Labaran labarai na Oktoba 19, 2016

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Kun dai ji an faɗa, 'Ka ƙaunaci maƙwabcinka, ka ƙi maƙiyinka.' Amma ni ina ce muku, ku yi ƙaunar magabtanku.” (Matta 5:43-44a).

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LABARAI

1) Ana buƙatar haɗin gwiwa a cikin addu'a a ko'ina cikin Ikilisiya
2) Kasafin Kudi na 2017, tallafi don agajin guguwa, tattaunawa game da jihar Ikilisiya akan ajanda na Ofishin Jakadancin da Hukumar Ma'aikatar
3) Kungiyar Ma'aikata ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan mutanen zuriyar Afirka ta gabatar da sakamakon binciken

4) Yan'uwa rago: Tunawa, ma'aikata, sanarwar sansanin aiki, wasiƙar mata Kirista, Mambula ta karɓi lambar yabo, webinar Syria, Harrisburg First anniversary, Miami Church tattara don Haiti, Gathering, Zaɓe Day Love Idi a Brothers Woods, da ƙari.

 

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Kalaman mako:

“Ya Ubangijin halitta. Uba Mai Tsarki!! Kuna da ban mamaki !! Babu kamar ku. Hanyoyinka sun fi fahimtar mutum nesa. Shekara dubu kafin ku kamar yini ne. Muna gode maka Ubangijin rahamar ka. Domin sako 'yan matan Chibok 21. Har yanzu muna rokon Ubangiji da hannunka mai girma ya sa a sako sauran 'yan matan. Yabo ya tabbata ga sunanka mai tsarki. Amin."

- Addu'ar da Salamatu Billi ta yi na murnar sako 'yan matan makarantar Chibok 21 da Boko Haram ta yi garkuwa da su, ta wallafa a Facebook. Salamatu Billi ta auri Joel S. Billi, shugabar kungiyar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria), kuma shugaba ce a kungiyar mata da mawaka ta EYN.

"Idan kawai kuna son masu son ku, ba ku da bambanci da Boko Haram… da mutanen da ke tsananta mana…."

- Markus Gamache, mai magana da yawun ma'aikatan EYN, da yake magana da sujada a safiyar yau a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Dale da Deb Ziegler na Elizabethtown (Pa.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa, kuma suka tsaya a ofisoshin darika bayan sun ziyarci McPherson, Kan. Da yake magana a kan Matta 5: 43-48, Gamache ya ci gaba da yin tsokaci game da yadda wannan nassin ya kasance da wahala ga 'yan'uwan Najeriya, yayin da suke neman bin Kristi. a cikin tashin hankali da asara. "Shin da gaske kuna da isasshen wurin son waɗannan mutanen [Boko Haram]?" Ya tambaya. "Cocin 'yan'uwa a Najeriya… wanda ya ci gaba a matsayin cocin zaman lafiya, an bar shi da wannan tambaya: yaya kuke son su?"

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1) Ana buƙatar haɗin gwiwa a cikin addu'a a ko'ina cikin Ikilisiya

Sanarwa daga Ƙungiyar Jagorancin Cocin 'yan'uwa da kwamitin zartarwa na Majalisar Zartarwa na Gundumar

Ana buƙatar haɗin kai a cikin addu'a a ko'ina cikin Ikklisiya yayin da Ƙungiyar Jagorancin Ikilisiya na 'Yan'uwa da kwamitin zartarwa na Majalisar Zartarwa na Gundumar suka hadu a ranar Nuwamba 1-2 don yin aiki a kan aikin da aka ba da shi daga wannan taron shekara-shekara na bazara. Ƙungiyar wakilai ta nuna damuwarta game da "Tambaya: Bikin aure iri ɗaya" ga Ƙungiyar Jagoranci tare da tuntuɓar majalisar gudanarwar gundumomi "don kawo haske da jagora game da ikon taron shekara-shekara da gundumomi game da lissafin ministoci, ikilisiyoyi, da kuma gundumomi, suna kawo shawarwari ga taron shekara-shekara na 2017."

