Sentences with phrase «celebration of family»

Fall is a season full of opportunity and fresh starts, a return to the home, a celebration of family, traditions, and the start of the holiday season.

Excerpted from New Thanksgiving Table: An American Celebration of Family, Friends, and Food by Diane Morgan.

Both events center around the celebration of family and we think they complement each other perfectly.

This is a nationwide week long celebration of the family and is being supported and endorsed by celebrities, media partners and a whole host of government

It is a celebration of family, community and culture of those of African descent worldwide, celebrated from December 26 through January 1 of each year.

It is a celebration of family and an investigation of the past, in private and public terms, as represented by the city of Nuremberg.

Spanning nine scenic acres against the Pacific, Oceanpoint Ranch is home to a variety of Cambria event venues for a truly unforgettable celebration of family, friends, and, of course, «I Do.»

A celebration of family and community, this is a book that proves once again that fishermen are still the best story - tellers around.

Pregnancy brings the women together in a blossoming friendship as Kate becomes entranced by Theresa's unquestioning celebration of her family - to - be... but everything changes one night at a dinner party in Kate and Justin's flat.

Winner of Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Award, THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS is an exuberant celebration of family that transforms into a thriller with colossal implications and proof that life is truly is stranger than fiction.

If that isn't an issue, The Book of Life's colorful imagery and marionette - style animation may be a refreshing celebration of family, as well as a fun look at Mexican traditions.

While «Persepolis» is in the end a celebration of family bonds and individual resilience, the film has little in common with the candy colored feel - good fare that's come to dominate animation.

It's such an everyday celebration of family life - a moment when we are all together, in one space, and of one mind.

This roast turkey recipe is one of many delicious recipes found in a cookbook called New Thanksgiving Table: An American Celebration of Family, Friends, and Food by Diane Morgan.

(CNN)- A cute little boy joined Pope Francis on stage in St. Peter's Square last weekend during a Catholic celebration of the family and refused to leave, forcing the pontiff to put Jesus» words about «suffering» the little children into practice.

Christmas, which is just as popular as ever, is already changing from being a commemoration of the birthday of a supposed savior to a celebration of family life.

In September 2015, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia plays host to the World Gathering of Families, the Church's international celebration of family life.

Christmas is a secular holiday for many of us, and stripping the jesus stuff away makes it no less important as a celebration of family and goodwill and reflection... The christians don't own our winter holiday just because of the name...

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«Kwanzaa is clearly a celebration of family, community and culture, but it is also a celebration of freedom,» he said in a statement on the 50th anniversary.

Día de Muertos or «Day of the Dead» is a celebration of family and of life.

by Dave DeWitt, Gwyneth Doland, and Patrick Holian This uniquely Mexican and Central American holiday features celebrations of family and friends to honor relatives and close friends who have died.

You need the company of like - minded moms who are in the same boat as you and can help you through the difficult days, the parenting obstacles you're dealing with and also the celebrations of your family's accomplishments.

Not exact matches

New Year's Eve is one of the biggest global celebrations, with people throughout the world coming together with family and friends to reflect on the prior year and get excited for the coming one.

Chevy's ad was a stirring celebration of the American family in all its modern forms, including ones with same - sex parents.

Family singing epitomized the porous boundaries between private and official forms of celebration.

Everyday acts of celebration - wrapping presents, decorating the home, cooking «German» holiday foods and organizing family celebrations - were linked to a cult of sentimental «Nordic» nationalism.

Chinese New Year's celebrations, which allow some prisoners over the age of 60 to have a small meal with their family, are apparently another perk.

For his birthday Friday, Redstone requested a small celebration at home with family and a few close friends, including three of his grandchildren and two great - grandchildren.

It was all of ten minutes but had the authentic feel of a family celebration.

In the end Gallienus decides to pay for the celebrations using direct theft (by confiscating and then selling the estates of his enemies and those of their families), but the final sentence of the above excerpt from a work of historical fiction reveals more knowledge of how monetary inflation works than is found in the writings of most Keynesian economists.

