu ban mamaki.
Horarwar Zuciya ta Masu Horarwa ta haɗa da tattaunawa game da haɓaka yara da yadda yake canzawa a cikin rauni, dabarun yin aiki tare da yara waɗanda ke haɓaka warkarwa da juriya, kulawa da kai ga masu horar da su waɗanda tashin hankali ya shafa ga danginsu, sannan ƙayyadaddun yadda ake yin su. don gabatar da zaman ga ƙungiyoyin yara.
Tsarin karatun Zukata yana tushen labari, tushen wasa, da kuma zane-zane. Yawancin mahalarta taron suna aiki tare da yara Kirista da Musulmai a cikin al'ummominsu, don haka a wannan karon horon ya yi amfani da labarun da suka dace da ra'ayoyin bangaskiya tare da mai da hankali kan warkarwa da tausayi. An ƙarfafa mahalarta da su kawo nasu gogewa da ƙwarewar su ga wannan aikin. A matsayin wani ɓangare na horon, ƙungiyar ta yi kwarewa tare da yara 130 na al'umma.
Kinsel da Carl da Roxanne Hill sun kawo Kits na Comfort guda takwas zuwa Najeriya don ƙungiyoyi suyi amfani da yara. Kayayyakin sun haɗa da kayan fasaha, kayan yin buhunan wake da ƴan tsana, da kuma ƴan tsana da cushe cikin ƙauna.
- Kathleen Fry-Miller mataimakiyar darakta ce ta Sabis na Bala'i na Yara, wanda wani bangare ne na Ma'aikatun Bala'i na Yan'uwa. Nemo ƙarin a www.brethren.org/cds .
3) Tafiya zuwa Najeriya yana da alaƙa da ƙoƙarin samar da zaman lafiya, ƙarancin abinci
Kwamitin CAMPI ya nuna a cikin 2011 a wani taron bankwana da Nathan da Jennifer Hosler, yayin da suka kammala wa'adin aikinsu a Najeriya. CAMPI (Kiristoci da Musulmai don Ƙoƙarin Ƙirƙirar Zaman Lafiya) a lokacin an shafe sama da shekara guda ana yin su, tare da haɗa limaman Musulmi da Fastoci na Kirista don tattaunawa da juna da kulla alaƙa a tsakanin rarrabuwar kawuna na addini.
By Nathan Hosler
Ni da Jennifer Hosler kwanan nan mun yi tattaki zuwa Nijeriya don tuntuɓar juna, mu haɗa kai, da kuma tallafa wa ayyukan ci gaba da samar da zaman lafiya na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nijeriya (EYN, Church of the Brothers in Nigeria). Jennifer ta yi tattaki zuwa Najeriya a matsayinta na memba na kwamitin ba da shawara na Church of the Brethren's Global Food Initiative. A cikin wannan rawar, ta sadu da shugabannin EYN da membobin da suka yi tafiya zuwa Ghana a watan Satumba na 2016, tare da Jeff Boshart (Daraktan Initiative Food Initiative) don koyo game da ayyukan waken soya.
Galibin mambobin EYN da sauran mazauna yankin arewa maso gabashin Najeriya manoma ne (yawanci kanana) wadanda suke noman abinci don amfanin iyali da kuma kara kudin shiga. Sakamakon yawaitar gudun hijira da ‘yan Boko Haram suka yi a shekaru da dama da suka gabata, aikin shuka da girbi ya lalace sosai. Kaura daga kasa, komawa bayan lokacin shuka, da kuma fargabar hare-haren Boko Haram da ake kai wa a wasu yankunan ya janyo raguwar amfanin gona da karancin abinci. Wasu al'ummomi na fuskantar satar amfanin gona da ta'addanci daga Boko Haram. A ziyarar da muka kai mun samu labarin cewa an kai hari kauyen Kauthama da ke kusa da hedikwatar EYN inda aka lalata ko kuma an kwashe kashi 80 na gidajensu da amfanin gonakinsu.
Na yi tafiya a matsayin aikina da Ofishin Shaidun Jama’a. An maida hankali sosai kan matsalar karancin abinci da yunwa a yankin arewa maso gabas da kuma samar da zaman lafiya. Ofishin sheda da jama’a na kara nuna damuwa game da matsalar karancin abinci da Najeriya ke fama da shi a birnin Washington, DC Ofishin ya hada kai wajen shirya taron karawa juna sani ga ma’aikatan majalisar dokokin Amurka a watan Nuwamba tare da aike da sanarwar daukar matakin da ya bukaci ‘yan uwa da su tuntubi jami’an da suka zaba domin magance matsalar yunwa da ta kunno kai.
A matsayinmu na tsoffin ma’aikatan zaman lafiya da sulhu tare da EYN daga Satumba 2009 zuwa Disamba 2011, mun kuma sami damar yin amfani da wannan ziyarar don tallafawa kokarin EYN da sauran kungiyoyi na samar da zaman lafiya. Mun koyar da taron zaman lafiya na tsawon sa’o’i uku a Kwalejin Kulp Bible, mun gana da ma’aikatan shirin zaman lafiya na EYN a Kwarhi, kuma mun ziyarci daya daga cikin sabbin tsare-tsarenta a Yola.
An kafa CAMPI (Kiristoci da Musulmai don Amincewar Zaman Lafiya) a garin Mubi a shekarar 2010 kuma kwanan nan ya kafa wani babi a Yola, babban birnin jihar Adamawa. Mun kasance tare da fara CAMPI a Mubi a 2010 da 2011. Tun da aikinmu ya ƙare a watan Disamba 2011, EYN's Peace Program CAMPI a Mubi ya bude kungiyoyin zaman lafiya guda tara a makarantun sakandare.