Ƙungiyar Jagoranci da kwamitin zartarwa na Majalisar Zartarwa na Gundumar suna neman Ikilisiya gaba ɗaya ta yi addu'a tare da su, yayin da suke shirin ranar 1-2 ga watan Nuwamba don tattaunawar da za ta gayyaci dukan shugabannin gundumomi don fahimtar da Ƙungiyar Jagoranci. hanya mafi kyau don wannan jikin Kristi ya cika nufin Allah game da tsarin iko da lissafin mu.

Ana roƙon dukan membobin ikilisiya su haɗa kai don sauraron Ubangiji tare da faɗar damuwarmu ga Ubangiji, yayin da muke addu’a da gaba gaɗi cewa Allah zai ba da jagora da hikimar da muke bukata. Da fatan za ku lura da faɗin ’yan’uwanku da bambance-bambancen ’yan’uwanku a cikin wannan jikin Kristi, waɗanda kuke tare da su a wannan lokacin addu’a, musamman waɗanda kuka kira su yi hidima a matsayin jagororin gundumomi da ɗarikoki. Bari Ruhu Mai Tsarki na Ubangiji ya tashi ya siffata kuma ya ba ruhohinmu ikon bin Yesu cikin aminci tare, yayin da muke addu'a tare a cikin watanni masu zuwa.

Ƙungiyar Jagorancin 2016-2017 na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa:

David A. Steele, babban sakatare
Carol A. Scheppard, Mai Gudanar da Taro na Shekara-shekara
Samuel Kefas Sarpiya, zababben shugaban taron shekara-shekara
James M. Beckwith, sakataren taron shekara-shekara
Chris Douglas, darektan taron shekara-shekara, tallafin ma'aikata

Kwamitin Zartarwa na Majalisar Zartarwa na Gundumar:

Colleen Michael, kujera
Kevin Kessler, mataimakin kujera
David Shetler, sakatare
David Shumate, ma'aji

- Nemo cikakken rubutun "Tambaya: Auren Jima'i iri ɗaya" a www.brethren.org/ac/2016/documents/business/nb1-query_same-sex-weddings.pdf

 

2) Kasafin Kudi na 2017, tallafi don agajin guguwa, tattaunawa game da jihar Ikilisiya akan ajanda 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.”

 

 

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.

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.

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Nemo hanyar haɗi zuwa kundin hoto na taron a www.brethren.org/album

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3) Kungiyar Ma'aikata ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan mutanen zuriyar Afirka ta gabatar da sakamakon binciken

Daga Doris Abdullahi

An kafa Ƙungiyar Ƙwararru ta Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Afirka a cikin 2002 bayan taron duniya na yaki da wariyar launin fata, wariyar launin fata, kyamar baki, da rashin haƙuri mai dangantaka. Hukumar kare hakkin dan adam da hukumar kare hakkin dan adam sun sabunta wa'adinsu a wasu kudurori daban-daban a cikin shekaru masu zuwa gabanin bincikensu na 2016 wanda aka gabatar a taron majalisar na ranar 26 ga watan Satumba.

An wajabta rukunin aiki don nazarin matsalolin wariyar launin fata da mutanen Afirka suka fuskanta; don ƙaddamar da shawarwari kan ƙira, aiwatarwa, da aiwatar da ingantattun matakai don kawar da bambancin launin fata; don ba da shawarar matakai don tabbatar da cikakkiyar dama ga tsarin shari'a; don ba da shawarwari kan kawar da wariyar launin fata; don magance dukkan batutuwan da suka shafi jin daɗin 'yan Afirka da mutanen Afirka; da kuma yin karin bayani kan shawarwari na gajeru, matsakaita, da na dogon lokaci don kawar da wariyar launin fata ga al'ummar Afirka tare da hadin gwiwar cibiyoyi da hukumomi na kasa da kasa da na ci gaba don inganta 'yancin ɗan adam na mutanen Afirka.

Bisa gayyatar da gwamnatin Amurka ta yi masa, wasu mambobi uku na kungiyar aiki – shugaba Ricardo A. Sunga III na Philippines, Mireille Fanon-Mendes Faransa, da Sabela Gumedze na Afirka ta Kudu – sun ziyarci Baltimore, Chicago, New York, Washington. , DC, da Jackson, Miss., daga Janairu 19-29. Kungiyar ta gana da manyan lauyoyin Illinois da New York, da sashen 'yan sanda na Chicago, da Majalisar Black Caucus, da wakilan kungiyoyin fararen hula daban-daban da masu rajin kare hakkin dan Adam.

