Sentences with phrase «at a local church for»

A funeral gatecrasher who attended every wake at her local church for the last 14 years has been defended by its priest after being criticised by grieving relatives.

A funeral gatecrasher who attended every wake at her local church for the last 14 years has been defended... More

I was a volunteer elementary school religion teacher at a local church for three years.

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I have been in the local ministry at the same church for 24 years.

ACN is helping local Church leaders to stand up for people's rights by providing support at the Inter-Religious Dialogue Centre in Khulna.

As Rebecca's faith grew, Shawn started to read the Bible for himself and ended up in tears, praying the «sinner's prayer» at a Bible study group in his local church.

America's churches, at the local level, which have been largely silent, must actively engage for this to succeed.

At the same time as Bishop Chartres was making it plain that he would sooner demolish an unused Anglican building than allow an Ordinariate parish to use it, Archbishop Vincent was saying that the natural place for Ordinariate Catholics to worship would be their local Catholic parish church.

I was new to the area, had just joined the local Mormon church, and here were these women at my house with a gift, a meal for my husband, a smile, a hug and a sympathetic ear.

Finally, all agreed that the best forms of ecumenism, for the foreseeable future at least, should be local and ad hoc, involving such small but powerful gestures as learning to pray with and for local Catholic and Orthodox churches.

We offer groups for every other category of life, but when it comes to singles — if you're past college, there's a good chance you're out of luck when it comes to finding a group to connect with at your local church.

Many professors at Wesley and other seminaries speak in local churches regularly, but can not fill the demand for solid teaching that comes just from the churches within driving distance.

For this local church is the place where the layman must really find his place and his responsibility, where he must feel at home, Just as in a family where one also does not like everyone.

Sure, I was writing marketing copy about new mammogram machines at the local hospital and articles about church planting in Alberta for the North American Mission board, but I was making a good living.

Just for a few moments, please try and put on another set of lenses in order to objectively look at a social phenomenon that I believe the local church must address.

I was appointed to a parish in Appalachia half time, and taught half time at a local church junior college, named for its founder, Young Harris.

In addition to shaping Christian thought through his voluminous publications («Fundamentalism» and the Word of God, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, and A Quest for Godliness, to name only three of the most popular), he helped steer the flagship Evangelical magazine Christianity Today, spoke at countless Evangelical conferences and local churches, mentored hundreds of future pastors through his seminary teaching, and lent his name to the back covers of more Evangelical books than probably any other Christian endorser ever.

«This year - long tour has given me a real understanding of how the innovation and vibrancy displayed by cathedral staff and their congregations is ensuring that these important churches continue to play a crucial role at the heart of local communities now and for centuries to come.»

In the late 70's, early 80's my son and I attend the Jews for Jesus Liberated Wailing Wall concerts whenever they sang at the local EP Church.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

Elders at Ridgedale Church of Christ told Linda Cooper and two relatives that their public support for Kat Cooper, Linda Cooper's gay daughter, went against the church's teachings, local media repChurch of Christ told Linda Cooper and two relatives that their public support for Kat Cooper, Linda Cooper's gay daughter, went against the church's teachings, local media repchurch's teachings, local media reported.

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.

Yes, as a catholic I believe the church at local level should have hand these so - called priest over the local authorities, also, there has been a great number of people coming forward and filing lawsuits looking for money, we all know that.

«National women leaders should be a reference point,» she said, «but not a replacement for female leadership at the local church level.»

«National women leaders should be a reference point, but not a replacement for female leadership at the local church level.»

One need only look at President Jimmy Carter, who went so far as to teach Sunday school at his local Baptist church, to see how a sitting president can make room for faith, said Balmer of Dartmouth, who counts among his many books «God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush.»

The strongest evidence on that point appears on the first page of her book, where «Bill,» a member of Grace, talks about his identity as a Christian and an American and about his volunteer work, through the church, at a local shelter for disadvantaged teens.

Rev Canon Geoff Johnston Archdeacon for Spain at the Diocese of Europe told Premier local churches will be more than willing to help.

Hold infants at your local church nursery while the parents attend service; participate in a house build with Habitat for Humanity; mentor a student at a nearby school a few times a month; sponsor a missionary overseas; give wildly beyond the tithe.

My husband and some other men at our church get up every Saturday morning and go buy and cook breakfast for our local men's shelter.

