“Don haka mirgina hannayenku, ku sa hankalinku cikin kayan aiki, ku kasance cikin shiri sosai don karɓar kyautar da ke zuwa sa’ad da Yesu ya zo…. Ku bar kanku a jawo ku cikin hanyar rayuwa wadda ta Allah ta siffata, rai mai kuzari da mai-ci da tsarki” (daga 1 Bitrus 1:13-15 a cikin “Saƙon” sigar).
LABARAI
1) Tallafin dala 50,000 zai aika da taimako ga rikicin 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya a Lebanon
2) Yearbook yana ba da rahoton kasancewa memba a cikin 2014, da sauran ƙididdiga
BAYANAI
3) Sabon Church of the Brethren Yearbook yana samuwa akan CD
4) Brethren bits: Tunawa, sabon malamai a Elizabethtown's Young Center, Shine manhaja na neman daraktan ayyuka, rangwamen rajista na NYAC ya ƙare Jan. 31, yi addu'a ga tawagar zuwa S. Sudan, BVS ayyukan a Facebook, albarkatun for Service Lahadi Feb. da dai sauransu
Maganar mako:
Daya: Lokacin da muka ji naƙasa cikin tsoro,
Duk: Kuma matsalolin duniya da alama sun yi yawa ba za su iya jurewa ba,
Daya: Ka tunatar da mu, ya Allah, ka fi kowa karfin hali.
Duk: Ka tunatar da mu cewa muddin mun kasance masu aminci kaɗan.
Daya: Za mu iya motsa duwatsu
Duk: Kuma ya haifar da canji a tsakanin al'ummomi.
Daya: Domin tare da ku a cikin iko,
Duk: Ba abun da ba ze yiwu ba.
- Kira don Bauta don Hidima Lahadi 2016, ta rubuta ta Amanda McLearn-Montz wadda ke hidima a Ma'aikatar Workcamp na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, ta hanyar Sabis na 'Yan'uwa. Tana ɗaya daga cikin masu aikin sa kai na BVS waɗanda suka rubuta albarkatun don hidimar Lahadi ta wannan shekara. Ranar da aka ba da shawarar wannan bikin na shekara shine Fabrairu 7. Nemo albarkatun ibada da fosta mai saukewa a www.brethren.org/bvs/files .
Wata ma'aikaciyar agaji ta Kirista ta rike jaririn dan gudun hijirar Siriya a yayin wata ziyara da ta kai a cikin matsugunin 'yan uwa a kwarin Bekaa na kasar Lebanon, inda dimbin 'yan kasar Siriyan suka tsere.
1) Tallafin dala 50,000 zai aika da taimako ga rikicin 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya a Lebanon
Ma’aikatan da ke Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ‘Yan’uwa sun ba da umarnin ba da dala 50,000 daga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa na Ikilisiya (EDF) don tallafa wa shirye-shiryen ba da agaji ga ‘yan gudun hijirar Siriya na Ƙungiyar Ilimi da Ci gaban Jama’a ta Lebanon (LSESD).
"Yakin basasar Siriya na shekaru shida yanzu ya raba 'yan Siriya kusan miliyan 10, kamar yadda sauran tashe-tashen hankula a Gabas ta Tsakiya suka raba miliyoyi," in ji bukatar tallafin. “Labanon, wacce ke da iyaka da Syria, yanzu tana da ‘yan gudun hijirar Syria miliyan 1.5, da kuma wasu rabin Falasdinawa ‘yan gudun hijira.
"Jami'an gwamnati ba su da sha'awar ba da tallafi ga wadannan kungiyoyi, kuma gwamnati ba ta son ba da damar manyan agaji na kasa da kasa ko kuma bunkasa sansanonin 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya. Yawancin 'yan gudun hijirar suna zama a gidaje marasa inganci tare da wasu iyalai da yawa kuma ba su da isasshen abinci, ƙarancin kulawar likita, da rashin tsafta, kuma yaran ba sa iya zuwa makaranta."
Ƙungiya mai haɗin gwiwa LSESD a halin yanzu tana da fiye da ayyukan agaji 20 a fadin Lebanon, Siriya, da Iraki. Ta hanyar tallafi daga LSESD, an fara makarantu da shirye-shiryen ilimi da yawa ga 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya. Shirye-shiryen ciyar da kungiyar na wata-wata, kulawar likitanci, kayan aikin hunturu, da shirye-shiryen dawo da rauni suna isa ga mutane da yawa masu bukata.
Wannan tallafin na farko zai ba da fakitin abinci na wata-wata ga mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu a Lebanon, Siriya, da Iraki, tare da kula da lafiya, madara da diapers ga iyalai da yara ƙanana, kwanciya, ilimi ga yaran 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya, dawo da rauni, shirye-shiryen tallafi na zamantakewa da tunani, da ruwan sha.
Don ƙarin bayani game da aikin 'yan'uwa Bala'i Ministries je zuwa www.brethren.org/bdm .
Don ƙarin bayani game da EDF kuma don ba da kan layi ga asusun, je zuwa www.brethren.org/edf .
