“ Girma da girma suna gaban [Ubangiji]; ƙarfi da kyan gani suna cikin Haikalinsa.” (Zabura 96:6).
LABARAI
1) Ofishin Brethren Service Turai za a rufe a ƙarshen 2019
2) Hearts for Nigeria: Roxane Hill ta kammala matsayinta da martanin Rikicin Najeriya
3) Ma'aikatar Bala'i ta 'Yan'uwa ta sanar da sauye-sauyen sake gina wuraren aikin
4) A Duniya Zaman Lafiya na gudanar da taron fadowa a Massachusetts
5) Lacca ta Fellowship Peace College Elizabethtown: dacewa da dacewa da ƙalubalen al'adar Anabaptist
6) Kungiyar Kiristocin Najeriya ta yi bikin tunawa da ranar da aka yi hijira
KAMATA
7) Kristin Flory ya yi ritaya bayan shekaru 33 a matsayin wakilin 'Yan'uwa na Turai
8) Yan'uwa yan'uwaTunawa Dorothy Brandt Davis, ƙungiyar mawaƙa a taron shekara-shekara, taron matasa na matasa na ƙasa 2020, kwata na “Jagora don Nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki,” faɗakarwa kan “Odadar Zartarwar Jiha da Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙaƙwalwar godiya, ƙari.
1) Ofishin Brethren Service Turai za a rufe a ƙarshen 2019
Za a rufe ofishin 'yan'uwa na Turai na Cocin 'Yan'uwa a ƙarshen 2019. An shirya shi a Cibiyar Ecumenical Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya da ke Geneva, Switzerland, birnin da yake tun 1947. A halin yanzu aikin yana aiki. na ofisoshin ofisoshin akan sanyawa da kuma kulawa da ma'aikatan Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa a Turai.
Fiye da shekaru talatin Kristin Flory, ma'aikacin BVS a Turai yana aiki da ofishin kusan shekaru 33. Ta sanar da yin murabus daga ranar 31 ga watan Disamba.
Abubuwan da suka sanya aka yanke shawarar rufe ofishin sun hada da ragewa a cikin kasafin kudin darika, karancin adadin masu aikin BVS da ke aiki a Turai, da ke nuna yanayin shirin BVS gaba daya, da wahalar samun biza ga masu BVS don yin aiki a kasashen Turai da dama.
"Wasu shirye-shirye [na BVS Turai] sun ƙare a zahiri, amma a ƙarshe dole ne mu rabu daga wasu yankuna saboda raguwar kasafin kuɗi," in ji Flory. "Mun sauya daga ba da cikakken ba da tallafin BVSers a ayyukansu, zuwa raba tallafin, zuwa yanzu muna neman ayyukan don samar da kulawar masu sa kai." Ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci tun 2003.
Ana sa ran wuraren ayyukan BVS a Arewacin Ireland da Jamhuriyar Ireland za su ci gaba:
- Quaker Cottage a Belfast, N. Ireland, cibiyar iyali ta al'umma inda BVSers ke aiki tare da yara.
- IncredABLE a Richhill, County Armagh, N. Ireland, wanda ke ba da zamantakewa, nishaɗi, da ayyukan ilmantarwa ga mutanen da ke da nakasar ilmantarwa / fasaha da / ko autism.
- Al'ummar Corrymeela a Ballycastle, N. Ireland, ƙungiyar zaman lafiya da sulhu da cibiyar zama.
- Morne Grange a Kilkeel, N. Ireland, al'umma da gonaki ga mutanen da ke da nakasa koyo.
- Ƙungiyoyin L'Arche Uku inda mutane masu nakasa da marasa nakasa ke rayuwa da aiki tare-Belfast, N. Ireland; County Kilkenny, Ireland; da kuma Dublin, Ireland.
Dogon tarihi mai cike da tarihi
Hukumar Kula da Hidima ta ’Yan’uwa (BSC) ce ta kafa ofishin Turai a watan Fabrairu na shekara ta 1947, ƙungiyar da ke da alhakin ayyukan agaji da gyara cocin bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. A cewar “The Brothers Encyclopedia” wurin da ke Geneva yana da alaƙa da haɗin gwiwar hukumar da Majalisar Cocin Duniya (WCC), wadda ita ma ta kafa hedkwatarta a can. A cikin 1948, an kira MR Zigler ya jagoranci aikin BSC a Turai kuma ya zama wakilin 'yan'uwa ga WCC.
A cikin 1968-69 an dakatar da BSC “ta hanyar daidaitawar kungiya a hedkwatar Cocin ’yan’uwa,” in ji littafin encyclopedia. An haɗa aikinta tare da aikin mishan na ƙungiyar, ciki har da shirin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa da aka fara a 1948. Ofishin Turai ya fara mayar da hankali kan sanyawa da kula da BVSers da kuma kula da haɗin gwiwa tare da wuraren aikin a fadin nahiyar.
A cikin shekaru da yawa, waɗanda suka yi aiki a ofishin sun ci gaba da al'adar BSC na shiga cikin wuraren da ke fama da yaki da tashin hankali. Misali, BVSer na farko a Belfast, Ireland ta Arewa, an sanya shi a cikin 1972 a tsayin “Matsalolin” tsakanin Katolika da Furotesta. Hakazalika, a lokacin da kuma bayan yaƙe-yaƙe a ƙasashen Balkan, BVSers sun yi aiki a Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, da Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Har ila yau, ma'aikatan da ke aiki a Geneva sun kasance wakilan Cocin 'yan'uwa da ke halartar shawarwarin zaman lafiya na tarihi a Turai, tare da jagorancin jagorancin WCC, da kuma wasu lokuta tare da shugabannin duniya da ma'aikata a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Geneva.
Ko da yake BSC ta kafa wasu cibiyoyi don kokarin cocin bayan yakin - irin su Kassel, Jamus, da Linz, Austria, da sauransu - ofishin Geneva shine wanda ya tsira a matsayin cibiyar Cocin 'Yan'uwa a Turai ga wasu. shekaru 72.
2) Hearts for Nigeria: Roxane Hill ta kammala matsayinta da martanin Rikicin Najeriya
Roxane Hill tana kammala matsayinta na ko’odineta na martanin rikicin Najeriya, ya zuwa karshen wannan shekarar. Mijinta, Carl Hill, Fasto na Cocin Potsdam (Ohio) na 'Yan'uwa, shi ma a baya ya yi aiki tare da ita kan martanin.
Rikicin Najeriya ba ya ƙarewa amma ana rage shirye-shirye, duk da cewa ana ci gaba da kashe kuɗi don 2020 a babban matakin da kasafin kuɗi na $220.000. Ofishin Jakadanci na Duniya da Sabis da Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa suna tsammanin za a ci gaba da mayar da martani har na tsawon shekaru biyu, zuwa 2021, sannan kuma a sa ran ci gaba da ba da tallafi don takamaiman aiki a Najeriya.
