Sentences with phrase «for church workers»

She enjoys conducting workshops and retreats for church workers and their families.

Growing Kids Ministry is designed for church workers, parents, and teachers who want to see kids grow to love the Lord.

Not exact matches

The denomination has been accruing funds since it broke off from the Catholic Church in the 16th century, and the fund is used to pay pensions for its clergy and workers.

A Muslim interfaith worker for the Church of England has said that the head of Ofsted's comments on the... More

Anyway, all this to say that you have finally be able to unlock a major mystery for me and give me insight into the possible reason that God allowed me to be so viciously attacked (I was maligned, kicked out of church, lost all my friends, the whole bit... There are still people posting publically that I'm satan spawn, a worker of unrighteousness sent to destroy Gods Church, etc, etc — all because I refused to «repent of my pride which believes I chose to accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior&rachurch, lost all my friends, the whole bit... There are still people posting publically that I'm satan spawn, a worker of unrighteousness sent to destroy Gods Church, etc, etc — all because I refused to «repent of my pride which believes I chose to accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior&raChurch, etc, etc — all because I refused to «repent of my pride which believes I chose to accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior».)

For the last 2000 years most of the churches tithes went into church buildings themselves before going into chapels and now a variety of other ministries that take care of sex trade workers for exampFor the last 2000 years most of the churches tithes went into church buildings themselves before going into chapels and now a variety of other ministries that take care of sex trade workers for exampfor example.

His father, a faithful church member and a good citizen and a hard worker, could not understand his son's passion for God's kingdom.

Institutions with serious ties to churches have a lingering sense that education has a broader and deeper purpose than providing workers and management for the market.

While churches and ministries may gain from interns, it really serves to invest in building up workers for God's kingdom.

For example, churches may participate in interracial dialogue programs, preschool education programs such as Head Start, nursery school programs for children of working mothers, alcoholism education programs, sex education programs, open housing programs, health and education programs for migrant workeFor example, churches may participate in interracial dialogue programs, preschool education programs such as Head Start, nursery school programs for children of working mothers, alcoholism education programs, sex education programs, open housing programs, health and education programs for migrant workefor children of working mothers, alcoholism education programs, sex education programs, open housing programs, health and education programs for migrant workefor migrant workers.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

The local church in the nearby town has been very critical of the mining companies and of the government's failure to look out for the safety and health of the workers and residents.

The point is this: many of those who champion «trusting God» for their financial support (and do not regard too well on salaried pastor or church worker) are often themselves consuming medicine and buying insurance policies!

The story quotes others who have dealt with the problem and say that «churches are the perfect environment for sexual predators, because they have large numbers of children's programs, a shortage of workers to lead them, and a culture of trust that is the essence of the organization.»

But that is a for - profit business and not some church, so they don't get to choose what medicines their workers get.

The indigenously led churches do not require foreign workers in administration, and the absence of any confessed strategy of witness and evangelism to the overwhelming Muslim majority would seem to minimize opportunities for foreigners to be useful.

The image of a woman who is battered for 20 years by her clergyman husband and who would forgive him, «because the Bible tells her to,» the image of a young mother and father who can not understand why their three - year - old daughter was sexually abused in the day care center to which they had entrusted her each morning; the image of a woman who was sacked from the women's program of her church because she refused to comply to the request of the president of the church that she and the other women vote for him in his election campaign; the image of a 14 - year - old migrant domestic worker who faces the death sentence on trumped up charges, because she would not give in to the sexual demands of her employer; the image of a male priest of a church saying that every time he beats his wife she should thank him, because she is one step closer to salvation; or the priest who would make sexual advances on a woman who out of vulnerability turns to the church for pastoral comfort... these are but a glimpse of the many such images that are gathered during the course of this Decade.

Des Williamson spent several years as a youth worker and then a lay assistant minister in an Anglican church before training for ordination

«The temptation is for churches to start their own glamorous project that makes them feel good as they rescue sex workers.»

For example, one church school has a social worker who, at the invitation of a teacher, visits that class to observe and work with a troubled child.

The main objectives of this Consultation were to analyze globalization and its impact on human rights; to study ethical and theological considerations with regard to globalization; to search for alternative development paradigms; to study the policies of developed nations on development and trade policies in the context of globalization; to gain inputs on the experiences of indigenous people, workers and farmers who are affected by globalization; to consider the response of the Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian context.

Rather than systematically trying to understand the unions and the needs of the workers so arbitration could be possible, the Churches condemned the unions and cried for arbitration.

I've been in full time ministry, got fired, struggled for decades with my self - identity as a construction worker to raise a family, and ended up joining a Church where I had a snowball's chance in hell of getting ordained but still held out hope, but it has never happened after 14 years now.

How some people want it that the average employer (not a church or church based employer) to be able to deny coverage for contraception to their female workers because they, the employer, have a moral issue with iut.