The same holds true for making contributions to the local church, for participating in nonworship activities at church, for upholding the traditional role of women, for being dissatisfied with today's moral climate, and for expressing traditional and more restrictive sexual values.

It was Wheeler who was asked to write the closing chapter, assessing the import of congregational studies for the future of the church, of the upcoming book reporting on the findings presented at the Atlanta conference (Building Effective Ministry: Theory and Practice of the Local Church, to be published by Harper & Row in early church, of the upcoming book reporting on the findings presented at the Atlanta conference (Building Effective Ministry: Theory and Practice of the Local Church, to be published by Harper & Row in early Church, to be published by Harper & Row in early 1983).

A consultation convened by the WCC in cooperation with the Innere Mission of East Germany's evangelical churches issued this statement: «We affirm the continuing need for institutions in which the most severely disabled experience help, protection and care, even while at the same time we call for the integration of the disabled and the able - bodied within the local congregation.»

Within a local area, numbers of churches will tacitly accept an ecumenical answer by simply pointing out that «signing» for the deaf is carried on at one or more specific churches in the city, and deaf members in a church where such signing is not practiced are in effect invited to the church where it is, even though that church may be of another denomination.

«I don't view seminaries as training schools, stamping out exactly what local churches identify as their needs for the next day; that's not their function at all.

One must, surely, chuckle with delight at the wonderfully ironic thought of the physical overlap of all those deliberately liturgically impoverished South coast dioceses with all those currently Anglo - Catholic parishes, soon to be safely in the Catholic Church but barricaded against the local Catholic bishop within their ordinariate, South coast parishes so renowned for reverent, sumptuous and utterly numinous liturgy, often with wonderful music sung by professional choirs, and glorious antique vestments, saved from the scrap heap as they were thrown out ofCatholic churches by the Spirit - of - Vatican - ll.

Local churches should participate with other community groups in establishing panels for review and evaluation of movies playing at local theatres, and in helping communicate any resulting viewpoints to church members and others in the commuLocal churches should participate with other community groups in establishing panels for review and evaluation of movies playing at local theatres, and in helping communicate any resulting viewpoints to church members and others in the commulocal theatres, and in helping communicate any resulting viewpoints to church members and others in the community.

The same difference in response holds true for making contributions to the local church, for participating in nonworship activities at a church, and for social attitudes such as upholding the traditional role of women, being dissatisfied with today «s moral climate and holding traditional and more restrictive sexual values.

If the church exists not for itself but for the world, then it is at the local level, and especially through its lay members, that church and world meet.

Moreover, at a time of increasing specialization, local churches can be the meeting place for a genuine exchange of views, a marketplace of ideas and values, a place where — within an environment of Christian love and support — people can deal with controversy in realistic and productive ways.

We might choose an artist to support monetarily or with encouragement and prayer for a month, connect with local artists and find out what their supply needs are (paint, canvas, etc. is expensive), invite an artist to paint live at an event, commission them to make art for your family or one of your church's ministries.

So when a local gathering of believers is trying to decide whether or not they are accomplishing God's will for the church in their community, they must not look at the numbers of bodies who sit a pew, the amount of money collected in the offering, or the square feet of the building in which these things take place.

At the local level, pro-life leaders are connecting the mission of the Church and the centrality of the Gospel to advocacy for unborn children and their mothers.

The report called the churches to search for an authentic community in Christ at the local level, which would encompass, but be larger than, the local church community (because the kingdom is wider than the church).

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan cChurch; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan cchurch and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan churchchurch.

I also have questions about a definition of the church that assumes that the local pastor places it «foremost in his life» while for «the most dedicated elder, deacon, or trustee — with rare exception» — it has, at best, third priority.

It is possible that religious television programs for church members fill a complementary role, maintaining and increasing their enthusiasm by providing alternative ideas for local church development, maintaining their level of personal inspiration, or by supplying things which are not otherwise available at their local church.

I «hang out» as an «active non-member» at a local Episcopal Church in NC because most of the people there respect personal boundaries, but, having lived for 18 months in West Africa in the early 60's, I am an enthusiastic admirer of Mother Teresa and her ministry to the poor in a non-Western culture.

Meanwhile, back at the local association of churches, the executive minister could cooperate fully with the local churches and their ministers to launch integrated mission programs for the area.

Since activity at that level is now insignificant throughout the denomination, recruitment for state and national office necessarily focuses on «successful» local pastors and active laypersons from the larger and more affluent churches.