Sentences with phrase «called to the service of»

During his struggle for independence Kirkland wrote: «I have never denied our Methodist allegiance, I have never denied our Methodist history, but I have maintained that greater than Methodism was the cause of Christ and that the call for service in His name was greater than the call to the service of the Church.»

I say to you candidly, as I have said before, I have never found a man, be he Methodist or be he non-Methodist, willing to contribute to our work here who has not endorsed a liberal Christian policy in the administration of affairs... I have never denied our Methodist allegiance, I have never denied our Methodist history, but I have maintained that, greater than Methodism was the cause of Christ and that the call for service in His name was greater than the call to the service of the Church.

It is called to the service of mankind.

In view of the current misunderstanding of the PCG concerning the extension of my call to the service of the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church through the Presbytery of New York City and the clear understanding of the PNYC of the PC (USA) polity regarding transfer of my membership to the Presbytery and for that matter under their jurisdiction in their letter of September 24, 2015 to you, I have decided with the support of my family to resign from the Ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana with effect from October 31, 2015.

Not exact matches

Maintenance contracts drive service calls, which drive customer relationships, which drive sales of new systems, since it's a lot easier to sell a $ 300 maintenance contract than it is to sell an $ 8,000 system — and when that time comes he's no longer «selling a new system» to a cold - call customer, he's «replacing outdated and inefficient systems» for a current customer.

The service is also getting ready to debut multiple original shows developed specifically for CBS All Access, including a spin - off of the hit drama The Good Wife and the first new Star Trek series in more than a decade, called Star Trek: Discovery, which is expected to premiere in 2017.

Reps are held responsible for the outcomes of their customer group, measured by metrics such as how frequently customers defect to another carrier or how often they call support, and reps and their managers are empowered to hand out service credits or alter bills.

Called «Seeso,» the service will launch widely in January, at which point members can pay $ 3.99 per month for ad - free access to a full library NBC comedy programming — from new episodes of Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show to all past episodes of classic shows like The Office and 30 Rock — along with a slate of new original series and stand - up comedy specials.

If you subscribe to one of these services, such as RoboKiller, it will prevent unwanted calls from ever going through.

Meanwhile, hackers used a different method of attack last weekend to steal $ 400,000 worth of the cryptocurrency Lumens, used on the Stellar digital payment system, from an online wallet service called BlackWallet.

The company is attempting to help low - income, elderly, and homeless Americans connect to basic health care services with the help of a tech platform called Commons.

He was also an early investor in one of the hottest companies in China at the moment called Meituan, a local services platform often referred to as the Groupon of China.

From 10 - hour calls, to a rep running to get a pair of shoes from a rival store to hand deliver to a customer because the company ran out, stories of jaw - dropping customer service stories are common there.

A single Zappos representative completed a successful customer service call that lasted 10 hours and 28 minutes, led to the resolution of the customer's problem and the sale of a pair of Ugg boots.

You can work on your own or on contract with appliance stores to cover their warranty service calls — or, best of all, you can do some of each.

So by fostering a culture in which employees can make such a call — the first of Zappos» 10 core values exhorts employees to go «above and beyond the average level of service to create an emotional impact on the receiver» — Hsieh walks away with a hat trick.

The new home - oriented service would be a so - called triple play, offering gigabit - speed Internet, a cable TV - like channel bundle, and voice telephone service at a «competitive» but «premium» price, head of wireless John Stratton said according to analysts who attended the meeting.

Not a musician, not a band (unless you consider him the front man for the band called Apple), just the guy who realized that even in a world of «free,» millions of people would pay for music if the service and player were easy to use, convenient, and extremely user - friendly.

Maoli knew logistics, but he needed extra help forming those personal connections, so he called an old friend — Gary Gabriele, a hospitality prodigy who had worked his way up from dishwasher to general manager of a local hotel franchise by the age of 21 — and asked him to run Flash's customer service.

Instead of yelling at the guy who cut you off or getting stuck in a blocked - in parking spot, General Motors China says it has a solution: It's called DiDi Plate, and it lets Android users text any car owner by scanning their license plate with their phone's camera and sending it to a cloud ID service.

While the vast majority of Pornhub's revenue comes from ads that appear alongside its videos, the site generates a portion of its earnings from its streaming - subscription service, called Pornhub Premium, which provides users with access to ad - free videos and HD content.

Online marketing, also called digital marketing, is the process of using the web and internet - connected services to promote your business and website.

At this writing, peer - to - peer car sharing is still banned in the state; Getaround's competitor, RelayRides (now called Turo), was fined $ 200,000 in 2013 by the New York Department of Financial Services for noncompliance with insurance regulations.