On what would have been her 15th birthday, family and friends of Alyssa Alhadeff, who died in the tragic Valentine's Day shootings in Parkland, gathered to remember her in two celebrations: first at the graveside unveiling of her headstone and then to play and laugh in her honor at a beach party.

While the primary purpose of a quinquennial General Conference session is to conduct business, it is also a celebration of Adventism and its progress; a «fair» where church publishers, departments, educational and medical institutions and unofficial «self - supporting ministries» show their wares and garner support; an old - fashioned revival meeting; and a «family gathering» where church employees, in particular, meet former schoolmates and colleagues.

In a diocesan mass in celebration of marriage in Stockport on Saturday, the bishop will say that Brexit negotiations are a «small issue» compared with the urgency of repairing marriage and family life in the UK.

The celebrations begin with large gatherings held in the homes of the well - to - do and middle - class Shi'a families.

Referring to the new website, he said: «I do hope this will also allow us to help support and encourage new musicians, as they form ensembles, and bring together family, friends and the wider public to enjoy the creativity and celebration of God - given musical talent.

Here, families from Israel, Estonia and India share a few of their favorites, courtesy of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, to make your celebration a little larger in spirit.

«Thanksgivukkah: The Movie» is about a nice gentile family who find their Thanksgiving celebration invaded by a family of ultra-Orthodox Jews.

What would be better, we told her, was if she would bring Jesus into her world of head coverings and kosher food and Idul Fitri celebrations, and into her family.

ok i've decided — after soul searching and observing my and other's reactions to these religious blog news on CNN learning more about religion from this alone and about the mideast than from anywhere else in my USA educated life i need to be more tolerant of others having religious based governments THAT is what is confusing me — that religion are governments are not seperated that is hard for much of USA population to understand perhaps it is for me i think you would have to actually live in a society like the mideast to truly understand it i mean — actually be part of the society the religious part is truly offputting — since most in USA seperate church and state like — church is for faith and imagination and celebration and family and community involvement and state is for protection and education and health and infrastructure, etc., for all it is hard to be serious about religion — when the serious side of society is state it is hard to see religion being the serious side of enforcement — and the state enforcing the faith based side of society egad — doesn't god get lost in all that?

Despite our dutiful celebration of Jewish holidays, God had no living presence in our family.

For some, this can be a lifeline when unexpected expenses come up, and they are a good way of encouraging thrift and saving for family celebrations such as Christmas or holidays.

When the seasons of the church year set the mood for corporate worship, events in the life of Jesus become the prism through which all else is reflected.4 But when the civic calendar and family - life celebrations govern the worship of a congregation, it is much more difficult for the pastor to convey what it means to reflect about all of life in the light of the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.

A wedding is often a great family day of celebration and the preparations and cost will be considerable.

More than 30 years ago, Cardinal Cooke of New York saw the need to provide a setting where Catholics, their families and friends, plus any interested others, could gather in confidence and safely address questions on human sexuality in a setting of prayer and celebration of the Sacraments while remaining wholly rooted in the mainstream Church.

This is a great way to bring children into the spirit of the Advent season through biblical stories and images, and Ann Voskamp has quite a few resources for doing this well: The Greatest Gift: Unwrapping the Full Love Story of Christmas, Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas, and a whole Web site full of FREE printable ornaments, coloring pages, cards, gift tags, etc..

To fight against terrorism led us to commit a family massacre in front of their children and drag their dead bodies again in front of their children, in their family home and famous celebrations over it in the States too.

All I know and observe is what I grew up with and, in my family, it's a celebration for the birth of Christ.

Unusually large gatherings in North American churches at Christmas and Easter tend to suggest that they are at least as much celebrations of loyalty to family and its tradition as they are response to God's peculiar ways of being present in Jesus of Nazareth.

Is it not possible with the eyes of faith to see in every Christmas tree, in every wreath, in every exchange of gifts, in every instance of generosity to the needy, in every family reunion of loved ones from far and near» to see in every Christmas celebration, even of those who do not acknowledge him, remote outposts of his blessings that flow as far as the curse is found?