Za su bugi takubansu su zama garmuna, da māsu kuma su zama dirkoki. al’umma ba za su ɗaga takobi a kan al’umma ba, ba kuwa za su ƙara koyon yaƙi ba” (Ishaya 2:4b).
LABARAI
1) 'Yan'uwa sun taru don gane kawancen 'yan'uwa na duniya
2) An sanar da masu wa'azin taron shekara-shekara na 2020
3) Cocin ’yan’uwa ya rattaba hannu kan wasiƙa zuwa ga ‘yan takarar shugaban ƙasa kan kasafin kuɗin soja
4) Shaida ga tsoffin duwatsu da rayayyun duwatsu na imani
Abubuwa masu yawa
5) Sabon da Sabunta taron dashen coci don mayar da hankali kan 'Ladan Hadarin'
6) Ana ba da Webinar akan batun 'Manufa da Kuɗi a Dashen Coci'
7) Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa ne ke ba da tafiye-tafiyen sabis na hutun bazara
8) Yan'uwa 'yan'uwa: Tunawa Samuel H. Flora Jr. da Ernest G. Barr, sanarwa na ma'aikata, ayyuka, katunan Kirsimeti na BVSer, raye-raye a Ikilisiya na ikilisiyoyin 'yan'uwa, Living Stream's Longest Night retreat, Dranesville's Civil War/Civil Peace taron, Roundtable, da ƙari
Maganar mako:
“Da alama akwai sabon rikicin siyasa da ke damun mu a duk lokacin Kirsimeti. Ta yaya waɗannan kalmomi [daga Ishaya 2:4] za su taimake ka ka kalli yaƙin baya don ka ga sarai ma’anar haihuwar Sarkin Salama a gare ka?”
- Frank Ramirez yana rubutu a cikin 2019 Advent ibada daga Brotheran Jarida, mai taken "Shirya." Sayi kwafi a www.brethrenpress.com .
1) 'Yan'uwa sun taru don gane kawancen 'yan'uwa na duniya
Da Jay Wittmeyer
A wani taro da aka yi a birnin Kwarhi na Najeriya, 'yan'uwa sun taru daga sassa daban-daban na duniya don tattauna hangen nesa na zama kungiyar Coci ta duniya. ‘Yan’uwa ‘yan Najeriya ne suka dauki nauyin taron, wakilai sun fito daga Haiti, Jamhuriyar Dominican, Amurka, Rwanda, Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kwango, Spain, da Najeriya domin taron.
Taron na kwanaki hudu na ranar 2-5 ga Disamba ya fara da gabatarwa da cikakken rahoto na kowace ’yar’uwa coci, jagorancinta, tsarin cocin, membobinta, kuma mafi mahimmanci yadda kuma dalilin da ya sa kowanne ya zo don shiga ƙungiyar ’yan’uwa ta duniya. Taron ya gwada shawarar Amurka cewa ƙungiyoyin ’yan’uwa masu cin gashin kansu su haɗa kai tare da haɓaka tsarin duniya na Cocin ’yan’uwa.
Baki ɗaya, wakilai sun tabbatar da fatansu na kafa ƙungiyar ta duniya tare da bayyana yadda suke fatan irin wannan tsarin zai iya tasiri ga al'ummarsu da kuma babbar shaida ta 'yan'uwa. Mutane da yawa sun bayyana buƙatar ɗaukaka muryar 'yan'uwa don zaman lafiya kuma sun bayyana bege cewa irin wannan tsarin zai iya sake tabbatar da imani da ayyukan 'yan'uwa da kuma ba da zurfin fahimtar 'yan'uwa, da kuma zama abin hawa don haɓaka shirye-shiryen manufa ɗaya.
Mahalarta taron sun kuma tattauna damuwarsu game da ci gaba da irin wannan tsari na duniya da kalubale da cikas da za a iya fuskanta yayin da 'yan'uwa ke neman kafa irin wannan kungiya. An bayyana rashin wadatattun kayan aiki da wahalar samun bizar tafiye-tafiye a matsayin babban cikas ga ci gaba, yayin da aka ambaci fargabar wariya da wariya a matsayin damuwa. Za a bi da duka daidai? Kungiyar ta kuma bayyana damuwar cewa kungiyar zata iya ganowa da kuma yarda da bin ka'idodin Littafi Mai Tsarki.
A rana ta uku na taron, tattaunawar ta koma kan shawarwarin da za a ba da rahoto daga taron da kuma matakai na gaba don ci gaba. Kungiyar ta ba da shawarar cewa a kafa kwamitin wucin gadi don yin aiki ga tsarin mulki, samar da ka'idojin jagora, da ayyana wuraren raba albarkatu da shirye-shirye. ’Yan’uwan Najeriya sun ba da shawarar yin amfani da Global Brothers Communion (GBC) a matsayin sunan wucin gadi har sai an amince da suna na dindindin ta hanyar tsarin duniya.
Mahalarta taron sun kuma zagaya gine-gine da shirye-shirye na hedkwatar Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN) da suka hada da Kulp Theological Seminary, sun gana da shugabannin EYN da daraktoci, kuma sun ziyarci asibitin kiwon lafiya na EYN, Makarantar Sakandare, da shirye-shiryen noma. Kungiyar ta je garin Mubi ne domin gabatar da shirin Tauhidi by Extension, inda ta kwana da rana a Michika, inda ’yan cocin EYN ciki har da shugaba Joel Billi suka yi bayani game da ranar da ‘yan Boko Haram suka kai hari garin tare da kona cocin EYN. Kungiyar ta halarci taron ibada a jam’iyyar Utako da ke Abuja, babban birnin Najeriya.
Mutane da yawa sun nuna godiya sosai don taron da aka yi da rera waƙa da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki da kuma gatar kasancewa tare da EYN da membobinta, waɗanda aka yi shekaru da yawa suna addu’a da kuma tallafa musu. Yayin da akasarin mahalarta taron sun yi mu’amala ta cocin Amurka, mahalarta taron sun nuna jin dadinsu da ganin ‘yan’uwa ta idon ‘yan Najeriya. Duk da yake siyan biza ya zama babban cikas, ga waɗanda suka sami damar yin taron, ya kasance babban ci gaba a rayuwarsu.
Ƙungiyar mutane 23 – maza 18 da mata 5 – sun haɗa da shugaban EYN, mataimakin shugaban ƙasa, da babban sakatare. Jay Wittmeyer, Daraktan zartarwa na Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis, da Jeff Boshart, darektan Shirin Abinci na Duniya, sun zo daga Amurka. Abin takaici, wakilai da yawa sun kasa shiga taron saboda matsaloli wajen siyan biza, gami da duk wakilai daga Brazil da Indiya da Carol Waggy daga Amurka. An kuma gayyaci Venezuela don shiga tattaunawar, ko da yake har yanzu sabuwar manufa ce ta 'yan'uwa, amma saboda sarkar da yanayin siyasar kasar, wakilan Venezuelan sun yanke shawarar cewa yana da wuya da tsada don yin wannan tafiya.
- Jay Wittmeyer babban darekta ne na Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na Cocin ’yan’uwa.
2) An sanar da masu wa'azin taron shekara-shekara na 2020
Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen Taron Shekara-shekara da Shirye-shiryen ya fitar da sunayen waɗanda suke wa’azi don hidimar ibada ta yau da kullun a taron shekara-shekara na 2020 na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Taron yana gudana a Grand Rapids, Mich., Yuli 1-5.
A cikin labaran da ke da alaƙa, taron na 2020 zai ba da lokaci mai mahimmanci don haɗin kai na ruhaniya a kusa da wani shiri mai tursasawa ga Cocin ’yan’uwa. "Jami'an taron na shekara-shekara suna jin irin wannan tsari yana da mahimmanci don samar wa wakilai isasshen sarari, addu'a yayin da suke tafiya zuwa ga tabbatar da kyakkyawar manufa ga darikar," in ji sanarwar daga ofishin taron. "Ko da yake sauran kasuwancin za a nishadantar da su, ba za a yi la'akari da tsarin siyasa / tsari ba. Hankali ne na jami’an taron na shekara-shekara cewa irin waɗannan abubuwan sun fi dacewa da la’akari da su bayan taron shekara-shekara na 2020, bayan an ƙaddara kyakkyawan hangen nesa.”
