- Tunatarwa: John H. Gingrich, 80, tsohon shugaban Kwalejin Arts da Kimiyya kuma Farfesa Emeritus na addini da falsafa a Jami'ar La Verne (ULV) a kudancin California, ya mutu lafiya cikin barci Dec. 7. Ya zauna a Claremont, Calif. naɗaɗɗen minista a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa kuma ya fara aikinsa na shekaru 38 a ULV a 1968 a matsayin ministan harabar. Jaridar Student the Campus Times, ya ruwaito cewa ya ci gaba da koyar da ilimin falsafa da azuzuwan addini har sai da ya yi ritaya a shekara ta 2006. “Dr. Gingrich ya taimaka wa jami'ar wajen sauya sheka daga karamar kwalejin darika zuwa digiri na uku na baiwa jami'a," in ji labarin, yayin da yake ambato provost Jonathan Reed, "Ya kuma taka rawa wajen samar da muhimman dabi'u na jami'ar a halin yanzu da manufa ta hada kai, da'a, da hidima. .” A cikin bayanin martaba da aka buga a Manzon a cikin 1976, Gingrich yayi sharhi game da aikinsa tare da ɗalibai akan bangaskiya da shakka, yana cewa, "Game da Kiristanci, ina fatan abin da zan iya yi shi ne in taimaka wa mutane su ga za su iya zama masu tunani kuma har yanzu suna da matsayi na bangaskiya. Yana yiwuwa a tayar da tambayoyi masu wuya kuma har yanzu imani cewa Kiristanci ra'ayi ne mai dacewa da duniya da kuma hanyar ganin gaskiya da kuma kusantar rayuwa. " Al'ummar Gingrich da ƙwararrun sa hannu sun haɗa da sabis a matsayin shugaba na farko na Cibiyar Cobb: Al'umma don Tsari da Kwarewa da ke cikin Claremont. Wani abin tunawa da cibiyar ta buga ya nuna cewa Gingrich ya yi karatu a karkashin John Cobb kuma ya kammala digirinsa na uku a Jami'ar Claremont Graduate University a 1973. Ya yi digirin digirgir daga Bethany Theological Seminary da digiri na farko daga Jami'ar Manchester a N. Manchester, Ind. Daga cikin hidimarsa. zuwa darikar, ya kasance amintaccen Seminary na Bethany wanda ya fara a cikin 1979, ya koma matsayin aƙalla ƙarin wa'adin da ya fara a 1992, lokacin da ya jagoranci Kwamitin Ilimi da Al'amuran Dalibai. Shi da matarsa, Jacki, su ma sun yi zama a Jamus a matsayin darektocin ’yan’uwa kwalejoji a ƙasashen waje. Gingrich ƙwararren mawaƙin mawaƙa ne tare da Los Angeles Master Chorale da Roger Wagner Chorale, yana rera waƙa tare da ƙungiyar ta ƙarshe lokacin da ta yi bikin rantsar da Shugaba Nixon a 1973. A cikin wata hira, ya ce ya yaba da kwarewar kiɗan "mai ban sha'awa". amma "tausayi na ya fi yawa tare da masu zanga-zangar a bikin rantsar da" wadanda suka yi adawa da yakin Vietnam. Ya fito daga New Holland, Pa. Ya rasu ya bar matarsa, Jacki; 'ya'yan Yahaya da Joel; da jikoki. Cocin La Verne na ’Yan’uwa za ta gudanar da taron tunawa, lokaci da kwanan wata da za a sanar.
- Tunatarwa: Georgianna J. “GG” Schmidtke, 90, tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar Cocin 'Yan'uwa, ta mutu a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba a Highland Oaks Apostolic Christian Resthaven a Elgin, Ill. Ta yi aiki a ƙungiyar tun daga 1989. Lokacin da ta bar aiki a 2003 nata yana ɗaya daga cikin mukamai tara da aka yanke. ta tsohon Babban Hukumar a cikin matsalolin kudi. A lokacin tana aiki a matsayin sakatariyar ofishin ma’aikatar gundumomi a manyan ofisoshi na darikar da ke Elgin. Ta kasance mazaunin yankin Dundee (Ill.) sama da shekaru 50 kuma ta daɗe tana memba a Cocin Methodist na farko na Elgin. Nemo cikakken labarin mutuwar a www.millerfuneralhomedundee.com/obituaries/Georgianna-Schmidtke/#!/Obituary.