2) Yearbook yana ba da rahoton kasancewa memba a cikin 2014, da sauran ƙididdiga
Memba na Cocin ’Yan’uwa 114,465 ne a shekara ta 2014, bisa ga bayanai daga “2015 Church of the Brethren Yearbook.” Idan aka kwatanta da 2009, lokacin da membobin darika ya kasance 122,810, wannan yana wakiltar raguwar membobi 8,345 a cikin shekaru biyar da suka gabata.
Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa ta fuskanci yanayin raguwar zama memba na tsawon shekaru da yawa tun daga shekarun 1960.
Memba na ɗarika ɗaya ne daga cikin lambobin da aka haɗa cikin sashin ƙididdiga na littafin Yearbook na shekara-shekara, wanda ke tattara ƙididdiga daga shekarar da ta gabata–littafin Yearbook na 2015 yana ba da rahoton ƙididdiga daga 2014. Littafin Yearbook kuma ya haɗa da kundin adireshi na yanzu na ƙungiyar. Ana iya siyan Littafin Yearbook daga ’Yan’uwa Press kuma an ba da shi a cikin tsarin pdf a CD.
Adadin littafin shekara sun dogara ne akan bayanan da ikilisiyoyin suka bayar waɗanda ke juya rahotannin ƙididdiga. Koyaya, ba duk ikilisiyoyi ne ke ba da rahoto ba. A shekara ta 2009, kashi 686 ko 65.5 na ikilisiyoyin Cocin ’yan’uwa sun ba da rahoton ƙididdiga. Kididdiga ta 2014 tana nuna rahotannin da kashi 602 ko 59 cikin dari na majami'u suka dawo. Lambobin ikilisiyoyin bayar da rahoto sun yi daidai da na baya-bayan nan, don haka samar da hanyar kwatantawa.
Jimlar adadin ikilisiyoyin da ke cikin ɗarikar, waɗanda suka haɗa da Amurka da Puerto Rico, a cikin 2014 sun kai 967. Bugu da ƙari, akwai zumunci da ayyuka 54 a faɗin ɗarikar. Shekaru biyar da suka shige, a shekara ta 2009, ikilisiyoyi sun kai 994, kuma haɗin gwiwa da ayyuka sun kai 53.
A cikin 2014, ƙungiyar ta ba da rahoton matsakaicin matsakaicin yawan halartar ibada na mako-mako na 50,625 na shekara, kuma an samu raguwa daga shekaru biyar da suka gabata lokacin da matsakaitan halarta ya kasance 58,830.
Ikilisiya sun ba da rahoton baftisma guda 1,074 a shekara ta 2014, idan aka kwatanta da 1,394 a shekara ta 2009.
Ƙungiyar ta sami gunduma a cikin 2014, tare da ƙari na gundumar Puerto Rico. Hakan ya kara adadin gundumomin Cocin Brothers zuwa 24 daga 23 da suka gabata.
Gundumar Shenandoah ta mamaye gundumar Atlantika arewa maso gabas a matsayin mafi girma a cikin mambobi, dangane da zama memba. Shenandoah yana da mambobi 13,763 a cikin 2014. A cikin 2009 Shenandoah ya zo a matsayi na biyu mafi girma, tare da mambobi 14,189. A cikin 2009 Atlantic Northeast yana da mambobi 14,336; a cikin 2014 ikilisiyoyinta sun ba da rahoton membobin 13,551. Gundumar ta uku mafi girma ta ci gaba da zama gundumar Virlina, tare da mambobi 10,598 a cikin 2014. A cikin 2009 kuma ita ce gunduma ta uku mafi girma, tare da membobi 10,947.
Bayar da ikilisiya ga ma’aikatun ɗarikoki ya ƙaru zuwa jimilar $5,578,041 a 2014. Jimlar 2009 ya kai $3,519,737.
Bayar da Ikklisiya ga kudade na musamman da sauran kyaututtuka na musamman fiye da ninki biyu idan aka kwatanta da 2009. Bayar da ikilisiyoyi ga Asusun Ba da Agajin Gaggawa, Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya, Asusun Jakadancin Duniya na Emerging, da kyaututtuka na musamman sun kai $2,859,134 a 2014, idan aka kwatanta da $1,401,454 a 2009. Irin wannan bayarwa sau da yawa ana ƙayyade ta yanayi da girman bala'i ko wasu abubuwan da suka faru a lokacin. A cikin 2014 wanda ya hada da musgunawa 'yan uwan Nigeria da Boko Haram, kuma 'yan'uwa na Amurka sun mayar da martani da kudurin tallafawa Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, Church of the Brothers in Nigeria).
Ba da gudummawa ga sauran hukumomin taron shekara-shekara guda biyu waɗanda ke samun tallafin kuɗi daga ikilisiyoyi suma an rubuta su a cikin Littafin Yearbook: Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany ta karɓi $313,907 daga ikilisiyoyi a 2014, kuma Amincin Duniya ya sami $85,008.
Don siyan kofi na 2015 Church of the Brethren Yearbook jeka www.BrethrenPress.com ko kira 800-441-3712.
BAYANAI
3) Sabon Church of the Brethren Yearbook yana samuwa akan CD
Littafin Yearbook na Coci na 2015 yana samuwa yanzu don siye daga 'yan jarida. Littafin Yearbook shine kundin adireshi na shekara-shekara na cocin ’yan’uwa, kuma ana buga shi cikin tsarin pdf akan CD. Ana iya siyan Littafin Shekarar 2015 akan $21.50, da jigilar kaya da sarrafawa.