Waɗannan su ne sakamakon binciken da na yi la’akari da su bayan sauraron rahoton ƙungiyar zuwa ga Hukumar Kare Haƙƙin Bil Adama:

{Asar Amirka na da dogon tarihin wariyar launin fata, na bautar da mutanen da suka fito daga Afirka, sai kuma wariyar doka da aka fi sani da Jim Crow. Kisan baya-bayan nan da 'yan sanda suka yi na bakar fata maza da yara maza da ba sa dauke da makamai ya nuna ci gaba da rarrabuwar kawuna tsakanin hukumomin Amurka, yayin da tunawa da cin zarafi da sauran tashe-tashen hankula tun kwanaki kafin aiwatar da 'yancin jama'a da dokokin 'yancin kada kuri'a na shekarun 1960. Bambancin kabilanci da banbance-banbance a cikin tsarin shari'ar aikata laifuka ya haifar da daure jama'ar Afirka da yawa a kurkuku kuma sakamakon tsauraran manufofin aikata laifuka. Rashin daidaituwar tasirin launin fata ga yaran 'yan asalin Afirka ya sa a gurfanar da yaran a gaban kuliya da kuma sanya su a gidajen yari na manya da gidajen yari. Manufofin ladabtar da yaran makaranta sun haɗa da tuhume-tuhume na aikata laifi don ƙaramar hargitsi, yana haifar da ƙarin kyama. An samu karuwar kudaden da ake samu da kuma kudade na kananan laifuffuka ya haifar da aikata laifuka na talauci, wanda ya haifar da 'yan asalin Afirka zuwa gidan yari saboda kasa biyan basussukan da suke bi.

Kungiyar ta yi kira da a yi adalci da sauye-sauyen doka da manufofi daban-daban a cikin al'ummar Amurka don yaki da wariyar launin fata a kan al'ummar Afirka. Kungiyar ta yanke shawarar cewa cinikin bayi da ke tsakanin tekun Atlantika "laifi ne ga bil'adama." Suna ba da shawarar gwamnatin United Station ta biya diyya ga laifin bauta. Sun yi nuni da cewa, a baya an ba da shawarar kwamitin da zai yi nazari a kai, amma Majalisar ba ta dauki wani mataki ba.

Kungiyar kwadagon ta kuma bayar da rahoton binciken da aka yi kan nuna wariyar launin fata da ake yi wa 'yan asalin Afirka a kasar Italiya a zaman kwamitin kare hakkin bil'adama na watan Satumba.

- Doris Abdullah ita ce wakilin Cocin 'yan'uwa a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya.

 