Masu wa'azi na shekara-shekara don 2020
A yammacin bude taron, Laraba 1 ga Yuli, mai gabatar da taron shekara-shekara Paul Mundey na Frederick, Md.
Mai wa'azin yammacin Alhamis a ranar 2 ga Yuli zai kasance Richard Zapata na Anaheim, Calif., Fasto na Cocin Santa Ana Principe de Paz na 'Yan'uwa.
A yammacin ranar Juma'a, 3 ga Yuli, za a gabatar da wa'azin daga 'yar'uwa da 'yan uwa ta Chelsea Goss da Tyler Goss na Mechanicsville, Va., da Harrisonburg, Va., bi da bi.
Beth Sollenberger, ministar zartaswa na gundumar Indiana ta Kudu ta Tsakiya za ta yi wa'azin wa'azin yammacin Asabar ranar 4 ga Yuli.
Patrick Starkey na Cloverdale, Va., wanda shi ne shugaban kwamitin da ke kula da Ofishin Jakadancin da Ma'aikatar, zai gabatar da wa'azin rufe taron a safiyar Lahadi, 5 ga Yuli.
Don ƙarin bayani game da taron shekara-shekara jeka www.brethren.org/ac .
3) Cocin ’yan’uwa ya rattaba hannu kan wasiƙa zuwa ga ‘yan takarar shugaban ƙasa kan kasafin kuɗin soja
Cocin 'Yan'uwa na daya daga cikin kungiyoyin addini 32 da suka rattaba hannu kan wata wasika zuwa ga 'yan takarar shugaban kasa na 2020 suna kira da a rage kashe kudaden soja da kuma karkatar da wadancan kudade don magance bukatun kamar talauci, yunwa, ilimi, kiwon lafiya, da muhalli, tsakanin wasu. Ƙarin wasu shugabannin addinai 70 ko fiye da haka su ma sun sa hannu a wasiƙar.
Wasikar ta ce "Yayin da kusan mutane miliyan 40 a Amurka ba su da tabbacin za su iya samun isasshen abinci ga danginsu, Majalisa da shugaban kasa sun amince su kashe fiye da dala biliyan 70 na albarkatun kasarmu a wata shekara na yakin yakin kasashen ketare," in ji wasikar. , a sashi. “Albashin malaman kasar ya ragu da kashi 4.5 cikin 9 a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, amma duk da haka kasafin kudinmu na baya-bayan nan ya ware dala biliyan 35 don jiragen yaki na F-XNUMX. Tsofaffin yaƙe-yaƙe na al'ummarmu suna mutuwa da kashe kansu da kuma yawan shan miyagun ƙwayoyi a cikin mawuyacin hali, duk da haka Majalisa ta shirya kashe sama da dala tiriliyan don sake gyara makaman nukiliyar makaman nukiliya don wani nau'in yaƙin da Ronald Reagan ya taɓa cewa "ba za a iya cin nasara ba kuma ba za a taɓa samun nasara ba. a yi yaƙi. Wannan karkatar da kudaden harajin da muka yi, babban kuskure ne ga kimarmu.”
Cikakkun wasiƙar ta kasance kamar haka:
Disamba 9, 2019
Masoya 'Yan Takarar Shugaban Kasa 2020.
A matsayin ƙungiyoyi masu tushen bangaskiya da shugabannin bangaskiya na gida, muna ganin ƙalubalen da al'ummominmu ke fuskanta kusa. Muna kuma shaida irin ci gaba da farin cikin da za a iya samu ta hanyar saka hannun jari mai yawa na albarkatun kasa. Bangaskiyarmu da abubuwan da muke gani na yau da kullun suna gaya mana cewa al'ummarmu tana yin mafi kyau idan aka kashe dala masu biyan haraji kan ayyukan da suka tabbatar da ke taimakawa al'ummominmu mafi koshin lafiya, aminci, da ƙarfi-kamar ilimantar da yara, kula da marasa lafiya, ciyar da mayunwata, da samar da zaman lafiya a ciki. al'ummar da tashe tashen hankula.
Don haka mun damu matuka game da yadda kasafin mu na tarayya ke kara karkata ga yadda ake kashe kudade don yaki da kuma samar da kayan yaki, tare da kashe jarin da muke yi a cikin al’ummarmu a cikin gida da kuma neman zaman lafiya a kasashen waje. Muna kira gare ku da ku sauya wannan dabi'a mai cutarwa, ku rage yawan kudaden da ake kashewa na soji, tare da dawo da dukiyar al'ummarmu a cikin al'ummominmu da samar da zaman lafiya a maimakon haka.
Muna wakiltar bambance-bambancen koyarwar bangaskiya akan tambayar yaushe-da kuma ko - shirye-shiryen tashin hankali na yaƙi abin yarda ne ta ɗabi'a. Inda imaninmu duka suka yarda shine cewa yaki ba dole ba ne ya zama wuri na farko ko fifikon rashin hankali. Sakamakon yaƙe-yaƙe da tashin hankalin soja, ko da an bi su da nufin kāre wasu ko kuma kawo ƙarshen mugunta, shi ne halaka, raunata, da yanke rayuka. Bangaskiya tana kiran mu don ginawa, warkarwa, da kuma reno.
Tare da yarjejeniyar kasafin 2019 na Yuli, Majalisa ta kada kuri'a don kashe fiye da rabin kasafin kudin tarayya na hankali kan yaki da sojoji na yau. Da wannan shawarar, muna ganin karara a fili yadda abubuwan da muka sa a gaba suka zama na kasa baki daya. A yau kasafin kudin tarayya ya ware sama da dala biliyan 2 a kowace rana - fiye da dala miliyan 1 a kowane minti - don kashewa kan yaki, makamai, da sojoji. Yarjejeniyar kasafin kudin za ta kara kashe kudaden da ake kashewa ga sojoji da akalla dala biliyan 20 sama da bara; kawai wannan kari ya ninka na dukkan kasafin kudin shekara na Hukumar Kare Muhalli, da kuma kashi daya bisa uku na jimillar kudaden tallafi da diflomasiyya na shekarar da ta gabata.
Yayin da kusan mutane miliyan 40 a Amurka ba su da tabbacin za su iya samun isasshen abinci ga iyalinsu, Majalisa da shugaban kasa sun amince su kashe fiye da dala biliyan 70 na albarkatun kasarmu a wata shekara ta yakin yakin kasashen ketare. Albashin malaman kasar ya ragu da kashi 4.5 cikin dari a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, duk da haka sabon kasafin kudin mu ya ware wani dala biliyan 9 ga jiragen yakin F-35. Tsofaffin yaƙe-yaƙe na al'ummarmu suna mutuwa da kashe kansu da kuma yawan shan miyagun ƙwayoyi a cikin mawuyacin hali, duk da haka Majalisa ta shirya kashe sama da dala tiriliyan don sake gyara makaman nukiliyar makaman nukiliya don wani nau'in yaƙin da Ronald Reagan ya taɓa cewa "ba za a iya cin nasara ba kuma ba za a taɓa samun nasara ba. a yi yaƙi.”
Wannan karkatar da dalar harajin mu babban kuskure ne ga kimarmu. Bangaskiyarmu ta dage cewa kashe kuɗi da yawa akan kayan aiki da barazanar tashin hankali ba zai kawo mana tsaro na gaske ba. Domin samun kwanciyar hankali na gaske, al'ummominmu suna buƙatar zaman lafiya na adalci da aka gina bisa mutunci da ƙarfin ilimi, kiwon lafiya, gidaje, abinci mai gina jiki, aikin yi mai dorewa, da warware rikici mai dorewa. Madadin haka, Majalisa ta ci gaba da sanya dalolin harajin mu ga makamai da kayan yaƙi-kayan aikin da ke cutar da al'ummomi, maimakon gina su.