A cikin karin labari daga 'yan jarida, An sabunta gidan yanar gizon kantin sayar da littattafai na kan layi kwanan nan kuma yana ba da sabbin fasalolin wayar hannu da kuma sabon kama. Daraktan tallace-tallace Jeff Lennard ya ce: "Shafin yanar gizon 'yan jarida ya sami sauyi mai kyau." “An zaɓi sabon ƙirar zamani don juzu'in sa, mai da hankali, da kuma ikon nuna kayayyaki ba tare da jan hankali ba. Hakanan an inganta kewayawar rukunin yanar gizon ta hanyar daidaita nau'ikan da ayyukan bincike." Manufar sabuntawar ita ce haɓaka ƙwarewar abokin ciniki gaba ɗaya. Don duba sabon duba ziyarar www.brethrenpress.com .
Littafin Shekarar 2015
Littafin Yearbook of the Brothers ya ƙunshi cikakken bayanin tuntuɓar kowace ikilisiya a cikin Cocin ’yan’uwa, tare da bayani game da kowane gundumomi 24 na ɗarikar, hukumomin coci, ma’aikatan ɗarika, da ƙari.
A cikin ɓangaren bayar da rahoto na Yearbook, ana tattara ƙididdiga don ƙungiyoyin da gundumominta a cikin shekarar da ta gabata. A cikin Littafin Shekara ta 2015, sashen kididdiga ya ba da rahoton lambobi na 2014.
An buga littafin Yearbook na 2015 daga baya fiye da yadda aka saba saboda jinkirin da ya shafi sauya sheka zuwa sabon bayanai a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices. Yawanci Littafin Shekara na shekara yana samuwa a tsakiyar shekara. Koyaya, Littafin Shekarar 2015 ya ƙunshi mafi sabunta bayanai da ake samu tun daga faɗuwar 2015.
Yi odar littafin shekara a www.brethrenpress.com ko kuma a kira Brother Press a 800-441-3712.
Cocin Long Green Valley Church of the Brother ya shirya don guguwar dusar ƙanƙara ta wannan makon ta hanyar sanya wannan alamar a Facebook. Cocin yana cikin Glen Arm, Md., A cikin sashin tsakiyar tekun Atlantika wanda ke samun tsananin dusar ƙanƙara.
4) Yan'uwa yan'uwa
- Tunatarwa: Virginia (Ginny) M. Stockton, 87, tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar mishan a Najeriya kuma tsohuwar ma'aikaci a Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT), ta mutu a ranar 12 ga Janairu a Peabody Retirement Community a Arewacin Manchester, Ind. An haife ta Fabrairu 14, 1928, a Logansport, Ind. zuwa Howard da Alice (Moss) Johnson. Ta halarci Kwalejin Manchester na tsawon shekaru biyu. Ta auri Roger L. Ingold a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1947. A 1997 ta auri Richard Stockton, wanda ya rasu a 2003. A 1960 ita da danginta suka koma Najeriya inda ta koyar da Turanci kuma ta kasance sakatare a ofishin cocin ‘yan’uwa mishan. . A cikin 1975 ita da danginta sun ƙaura zuwa Elgin, Ill., kuma suka ci gaba da aiki a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices. Ta kasance ma’aikaciyar cikakken lokaci ga Asusun Fansho/General Board farawa a watan Nuwamba 1983, sannan ta yi ritaya daga Brethren Benefit Trust a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 1990, kuma ta koma Fort Myers, Fla. Ta rasu da ‘ya’ya maza John (Gay) Ingold na Arewacin Manchester, da David (Rose) Ingold na Graff, Mo.; jikoki da jikoki. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar Litinin, 18 ga watan Janairu a Peabody Chapel da ke Arewacin Manchester. Ana karɓar kyaututtukan tunawa ga Ƙungiyar Kula da Peabody da Asusun Kyautar Chapel na Peabody.
- An nada Steven M. Nolt don ya gaji Donald B. Kraybill a matsayin babban malami a Elizabethtown (Pa.) Cibiyar Matasan Kwalejin don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist. Kraybill ya yi ritaya a watan Yuli 2015. Nolt farfesa ne a Kwalejin Goshen (Ind.) kuma yana da digiri na biyu daga Makarantar Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary da masters da digiri na uku daga Jami'ar Notre Dame a Indiana. Ya koyar da darussa a cikin tarihin Amurka, tarihin Mennonite da Amish, ƙaura, tarihin kabilanci, da Kiristanci na Arewacin Amirka, bisa ga sanarwar a cikin "The Etownian," jaridar harabar. Shi ma marubuci ne, kuma ya ba da gudummawar littattafai 14. Littafinsa na gaba mai taken “The Amish: A Concise Introduction,” kuma an ba shi kwangilar rubuta “Anabaptists a Amurka” don Jerin Addinin Amurka na Zamani na Jami’ar Columbia. Zai fara a Cibiyar Matasa a ranar 1 ga Yuli.