Kungiyar samar da zaman lafiya ta Adamawa (API) a Jami’ar Amurka da ke Najeriya (AUN), ita ma da ke Yola ce ta karbi bakuncin mu. API ɗin yana haɗa Kiristoci da Musulmai don biyan bukatun ɗan adam da gina gadoji tsakanin al'ummomin da galibi ke rugujewa ta hanyar rashin yarda. A lokacin kwararar ‘yan gudun hijira na cikin gida (IDPs) zuwa Yola a cikin 2014 da 2015, API ya yi aiki tare da AUN don ba da agajin abinci na gaggawa ga dubban mutanen da suke bukata. Bugu da ƙari, suna aiki don yin sulhu a cikin al'ummomi ta hanyar shirye-shiryen ƙarfafa mata, ilimi na yau da kullum, da wasanni. Ko da yake ba a yi yarjejeniya ta yau da kullun ba, API ya amsa da himma ga ƙoƙarin EYN don zaman lafiya, biyan bukatun abinci, da warkar da rauni.
Mun kuma yi tattaunawa mai zurfi da ma’aikatan ofishin jakadancin Amurka a Najeriya, inda muka bayyana illolin rarrabuwar kawuna, musabbabin tashin hankali, matsalar karancin abinci, matakin da gwamnatin Najeriya ta dauka, da kuma bukatar aikin samar da zaman lafiya.
- Nate Hosler darekta ne na Ofishin Shaidun Jama'a na Cocin ’yan’uwa a Washington, DC
4) Yan'uwa yan'uwa
- Randall (Randy) Lee Yoder ya fara Maris 1, 2017 a matsayin ministan zartarwa na rikon kwarya na Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantic. Wani Kwalejin Manchester da Bethany Theological Seminary ya kammala karatunsa, ya kasance minista a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa sama da shekaru 50. Ya yi aiki a matsayin fasto, farfesa, darekta na Ayyukan Inshora na 'Yan'uwa Benefit Trust, kuma ya kasance ministan zartarwa na gunduma a Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya na tsawon shekaru 20. A cikin 2009, ya yi aiki a matsayin babban zartarwar gunduma na rikon kwarya na gundumar Pacific ta Kudu maso Yamma. A Gundumar Arewa maso Gabas ta Atlantika, Yoder zai yi aiki a cikin kashi uku cikin huɗu, har zuwa shekara guda. Yana zaune a Huntingdon, Pa.
- Cocin The Brothers ta dauki hayar Chasity Gunn na Elgin, Ill., A matsayin taro da mataimaki na taron don Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya. Kwanan nan ta kasance mataimakiyar manaja a shagon Dick's Sporting Goods, kuma mataimakiyar malamar makaranta a U-46 School District inda ta sha yin aiki a azuzuwan harsuna biyu tana koyar da ɗalibai cikin Mutanen Espanya. Kwarewar aikinta na baya ya haɗa da aikin koyarwa na digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Hamline a St. Paul, Minn.; matsayi a matsayin mataimakin samar da rani don "Waterstone Literary Journal" da kuma hidima a kan Hukumar Editan Waƙa ta mujallar; da aiki a matsayin mai ba da rahoto na ilimi don "Jarida ta Daily News" na Murfreesboro, Tenn. Ayyukanta tare da Ma'aikatun Rayuwa na Ikilisiya za su tallafa wa ma'aikata a cikin taro da haɓaka shirin, dabaru, da rajista.
- 'Yan'uwa, Mennonites, da sauran mutanen kirki a Lancaster County, Pa., sun sami "kuwa" daga Lancaster Online, a cikin wani edita mai taken "Kamar yadda ake aikata ayyukan ƙiyayya a wani wuri, Lancaster County tana wakiltar "tashin haske." "Kungiyoyin addini na Lancaster County sun ba da goyon bayansu ga Islamic Society of Greater Harrisburg. bayan wancan masallacin ya samu wasikar nuna kyama daga wata kungiya da ke kiran kanta Amurkawa don kyakkyawar Hanya,” in ji labarin a wani bangare. “Shugabannin cocin Elizabethtown na ’yan’uwa sun aika da wasiƙa suna yin alkawarin tallafa musu kuma suna ba da ‘kowane irin taimako. Ita ma cibiyar al'ummar musulmi ta Lancaster ta bayar da goyon bayan ta. Wataƙila kun lura da alamun kore, shuɗi da lemu suna bayyana a wajen gidajen mutane a kusa da gundumar. A cikin Turanci, Sifen da Larabci, sun karanta: 'Ko da daga ina kuke, muna farin ciki da ku maƙwabcinmu ne.' Yayin da alamun wariyar launin fata da kyamar Yahudawa ke ci gaba da mamaye gine-gine a cikin al'ummomi a duk faɗin ƙasar - waɗanda ke bayyana kamar ƙwayar cuta - kuma adadin laifuffukan ƙiyayya na ci gaba da hauhawa a duk faɗin ƙasar, Lancaster County yana haɓaka juriya. Karanta cikakken op-ed a http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/as-acts-of-hatred-are-committed-elsewhere-lancaster-county-represents/article_e120463c-c0c3-11e6-a11c-6bcf4ddded27.html
Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Deborah Brehm, Debbie Eisenbise, Kathy Fry-Miller, Nate Hosler, Gimbiya Kettering, Samuel Sarpiya, Carol Scheppard, 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. Newsline za ta yi hutu a lokacin Kirsimeti da hutun Sabuwar Shekara. An saita fitowar da aka tsara akai-akai a ranar 13 ga Janairu.