-- Tunatarwa: Steve Van Houten, tsohon kodinetan Cocin of the Brothers Workcamp Ministry kuma tsohon shugaban sa kai a taron matasa na kasa (NYC), ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani a gidansa da ke Plymouth, Ind., a ranar 1 ga Janairu – cikarsa shekaru 66 – biyo bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya. . An haife shi a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1956, a Birnin Columbia, Ind., shi ɗan marigayi Dale O. da Doris (Zumbrun) Van Houten ne. Ya sami digiri a fannin ilimin halittu daga Kwalejin Manchester (Jami'ar Manchester a yanzu) kuma babban malamin allahntaka daga Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Bethany. A ranar 13 ga Satumba, 1980, ya auri Lisa Ann Drager. Bayan sun sauke karatu daga makarantar hauza, ma’auratan suka koma gida a Elgin da ke Jihar Ill, kuma suka ƙaura zuwa Cloverdale, Va., inda ya yi hidima na shekara 12 a matsayin fasto na Cocin Cloverdale na ’Yan’uwa. Ya kuma yi Fasto Akron-Springfield (Ohio) Church of the Brothers na tsawon shekaru 11. A cikin 2006, ya koma yankin Plymouth zuwa Fasto Pine Creek Church of the Brother, yayi ritaya a 2019. An dauke shi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na sansanin aiki daga Yuli 2006 zuwa Jan. 2008 kuma a matsayin mai gudanarwa na wucin gadi a 2019, bayan ritaya. A matsayinsa na mai ba da agaji akai-akai don abubuwan da suka faru da shirye-shiryen Cocin na Brotheran’uwa, ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban NYC na shekaru da yawa, yana ba da taimako a kowace shekara a taron shekara-shekara, ya yi aiki a wurin taron tsofaffin manya na ƙasa, kuma ya jagoranci wuraren aiki a matsayin mai sa kai. Ya ƙaunaci wasanni kuma ya buga gasa uku na Duniya na Fastpitch Softball a matsayin mai kama. Ya bar matarsa, Lisa; yara Josh (Karyn) Van Houten da Erin Van Houten, dukansu na Plymouth; da jikoki. Ana karɓar kyaututtukan tunawa ga Cocin Columbia City Church of Brother. Za a iya aika ta'aziyya ga www.smithandsonsfuneralhome.com. An gudanar da taron tunawa da ranar Juma’a, 7 ga Janairu, a Cocin ‘yan’uwa na Columbia City (Ind.) Za a yi rikodin sabis ɗin kuma a sanya su a shafin Facebook na cocin a www.facebook.com/columbiacitycob. Nemo cikakken labarin mutuwar a www.kpcnews.com/obituaries/article_740fcde1-b38d-530a-8ede-39923da6a234.html.
- Tunatarwa: Larry L. Ditmars, 68, shugaban ayyukan sa kai na tsawon lokaci na ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'yan'uwa, ya mutu a ranar 22 ga Disamba a gidansa da ke Washington, Kan., bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya. An haife shi Satumba 11, 1953, a Belleville, Kan., Zuwa Lloyd da Catharine "Kay" (Dilling) Ditmars. Ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1980, ya auri Diane Zimbelmann. Ya kasance jakin kowane irin sana’o’i kuma ya ɓata lokaci yana aiki a matsayin manomi, direban babbar mota, direban bas, mai aikin hannu, kanikanci, da kuma limamin coci. Ya kuma kasance mai son daukar hoto kuma ya ba da kansa a matsayin mai ba da shawara a sansanin. Ya fara aiki a matsayin shugaban ayyuka na ‘Yan’uwa Bala’i Ministries a lokacin da shirin ya mayar da martani ga wani coci da aka kona a Orangeburg, SC, a 1997. Ya yi aiki a wannan matsayi sau 14 a cikin shekaru, tare da na karshe ya kasance a 2017 a Eureka, Mo. Most kwanan nan, ya taimaka a cikin Ma'aikatun Bala'i na 'Yan'uwa na shirye-shiryen mako biyu, amsa na gajeren lokaci a King Lake, Neb., wannan Oktoba da ya wuce. Matarsa Diane da ’yan’uwa, ’ya’yan ’yan’uwansu, da ’yan’uwansu suka bar shi. An gudanar da wani taron dangi mai zaman kansa a makabartar 'yan'uwa a Washington, Kan. An kafa asusun tunawa kuma za a sanya shi daga baya. Ana iya aika gudummawar don kula da Gidan Jana'izar Ward, Washington, Kan. Nemo cikakken labarin mutuwa a www.wardfuneralhomekansas.com/obituary/larry-ditmars.
