Sentences with phrase «local clergy»

Interfaith prayers will be offered by local clergy to soften the hearts of those not homeless.

At a rally in Bed - Stuy this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new four - week public relations push with local clergy members, aimed at Albany lawmakers who oppose his plan to tax the city's highest - earners to fund expanded education programs.

I realized this most clearly when, long before the election, I invited several Indianapolis community leaders, including local clergy of all races, to discuss congregations» capacities.

Rev Dr Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford, said he would be encouraging local clergy and congregation members to visit a mosque on the Sabbath day.

In the past local clergy meetings have met with degrees of success, but greater lay participation is how people of diverse ethnic and ecclesial backgrounds will over come their misconceptions and mistrust.

These peoples, these politeiai of believers, rallied around local clergy, maintaining a belief in their own orthodoxy and becaming members of a «commonwealth.»

Can a town council continue its traditional practice of having local clergy give an invocation before each council meeting?

We think we are doing what is right when local clergy decide to plan an ecumenical Thanksgiving service for the entire community.

Police also staged a high - profile «gang takedown» on Friday, and asked local clergy and community leaders to counsel gang members against violence.

With that knowledge, SUNY Upstate has started offering the tools local clergy may need to deal with similar situations.

The High Court ponders a case where local clergy encourage citizens to approach the local government on bended knee.»

Local clergy depend on my counseling to complement the pre-marital asessments they do with couples prior to wedding dates.

It is important to note Medlycott's observation that Lie worshipping congregation at this time were ministered to by local clergy.

I plan to visit mosques in Bradford on 18th February with local clergy and congregation members, and I warmly encourage others to do the same where they are.»

He was joined Saturday on a march to the 115th Precinct station house by about two dozen supporters, including local clergy and City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D - East -LSB-...]

In 1988 I became a special Pastoral Care consultant for the New York Conference of the UCC and provided boundary training seminars for local clergy and denominational gatherings.

Not just hearing it from mom and dad and the local clergy again and again.

B.Consultation: to provide a religious specialist on the staff of the mental health center to serve as a consultant to the center staff, local clergy and the religious communities.

It was Laud's intention to enforce the use of the English Prayer Book and to strengthen the rule of the bishops over the local clergy.

And yet as I continue to read through the postbag there remain the repeated difficulties many of you receive from some local clergy.

Explaining the priests» grievances he said the local clergy and bishop were from different clans of the Igbo ethnic group which led them to question why someone from outside the diocese was appointed.

Centers have learned that greater effectiveness is achieved when they involve these local clergy in planning local programs.

Second, they should elect officers and special boards and appoint a part - time «executive minister» from among the local clergy.

Local clergy were disenfranchised by the reorganization of the American Baptist Convention into a biennial nonorganization called the «American Baptist Churches, USA.»

The majority perceive great gaps between these positions and local clergy and laity.

With the coming of coffee to Venice in 1615, the local clergy condemned it.

The funeral director or your local clergy may be able to suggest a resource for finding these groups.

At 4 p.m., Brooklyn residents, elected officials, local clergy and labor organizations will rally outside Cuomo's Manhattan office, asking the governor to direct DOH to issue another postponement of the closure for Interfaith Medical Center, 633 Third Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets, Manhattan.

All looks bleak, until the local clergy becomes involved, and they reach out to the Warrens.

St David's church was finally completed in 1952 with the constant persistence of the local clergy and its hard working members.

Whitten: It started as a campus protest among students, and then it spread out, involving all the local clergies, and was nationally televised.

Range of possibilities might include: patient education materials / websites; speaking with social worker, local clergy, school counselor; seeking out support group, referral to therapist / community mental health center.

Building relationships with local clergy, attorneys, title companies and even those who repair and rehab homes can be an asset.