Don ƙarin bayani game da martanin Rikicin Najeriya jeka www.brethren.org/nigeriacrisis .
Rahoton ƙarshe daga Roxane da Carl Hill:
A watan Nuwamba 2014, mun zauna a kusa da tebur tare da Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN) leadership in Jos, Nigeria. Yayin da muka kalli wadannan maza da mata, sai muka ga fuskokinsu cike da fidda rai suna kallon mu don samun amsoshi. ‘Yan makonni kadan da suka wuce, suna zaune a ofisoshinsu suna gudanar da harkokin cocin a hedikwatarsu da ke arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Yanzu haka dai kungiyar ta’addancin nan da aka fi sani da Boko Haram ta raba su da matsugunansu kuma ba su san inda za su koma ba.
A karshen watan Oktoban 2014, Boko Haram ta mamaye yankin arewa maso gabas inda suka kawo rugujewa da hargitsi, lamarin da ya tilasta wa ’yan uwanmu Najeriya gudun hijira. Mafi akasarin shugabannin EYN sun taho har garin Jos dake tsakiyar Najeriya domin samun mafaka. A wancan taro da aka yi a Jos ne shugabannin EYN suka amince da shawarar taimakon al’ummarsu ta wata sabuwar ma’aikatar bala’i da aka kirkiro, wadda shugaban EYN da wani fasto da aka nada, Yuguda Mdurvwa zai jagoranta.
Mun tuna ranar da Stan Noffsinger, babban sakatare na Church of the Brethren, da kuma Global Mission and Service Jay Wittmeyer da kuma babban jami’in gudanarwa Roy Winter suka tuntube mu, domin su zama sabbin daraktoci na Response Rikicin Najeriya. Lokacin da suka tuntube mu, muna zagaya ƙasar a matsayin mai magana da yawun Ofishin Jakadanci da Hidima na Duniya kuma mun gama hidima a Kwalejin Littafi Mai Tsarki ta Kulp ta EYN, kuma mun yi farin cikin gaya wa cocin gabaɗaya.
An gudanar da martanin rikicin Najeriya a matsayin haɗin gwiwa tsakanin EYN da Church of the Brethren's Global Mission and Service da Brethren Disaster Ministries. EYN Ikklisiya ce da ’yan’uwa masu wa’azi a ƙasashen waje suka kafa kusan shekaru 100 da suka shige, kuma shekaru da yawa tana ’yancin kai daga “mahaifiyar cocin” da ke Amirka. A lokacin da ake yin hidimar ‘yan’uwa, mutane da yawa daga Amurka sun sami hanyar zuwa Najeriya kuma suka yi hidima a can. Yawancin waɗanda ba su yarda da imaninsu ba da aka zaɓa don yin hidima a Najeriya a matsayin wani ɓangare na wajibcinsu ga wannan ƙasa – Najeriya wuri ne da ya cancanci “sabis na madadin.”
Saboda tsananin girman rikicin, nan da nan Cibiyar Rikicin Najeriya ta zama shiri mafi girma na agaji da taimako a cikin shekaru 300 da suka gabata na Cocin Brothers. Saboda turawar da manyan shugabanin suka yi, an yi niyyar tara dala miliyan biyar. Jama'a a fadin darikar sun yi murna da ba da kayansu saboda sanin Cocin da kuma kaunar Najeriya. An fara da kuɗin iri daga Asusun Bala'i na Gaggawa, ba da daɗewa ba cocin ta kan hanyarta don tara kuɗin da ake buƙata don fitar da shirin daga ƙasa.
Saurin ci gaba shekaru biyar. Mun kammala tattaki na karshe da aka tsara zuwa Najeriya a matsayin wakilan cocin ‘yan’uwa. Wannan ziyarar ta ƙarshe ita ce ta lura da kuma ba da rahoto game da dukan abin da aka yi, yadda ta shafi mutanen da abin ya fi shafa, da kuma ƙalubalen da suka rage ga ’yan’uwanmu da ke cikin Kristi.
A tafiyar tamu mun gana da shugaban EYN Joel S. Billi, wanda ya amince da Ma’aikatar Bala’i a matsayin wani bangare mai kima na EYN, ya kuma yabawa ma’aikatan bisa namijin kokarin da suke yi na taimakawa wadanda rikicin Boko Haram ya shafa. Mun kuma sadu da Ƙungiyar Bala'i ta EYN kuma mun ba da lokaci don sauraron abubuwan farin ciki da damuwa.
Babban abin da ya fi maida hankali a kai shi ne ziyarar sansanonin ‘yan gudun hijirar (IDPs). Mun ziyarci sansanoni biyu da ke kewayen Abuja babban birnin Najeriya; wani sansani kusa da birnin Yola; da uku a cikin birnin Maiduguri a arewa maso gabas. Sansanonin 'yan gudun hijirar da ke kusa da Abuja da Yola na kewaye da filayen noma kuma mutanen da suka rasa matsugunansu na noma nasu abinci. Waɗannan sansanonin sun ba mu mamaki da ci gaban da suka yi da matakan dogaro da kai. Amma a Maiduguri sansanonin sun cika cunkoso, ba a taba samun isasshen abinci, kuma yanayin rayuwa ya yi kasa da na sauran sansanonin da ke a wurare masu tsaro. Tafiya cikin kwanciyar hankali zuwa Maiduguri da kuma taimaka wa wadannan sansanonin ya kasance babban kalubale ga EYN da ma'aikatarta ta Bala'i.
Sa’ad da muka ziyarci Hedkwatar EYN a Kwarhi, mun yi tafiya zuwa garin Michika, inda muka ga yadda ake ci gaba da sake gina ɗaya daga cikin manyan majami’un EYN. Kungiyar Global Mission and Service ta bai wa kungiyoyin EYN tallafi guda 40 na dala 5,000 kowannensu domin a taimaka musu wajen sake gina majami'unsu sakamakon lalata da kungiyar Boko Haram ta yi musu. Mun kuma sami damar shaida albarkar maɓuɓɓugar ruwa guda biyu da Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ba mu. Ramukan burtsatse suna samar da ingantaccen tushen ruwa mai kyau da kuma taimakawa wajen samar da hadin kai tsakanin wadanda aka samu da kuma al'ummominsu.
Bukatar wasu hanyoyin samun kudin shiga na da matukar muhimmanci ga al'ummomin da suke noma a arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Mun ziyarci wata cibiyar horar da zawarawa da marayu ke koyon sana’ar dinki. Mun lura da rabon awaki ga wasu marasa galihu, wadanda suka hada da nakasassu da/ko tsofaffi da wasu marayu da ‘yan Boko Haram suka kashe iyayensu. An bai wa kowane wanda ya amfana da akuya namiji da mace, kuma wadannan dabbobin za su zama abin maraba da abin dogaro da kai da samun kudin shiga a nan gaba.
