Sentences with phrase «by service to the church»

Fear and guilt was used to keep the masses in line, and piety was defined by service to the church.

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She ended a 2009 visit to China by attending services at a state - sanctioned church, having a conversation with women's rights activists and doing a short Web chat.

He received his degree in Industrial Engineering in Munich, Germany, is an Honorary Senator of the University of Innsbruck, received the Medal of «Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres» from the French Republic in 2001; the «Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold» for Services to the Republic of Austria in 2006; and the «Order of Merit» in Gold given by the Lutheran Church of Austria, 2007.

Yes, I looked for god by Reading the bible, attending church services, exploring and appreciating nature, and by trying to submit my self to the will of the universe.

Religion News Service: Poll: Queen should remain head of the Church of England Nearly three - quarters of people in England believe Queen Elizabeth II should retain her position as titular head of the Church of England, according to an opinion poll commissioned by Britain's largest television and radio broadcaster.

As it turned out, the parishioner who had made that insulting remark so many decades earlier got the very same service, and her nice casket was covered at the door of the church by the same pall that covered dear Bernice's very lowly casket.I look forward to the day when Bernice and the other lady stand side by side before the throne of heavenly grace.

Our service is an outreach to the community, for people who have been hurt by church in the past, non believers, people who are feel they are outcasts, etc.We run with no budget, all the offering goes to a need in the community, tonight its going to a senior that lost everything in a house fire.

(1) Churches on base of all religions are funded by the government... yes, your tax dollars are paying for me to be able to enjoy whichever religious service of the 10 denominations that my small base has (not Fort Bragg)... and if I want to be Christian one day, switch to Muslim another, or Jewish another then your tax dollars are still going to pay for me to have freedom of choosing my religion on base.

Weddings still contain the appearance of some of these forms, as do some church services that are sprinkled with violin accents that are lamented by strings players as «football scores,» reflecting the shape of the whole notes that they must play repeatedly as a form of musical gingerbread to elevate the tone of the event.

It can only be met by a robustly evangelical Catholicism that proposes the gospel in a compelling and courageous way, and that insists that public authorities permit the Church the free space to be itself, make its gospel proposal, and offer the service of charity to others.

Here in China where I live and work as a teacher, there is a state church that is monitored heavily by the government and there are the House churches that are now beginning to be heard and are holding there services out in public, but the members are being arrested and thrown in jail and yet they continue to hold there services.

«When the Church, through your service, sets about to declare the truth about marriage in a concrete case, for the good of the faithful, at the same time you must always remember that those who, by choice or unhappy circumstances of life, are living in an objective state of error, continue to be the object of the merciful love of Christ and thus the Church herself.

And because of that, your church is clearly seeing every flawed ministry, every lack of programming, every glitch in the Sunday service, and generally everything that was once flying by too fast to see.

In all seriousness... most of the members of the church probably get SO annoyed by Lucas when he's babbling incoherently into the microphone while they are trying to have the service.

The survey suggests that while church attendance patterns over the past three and half decades have been most influenced by changes in how often Southerners, Catholics and women go to services, other factors may play a bigger role in the future, Schwadel said, noting how church attendance had stayed mostly steady despite the demographic changes.

I was one of those cutting edge ministers who was hired by a mainline church to start a «contemporary» service (read: a church service with a live band and worship team instead of an organ and choir) in the late 90's when it was the trendy thing to do.

The writer to this article is not a very informed or intelligent individual and anyone who judges the LDS church by the polygamist doctrine is missing out on a true and virtuous, motivating, and service oriented religion, and is ultimately rejecting the gospel of Jesus Christ.

I was at a church service a week ago when the guest preacher started off by telling the crowd that he was going to offend us.

If I walk into a church service pretty much anywhere in America and ask people to raise their hand if they have been hurt by a church (specifically the leadership of a church), nearly everyone will raise their hand.

Interestingly, the bullying behavior was by two women were limited to a group that participated in a single church service, and when I left that service, stopped volunteering in the ministry I enjoyed the most, and stopped attending on anything other than Sunday morning, the bullying stopped.

Moreover, the ministry of the churches, by providing such services to known undocumented persons, is criminalized under this law.»

A concern for compassion and justice for the victims, however, does not excuse a lack of faithfulness to the truth, and frequently the occasion of sexual abuse by Catholics has itself been abused in the service of dishonest propaganda against the Catholic Church, and our Priests in particular.

The Catholic church has been doing a great service to the poor, needy and the underpriveleged and nuns have been leading the way in those life changing efforts for centuries.These women have already set a great example by actively participating and leading in activities of the Catholic church.

Seeker sensitive churches try to correct the weakness of teaching churches by making their church programs and services more welcoming to unbelievers.

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.

His memorial service at West Angeles Church of God in Christ on January 20th was attended by musicians in Gospel and pop music from Stevie Wonder to Kirk Franklin, which offers a snapshot of the extent of his influence.

This appears to count against a shift from nationalism to economism, but in fact, just as in the nationalist epoch church institutions were justified by their contribution to the nation, now government institutions are justified by their service to the economy.

Special attention should be given to the practice of scheduling religious services and to the use of Church buildings by these groups, including the facilities of Catholic schools and colleges.

