Sentences with phrase «community gives you a group»

Becoming part of a church community gives you a group of people to hang out with who don't have a vested interest at cross purposes to your own, such as career, inheritance, love of some third party.

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At the same time, environmental groups and local communities opposed to the project are not about to give up.

The way Zuckerberg and Facebook may be thinking about user acquisition then has far less to do with simply adding more users, but rather giving communities the tools they need to build meaningful connections (under the assumption that they too will invite others to join the group, and subsequently Facebook as a platform).

When the renovation was complete, Ellis began to give tours to members of the community (not to mention the American Institute of Architects and local master gardeners groups) to show off his handiwork.

«In opening up Board of Trustee meetings to public review, Duke gives its community a chance to weigh in on significant policy decisions,» the group wrote in their manifesto.

Neighborhood Ambassadors Zillow Group employees are passionate about giving back to the communities where we live and work.

Zillow Group employees are passionate about giving back to the communities where we live and work.

and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) that not only were they giving the Boys and Girls Club a new playground but that the community would build it in only six hours, I knew this was going to be something I would have to see to believe.

By following a few simple rules of give and take, you'll give your content creation a leg up among relevant communities of potential customers — without contributing to the demise of LinkedIn groups as an engagement powerhouse.

She made herself more visible, starting to give speeches in universities, community organizations, women's groups.

Yet Papa Doug, who didn't return a call for comment on the sale, hasn't given the Burnham / Geppert group what it says it has needed to complete community fund - raising and structure - building: its own window of exclusivity.

We appreciate Lincoln Financial Group's corporate giving program that awards grants to nonprofits supporting arts, education, and community development.

It is also not uncommon for ICCR to invite other stakeholders to the conversation including representatives from NGOs and community groups as well as subject matter experts advocating on any given issue as a way to build bridges between companies and the communities impacted by their operations.

In impoverishing themselves by giving their gifts and abandoning their intellectual pride, the Magi «brought themselves down to the level of the shepherds, and so a first Christian community can be formed out of the two groups.»

So tell me John, if a group meets in different homes, they don't rent or own a building, the pastor actually has a J O B, and does not live off of the congregation (community), and no one «tithes» but gives gifts individually to the poor, the fire dept, the food bank, individually, not pooling their money together in one place, why would any church community want or need a budget?

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

But those who do not accept the to - some - degree given character of our political communities, who want to reverse McWilliams» order and «start the world anew» on the basis of a creedal community, and who ultimately seek to unify the world into such, must divide all mankind into two groups, of which one group will absorb the other.

The Rev. Joseph W. Knowles describes the goals of the Renewal Center Mission as (1) developing the Life Renewal Center through small «groups,» (2) giving attention to the use of present structures to focus the whole life of the church as a healing community, (3) developing a program of supervised clinical pastoral education for theological students, and (4) maintaining a Residential Center halfway house for twenty men and women who have been previously hospitalized for mental illness.

When a group of parents in a community of faith work together to educate their children in the life of faith, this gives members of each family something in common with other families.

All religions are, to be sure, social in character; if they do not incarnate in some specific social group and give guidance about living in community, they dissipate.

«This is the third group of young people who've given a year of their lives to the Community of St Anselm here at Lambeth Palace.

In a survey of the ways groups are used in mental health centers, psychiatrist E. Mansell Pattison found that one of the most frequent uses is in consultation services for those in the care - giving professions.24 In the Los Angeles area, for several years, small groups of clergymen met with consultants supplied by the community mental health centers to discuss counseling relationships in their parishes.

This is a higher proportion of women than would be representative of either Israel or Rome in a comparable group during the first century A.D., and gives evidence that the equalitarian spirit of Jesus was already at work in the Christian community.

Almost all the ministers reported giving talks on alcoholism to all manner of youth and adult groups in public schools, youth camps, AA groups, and various community organizations.

WLGM is an evangelistic ministry comprising a group of covenant people that have given their lives for the preaching of the cross.it works in conjunction with community housing, human development agency and social help.