Mun bar Najeriya da abokanmu da yawa tare da ruɗani. An yi farin ciki cewa sa’ad da ’yan’uwanmu maza da mata a Najeriya suka kasance a mafi ƙasƙanci, Cocin ’yan’uwa ta shiga yin tanadin abin da ake bukata. Duk da haka, mun kuma tafi da bakin ciki yayin da muka fahimci cewa watakila wannan shi ne ƙarshen aikinmu na hukuma a Najeriya. Mu biyu ne kawai daga cikin ’yan’uwa da yawa da suka je Nijeriya don su taimaka a lokacin wahala. Yayin da muka hau jirgi domin mu tashi zuwa gida, mun san mun bar wani yanki na zuciyarmu a Najeriya.
Akwai kalubale da dama ga EYN da kuma al’ummar arewa maso gabashin Najeriya. Fiye da mutane miliyan 2 har yanzu suna gudun hijira, suna zaune a sansanoni ko al'ummomin da suka karbi bakuncin ko kuma a makwabciyar kasar Kamaru. Tafiya da sadarwa na da wahala musamman a yankunan da har yanzu Boko Haram ke fuskantar barazana. Har yanzu akwai manyan bukatu da ba a biya su ba, kuma sun zarce albarkatun da ake da su.
Roƙonmu shine mu riƙa riƙon ’yan’uwanmu da addu’a. Jama'ar Najeriya na da matukar imani, kuma fatansu yana ga Allah.
3) Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa sun sanar da sauye-sauyen sake gina wuraren ayyukan
Ma’aikatar Bala’i ta ‘Yan’uwa ta sanar da sauye-sauye da dama a wuraren aikinta na sake ginawa yayin da 2019 ke rufe kuma sabuwar shekara ta fara.
A cikin labarai masu alaƙa, ana buƙatar masu sa kai cikin gaggawa a wurare biyu na sake ginawa a cikin Carolinas da Puerto Rico:
A cikin Carolinas, ana buƙatar masu sa kai na mako na Dec. 15-21 don kammala tsarin sake ginawa na 2019; tuntuɓar BDMnorthcarolina@gmail.com zuwa ranar 20 ga Nuwamba don yin rajista.
A Puerto Rico, akwai buƙatar masu sa kai na gaggawa a ranar 4-18 ga Janairu, Maris 14-28, Maris 28-Afrilu 11, Afrilu 11-25, Afrilu 25-Mayu 9, da Mayu 9-23. Tafiya na tsawon makonni biyu kuma sun haɗa da wurin zama, abinci daga Litinin zuwa Juma'a, kayan abinci don abincin karshen mako, jigilar kayayyaki zuwa / daga wuraren aiki, da yuwuwar kuɗi don taimakawa tare da farashin balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguro. 410-635 ko tgoodger@brethren.org .
Canje-canjen wurin aikin
A cikin Carolinas, aiki a Nichols, SC, ana tallafawa ta tallafi guda biyu daga Asusun SC guda ɗaya da aka yi a Central Carolina Community Foundation waɗanda aka ba su don taimakawa tare da gyara gidaje uku. A ci gaba, aikin zai mayar da hankali kan farfadowa a gundumar Robeson, NC, inda ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwa, taron NC na UMC, har yanzu yana da ayyuka da yawa a jihar.
A Puerto Rico, an tsawaita aikin sake ginawa zuwa Mayu 2020, kuma Carrie Miller ta amince ta ci gaba da kasancewa a matsayin jagorar rukunin yanar gizo na dogon lokaci har sai an rufe aikin.
An fara wani wurin sake ginawa a Jacksonville, Fla., A watan Satumba don tallafawa 2017 Hurricane Irma farfadowa da na'ura. Ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwar TeamEffort ce ta samar da gidaje na sa kai, kuma Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa kuma suna taimakawa wajen kammala gyare-gyaren gida da ɗaliban sansanin suka fara a lokacin rani. Hakanan haɗin gwiwa tare da wannan rukunin aikin shine Taron Florida na UMC don ƙarin gyare-gyaren gida. Ana sa ran rukunin yanar gizon Jacksonville zai rufe kusan Kirsimeti, lokacin da za a kammala aikin da aka ba da kuɗi.
An sanar da sabon wurin aikin don 2020 don Tampa, Fla., Inda Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa za su yi haɗin gwiwa tare da taron Florida na UMC, wanda zai gano gidajen don aikin farfadowa. Za a buɗe rukunin yanar gizon Tampa a cikin Janairu kuma zai gudana har zuwa Afrilu 4, 2020, yana taimakawa don kammala aikin dawo da guguwar Irma.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Ma'aikatun Bala'i na Yan'uwa ku je www.brethren.org/bdm .
4) Zaman Lafiya A Duniya yana gudanar da taron majalisar faduwa a Massachusetts
- Saki daga Amincin Duniya
An gudanar da taron kwamitin fadowar zaman lafiya a Duniya a ranar 3-5 ga Oktoba a Cibiyar Marian da ke Holyoke, Mass. Hukumar ta yi maraba da Mary Scott-Boria a matsayin sabuwar mamba kuma shugabar kungiyar Canji ta Anti-Racism. Hukumar ta kuma yi maraba da Myalisse, sabuwar ɗiyar shugabar kujeru Melisa Leiter-Grandison da mijinta, Ben.
Wani atisayen ginin kungiya da sabon kwamitin gudanarwa da raya kasa ya shirya ya fara taron. Sauran bangarorin sabon tsarin gudanarwa na hukumar sun bayyana a fili, suna nuna sauyi cikin sauki zuwa sabon tsarin. Wani muhimmin sashi na tarurrukan ya ci gaba da kasancewa da gangan tunani game da ƙarfin iko da tsari; Hukumar ta dakatar da aikinta akai-akai don tantance waɗannan abubuwan da suka dace don tabbatar da cewa ƙungiyar tana aiki tare da kyau, tare da iko da gata daidai gwargwado.
Babban mai jawabi a maraice na farko ya ba da shaida ga canji mai ƙarfi da zai yiwu ta wurin shugabannin tsara na Kingian Nonviolence. Victoria Christgau ta raba tafiyar da ta kai ga kafa Cibiyar Haɗin Kai ta Connecticut. Kungiyarta ta samu amincewar makarantu da ‘yan sanda, inda ta bude kofa ga kowannensu don samun horon hana tashin hankali. A cikin alaƙa mai ban sha'awa ga wannan aikin, cibiyar tana ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi masu yawa da ke amfani da tsarin karatu tare da haɗin gwiwar Bernard LaFayette, Jr., mahayin 'yanci kuma abokin Martin Luther King Jr., da David Jehnsen, memba na Cocin ’Yan’uwa wanda shi ma ya yi aiki tare da Sarki kuma an taɓa ɗaure shi tare da shi. A Duniya Aminci shine mai ba da tallafi na kasafin kuɗi don Kwamitin Gudanar da Haƙƙin Tashin Hankali na Kingian wanda ke da haƙƙin tsarin karatun. Bayan an raba lokaci ne hukumar ta dora hannu kan Christgau tare da yi mata addu’ar Allah ya saka mata da alheri.
