Sentences with phrase «for small congregations»

I was going to mock these, but, in truth, for a small congregation, where somebody's personal car has to double as the church car, these could be useful.

«For a smaller congregation, it's really nice to be a part of something bigger,» said Matt Staniz, the pastor of Temple Lutheran Church in Haverton, Pennsylvania.

The personality of the pastor is crucial to a large, growing congregation in a way that is not true for smaller congregations.

Not exact matches

The Lutheran groups most likely to identify as evangelical are small and functionally free - church (the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ).

Being a small congregation has made each of these ministries easier for us.

Since a shortage of pastors hovers over the future of many churches, small congregations will have to wait in line for full - time pastors, even if they possess the resources to support them.

But no matter how beneficial these churches are as models of mission, they are both a blessing and a curse for pastors of small congregations.

But my time at St. Andrew has taught me that small congregations can more easily go through processes of spiritual transformation than larger ones and can be made «free for real missionary adventure and apostolic self - confidence,» in Rahner's words.

It is not easy to lead, whether we are talking about a large congregation or small group, so having grace and compassion for leaders who show up every day and do their very best is something we can bring in order to be great followers.

That does make it difficult for small churches to support a pastor at a rate commiserate with his congregation's income.

But 1,000 or 10,000 people spread out over hundreds of smaller churches and ministries can do just as much ministry (and some of it in better ways, for the reasons you've mentioned) than when we're all clumped together in one big congregation.

In a congregation too small for a Sunday school that offers classes for all age groups, this might be considered one alternative.

For twelve years Barth served as a pastor, first as a pastoral assistant at a German - speaking congregation in Geneva and then as pastor of the Swiss Reformed Church in Safenwil, a small industrial town in the Aargau.

The family - cluster house - church has been used in some small congregations instead of Sunday School as the basic form of education for children and youth.

«The only thing I can say to those of you who have been so patient, and have gone through so much, is for you to watch and look for any small changes with your loved ones, with your wards (Mormon congregations), with your leaders.

Usually, there are 10 to 12 - a surprisingly good turnout for a congregation of 25, which just goes to show how many people the disease affects in this small Southern town.

Congregations would divide into small groups and meet for worship in the homes of different members.

Our buildings are too small for our growing congregation, and we didn't have sufficient parking — and being hemmed in by two busy arterial streets limited our options.

I concur with George Webber's conviction that a congregation in mission «will make basic provision for its members to meet in small groups (as well as corporate worship), not as a sidelight or option for those who like it, but as a normative part of its life.

Or maybe you could bring in the pastor of a small local congregation to praise him for how he faithfully served God without giving in to the lure of a larger congregation and a larger salary elsewhere.

Each week five different small groups in the congregation meet to discuss the passage of Scripture for the sermon two Sundays hence and to explore how the Faith congregation walks the streets of that passage today.

For instance, Roy Steinhoff Smith, professor of pastoral care at Phillips Graduate Seminary in Oklahoma, requires students to work together in small groups in his introductory courses to evaluate their different congregations as «caring communities.»

«Even if a small congregation doesn't desire to have a 3,500 - person worship service, it still looks to the programmatic characteristics of the megachurch for clues about what it should be doing,» wrote Thumma in an analysis of the data recently posted on the Hartford Seminary Web site (www.FACT.hartsem.edu).

The service is just a small part of it, and not the central event like it is for most congregations.

Every church, large or small, is looking for that prophet who can dazzle a congregation every Sunday morning, who can make the coins ring in the coffers, who can cause a water shortage by baptizing converts.

Because ours was a relatively small congregation made up of German immigrants who often shared my grandfather's story, I knew everyone in it and they knew me, Together we formed a community that tried — we did not succeed nearly enough — to mirror in this life what God's love for everyone means practically.

Bonhoeffer says that reproof is necessary, for «the practice of discipline in the congregation begins in the smallest circles.

For the most part, the elders play a role in the Q&A for the technical answers, but everybody in the small congregation has an answer from their own experiences, and everybody is free to shaFor the most part, the elders play a role in the Q&A for the technical answers, but everybody in the small congregation has an answer from their own experiences, and everybody is free to shafor the technical answers, but everybody in the small congregation has an answer from their own experiences, and everybody is free to share.

The point is not entirely lost in a small congregation either: Almost every church can allocate at least some money for causes that honest residents can not afford, by reason of poverty, to fund themselves.

In a catalog I recently edited of devices and instruments for congregational research, only a small minority of the hundred or so entries is designed to explore a congregation's narrative identity.20 Most doctor of ministry programs continue the tradition: perusal of the theses and essays these programs produce strongly suggests that projects that employ contextual, mechanist, or organicist methods are more likely to be accepted than those that delve into congregational culture and story.

«They are called «clergy killers» — congregations where a small group of members are so disruptive that no pastor is able to maintain spiritual leadership for long.And yet ministers often endure the stresses of these dysfunctional relationships for months, or even years, before eventually being forced out or giving up.

Congregations should be small groups meeting for worship in the homes of different members.

For over twenty years, Rabbi Sherre Hirsch has been sharing her intimate counsel and wisdom with people in all kinds of «pulpits,» ranging from her congregation at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles to the audience of the Today show to small Southern Baptist churches.

The problem is for most people is time and the fact that often they attend churches with relatively small congregations — or even churches that are so big that it can be quite hard to really get to know people and their friends propely.

Frustrated, the officer signaled for his men to split the congregation into smaller groups.

Taking care of the poor and hungry, for instance, already plays a role in many congregations» community efforts: from small food pantries to organized meal delivery efforts, feeding people has always been a part of religious outreach.

For one month each year, the host congregations house up to three families — no small feat considering it takes about 90 volunteers per congregation.