- Library na Tarihi na Brothers yana ba da taron Facebook Live Live mai taken “Kwamitin Hidima na ’Yan’uwa, Sashe na 2” a ranar Talata, 11 ga Janairu. Ta ce sanarwar: “A cikin kashi na ɗaya na wannan jerin kashi biyu, mun yi bayani game da BSC da kuma mutane da yawa da suka taka rawa a wannan shirin. Sashe na biyu zai ƙunshi kaɗan daga cikin shirye-shiryen da yawa waɗanda suka sanya BSC da reshen hidima na Cocin ’yan’uwa abin da yake da kuma kafa al’adar hidima da cocinmu take da shi sosai. Za mu haɗa irin waɗannan shirye-shirye kamar Sabis na Jama'a, wuraren aiki, da Heifer International. (Sabis na Sa-kai na ’yan’uwa kuma ɗaya ne daga cikin shirye-shiryen amma wannan zai karɓi nasa Archives Live a kwanan baya).” Je zuwa www.facebook.com/events/286329523447797.
- Messenger Radio yana raba podcast mai nuna Frank Ramirez karanta sashin "Potluck" na Janairu/Fabrairu 2022 na Manzon mujallu mai taken “Wannan ita ce Cocinmu.” Saurari a www.brethren.org/messenger/potluck/thats-our-church.
- Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru daga ikilisiyoyin Cocin ’yan’uwa domin gina kwalabe da rataye na bango a taron shekara-shekara na 2022. Kowace shekara, ana yin gwanjon waɗannan kayayyaki don tara kuɗi don ayyukan yunwa. Ana ƙarfafa kowace coci ta ƙirƙira wani shinge mai faɗin murabba'in 8 1/2 da aika shi zuwa ranar 15 ga Mayu, tare da gudummawar $ 1 ko fiye don daidaita farashin kayan kwalliya. Za a taru saman kwandon shara a gaban taron. Dole ne a yi tubalan daga auduga ko auduga da aka riga aka yanke, kuma idan an yi amfani da su, kawai mai narkewar ruwa, mai laushi, ko cirewa cikin sauƙi. Kada a yi amfani da yadudduka guda biyu masu saƙa, kirga giciye akan zane, kayan adon ruwa, tubalan da aka ɗora, ko ƙirar zafi da aka shafa ko hotuna da manne. Yi amfani da kerawa don yin ƙirar ƙirar ku. Ya kamata a datse tubalan da girmansu bayan an ƙera su, a yi musu ado, ko kuma a shafa su, kuma a haɗa da sunan ikilisiya, jiha, da gunduma. Wannan bayanin yana sa kullun ya zama mafi mahimmanci. Wasika zuwa AACB, c/o Margaret Weybright, 1801 Greencroft Blvd. Apt. #125, Goshen, IN 46526.
- Ƙungiyar Ilimin Race na Gundumar Virlina ta sanar da taron "Tattaunawa Masu Bukata" na gaba wanda aka shirya a ranar Lahadi, 20 ga Fabrairu, da karfe 7 na yamma Don Mitchell da Eric Anspaugh za a yi hira da su game da Tafiyarsu ta Sankofa a watan Oktoba. “Sankofa kalma ce daga kabilar Akan a Ghana. Yana nufin San (dawowa), ko (tafi), fa (dawo, nema, da ɗauka). Sankofa ya shaida cewa dole ne mu kalli baya (cikin tarihinmu), kafin mu ci gaba da aminci tare, a yanzu da kuma nan gaba. Kwarewar Sankofa tana yin haka ne, ta hanyar binciko wuraren tarihi na ƙungiyoyin kare haƙƙin jama'a, tare da haɗa gwagwarmayar ƴancin ƴancin da aka yi a baya da abubuwan da muke gani a yanzu. Sankofa yana gayyatar ikkilisiya don fahimtar adalcin launin fata a matsayin muhimmin sashi na almajirancin Kirista. Wannan aikin hajji na almajirai na nutsewa yana ba masu bi damar shiga cikin mosaic na masarauta kuma su bi adalci na Littafi Mai Tsarki. Sankofa yana ba wa mahalarta damar zama jakadun sulhu a ciki da wajen coci.”