Lokutan ibada sun shiga tsakani tsakanin zaman aiki. Ɗayan ya mai da hankali kan bikin tunawa da shekaru 400 na ƙaura na tilastawa 'yan Afirka na farko zuwa yankin Virginia a 1619. An yi sauti guda hudu don tunawa da lalacewar da cin zarafin wariyar launin fata ya yi da kuma sabunta sadaukarwa ga aikin warkaswa da ke gaba.
A matsayin share fage ga tattaunawa mai zurfi, hukumar da ma’aikata sun yi nazari kan ci gaban da aka samu wajen samar da sabon tsarin hukumar tare da bayyana manufa da hangen nesa da jerin dabi’u don jagorantar ayyukan kungiyar. Dangantaka da wannan akwai tattaunawa game da alakar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya da Cocin ’yan’uwa.
An ba da lokaci mai mahimmanci ga shawarwarin ma'aikata don muhimman abubuwan da suka fi dacewa don jagorantar ayyukan kungiyar a cikin shekaru masu zuwa. Abubuwan da aka amince da su ta hanyar yarjejeniya a taron sune:
- Haɓaka mutane a matsayin jagorori masu ruhi da ƙwarewa a cikin Rashin tashin hankali na Kingian, ta amfani da ƙungiyoyi kamar ƙungiyoyin ƙungiyoyi da al'ummomin aiki.
- Tafiya tare da shugabanni da al'ummominsu yayin da suke ɗaukar mataki don adalci da zaman lafiya ta hanyar amfani da tsarin Kingian Nonviolence, ciki har da lissafi, tuntuɓar juna, da tsarawa cikin haɗin kai tare da ƙungiyoyi na yanzu.
- Ta hanyar alhakin hukumar da dama ta Amincin Duniya, ƙarfafa Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa ta zama ƙungiyar zaman lafiya da adalci.
- Ƙaddamar da ƙaƙƙarfan wariyar launin fata/anti-zalunci a cikin ayyuka da tsarin zaman lafiya a Duniya, ciki har da ma'aikata da tsarin gudanarwa, shirye-shirye, kasafin kuɗi, manufofi, da kuma alhaki ga abokan adawa da wariyar launin fata / zalunci ciki har da Crossroads da Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Tallafi.
Ma'aikata da Ƙungiyar Canji ta Anti-Racism an ba su aikin bin diddigin ayyuka, kamar takamaiman manufa da tsare-tsaren ayyuka masu alaƙa da waɗannan abubuwan da suka fi dacewa.
An ƙaddamar da ƙarin tunani game da matakai na gaba da ake buƙata don ƙungiyar don ci gaba a cikin canjinta a matsayin ƙungiyar masu adawa da wariyar launin fata. Wani bangare na wannan zai kasance da gangan karkatar da tsarin hukumar da kanta. An yanke shawara don kafa girman hukumar a 12; A halin yanzu hukumar ta kasa da mambobi 9. Wannan ya faru ta hanyar niyya da gangan don jiran yanke shawara ta ƙarshe akan girman a matsayin wani ɓangare na sabon ƙirar tsarin. A wani bangare na wannan, hukumar ta amince da George Barnhart, wanda ya kammala wa'adin aikinsa. A yanzu haka ana neman sabbin mambobin kwamitin guda uku don kara bambamci da fasaha na hukumar.
Babban darektan Bill Scheurer ya ba da rahoto game da shirye-shiryen da ake yi na yaƙin neman zaɓe na shekaru da yawa. Kwamitin Gudanar da Albarkatun ya ba da rahoto game da kudaden hukumar tare da ba da shawarar a yi kasafin 2020 tare da rage kashe kudade don yin faretin kyauta. An amince da kasafin ta hanyar yarjejeniya.
An tsara lokaci don yin tsokaci a matsayin hanyar aiki don fahimtar tasirin fifikon launin fata na cikin gida a tsakanin fararen fata da kuma zaluncin kabilanci a tsakanin mutane masu launi. Kwamitin ya raba ta hanyar kabilanci don wannan tattaunawa, tare da waɗanda fararen fata ke taruwa daban da mutane masu launi sannan kuma suna ba da rahoto ga cikakken rukuni game da koyo da lura. Tsarin ya tabbatar da zama kayan aiki mai mahimmanci don yanke shawara mai zurfi da hankali.
An nuna godiya ga rahotannin ma'aikata da kuma kyakkyawan ruhun da hukumar ke aiki. Ayyukan da ke gudana zai haifar da ƙarin rahotanni masu mahimmanci waɗanda za su kasance a shirye don rabawa a nan gaba.
- Ma'aikaciyar Zaman Lafiya ta Duniya Marie Benner Rhoades ce ta bayar da wannan sakin ga Newsline.
5) Lacca ta Fellowship Peace College Elizabethtown: dacewa da dacewa da ƙalubalen al'adar Anabaptist
Daga Kevin Shorner-Johnson
Elizabethtown (Pa.) Cocin 'yan'uwa ya cika da taro masu wakiltar majami'un 'yan'uwa iri-iri da al'adun Anabaptist don laccar Fellowship Peace na Kwalejin Elizabethtown. Drew Hart, mataimakin farfesa na tiyoloji a Kwalejin Masihu, ya gabatar da "ba wani batu mai haske" na yadda fifikon farar fata da Kiristanci suka hade tare. Ta yin amfani da misalan “sanya shuɗin jeans ɗinmu,” Hart ya ƙarfafa masu sauraro su nemo kuma su bi saƙon Yesu a kan abubuwan da suka danganci iko da al’adu.
Muna rayuwa ne a cikin duniyar wayoyin hannu masu saurin gaske, tweets, rashin jituwa, da kuma ƙalubalen siyasa na ƙasa waɗanda kamar ba za a iya shawo kansu ba, inda yawancin mu ke jin ba za mu iya ci gaba da rikice-rikice da canjin fasaha ba. A cikin wannan mahallin, mutane da yawa za su iya jayayya cewa kasancewar Anabaptist da bauta tsohuwar al'ada ce wacce ba ta yin magana da saurin halin yanzu.
Duk da haka, daidai wannan rikicin ne da kuma irin saurin da ya sa al'adunmu na Anabaptist suka dace. Rungumar arziƙin gadon bangaskiyarmu, za mu iya kawo kauna, bege, shaida, da kuma kasancewa a halin yanzu. Ayyukanmu a Kwalejin Elizabethtown na neman sake yin tunanin yadda gadon kasancewar, shaida mai rauni, rashin tashin hankali, tawali'u, da tsaka-tsakin dangantaka yana ba da haske ga fata ɗaya, sulhu, da maidowa.