- Ana neman addu'a ga membobin Cocin Quinter (Kan.) na 'Yan'uwa da dangi da makwabta da suka rasa ‘yan uwansu mazauni a gundumar Gove, wanda shine abin da aka mayar da hankali a ranar 12 ga Disamba USA Today labarin mai taken "Wuri mafi mutuwa a Amurka." Rahoton ya ba da labarin yadda gundumar ta kasance mafi yawan adadin masu kamuwa da cutar ta COVID-19 a Amurka, tare da labarai masu ban tausayi na waɗanda suka mutu. Nemo labarin a www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/12/coronavirus-deaths-highest-us-rural-republican-leaning-county/3828902001.
- Ikilisiyar Yan'uwa ta Pacific Northwest District ya dauki Daniel Klayton a matsayin sabon mataimaki na gudanarwa a ofishin gundumar.
- An dauki Samuel S. Funkhouser a matsayin babban darektan Cibiyar Tarihi ta Brothers da Mennonite a Harrisonburg, Va., ya fara Janairu 1, 2021. Ya girma a Cocin Wakeman's Grove na Brothers kusa da Edinburg, Va., inda kakansa ya yi hidima a matsayin naɗaɗɗen minista na farko na ikilisiya kuma inda aka kira shi da kansa zuwa ga ma'aikatar. Yana da digiri daga Jami'ar James Madison da Makarantar Tauhidi ta Princeton. Yayin da yake Princeton, ya kammala wani gagarumin aikin bincike kan tarihi da tiyoloji na waƙoƙin waƙoƙin 'yan'uwa na farko na Ingilishi, ba da daɗewa ba za a buga shi a cikin littafin 'yan'uwa Encyclopedia. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Princeton, shi da iyalinsa sun ƙaura zuwa gundumar Franklin, Va., inda suka shiga Cocin Baftisma na Tsohon Jamus, Sabon Taro. Ayyukansa na baya sun haɗa da darektan kula da haɗarin haɗari don Sabis na Kiyaye Iyali, mai ba da lafiyar kwakwalwar al'umma tare da wurare a cikin Virginia.
- Cocin of the Brother Office of Peacebuilding and Policy yana daya daga cikin gamayyar kungiyoyin kiristoci 17 da darikokin da suka bukaci zababben shugaban kasar Biden da ya mayar da manufofin gwamnati mai ci kan Isra'ila da Falasdinu. Musamman, wasiƙar ta bukaci gwamnatin mai shigowa da ta tabbatar da an mutunta dukkan bangarorin tare da shigar da su cikin shawarwari don samar da zaman lafiya mai dorewa bisa dokokin kasa da kasa, ta maido da matsayar Amurka cewa matsugunan Isra'ila ba bisa ka'ida ba ne a karkashin dokokin kasa da kasa da kuma daukar mataki don tabbatar da sakamakon siyasa idan wani abu ya faru. Ana ci gaba da gina matsugunan Isra'ila da bunkasuwa, tare da maido da tallafin kudi ga hukumar Falasdinu da Hukumar Ba da Agaji ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da sauran kungiyoyin jin kai da MDD da ke aiki a Yammacin Gabar Kogin Jordan da Gaza, sun jaddada matsayin Amurka na cewa yankin da Isra'ila ke iko da shi a sakamakon haka. na yakin 1967 – ciki har da Gabashin Kudus da Tuddan Golan – yankunan da aka mamaye su ne karkashin dokokin kasa da kasa kuma ba a amince da su a matsayin wani bangare na Isra’ila ba, sun bayyana karara cewa sukar Isra’ila kamar goyon bayan kaurace wa kaurace wa kaurace wa kaurace wa kaurace wa karewa ne da kuma yin magana ta halal, da kuma tabbatar da alhaki. Ya kara da cewa, "Isra'ila ta kasance kasa mafi girma da ke karbar taimakon kasashen waje na Amurka, tana karba kusan dala biliyan 3.8 na taimakon soja kowace shekara. Wannan tallafin na taimaka wa gwamnatin Isra'ila ta ci gaba da mamaye yankunan Falasdinawa, wanda hakan ya sanya Amurka ta shiga tsakani wajen tsare yaran Falasdinawa a gidajen yarin soji, da murkushe masu zanga-zangar lumana, da ruguza gidajen Falasdinawa da al'ummominsu."
