Sentences with phrase «as a celebration for»

I mean Jesus did celebrate Passover and even set it as an celebration for us, only with a whole new image to it.

-- I exclusively pumped for triplets for 1 year - I was as excited about the countdown to their birthday for that reason as much as the celebration for them!!

The two have planned a weeklong excursion to the City of Lights as a celebration for Grace, and a wrench is thrown into the works when Grace's mother and stepfather (Andie MacDowell and Brett Cullen, who end up as wholly unconcerned parental figures, considering how, due to the eventual series of complications, none of the girls are able to be contacted) decide that Grace's stepsister Meg (Leighton Meester) should accompany them.

The original Red and Blue were also released on the 3DS family's Virtual Console as a celebration for the franchise's 20th anniversary in 2016.

As a celebration for the highly successful first week of Far Cry 5's launch, Ubisoft have released some fun statistics and facts about the game.

This contest serves as a celebration for over 200.000 copies sold across the world, and you can submit your fan art from from 31 May 2017 until 31 July 2017 over here.

Others fear that poaching will further reduce the numbers of tigers, particularly as the celebrations for the Year of the Tiger begin in February.

As a celebration for the expansion of their services to Canada, Coinbase will waive conversion fees for Canadian customers until September 9.

Not exact matches

In the early years of Celebration, the theater held church services every Sunday morning as the town waited for a place of worship to be built.

The chain, which recently renewed its lease on the theater, has also held onto it so no competitors can come in and take over, the town officials told Business Insider — leaving Celebration residents and those in neighboring areas with the AMC in Disney Springs as the closest option for seeing a movie.

«It will be a celebration with a bittersweet taste as the future path for Europe has probably never been more unclear than today,» ING said in a note on Friday.

Once a celebration for China «s lonely hearts, Singles» Day has become a 24 - hour extravaganza that outsells Black Friday and Cyber Monday U.S. sales combined, and acts as a barometer forChina «s consumers.

Sydney Harbour Bridge The focal point for much the day's celebration, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, known locally as the??? coat hanger,??? was completed on March 19, 1932, and wasn't fully paid off until 1988.

As for creating a game show celebration face, Ribeiro says it should be beyond having a big smile.

Nyepi, a Hindu celebration primarily celebrated in the Indonesian island calls for a day of silence on March 28 and is marked as time for self - reflection.

In China the King of Beers is marketed as a «superpremium» drink for celebrations, much like Stella Artois outside Belgium.

As the Grace Hopper Celebration approaches, it's a good time for the small group of leaders across the tech industry to pause and evaluate if they are doing enough (and doing it systematically) to effect real change.

They indicated the presence of water, which was a cause for celebration, as having water on Mars means astronauts won't have to carry as much when they visit.

Others spend big bucks to pull off elaborate multi-day affairs, such as the planned three - day New York celebration for 83 - year old billionaire investor George Soros starting Friday that will be attended by more than 500 guests, including hedge fund titans and prominent political leaders.

Yet for all the celebration of Facebook's success and the adulation of Zuckerberg as a visionary, what's less well understood is how he goes about his day job as an executive.

Participatory art installations dot the landscape of the «playa,» as the area used for the festival is called, and the weeklong celebration culminates in a massive structure of some sort being burned.

In celebration of International Women's Day, KFC Malaysia replaced the iconic Colonel Sanders as the face of the company for the day with his wife, Claudia Sanders.

December 14th 2017: Celebration of successful ICO takes place in Beverly Hills, featuring Snoop Dogg who receives $ 55,000 in Sparkle Coins as donation for his Youth Football League

Senator Mark Drouin of Québec first developed the idea of a world exhibition in Montréal to serve as a focal point for Canada's celebrations of its 100th birthday.

The demand of gold reflected over the next several months and characterized by the purchase of the metal for cultural celebrations and religious holidays, I refer to as the Love Trade.

The hefty valuations were cause for celebration for Twitter insiders and venture capital backers, such as Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital and Benchmark Capital.

ESOP Association Announces 32 Companies Receive Silver ESOP Award for Plan Longevity Oct. 25, 2017 (Washington, DC)-- As part of its celebration of Employee Ownership Month, The ESOP Association is proud to announce that this year 32 companies have earned the prestigious Silver ESOP Award.

At my Thanksgiving celebrations, there is no such thing as quiet or dining room tables for that matter — just one long, loud and crazy buffet line.