Sabon Jagoran Ilimin Kiɗa namu yana mai da hankali kan gina zaman lafiya, wanda ke da alaƙa da Cibiyar Fahimtar Duniya da Samar da Zaman Lafiya, tana sake tunani ta hanyar kwasfan fayiloli yadda tauhidin rayuwa zai iya "kwato sarari don haɗi da kulawa." Kuma motsinmu cikin shirye-shiryen da suka danganci aikin injiniya, ilimin aikin sana'a, mataimakan likitoci, ilimin halin dan Adam, ilimi, da sauran manyan malamai sun koya mana game da yadda al'adun Anabaptist na iya sanar da kulawar ɗan adam da aikin ɗa'a zuwa ga mafi girma. Waɗannan zaren gama-gari na gado suna da ƙarfi sosai har zuwa yau.
A cikin jawabinsa, Hart ya yi magana game da “dogara ga” abin da ake nufi da “mabiyin Yesu.” Ko da yake bai bayyana shi a matsayin Anabaptist ba a farkon halittarsa, gamuwarsa na karimcin baƙi, darussa na “ɗaukar da Yesu da muhimmanci,” da kuma shirye-shiryen magance matsalolin jama’a sun dasa zuriyar Anabaptist a cikin halittarsa. Yayin da yake aiki a kan karatunsa, ya fuskanci waɗannan tsaba suna samun tushe.
Wadannan tushen suna ƙarfafa mu "mu saka blue jeans," shigar da aikin wariyar launin fata da maidowa. Hart ya gaskanta cewa daga “sarari mai rauni, Ruhu yana sabunta tunaninmu kuma yana canza rayuwarmu don fahimtar ikon Allah da hikimarsa. Wannan ba shi da alaƙa da babbar hanyar ganin abubuwa da duk abin da ya shafi bin Yesu” (“Matsalar Na gani: Canja Hanyar da Coci ke kallon Wariyar launin fata,” Harrisonburg, Va.: Herald Press, 2016; shafi na 116 ). Yana magana da kira don matsawa cikin "ƙaunar haɗin kai tare da waɗanda ke kan iyaka."
Wannan ɗaya ne daga cikin saƙon da ya sabawa al'adu na Dr. Drew Hart-wanda ke sake tunani da sabunta mu yayin da muke rayuwa cikin maidowa, alaƙar ƙauna na al'umma. Rayuwar al'adar bangaskiyarmu tana cikin ƙalubalen da yake gabatarwa don sabunta kanmu da rayuwa cikin alaƙar zaman lafiya da kulawa kawai. Kuma a wannan lokacin, zurfin bege a cikin al'adarmu bai taɓa kasancewa mafi dacewa ga yanayin zamani na ciwo, rauni, da yanke haɗin gwiwa ba.
- Rahoton Kevin Shorner-Johnson daga Lacca na Zaman Lafiya na Kwalejin Elizabethtown na wannan shekara an ba da shi ga Newsline ta Kay L. Wolf, manajan shirye-shirye na Cibiyar Fahimtar Duniya da Zaman Lafiya ta Kwalejin.
6) Kungiyar kiristoci ta Najeriya na tunawa da ranar hijira
By Zakariyya Musa
Kungiyar Kiristocin Najeriya CAN ta gudanar da bikin tunawa da ranar 29 ga watan Oktoba, ranar da Boko Haram suka mamaye yankunan Mubi da Hong na jihar Adamawa a shekarar 2014. Al’ummar yankin sun yi gudun hijira zuwa yankuna daban-daban a ciki da wajen kasar Najeriya. Daukacin majami'un da ke yankin da ke karkashin inuwar kungiyar CAN sun taru a karamar hukumar Mararaba dake Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN) domin yin addu'a, ibada, jawabai, da kuma shaida.
Sakataren kungiyar ta CAN na shiyyar Mararaba, Timothy Jatau, ya yi jawabi a wajen taron inda ya ce dukkan Kiristocin sun gudu ne ta hanyar kayayuwa, daji, koguna, da kuma hanyoyi masu wahala daban-daban. Allah ya kiyaye mu, in ji shi, a wurare daban-daban da muka samu mafaka, kuma Allah ya dawo da mu cikin al’ummar Mararaba.
Shima da yake jawabi a wajen taron, shugaban kungiyar CAN na shiyyar Mararaba, Ibrahim Biriya, ya ce ba za a manta da ranar ba, kuma ta zama tarihi ga zuriya masu zuwa. Ya yi addu'a kada ya sake samun irin wannan.
Fasto na EYN LCC Mararaba, Yakubu Yohanna, karanta daga Kubawar Shari’a 16:13-17 da 21:18. Ya yi gargadin cewa Allah ya yi wani abu a rayuwarmu don haka ranar ta dace da tunawa. Ya ƙalubalanci Kiristoci su san yadda suke rayuwa don ɗaukaka Allah.
Kamar yadda yankin ya dauka a matsayin abin al’ajabi na Allah da ya dawo da su cikin al’ummarsu, har yanzu sauran yankuna na fuskantar hare-hare. Ana ci gaba da asarar rayuka da dukiyoyi, ana kona gidaje, jama’a na tserewa al’ummomin kakanninsu. Kwanan nan, an kashe mutane 3, an kona gidaje 38, an kuma yi asarar dukiyoyi a Kidlindla, wanda aka kai wa hari a watan da ya gabata, Oktoba 2019. Har ila yau, an kai hari wani kauye, Bagajau, an kashe mutane 2, da kona gidaje 19 da Boko Haram, kamar yadda jami’an coci ne suka ruwaito.
- Zakariya Musa yana aiki ne a fannin sadarwa na Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN, the Church of the Brothers in Nigeria).
7) Kristin Flory ya yi ritaya bayan shekaru 33 a matsayin wakilin 'Yan'uwa na Turai
Kristin Flory zai yi ritaya a ƙarshen 2019 a matsayin ma'aikacin Sa-kai na 'Yan'uwa (BVS) a ofishin 'Yan'uwa na Turai da ke Geneva, Switzerland. Ana rufe ofishin. A cikin sabuwar shekara, shirin Turai na BVS zai canza zuwa Ireland ta Arewa da Jamhuriyar Ireland.
Flory ta yi aiki a wannan matsayi na kusan shekaru 33, tun daga 1987. A cikin shekaru uku da shekaru na aiki na Cocin Brothers, ta kula da masu aikin sa kai na BVS fiye da 300 a ƙasashe daban-daban, ta ci gaba da hulɗar aiki tare da kowane wurin aikin a fadin Turai. , shirya da kuma jagoranci shekara-shekara ja da baya ga masu sa kai, da kuma ci gaba da dangantaka da Turai ecumenical kungiyoyin.
A karkashin jagorancinta, BVSers sun yi aiki a ayyukan da aka mayar da hankali kan zaman lafiya da sulhu-wani lokaci a cikin yakin da rikici, aiki tare da yara da iyalai, sun zauna a cikin al'ummomin da ke da nakasa, suna aiki tare da 'yan gudun hijira da marasa gida, da sauransu.