4) Yan'uwa yan'uwa

- Tunatarwa: Galen Stover da Doris Law Beery, Membobin cocin La Verne (Calif.) Cocin Brothers, ya mutu a wani hatsarin mota a New Mexico ranar 11 ga Oktoba. Galen Beery yana tunawa da muhimmiyar rawar da ya taka a kokarin sake tsugunar da dubban 'yan gudun hijirar Vietnam da aka sani da "mutanen jirgin ruwa" bayan faduwar Saigon, da kuma a matsayin jikan shugabannin mishan na ’yan’uwa Wilbur da Mary Stover waɗanda su ne mishan na majagaba zuwa Indiya. Ana tunawa da Doris Law Beery don aikinta a matsayin ƙwararren lafiyar kashe gobara na Ontario (Calif.) Ma'aikatar Wuta, da kuma sabis na sa kai wanda a cikin shekaru da yawa ya haɗa da aiki tare da Ayyukan Bala'i na Yara da Red Cross ta Amurka, Habitat for Humanity, fyade. hotline, da sauransu. Galen Beery tsawon shekaru ashirin a cikin 1960s da 70s ya kasance babban memba na Cocin 'yan'uwa da ke aiki a kudu maso gabashin Asiya, inda ya yi aiki tare da 'yan gudun hijira, ci gaban aikin gona, ilimi, da kiwon lafiya, da sauran damuwa. Matsayinsa a yankin tsawon shekaru yana da alaƙa da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban ciki har da Coci World Service (CWS), Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka, US AID, Kwamitin Ceto na Duniya, da sauransu. Ya fara zuwa Laos a matsayin wanda ya ƙi yin aikin sa kai na ƙasa da ƙasa, da Ma’aikatar Jiha, da US AID. Ya yi aiki a Laos daga 1962-72, a lokacin da kasar ta tsunduma cikin yakin Vietnam. Ya koma Amurka a taƙaice, amma lokacin da Saigon ya faɗi a cikin Afrilu 1975 ya zama jami'in CWS da ke kula da taimakawa 'yan gudun hijirar kudu maso gabashin Asiya zuwa Amurka, kuma a cikin 1976 ya zama ma'aikacin 'yan gudun hijira na CWS, Kwamitin Ceto na Duniya, da Ƙungiyoyin Sa-kai na Katolika. . A cikin 1977 ya tafi Malaysia a matsayin wakilin hukumar sa kai ta hadin gwiwa, wacce kungiya ce ta majami'u da kungiyoyin agaji da ke aiki tare da Red Cross ta Amurka, Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka, da Hukumar Shige da Fice ta Amurka. A cikin wata hira ta 2001 ya gaya wa jaridar "Inland Valley Daily Bulletin" (wanda aka buga a matsayin "Labaran birni" na San Dimas da La Verne), "Aikina na ƙarshe a Malaysia shi ne a watan Disamba 1979 lokacin da na yi musafaha da 'yan gudun hijira na 50,000th. .” Ana iya kallon hira da Galen Beery a cikin wani shiri na "minti 60" da aka yi fim bayan faduwar Saigon kuma yanzu an buga akan YouTube. A cikin hirar, Beery yayi magana game da aikinsa da na sauran masu aikin sa kai waɗanda suka taimaka, yi hira, da rarraba ƴan gudun hijirar, da tsarin da 'yan gudun hijirar suka bi don samun shiga Amurka. Nemo shirin "minti 60" a www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSXkGojVmh0 . An shirya bikin rayuwa don Doris da Galen Beery a ranar Asabar, Oktoba 29, farawa da karfe 11 na safe a Cocin La Verne na 'Yan'uwa. Za a bi sabis da abincin rana mai sauƙi. Ana karɓar kyaututtukan tunawa ga NAMI Pomona Valley, Camp La Verne, da Jami'ar La Verne Archives da Tari na Musamman.

- Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany ta sanar da cewa Brian Schleeper ya yi murabus daga matsayinsa a cikin ayyukan ɗalibi, mai tasiri ga Nuwamba 4. Ya shiga cikin ma'aikatan Bethany a cikin 2007 a matsayin abokin aikin ɗalibi kuma a cikin Janairu 2016 an haɓaka shi daga jami'in taimakon kuɗi da mai kula da ayyukan ɗalibi zuwa mai gudanarwa na sabis na kuɗi na ɗalibi da yarda da taken IX. Bethany na yi masa fatan alheri a sabon aikinsa a matsayin Daraktan Gundumar Wayne County na Cardinal Greenways.

- Paige Butzlaff ta fara aikinta a hidimar sa kai na 'yan'uwa tana aiki tare da Ma'aikatar Matasa da Matasa. a Cocin of the Brethren General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Za ta yi aiki tare da darekta Becky Ullom Naugle a kan tsara don Kirista Citizenship Seminar, National Junior High Conference, Young Adult Conference, Ministry Summer Service, da sauran ayyuka. Ikklisiyar gida ita ce La Verne (Calif.) Church of Brother. Ta sauke karatu daga Jami'ar California (Santa Cruz) tare da digiri a fannin ilimin ɗan adam a watan Mayu 2015.

- Coordinators of the Church of the Brothers Work Camp Ministry shirya don aika sanarwar kai tsaye na sabon kyautar sansanin aiki da aka shirya don bazara mai zuwa. "Facebook. Gobe. Bidiyo kai tsaye yana gabatar da ranaku/wuri na Matasa Aiki Aiki! Cikakken sabo. Shekaru 18-35. Sai mun gani!” Nemo shafin Facebook a www.facebook.com/CoBWorkcamps .