- Brotheran Jarida da MennoMedia suna neman daraktan ayyuka don sa ido kan dukkan bangarorin Shine: Rayuwa cikin Hasken Allah, tsarin koyarwa na makarantar Lahadi mai abubuwa da yawa na shekaru 3 zuwa aji 8 wanda ke gayyatar yara da matasa matasa su san ƙaunar Allah kuma su bi Yesu. Daraktan aikin yana kula da duk wani nau'i na karatun kuma dole ne ya kasance yana da hangen nesa da jagoranci, tsarawa da basirar sa ido. Abubuwan da ke da alhakin sun haɗa da gyara da rubutu ta hanyoyin da ke nuna zurfin tiyoloji, wayar da kan al'adu daban-daban, da sadaukar da kai ga koyo na tushen bincike. Dole ne darektan aikin ya sami damar bincika abubuwan da ke faruwa da kuma kula da ma'aikata. Ana buƙatar fahimtar ilimin Kiristanci da tsarin karatu, da ƙwarewar koyarwa ko gudanar da shirye-shirye don yara ko matasa. Wannan matsayi ne na cikakken lokaci, albashi na tsawon lokacin karatun, wanda aka kiyasta zai kasance shekaru hudu zuwa biyar. Za a ba da fifiko ga masu nema waɗanda za su iya aiki daga ofishin MennoMedia a Elkhart, Ind. Danna "Buɗe Aiki" a www.MennoMedia.org don cikakken bayanin aiki da fom ɗin aikace-aikacen. Tuntuɓar searchcommittee@mennomedia.org don ƙarin bayani. Ana fara sake duba aikace-aikacen a watan Maris.
- Ranar ƙarshe don samun rangwamen rajista na "tsuntsu na farko" don taron manyan matasa na ƙasa (NYAC) shine Janairu 31. Ofishin Youth and Young Adult Ministry yana tunatar da matasa masu shekaru 18-35, da su yi rajista kafin karshen Janairu don samun rangwame. Ko da yake ana gudanar da taron manyan matasa a kowace shekara, NYAC wani taron faɗaɗawa ne da ake bayarwa kowane ƴan shekaru. Kwanan watan NYAC na 2016 shine Mayu 27-30. Jami'ar Manchester da ke Arewacin Manchester, Ind., za ta karbi bakuncin taron a kan taken, "Samar da jituwa." Zuwa ranar 31 ga watan Janairu farashin rajista ya kai $200, zuwa $250 daga ranar 1 ga Fabrairu. Nemo rajista da ƙarin bayani a www.brethren.org/yac .
- Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na Duniya yana neman addu'a ga wakilai na membobin Cocin 'yan'uwa shida da ke tafiya zuwa Sudan ta Kudu don ziyartar coci da abokan hulɗar al'umma a can. Tare da mai gudanar da taron shekara-shekara Andy Murray, ƙungiyar ta haɗa da tsohon ma'aikacin mishan Sudan Roger Schrock, Leon Neher, Linda Zunkel, Eli Mast, da Brent Carlson. Kungiyar ta isa Juba ne a ranar 20 ga watan Janairu kuma za ta tashi daga can a ranar 1 ga watan Fabrairu. Suna shirin ziyartar Cocin Africa Inland, Majalisar Cocin Sudan ta Kudu, da ma'aikatun 'yan gudun hijira da ilimi da Cocin Brothers ke tallafawa, suna zama a Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta Brothers a Torit. Mai karbar bakuncin rukunin zai kasance Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da ma'aikacin Sabis Athansus Ungang. "Ku yi addu'a Allah ya ba da kariya ga kungiyar da kuma samar da zaman lafiya a duk Sudan ta Kudu," in ji bukatar.
- Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) yana haskaka ɗayan wuraren aikin sa kowane mako tare da wani rubutu na Facebook. Abubuwan da aka buga na baya-bayan nan sun ƙunshi Gould Farm a Monterey, Mass., Asalin jama'ar Amurka don gyara tabin hankali a cikin buɗaɗɗen wuri a kan kadada 700 na gonaki da ciyayi; da Cibiyar Ƙauyen Asiya (ARI) a Tochigi-ken, Japan, filin horo na kasa da kasa don shugabannin yankunan karkara. "Kristi a cikin wahayi, ARI yana gayyatar mutane na kowane addini," in ji bayanin BVS. Masu aikin sa kai a Gould Farm sun cika matsayi na shugabanni a cikin takamaiman wurare, suna tallafawa baƙi a ayyuka kamar kiwo da kiwo, yin cuku, injiniyoyi na motoci, aikin lambu, sabis na abinci, da kulawa; da kuma yin hidima a ƙungiyar mazaunin, tallafawa baƙi tare da ƙwarewar rayuwa ta yau da kullun, ayyuka, nishaɗi, da kewayon barcin dare. A ARI BVSers sun shiga cikin wannan al'umma ta duniya tare da ma'aikata da mahalarta, tare da kowane mai sa kai da aka ba da shi ga wani yanki na musamman da yanki na aiki kamar gona (dabbobi da amfanin gona), sabis na abinci, tsarin kwamfuta, wallafe-wallafe (rubutu da zane zane) , daukar ma'aikata, wayar da kan dalibai, da kula da injuna da kayan aiki. Nemo shafin BVS Facebook a www.facebook.com/brethrenvolunteerservice . Nemo ƙarin game da yadda ake zama mai sa kai na BVS a www.brethren.org/bvs .