That was very interesting thing to read about and I respect every word it came with and Thank you for the guidance and encouragement therefore I find my self more attracted to read the old books after all they are the elder parts of our book what ever they say although each has his own belief and can figure which are similar to ours and which are not... after all verses seemed as ours although were put differently... Thank you again and wish all the Christians a Happy and Peaceful celebration for this occasion... our prayers and peace upon the soul and the spirit of the Prophet and Messenger of God Jesus the Son of Mary..

Christmas is a pagan holiday, on a pagan date for the winter solstice, Easter began as a celebration of the pagan god Ester.

«Inclusivity and respect are fundamental to all of us in our academy, and we are very pleased that what we take for granted in terms of how we behave, has been recognised externally as worthy of celebration».

Celebrations were international but focused especially on his native Edinburgh, where the university has been keen both to honor his presence as a student there, and to make recompense for the fact that in 1745 it rejected his application for a professorship in philosophy — as, in 1751, did Glasgow University, preferring to appoint Adam Smith.

Partly it is a celebration of power for its own sake: the gleeful freedom of the builders of Babel rising again as they sense that God is just a concept, and one that hinders their autonomy.

When the post-modernist argues that justice is a game we play; a set of rules two or more people agree upon as the frame within which to carry on their social intercourse (see, for instance, JG), the discussion shifts from a celebration of various uniqueness to the difficult question of how they interact.

We here in Yemen our Unity day celebration is on 22 May since 1990 to date but this time because of the troubles in the country related to changes we are threatened by the oppositions that they would make of it a bloody date marching towards the presidency to remove the president against the will of many who prefer having the president finish his legal ruling period rather than those coming to rule by coup rather than legal honest elections... Honestly what a mess we are in by those oppositions who what to take over what the youth have achieved and will be using those youth as their slaughter sheep for them to reach the ruling chair and then again when they both oppositions fight among them over it...

While we should hesitate to pass an anachronistic judgment on his behavior, we can at least restrain the celebrations of his fiancée, Maria von Wedemeyer, as his true love, the heroine for the perfect hero — celebrations that were inspired by the publication of their correspondence in Love Letters from Cell 92.

Rather than viewing it as an opportunity, a cause for celebration, most of us consider our increased leisure a threat.

As for the authors speculation that Yashua could rebrand pagan celebrations to glorify God it is absurd.

It's an all - stops - pulled celebration of the Middle Ages as the summit of Christian civilization — a sentiment I find at least somewhat attractive, until I remind myself that it would require later centuries for us to acquire the blessings of anesthesia, modern dentistry, and single - barrel bourbon.

The administration of the Church's sacraments is equally important, of course, and this is especially true for us if we accept the position of the sixteenth - century Reformers that in the celebration of the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, as well as in the pulpit, the gospel is proclaimed and expressed.

The last song was a loud and boisterous celebration and all of a sudden all the kids, as one, without prompting, just began to head for the scaffolded stage, climbing the step and they began to dance.

Interests in God as useful to achieving personal wholeness, even of the most «spiritual» sort, and interests in God as necessary for social justice and emancipation, even the most urgent cases, will be under pressure to surrender pride of place to apparently irrelevant» interests in God that take the form of joy in and celebration of the odd ways God is present, for their own sake.

The need is for strategic thinking, practical enticements, celebration of successes, and seizing opportunities as they appear.

Or that the provisions for the budget of the fed should be alloted as per decreed by St Augustus to the feasts of celebration?

There are plenty of Christians willing to give up all that other stuff for a somber reflection on the birth of Christ (that's why the Puritans worked to outlaw Xmas celebrations as frivolous and distractive).

The redemption of the festivals shows that God can redeem holidays and rituals for His own honor and glory, and that even as His people, He still wants us to enjoy life with parties, laughter, and celebrations.

Wouldn't it come as a baffling shock if Christians everywhere put down their picket signs, ceased the boycotts, dropped the Christmas lawsuits, and instead, showered politicians, business owners, and ACLU workers that show disdain for Christmas / Christians with thoughtful gifts, invitations to OUR Christmas celebrations, letters of prayers, (not condemning ones), asking nothing in return?

It is interesting to observe that while preparing for the centenary celebrations of the 1893 World Congress of Religions of Chicago, Metropolitan Paulose Mar Gregorios said that Chicago 1993 Global Concourse of Religions must «be committed not just to dialogue with each other but to the future of humanity as a whole».

I am not saying that any of you should not observe Christmas as a religious celebration but for me I can't do so in good conscience anymore, therefore, I may be the weaker amongst you so lets agree to have differences that are not ultimately a deciding matter of our salvation.

Christmas is a secular holiday for many of us, and stripping the jesus stuff away makes it no less important as a celebration of family and goodwill and reflection... The christians don't own our winter holiday just because of the name...