Sentences with phrase «filled by the congregation»
To this day there is a brass box in our bedroom that served for years as «the gift of gold» borne up the aisle, as did two of our pottery jars, both of them filled by the congregation's imagination with frankincense and myrrh.
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Then there was the pastor who demanded that the congregation «fill in the blanks» of a not - so - old song by a guy the minister described as the «dysfunctional poet savant Lil» Wayne.»
(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.
In São Paulo I visited a magnificent health clinic for low - income people that was sponsored by a Pentecostal church, and I visited another congregation that sends out 12 buses every night filled with members who offer soup and blankets to people living on the streets.
For example, I don't know why he chose to sit in Rev. Wright's congregation for over 20 + years and by accounts, appeared to ardently follow the hate filled diatribes that spewed from the pulpit.
«I don't know why he chose to sit in Rev. Wright's congregation for over 20 + years and by accounts, appeared to ardently follow the hate filled diatribes that spewed from the pulpit.»
A celibate lesbian couple filled out one of the visitor cards and was welcomed by the congregation this morning.
Doogie, dear, how is it that a lesbian couple filled out a visitor card THIS MORNING and was welcomed THIS MORNING by the congregation as a «celibate gay couple?»
Now, when are you going to tell us all about the celibate lesbian couple who supposedly filled out a visitor card and were welcomed by the congregation?
In addition to Riverside's large multiracial congregation, some of its pews were always filled by visiting church folk from around the country.
The Humane Society of the United States has initiated its Fill the Bowl Project, a new way for congregations to help pets and their families by adding pet food and supplies to holiday collection drives.