- Yanzu akwai albarkatun ibada don Sabis na Lahadi 2016 kan jigon “Hana Haihuwa da Tsarkaka” (1 Bitrus 1:13-16, Saƙon). Wannan Lahadi ta musamman, tare da ranar da aka ba da shawarar ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, bikin shekara ce don yin murna da ƙarfafa hidima ga wasu cikin sunan Kristi. Ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa ne suka rubuta albarkatun ibada, kuma sun haɗa da tunani da waƙoƙi tare da litattafai, addu'o'i, da ƙari. Hakanan albarkatun kan layi kyauta sun haɗa da fosta mai saukewa. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/bvs/files .
— La Place (Ill.) Cocin ’yan’uwa an kira “Church of the Week” ta jaridar "Herald and Review". Bita ya lura da ayyukan wayar da kan cocin, tarihi, da maraba ga baƙi. An ambaci Fasto Joe Harley yana cewa: “Mambobi suna tafiya cikin ƙauna, ikilisiya ba ta da isa ta sani kuma ta shiga yanayi mai kulawa. Ana ba da ayyuka da yawa a cikin shekara don ci gaba da ƙwazo da ba ku damar yin hidima ga wasu. "
- Ana gayyatar jama'a zuwa abubuwan da suka faru a ranar Lahadi, 7 ga Fabrairu, wanda Shawn Kirchner ke jagoranta a Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers da ke Elgin, Ill. Taron ibada na safe da ƙarfe 9:30 na safe zai gabatar da jagorancinsa, kuma za a gudanar da wani lokaci na tunani da rera waƙa da karfe 11 na safe zuwa 12 na rana. A wannan maraice, zai yi a Coffeehouse a coci daga 7-9 pm Kirchner mawaƙi ne kuma mawaki kuma memba na La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brother, wanda zai kasance mai daidaitawa da kiɗa don taron shekara-shekara na 2016. Ya shiga cikin Los Angeles Master Chorale. Kundin da ya ba da gudummawar shi an zabi shi don kyautar Grammy a wannan shekara. Mai taken "Pablo Neruda: The Poet Sings," kundin waƙa ta ƙungiyar mawaƙa Conspirare ya haɗa da saitunan waƙoƙin Kirchner guda biyu na waƙoƙin Neruda. Don ƙarin bayani game da abubuwan da suka faru a tuntuɓar Cocin Highland Avenue peglehman@foxvalley.net .
- Cocin Antakiya na ’yan’uwa a Woodstock, Va., tana ɗaga Yesu sama ta “Antakiya a Rediyo,” in ji wata wasiƙar kwanan nan daga ikilisiya. Ana sake watsa wa'azin a Cocin Antakiya a gidan rediyo ta WBTX 1470AM da 102.1FM, kowace Lahadi daga 12:30-1 na rana George Bowers limamin coci ne, kuma Stephanie Heishman-Litten babban fasto ne. "Ku raba labarai tare da wasu kuma ku gayyace su su saurara!" In ji sanarwar.
- Masu sansanin bazara daga Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa a Brooklyn, NY, fentin ruwan wuta a kewayen al'umma wannan bazarar da ta gabata. Fasto Jonathan Bream ya raba bayanin kula a cikin wasiƙar Winter 2015 daga mataimakin mai magana na New York, Felix W. Ortiz, wanda ofishinsa ya haɗu da ƙoƙarin tare da Sashen Kare Muhalli na birnin. "Ƙoƙarin sa kai na su zai sa al'ummarmu ta kasance cikin aminci ta hanyar sanya masu ruwa da ruwa a bayyane don tabbatar da isa ga masu kashe gobara," in ji jaridar. “Masu sansanin sun yi farin ciki da zana ruwan ruwa daga titin 64th zuwa 60th tsakanin titin 3rd da 5th Ave. Na gode wa duk wadanda suka shiga!
— Goshen (Ind.) Cocin City na ’yan’uwa yana gode wa mutane da yawa wanda ya ba da amsa a takaice don tattara kwantena filastik galan guda don lokacin bautar yara a ranar 17 ga Janairu. "Yaranmu sun tattara kwantenan galan 28 don ganin yawan adadin da Yesu ya bayar," in ji jaridar cocin. “Galan ashirin zuwa talatin sun cika babbar ganga lokacin da Yesu ya mai da ruwan ya zama ruwan inabi mai kyau a cikin Yahaya 2. Yesu kuma ya cika ganga shida…. Wannan ya nuna yadda Yesu ya ɗauki na yau da kullun, kamar kowannenmu, kuma ya mai da mu mu zama masu ban mamaki.”
