Sentences with phrase «by local clergy»

For my efforts I have been called «deceitful» and «untruthful» by local clergy and, my favorite, «a fool who doeth think he is wise» by a resident Marine Biologist.

Interfaith prayers will be offered by local clergy to soften the hearts of those not homeless.

A.E. Medlycott points out that the value of the report of Theophilus is its evidence that by the middle of the fourth century India or its adjacent territories had indigenous, worshipping congregations ministered to by local clergy, with customs such as sitting for the Gospel, that were well adapted to the Indian culture though divergent from accepted western practice.

It is important to note Medlycott's observation that Lie worshipping congregation at this time were ministered to by local clergy.

Not exact matches

Every year the Queen marks Maundy by offering alms to senior citizens - retired pensioners recommended by clergy and ministers of all denominations - in recognition of service to the Church and to the local Community.

Most of the Anglo - Catholic clergy who stayed in their ghetto did so because of their refusal to leave their people behind: asone Anglican priest who had attempted to take his Parish to Rome and had been repulsed by his local Catholic bishop put it to me, the essential was that «Rome has got to have a more creative view of the corporate nature of our present existence».

Those making a pilgrimage to Israel from various countries around the world joined local Franciscan clergy by packing into the Cenacle - or Upper Room - to remember the final meal Jesus ate with the Twelve Disciples prior to his Crucifixion.

That moment triggered a series of responses and counter responses by authorities and residents, as well as local and national clergy that shaped two weeks of protest and clarified camps that were largely defined by social and religious location.

The meeting was interrupted by clergy from a local black Baptist alliance, who were angered by my claim that black churches, along with many other groups, were having trouble writing effective grant proposals or administering and evaluating social programs.

A partnership between the community mental health center and the local clergy should include consultative services with the clergy to assist them with their own pastoral care and counseling ministry with their parishioners; education and training opportunities in mental health, including evaluative and referral procedures in relation to the local mental health center; and the development and supervision of an after - care ministry with patients originally referred to the center by the local minister, priest, or rabbi.

This frustration is illustrated, for example, by the inability to understand the small number of referrals by clergymen to the mental health centers (approximately 3 percent), whereas the expectation is that local clergy should be a primary source of referrals.

At least one center has a clergy staff person who is supported, in part, by the local Council of Churches.

(d) Education and Training — in such areas as continuing education for local clergy, in - service staff training, clinical pastoral education by qualified supervisors, and educating of clergy and laymen in programs of positive mental health.

Local clergy were disenfranchised by the reorganization of the American Baptist Convention into a biennial nonorganization called the «American Baptist Churches, USA.»

Known locally as Big Red, the Wrestling Preacher, Madison is taken very seriously by local media, clergy, city hall and many young men.

She has no patience for the soothing pleasantries of the local priest, who drops by her house for a cup of tea and is served a profane rant about pedophilia in the Catholic clergy.

Flanked by Chicago Public School (CPS) parents, Local School Council leaders, clergy and educators, the Chicago Teachers Union released its vision of what the city's schools should look like for all students to be successful during a news conference at its headquarters today.