Sentences with phrase «at her local church with»

For just a moment, let's look at the local church with a «parish lens.»

Christina volunteers at her local church with the children.

Hannah and Alex were married on the 17th of August, at their local church with the reception afterwards in a nearby field in Beckley, Oxfordshire.

Not exact matches

Like me, you may have at one time or another found yourself looking at the state of the church, either local or at large and expressing some level of discontentment with your perceptions.

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.

In recent decades, ministries that are involved in crusade evangelism have tried to increase the long - term effectiveness of their efforts by engaging local churches and ministries to perform follow - up discipleship with those who come forward at a crusade.

Browsing the new arrivals shelf at your local theological library, you're now as likely to find titles by the Catholic dogmatician Matthew Levering, the Orthodox historical theologian Paul Gavrilyuk, and the Reformed theologian Kevin Vanhoozer on why we need to continue to speak, with the early Church, of God's inability to suffer — and of God's voluntary assumption of our human nature, in Jesus Christ, in order to share, and thereby overcome, our suffering — as you are to find another volume on God's suffering in the divine nature itself.

«Mississippi Baptists both reject racial discrimination and at the same time respect the autonomy of our local churches to deal with difficulties and disagreements under the lordship of Jesus,» said Dr. Jim Futral, the executive director the Mississippi Baptist Convention.

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.

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.

In a resolution approved Wednesday at their annual meeting, Southern Baptist leaders stopped short of urging churches to cut ties with local troops in protest of the Scouting change, but didn't encourage them to stay, either.

«But we're actually interacting with people at a local authority level and trying to encourage people in the church to talk about not just the message they're hearing... but also the work that the church is doing and why we're doing it.»

one of the things that drew me to my current church was that the pastor's kids went to school with mine at the local public school ---- good kids but not perfect, and they are okay with that.

At the level of the local church we note exhibits of religious painting and sculpture, productions of modern plays like those of Eliot and Christopher Fry, as well as initiatives with respect to the dance and...

In my own church, I see how several times during the month, groups of fellow Christians, armed with a list of local homes in disrepair, go at no cost to fix a front porch, or gutters, or save a poor widow from having her house condemned.

That's a great distinction... I am part of a community who seeks to follow Christ; this community is both local, my friends at school and the church, and distant, my friends across the country and world; I interact with both to further my walk with God.

It suggests that maintaining healthy diversity among particular churches means decentralization and communication at the local level, but in global terms with global contacts.

Our aim at World Relief is to pair every refugee with a local church.

But my guess is that if «local» accommodation becomes impossible, Catholics unhappy with this state of affairs will simply leave the Church (few believe that this would put their salvation at risk).

At this level contact is needed not only with secular futuristic institutes and universities but also with local churches, with ecumenical and denominational headquarters, with the ghettos, the marketplaces, and wherever new ideas, values, styles of life, and socially effective forces are coming into being.

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 friends, Megan and Chervelle, planned the fundraiser circuit workout at a local church, complete with prizes to benefit the amazing program Keep a Girl in School in Gulu, Uganda.

Landry then helped the committee match its own story with its denominational heritage, noting where the people at Faith Church had cherished its sacred deposit from its total past and where it had gone its own way in the shaping of its local tradition.

«7 A local church examining its own plot explores at the same time its inescapable identity with the actions of all groups: their linkages, unfoldings, thickenings, and twists.

A large cross outside at a church nearby was draped with white fabric, symbolizing «Resurrection» while the local paper ran pictures of rescuers working around the clock to recover the dead in the rubble of the bombed building.

It is these little nuances with life that points to something that science and atheist can not fully explain no more than the Pastor of the local church, after a storm, looks upon his town and has to field questions of «why my house» while at the same time having to field «Thank the Lord my house was spared.»

We remark the curious fact that just as, thirty years ago, the churches had about succeeded in excising Bach and Palestina from the ken of the new generation at the moment college and high school choirs were finding them — and church schools, afraid of the recondite reaches of the doctrine of the Lord's Supper, beheld their children at school singing «0 Magnum Mysterium» and «Ave, Corpus Verum» — so, too, the preaching fashion, having become in large part the holy branch office of the local psychiatric clinic, is now confronted with «J.B.,» «The Fall,» «Christmas Oratoria,» and the considerable theological imagery in «Four Quartets.»

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.

Rev Steve Bailey met with the local branch committee of the Royal British Legion, which organises the parade, to discuss the issue and both agreed to scrap the usual song choice at the service to mark the war dead in St Peter's Church in Oadby, Leicester.

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.»

At the level of the local church we note exhibits of religious painting and sculpture, productions of modern plays like those of Eliot and Christopher Fry, as well as initiatives with respect to the dance and the pageant.

He chose a secular profession but remained active in his local Christian community, volunteering with youth at the contemporary - style Celebration Church in Harare and eventually becoming its full - time minister in 2003.

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.

A life filled and consumed with Christianity is not validated by merely attending a few Sunday morning sessions at a local church.

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.

Local churches from different denominations are also getting involved before the four - day campaign ends with a celebration service at St Saviour Church of England Church.

If we look at the history of Christianity, the early church was also faced with a vast amount of plural voices as well — the various cults of the barbarians, local deities, and mystery religions.

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.

Ah — it was at first an odd but very freeing feeling walking past the endless row of cars parked outside «churches» in Northern Ireland as I headed to the local coffee house with my Sunday papers.

In our city, churches with such agreements can always refuse access at the last minute, but at least the Red Cross knows how many people a church can shelter if they are willing, under the terms outlined by the local church.

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.

He has just been made a local missionary at a church plant in north London and, working with the Message Trust's Eden community, has moved his family to a local estate to reach out to underprivileged young people.

Such consultation may occur at many levels: consultation to pastors concerning problem clients with whom they are working; consultation to a pastor and the church administration regarding human relation problems in the congregation; consultation to groups or programs in a congregation that are designed to assist people in the church; consultation to a local, regional, or denominational administration in regard to evaluation of religious candidates, human relations problems in the administration, or denominational programming related to mental health issues; consultation to a group of churches who sponsor a joint community program.

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.

ED: You said we need to have protocols for dealing with reporting abuse at the local church level.

They opened the sanctuary for prayer, called in a local Denver seminary professor who did grief counseling after the shootings at Columbine High School and started planning joint activities with Queen of Peace Catholic Church, which abuts their property.

If you mean no longer attending services at a local church house with pews, a parking lot, sanctuary and message board outside, then I am perfectly at ease with what's being described here.