- Darektan ma'aikatun gama-gari Debbie Eisenbise na wayar da kan jama'a game da wata wasika daga matan Kirista a matsayin martani ga kalaman da aka yi game da cin zarafin mata a lokacin yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa. “Wannan Watan Fadakarwa da Rikicin Cikin Gida, ikilisiyoyi na Cocin ’yan’uwa ana ƙarfafa su su ilimantar da ’yan’uwa game da tashin hankalin da ke faruwa a cikin dangantaka ta kud da kud da kuma bayar da shawarwari ga waɗanda rikicin gida ya shafa,” in ji ta. "Musamman hankali ga kalmomi da ayyuka waɗanda ke ba da hujja da tabbatar da irin wannan tashin hankali yana da mahimmanci wajen magance wannan batu." Jennifer Butler, wata ministar Kirista ce kuma Shugabar kungiyar fasikanci ta bangaskiya mai suna Faith In Public Life Action Fund ce ta shirya yakin neman zaben. Wasiƙar ta ce matan da suka sa hannu, da suka haɗa da limamai mata a Cocin ’Yan’uwa, sun fahimci hakan a matsayin “zama ce ta koya wa ’ya’yanmu mata da maza cewa ana ƙaunarsu, da kuma koya wa dukan Amirkawa yadda za su yi magana game da kalaman lalata da jima’i. .” Bisa kididdigar da aka yi a bainar jama'a ta ƙarshe, fiye da mata Kiristoci 700 ne suka sanya hannu kan wasiƙar. Nemo wasikar da wasu sunayen manyan matan Kirista da suka sanya hannu a ciki https://docs.google.com/a/faithinpubliclife.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeU_TxWLezKArwDewf_DFuhKKf9JTt67Mnv0FLKMTXTRC4Grw/viewform .

- Musa Mambula, masani na kasa da kasa a zaune a Bethany Theological Seminary a garin Richmond na kasar Indiya, kasarsa ta haihuwa Najeriya ta amince da irin gudunmawar da yake bayarwa wajen inganta rayuwar al’ummar Najeriya. A ranar 20 ga watan Satumba ne aka karrama Mambula da lambar yabo ta mai kula da mafarkin Najeriya a taron sake haifuwar Najeriya a Abuja, Najeriya. "Taron shine taron farko na aikin sake haifuwar Najeriya da aka bayyana kwanan nan," in ji wata sanarwa daga Bethany. An bayyana aikin a matsayin "shiri na 'yan Najeriya masu kishi da kishin kasa wadanda a tsawon shekaru suka tabbatar da kansu a fannonin ayyuka daban-daban." Taken taron mai taken "Kaddamar da Sirrin Arzikin Kasa", taron ya mayar da hankali ne kan yadda ake samun albarkatun bil'adama a Najeriya. A cikin wa'adinsa na shekaru biyu a Bethany, Mambula yana taimakawa wajen gina alakar ilimi da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) da kuma zakulo daliban Najeriya masu son shiga shirin.

- Shafin yanar gizo kan halin da ake ciki a Siriya, wanda kungiyar Faith Forum kan manufofin Gabas ta Tsakiya ta dauki nauyi, an shirya ranar Talata, 25 ga Oktoba, da karfe 8:30 na dare (lokacin Gabas). Wannan ya biyo bayan ranar ayyuka da addu'o'i na duniya wanda ya zo daidai da ranar zaman lafiya ta bana a ranar 21 ga Satumba. abubuwan da ke kawo zaman lafiya,'” in ji gayyata zuwa gidan yanar gizon. Haɗa tare da webinar a www.globalministries.org/global_day_of_action_and_prayer_for_syria .

- Harrisburg (Pa.) Cocin Farko na 'Yan'uwa za ta yi bikin cika shekaru 120 da kafuwa Ranar 30 ga Oktoba. Taken shine "Mun zo Wannan Nisa da Bangaskiya: Shekaru 120 Mai ƙarfi," kuma bikin zai ƙunshi baƙo mai wa'azi kuma tsohon minista Fred Swartz, da kuma halartar fastoci da yawa da kuma ministocin wayar da kan jama'a. Ajin Biki zai fara ne da ƙarfe 10 na safe na kowane zamani, sannan kuma a bi da sujada da ƙarfe 11:05 na safe da kuma abincin zumunci.