Fiye da rabin ƙarni da suka shige, Shugaba Dwight D. Eisenhower ya tuna mana abin da al’ummarmu suka yi hasarar sa’ad da suke ɓarnatar da albarkatunta a kan kayan aiki da kasuwancin yaƙi: “Kowace bindigar da aka kera, kowace jirgin ruwan yaƙi da aka harba, kowace roka da aka harba tana nufin, a ƙarshe. ma'ana, sata daga masu yunwa da ba a ciyar da su, masu sanyi kuma ba su da sutura.
"Wannan duniyar da ke cikin makamai ba ta kashe kudi ita kadai ba. Tana kashe gumin ma'aikatanta, hazakar masana kimiyyarta, da fatan 'ya'yanta."
Bangaskiyarmu tana kiranmu da mu zaɓi hanya mafi kyau a yau. Ko da yake sun bambanta a aikace da tiyoloji, duk al'adun bangaskiya daban-daban suna kiran mu don girmama mutuncin kowane mutum da kuma kula da bukatun mafi yawan mutane a cikin al'umma a Amurka da waje. Rashin da'a ne mutum ya wuce kima a kan makamai da gudanar da yaki, musamman a kan kudin abinci ga mayunwata, kiwon lafiya ga marasa lafiya, ilimi ga 'ya'yanmu, da rigakafi da murmurewa daga tashin hankali.
Muna roƙon ku da ku yi kira da a sassauta kasafin kuɗin soja na ƙasarmu, don sake saka hannun jari a cikin al'ummominmu a cikin gida, da samar da hanyar lumana ga duniya baki ɗaya.
Nemo harafin tare da jerin masu sa hannu a www.afsc.org/sites/default/files/documents/Pentagon%20Spending%20Letter.pdf .
4) Shaida ga tsoffin duwatsu da rayayyun duwatsu na imani
By Nathan Hosler
Makonni kadan da suka gabata, na yi tafiya tare da babban darektan Coci don zaman lafiya na Gabas ta Tsakiya (CMEP), Mae Elise Cannon, da Erik Apelgårdh na Majalisar Coci ta Duniya (WCC), zuwa Kurdistan Iraqi. Manufar ita ce fadada ayyukan CMEP a yankin, tare da mai da hankali musamman kan dorewar al'ummomin Kirista mai tarihi da samun damar taimakon jin kai.
Cocin na 'yan'uwa na ɗaya daga cikin kusan mambobi 30 ko ƙungiyoyin ƙasa waɗanda suka ƙunshi CMEP kuma ni ne shugaban hukumar. A cikin wannan damar, na shiga don tallafa wa aikin CMEP, amma kuma na tsawaita hidimar Cocin ’yan’uwa. Wannan muhimmin mataki ne na saduwa da wa'adin sanarwar Babban Taron Shekara-shekara na 2015 "Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙarfafa Kirista." Sanarwar ta kara da cewa:
“A matsayinmu na ’yan kungiyar Kristi na duniya mun damu da halakar al’ummomin Kirista a yankunan da ake kai wa Kiristoci hari a matsayin ‘yan tsiraru na addini. Yayin da muke damuwa sosai game da tsananta wa ’yan tsirarun addinai ko da addini ko al’ada, muna jin kira na musamman na yin magana a madadin ’yan’uwa maza da mata a cikin jikin Kristi. ‘Saboda haka, duk lokacin da muka sami zarafi, bari mu yi aiki domin amfanin kowa, musamman ga waɗanda ke cikin iyalin bangaskiya’ (Galatiyawa 6:10).
"Muna kuma firgita da yadda al'ummomin Kirista ke raguwa cikin hanzari a wurare irin su Iraki, Falasdinu, da Siriya. Kawar da waɗannan tsoffin al’ummomin Kirista masu muhimmanci ba kawai zai zama bala’i na ’yancin ɗan adam da kuma asara ga mutanen yankin ba, har ma da asarar shaida ta Kirista mai tarihi a ƙasar da cocin ya fara samun gindin zama.”
Tare da ƙaƙƙarfan umarni na ƙungiya da gayyata daga shugaban coci a Baghdad, mun yi aiki don tsara tafiya. Sai dai kuma 'yan makwanni kadan kafin ficewa daga kasar, an fara zanga-zangar a Bagadaza kuma ta kara tsananta tare da murkushe gwamnatin kasar. Ya zuwa hada wannan rahoto, an kashe masu zanga-zangar sama da 350. Bugu da kari, akwai mamayar da Turkiyya ta yi a arewa maso gabashin Siriya bayan sanarwar da janyewar sojojin Amurka da dama daga arewa maso gabashin Siriya. Ko da yake mun yanke shawarar cewa ba za mu shiga Iraki ta tarayya ba saboda zanga-zangar, mun je yankin Kurdistan na Iraki mai cin gashin kansa.
Tun daga Erbil, mun sadu da shugabannin coci, kungiyoyin agaji, da kuma Hukumar Raya Kasashen Duniya ta Amurka (USAID). Shugabannin cocin sun yi magana game da ƙaura da raguwar membobinsu a cikin shekaru da suka gabata. Adadin su ya ragu daga Kiristoci miliyan 1.5 kafin mamayewar Amurka a 2003, zuwa watakila 200,000 a halin yanzu. Mun ga wata gonar inabin da ke tsiro a farfajiyar cocin da ta taba ajiye mutanen da suka tsere daga ISIS a Mosul. Mun kuma ga an gina sabon asibiti. Waɗannan da wasu alamu ne na al'ummar Ikklisiya da kuma ci gaba da hidima duk da wahala da yawa. Har ila yau, ya ba da haske game da saƙo mai maimaitawa, cewa ana buƙatar cibiyoyin coci don biyan buƙatu da kuma ba da ma'anar makoma ga al'ummomin.
Washegari muka yi tafiya tare da Tawagar masu zaman lafiya ta Kirista a arewa zuwa kusa da iyakar Turkiyya. Mun ji labarin rakiyar CPT da takardun kare hakkin dan adam kan harin bam da aka kai kan iyaka, da kuma kai tsaye daga al'ummomi. Sa’ad da muka haɗu a cocin Assuriyawa a ƙauyen Kashkawa, da mutane daga ƙauyuka takwas dabam-dabam da ke kusa, mun ji yanayin yanayi mai wuya. Roko daya mai karfi shine mu kalubalanci goyon bayan Amurka da taimakon soja ga gwamnatin Turkiyya. An kammala ziyarar ranar da abinci mai ban sha'awa tare a kusa da wani dogon tebur da shayi a tsakar gida.
Mun ci gaba zuwa Duhok. Daga nan ne muka ziyarci Alqosh, wanda mazaunansa suka gudu yayin da ISIS ta ci gaba, sannan kuma zuwa Telskuf, wadda ISIS ta mamaye – amma kowa ya gudu kafin ya isa. Duk da cewa an ’yantar da garin na ɗan lokaci, iyalai 700 ne kawai ke zama a garin da a da yake da 1,600; har ma da yawa daga cikin iyalai na yanzu ba daga can suke ba. A kusa mun ziyarci sansanin 'yan gudun hijira na Yazidi inda mafi yawan mazaunan ke zaune tun shekara ta 2014. Bayan wani mutum ya wuce, jagoranmu ya lura cewa har yanzu matarsa da 'yarsa sun ɓace.
A cikin tafiyar mun ji duka kalmomi na tabbatarwa da godiya, da kuma kalubale masu tsanani. Wani mai ibada bayan hidimar maraice ya ce: “Duk lokacin da muka gan ku, ku tuna cewa ba mu kaɗai ba ne amma akwai Kiristoci a faɗin duniya.” Bayan ƴan kwanaki, wani limamin coci ya nuna fushinsa cewa coci-coci da ƙungiyoyi da yawa sun zo kuma ba su ba da wani taimako ba.
Sa’ad da muka tashi daga birnin Duhok don mu koma Erbil kuma muka tashi gida, mun ga motocin bas na ’yan gudun hijira suna isowa daga kan iyakar Siriya. Muna tafiya a kan babbar hanya yayin da muke wucewa ta bas, muna iya ganin yara suna kallon tagar.