Daga cikin nasarorin da ta samu, Flory ta ci gaba da kasancewa mai ƙarfi tare da ƙungiyoyin da ke yin aikin zaman lafiya da sulhu a Ireland ta Arewa a lokacin "Matsalolin" tsakanin Furotesta da Katolika, kuma ta sanya masu aikin sa kai a cikin Balkans yayin da yaƙe-yaƙe a can suka ƙare. Flory ta tsunduma BVS tare da al'ummomin L'Arche inda masu aikin sa kai suka zauna tare da yin aiki tare a cikin al'umma tare da mutanen da ba su da nakasa. Shekaru da yawa ta ci gaba da yin cudanya da gabashin Turai kuma ta ci gaba da musayar aikin gona na Cocin ’yan’uwa bayan yaƙin Poland, ta ba da ’yan agaji don koyar da Turanci da kuma yin aiki da ƙungiyoyin muhalli a Poland, Jamhuriyar Czech, da Slovakia. An sanya BVSer tare da coci a Gabashin Berlin 'yan shekaru bayan bangon Berlin ya rushe.
Baya ga aikinta tare da BVSers, Flory ita ce wakiliyar Turai ta ƙungiyar kuma ta yi aiki a wannan matsayi a tarurruka na shekara-shekara na ƙungiyoyin zaman lafiya da na zaman lafiya da kuma taron cocin Turai.
8) Yan'uwa yan'uwa
- Tunatarwa: Dorothy Brandt Davis, 89, ya mutu Satumba 30. Ta rubuta litattafai na 'yan'uwa 'yan jarida guda uku don yara, "The Tall Man," "The Middle Man," da "The Little Man," game da tarihin tarihi a cikin Church of Brothers. An haife ta a Pomona, Calif., a ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1929, jim kadan bayan haka tagwayen ta Daryl. Iyayenta, Kathryn da Jesse Brandt, sun zauna a La Verne, Calif. Ta sami digiri na farko na fasaha, babban masanin fasaha, da digiri na digiri na shari'a daga Jami'ar La Verne. Tun tana ƙuruciya ta kasance mai ƙwazo a cikin ƙungiyar ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce ta Peace Caravan na farko wanda ya haifar da Sabis na 'Yan'uwa. A 1950 ta auri J. Rodney Davis. A tsakiyar 1950s ta koyar a gundumar jama'a ta Chicago har sai da ta sami juna biyu da ɗanta na farko, sannan ta koyar da makarantar firamare a gundumar Azusa (Calif.) a cikin 1960s har sai da ta sanya baƙar fata don nuna rashin amincewa da Yaƙin Vietnam ya haifar da tashin hankali. cire mata. Ta koma San Antonio Continuation High School a cikin Claremont (Calif.) Makarantar Makarantar koyar da dinki da Ingilishi har sai ta yi ritaya. Bayan ta sami digirin ta na shari'a, ta nemi alkali Paul Egly akan ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwar kotu na gundumar Los Angeles Unified School District a ƙarshen 1970s. A cikin rayuwarta ta kirkire-kirkire, ta yi aiki a cikin yumbu, yadi, da ruwan ruwa, tana jagorantar manyan ayyukan aji da aiwatar da ayyukanta. A shekara ta 1964, ta tsara tare da gudanar da ginin gidan zama na farko na danginta, gami da rumbun fasaha. Ta mutu da 'ya'ya hudu, ɗan Carl na Tuolumne, Calif., 'yar Sara ta La Cañada, Calif., 'Ya'yan Muir da Eric na La Verne, Calif.; 13 jikoki; da manyan jikoki 4. An shirya taron tunawa da karfe 2 na yamma ranar Lahadi, 8 ga Disamba, a Cocin La Verne na 'Yan'uwa, ana karbar kyaututtukan Tunawa don Aminci a Duniya da Cocin La Verne na Brothers.
- “Ku yiwa kalandarku alama! Taron Manyan Matasa na Kasa zai zo nan kafin ku sani!" Inji wani sako da aka wallafa a Facebook daga Cocin The Brothers Youth and Youth Adult Ministries. An shirya taron da aka fi sani da NYAC a ranar 22-25 ga Mayu, 2020, akan jigon “Ƙauna cikin Aiki” (Romawa 12:9-18). Nemo ƙarin a www.brethren.org/yac .
- Ma'aikatar Workcamp ta buga kuma ta aika da kasida ta 2020 tare da cikakkun bayanai game da sansanin aiki da aka tsara don bazara mai zuwa. Babban, ƙasida mai girman poster ya lissafa ranaku da wurare na sansanonin ayyuka 20 da suka haɗa da abubuwan da suka faru na ƙarami da manyan manyan matasa, matasa, ƙungiyoyin tsaka-tsaki da manya. Akwai gyara ɗaya ga bayanin da ke cikin ƙasidar. "Muna neman afuwar duk wani rudani!" In ji sanarwar ta biyo bayan sanarwar da aka fitar ta Facebook. “Lokacin da ya dace don sansanin aiki na We Are Can a Bethel, Pa., shine 22-25 ga Yuni.”
- Kwamitin Shirye-shiryen Taro da Shirye-shirye na Shekara-shekara yana gudanar da taronsa na Nuwamba a wannan makon a Cocin of the Brother General Offices a Elgin, Ill. Kwamitin ya hada da mai gudanarwa Paul Mundey na Frederick, Md.; mai gudanarwa-zaɓaɓɓen Dave Sollenberger na Annville, Pa.; sakataren Jim Beckwith na Elizabethtown, Pa.; kuma zababbun membobin Jan Glass King na Martinsburg, Pa., Carol Hipps Elmore na Roanoke, Va., da Emily Shonk Edwards na Nellysford, Va.
- "Girmama Allah" shine batun kwata na hunturu na "Jagora don Nazarin Littafi Mai-Tsarki" wanda Anna Lisa Gross ta rubuta, tare da fasalin "Daga cikin Halaye" na Frank Ramirez. Littafin yana ba da darussan mako-mako da nassosi na yau da kullun na Disamba zuwa Fabrairu, wanda ya dace da ƙananan ƙungiyoyin nazari da manyan azuzuwan makarantar Lahadi. A watan Disamba, darussa sun mai da hankali kan labarai daga rayuwar Sarki Dauda, a ƙarƙashin taken “David Yana Girmama Allah.” A watan Janairu, darussa sun zo daga labaran Littafi Mai Tsarki game da Sarki Sulemanu, mai take “Keɓe Haikalin Allah.” A watan Fabrairu, binciken ya koma kan bisharar mai taken “Yesu Yana Koyarwa Game da Bauta ta Gaskiya.” Malamai da membobin aji suna amfani da littafin karatu iri ɗaya, tare da shawarar kowane ɗan aji yana da nasa littafin. Farashin shine $6.95 a www.brethrenpress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=9902 .
