Mr. de Blasio regularly attends
church services with his wife at African - American and protestant churches, which political observers privately argue has done little to boost his brand in white, Catholic enclaves — where, according to at least one report, residents feel neglected by the mayor.
«I urge you to walk down Flatbush Avenue or attend
church services with me and ask our constituents whether they have faith in Ray Kelly as police commissioner, let alone as Secretary of Homeland Security,» Parker wrote.
The hours of sweaty
church services with «speaking in tongues» as part of the circus that included falling out, wild laughter and my own deep sense of discomfort.
He's also the only dog I've ever had who was well - behaved enough to go with us anywhere — outdoor cafes, street fairs, charity walks, even to outdoor
church services with my husband's congregation.
Of particular concern to Paul was a group of young widows who had infiltrated the church and developed a reputation for dressing promiscuously, sleeping around, gossiping, spreading unorthodox ideas, interrupting
church services with questions, mooching off the church's widow fund, and generally making common floozies of themselves (1 Timothy 5).
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.
We meet in ways that are not the same as
a church service with songs and sermons.
Many of us have left
a church service with a leaflet asking us to sponsor a child in a developing country.
It comes from a well - known hymn that was played at
the church service with which he began his first term as governor in 1995.
It was a high
church service with a great turn out befitting a lovely man who will be greatly missed.
Not exact matches
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.
When the rector at the Episcopal
Church of Our Saviour in Silver Spring, Maryland opened the church on Sunday morning, he found that a sign advertising Spanish services had been ripped and vandalized with the words, «TRUMP NATION WHITES ONLY.&
Church of Our Saviour in Silver Spring, Maryland opened the
church on Sunday morning, he found that a sign advertising Spanish services had been ripped and vandalized with the words, «TRUMP NATION WHITES ONLY.&
church on Sunday morning, he found that a sign advertising Spanish
services had been ripped and vandalized
with the words, «TRUMP NATION WHITES ONLY.»
An Air Force review has found that the branch failed to report «several dozen»
service members found guilty of violent offenses to the federal gun background check database,
with representatives of the
service telling the New York Times that the reporting failure that allowed disgraced airman Devin Patrick Kelley to purchase the firearms he used to murder 26 parishioners in a Sutherland Springs, Texas,
church on Nov. 5 «was not an isolated incident.»
All 25 companies featured scored above a 92,
with church - staffing
service Vanderbloemen Search Group taking the coveted number - one spot.
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.
I would have thought it was obvious this is not about mixing religion
with public schooling, simply using school building's for holding
church services when the buildings are closed for normal schooling.
Valparaiso University's venerable president, O.P. Kretzmann, responded positively to our proposal that the university send annually a team of students for year - long
service, so each of our
churches hosted young volunteers who helped us expand our work
with children and their families.
Some of the same
churches I've been to, You left some out, tho... only if she wears a head covering... as long as she doesn't wear makeup or jewelry (wedding ring and denominational pin excepted)... no peep toe shoes, especially
with toenail polish... if what she is doing gets bigger than what the men are doing, she's out (Thats a real big one)... only if she'll do it on a volunteer basis and never expects an honorarium, even if she speaks at the main Sunday
service.
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.
In recounting President Harrison's
service so far, Townsend mentions his participation in resisting the Health and Human
Services mandate, quoting Harrison's testimony before congress during which he said he was pleased to «stand
with our friends in the Catholic
church» as they opposed the excesses of the mandate.
On its last day, a key figure in the hierarchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox
Church under the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Paul of Chernobyl and Vyshgorod, led a blessing
service for Yanukovych and his clique at the Kyev - Pechersk Lavra, notoriously assuring him, «Today you carry a heavy cross, and the
Church will be
with you to the end, just as Simon of Cyrene helped carry the cross of Christ to Calvary.»
Why aren't you in
church, having dinner
with your families, reading the bible, out for a walk, getting together
with friends, visiting the shut - ins who aren't able to attend
services, or any number of other activities?
This friendship
with the Lord Jesus is found in the Word of God recognized as such by the
Church in the Bible; in the sacraments; in works of charity and
service; and in the fellowship of those who have recognized and embraced the risen one.
But that sort of behavior goes on in WAY too many
churches for the case to be made that
church community is the only place to live out a love for God in
service with and for others.
A special
church service is being held later in Port Talbot in solidarity
with the workers hit by the... More
Hillsong New York pastor Carl Lentz is quickly becoming one of the most influential pastors in America, and along
with drawing thousands to the
church's weekly
services, regular visitors include everyone from ministers to pop - stars, athletes and high - profile cultural figures.
The 10 - year - old
church, which says in its materials that more than 2,000 people attend its weekend
services, planned to disperse that same amount - $ 30,000 - on Sunday,
with congregants getting envelopes containing $ 10, $ 20 and $ 50 bills.
The typical
church model,
with its clergy - laity divide, fosters the (usually subconscious) view of
church as a
service organization, rather than a community.
KANO, Nigeria — An official
with the Nigerian Red Cross says at least 16 people were killed in an attack on
church services at a university campus in the country's north.
A well - educated and professionally successful Moscow resident, she questions the existence of God, never attends
church services, and doesn't even know the Lord's Prayer, yet makes pilgrimages to remote Orthodox monasteries, where she says she experiences a holy world that fills her
with utter joy and peace.