- Cocin Eglise des Freres Haitian na 'yan'uwa a Miami, Fla., Yana da ƙoƙarin da yawa domin taimakawa wadanda guguwar Matthew ta shafa a Haiti. Fasto Ludovic St. Fleur ya ba da bayanin cewa ikilisiyar tana haɗa kwandon jirgi na tufafi, ruwa, da sauran kayan da aka ba da gudummawa don aika zuwa Haiti. Har ila yau, ikilisiyar za ta ba da kuɗi ga waɗanda suke da dangi a Haiti da suka ga guguwar ta lalata gidajensu ko kuma waɗanda guguwar ta yi asarar dabbobi. Kowane mutum ne zai ɗauki nauyin aika kuɗin zuwa ga ’yan’uwansu da ke Haiti, amma ikilisiyar tana karɓar gudummawa don aika kayan agaji da aka tattara zuwa Haiti.

- Taro na Gundumar Yammacin Yamma yana taro a wannan shekara a kan jigo, "Ana Ƙaunar ku," a ranar Oktoba 28-30 a Cibiyar Taro ta Webster a Salina, Kan. Mai gabatar da taron shekara-shekara Carol Scheppard za ta yi wa'azi don buɗe taron ibada. Babban zaman na ranar Asabar zai haɗa da gabatarwa kan ma'aikatun bala'i a Colorado. Darektan Ministocin Intergenerational Debbie Eisenbise yana wa'azin wa'azin yammacin Asabar, tare da gobara da gidan kofi na biye. Sabis na safiyar Lahadi zai ji saƙo daga Walt Wiltschek, tsohon editan Manzo kuma malami a Jami'ar Manchester, a halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin ma'aikatan sadarwa na Cocin Mennonite. “Ku taru tare da mu don samun canji,” in ji gayyata daga gundumar. Nemo kasida da ƙarin bayani a www.westernplainschurchofthebrethren.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Gathering-Brochure-6-16-Web.pdf .

- A wani labarin kuma daga Western Plains, gundumar ta sake bayar da tallafin dala 21,518 ga Asusun Rikicin Najeriya a cikin watannin Agusta da Satumba, wanda ya kawo jimillar gudummawar da aka bayar zuwa dala 148,264, “wanda shine kashi 74 cikin 200,000 na jimillar burin,” in ji jaridar gundumar. Gundumar na da burin tara dala XNUMX domin ayyukan agajin gaggawa a Najeriya. "Bari mu ga ko za mu iya cimma kuma mu ƙetare burinmu kamar yadda ake bukata mai girma!"

- Gobe ​​wani taron bita "Ma'aikatar Kula da Marasa lafiya" tana samun tallafi daga Gidan Makiyayi mai kyau a Fostoria, Ohio, tare da Ƙungiyar Alzheimer's Northwest Ohio Chapter da Jonah's People Fellowship. “Ko da ba ku yi rajista ba tukuna akwai wurin da za ku halarta,” in ji sanarwar. Taron zai gudana ne daga karfe 10 na safe zuwa 3 na yamma tare da farawa da karfe 9:30 na safe Fastoci, limamai, ministocin Stephen, maziyartan sa kai da sauran membobin coci masu sha'awar halartar. Ministoci na iya samun .45 ci gaba da sassan ilimi.

- Bukin Soyayya na Ranar Zabe wanda Brethren Woods Camp da Cibiyar Retreat da gundumar Shenandoah suka dauki nauyin ana gudanar da shi a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 7-8 na yamma a ginin Pine Grove na sansanin. Sansanin yana kusa da Keezletown, Va. "An daɗe kuma mai ban sha'awa lokacin zaben shugaban kasa," in ji gayyata. "Ko kuna shirin jefa kuri'a na Democrat, Republican, mai zaman kanta, jam'iyya ta uku, rubutawa, ko a'a kwata-kwata, bari mu haɗu tare bayan zaɓen kusa da yin zaɓi ɗaya tare: Yesu Kristi. Idin Ƙaunar Ranar Zaɓe wata dama ce ta tabbatar da cewa mubaya'armu ta farko ga Yesu ce, kuma wannan mubaya'ar ta fi jam'iyya, ɗan takara, ko ƙasa muhimmanci. Yesu shi ne mai cetonmu na gaske kuma wanda yake da iko na gaske ya canza duniya.” Taron zai haɗa da wanke ƙafafu ko wanke hannu, Abincin ciye-ciye na Zumunci mai haske, da tarayya.