And two - thirds of respondents are okay with taxi driver and call center jobs being lost if it means access to better transportation and customer service.

The NASA deal is the latest in a series of partnerships Uber has struck to get UberAir — which is what the new service is called — off the ground.

The service, called Fly - Fi, is provided by Amazon and available on all domestic flights, free of charge to all passengers.

In a sharply worded press release, a group known as the 9948 Fair Treatment Coalition states that documents it obtained through Access to Information «raise disturbing questions» about the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Department of Finance's conduct in the so - called iPod tax dispute.

While there are exceptions — a certain president comes to mind — hardcore violations of Twitter's terms of service are usually the work of so - called eggs (i.e., users who have the default avatar because they never bothered to choose one) and other anonymous trolls with follower counts in the dozens.

The popularity of Pokémon Go threatens companies like Foursquare, which has a service called Swarm offering coupons and prizes to customers who «check in» at participating venues, and social e-commerce sites like Groupon and LivingSocial, which many businesses use as a vehicle to offer discount deals.

«I believed I've extended a good service to the innocent people of North Korea who are deprived from seeing their parents who live miles away or can't call their children when they come back from school,» he said.

Feast is co-founder and CEO of Cogito Corporation, a Boston - based software startup that uses artificial intelligence to measure and improve the quality of certain key conversations, such as sales and customer - service calls, in real time.

Not only did they manage to sell their online phone company to eBay for $ 2.6 billion, but they managed to retain control of the core technology behind the phone service, a company called Joltid.

By the fall of 2010, just a year after the buyout, Skype was surging: Users had climbed to 600 million from about 400 million a year earlier — and it saw rising usage of its video calling services.

I started going door to door in 1995 to sell subscriptions to a magazine and call - in service, in which people would submit reviews of the work someone had done for them.

Arrington told Fortune that the fund would invest primarily in digital assets, including exotic ones, and in so - called «initial coin offerings,» which involve the sale of digital tokens that can in some cases provide access to an online service such as file sharing.

During the call, Uber also said that it would make changes to the way it works with drivers, many of whom have complained about their pay and input they have on how the service is operated.

Instead of having to call and sit on a phone waiting to ask a five - second question, you can simply message a customer service chatbot and get your answer in a flash.

This is especially important, in light of the fact that most customer service calls and complaints are simple to resolve.

The National Weather Service called the rainfall event «unprecedented», and while the National Hurricane Center's warnings of «catastrophic and life - threatening flooding» have subsided, the floodwaters in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana will take days, if not a week, to retreat.

MDA recently signed the first commercial contract to develop what's called a space infrastructure - servicing vehicle, essentially an outer space version of a mechanic and gas station rolled into one.

Some businesses also attempt to gauge the success of an event by providing a toll - free telephone number for attendees to call for more information about their products or services.

«TalkLocal is using a mobile - only approach where they will try to get a call by a service provider within a set period of time.

Bitcoin.com - not to be confused with the non-revenue making bitcoin.org - was founded in 2015 by bitcoin investor Roger Ver, and provides a range of services related to bitcoins, including a bitcoin casino, news services and its so called bitcoin «mining pool» - the site's biggest single source of revenue - where it forges new units of the cryptocurrency to be released for trading.

«I felt it was our duty and very personally more of a call of duty than I ever felt in the service to come and stand in front of the guns and the mace and the water and the threat that they pose to these people,» said Anthony Murtha, 29, a Navy veteran from Detroit, at the Oceti Sakowin camp.

Amazon operates a service called Prime that gives users unlimited free two - day shipping, and cheap one - day shipping in addition to free streaming of roughly 11,000 movies and TV shows in the U.S. Anyone who purchases a Kindle Fire (not yet available in Canada) will get a free 30 - day trial of Prime.

Make a complete list of what you want a service to provide, including everything from follow - up phone calls, monthly reports and billing procedures.

These days, plenty of brands still try to compete in their industry based on the price of their offering, attempting to undercut competitors while still delivering a product or service that can be called satisfactory.

«If they can't call in new employees to help service demand or send people home, they're going to have to err on the side of less employees in the interest of costs,» she said.

Of course, it might seem unfair to seek a senior Web developer who will also answer customer - service calls, but that's not necessarily unprecedented.

I am heading to Calgary next week to speak on these same topics with the directors of Livestock Identification Services Ltd., as well as directors of a few additional beef industry groups and one being a newly formed national beef agency called Canada Beef Inc..