- Ofishin samar da zaman lafiya da manufofin ya ba da sanarwar daukar mataki suna kira ga ’yan’uwa su shiga tare da zaɓaɓɓun jami’ansu a kan “Odamar Zartaswa ta Jiha da Ƙarni.” Faɗakarwar ta ba da rahoton cewa "a ranar 26 ga Satumba, Fadar White House ta ba da umarnin zartarwa (EO 13888) wanda zai iya ragewa sosai, idan ba a daina gaba ɗaya ba, sake tsugunar da 'yan gudun hijira a cikin al'ummarku. EO ya riga ya haifar da rudani da rudani game da inda za a sake tsugunar da 'yan gudun hijirar, zai haifar da rabuwar dangi ga iyalan 'yan gudun hijira, kuma za su bar 'yan gudun hijirar, tsoffin 'yan gudun hijira, da 'yan Amurka ba tare da ayyukan tallafi ba, "in ji faɗakarwar, a wani ɓangare. “Abin da ya fi muni, gwamnatin ta ba da shawarar daukar ‘yan gudun hijira 18,000 a shekara mai zuwa, abin kunya ga al’ummar da ke da karfin fada a ji a duniya wanda ya sha banban da matsakaita na tarihi na ‘yan gudun hijira 95,000. Umurnin zartarwa yana da illa saboda a zahiri ya canza tsarin shirin sake tsugunar da Amurka ta hanyar canza shawara game da wanda zai iya sake tsugunarwa da kuma inda za su zauna daga gwamnatin tarayya zuwa jami'an jihohi da na kananan hukumomi. Wannan yana da lahani saboda zai haifar da wani tsari na 'yan sanda masu cin karo da juna da ke gudana sabanin manufar shirin sake tsugunar da kasa, wanda ya bar dubban 'yan gudun hijira, tsoffin 'yan gudun hijira, da 'yan Amurka ba tare da ci gaba da samun damar yin amfani da ayyukan hadewa na yau da kullun ba." Nemo cikakken faɗakarwa tare da shawarwarin aiki a https://mailchi.mp/brethren/state-and-local-resettlement .
- A cikin karin labarai daga Tsarin Zaman Lafiya da Siyasa, ma'aikatan sun sami damar halartar Cibiyar Sadarwar Addini akan Drone Warfare taron da aka gudanar a Princeton Theological Seminary a ranar 27-29 ga Satumba. Taron ya ba da bayanai na baya-bayan nan game da amfani da jirage marasa matuka da kuma irin rawar da suke takawa wajen kashe-kashen ba bisa ka'ida ba, da kuma horar da mahalarta taron don tunkarar ikilisiyoyinsu da al'ummominsu don shiga cikin shawarwarin siyasa da hada kai da kafafen yada labarai don wayar da kan jama'a kan amfani da miyagun kwayoyi. jirage marasa matuki na Ma'aikatar Tsaro da CIA. Kimanin jihohi 24 da Washington, DC ne aka wakilta, kuma mahalarta an tanadar musu kayan aiki da suka dace kamar gajerun fina-finai da cibiyar sadarwa ta shirya da kuma shawarwari kan yadda za a tsara da kuma samun nasarar ƙaddamar da op-ed don ilimantar da al'ummominsu da ikilisiyoyi kan batun. Bugu da ƙari, an ba wa mahalarta shawarwari kan yadda za su yi nasarar tsarawa da aiwatar da ziyarar shawarwari tare da wakilansu a Majalisa. Ofishin Samar da Zaman Lafiya da Darektan Manufofi Nathan Hosler ne ya jagoranci Kungiyar Ma'aikata ta Interfaith Working Group akan Yakin Drone tare da Matt Hawthorne, darektan manufofi a Kamfen na Addini na Kasa game da azabtarwa, wanda ke gudanar da tarurrukan wata-wata don raba labarai da aiki da dabaru kan kawo wannan batu a kan gaba. ajanda ga masu yin siyasa.
- "Waɗannan labaran Messenger guda bakwai za su ƙarfafa ku kuma su ƙalubalanci ku yayin da muke kusanci Thanksgiving," In ji imel ɗin da ke ba da haske game da labaran da aka buga a gidan yanar gizon mujallu na Church of the Brothers:
"Dalilai 9 don Yin Godiya" na Wendy McFadden, www.brethren.org/messenger/articles/from-the-publisher/9-things-im-grateful-for.html
"Matsa zuwa Godiya" na Angela Finet, www.brethren.org/messenger/articles/2019/moving-toward-gratitude.html
"Launuka na Gaskiya" na Nathan Hollenberg, www.brethren.org/messenger/articles/2016/true-colors.html
"Imani da ke Kira don Hakuri na Pumpkin-esk" na Amanda J. Garcia, www.brethren.org/messenger/articles/living-simply/pumpkin-esk-patience.html
“Ku Yi Godiya” nazarin Littafi Mai Tsarki na Christina Bucher, www.brethren.org/messenger/articles/bible-study/christina-bucher/practice-thanksgiving.html
"Grit, Grace, Godiya" na Sandy Bosserman, www.brethren.org/messenger/articles/2016/grit-grace-gratitude.html da kuma
"Tsarin Littafi Mai Tsarki don Maraba da 'Yan Gudun Hijira" na Dan Ulrich, www.brethren.org/messenger/articles/2016/biblical-basis-for-welcoming-refugees.html .
Imel ɗin ya ƙare: “Muna godiya ga kowane ɗaya daga cikin masu biyan kuɗin mu. Na gode da goyon bayan wannan hidima da kasancewa cikin dangin Manzo!”
- Midland (Mich.) Cocin 'Yan'uwa tana gabatar da wani jawabi da aka mayar da hankali kan haƙƙin ɗan adam a ƙasa mai tsarki a ranar 19 ga watan Nuwamba da ƙarfe 6:30 na yamma Wani mai magana daga ƙungiyar makiyayi mai kyau da kuma Holy Land Trust, Cody O'Rourke, zai yi magana game da haƙƙin ɗan adam da ke mai da hankali kan Kudancin Hebron da ƙaramin ƙauye a Falasdinu/Isra'ila. Sanarwar ta ce O'Rourke zai ba da cikakken bayani game da halin da ake ciki a Falasdinu/Isra'ila tare da yin nazari kan tsarin 'yan mulkin mallaka a cikin al'ummar Um al-Khair.
- West Charleston Church of the Brothers a Tipp City, Ohio, ana gudanar da wani taron "Tattaunawa tsakanin Addinin Mata: Kiristanci, Musulunci, da Yahudanci" don Kudancin Ohio da Gundumar Kentucky. Taron yana faruwa a ranar 19 ga Nuwamba daga 11 na safe zuwa 1 na rana tare da abincin rana. RSVP ku ladiesinterfaith@gmail.com .