- Brotheran Jarida ta sanar da kyautar kyautar $25,000 da ta dace. “Mai ba da gudummawa da ke neman zaburar da wasu don bayarwa ya yi tayin daidai da duk kyaututtukan da ake ba ‘yan jarida a ƙarshen shekara, har dala 25,000. Idan kun bayar a yanzu, gudummawar ku za ta ninka sau biyu!” In ji gayyata daga mawallafin Wendy McFadden. Masu sha'awar shiga ƙalubalen za su iya bayarwa ta kan layi a www.brethren.org/givebp ko ta hanyar aikawa da cak zuwa Brethren Press, 1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120 (rubuta "kyauta" a cikin layin memo). McFadden ya kara da cewa: “Muna matukar godiya ga gudummawa da sakonnin tallafi da muka riga muka samu daga ko’ina cikin darikar. Na gode sosai! Kyaututtukanku ga Yan Jarida na jari ne a nan gaba na Ikilisiyar 'Yan'uwa. Kuna taimakawa wajen buga albishir."
- Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany tana daukar ɗaliban ƙasa da ƙasa waɗanda suka kammala karatun digiri daga ko kuma suna halartar Cocin na kwalejoji da jami'o'i da ke da alaƙa - Kwalejin Bridgewater, Kwalejin Elizabethtown, Jami'ar Manchester, Kwalejin McPherson, Kolejin Juniata, ko Jami'ar La Verne. "Wadannan mutane yanzu za su iya neman neman gurbin karatu na zama, shirin da ke ba wa ɗalibai damar samun digiri na Bethany a matsayin ɗaliban mazaunin ba tare da ɗaukar ƙarin ɗalibi ko bashi na kasuwanci ba," in ji sanarwar. “Skolashif na zama wani bangare ne na shirin Bethany's Pillars and Pathways, yunƙuri mai ƙarfi don rage bashin ɗalibi da sanya makarantar hauza ta isa kuma mai araha ga duk ɗaliban da suka cancanta. Shirin ya haɗa da guraben karatu, tallafin gidaje, damar aiki da sabis, da kuma ayyukan da suka shafi kuɗin kuɗi na sirri. ” Ana sa ran mahalarta zasu sadaukar da rayuwa mai sauƙi kuma su sami kusan $ 7,500 a kowace shekara ta hanyar nazarin aiki da sauran ayyukan yi. Dole ne ɗaliban ƙasashen duniya su cika wasu buƙatun ilimi da kuɗi. Tuntuɓar admissions@bethanyseminary.edu. Karanta cikakken sakin a https://bethanyseminary.edu/bethany-seminary-welcomes-applications-from-international-students-at-brethren-colleges.
- Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm na baiwa a Bethany Theological Seminary a Richmond, Ind., An nada babban editan Mai gida, Mujallar Cibiyar Nazarin Homiletics. Ayyukanta sun haɗa da kula da buga littafi na shekara-shekara, karba da daidaitawa da juriya na labaran masana, shugabantar hukumar edita, da kula da ayyukan ma'aikata da kudaden jarida tare da haɗin gwiwar edita mai gudanarwa. Ƙara koyo game da jarida a https://ejournals.library.vanderbilt.edu/index.php/homiletic/about.
- Cocin Dupont na 'Yan'uwa ya sami kulawar kafofin watsa labarai don ƙwarewar hasken Kirsimeti na Fresh Encounters Woods. Bisa lafazin Nahiyar (Ohio) eNews: “Wannan karshen mako fitulun za su kasance a ranar Asabar 6:30-8:30, da Lahadi 6:30-8:30. Fito da dangin ku kuma ku sami hoto a gaban babban bishiyar Kirsimeti, kuma ku ɗauki ƙoƙon cakulan mai zafi kyauta ko kofi kuma ku bi hanyar, ɗakin sujada da aka ƙawata shi da fitilun Kirsimeti. Muna sa ran ganin dangin ku. Barka da Kirsimeti."