- Dalibai daga Kwalejin McPherson (Kan.) sun shiga cikin haɗin kai tare da abokin hamayyar wasanni na gargajiya, Kwalejin Bethany, a wasan kwallon raga na mata na baya-bayan nan, rahoton Western Plains District a cikin jaridarta. “Makarantun biyu sun taru ne domin nuna goyon baya ga sakwannin wariyar launin fata da aka rubuta a kan tituna a harabar Kwalejin Bethany a watan Satumba. An rufe taron a cikin wani labari daga Wichita's KWCH 12 News, wanda ya ƙunshi ɗaliban Kwalejin McPherson da membobin Western Plains Church of the Brothers Grant Tuttle na Holmesville, Neb., ikilisiya da Logan Schrag na ikilisiyar McPherson, Kan.,.” Nemo rahoton labarai, "Kwalejoji masu hamayya da juna" sun haɗu da ƙiyayya a cikin McPherson," a www.kwch.com/content/news/Rival-colleges-unite-against-hate-in-McPherson-396894671.html .
A wani labarin mai kama da haka, Shugaban Kwalejin McPherson Michael Schneider ya yi wata sanarwa a taron cin abincin rana na kwanan nan, yana mai cewa, “Kwalejin McPherson ya kasance kuma koyaushe zai kasance wurin da ke maraba da bambancin…Yana cikin manufarmu. Wariya, wariyar launin fata, son zuciya - ta kowace hanya - ba za a yarda da shi ba." Karanta sanarwar shugaban a www.mcpherson.edu/2016/09/president-schneider-tattaunawa-diversity-and-discrimination-with-campus/ .

- Bridgewater (Va.) Babban babban tarihin kwalejin Charlotte McIntyre ya samar da "Legacies of Peace," wani shirin bidiyo game da masu zaman lafiya waɗanda takaddunsu da kayan tarihi ke cikin Tarin Musamman na Kwalejin da Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection. Za a nuna shirin a matsayin wani ɓangare na nunin Tarin Tarin Musamman, "Neman Zaman Lafiya da Biye shi," a ranar Asabar, Oktoba 22, daga 10 na safe zuwa 12 na rana, a ƙasan bene na ɗakin karatu na Alexander Mack Memorial Library. Babu kudin shiga kuma ana gayyatar jama'a, in ji sanarwar daga kwalejin. “Mutanen da aka nuna a cikin shirin sune tsohon shugaban Kwalejin Bridgewater kuma mai ba da shawara kan zaman lafiya Paul H. Bowman; mai shelar yakin basasa na gida John Kline; Masu aikin sa kai na Peace Corps Lula A. Miller; marubuci kuma malami Anna B. Mow; wanda ya kafa Brotheran uwan ​​​​Alexander Mack Sr.; ’Yan’uwa jakada W. Harold Row; mishan zuwa kasar Sin Nettie M. Senger; jin kai Naomi Miller West; da kuma M. Robert Zigler wanda aka zaba na kyautar Nobel,” in ji sanarwar. "Duk maganganun murya da tambayoyin da malamai da dalibai na Bridgewater suka yi, ciki har da dalibai biyar na wasan kwaikwayo wadanda ke ba da murya ga haruffan tarihi irin su John Kline da Nettie Senger. Tattaunawar ta hada da shugaban Bridgewater David W. Bushman, wanda yayi magana game da shugaba Paul H. Bowman; Stephanie Gardner, ma'aikacin ɗakin karatu na musamman, wanda ya tattauna Nettie Senger da Lula Miller; Dokta William Abshire, Farfesa Anna B. Mow Farfesa na Falsafa da Addini, wanda yayi magana game da Anna B. Mow; Dokta Stephen Longenecker, farfesa na tarihi da kimiyyar siyasa, wanda yayi magana game da Alexander Mack Sr., John Kline da W. Harold Row; da Dokta Dean R. Neher, tsohon masanin kimiyyar lissafi na Bridgewater da farfesa na kimiyyar kwamfuta, yana magana game da MR Zigler da Naomi Miller West. Sauran mahalarta Bridgewater sun haɗa da daraktan ɗakin karatu Andrew Pearson yana karantawa a matsayin John Kline, da Dokta Robert Andersen, shugaban harkokin ilimi da kuma darektan Cibiyar Kline-Bowman don Ƙirƙirar Ƙirƙirar Zaman Lafiya, karatu a matsayin W. Harold Row." Bayan Oktoba 22 daftarin aiki zai kasance don dubawa ta buƙata a cikin Tari na Musamman a Bridgewater ko a tashar YouTube ta Kwalejin Bridgewater.