- Kwamitin Tsare-tsare da Shirye-shiryen Gundumar Kudu/Tsakiya Indiana ya fitar gayyata zuwa wasan Ted & Co. na "Kwanduna 12 da Akuya" a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, da karfe 7 na yamma, a Northview Church of the Brothers a Indianapolis. Ayyukan "Kwando 12 da Akuya" suna amfana da Heifer International kuma haɗin gwiwa ne na Ted & Co. tare da Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na Cocin Brothers, wanda ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa suka shirya. Gayyatar gundumar ta ce, “Fiye da shekaru 70 da suka shige, Dan West, memba na Cocin Elkhart Valley of the Brothers, ya yi mafarkin ranar da dukan mutane za su sami isashen abinci. An fara aikin Heifer tare da ɗimbin shanu daga Indiana da Ohio waɗanda aka aika zuwa Puerto Rico. Wannan yana nufin cewa Heifer International wani bangare ne na gadon Ikilisiya na 'yan'uwa. Heifer International ya girma, kuma a yau taurarin fina-finai da yara suna raba kyaututtuka tare da Heifer don mutane su sami abinci." Ayyukan 26 ga Fabrairu za su ƙunshi "Labarun Yesu: Bangaskiya, Forks, da Fettuccini," wanda Ted Swartz da Jeff Raught suka rubuta kuma suka yi. Za a gudanar da tazara biyu don yin gwanjon kwandunan burodi don tallafawa Heifer International. Ana gayyatar ’yan gundumomi da ikilisiyoyi su ba da kwando kuma su kasance don yin takara a gwanjon.
- Taron horar da jagoranci da aka mayar da hankali kan magance rashin jituwa da bambance-bambance Gundumar Western Plains ta shirya a ranar 22-24 ga Fabrairu, tare da ci gaba da rukunin ilimi ga ministoci. Bikin, wanda kuma gundumomi maƙwabta da suka haɗa da Missouri da Arkansas ke tallata taron, an shirya shi ne don fastoci, ƴan jama'a, da shugabannin gundumomi don ba da horon canji. "Bambanci da rashin jituwa na al'ada ne kuma ba makawa," in ji sanarwar. "Duk da haka, da yawa daga cikinmu suna jin rashin shiri don magance rikici a cikin al'ummomin addininmu. Za mu bincika yadda za a canza rikici zuwa sabuntawa na ruhaniya da na al'umma, muna mai da hankali kan: ka'idodin Littafi Mai Tsarki da tauhidi, ikilisiyoyi a matsayin tsarin iyali, matakan rikici tsakanin al'ummomin bangaskiya, tattaunawa mai tsari a cikin yanayi mai girma, kayan aikin tantancewa, sulhu. " An gudanar da taron a Cibiyar Heartland a Great Bend, Kan. Gary Flory da Robert Yutzy daga Cibiyar Kansas don Aminci da Ƙarfafa Rikici a Kwalejin Bethel a Newton, Kan., Za su kasance masu amfani. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Kendra Flory a Ofishin gundumar Western Plains a wpdcb@sbcglobal.net ko 620-241-4240.
- Majalisar Matasa ta Inter-District (IYC) a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.) yana jagorantar abubuwa biyu a watan Fabrairu ga manyan matasa da masu ba su shawara, a kan jigon “Wasu Taro da ake Bukata” (Matta 6:19-34). Taron farko a ranar 6-7 ga Fabrairu shine ga daliban sakandare a gundumar Virlina, wanda aka shirya a Cocin Antakiya na 'yan'uwa a Woodstock, Va.; Kudin taron na dare shine $10 ga kowane mutum, lamba virlina2@aol.com . Taron na biyu shine a ranar Fabrairu 19-21 ga masu karatun sakandare a gundumar Shenandoah, wanda Brethren Woods Camp da Retreat Center suka shirya kusa da Keezletown, Va.; je zuwa www.shencob.org/youth don ƙarin bayani.
- Daga cikin sabbin mambobi hudu na Kwamitin Amintattu na Jami'ar Manchester akwai Madalyn Metzger, memba na Goshen (Ind.) City Church of Brothers, a cewar wata sanarwa daga jami'ar. Sauran wadanda suka shiga hukumar sune Michael J. Packnett, shugaban kasa da Shugaba a Parkview Health; Ding-Jo Hsia Currie, tsohon shugaban Kwalejin Al'umma na Coastline, kuma a halin yanzu farfesa ne a cikin shirin jagoranci na ilimi na digiri a Jami'ar Jihar California-Fullerton; da William “Mark” Rosenbury, mai sabunta sabuntawa da ƙwararrun muhalli tare da gogewa mai yawa a hidimar jama'a da sa kai. Metzger ya jagoranci tallan tallace-tallace da hanyar sadarwa da hangen nesa don Everence Financial a Goshen, gami da saka hannun jari na kamfani, sarrafa kadara, ayyukan agaji, kiwon lafiya, da ritaya da samfuran ƙungiyar kuɗi. A cikin 2015, ta sami lambar yabo ta Everence Financial Commitment to Excellence Award, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rukunin Shugabancin Kuɗi na Kamfanin. A baya ta yi aiki a cikin sadarwar tattara kuɗi don Sabis na Duniya na Coci. Ta kuma kasance mai ba da shawara ga zaman lafiya da adalci kuma ta kasance mamba a kwamitin Amincin Duniya, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar 2008-13, kuma ta yi aiki a kwamitin ba da shawara na Sabon Al'umma daga 2006-09. A cikin 2008, an gane ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun matasa 40 waɗanda ke ƙasa da 40 a arewacin Indiana da kudancin Michigan. Ita memba ce ta Ƙungiyar Talla ta Amurka da Masu Sadarwar Anabaptist. Ta kammala karatun digiri na Manchester a 1999, tare da digiri a cikin sadarwar mutane da ƙungiyoyi. Nemo cikakken sakin a www.manchester.edu/about-manchester/news/news-articles/trustees-2016 .