It is true, as Hall points out, that for Whitehead ordering principles are «immanent» within particular occasions (see UP 261 - 70), but in most cases those ordering principles also reflect the «mutual relations» of individuals, as well as the «community in character» pervading groups or societies of individuals (AI 142).13 This is particularly true of persons: the relations between occasions which constitute the human body and brain, and the «community of character» of the succession of personal experiences, give an essential element of unity to human experience.

Given the magnified excessive self - regard of communities, groups, and nations makes love an impossibility in their relations, although love does serve as judgment and a transcendent critique.

The LaRue Coffee Foundation gives back to the community by supporting underprivileged children and doing fund raising for other groups.

Glacier Restaurant Group may focus on delivering exceptional restaurant experiences, but it also lives by a creed of giving back to the community.

United Restaurant Group prides itself in community involvement and giving back.

Arya also believes in giving back to the community by participating in numerous charity events, including AIDS walks and events sponsored by the city of Los Angeles, as well as supporting groups such as food banks and Latino charities.

We offer longer sessions running 4 and 8 weeks for staff to get to know each individual camper and give time for groups to form friendships and build a sense of community.

We've written about that at greater length here, but in short, it enables local groups to nominate «vital community assets» — including football stadiums — and then, should the owner plan to sell, gives them an opportunity to bid for the property.

When listed assets come up for sale or change of ownership, the Act then gives community groups the time to develop a bid and raise the money to bid to buy the asset when it comes on the open market.

They frequently work on these projects in collaborative groups, and often a project will conclude with students giving a presentation in front of the class, the school, or even a community group.

Give children of all ages an important role — such as setting the table each night — and explain how everyone in the community has a responsibility to help make the group function a little better.

The more that I listen to other women and families describe their experiences with breastfeeding, I realize that breastfeeding successfully has much to do with how much support a new mother is given by her partner, family, friends, and extended community (like parenting groups, hospitals, etc.).

There is also special attention given to strengthening and supporting woman - to - woman support groups, such as local La Leche Leagues or other community breastfeeding groups.

The WHO Global Strategy recognises that for breastfeeding to be successful mothers and families need the right support along the whole course of breastfeeding — from giving birth in a Baby Friendly hospital, to going home to find skilled local support from midwives, health visitors, GPs, and mother support groups throughout their communities.

Geoffrey Canada has been on the road more than usual this month, giving public talks to a variety of school and community groups.

I attended postpartum support groups offered through the Community and the hospital where I delivered and unfortunately they didn't give me the help that I truly needed.

Land trusts are typically community - based nonprofit groups that protect land by acquiring the land outright, or by entering into legal agreements called conservation restrictions, where landowners do not give up ownership, but instead agree to reduce the development potential of their land, generally in return for cash payment, tax advantages, or both.

For breastfeeding to be successful families need the right support along the whole course of breastfeeding: from giving birth in a Baby Friendly hospital, going home to find skilled local support from health visitors, GPs, and having access to support groups throughout their communities.

Also let the hospital know that you don't want to give the baby formula after you leave the hospital, and don't leave without getting referrals for breastfeeding support groups in your community.

Intervention: a community - based worker carrying out 2 activities: 1) 1 home visit to all pregnant women in the third trimester, followed by subsequent monthly home visits to all infants aged 0 — 24 months to support appropriate feeding, infection control, and care - giving; 2) a monthly women's group meeting using participatory learning and action to catalyse individual and community action for maternal and child health and nutrition.

The Washington Post gives details about a different group that does not seem a community and mentions that there are nine specific exemptions.

So there is, for example, provision for a «Community Right to Buy» which would give local groups new rights to protect vital assets such as shops, pubs, libraries and leisure centres by taking them over when they are threatened with closure.

Jazz Hayden, founder of AllThingsHarlem.com, a group that fights against police brutality and films police misconduct, said Mark - Viverito's request for 1,000 more police officers when she first became speaker was a poor decision given the problems communities of color face with the police.

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More recently, the mayor gave McCray $ 22 million to spearhead a public health initiative called NYC Safe that will guarantee her exposure in the press and the handing out of millions of dollars to community groups.