Sentences with phrase «lay leader of»

A lay leader of a men's class in a metropolitan church recently refused to allow industrial problems to be discussed before his group because, said he, «the situation in the United States is all right — ninety - eight per cent right.»

A lay leader of a congregation where worship is the spiritual center of the life of the congregation — like the hub of a wheel — reported that her pastor's gifts in worship leadership and preaching are «unequaled.»

Mr. Conners is lay leader of First United Methodist Church, Germantown, Pennsylvania, and author of Stranger in the Pew and Who's in Charge Here?

Baron Friedrich von Hügel, the great lay leader of Roman Catholic modernism in the early years of this century, spoke often of the need for «a humble sense of creatureliness.»

d. Lay leaders of the congregation, however, do not necessarily have scores that approximate the mean orientation of the church.

The lay leaders of the church have an awesome responsibility to utilize their wisdom and faith in service to others.

I am very grateful to the priests and lay leaders of the movement who have given of their time to help young people properly understand, appreciate and live the beautiful truths and life of our faith.

The lay leaders of the Holiness group ruled out anything as secular as a picnic.

Glen Haven offers consulting to pastors, administrators and lay leaders of churches for the purpose of helping these leaders become as effective as possible in their ministry to parishioners.

Churches - Glen Haven offers consulting to pastors, administrators and lay leaders of churches for the purpose of helping these leaders become as effective as possible in their ministry to parishioners.

Not exact matches

The few bits of significant measurable progress in Facebook's 2016 diversity report lay in the company's new senior leaders.

It's a reality check laying bare true possibility while laying aside the mythologies of command and control too many organizations and leaders tell themselves.

Earlier this week, the leader of the party laid out a policy vision

If you pride your company on being laid - back, don't put a nervous, manic leader in charge of onboarding employees.

In September, the Dalai Lama, the 76 - year - old exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, released a statement that addressed questions over his «reincarnation» — or succession — plans, and laid out a long - term «strategy» for his holy enterprise.

On August 30, he delivered the annual State of the School address and laid out the school's mission: To develop and educate global, principled leaders in service to business and society.

To create meaningful content for an expert, PR pros and communication leaders need to write things of substance that demonstrates their client's expertise and lays the foundation for solid content program.

WWT has experienced rapid growth, over the past three years especially, and the trajectory our leaders have laid out is forward - thinking enough to cultivate a sense of business viability in a transforming industry, and tactical enough to give us a blueprint for achieving it.

Many China politics experts and some party insiders attribute the downfall of Sun Zhengcai to his reputation as a possible leader whose rise and allegiances lay in his ties to senior party figures other than Mr. Xi.

«With the progress and foundation that has been laid, the timing is right for a new leader to come on board and lead Tribune Publishing through its next phase of transformation.»

In advance of the US summit, the leaders of North and South Korea are expected to meet in the hope of laying out a framework for a peace treaty to replace the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953.

Groundwork laid for Trump - Kim summit The White House confirmed this week that the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mike Pompeo, met directly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang over the Easter weekend.

Trump's comments to donors that laid bare his approach to arguing trade facts with foreign leaders show how he might try to engage with other heads of state in the coming weeks.

Within a century, the foundation of St. Sofia was laid, and the cathedral became the burial place of church leaders and saints.

Francis even wrote to President Vladimir Putin urging him to convince the G20 leaders meeting in St. Petersburg to «lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution.»

I am sometimes accused of being too laid - back and not strong enough as a leader.

The leader of the church could care less what the lay think.

Candidates are nominated by clergy and lay leaders; a nominating committee of clergy and lay members vets the candidates and prepares a provisional list.

I tire of church leaders (both pastors and lay leadership) who feel the need to control every ministry anyone feels led to take up.

Over the years, (I am now in my mid - 60's) I have had to leave 4 different churches because of issues of «bullying»... usually from those who were in positions of of great «power» Lay - leaders, Bishops, administrators, choir - «Masters», and even pastors and now my own Priest.

We've elected to challenge our inquirers to a seven - week series of interactions with staff members, lay leaders and other inquirers that clearly communicates the mission of our church and actually initiates the behaviors that are consistent with being a disciple of Jesus.

The Church of England leaders used Matthew 11:28 - 30 to encourage people to lay their burdens on Jesus and said that sin is the heaviest of burdens and» is not a characteristic of a particular group of people», but the same for everyone.

Lay leaders do most of the preaching, teaching, pastoral counseling and general oversight of congregational life.

Further, many national churches offer comprehensive and sophisticated programs of theological education by extension for lay leaders.

As a social media consulting endeavor, Digital Formation looks to help clergy and lay church leaders work their way through the ever - changing world of social media.

(M. G. MacGrath, Bishop of Panama, put it precisely (April, 1968): «The idealism and impatience of some of our best Christian leaders lay them open to the emotional appeal of the guerrilla heroes.

I did not consciously come to this conviction under the influence of Wesley, but I have little doubt that as the leader of a great lay movement he would agree.

All that writhing in guilt keeps us occupied and under control, with the added advantage to the leader that every problem in the church can safely be laid at the feet of those writhing «Jezebels» who are ruining the spiritual atmosphere for everyone.

Wherever possible these horsemen of the Lord formed «classes» of Methodists, each under the care of a lay class leader during the minister's absence.

d. Lay leaders are not necessarily representative of the mean.

In short, out of their considerable practical experience wrestling with the problems of underdevelopment, they have something to offer lay evangelicals as leaders and teachers.

Again the circuit system of the Methodists and their use of lay leaders stood them in good stead.

Like the old - line leaders, a considerable segment of the agency professionals consider their lay brethren uneducated, miseducated, or in need of exhortation.

In a desert scape far to the east where black gold does lay beneath the sand, I saw the mind of a despotic leader.

/ Discipship / training leaders / develop ministry teams / train connect group leaders / pray for the sick / visit the sick / visit those in hospital / visit those that can not get out due to illness etc / pre marriage counciling / marriage counciling / training on parenting / financial training (not teaching people how to give more simply helping them walk in the council of scripture for their personal finances) / meet with lay leaders regularly / keep a good account of the finances / prepare a financial report bi annually /

The fate of the civil rights movement, its leaders recognized, lay in its ability to convince politicians and administrators in the federal government that it was in their interest to enforce the law and defend the Constitution in the South in the face of the massive resistance by politically potent segregationists.

The central Protestant image of celebrating is the minister at table holding the elements with lay associate leaders by his side.

Mental health professionals in the church or temple and community can be recruited as leaders or co-leaders (with the clergyman) of groups, and to help train lay leaders for all kinds of groups — e.g., supportive, growth, inspirational, study, and action groups.

But even broader contributions await release in the priests, pastors, rabbis, lay leaders, and grass - roots members of religious communities (i.e., congregations) Approximately 124 million members of 320,000 churches and temples are served by 246,000 clergymen and rabbis.

Under Church of England rules, for a measure like the one proposed by Williams and Sentamu to pass, it needed majority support from three different groups: bishops, priests and lay leaders.