- Gabatarwa na wannan hunturu a Cibiyar Matasa don Nazarin Anabaptist da Pietist a Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) ta bincika waƙar yabon Jamus ta 1762, halayen Amish game da alluran rigakafi, da labarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Yakubu. Da karfe 7 na yamma a ranar 11 ga Fabrairu, Masanin ilimin harsuna da masarautan hymnist Hedda Durnbaugh na Cocin 'yan'uwa ya tattauna "The Schwenkfelder Hymnal of 1762 da Unique Place in German Hymnody." Christine Nelson-Tuttle, mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin aikin jinya a Kwalejin St. John Fisher, ta tattauna "Kimanin Samun Alurar rigakafi a cikin Tsohon Dokar Amish a gundumar Cattaraugus, NY" da karfe 7:30 na yamma ranar 23 ga Fabrairu. "Gender, Shame, and Yakubu Hip : Ra'ayin Ƙungiyar Jama'a ɗaya" gabatarwa ce ta Jeff Bach, Daraktan Cibiyar Matasa kuma farfesa na ilimin addini, da ƙarfe 7:30 na yamma ranar 15 ga Maris. Bach zai tattauna fassarar musamman ta Ephrata Community game da labarin Yakubu na Littafi Mai Tsarki, wanda ya ba shi damar yin suka. mulkin uba da mazaje. Lakcocin, da aka gudanar a cikin Bucher Meetinghouse, kyauta ne. Tuntuɓi Cibiyar Matasa a 717-361-1470 ko Youngctr@etown.edu .
- Henry H. Gibbel, da matarsa, Joanie, sun ba da gudummawar $500,000 ga Kwalejin Juniata a Huntingdon, Pa., don ba da kuɗin filin ƙwallon ƙafa da filin wasa, bisa ga wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. Henry Gibbel memba ne na Cocin Lititz na 'yan'uwa, darekta na Ƙungiyar Taimakon Mutual na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, kuma shugaban da ya gabata kuma darektan Emeritus na ƙauyen 'yan'uwa Retirement da Health Care Community. Ya yi ritaya a matsayin shugaban kwamitin amintattu na Juniata a shekara ta 2006, inda ya samu kyautar John C. Baker for Exemplary Service, kuma shi ne shugaban Lititz Mutual Insurance Co. Shi ne tsohon shugaban kungiyar kamfanonin inshorar juna ta kasa kuma sakatare/ma'aji. da kuma tsohon shugaban Ƙungiyar Kamfanonin Inshorar Mutual na Pennsylvania. Ya sami lambar yabo ta 1981 mai ban sha'awa daga Associationungiyar Pennsylvania ta Kamfanonin Inshorar Mutual. Shi darakta ne mai ritaya na Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. Shi da matarsa sun kasance masu ba da gudummawa ga Kwalejin Juniata tun lokacin da ya kammala karatunsa a 1957. A cikin 2002 sun dauki nauyin bayar da lambar yabo ta Henry da Joan Gibbel don Koyarwar Distinguished. Sun ba da gudummawa ga aikin ƙwallon ƙafa saboda kusan duka jikokinsu takwas sun buga ƙwallon ƙafa - uku a kwaleji da wani a kwaleji da ƙwarewa. Sabon wurin za a kira shi filin wasa na Henry H. da Joanie R. Gibbel kuma zai kasance wani bangare na Winton Hill Athletic Complex na dala miliyan 3.5 wanda kuma zai hada da kotunan wasan tennis guda shida, dakin kabad da ofis, wani katafaren filin wasa tare da akwatin buga labarai, da kuma fitulun filin wasa don ƙwallon ƙafa da wuraren wasan tennis. "Kwallon ƙafa na ci gaba da samun riba a wasan ƙwallon ƙafa yayin da wasanni na faɗuwa na zabi ga maza da kuma yawan matan da ke ci gaba da tururuwa zuwa wasan suna karuwa," in ji Greg Curley, darektan wasanni. "Wasan wasan tennis kuma yana haɓaka cikin shahararsa kuma. Ginin Winton Hill da gaske yana da yuwuwar canza ikon Juniata don cimma burin mu na yin rajista." Rukunin ginin zai kasance a bayan Nathan Hall a mahadar Kwalejin Avenue da Cold Springs Road. An shirya fara aikin ginin a wannan bazarar.
- Taron shekara-shekara da liyafar cin abinci na CrossRoads, cibiyar gadon 'yan'uwa da Mennonite a cikin Shenandoah Valley na Virginia, za a gudanar a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu, daga 6:30 na yamma, wanda Dayton (Va.) Mennonite Church ya shirya. John D. Roth, farfesa na tarihi a Goshen (Ind.) Kwalejin kuma editan "The Mennonite Quarterly Review" zai zama baƙo mai magana a kan batun "Tap Tushen ko Rhizome? Faɗa wa ’Yan’uwa da Labarun Mennonite kamar Cocin Duniya yana da Mahimmanci.” Janet Wenger ne za ta shirya abincin. Hakanan akan shirin akwai sabuntawa game da cibiyar da bayanai game da manyan ayyuka. Babu kudin abinci. Za a karɓi gudummawar don Asusun CrossRoads na Shekara-shekara. Yi ajiyar wuri a www.vbmhc.org ko kira 540-438-1275.