On the other hand, my participation in the common good is served far more by living in a community of retired church workers with whom I share many interests and commitments and who care for one another and help one another through the difficulties of aging and dying.

In church, well in a good church, I find love and mutual support, I find great kindness and social concern, I find tireless workers for the God they love.

sense of Ongoing training group AUTONOMY for nursery school while retain - workers (church & ing basic nonchurch).

Seventeen years ago, when I edited the first issue of a new magazine for Christian youth workers, the number of salaried church - based youth workers was...

Following Bonhoeffer's exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, he gives an exposition of Matthew 9:35 - 10:42.39 Short vignettes are drawn of the harvest (the people are without a shepherd, without relief, deliverance, and forgiveness) for which one must pray for laborers; the call of the apostles (who are given power stronger than Satan's and are bound together only by their choice and call); the work (fulfilling their commission to preach, traveling as messengers of the King, living in «royal poverty,» warning men of the urgency of the times); the suffering of the messengers (as Jesus was persecuted so the messengers will be, but they are forewarned; because Christ will return the disciples are not to fear man, or to be gullible in thinking that «there is good in every man «40); the decision (man's eternal destiny is determined by his decision on earth for the devil or for Christ); and the fruit (the disciples are fellow workers having as their goal the «salvation of the Church»).41

A church purporting to care about social justice and to be sensitive to the needs of the city might start with a willingness to stand up for workers.

Praise God for the church nursery and Sunday school workers, for the young ones without babies themselves (and all of their energy), for the older couples who have raised their babies (and all of their calming certainty), for the other tired parents who take their turn so that they could perhaps listen to the sermon next week.

The Chicago Temple offers midweek services for downtown workers (90 percent of whom are members of other churches), and it has a ministry to the many homeless people who spend days and nights in the Loop.

These workers were deeply alienated from both the church and the dull training, boring work and slogan - filled patriotic clubs provided for work groups.

In Cleveland, two shelters for battered women have been staffed by Catholic nuns and professional social workers; support has come from churches, private donations, block grants and a special surcharge on Ohio marriage licenses.

Marian Karvonen, a worker with the Christian relief agency Tearfund U.K., writes a column for Reject Apathy about the Church coming to Pakistan's aid during this crisis of intense flooding.

I did not realize that the hired workers that come in to clean our church on a regular basis had to wait for us to finish rehearsals to clean the sanctuary.

Dennis Smith is a mission worker for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and works as general coordinator of the Latin American Evangelical Center for Pastoral Studies (CELEP).

Whether among the secularized masses of industrial societies, the emerging new ideologies around which societies are organized, the resurging religions which people embrace, the movements of workers and political refugees, the people's search for liberation and justice, the uncertain pilgrimage of the younger generation into a future both full of promise and overshadowed by nuclear confrontation - the Church is called to be present and to articulate the meaning of God's love in Jesus Christ for every person and for every situation.

A similar enterprise at the Evangelical Academy at Bad Boll, near Stuttgart, Germany, has made a significant start toward bridging the gap between the Church and the industrial worker by inviting representatives of the Trade Unions and Workers» Councils, including sometimes communists, to discuss the implications of Christianity, while on other occasions employers and Workers» Council leaders have met together for mutual discussion of the applications of the gospel to industry.

few know that the bible teaches the «oneness» of the church and few know it teaches if we bring a lost soul back to God we hide a multitude of our own sins... we are to be worker bees for God... we are to give God all our attention... we must trust God never man... our entire lives should be bible ran... to try and rationalize less bible study is why America is not a Christian nation.....

In many other cases resourcing has become little more than a placement service for students seeking employment as Christian education directors, youth workers or student pastors, and for local churches seeking to book a contemporary singing group for the annual youth Sunday.

The council donated # 5,000 and food for the church's mission and outreach workers to deliver to the kids.

Tributes are being made for a «much loved» youth worker and church musician who died after being caught... More

It stood for «open church doors every day and all day, free seats, a plurality of Christian workers, the personal activity of all church members, [and] a ministry to all the community through educational, reformatory and philanthropic channels... «20

The four workers are Christians and, according to their church, have been working in Zimbabwe for 10 years...

Lots of ministry places and churches today give their pastors, leaders and workers close to nothing for their service.

Speaking mostly for the immigrant farm worker, Cesar Chavez once said: «What do we want the church to do?

Believing God is with us is how relief workers make it through another day of caring for the homeless in Afghanistan, and how huddled Christians continue to worship in countries where the church is persecuted.

The unusually late date of Easter this year meant that Divine Mercy Sunday coincided with the first day of the month traditionally dedicated to the Blessed Mother, which is alsothe feast of Saint Joseph the Worker, the Church's response to communism's consecration of 1 May as its «high holy day» for celebrating workers.

Joseph Ratzinger in Co Workers of the Truth, under the entry for 9 December, states: «Mary is figure image and model for the Church.