- Dandalin Midwest na Fellowship of Brethren Homes, ƙungiyar al'ummomin da suka yi ritaya da suka shafi Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa, an gudanar da su a Goshen, Ind., ranar Oktoba 13. Babban jami'in Fellowship Ralph McFadden ya ba da rahoto game da jadawalin taron, wanda ya haɗa da lokacin sanin juna, raba bayanai game da abubuwan da suka faru. al'ummomin da suka yi ritaya, abubuwan lura game da dama da rashin lahani na gidaje da hangen nesa don aikinsu a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa, da sauran abubuwan da suka dace.

 

 

- Ma'aikatar Mata ta Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria) ta gudanar da shirin rayuwa da taron mawaka na shekara-shekara a harabar hedikwatar EYN dake Kwarhi. “An gabatar da wakoki da addu’o’i na musamman daga mai masaukin baki DCC [Coci] Hildi don gudanar da taron kasa a Kwarhi bayan mamayar Boko Haram,” in ji Zakariya Musa na ma’aikacin sadarwar EYN, wanda shi ma ya bayar da hotunan taron.

- Janice Davis, mataimakiyar gudanarwa na sashen nazarin halittu na Kwalejin Elizabethtown (Pa.) ya karbi lambar yabo ta 2016 National Association of Social Workers' Jama'a Jama'a lambar yabo. “Lokacin da Janice Davis ta ga rashin matsuguni, ba kawai ta yi tafiya ba, tana fatan wani zai magance matsalar. Ta yi. Ta ƙirƙiro wurin kwana na hunturu kuma ta kasance mai ba da gudummawa a ƙungiyar Gidajen Gidajen Jama'a da Bayar da Agaji ta Elizabethtown (ECHOS), wacce ke ba da taimako da taimaka wa iyalai da mutanen da ke fuskantar rashin matsuguni ko waɗanda ke cikin haɗarin rashin matsuguni kuma suna neman taimako,” in ji wata sanarwa daga kwalejin. Nemo ƙarin bayani a http://now.etown.edu/index.php/2016/10/05/janice-davis-receives-public-citizen-of-the-year-award .

- Dec. 4 ita ce ranar fito da kundi na kida na Leah Hileman, Ikilisiyar 'yan'uwa minista kuma mawaƙa wanda ya jagoranci kiɗa a taron shekara-shekara da suka gabata da sauran tarukan ɗarikoki. Kundin, mai suna "Ba zai yuwu ba," ya kasance "aikin soyayya," in ji Hileman. Lititz (Pa.) Cocin 'yan'uwa tana gudanar da bikin albam, wasan kwaikwayo na sakin CD wanda zai fara da karfe 7:30 na yamma ranar 4 ga Disamba. Don siyan tikitin kide-kide ko kundin, je zuwa wurin www.leahjmusic.com .

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Masu ba da gudummawa ga wannan fitowar ta Newsline sun haɗa da Doris Abdullah, Debbie Eisenbise, Elizabeth A. Harvey, Mary Kay Heatwole, Tim Heishman, Leah Hileman, Nate Hosler, Ralph McFadden, Zakariya Musa, Glenn Riegel, Jenny Williams, da editan 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 a ranar 28 ga Oktoba.