- Shugabannin majami'un Orthodox na duniya suna taro a ranar 21-28 ga Janairu A birnin Geneva na kasar Switzerland, domin shirya wani babban taro mai tsarki na Cocin Orthodox da zai gudana nan gaba a wannan shekara. Ana sa ran dukkan manyan shugabannin Orthodox za su halarci, tare da wasu keɓantawa saboda matsalolin kiwon lafiya, in ji wata sanarwa daga Majalisar Coci ta Duniya. An shafe shekaru da yawa ana yin shiri don Babban Majalisar Mai Tsarki. Sakin ya ba da rahoton cewa an tsara ajanda shekaru 40 da suka gabata, a cikin Nuwamba 1976, ta taron Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox.
- Don Shank, mai shekaru 92, ya yi hira da Elgin “Labaran Courier” game da kwarewarsa na tafiya tare da Martin Luther King Jr. a lokacin ƙungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a. Shi minista ne da aka nada kuma limamin asibiti, wanda ya yi ritaya daga fastoci a cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers da ke Elgin, Ill. Ya taka rawa wajen kafa ranar Lahadi ta hadin gwiwa ta kowace shekara tsakanin Highland Avenue da Elgin's Second Baptist Church, yawancin jama'ar Bakar fata sun jagoranci. by fasto Nathaniel Edmond. "Idan da akwai wata ka'ida da muka koya daga Dr. King, shi ne daidaito ga kowa," Edmond ya shaida wa jaridar. "Idan Ikilisiya ba za ta iya yin hakan ba, ba za mu iya tsammanin sauran duniya za su yi ba." Kara karantawa a www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-minister-mlk-reflection-st-0118-20160116-story.html .
- Meredith Balsbaugh na Midway Church of the Brothers yana ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin Makarantar Sakandare na Elco mai suna Myerstown-Elco Rotary Club Students of the Month for January, in the Lebanon (Pa.) "Labaran Kullum." Ita 'yar Mike ce da Becky Balsbaugh, kuma a cikin sauran ayyukanta akwai ƙaramin malamin coci, memba na ƙungiyar yabo na cocin, kuma ta taimaka da Makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Hutu da Aikin Lebanon don Mabukata. Duba www.ldnews.com/story/news/local/community/2016/01/15/rotary-club-honors-elco-students/78426358 .
Oscar Garner
- Oscar Garner, memba na Cocin Lakewood na Yan'uwa na tsawon rai a Milbury, Ohio, zai cika shekaru 100 a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu. Za a gudanar da wani biki a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu a Otterbein Portage Valley inda Garner ke zaune, in ji sanarwar Barbara Wilch a Cocin Lakewood. An haifi Garner a wata gona a Walbridge, Ohio, a lokacin yakin duniya na daya. Labarin rayuwarsa, wanda Wilch ya raba, ya lura cewa kararrawa daga makarantar Frog Pond School inda ya fara aji na farko shine kararrawa wanda ke tayar da sansanin a Inspiration Hills. , cocin 'yan'uwa sansanin. Garner shine kawai memba mai rai a ajin kammala karatunsa na sakandare. Mahaifinsa, George Garner, shine farkon mai wa'azi na dindindin a Cocin Black Swamp na 'Yan'uwa, yanzu Cocin Lakewood. Garner ya ji daɗin shekaru 63 da rabi na aure da Florice Loop, tun daga 1940 lokacin da suka yi aure. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Garner ya ci gaba da bin bangaskiyarsa tare da tsayawarsa don imaninsa, ya tafi ƙetare da farko zuwa New Guinea inda aka gaya masa ya shirya don mamayewa na Japan. Bayan da Japan ta mika wuya a ranar 15 ga Agusta, 1945, an mayar da shi gida. Bayan 'yan shekarun da suka gabata an karrama shi a matsayin memba na Jirgin Honor zuwa Washington, DC Ya yi amfani da aikinsa a DuPont inda ya sami aiki a matsayin "fanti shader" ko mai nazarin launi. Wilch ya ruwaito cewa shi da matarsa ba su taɓa haihuwa ba, “amma suna ƙaunar ’ya’yan wasu da yawa kuma suna ƙoƙarin taimaka wa wasu.” Ya kasance ma'aikaci kuma ma'ajin ga Cocin Lakewood, malamin makarantar Lahadi, kuma direban sansanin da ke zuwa Camp Mack a Indiana. Lokacin da aka sake gina Gidan Makiyayi mai kyau a Fostoria, Ohio, ya yi hidima a kan wannan jirgi a matsayin kujera. “Cikin ’yan’uwa sun tsara yawancin Oscar Garner kuma Oscar ya yi wa’azi ga Cocin ’yan’uwa a dukan rayuwarsa,” in ji rahoton Wilch. "Godiya ga Allah!"
Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Jonathan Bream, Anne Gregory, Elizabeth Harvey, Jeff Lennard, Wendy McFadden, Nancy Miner, John Wall, Barbara Wilch, Roy Winter, da edita Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, darektan Sabis na Labarai na Cocin 'Yan'uwa. Sabis na Labarai na Cocin ’yan’uwa ne ke samar da Newsline. 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 na yau da kullun na gaba zuwa ranar 29 ga Janairu.