Gazeti la Kanisa la Ndugu
Septemba 7, 2007
"Imekuwa jambo la kushangaza kuona idadi ya jumuiya za Ndugu waliohusika katika Siku ya Kimataifa ya Maombi ya Amani ikiongezeka," aliandika Mimi Copp katika sasisho la barua pepe leo. “Sasa tuko zaidi ya makutaniko na vyuo 70 vinavyojiunga katika wakati huu wa maombi wa kimataifa. Lengo letu la awali lilikuwa 40! Hii ni juhudi iliyojaa Roho.”
Copp anaratibu ushiriki wa Church of the Brethren katika Siku ya Kimataifa ya Maombi ya Amani, itakayofanyika Ijumaa au karibu na Septemba 21. Juhudi za Brethren zinafadhiliwa kwa pamoja na Brethren Witness/Ofisi ya Washington ya Halmashauri Kuu na Shirika la On Earth. Amani. Tukio hilo la kimataifa linahusishwa na Muongo wa Baraza la Makanisa Ulimwenguni (WCC) ili Kushinda Ghasia.
Hansulrich Gerber, mratibu wa Muongo wa Kushinda Jeuri, alimwandikia Copp kutoka makao makuu ya WCC huko Geneva, Uswisi, ili kushukuru Kanisa la Ndugu kwa kushiriki.
“Wapendwa marafiki wa Kanisa la Ndugu,” akasema. "Leo asubuhi kwenye Google Blogs Alert yangu kwa 'kushinda vurugu' nimepata kipengele kimoja: 'Newsline Brethren Churches kuadhimisha siku ya maombi kwa ajili ya amani….' Habari kuhusu makanisa ya Kanisa la Ndugu ni ya furaha na ya kutia moyo sana. Asante kwa kuweka mfano mzuri! Baraka za amani ziwe kwenu.”
Copp anawaomba Ndugu ambao wanapanga mikesha ya maombi kuorodhesha matukio kwenye tovuti ya Siku ya Kimataifa ya Mkesha wa Amani katika http://www.idpvigil.com/, "ili wengine katika jumuiya zetu wapate kujua kuyahusu."
Pia aliwakumbusha Ndugu ambao wanapanga makesha kuhusu simu inayofuata ya mkutano siku ya Jumanne, Septemba 11, saa 4 jioni kwa saa za Pasifiki / 7pm kwa saa za mashariki. Ili kujiunga kwenye simu, tuma ombi la barua pepe kwa Copp kwenye miminski@gmail.com.
Ujumbe wa leo wa barua pepe ulikuwa na maoni kutoka kwa Ndugu wanaopanga kushiriki katika maombi ya amani mnamo Septemba 21:
"Moja ya malengo ni kuwaleta pamoja watu ambao–kwa sababu za dini, hali ya kiuchumi, eneo la kijiografia, n.k.–vinginevyo wanaweza wasije pamoja. Sala zetu za amani, hata kukiri kuketi kwetu pamoja kwa mlo kama sala ya amani, zitakuwa nguvu ya kuunganisha,” akasema mshiriki wa kanisa kutoka Morgantown, W.Va.
“Hatupangi tu tukio; tunaunda jumuiya ambayo inaweza kubadilisha tamaduni zetu za ndani kuwa moja ya wapenda amani wenye mapenzi, upendo na wanyenyekevu,” alisema mshiriki mwingine kutoka Durham, NC.
Merle Forney, ambaye alikulia katika Kanisa la Ndugu na ndiye mwanzilishi wa “Kids as Peacemakers” (http://www.kidsaspeacemakers.org/) huko Massachusetts, aliandika, “Mwaka huu kwa mara ya kwanza Kids As Peacemakers kuandaa msaada katika Eneo la Newburyport kwa ajili ya kuadhimisha na kuadhimisha Siku ya Kimataifa ya Amani ya Umoja wa Mataifa. Barua zimetumwa kwa makanisa na shule 70 tofauti zikipendekeza njia ambazo kila moja inaweza kufikiria kuhusika. Zaidi ya hayo, tunafadhili Maandamano ya Amani, tukitembea vizuizi vitatu vya jiji kutoka nguzo ya amani katikati mwa jiji hadi nguzo ya amani katika Kanisa la Central Congregational, ambapo Sherehe ya Amani itafanyika.”
Jumuiya na makutaniko ya Church of the Brethren ambayo yamejitolea kuombea amani au yanafikiria kufanya hafla: Beacon Heights (IN), Bear Creek (OH), Beavercreek (OH), Bwawa la Beaver (MD), Beech Run CoB (PA), Blue Ball CoB (PA), Bremen CoB (IN), Bridgewater CoB (VA) ecumenical, Bridgewater College (VA), Brook Park CoB (OH), Brooklyn First CoB (NY), Carlisle Church of the Brethren (PA), Chicago First CoB (IL), Ofisi za Mkuu wa Kanisa la Ndugu (IL), Kituo cha Amani na Kusitisha Vurugu (IN) miungano ya dini, Cincinnati CoB (OH), Columbia City CoB (IN), Covington CoB (OH), Crystal CoB (MI) , Daleville CoB (VA), Jumuiya ya Eel River (IN), Elizabethtown CoB (PA), Everett CoB (PA), EYN Churches in Nigeria, Fairview CoB (MD), Fellowship in Christ (Fremont, CA), First Central CoB ( Kansas City, KS), Flint CoB (MI), Freeport CoB (IL), Germantown CoB (PA), Green Tree CoB (PA), Green Hill CoB (VA), Greene CoB (IA) ecumenical, Hagerstown CoB (MD) , Harrisburg First Church (PA), Hollidaysburg CoB (PA), Hope CoB (MI), Ivester CoB (IA), Juniata College (PA), Lacey Community CoB (WA), Lafayette CoB (IN), Lancaster CoB (PA) , Lansing CoB (MI), La Verne CoB (CA), Lincolnshire (IN), Lititz CoB (PA), Little Swatara CoB (PA), Live Oak CoB (CA), Living Peace CoB (OH), Lower Miami CoB ( OH), Mack Memorial (OH) kiekumene, Miami First CoB (FL), Manassas CoB (VA) interfaith, Manchester CoB (IN), Maple Gove CoB (NC), McPherson Church of the Brethren (McPherson, KS), Chuo cha McPherson (KS), Mechanic Grove (PA), Mechanicsburg CoB (PA), Middlebury CoB (IN) ecumenical, Middlecreek CoB (PA), Mill Creek CoB (VA), Ministerial Association Athens, OH, Midland CoB (MI), Modesto CoB (CA), Monitor Church of the Brethren (McPherson, KS), Mont Ida Church of the Brethren (Garnett, KS), Morgantown CoB/Mennonite (WV) ecumenical, Monroeville CoB (PA), Mountain View CoB (ID), Mt. . Morris CoB (IL), Mt. Wilson CoB (PA), Nampa CoB (ID), Nokesville CoB (VA), New Carlisle CoB (OH), New Covenant CoB (FL), Oakland CoB (OH), Oakton CoB ( VA), Palmyra CoB (PA), Peace Covenant Fellowship (NC), Pleasant Hill CoB (OH), Pine Creek CoB (IN), Potsdam Church of the Brethren (OH), Prince of Peace CoB (IN), Prince of Peace CoB (Littleton, CO), Pueblo De Dios Fellowship (Puerto Rico), Quinter CoB (KS), Richmond Church of the Brethren (IN), Richmond, IN Community, Root River CoB (Preston, MN), San Diego First CoB ( CA) ecumenical, Skippack CoB (PA), Skyridge CoB (MI), Stone CoB (PA), Springfield (OR), Springfield First CoB (IL) interfaith, St. Petersburg First CoB (FL), Stone CoB (PA), Troy CoB (OH), 28th Street CoB (PA), Twin Falls Community (ID), Una Nueva Vida na Cristo CoB, Union Center CoB (IN), University Park CoB (MD), West Charleston (OH), West Milton ( OH), West York CoB (PA), Westminster CoB (MD) mseto, Wichita First CoB (KS).
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The Church of the Brethren Newsline inatolewa na Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford, mkurugenzi wa huduma za habari kwa Halmashauri Kuu ya Kanisa la Ndugu. Mimi Copp alichangia ripoti hii. Habari za majarida zinaweza kuchapishwa tena ikiwa Newsline itatajwa kama chanzo. Ili kupokea Newsline kwa barua pepe nenda kwa http://listserver.emountain.net/mailman/listinfo/newsline. Peana habari kwa mhariri katika cobnews@brethren.org. Kwa habari zaidi na vipengele vya Kanisa la Ndugu, jiandikishe kwa jarida la "Messenger"; piga simu 800-323-8039 ext. 247.