-– Gundumar Filato ta Arewa ta sanar da Yesu a Tallafin Unguwa ta hanyar Hukumar Shaidu. Dave Kerkove ya ba da rahoto a cikin wasiƙar gunduma: “Hukumar Lardi ta Arewa ta zaɓi gaba ɗaya a taronmu na faɗuwa don ba da tallafin dala $500 ‘Yesu in the Neighborhood’ ga ikilisiyoyi, abokan tarayya, da kuma ayyuka na Gundumar Plains ta Arewa. Dole ne a yi amfani da tallafi don taron 'Yesu a cikin Unguwa', aiki, ko aiki a cikin 2022."
Hukumar sheda ta gundumar kuma tana siyan kwafin sabon littafin yara daga ‘yan jarida, Kit ɗin Ta'aziyyar Mariya Kathy Fry-Miller da David Doudt ne suka rubuta kuma Kate Cosgrove ta kwatanta, don kowace ikilisiya, zumunci, da sabon aikin coci a gundumar. Littafin ya ba da labarin kit ɗin ta'aziyyar Sabis na Bala'i na Yara da aka yi amfani da shi wajen kula da yara ƙanana da bala'i ya shafa-daga ra'ayin yara. Nemo ƙarin game da littafin a www.brethrenpress.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=9780871783073.
- Shugaban Jami'ar Manchester Dave McFadden a watan Nuwamba 2021 ya ba da sanarwar yanke shawara don rusa Ginin Gudanarwa a harabar jami'ar North Manchester, Ind. An shirya wani sabis da tsakar rana a ranar 21 ga Janairu don girmama gadon ginin Gudanarwa. Taron zai gudana ne a Petersime Chapel. Bayan hidimar na minti 30, waɗanda suka halarta za su sami zarafin wucewa zuwa ginin tare. Nemo saki a www.manchester.edu/alumni/news-media/newsletter/@manchester-newsletter-december-2021/board-votes-to-raze-administration-building.
- Labarin Muryar 'Yan'uwa na Janairu 2022 yana gabatar da fitaccen ɗan wasa na zangon iyali na Song and Story Fest na shekara-shekara. Mike Stern, a cikin kide kide, yana yin wakoki daga kundinsa da littafin wakarsa mai suna “Tashi!” Stern mawaƙi ne na 'yan'uwa kuma marubucin waƙa daga Seattle, Wash., Wanda kwanan nan ya yi ritaya daga dogon aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin jinya na iyali da kuma likitan bincike tare da mai da hankali kan ci gaban rigakafin rigakafin cututtuka. Shirin ya hada da wasu wakokin Stern da aka yi a wani fa'ida ga Cibiyar sada zumunci ta duniya ta Hiroshima, Japan. Bill Jolliff, kuma mai yawan yin wasa a Waƙar Waƙa da Labari, yana ba da rakiyar guitar da banjo. Nemo wannan shirin na Muryar 'Yan'uwa da wasu da yawa da aka buga a tashar YouTube na shirin.
-– Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Kirista a Amurka (NCC) ya fitar da sanarwar tunawa da Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu a wannan makon. "Muna tunawa da shedarsa mai ƙarfi da jagoranci a cikin dogon gwagwarmayar yaƙi da wariyar launin fata wanda ya tunkare shi da tawali'u, sha'awa, da kuma tsananin ƙauna ga mutanen Allah," in ji tunawa. “Muna girmama soyayyarsa, tausayinsa, kirkinsa, da kuma ba’a, wanda ya taimaka masa wajen ci gaba da gwagwarmayar kawo karshen mulkin wariyar launin fata da kuma tsawon rayuwarsa. Muna godiya da jajircewarsa mai karfi. Ayyukan rayuwarsa ya haɗa ikilisiya a yaƙin neman adalci na launin fata. Muna tunawa da aikin da ya yi tare da Majalisar Majami'un Duniya a Geneva daga 1972-1975, kuma, a lokacin wani muhimmin lokaci mai hatsarin gaske na yaƙin neman zaɓe na yaƙi da wariyar launin fata a Afirka ta Kudu, hidimarsa a matsayin babban sakatare na Majalisar Cocin Afirka ta Kudu daga 1978. zuwa 1985. A wannan lokacin, an ba shi lambar yabo ta zaman lafiya ta Nobel a shekarar 1984. Hukumar NCC ta nemi Majalisar Coci ta Afirka ta Kudu da Archbishop Tutu don neman jagoranci da jagoranci a cikin dogon lokaci mai wuyar gwagwarmaya don kawo karshen mulkin wariyar launin fata. Hukumar NCC ta jajanta wa majami'ar Anglican, mutanen Afirka ta Kudu, da kuma ƙauyen duniya baki ɗaya, yayin da dukkanmu muke jimamin rashin ɗaya daga cikin manyan shugabanninmu. Muna ta'aziyya da sanin cewa gadonsa zai ci gaba a cikin tsararraki. Tunawarsa ta kasance har abada.”
-– Makon Addu’a don Hadin kan Kirista, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 18-25 ga Janairu tare da tallafi daga Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC), za ta haɗa ikilisiyoyi a duk faɗin duniya don yin tunani a kan bege da farin ciki a cikin Matta 2:2, “Mun ga tauraro a Gabas, mun zo mu bauta masa.” Majalisar majami'u ta Gabas ta Tsakiya mai hedkwata a birnin Beirut na kasar Lebanon, ta kira kungiyar tsara taron na shekarar 2022 da ta hada da kiristoci daga kasashen Lebanon, Syria da Masar, tare da bayar da shawarwari daga wakilan WCC da Cocin Roman Katolika. Tunanin ibada “ku bincika yadda aka kira Kiristoci su zama alama ga duniyar Allah da ke kawo haɗin kai. An zana Kiristoci daga al’adu, ƙabilu da harsuna dabam-dabam, Kiristoci suna yin bincike ɗaya don neman Kristi da kuma sha’awar bauta masa,” in ji sanarwar. Abubuwan sun haɗa da sabis ɗin addu'a na buɗe ido, tunani na Littafi Mai Tsarki da addu'o'i na kwanaki takwas, da sauran abubuwan ibada da ake samu cikin Ingilishi, Faransanci, Jamusanci, Sifen, Fotigal, Italiyanci, da Larabci. Nemo ƙarin a www.oikoumene.org/news/week-of-prayer-for-Christian-unity-will-draw-tare-courches-across-the-world-in-bege.
- Jay Wittmeyer, memba na Cocin Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill., Kuma tsohon babban darektan Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya da Sabis na Cocin 'Yan'uwa, za a ba da lambar yabo ta Humanitarian Award a birnin Elgin Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Addu'a Breakfast a ranar 15 ga Janairu. Domin shekara ta biyu yana gudana, karin kumallo zai kasance akan layi kawai. Kyautar ta amince da shekaru goma na Wittmeyer na hidima ga Dr. King Food Drive na gida da kuma yadda ya shiga duniya cikin manufa, yunwa, ci gaba, da ma'aikatun shari'a. Yayin da yake memba na Hukumar Shaidu a Cocin Highland Avenue, ya ba da gudummawa wajen shirya tara kayan abinci a faɗin birni da za a ajiye, a daidaita su, da kuma dambu a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices don rarraba wa wuraren abinci na yankin. Babban Ofisoshin sun gudanar da tsarin rarrabuwar kawuna tsawon shekaru 10 da suka gabata, wanda akasari dalibai da masu sa kai na matasa ne (a wannan shekarar Food for Greater Elgin ne ke daukar nauyin tafiyar da abinci). Don ƙarin sani game da taron kan layi je zuwa www.cityofelgin.org/1023/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Events.
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