Sentences with phrase «congregants take»

(CNN)- A New Jersey church - already a bit different in that its three congregations gather weekly at two hotels and a middle school - put a new spin on the collection plate Sunday by having congregants take cash - filled envelopes from the plate in hopes that the money will be put to charitable use.

By Vivienne Foley, CNN New York (CNN)- Pastors and their congregants took to the streets of New York on Thursday to protest and to pray for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse a ban on religious groups» use of public schools for worship service, scheduled to go into effect February 12.

CNN: Pastors protest New York ban on religious services Pastors and their congregants took to the streets of New York on Thursday to protest and to pray for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse a ban on religious groups» use of public schools for worship service, scheduled to go into effect February 12.

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This is not something unique to the catholic church, there are some other churches that also encourage their participants to examine themselves before they take the communion, some of them clearly tell the congregants that they free to avoid the communion upon self examination.

But, lets say the bishop of the local Catholic diocese took a public poll during Sunday mass and asked for a show of hands as to how many of his congregants use an unapproved form of birth control?

On Sunday, hundreds of churches around the country will be screening clips from Bangs» Lazarus documentary to raise awareness of a medical miracle their congregants can take part in.

At Heath, however, her father took a regular preaching turn, the congregants were family friends and the cast of supply preachers included Robbins, Episcopal bishops Charles Gilbert and Angus Dun, Episcopal theologians William Wolf and Sherman Johnson, Presbyterian theologian Robert McAfee Brown and Episcopal rector Worcester Perkins.

And we have designed the institution that way, to take care of all of our needs and congregants, which outreach being something extra instead of something central.

Burke took what was a song played for the offering in his pentecostal church and remade it into an R&B tune, incorporating the moments into its vocals when the preacher would point his finger at congregants and say, «I need you, and you, and you» in reference to giving money to God and the church.

Speaking to congregants at Evangel Temple in Laurelton, Queens, and Maranatha Baptist Church in Queens Village, de Blasio said he was not taking his reelection bid for granted and warned voters against sitting out the election.

Doug Cunningham, who leads the New Day United Methodist Church in the Bronx, said that low wages force his congregants to take second jobs, leaving kids home alone to raise themselves on the streets.

Rice addressed a crowd of congregants at the Central Synagogue of Nassau County, discussing her thoughts on gun violence in America and the efforts she's taking to combat it.

Haygood has since taken several steps to conserve energy and educate their congregants about their own energy usage.