- Ma’aikata a Cocin ’Yan’uwa na Little Swatara da ke Bethel, Pa., sun tara dala 1,500 don agajin bala’i. "Lokacin da marigayi J. Hershey da Anna Mary Myer suka fara aikin rage girman girman, sun kasance masu karimci sosai wajen ba da quilters a Little Swatara da dama da kuma rataye bango," in ji jaridar Atlantic Northeast District. “Daya daga cikin kayan kwalliyar, Hearts and Flowers, an kulle ta kuma a shirye ta ke za a ba da ita ga Auction Relief Bala'i na shekara-shekara a watan Satumba. Lokacin da aka soke gwanjon na 2020, saboda coronavirus, quilters sun yanke shawarar yin gwanjon shiru. " Bayan tallata kwafin da karɓar tayi ta hanyar wasiƙar coci da kafofin watsa labarun, a tsakanin sauran hanyoyin, tayin ƙarshe na $ 1500 ya fito ne daga mai ba da gudummawa wanda ba a san shi ba. "Masu farin ciki sun yi matukar farin ciki cewa aikin da suke yi na soyayya zai iya taimakawa mutane da yawa da ke fama da bala'i."
- Onekama (Mich.) Cocin of the Brothers Fasto Frances Townsend ya raba bayani game da shayin Kirsimeti na shekara-shekara na ikilisiya. kungiyar mata ta dauki nauyin daukar nauyinta, wanda aka gabatar a watan Disamba Manzon. "Za mu gwada yin shayi a kan layi a wannan shekara. Ya yi aiki!" ta rubuta. Kungiyar ta gayyaci abokai da magoya bayanta ta wata kungiya ta Facebook ta musamman, inda mahalarta taron suka buga girke-girke na kuki da kade-kade, a matsayin madadin kayan ado da kayan shaye-shaye. Wasan da ke zaman nishadantarwa na shekara-shekara na shayin da mambobin kungiyar mata suka yi a Zoom, tare da zane-zane da 'yan mata biyu a cocin suka yi. Hoton mala'ika na Sylvia Hobbs ya kafa taken bikin. Townsend ya rubuta "Na yi matukar farin ciki da muka yi amfani da damar don ganin wani abu ya faru ko da a lokacin wannan annoba." "Muna da mutane tare da mu daga nesa fiye da yadda za su iya zuwa da kansu."
- Gundumar Virlina ta kafa Ƙungiyar Ilimin Race cikin Hukumar Shaida “da manufar fahimtar yadda wariyar launin fata ke shafar ikilisiyoyi da kuma al’ummominmu,” in ji wasiƙar gundumar. “Umarnin Yesu na mu ƙaunaci juna ya zama tauraro mai ja-gora yayin da muke bincika yadda rashin adalcin launin fata ya yi tasiri a tarihinmu da al’ummarmu ta zamani.” Ƙungiyar ta haɗa da Eric Anspaugh ( ikilisiyar Roanoke-Central), Dava Hensley (Roanoke-First), Anne Mitchell (Hasken Haske), Ellen Phillips (Roanoke-Oak Grove) da Jennie Waering (Roanoke-Central). Ƙungiyar tana haɓaka gabatarwar bidiyo akan batutuwan launin fata mai suna "Tattaunawa Masu Bukatar" da kuma nuna matsayin baƙi na musamman Barbara Pendergrass Richmond na Bethel AME Church da Ron Robinson na Roanoke-Oak Grove Church of Brother.
- A Kwalejin Juniata da ke Huntingdon, Pa., babin Ƙungiyar Daliban Physics ya samu lambar yabo ta Babi na Musamman daga ofishin Hukumar SPS na shekara ta 22 a jere. Wasikar ta e-newsletter ta shugaban ta ce: “Wannan ya nuna kyakkyawan babin a matsayin babbar ƙungiyar ƙwararrun ɗalibai da ke jagorantar ilimin kimiyyar jiki, nadi da aka ba ƙasa da kashi 10 cikin ɗari na dukkan surori a kwalejoji da jami'o'i a Amurka da na duniya da kuma na duniya. mafi dadewa ba tare da katsewa ba a cikin kasar."
