Sentences with word «clergyperson»

The role model of clergyperson as psychological counselor is very familiar.

• Clergypersons do not have all the skills and resources needed to treat offenders or to assist victims.

As a charismatic evangelical clergyperson, I would have voted against «taking note» of their report.

During the same period the new clergyperson may observe that the larger organization has few means to monitor prophetic - pastoral ministry, but many indices of how well things are going for the institution.

As the novice clergyperson struggles for a more realistic appreciation of the demands of the profession, there is every chance that the institution will also force its agenda on him or her without due regard for the original urge to be a prophet - pastor.

More than one mature clergyperson has said to me, «If I had only known all this forty years sooner.»

Mandatory reporting laws can assist clergypersons in fulfilling their responsibilities.

Are clergypersons obliged to protect the innocent, who in this case are children?

Clergypersons need soma groups to fulfill their ministry as much as laypersons do.

The resistance that arises within the congregation to this definition of its reason for being will be the modern clergyperson's equivalent of the persecution that arose within Judaism to the ministries of Jesus and the early church.

Reality is that massive doses of narcotics, to the point of complete ablation of consciousness is the ONLY solution to suffering, not a clergyperson or even a well meaning family member.

Loved ones often have to seek referrals from an AIDS network to find a funeral home or even a clergyperson who is willing to serve them.

Every clergyperson — bishop, pastor, minister, elder, and deacon — knows what kinds of concerns reign in church business meetings, and those concerns DO NOT focus on «righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.»

A major key to the capacity to draw gospel implications for adult life stages will depend on the clergyperson's own awareness of his or her own negotiation of the path of adulthood.

The result envisioned by all of these suggestions for the guide as administrator is not to burden the administrator further but to multiply many times over the ministry which the clergyperson now attempts to carry on alone.

Theological seminaries teach polity and procedures for executing mission on the clergyperson's work site.

We need a metaphor that also features a master or integrative role that lets the clergyperson know with greater specificity what he or she is trying to accomplish through the usual professional roles of preacher, liturgist, pastor, educator, evangelist, advocate of justice, and administrator.

Though lay members of search committees may feel that to attract young couples to church they at least need an under - 50 clergyperson with church experience.

Each volunteer is matched with an inmate, and small groups of prisoners and sponsors meet around a table with a clergyperson to listen to one another's stories and learn about Jesus.

The law itself is unclear as to the clergyperson's duty to disclose someone's intent to commit a crime or cause harm.

Is the clergyperson who does not report the probability of a crime legally liable for the crime?

If they emerge soon enough, soma groups are the clergyperson's best insurance against burnout and mid-career crisis.

Performing the roles that the institution calls for, however, does not yet shift the clergyperson to the mission focus.

With the emergence of soma members as gifted missioners, the clergyperson finally gets the comradeship in ministry that good theologies of ministry promise but that the institutional church is simply not structured to deliver.

Like any professional who must work within bounds set by professional ethics, the clergyperson must determine the limits of his or her confidentiality obligations.

Conflict can occur both within a congregation and in relation to secular laws governing mandated reporting when the clergyperson's practice of confidentiality is significantly different from members» expectations.

Unlike secular counselors or psychologists who see clients in well - defined professional settings, most of those surveyed assumed that anything told to a clergyperson anywhere should be treated confidentially, regardless of the circumstances of the disclosure.

The important question in this context is whether a person is confessing sins (real or imagined) and asking for God's forgiveness through the clergyperson or whether he or she is disclosing general information for purposes other than confession.

How does a clergyperson treat general information received from a parishioner at the grocery store and does it change anything if the discloser is not a parishioner?

Both clergy and laity regarded the clergyperson as a counselor, along the lines of secular counselors or psychologists.

For instance, the clergyperson who is told at coffee hour by Mr. White that Mr. White held up a bank could not claim in court that such information was given in confidence.

Please clip this letter, show it to your parents or a trusted adult — a relative, a teacher or counselor at school, a clergyperson — and admit that you wrote it.

This is a question that should be discussed in advance with the clergyperson who will officiate at the ceremony.

As clergypersons, we are dedicated to reconciliation when individuals of goodwill find themselves in disagreement.

The person who marries you is called the marriage officiant, and this person can be a clergyperson or otherwise authorized individual.

After the wedding, your officiant (i.e.: the clergyperson or otherwise authorized individual) should complete your marriage license and return it to the County to be recorded.

A professional malpractice suit can be brought against any type of professional, including accountants, architects, clergypersons, dentists, doctors, engineers, lawyers, and psychologists, but these types of suits most often involve members of the medical and legal professions.

Pastoral professional liability can help if a member of your congregation is negatively affected by counseling they receive from a clergyperson.

I am experienced in many metaphors having been also a farmer, a truck driver, a builder, a clergyperson, a teaching psychologist, a college professor, a research chemist, and a published writer.»

Some religious organizations operate a family counseling service, so you may wish to ask your clergyperson for a referral as well.

Some independent adoptions involve a direct arrangement between the birth parents and the adoptive parents, while others use an intermediary such as an attorney, doctor, or clergyperson.

Upon receipt of the license, partners can seek a notary, judge, or clergyperson to sign the marriage license as an authorized officiant.

Trusted friends, therapists, physicians, and clergypersons are trained to help individuals dealing with marital unhappiness.

Usually, a clergyperson credentialed and skilled in marriage counseling leads the Encounter.

Connect with a clergyperson or therapist to explore the grief and anger that you are undoubtedly experiencing.