A hanyar dawowa, mun dan ziyarci haikalin Yazidi da ke Lalesh inda aka yi maraba da dawowar mata da 'yan mata da aka sace. Mun kuma ziyarci kango daga tsohuwar Assuriya da gidan sufi na Mar Mattai (Sufi na St. Matta) da aka kafa a shekara ta 363, yana kallon shirin Nineba mai nisan mil 15 daga Mosul. Dukansu tsoffin duwatsu da "dutse masu rai" suna da ƙarfi amma kuma suna cikin haɗari.
Yayin da muke ci gaba a matakai na gaba na wannan aikin, amma har zuwa Kirsimeti, Ina sa ido ga motsin Ruhu don ya jagorance mu a hanyar salama da jin dadi ga kowa.
- Nathan Hosler darekta ne na ofishin Cocin ’yan’uwa na gina zaman lafiya da manufofin da ke Washington, DC
5) Sabon da Sabunta taron dashen coci don mayar da hankali kan 'Ladan Hadarin'
Ikilisiyar dashen dasa da kuma taron farfado da cocin ‘yan’uwa, da ake gudanarwa kowace shekara, zai hadu a ranar 13-15 ga Mayu, 2020. A karkashin taken “Sabo da Sabunta: Farfadowa – Shuka – Girma” taken shi ne “Ladan Hadarin ” bisa Matta 25:28 a cikin Saƙo: “Ku ɗauki dubun ku ba wanda ya fi kasada.”
Za a gudanar da taron na 2020 a Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill., Ba a Bethany Seminary kamar yadda aka yi a shekarun baya ba. Ma’aikatun Almajirai da Sabon Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Ci gaban Ikilisiya ne ke daukar nauyinsa.
"Sau da yawa, a cikin tattaunawarmu game da shuka coci da sabunta coci, muna magana game da yiwuwar gazawa game da haɗari," in ji sanarwar. “Amma mun taba tsayawa don yin tunanin yiwuwar samun lada a cikin haɗari? Menene zai yi kama da bikin waɗanda suka fita suka yi kasada ga Mulkin Allah?”
Masu magana mai mahimmanci za su kasance José Humphreys da Christiana Rice. Humphreys ma'aikacin zamantakewa ne, mai ba da shawara, kuma minista yana ba da horo game da gina al'adu, ci gaban ƙungiya, tattaunawa mai canza canji, da jagoranci mai hankali. Shi fasto ne na Metro Hope Covenant Church, cocin kabilu da al'adu da yawa a Gabashin Harlem, NY Rice, wanda ya fito daga San Diego, Calif., Ma'aikacin kan-kasa ne kuma muryar hangen nesa a cikin motsin Cocin Parish, yana aiki azaman co-director na Parish Collective. Ita ce mawallafi tare da Michael Frost na littafin "Don Canza Duniyar ku: Haɗin gwiwa tare da Allah don Sake Haihuwar Al'ummominmu."
Ana iya zazzage fol ɗin taron daga www.brethren.org/churchplanting/documents/new-and-renew-postcard.pdf . Za a buga ƙarin bayani a www.brethren.org/churchplanting . Za a buɗe rajista a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 2020.
6) Ana ba da Webinar akan batun 'Manufa da Kuɗi a Dashen Coci'
Ikklisiya ta Ma'aikatar Almajirai ta 'Yan'uwa tana bayar da gidan yanar gizo akan "Aikace-aikacen da Kudi a Shuka Coci" a ranar 10 ga Maris, 2020, da ƙarfe 3-4 na yamma (lokacin Gabas). Mai gabatarwa zai kasance David Fitch shine Betty R. Lindner Shugaban tauhidin bishara a Seminary na Arewa a Chicago, Ill.
"Fitch zai jagoranci batun koyo game da tsarin samar da kudade da dashen coci," in ji sanarwar taron karawa juna sani na kan layi. "Wannan gidan yanar gizon kyauta Sabo ne da Sabuntawa wanda Sabon Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Ikilisiya na Cocin 'Yan'uwa ke daukar nauyinsa."
Baya ga rawar da ya taka a Seminary ta Arewa, Fitch shine kafa fasto na Life on the Vine Christian Community, majami'ar mishan a yankin arewa maso yammacin Chicago, kuma yana horar da hanyar sadarwa na tsire-tsire na coci. Shi malami ne kuma marubuci kan batutuwan da cocin ke fuskanta a cikin manufa da suka hada da al'adu, jagoranci, da tiyoloji. Littattafansa sun haɗa da "Gabatar Aminci" da "Cocin Mu vs. Su."
Ministoci na iya samun .1 ci gaba da darajar ilimi don halartar gidan yanar gizon kai tsaye. Hanyar haɗin yanar gizo shine https://zoom.us/j/505754099 . Za a sami fassarar Spanish. Ba a buƙatar riga-kafi don halartar webinar kyauta. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Stan Dueck, darektan Jagorancin Ƙungiya, a 847-429-4343 ko sdueck@brethren.org .
7) Sabis na Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa ne ke ba da tafiye-tafiyen sabis na hutun bazara
Da Hannah Shultz
A karon farko, Sabis na sa kai na 'yan'uwa (BVS) yana ba da tafiye-tafiyen sabis na hutun bazara ga ɗaliban koleji. Haɗa BVS a Boston ko dai mako na farko ko na biyu na Maris 2020 don damar yin aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin da ke aiki don kawo ƙarshen yunwa da samar da muhimman albarkatu ga al'ummar Boston.
Kwanakin tafiye-tafiyen sabis guda biyu sune Maris 3-8 da Maris 7-12. A karshen mako a tsakanin makonni biyu, mahalarta za su haɗu tare don bincika Boston da ƙarin koyo game da arziƙin tarihin birnin. United Parish ta Brookline za ta karbi bakuncin kungiyoyin biyu.
Ana maraba da duk ɗaliban kwaleji. Farashin shine $385 (ba a hada da jigilar kaya). Ana buɗe rijistar Dec. 4. Ziyarci www.brethren.org/workcamps don ƙarin bayani. Don tambayoyi tuntuɓi Hannah Shultz a hshultz@brethren.org ko 847-429-4337.
Kasance tare da BVS a Massachusetts yayin da muke bincika abin da ake nufi da zama ɗan ƙasa na duniya mai adalci da tausayi a ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin biranen ƙasar!
- Hannah Shultz ita ce mai gudanarwa na sabis na gajeren lokaci tare da BVS.
8) Yan'uwa yan'uwa
- Tunatarwa: Samuel H. Flora Jr., 95, tsohon babban jami'in gundumar a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa kuma tsohon memba na kwamitin darikar, ya mutu ranar 18 ga Nuwamba a Bridgewater, Va. An haife shi a ranar 11 ga Disamba, 1923, a Snow Creek, Va., ɗan marigayi Samuel H. Sr. da Annie Leah (Eller) Flora. Ya kammala karatun digiri na Kwalejin Bridgewater, Makarantar Tauhidi ta Westminster, da Makarantar Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Bethany. An naɗa fasto na shekaru 76, ya yi hidima ga ikilisiyoyi da yawa a gundumomi biyar na Cocin ’Yan’uwa. Ya yi aiki a Babban Hukumar har tsawon shekaru biyar. Ya kuma kasance mai zartarwa na gunduma na tsawon shekaru biyar, kuma yana cikin kwamitocin tsare-tsare na asali na Gidan Bridgewater da Camp Brothers Woods. Ya bar matarsa, Lillie Ann Baldwin Flora, wadda ya aura a ranar 27 ga Yuni, 1948; da ’ya’ya maza Kenneth L. Flora, John W. Flora, da Paul R. Flora, da iyalansu. Za a yi taron tunawa da karfe 1 na rana a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba a Bridgewater Church of the Brother, inda ya kasance memba. Iyali za su karɓi abokai bayan sabis ɗin. Ana karɓar gudunmawar tunawa ga Bridgewater Healthcare Foundation da Bethany Seminary Theological Seminary. Nemo cikakken labarin mutuwar a www.johnsonfs.com/obituaries/Samuel-Henry-Flora-Jr?obId=9010401#/obituaryInfo .
