Sentences with phrase «in congregational»

We also train clergy and lay caregivers by helping them deepen their skills in congregational pastoral care and counseling through our Pastoral Care Specialists program.

Prior to entering pastoral counseling, Gary worked in parish ministry and remains interested in congregational issues.

Whether in her OMG study, in congregational settings, in large group presentations, or in her writing, Anna seeks to invite people to ask their questions about God, theology, and how it matters.

Whether in her OMG study, in congregational settings, in large group presentations, or in her writing, Anna seeks to invite people to ask their questions about God, theology, and how it matters.

The meeting was set up to consider the parent's request that his children be able to participate in congregational prayers at a mosque during the final period of the school day on...

Whether in her OMG study, in congregational settings, in large group presentations, or in her writing, Anna seeks to invite people to ask their questions about God, theology, and how it matters.

We have no idea whether she participated in the congregational smoking event in the woman's bathroom.

Services will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday in Congregational United Church of Christ, 1001 W. Kirchoff Rd., Arlington Heights.

There are two issues: «What counts as «competence» in congregational leadership?»

The most important twist in congregational life is its mission.

The plot that tracks the connection between Christ and Eros in congregational story will be one that reflects not Niebuhr's «Christ against culture» category but his four other types of interaction between the two powers in human life.

In time, I became impatient with the formula itself - though later still, as I found myself in congregational settings far removed from Missouri Synod certainties, I sometimes looked back on that formula with a certain nostalgia.

The Reformed tradition of John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards is the primary theological stream in the Congregational branch of the United Church of Christ, but we are not much aware of it today.

Wherever that may lead in daily vocation, in congregational commitments and in costly service to those waylaid on some Jericho road, the outcome is the same: gaining of soul, deepening and building the character which is tested by endurance and drawn forward in hope.

Description includes theological and ethical convictions, since they are embedded in congregational practices.

If you have any role in the design of worship, or the choice of music for use in congregational worship, or if you are sleeping with somebody who does, think very seriously about what would it mean for the design of our worship services if we took seriously that one of the major purposes of worship is to become a thin place where our hearts are open.

Not only nonattenders but staunch church supporters see their private faiths as distinct from, and at least as important as, their participation in congregational life.

In Hinduism, as we shall see, rather than sharing in congregational worship, a person goes to a temple just to see the deity for what is called darshan.

Theological hesitations in the 1960s about the church in its congregational form were thus reinforced by both sociological conclusions and ecumenical convictions.

The Reformers» theological convictions about the nature and purpose of the church led them to stress the importance of baptismal catechesis in congregational life.

He and Hopewell, together with Jackson Carroll of the Hartford Seminary Foundation, Loren Mead of the Alban Institute, and Barbara Wheeler of Auburn Theological Seminary, were excited enough by the potential demonstrated in Indianapolis to embark upon a concerted effort to discover the state of the art in congregational studies.

No one factor, but rather the combination of shifts in congregational culture which I have described.

Similar multimedia applications — assisted by ever - expanding numbers of software programs — are being used more and more in congregational education programs.

When the people of God gather in a congregational setting, they are being formed into a people of God through participation in worship, study, fellowship, and mission.

In fact, Christian education has twice the impact that other factors have in congregational life.

Steinfels notes that the Protestants studied are in «a church that ordains married men and women; does not condemn contraception, abortion, or remarriage after divorce; is inclusive in its criteria for membership; prides itself on affirming American values; and emphasizes democratic decision making and the laity's right to participate in congregational spending, selecting pastors, and determining official church positions.

The SBC churches scored higher in congregational strengths that enhance faith maturity.

The study also found that congregational loyalty can predict other factors in congregational health.

By itself, a single sermon will usually be insufficient to effect a shift in congregational world view.

To participate in congregational worship is to recognize that we're joined together as a living organism.

This problem is, of course, inherent in a clerical paradigm, but it is not necessarily resolved in a congregational one.

Like everyone involved in congregational life, I have memories of less - than - positive conversations and encounters at church.

Another Union Seminary professor, Dr. A. C. McGiffert, was hounded by his opponents until he found refuge in the Congregational Church.

As it enters its third decade of life, COCU is working consciously to foster such togetherness, in theological agreement, in ministry and mission and in congregational life.

We have lowered expectations, and have done a poor job of connecting education in the classical disciplines with practical theological reflection focused on nurturing excellence in congregational life.

The discovery that certain laymen are natural therapeutic persons opens a fresh dimension in congregational pastoral care.

As I read I found myself comprehending my own history of leadership — in both congregational and institutional settings — with new insight.

The evidence strongly suggests that today's theological students are steered toward seminary as a result of post-college involvement in congregational life rather than by persons or studies in the college milieu.

One reason that public issues evoke controversy in congregational life is that people tend to see themselves as either being summoned or sent, not both.

That means talking about androcentrism, patriarchy, sexism and misogyny in the scriptures and in the church from the pulpit, in the theological classroom, in congregational conversations, in public theology and the scholarly literature.

Those exchanges helped me distinguish the differences between immature, un-Christlike behavior in a congregational body and Jesus himself, the head of the body.

We may also know where we are in our congregational programming, especially with regard to...

We may also know where we are in our congregational programming, especially with regard to the season of harvest and stewardship.

Not exact matches

While there are many painful conflicts at the congregational level, nothing at the ELCA churchwide or synodical level has unleashed the personal vitriol experienced by Missouri in the sixties and seventies.

I'm sure most people know this, but in case it helps someone: Denominations that always accept female pastors include PC (USA), that is Presbyterian Church, USA, most African American denominations (note that all pastors mentioned in the original article were African Americans), United Methodist, Foursquare, at least some Vineyards if not all, Congregational, Disciples of Christ, Lutheran and Episcopalian churches.

In fact, if you listen carefully, you'll discover that congregational responses drop off when you invite a response in your terms, not the liturgy'In fact, if you listen carefully, you'll discover that congregational responses drop off when you invite a response in your terms, not the liturgy'in your terms, not the liturgy's.

It is a role in which he'll offer administrative help but also take part in shaping congregational work.

At that first service, John carried Lucas, and because of John's position as music director, they sat in the deacon's box, a spot reserved for congregational royalty.

Yet some of the most substantive theology being written by Baptist scholars today comes from a little - known circle of mostly younger moderates who have shown a surprising interest in quite traditional themes such as the deeper meaning of baptism and the Lord's Supper, the covenantal disciplines of congregational life, and the positive role of creeds and confessions in the life of the church.

I worked in a small church in Kansas once, and after about 3 months I figured out that all the real major decisions, including if the pastor got paid that week, were not made by the elders, the board or congregational vote.