- Kashi na 109 na Dunker Punks Podast- kashi na ƙarshe na wannan kakar - yana tafiya "ƙasa" tare da Tyler da Chelsea Goss yayin da suke tunani game da lokacin su tare da Jarrod McKenna da Aikin Gida na Farko a Ostiraliya. Saurari labarai game da rayuwa a cikin al'ummar da aka yi niyya don taimaka wa 'yan gudun hijira da masu neman mafaka, zanga-zangar neman adalci na zamantakewa, da tattaunawa ta tiyoloji da Anabaftisma tare da mutane daga addinai dabam-dabam da zamantakewa. An ƙara sanarwar: "Ina muku fatan Kirsimeti kyakkyawa da sabuwar shekara mai fata daga ƙungiyar Dunker Punks Podcast!" Saurari Kashi Na 109, "Soyayya Ta Yi Hanya," a bit.ly/DPP_Episode109 kuma biyan kuɗi akan iTunes ko aikace-aikacen podcast da kuka fi so.
- Kungiyoyi masu zaman lafiya na Kirista (CPT) suna wayar da kan jama'a game da barazanar Chi'chil Bildagoteel, wuri mai tsarki na mutanen San Carlos Apache wanda aka fi sani da Oak Flat, wanda ke cikin gandun daji na Tonto a cikin Arizona. "Ma'aikatar gandun daji ta Amurka tana shirin yanke shawara a cikin 'yan kwanaki masu zuwa game da musayar ƙasar Oak Flat wanda zai ba da wurare masu tsarki na San Carlos Apache ga Resolution Copper, mallakar Rio Tinto, ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin hakar ma'adinai a duniya,” inji faɗakarwa. Rio Tinto kamfani ne na kasa da kasa na Anglo-Australian. A cikin watan Mayun wannan shekara, Rio Tinto ya tarwatsa koguna a Ostiraliya da ke rike da tsoffin kayayyakin tarihi na al'adun gargajiyar da ke bibiyar tsawon tarihin al'ummar Aborijin, a cikin aikin hako ma'adinan karafa. Matsugunan duwatsu na tarihi a cikin Gorge Juukan sun kasance masu tsarki ga ƙungiyoyin Aborigin na Australiya guda biyu. Kukan kasa da kasa da kuma boren masu hannun jari ya haifar da sanarwar a watan Satumba cewa shugaban zartarwa Jean-Sébastien Jacques zai yi murabus. An sanar da Litinin 21 ga watan Disamba a matsayin Ranar Addu'a da Ayyuka ta Duniya don #SaveOakFlat gami da gangamin kan layi. Nemo ƙarin a www.facebook.com/events/3845354435529895. Karanta tunani a kan tsattsarkan dabi'ar Oak Flat ta tsohuwar darektan CPT Carol Rose a https://cpt.org/cptnet/2020/12/16/oak-flat-sacred-and-not-only-san-carlos-apache.
- Libby da Jim Kinsey sun kasance sun fito da su Ionia Sentinel a Standard-Ionia, Mich., Domin aikinsu na tara kuɗi don kawo labarai iri-iri ga Makarantun Jama'a na Lakewood. Libby Kinsey ya yi ritaya daga koyarwa a gundumar. Labarin da Evan Sasiela ya yi ya bayyana aikin ma’auratan mai suna “Labarun Ƙasar Amirka,” wanda ke da burin tara kuɗi don sayen littattafai game da al’adu dabam-dabam da kuma yanayi dabam-dabam na ’yan makaranta daga renon yara zuwa aji takwas a gundumar. Hakanan Libby Kinsey yana da alaƙa da Littattafan Malamai, waɗanda suka taimaka wajen samar da kuɗi. "Idan al'ummarmu ta zama wuri mai kyau, mai laushi, to wannan shine burinmu," in ji Libby Kinsey. Ya zuwa ranar 15 ga Disamba, wani shafi na GoFundMe ya tara dala 25,260 tun lokacin da aka fara aikin a watan Yuli, kuma gudummawar ta zo daga ko'ina cikin Amurka. Kinseys suna tsammanin rarraba littattafan a watan Afrilu mai zuwa. Karanta labarin a www.sentinel-standard.com/news/20201216/project-raising-funds-to-kawo-diverse-stories-to-lakewood-public-schools.
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