- Tunatarwa: Ernest G. Barr, 93, ya mutu a ranar 24 ga Nuwamba a Timbercrest Retirement Community a Arewacin Manchester, Ind. Daga cikin sauran ayyukan sa kai ga coci, ya cika manyan mukamai biyu na jagoranci a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa ciki har da shugaban tsohon Janar na Hukumar da kuma shugaban hukumar Bethany. Makarantar Tauhidi. Bugu da kari, ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban hukumar kula da gundumar Kudu/Central Indiana kuma a matsayin mai gudanarwa na wannan gundumar, kuma ya zama memba na Kwamitin Amintattu na Kwalejin Manchester. An haife shi a Chicago, Ill., Satumba 7, 1926, ɗa na biyu na marigayi Francis H. Barr da Rebecca (McKonly) Barr Fike. A matsayinsa na ƙin yarda da imaninsa, ya yi watanni 20 a hidimar Jama'a a 1944-46. Ya kammala karatunsa a Kwalejin Manchester da digiri a fannin ilmin sunadarai sannan daga Jami'ar Purdue da digiri na biyu. Ya kasance memba na farko na American Chemical Society kuma ya yi aiki da dukan aikinsa na shekaru 37 a Eli Lilly da Company. Bayan ya yi ritaya, ya yi aiki na shekaru 17 a Asibitin Methodist, Indianapolis, da Asibitin Lutheran, Fort Wayne, a matsayin limamin sa kai. A cikin 1994, Kwalejin Manchester ta karrama shi da lambar yabo ta tsofaffin ɗaliban Kwalejin Manchester da kuma a cikin 1999 digiri na digiri na girmamawa. Ranar 3 ga Yuni, 1949, ya auri Cleona Neher na Gettysburg, Ohio; ta rasu ranar 24 ga watan Mayun 2018. Sannan kuma ta rasu ne da ‘yar Carol Barr Miller. Ya rasu da 'yar Kathleen (Stephen P.) Barr Hollenberg na Goshen, Ind.; jikoki da jikoki. Taron tunawa zai kasance da ƙarfe 3:30 na yamma ranar Lahadi, Disamba 29, a Timbercrest Chapel a Arewacin Manchester, tare da ziyarar sa'a ɗaya kafin sabis ɗin. Ana karɓar kyaututtukan tunawa ga Ernest da Cleona Barr Endowment for Peace Studies a Jami'ar Manchester.
- Babban darektan Camp Eder, Bryan Smith, yayi murabus a ranar 11 ga Oktoba, a cewar jaridar Southern Pennsylvania District Newsletter. "Ma'aikatan sansanin da membobin hukumar suna aiki don ci gaba da inganta ma'aikatar Camp Eder da ke gudana," in ji sanarwar. "Don Allah ku ci gaba da tallafa mana da addu'o'in ku, sa hannu, da gudummawar ku."
- Camp Pine Lake, cocin 'yan'uwa sansanin wanda ke iyaka da Pine Lake State Park kusa da Eldora, Iowa, yana neman mutum mai kishi, mai hazaka don yin aiki a matsayin darektan sansanin. Matsayin yana buɗewa tun daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2020. Matsayin ya haɗa da aiki tare da hukumar sansanin, aikin gabaɗaya na sansanin (ciki har da shirin, ofishi da gudanar da kasuwanci, sarrafa ma'aikata, kulawa, da dai sauransu), gundumomi / dangantakar jama'a, da kuma sauran nauyi. Baya ga karbar bakuncin sansanonin 'yan'uwa da abubuwan da suka faru, wuraren Camp Pine Lake suna samuwa don haya ta wasu ƙungiyoyin coci, iyalai, da daidaikun mutane. Abubuwan cancanta sun haɗa da ƙaƙƙarfan baƙi, shirin, gudanarwa, da ƙwarewar lissafin kuɗi; sha'awar manufa na Camp Pine Lake; basirar jagoranci; ruhin hadin kai; da kuma sha'awar inganta ma'aikatun da aka ba yankin Arewa Plains ta hanyar kwarewa a waje. Shugaban sansanin ya kamata ya zama Kirista mai ƙwazo da ke goyon bayan ƙa’idodin Cocin ’yan’uwa. An fi son digirin koleji, tare da gogewa a jagorancin sansanin Kirista, ilimi, dangantakar jama'a, ayyukan talla, da sadarwa. Ba a haɗa fa'idodin kiwon lafiya amma albashi, gidaje na kan layi (a cikin nau'in mazaunin daban), ana ba da kayan aiki ga darektan sansanin. Don ƙarin bayani kira 641-751-0998 ko ziyarci www.campinelake.org/employment-opportunities . Don nema aika da wasiƙar murfin da ci gaba zuwa Camp Pine Lake, 23008 W. Ave., Eldora, IA 50627 ko ta hanyar haɗin imel zuwa Shugaban Kwamitin Haɗin gwiwar Camp Pine Lake, Paul Neher, neherfamily@prairieinet.net .
- "Kuna son Brethren workcams?" in ji sanarwar don matsayi na 2021 mataimakin mai kula da sansanin aiki. Matsayin yana buɗewa ga waɗanda za su yi hidima ta hanyar Sabis na Sa-kai na ’Yan’uwa (BVS) don taimakawa tsarawa da jagorantar hidimar sansanin bazara na 2021 na Cocin ’yan’uwa. Ranar ƙarshe na aikace-aikacen shine Janairu 27, 2020. Hanyar haɗi zuwa fom ɗin aikace-aikacen da bayanin matsayi suna kan layi a www.brethren.org/workcamps .
- Sabis na Sa-kai na Yan'uwa (BVS) yana gayyatar ikilisiyoyin ikilisiyoyi na ’yan’uwa don aika katunan Kirsimeti da gaisuwar hutu ga masu sa kai na BVS na yanzu. “Masu ba da agaji suna son karɓar kati da gaisuwa daga ikilisiyoyi ’yan’uwa!” In ji sanarwar. Don neman jerin sunayen masu sa kai na BVS na yanzu tuntuɓi bvs@brethren.org .
- The Church of the Brothers Service Lahadi za a gane Lahadi ta farko a cikin Fabrairu 2020. An umurci ikilisiyoyi da shugabanni su yi amfani da ranar don bikin tarihin hidima na cocin kuma su gane dukan waɗanda suke hidima. Taken 2020 shine "Voices for Peace" bisa Romawa 15: 1-6. “Wannan nassin ya gaya mana cewa rayuwarmu tana raira waƙa cikin jituwa ga Allah sa’ad da muka ba da hannun taimako kuma muka bauta wa juna,” in ji sanarwar. Ana samun albarkatun ibada akan jigon 2020 a www.brethren.org/servicesunday .
- An buɗe rajista a ranar 2 ga Disamba don taron karawa juna sani na Kiristanci na 2020. Wannan taron na matasa masu shekaru sakandare da masu ba da shawara na manya yana faruwa a birnin New York da Washington, DC An tsara shi don ba matasa damar bincika dangantakar da ke tsakanin bangaskiya da wani batu na siyasa sannan suyi aiki ta hanyar bangaskiya game da hakan. batun. Taron karawa juna sani na bana ya maida hankali ne kan tabbatar da adalci a fannin tattalin arziki. Kwanakin su ne Afrilu 25-30, 2020. Je zuwa www.brethren.org/yya/ccs .
- Disamba 18 shine ranar ƙarshe na rajista don Kwalejin 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Minista akan layi "Cibiyar Ruhaniya Mai Muhimmanci a Duniyar Canji," wadda Rhonda Pittman Gingrich ta koyar. Ana ba da kwas ɗin Jan. 22-Maris 17, 2020. Je zuwa https://bethanyseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Nurturing-Vital-Spirituality-brochure.pdf .