To cite a present - day example: Many people were not at all surprised at the report (in January, 1968; whether the report was correct I do not know) that so noted a theologian as Helmut Thielicke had called on a number of officer - candidates to prevent leftist students from disrupting the worship service at a Hamburg church by their demonstrationTo cite a present - day example: Many people were not at all surprised at the report (in January, 1968; whether the report was correct I do not know) that so noted a theologian as Helmut Thielicke had called on a number of officer - candidates to prevent leftist students from disrupting the worship service at a Hamburg church by their demonstrationto prevent leftist students from disrupting the worship service at a Hamburg church by their demonstrations.

It is defined by the Catechism of the Catholic Church as being a vocation to «prayer, penance, and the service of her brethren» (CCC 923).

Religion News Service: Mormon missionary applications soar by 471 percent Just two weeks since Mormon President Thomas S. Monson announced that young men could go on full - time missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints at age 18 (down from 19) and young women could go at 19 (down from 21), the Utah - based church has seen applications skyrocket from an average of 700 a week to 4,000 aChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints at age 18 (down from 19) and young women could go at 19 (down from 21), the Utah - based church has seen applications skyrocket from an average of 700 a week to 4,000 achurch has seen applications skyrocket from an average of 700 a week to 4,000 a week.

It would be a great mistake to understand Bonhoeffer as abolishing the worshipping church and replacing service and sacrament by acts of charity.

If you want to kill your church, the best place to begin is by cancelling the church service.

Cool congregations can get so wrapped up in the «performance» of church that they forget to actually be the church, a phenomenon painfully illustrated by the story of the child with cerebral palsy who was escorted from the Easter service at Elevation Church for being a «distraction.&church that they forget to actually be the church, a phenomenon painfully illustrated by the story of the child with cerebral palsy who was escorted from the Easter service at Elevation Church for being a «distraction.&church, a phenomenon painfully illustrated by the story of the child with cerebral palsy who was escorted from the Easter service at Elevation Church for being a «distraction.&Church for being a «distraction.»

Each reader, whose technology is run by the London - based fintech company SumUp, needs a «merchant», most likely a Church worker, to input each transaction, and a probable scenario will see members of the congregation walking past a manned device as they enter or leave a service or event.

The crucifixion of Jesus was marked in Jerusalem on Good Friday when thousands of Christians attended a service held at a church considered by some believers to be where Jesus died and was buried.

Proposals for a brand new church service to mark an individual's gender transition have been rejected by Church of England bichurch service to mark an individual's gender transition have been rejected by Church of England biChurch of England bishops.

Harriet Beecher Stowe sat in a little church in Brunswick, Maine, and deeply moved by the communion service envisioned the death of Uncle Tom and went out to write her influential book.

Since World War II, however, only limited parts of the church are aroused to sacrificial giving and service by these visions, and no new vision has emerged to give focus and direction to the denomination.

I was so depressed, fearful, and permeated with these horrible thoughts about the Holy Spirit, and one night alone in my room I was watching one of videos of the services at church, and there was a woman who was moved by the Spirit (didn't realize it, but I thought it was her acting on her own), and I lashed out in frustration of the nonstop intrusive thoughts, because I wanted them to go away, and said «that's so stupid, and you are too Holy Ghost.»

Precisely by not dividing their time between the church and such causes, they seem to be more effective in their service.

As Don Browning, director of the Religion, Culture and Family Project at the University of Chicago Divinity School, has argued, churches that have articulated a normative theology of the family, tempered by a strong emphasis on human fallibility, are often better equipped to speak frankly about departures from their ideals and to offer services to members who have fallen short of those ideals.

One assailant was killed by a church security guard while trying to enter the service, but another — wearing a suicide vest — was shot and still made it inside, though according to reports, he didn't enter the main building.

While many quickly growing churches deal with growth by starting new ministries to handle the influx of new members, Warehouse 242 leaders decided to focus on doing three things well: small groups, the Sunday worship service and community outreach.

On the occasion of The Queen's 90th birthday, churches are being encouraged to acknowledge and celebrate her life of service by joining together for «Society Sunday» on 12 June.

Whatever balance may be struck in these areas of mixed secular and religious services funded by tax money, the mixture is inherently unstable and will tend to move in one direction or the other, usually toward increased responsiveness to broader interests than those of the sponsoring church (which is often called «secularization»)-- a process seen in church - related colleges and hospitals even without tax funding, which merely makes it happen quicker and sometimes with the force of law.

He wrote in a statement: «Particularly in areas where community resources have been stretched to the limit, the activities and services run by churches provide a lifeline to those in need, so it is important that we continue to champion the work our nation's churches continue to deliver locally on a national scale.»

No matter that even in our own complex and secular day, when the old notion of «parish» as a particular area where people sleep and work has almost expired, the majority of people can still be ministered to by local churches for most of their lives if they are interested in the services of ministry.

She said Destiny Church used to hold worship services in a high school gymnasium, but was gifted its new worship space by another cChurch used to hold worship services in a high school gymnasium, but was gifted its new worship space by another churchchurch.

These and other less central activities of the ministry of all periods are carried on by the pastoral director, but the work that lays the greatest claim to his time and thought is the care of a church, the administration of a community that is directed toward the whole purpose of the Church, namely, the increase among men of the love of God and neighbor; for the Church is becoming the minister and its «minister» is its servant, directing it in its sechurch, the administration of a community that is directed toward the whole purpose of the Church, namely, the increase among men of the love of God and neighbor; for the Church is becoming the minister and its «minister» is its servant, directing it in its seChurch, namely, the increase among men of the love of God and neighbor; for the Church is becoming the minister and its «minister» is its servant, directing it in its seChurch is becoming the minister and its «minister» is its servant, directing it in its service.