Sentences with phrase «local church service»

Sorry that some find no meaning anymore in attending a local church service and wonder at the reasoning for not addressing their alienation with their pastor, minister, or priest.

Rex Humbard, for example, began his television ministry in 1953, broadcasting his local church service in Akron, Ohio.

First, do you and your family go to a local church service now?

The awesome number of local church services, showings of Luther films, pilgrimages and ecumenical programs; the array of displays in Europe and America; the lectureships and conferences — these all suggest some promise.

At weekends he plays the organ and piano for local church services, weddings and funerals.

Not exact matches

«With many churches now offering alternative services to those of the traditional morning service, Christians are now finding workable solutions to both being committed to their sports club whilst continuing to be a part of their local church.»

This globalization of the local church makes it possible for somebody to simultaneously never miss a Sunday service and never physically step foot in a church.

You might quit attending services at a local church, but if you were ever his, there is no leaving.

«Local churches, ministries, and organizations, many of which have deeply benefited from the zeal and devoted service of students, will also reel from the loss,» he said.

Every year the Queen marks Maundy by offering alms to senior citizens - retired pensioners recommended by clergy and ministers of all denominations - in recognition of service to the Church and to the local Community.

All the servants of Christ in the new Testament were trained for their service in the context of the local church.

Here they have insisted that the national church restrict the freedom of annual conferences with respect to ordination and the freedom of local congregations with respect to the kinds of services they are allowed to hold.

Of course, I might be able to find a local church where everyone looks like me, where each aspect of the worship service is exactly how I'd desire, and where sound teaching is proclaimed.

Some are suggesting a loose - leaf hymnal and book of readings and services which would permit tailoring by local churches.

As I sat through the second Christmas Eve Service at the local church, I could not help but notice the stark contrast between the two Christmas Eve «Services» we had participated in that day.

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 shelter in my city makes the homeless sit through a church service before they can get food and / or shelter which sounds like they do not want to help but convert.

Local churches should be places of energetic and systematic charity and service, hospitality and welcome, advocacy and vigilance; zones of sanctuary for the poor, homeless, lonely, depressed; agencies of forgiveness, wisdom, and sanctification.

Ecclesiastical stated: «When presented with a list of services offered by churches around the country such as food banks, elderly support groups, parish nursing and dementia support, the research found that more than half (54 per cent) of those surveyed were unaware of the services their own local church provided.»

This kind of organization of service may be of genuine value not only to members of local churches but also to others who, while sympathetic to religion or the church, have nevertheless not gone so far as to join a church.

No matter that even in our own complex and secular day, when the old notion of «parish» as a particular area where people sleep and work has almost expired, the majority of people can still be ministered to by local churches for most of their lives if they are interested in the services of ministry.

New research released by a Christian insurer has revealed that three quarters of UK adults can not name any of the activities that take place inside their local church other than regular services and religious festivals.

For example, I know that on Fridays and during Ramadan, every day, there tends to be heavy traffic around mosques, particularly at sunset, and similarly on Jewish holidays around synagogues, and on Saturday afternoons around Catholic churches (because most have a Saturday afternoon service in addition to Sunday services); similarly, I keep a copy of the local pro and college sports team schedules handy, even though I only actively follow one sport.

The director of a local pregnancy center told me about an event where area churches had combined to offer services that ranged from cosmetology to interview skills and financial education.

CNN: Celebrating Easter in a temple Grace Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina had its Easter service in a local Jewish temple because of an earthquake centered in Virginia.

The plan — always subject to change — is to visit an orphange, a community development project, a tent city, a church service, and hang out with local pastors and leaders.

A local officiant began the service by saying it was great to have Dolan at the church close to Easter.

And the Church does do incredible things around the world and here in the US - you simply can not deny that - «Together, with the local, diocesan - associated Catholic Charities, it is the second largest social service provider in the United States, surpassed only by the federal government».

While such piety might seem more evident among people who live in clans and who honor ancestors, it also characterizes family reverence in societies such as our own.10 Consider the motivation of the crowds that attend Christmas and Easter services in any local church.

Each year, the WACC, which provides funding for communication development worldwide on behalf of churches throughout the world, is channeling less of its funds into large shortwave services and large publishing houses, and more into the development of small printing presses, the production of audiocassettes, local drama and music groups, and the use of communication forms indigeneous to the village life, such as story telling, puppets and mime.

Hold infants at your local church nursery while the parents attend service; participate in a house build with Habitat for Humanity; mentor a student at a nearby school a few times a month; sponsor a missionary overseas; give wildly beyond the tithe.

After nearly a decade of service in the West African Muslim nation, the Fultons, missionaries from an Assemblies of God church in Britain, experienced a string of difficulties, including a disagreement that led them to part with their local church.

Satirical website Babylon Bee, ran a joke story that local Oakland churches were jostling to get Carr to attend their services.

A half a century ago you would not have been considered for public office in most communities without a strong record of service in and loyalty to a local church.

Hundreds of churches have found they can purchase a line to their local cable head - end and, with almost no equipment other than a single camera, feed the morning worship service over their local cable channel.

Religions News Service: Flood of «de-baptisms» worries European church leaders A decade ago, Rene Lebouvier requested that his local Catholic church erase his name from the baptismal register.

The objective of local cable programming should be to provide a service to those not otherwise able to attend church.

The report called the churches to begin the evangelization of the world at the level of local congregations, in the local and ecumenical dimension of its life: worship, sacrament, preaching, teaching, healing, fellowship and service, witnessing in life and in death.70

Rev Steve Bailey met with the local branch committee of the Royal British Legion, which organises the parade, to discuss the issue and both agreed to scrap the usual song choice at the service to mark the war dead in St Peter's Church in Oadby, Leicester.

When the church installed new computers connected to a local area network and to an Internet service provider, the staff was astonished at how much its internal communications improved.

Like their individual Christian members, local churches should live not for themselves but for service to their neighbors in crisis.

A number of memorial services are being held this week for the Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ founder to allow local parishioners, national congregants and the wider international Christian community to pay respect.

I find myself getting all defensive when local Christians question my commitment to my faith simply because I believe the earth is more than 6,000 years old or when they roll their eyes upon learning that women are allowed to teach at our church services.

They can be encouraged to produce more local programming, and local church leaders can provide ideas, resources and programming, so long as the programs deal with «public service» rather than proselytizing.

Reports about a local church usually fix upon such regularities as worship services and committee meetings, not upon the plot that unfolds and twists.

Shaped by the Church's services and practices, she brought her local experience of the Church to her online life.

There are a lot of folks just like you who believe, if they are nice people and do good; attend church service, serve at a local food pantry, they will enter the kingdom of God.

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.

Local churches from different denominations are also getting involved before the four - day campaign ends with a celebration service at St Saviour Church of England Church.

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