- Janairu 15, 2020, ita ce ranar ƙarshe don yin rajista don taron karawa juna sani na Haraji da ke gudana a ranar 25 ga Janairu a kan layi da kuma kan layi a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind. An ba da shawarar ga fastoci, ma'aji na coci da kujerun allo, da sauran waɗanda suke son fahimtar harajin limaman coci da yadda za su bi ƙa'idodi yayin da suke haɓaka. cire haraji. Don ƙarin bayani jeka https://bethanyseminary.edu/brethren-academy/clergy-tax-seminar .
- Canton (Ill.) Church of Brother an nuna shi a cikin nunin da aka buɗe a Cibiyar Heritage na Canton a ranar 22 ga Nuwamba. "Canton Daily Ledger" ya lura, "A duk faɗin duniya, ciki har da Fulton County, majami'u sun kasance masu mahimmanci na al'ummomi tsawon ƙarni. Tare da wannan a zuciya, wani sabon nuni mai suna 'Cibiyoyin Tarihi' yana zuwa Cibiyar Heritage na Canton Area. Nunin zai ƙunshi tarihi, hotuna, takardu, lokaci, da ƙari daga majami'u shida da suka haɗa da Cocin Canton na 'yan'uwa, Cocin Presbyterian na Farko na Canton, Cocin Presbyterian na farko na Lewistown, Ceto Army of Canton, Trinity Lutheran Church of Canton, da Wesley United Methodist Church of Canton." Nunin da ke nuna majami'u shida na farko zai ci gaba har zuwa Mayu 2020, tare da sauran majami'u da aka tsara za a nuna har zuwa Disamba 2020. Dubi www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20191119/historic-churches-exhibit-to-open-at-canton-area-heritage-center .
- Kowace shekara ikilisiyoyi da yawa na Cocin ’yan’uwa a sassa dabam-dabam na ƙasar suna ba da bukukuwan haihuwa kai tsaye domin al'ummarsu. Ga kadan:
Cocin Bethlehem mai suna Bethlehem na 'yan'uwa da ke Boones Mill, Va., Ranar Disamba 7 ya shirya "Ku zo Baitalami ku gani..." a matsayin waje, tafiya-ta cikin shirin haihuwa na rayuwa tare da kukis da cakulan zafi.
A ranar Asabar, Disamba 14, daga 5:30-7:30 na yamma za a ba da tuƙi ta hanyar haihuwa kai tsaye ta Cocin Chambersburg (Pa.) Church of Brothers.
Cocin Potsdam (Ohio) na 'yan'uwa kuma yana yin bikin ranar Asabar daga 5-7 na yamma Taron ya haɗa da "kukis na gida masu daɗi da koko, har ma da ziyarar Santa!" In ji gayyata.
Ranar Disamba 21-23 daga karfe 7-9 na yamma Mill Creek Church of the Brothers a Port Republic, Va., za ta gudanar da bikin haihuwa a Michael's Barn a 8218 Port Republic Road.
- York (Pa.) Cocin na biyu na 'yan'uwa/Iglesia Arca de Salvacion ya taimaka wajen ba da ƙwararren Kirsimeti na musamman, na huɗu na shekara-shekara “Tafiya-a-Kirsimeti Mile” a ƙarshen gabashin birnin York. Yana ɗaya daga cikin majami'u huɗu waɗanda ke aiki azaman hanyoyin yawo waɗanda suka ɗauki mahalarta tafiya zuwa Kirsimeti ta nassi, waƙa, da addu'a. Taken shine "Bi Tauraro" don taron a maraice na Disamba 9. Ana samun sufuri ga waɗanda ba su iya tafiya gaba ɗaya ko wani ɓangare na nesa.
- Living Stream Church of the Brothers, Ikklisiya ta kan layi da ke zaune a gundumar Pacific Northwest, tana shirin wani abu na musamman a daren mafi tsayi na shekara. The "Longest Night Retreat" yana faruwa a 7: 30-9: 30 na yamma (lokacin Gabas) a ranar Asabar, Disamba 21, ga waɗanda suka fuskanci lokuta a matsayin lokaci mai wuyar gaske. Wannan gaskiya ne “ga mutane da yawa, musamman a cikinmu da muke baƙin ciki ga waɗanda suke ƙauna da suka rasa ko kuma waɗanda ba su da dangantaka da su, ko kuma waɗanda ba su da abin da za su yi biki kamar yadda aka saba na al’adunmu,” in ji gayyata. “Shima shiga cikin mafi ƙanƙanta kwanaki na shekara na iya zama ƙalubale ga waɗanda mu ke samun kuzari ta hasken rana da zafi. Duk da haka akwai hikima kuma a cikin duhu: kabarin kuma mahaifar tashin matattu ne da kuma sake haifuwa. Za mu taru don mu kai ga juna a fadin mil kuma mu rike juna cikin duhu, muna yin addu'a da tunani tare da nassi, waƙoƙi, hotuna, da kiɗa. Dukansu zafi da farin ciki wani bangare ne na labarin Jiki, kuma za mu kasance tare da kuma ba da sarari ga duka biyun. ” Fasto Bobbi Dykema ne zai jagoranci taron. Shiga a https://livestream.com/livingstreamcob/Advent2019 .
- Dranesville Church of the Brothers a Herndon, Va., yana gudanar da wani taron da ake kira "Yakin Basasa/ Zaman Lafiya" a ranar 15 ga Disamba da karfe 7 na yamma Yana tunawa da yakin da aka gwabza tsakanin Sojoji da Sojoji a harabar cocin wanda ya faru kwanaki biyar kafin Kirsimeti, kuma ya kasance daya daga cikin yakin basasa na farko. "Wannan ita ce nasara ta farko a Gabas a kan Confederacy," in ji wani mai talla. Mahalarta za su “gano yadda yaƙin ya kasance, abin da ya bar yaƙin, da kuma abin da Cocin ’yan’uwa, ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin majami’un salama, ke koyarwa game da yaƙi.” Maraicen zai ƙunshi lacca kan yaƙin, tare da lokacin tattaunawa, da annashuwa. Maraice yana amfana da Makarantar Kiɗa ta Cecilia Cornejo da Majalisar Fasaha da Nishaɗi na Jami'ar. "Barka da zuwa!" in ji littafan. Tuntuɓi 703-430-7872.
- Elizabethtown (Pa.) Church of Brother ta sanar da kashi na gaba na aikin ginin dala miliyan bakwai. “Tun daga farkon shekarar 7 zuwa watanni 2020-4, wannan mataki na gaba zai kunshi shirye-shiryen dalla-dalla na gine-gine tare da tuntubar shugabannin shirye-shirye da masu amfani da gine-gine da suka hada da malaman makarantar Lahadi, dattijai, mambobin hukumar, fastoci da ma’aikata, da sauran jama’a, tare da tare da wakilai daga ginin mazauna Elizabethtown Community Care Center da Elizabethtown Community Nursery School," in ji sanarwar. Bayan tsarin ƙira da ci gaba, za a tuntuɓi ikilisiya don amincewa da fakitin kuɗi na ƙarshe.
- "Ƙananan ƙungiya na iya yin babban bambanci," Baltimore Sun ya ruwaito a wata kasida game da balaguron balaguron balaguro da wata ƙungiya daga Westminster (Md.) Cocin Brother of Brothers suka yi “Abin da wasu mazauna yankin suka samu ke nan lokacin da suka yi tafiya… zuwa Jacksonville, Florida, a ƙarshen Satumba na mako guda cike da abubuwa. aiki tuƙuru—amma dariya ma—yayin da suka yi aikin sake gina gidaje uku don iyalai masu bukata.” Nemo labarin tare da hotuna a www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-nh-jacksonville-trip-120419-20191202-6ug6lwtoczdrhmts7x7sjzsafe-story.html .
