Sentences with phrase «first observance»

The first observance took place in 1993 as a daughter - focused event.

The first observance of International Women's...

According to history, the first observance of a «Father's Day» was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church.

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Nevertheless, many contemporary critics (including Jewett) insist that everything in the letter must be directed by Paul to the historical circumstances of his first readers: everything in chapters 1 - 13 should be understood in terms of the community differences described briefly in chapter 14: the strong are contemptuous of the weak because of their observance of dietary and Sabbath rules, while the weak are judgmental of the strong for their failure to observe the same.

The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance in the United States held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for the nation.

The early first century apostles and Christians never observed Christmas nor did they modify the focus of any pagan observances to the «glory of Christ».

James Tissot, c. 1895»][/ caption] Today is the first Sunday after Epiphany, an observance of our Lord's visit to His Temple as a boy.

There are obvious and important historical reasons for this, reasons that stretch from the decision made by Christians in the first century of our history that circumcision and observance of the law were not necessary for entry into the Christian community, to the tragedy of the Holocaust in our own time.

By the first century, it is clear, Judaism was a fully - developed system of piety, that is, of pious observance — not a system of theology, nor a code of law, merely, but a system of piety.

If they hold a Seder in their homes on the first night of the Passover, or take their families to a synagogue on the Day of Atonement, it is only because they feel that it won't do the children any harm, and may even do them a mite of good, to be exposed to a sentimental observance of old folk customs that are part of their heritage.

Perhaps the most familiar form that the movement takes on the local level is the interdenominational observance of the World Day of Prayer on the first Friday in Lent by the women of many thousands of communities, not only of this country but in 144 countries of the world.

The fellowship was not only symbolized but also effected by the common meal, some kind or kiddush or «sanctification,» not now of the Sabbath but of the first day of the week, (Prof. E. F. Scott has advanced the view, in his recent work on The Nature of the Early Church (1941), that the Christian observance of Sunday resulted from the celebration of the common meal after the Jewish Sabbath observances were over.

In observance of the fifth anniversary of these institutes, the First American Convocation on Church Growth was held last winter; it was attended by more than 400 pastors, spouses and lay workers.

The Christian observance of Sunday is, of course, not a seventh - but a first - day observance.

The fact is that the Christian first - day observance also commemorates Creation in a double sense.

The first was the ancient paschal fast that began as a two - day observance before Easter but was gradually lengthened to 40 days.

He also requested Communion on the First Fridays, the observance of holy hours and a feast of reparation on the octave day of Corpus Christ.

Meanwhile, the conception of the church under the impact first of «toleration» and then of complete freedom and separation had largely lost the sacramental dimension which traditionally had sanctified her regular observances under Episcopal direction by making them intrinsically meaningful, and had become that of a voluntary association of explicitly convinced Christians for the purpose of mutual edification in the worship of God and the propagandization of the Christian faith as the group defined it.

During the year - long observance, our culture, diversity and identity will be commemorated, alongside our rich history and growth from a small French - speaking settlement to our present - day eminence as a thriving first - tier suburb.

$ 1.5 MM Capital Comes on Top of Earlier $ 500,000 Allocation as City Councilmember QUEENS, NY — At the Memorial Day Observance Ceremony this morning at Borough Hall, Borough President Melinda Katz announced that the long - awaited Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial project — the first boroughwide memorial to honor all Queens residents who died while serving in the -LSB-...]

New York City will become the nation's first major metropolis to close its public schools in observance of the two most sacred Muslim holy days, de Blasio announced — a watershed moment for a group that has endured suspicion and hostility since the Sept. 11 attacks.

The observance of Get Smart about Antibiotics Week 2015 marks the first annual World Antibiotic Awareness Week, which coincides with European Antibiotic Awareness Day, Canada Antibiotic Awareness week, and other similar observances across the world to help raise awareness of this important issue.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and celebrated by libraries across the country each April.

First commemorated in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and celebrated by libraries across the country each April.

QUEENS, NY — At the Memorial Day Observance Ceremony this morning at Borough Hall, Borough President Melinda Katz announced that the long - awaited Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial project — the first boroughwide memorial to honor all Queens residents who died while serving in the Vietnam War — is now fully funded and ready to proceed.

The observance began in 1978 with a joint congressional resolution honoring the arrival of the first -LSB-...]

This January marks the 20th annual observance of School Board Recognition Month, a declaration first made by the National School Boards Association in 1995.

«Super Sad True Love Story» is a clever, trenchant satire of our near future, poking fun at homeland security, social network communication, corporate culture, the degradation of language, youth obsession, first - generation - immigrant sensibilities, delusions of inferiority, religious observance, the coarsening of fashion, fiscal irresponsibility, privatization of state functions, bipartisanship, our portable computers, and senseless infatuation.

National Library Week First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

The theme of the first national observance of School Library Month was «Where Learning Never Ends: The School Library Media Center.»

Once known as Financial Literacy Month, President Barack Obama renamed the April observance during his first term because of a growing recognition that literacy alone won't close the know - do gap.

The first step is identifying the observances that are out there.

This annual observance encourages pet owners to freshen up on pet first aid procedures, as well as ways to keep pets safe and healthy, especially heading into the warmer months of the year.

A first in my observance, she employed two screws in a wooden peg to pop the bottle cap on my Guinness.

If you prefer me in a non-visual format, we'll have a couple of audio specials for you this weekend as part of the first anniversary observances of The Mark Steyn Club.

Unfortunately, after more than a quarter of a century working in climate science, I have seen at first hand that these simple rules of science are too often honoured more in the breach than in the observance.

The first week of Year Two of The Mark Steyn Club begins tonight with a suitably celebratory Song of the Week - and with many more anniversary observances in the days ahead.

We'll have a brand new Tale for Our Time in a couple of weeks as part of our first - anniversary observances for The Mark Steyn Club, on which more below.

In observance of Law Day, they have unveiled their first - ever My Pet Lawyer cartoon, which you can see on their Web site.

The Larrakia's case is the first conclusive application of Yorta Yorta principles applying «interruption» of the continuity of observance of traditional laws and customs to the dismissal of a native title application.

[Justice Mansfield's] findings that Larrakia did not maintain the acknowledgement of their traditional laws and observance of their traditional customs are based upon evidence, particularly from older members of the Larrakia group, that practices they had engaged in during the first half of the twentieth century did not last into the second half.

A «connection» based on continued acknowledgement and observance of traditional law and custom: see section 223 NTA; Mabo (No 2) op cit, per Brennan C.J., at 70; per Deane and Gaudron J.J. at 110; Yanner op cit, per Gleeson C.J., Gaudron, Kirby and Hayne J.J. at 270; the Miriuwung Gagerrong case at first instance op cit, per Lee J., at 500.