«
With many
churches now offering alternative
services to those of the traditional morning
service, Christians are now finding workable solutions to both being committed to their sports club whilst continuing to be a part of their local
church.»
Founded by Michael Novak and Notre Dame philosopher Ralph McInerny, Crisis rendered invaluable
service in the 1980s and 1990s by challenging
with intellectual force the hegemony then enjoyed by liberal proponents of the «post-Vatican II
Church» as represented by, inter alia, lay - edited Commonweal and Jesuit - edited America.
- Pope to Mass of millions: Get out of
church — What we learned about Pope Francis in Brazil — Massive crowd attends prayer service with pope — Why millennials are leaving the church — Pope Francis tells youth that faith cures discontent — «Slum pope» visits Brazil's poor — X.XX Church pastor: Weiner is an addict, not a joke — Security raised to «high risk» for pope in Brazil — A nightmare day for the pope's security detail — Explosive found near sit
church — What we learned about Pope Francis in Brazil — Massive crowd attends prayer
service with pope — Why millennials are leaving the
church — Pope Francis tells youth that faith cures discontent — «Slum pope» visits Brazil's poor — X.XX Church pastor: Weiner is an addict, not a joke — Security raised to «high risk» for pope in Brazil — A nightmare day for the pope's security detail — Explosive found near sit
church — Pope Francis tells youth that faith cures discontent — «Slum pope» visits Brazil's poor — X.XX
Church pastor: Weiner is an addict, not a joke — Security raised to «high risk» for pope in Brazil — A nightmare day for the pope's security detail — Explosive found near sit
Church pastor: Weiner is an addict, not a joke — Security raised to «high risk» for pope in Brazil — A nightmare day for the pope's security detail — Explosive found near site pope
More than 100 militants entered the village just as Sunday
church services started, opened fire and started attacking people
with machetes.
They can not have anything to do
with christianity much less attend a
church service and not expect to get basically excommunicated from Islam for doing so.
I'm compelled to say that not all
churches are like this and
with our very own David (a.k.a. nakedpastor), interjections, comments, and questions are welcome right in the middle of the
service.
Affiliated
with the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ), Jones had a ministry in Indianapolis that was praised as a model of interracial
service to the poor.
Others, like the Mission Aviation Fellowship (which supplies aviation, radio, and purchasing
services to mission agencies and
churches in 15 countries), or the World Radio Mission Fellowship (
with shortwave broadcasting in 15 languages from the famed «Voice of the Andes» radio station, HCJB, in Quito, Ecuador) provide highly specialized
services.
Every year, millions of people abandon the institutional way of doing
church, not because they are abandoning God, Jesus, or the Church, but because they find that intimate relationships with others and loving service in the community apart from the systematized and scheduled meetings on Sunday morning is a more natural way of following Jesus and living life as His disc
church, not because they are abandoning God, Jesus, or the
Church, but because they find that intimate relationships with others and loving service in the community apart from the systematized and scheduled meetings on Sunday morning is a more natural way of following Jesus and living life as His disc
Church, but because they find that intimate relationships
with others and loving
service in the community apart from the systematized and scheduled meetings on Sunday morning is a more natural way of following Jesus and living life as His disciples.
It's also inspired the
church's great modern poets — the people responsible for updating the outdoor marquee
with new
service times and mind - boggling puns — to rise to their finest hour and show these gamers what they're missing if they just come for the Pokemon.
So we ignore the thousands of soup kitchens, shelters, clothing drives, emergency rent assistance, and various other
services that charities associated
with the Catholic
Church provides simply because you personally have not benefited?
All I'm seeing out of this is that a career pastor got more involved
with activism than community
service, found his activism to be incompatible
with his denomination and decided to try to turn his leaving the
church into future speaking engagements.
«Well, I attended
church all my life and supported its ministry
with my tithe and
service.»
Actually, my favorite thing about
church was playing / listening to music for the
service and hanging out
with friends and family.Fast forward to the present... I haven't gone to
church in years.
If the forthcoming 2015 Synod on the Family can begin to grapple
with that issue it will be doing the
Church and wider society a great
service indeed.
Familiaris Consortio presents a wholly compassionate yet objectively truthful account of the Magisterium of the
Church's teachings on marriage and the family and in its introductory paragraph states: «In a particular way the
Church addresses the young, who are beginning their journey towards marriage and family life, for the purpose of presenting them
with new horizons, helping them to discover the beauty and grandeur of the vocation to love and the
service of life.»
For us, it's a refreshing alternative to the highly - produced contemporary worship
services we've grown used to (conversely, folks who grew up
with more traditional worship may love the contemporary worship of an evangelical
church;
with church, we often crave what we feel like we've been missing).
There is no more distorted reflection of the power of the Spirit than Pentecostal
services in so - called liturgical
churches, which embroider Christianity's memory of great historical moments
with the pomp and circumstance of banners, dramatic proclamations and unsingable hymns and anthems.
But for Zoe Alexander, a trainer
with the social
service center of Our Savior Anglican
Church in Suez, some
churches have a special burden from God.
Outsiders could be forgiven for believing this
service,
with its homilies, its passing of the plate, its uplifting songs, belongs in a
church.