- Leslie Sperry na Cocin Beacon Heights na 'Yan'uwa ta buga wani tunani a cikin jaridar "Journal Gazette" kan komawar tafiya zuwa iyakar Amurka/Mexico a McAllen da Brownsville, Texas. "Manufar samar da abinci ga masu neman mafaka ya bayyana irin zaluncin siyasa" ya ba da labarin kwarewar komawa kan iyaka tare da 'yan uwan jama'a shekara guda bayan irin wannan tafiya ta farko da wata kungiyar Beacon Heights ta yi. "Muna sa ran ganin bambance-bambance da yawa, kuma mun yi. Ziyarar tamu ta kasance mai ƙalubale, mai ba da labari, mai wadatarwa, kuma a ƙarshe ta sake tabbatar da aniyarmu ta yin adalci, "in ji Sperry. Ƙungiyar ta ziyarci Team Brownsville, ƙungiyar da ke yiwa waɗanda ke jiran a Mexico neman mafaka. Karanta tunani a www.journalgazette.net/opinion/sunday-centerpiece/20191124/food-and-thought .
- Kwamitin Adalci na Yanayi na Kudancin Ohio da Gundumar Kentucky za su hadu a ranar 8 ga Janairu, daga 7-9 na yamma, a Salem Church of the Brothers. Taron a buɗe yake ga kowa, bisa ga e-newsletter na gunduma. "Fasto Doug Kaufman daga Cibiyar Muhalli ta Mary Lea zai kasance tare da mu ta hanyar ZOOM kuma da fatan wani memba na rukunin Reality na gida zai kasance tare da mu da kanmu," in ji sanarwar. "Muna kuma fatan nuna bidiyon da tsohon Mataimakin Shugaban kasa, Al Gore ya yi kwanan nan kan kimiyyar canjin yanayi da abin da za mu iya yi." Har ila yau, kungiyar na fatan gudanar da koma bayan yanayi ga Cocin Kudancin Ohio da Kentucky na Yan'uwa a fall mai zuwa. Tuntuɓi Mark Lancaster don ƙarin bayani a 510-809-6721 ko marklancaster116@gmail.com .
- A cikin ƙarin labarai daga Kudancin Ohio da Kentucky, gundumar tana "karɓi" iyalai waɗanda guguwar ranar tunawa ta shafa a farkon wannan shekara. “A wannan lokacin bayarwa, ikilisiyoyi da yawa suna neman hanyoyin da za su iya kaiwa ga maƙwabtanmu da abokanmu da za su iya yin kokawa,” in ji sanarwar. “A wannan shekarar, musamman, muna da iyalai a bayan gida waɗanda har yanzu suna cikin koshin lafiya daga mummunar asarar da aka yi a lokacin guguwar Ranar Tunawa da Mutuwar. Abin da mutane da yawa ba za su fahimta ba shi ne idan guguwar ta mai da gidan iyali ba zai zauna ba. Yanzu suna samun kuɗin jinginar su na wata-wata tare da hayar gidansu na wucin gadi ko lissafin otel. FEMA da fa'idodin inshora suna ƙarewa. Ka yi tunanin idan kowane ikilisiyoyi 48 ɗinmu za su ɗauki iyalai ɗaya ko biyu don Kirsimeti wane tasiri ne za mu iya yi!” Sam Dewey na Pleasant Hill Church of the Brothers ne ke jagorantar ƙoƙarin, yana aiki tare da Makarantar Trotwood Madison da tsarin makarantar Trotwood.
- Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Yamma ta gudanar da gwanjon gunduma na shekara-shekara na 14 a Camp Harmony, yana karɓar jimlar kuɗin shiga, kafin kashe kuɗi, na $10,500. "Manyan coci uku a cikin gudummawar sune: Maple Spring, Pleasant Hill, da Fair View," in ji jaridar gundumar. "Camp Harmony za su sami kashi 10 cikin 15 na ribar, bayan kashe kudi, wajen rage basussuka. Ana sa ran Ganawar Lardi na Shekara-shekara na 7, Nuwamba 2020, XNUMX. Alama kalandarku!"
- Taron Gundumar Arewacin Indiana na 2019 An amince da ministoci biyu na shekaru 55 na nadin: Donald Jordon da Verne Leininger.
- Camp Inspiration Hills a Arewacin Ohio District yana karbar bakuncin bikin Sabuwar Shekara na jajibirin jajibirin sabuwar shekara ga yara kanana da manya manyan matasa a aji 6 zuwa 12. “Ka kama abokanka kuma ku yi bikin NYE a sansanin! Za ku zama na farko da za ku fuskanci jigon zangon bazara na 2020, 'Ku yi ihu ga Ubangiji!'” in ji sanarwar. Jadawalin zai haɗa da ibada, nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki, ayyukan hannu, tafiye-tafiyen dare, wasannin waje na cikin duhu, da ƙari. Sanarwar ta kara da cewa "Kamar yadda aka saba, za mu sami kidayar raye-raye da zubar da kwallo." Komawar zata fara ne daga 31 ga Disamba da karfe 7 na yamma kuma ta ƙare ranar 1 ga Janairu da ƙarfe 10 na safe Farashin $45 ne idan an yi rajista kafin Disamba 15. Je zuwa www.inspirationhillscamp.org .
- Jami'ar Manchester ta samu nasarar ingantawa taron na Camp Mack Day, kamar yadda Laura Brubaker ya ruwaito zuwa taron gundumar Arewacin Indiana. A bana kimanin dalibai 625 ne suka halarta.
- Cibiyar Matasa ta Interdistrict Youth ta shirya a Kwalejin Bridgewater (Va.), taron matasan yankin kudu maso gabas da ake kira "Roundtable" yana faruwa a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu zuwa Maris 1, 2020. Kyle Remnant, mawaƙi kuma mai magana daga Bridgewater, zai yi magana a kan batun "Vision 2020: Ganin yadda Yesu Ya Yi." Taron zai haɗa da nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki wanda mai magana da yawun da ya gabata Dennis Beckner ya jagoranta, ƙananan ƙungiyoyi, tarurrukan bita, zumunci, nuni iri-iri, vespers, da ƙari. Majalisar Matasa ta Interdistrict tana hidima ga gundumomi shida kudu maso gabas na Cocin ’yan’uwa: Mid-Atlantic, West Marva, Shenandoah, Virlina, Kudu maso Gabas, da Kudu maso Gabashin Atlantika. Roundtable kuma yana maraba da matasa daga gundumomin makwabta. Tambayoyi? Imel iycroundtable@gmail.com .
- “Ku rayu ta irin wannan hanyar cewa waɗanda suka san ka amma ba su san Allah ba za su san Allah domin sun san ka.” A cikin wannan juzu'i na wasan kwaikwayo na Dunker Punks Podcast tare da Zabi Mai Kyau Podcast, Logan JP Schrag ya yi hira da mahaifinsa, Rick, game da aikinsa na koyarwa da kulawar asibiti. Ta yaya kuke kiyaye imaninku a rayuwarku ta yau da kullun? Saurari app ɗin podcast da kuka fi so ko ta hanyar hanyar haɗin yanar gizon bit.ly/DPP_Episode92 .
- Ƙungiyar Mata, wata ƙungiyar da ke da alaƙa da Coci na ’yan’uwa, ta buga wani fitowar wasiƙarsa ta “Femailing” mai ɗauke da “ Albarkatun Zuwan Mata.” Sanarwa ta umurci masu karatu masu sha'awar zuwa ga Nuwamba "Femailing" a www.progressivebrethren.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Femailings-Nuwamba-19-v2.pdf .
- "Muryoyin 'Yan'uwa" suna ba da shawarar ra'ayi na madadin kyauta wannan kakar a cikin shirinsa na ƙarshe na 2019. Ya rubuta furodusa Ed Groff, shirin “yana ƙarfafa kyautar kuɗi a wannan shekara ga Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ’yan’uwa, da sunan wani na musamman a jerinku.” Shirin na Disamba ya ƙunshi aikin da ’yan’uwa masu sa kai ke ci gaba da bayarwa ga waɗanda suka tsira daga guguwar Maria a Puerto Rico. Groff ya rubuta: "Ga Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa, waɗanda ake taimakon da sake gina gida su ne waɗanda suka faɗa cikin tartsatsi. “Mutane ne da ba su cancanci neman taimako daga FEMA, gwamnatin jiha ko tarayya ba. Ga BDM, ba dole ne mutum ya zama ‘katin ɗauke da ’yan’uwa ba don samun taimako.” Hakanan a cikin wannan jigon, Andy Murray, wanda ’yan’uwa da yawa suka sani a matsayin fasto, malami, da mawaƙa, ya raba ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙinsa, “A Christmas Carol.” (David Sollenberger da Brethren Disaster Ministries ne suka ba da bidiyo da hotuna.) Dubi Muryar Yan'uwa ta nuna akan www.youtube.com/brethrenvoices .