- Gundumar Shenandoah ta karrama dimbin ministocin da aka nada na tsawon shekaru 50 ko fiye da haka. Jerin sunayen ministocin 25 ya haɗa da (tare da shekaru a cikin ƙididdiga): Samuel Flora (76), Emmert Bittinger (75), Fred Bowman (73), CC Kurtz (72), Emerson S. Fike (71), James S. Flora ( 68), Earle Fike (67), Clarence Moyers (67), Thomas Shoemaker (66), Charles Simmons (65), James Eberly (64), Wendell Eller (64), Cecil Haycock (64), Grant Simmons (64) , Dee Flory (63), David B. Rittenhouse (63), Albert Sauls (63), Jimmy Ross (62), Auburn Boyers (58), Fred Swartz (58), Curtis Coffman (57), John W. Glick ( 54), JD Glick (53), Kenneth Graff (51), Gene Knicely (50).
- Gundumar Marva ta yamma kuma ta amince da minista samun shekaru 50 ko fiye na hidima: James Dodds ya kai alamar shekaru 50.
- Bayar da martanin bala'i na gundumar Virlina don guguwar Dorian ya karbi $12,385.56 daga ikilisiyoyi 20 da mutane 6, daga ranar 30 ga Oktoba. "Za mu ci gaba da karbar kyauta daga ikilisiyoyinmu don yin aiki daban-daban don mayar da martani ga wannan guguwar da ta yi barna a sassa daban-daban na Amurka da Bahamas," in ji shi. jaridar e-newsletter.
- Kauye a Morrisons Cove, wata Coci na 'yan'uwa masu ritaya da ke da alaƙa a Pennsylvania, ta rubuta wasiƙar godiya ga Gundumar Pennsylvania ta Tsakiya don siyan SARA-Flex Lift. Babban taron gunduma yana ba da fifiko ya sami gudummawa don siyan ɗagawa, tare da jimlar tayin $2,920. Gundumar ta biya ma'auni na kuɗin ɗagawa, in ji imel daga ofishin gundumar.
- Camp Bethel yana gudanar da bukin Kirsimeti tare a ranar 5 ga Disamba, farawa da karfe 6:30 na yamma Taron ya hada da liyafar cin abincin dare da shirin Kirsimeti a cikin dakin cin abinci na Akwatin da aka yi wa ado. Kyaututtuka na $50 ga kowane mutum (manyan kyaututtuka da aka karɓa) suna ba da kuɗi na ƙarshen shekara don sansanin. Ajiye don dangi ko ƙungiyoyi don halarta zuwa Nuwamba 28 a www.CampBethelVirginia.org/Christmas-Together .
- Podcast na Dunker Punks ya sanar da sabon damar sauraro a bit.ly/DPP_Episode90 . Wannan zargi na sabon "tsarin sararin samaniya" ya fito ne daga ofishin Cocin Brethren's of Peace Building and Policy, tare da hira da darekta Nathan Hosler da BVSer Susu Lassa suna bayyana Cocin 'yan'uwa adawa da yaki iri-iri-ciki har da wadanda ke sararin samaniya. .
- "Muryar Yan'uwa" na yin ziyara a Babban Arewa maso Yamma tare da Colebrook Road Blue Grass Band, a cikin sanarwar na gaba a cikin wannan wasan kwaikwayo na talabijin daga Cocin Peace na 'yan'uwa a Oregon. “A matsayinmu ɗaya, ƙila ba mu san tasirin da za mu iya yi a rayuwar wani ba,” in ji sanarwar. "Ga Jesse Eisenbise, mawallafin kita na Colebrook Road, kuma memba na cocin Elizabethtown [Pa.] na 'Yan'uwa, ya tuna lokacin da rayuwarsa ta ɗauki wata hanya ta dabam. A yayin wasan kwaikwayo na ƙungiyar ciyawa mai shuɗi ta Colebrook Road ya nuna cewa bazarar 2019 ta cika shekara ta goma tare a matsayin ƙungiya tare da komawa jihar Oregon inda rayuwar Jesse ta canza hanya ta daban. " A lokacin bazara na 2003 Eisenbise ya kasance mai sa kai na Summer Service daga Bridgewater (Va.) College a Camp Myrtlewood a Bridge, Ore. Hanyarsa ta haye da na Doug Eller, memba na Portland's Peace Church of the Brother, wanda kuma yana da sha'awar. kiɗa. “Hanyar rayuwa ta Jesse ta canja har abada sa’ad da su, tare, suka buga waƙar, ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken’.” Shirin yana ɗauke da kyawawan kwazazzabo na Kogin Columbia da kuma waƙoƙin da suka fito daga sabon album ɗinsu mai suna “On Time.” Don kwafin shirin, tuntuɓi furodusa Ed Groff a groffprod1@msn.com .
- Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC) ta sanar da 'yan takara biyu wadanda aka zaba a matsayin babban sakatare na WCC. Mukamin dai zai kasance ba kowa ne a ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 2020. Babban Sakatare na yanzu, Olav Fykse Tveit, ya bayyana cewa ba zai sake tsayawa takara ba karo na uku bayan ya yi wa'adi biyu na shekaru biyar. Fernando Enns yana aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na kwamitin binciken, wanda ya kammala tambayoyi kuma yana ba da shawarar sunayen biyu ga kwamitin tsakiya na WCC don zaben babban sakatare na gaba mai zuwa. 'Yan takarar biyu su ne Elizabeth Joy, darekta/mataimaki a Coci tare a Ingila, kuma memba na Cocin Syrian Orthodox na Malankara; da Jerry Pillay, shugaban Sashen Tarihin Coci da Siyasa a Jami'ar Pretoria, kuma memba na Cocin Uniting Presbyterian a Kudancin Afirka. Za a yanke hukunci na karshe ta hanyar zabe a taron kwamitin tsakiya na Maris 18-24 a Geneva, Switzerland.
- Sabuntawar limaman Lilly Endowment Shirye-shirye a Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Kirista suna ba da kuɗi ga ikilisiyoyi don tallafawa sabunta ganye ga fastoci. ikilisiyoyin za su iya neman tallafi har dala 50,000 don rubuta tsarin sabuntawa ga fastonsu da kuma dangin fasto, tare da dala 15,000 na waɗannan kuɗaɗen da ke da ikilisiya don taimakawa wajen biyan kuɗin hidimar hidima yayin da fasto ba ya nan. “Babu kudin da za a biya ikilisiyoyi ko fastoci don neman aiki; Tallafin yana wakiltar ci gaba da saka hannun jari na Endowment don sabunta lafiya da kuzarin ikilisiyoyin Kirista na Amurka,” in ji sanarwar. Don bayani game da shirye-shiryen 2020, kayan aikace-aikacen, da sauran abubuwan da suka shafi sabunta limaman coci je zuwa www.cpx.cts.edu/renewal .