Sentences with phrase «around my church at»

All those things are worthwhile and good goals, but looking around my church at the twentysomethings who are making a lot of big life decisions, rarely do I see an example of a young millennial who has gone the traditional route of a four - year college degree to find themselves in a cubicle on the 11th floor — or at least who are happy being there.

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The Church Committee exposed much of the program, with a full report from Congress stating: «The CIA currently maintains a network of several hundred foreign individuals around the world who provide intelligence for the CIA and at times attempt to influence opinion through the use of covert propaganda.

Then we got into the limo to bring us to the church and she was getting mad at someone for passing around champagne, because she thought someone would spill on her dress.

Mark Ledwidge, a senior lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University, agreed that many individuals got swept up in the Obama craze and that this hope for change created «expectations around Barack Obama» that «were highly problematic.»

If you're interviewing for a position at the Vanderbloemen Search Group — a Houston - based firm that staffs churches and other faith - based organizations — don't be surprised to receive a text message asking a quirky question of sorts around 10:00 in the evening.

I wonder if he was around today (at a time where the church is becoming more and more accepting of committed gay relationships), if he might have a different mission... one that includes fighting religious persecution of gays.

Before the Muslim conquests (it is interesting that papacy and Islam were established at the same time around 600 a. D.) there was a great Christian Church in the Roman Empire or later Eastern Roman Empire with a lot of free bishops.

Itâ $ ™ s okay for you to look at how that church expresses itself every day in the people and events around you.

There was still silence when, at around the same time, the sons of pastor Alexander Pavenko of the charismatic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord were murdered by separatists in the city of Slavyansk, when the priests of the Patriarchate of Kyev and the Muslim leaders were expelled from Crimea, and when Greek Catholic priests were tortured by the «Russian Orthodox Army.»

When I felt dissatisfied with the «church» in the past, I always looked around at all the people I know.

For as I noted in a toast at the anniversary dinner the Maleckis» sons had arranged, the network of now - not - so - young friends that had gathered around Karol Wojtyla — men and women who resolutely refuse to think of themselves as something special — had in fact helped bend the history of the Church, and the world, in a more humane direction.

As for Romney being qualified: he was educated at Harvard with law and business degrees, he has managed hundreds of people in his church callings, he fixed a bankrupt Olympics, he started business that were very successful, he turned around businesses and later helped turn his state around while governor.

This is another example where the Spirit of God moves in the hearts and minds of people all around the world to see similar truths at similar times so that we all work together to teach and learn what the Spirit is saying to the church.

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even as a child getting indoctrinated at church and at sunday school I kept looking around puzzled, wondering if all the other children actually believed this nonsense they were telling us.

The pope will be participating in World Youth Day, a weeklong celebration aimed at revitalizing young Catholics, and the church, here and around the world.

Around 1967, a visitor came to worship at the church that my family attended.

A church member told the Mirror about the moment 80 members of the choir at All Saints Church realised something serious was happening, as police snipers in balaclavas were spotted outside of the building on rooftops at around 8.church member told the Mirror about the moment 80 members of the choir at All Saints Church realised something serious was happening, as police snipers in balaclavas were spotted outside of the building on rooftops at around 8.Church realised something serious was happening, as police snipers in balaclavas were spotted outside of the building on rooftops at around 8.20 pm.

Mike and Kerry waited nearly two years to adopt J. T., now two, who romps around our church's playground with Hailey Kerry, whom J. T. calls «Daddy,» is his legally adoptive father, while Mike («Papa» to J. T.) is his loving, stay - at - home — although not legally adoptive — parent.

Are you happy with the church you're at, or is it time to look around a little?

I think people (especially those in church leadership) could save themselves a lot of stress and heart ache if they would just look around at the evidence.

The pope's words are at the service of the whole Tradition of the Church, and not the other way around.

Why can't the religious practice their beliefs and do all their preaching at their retreats and inside their Churches instead of exposing themselves to their co-workers, their neighbors and the general public who may not want to see them waving their religious junk around in everyone faces?

Jes Kast - Keat serves as Associate Minister at West End Collegiate Church in NYC (Reformed Church in America), and is an all - around delightful human being who brings humor, sass, and wisdom to her ministry and to her friendships.

I'd been invited by some friends to a fall youth rally at the First Baptist Church, and in the fellowship hall one night, the youth leader passed around neon blue and pink postcards that included a form letter to God promising to remain sexually abstinent until marriage.

Held at St Nicholas Church in Durham Market Place, each evening began with drama and song, then Bishop Paul and other guests took part in a debate around key issues.

Some young people who travelled to see have formed a group and taking their anointing around the UK, a number of us from our Church are going to see and hear at a Church not far from this group on Saturday night.

During that time, I realized that most of the ministry conferences around the country were oriented for — and run by - «successful» pastors at «successful» churches.

Earlier this summer, I spoke at the General Assembly of the Assemblies of God in Indianapolis at the request of Steve Pike, who is their church planting movement leader (and an all around great guy, having planted a strong church in Colorado and now investing his life in planters).

Hi Ed, The Pastor at the Church of Hosanna International Ministries (HIM), does not get paid he willingly shows his bank statements to the congregation, in hopes that they will understand where the money is really going and with that said he keeps 100 dollars in his account and lives off of that for a whole month and the rest of the tithes and offerings go to 13 different ministries, divided evenly and the Church helps out at least 3 - 4 missionaries and the youth group of the Church all in separate accounts, this is a Church of around 68 to 80 people every Sunday this is not a big Church but God has blessed this man beyond measure and continues to do so this Church can be found in Saint Joseph Missouri, Pastor Larry Gray.

They keep the church around When I was the Asst. Pastor at Freedom Chapel in Long Island, our biggest tither was a divorce lawyer who was married 4 times and 2 of them while being a board member!

But it could be the nucleus of a complete neighborhood, one which has a church community at its enter, and the potential to promote growth in an urban rather than suburban sprawl pattern (much as the most beautiful parts of contemporary London grew in the 17th and 18th centuries around small residential - square developments).

In the same way, as the culture around us changes, the Church must learn the language and speak it, at the same time offering a «counter-cultural culture» that is different from the culture of the mileu (but not so different as to be inaccessible).

At that site, we want to focus on taking the Free Grace theology we all know and love, and putting it into practice in our churches, in our communities, and around the world.

There's a lot of this going around (i.e., Christians looking at their faith, at their Church and at their local churches & recognize they can no longer keep going through the motions of Business As Usual).

To arrive at this simple understanding of the church, it is necessary to unpack and unwind some of the complex misunderstandings that have been constructed around the church.

There are homeless families pushing their belongings around in shopping carts in downtown Wichita, they push them buy the giant mega churchs and sleep on the river banks at night.

when he looked at the example of the Church in the New Testament and then at the Church around him.

And again, Paul writes to churches around the whole region and his writings presume they have at least a working knowledge of Christ's death and resurrection.

That night, we church representatives from around the world met again at the chancery building of the archdiocese to talk over what we had seen.

At any point in its life cycle, churches can turn around and find rebirth.

At around 7:00, we were planning on going to the church Trunk - or - Treat, and asked Monica if she and her daughter wanted to join us.

He said he appreciates the Catholic foundation of Georgetown — «it is nice to have another foundation to stand upon,» he said — but that the general atmosphere around campus is at odds with the church.

Christmas pastry, crèches, and carols» found in and around stores, homes, and churches» are in no way at issue.

If Madrasahs are breeding grounds for terrorism, then its no differentwhen it comes down to child molestation as reported at no less than 25 different occasions from abbots, monasteries and churches around the world in the past decade.

For example, I know that on Fridays and during Ramadan, every day, there tends to be heavy traffic around mosques, particularly at sunset, and similarly on Jewish holidays around synagogues, and on Saturday afternoons around Catholic churches (because most have a Saturday afternoon service in addition to Sunday services); similarly, I keep a copy of the local pro and college sports team schedules handy, even though I only actively follow one sport.

I am becoming more and more convinced that if we look around at our friends and acquaintances, and none of them have any serious problems (more serious than what is shared in the typical church prayer meeting), we probably have not followed Jesus very far down the path of discipleship.

The Catholic Church may be at the center of the story but this story reflects so much of what I see around me.

Government officials in Alexandria, Egypt, increased security around places of worship following an explosion that killed at least 21 people at a church in the region, the governor told state media Saturday.

The city of Reading has more than a hundred churches in and around it and almost half of the city lives at the poverty line.