- A ranar Asabar, Dec. 14, Cibiyar Tarihi ta Yan'uwa da Mennonite a Harrisonburg, Va., yana gudanar da taron "Kirsimeti na Tarihi" daga 2-6 na yamma Taron ya haɗa da sana'o'i, kiɗan raye-raye, waƙa, da shakatawa. Farashin shine $10 ga manya, $5 ga ɗalibai, kuma kyauta ga yara masu shekaru 5 da ƙasa.
- "Idan muka kasance da aminci ga imaninmu, ba za mu iya yin shuru ba sa’ad da muka ga abin da ke faruwa,” in ji sanarwar Kwamitin Hulɗa da Addinai ga Tsarin Tsarin Mulki na Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya kan sauyin yanayi. An ba da sanarwar ne ga taron sauyin yanayi na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya mai suna "COP25," wanda ke gudana a Madrid, Spain, a ranar 2-13 ga Disamba. “Mu muryoyin da bege da tausayi ke tafiyar da mu. A cikin wani yanayi mafi gaggawa don karkatar da hayakin da al'adun imani dole ne su ba da gudummawa ga canji cikin gaggawa." Sanarwar da Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya ta ce, ƙungiyar ta kasance tana neman "bayar da ingantaccen muryar bege kan tsoro, tausayi kan halin ko-in-kula, da matakin gaggawa da adalci a matsayin wajibcin ɗabi'a." Rukunin mutane 10 da ke wakiltar sassa daban-daban na duniya, ’yan asali, matasa, da kuma addinai dabam-dabam sun ba da sanarwar ga jami’an Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, “saboda tabbacin cewa al’adun imani daga ko’ina cikin duniya na iya zama mahimmin ƙarfi wajen cimma daidaito. tare da yanayin gaggawa," in ji sanarwar. Karanta cikakken bayanin sanarwar a www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/faith-communities-demand-climate-justice-interfaith-declaration-on-climate-change-for-cop25-madrid-2019 .
- Raymond Johnson na Manchester Church of the Brother a Arewacin Manchester, Ind., ya rubuta tunani don “Babban ɗaki” fitowar Nuwamba-Disamba 2019 akan taken “Yanci na Gaskiya” (Galatiyawa 5:9). A baya, Johnson ya raba wa mujallar Cocin 'Yan'uwa "Manzo" labarinsa na almajirantarwa a cikin coci yayin da yake kan layin mutuwa. Don ibadar “The Upper Room” na ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, ya rubuta, a wani ɓangare: “A halin yanzu ana ɗaure ni a kan hukuncin kisa saboda kura-kurai da na yi sa’ad da nake fursuna na ƙungiyoyi, kuɗi, da kuma kwayoyi. Amma manzo Bulus ya gaya mana cewa ‘don ’yanci ne Kristi ya ‘yantar da mu’ Kristi ya ba ni ’yanci da zai ‘yantar da ni a ruhaniya daga ɗakin kurkuku na mai sanyi, in yi rayuwa a matsayin mai bin tafarkinsa.”
- Carl Harman ya halarci bukin soyayyarsa na 66 a jere da tarayya a Spruce Run Church of the Brothers a Lindside, W.Va., a ranar Oktoba 26. The Virlina District e-newsletter ya ruwaito cewa tarayya ta farko a 14 shekaru yana cikin "tsohon ginin coci" a 1953. "Bro. Carl ya yi hidima ga ikilisiyar Spruce Run da aminci a cikin Cocin of the Brothers Youth Fellowship (CBYF), a cikin jagoranci haɗin gwiwar maza, a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa, a kan hukumar hidima, kuma a matsayin diacon, ”in ji jaridar.
- Sisters Kendra Flory da Janelle Flory Schrock An nuna su a cikin kafofin watsa labarai a matsayin wani ɓangare na sabuwar ƙungiyar mawaƙa a Newton, Kan., Mai suna Prairie Bronze. Wani talifi a cikin “McPherson (Kan.) Sentinel” ya ruwaito cewa “ƙarar ƙararrawa wani bangare ne na rayuwar ’yan’uwan tun suna yara, kuma a makarantar sakandare suna cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta coci da ta taimaka wajen kunna wuta ga dukansu biyu. su.” Flory ya jagoranci ƙungiyar mawaƙa a McPherson Church of the Brothers na shekaru da yawa kuma yana aiki a Kwalejin McPherson a ofishin shiga. Flory Schrock yana aiki a Dyck Arboretum na Plains. Jaridar ta ruwaito cewa ’yan uwa mata sun gudanar da wasan sadaka a shekarun baya-bayan nan amma har sai da suka shiga sabuwar kungiyar ba su samu damar yin kararrawa tare a cikin kungiyar mawaka ba. "Na yi farin cikin samun damar sake yin hakan da ita," in ji Flory. "Ringing a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa wani abu ne da mu biyun muke jin daɗin fiye da komai." Nemo labarin Sentinel a www.mcphersonsentinel.com/news/20191128/ringing-in-season-new-bell-choir-forms-in-newton .
- Shaun Deardorff, babban jami'in sakandare kuma memba na Cocin Brother, ya kammala aikinsa na Eagle Scout a Campus Hills Park a Durham, NC, tare da taimakon ƙungiyar masu sa kai 45. "Lambun Zaman Lafiya na Duniya da Rikicin Rikicin Bindiga da Tunawa da Ta'addanci" ana nufin "kalubalanci abubuwan tashin hankali da suka faru a cikin al'ummarmu da kuma na duniya, da kuma tashin hankali na gida" da kuma "ya ƙaddamar da kuma nuna kyakkyawan fata da bege, kuma yana ba da ma'ana. wuri don tunanin zaman lafiya kuma shine ke haifar da canji, "in ji Deardorff a cikin wata sanarwa. Gidan lambun da wurin tunawa yana cikin wani zagaye da ke gaban cibiyar jama'a a Campus Hills Park. A tsakiyarsa akwai sassaken aluminum mai ƙafa 15 wanda Deardorff ya tsara kuma mai ba da aikin sa Joseph Lemmens ya ƙirƙira. An haɗa da zuciya mai alamar cewa "ƙauna ita ce ginshiƙin salama"; alamar zaman lafiya mai girma uku da ke samar da siffar duniya, alamar zaman lafiyar duniya; da ƙafafu masu ƙafa huɗu masu alamar kusurwa huɗu na Duniya. Bututun aluminium wanda ke samar da duniya ana nufin ya zama yanki na karfe guda ɗaya mai ci gaba, yana nuna maƙasudin zaman lafiya marar ƙarewa. Bayan wannan sassaken akwai sandar zaman lafiya tare da jimlar "Za a iya zaman lafiya a duniya" a cikin harsuna bakwai da aka zaɓa don alamar wani gagarumin rikici da Amurka: Cherokee, Rashanci, Vietnamese, Jafananci, Jamusanci, Larabci, da Ingilishi. Har ila yau, ya ce, "Bayan zaman lafiya a makarantunmu," don tunawa da yawan harbe-harbe da ta'addanci a cikin makarantu - ciki har da barazanar bindiga a makarantar sakandare ta CE Jordan inda Deardorff babban jami'i ne, wanda aka yi mako guda kafin a kammala aikin. Ana gayyatar duk su tsaya ta Campus Hills Park don duba aikin.
- Marietta Dunlap daga Indiana (Pa.) Church of the Brothers ta yi bikin cika shekaru 100 da haihuwa. An haife ta a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 1919, a Alum Bank, Bedford County, Pa. Ikilisiya ta yi mata biki a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba.