Sentences with phrase «member of the clergy»

From its inception, the community mental health services program has recognized the importance of the churches and members of the clergy in meeting the mental health needs of the people.

You might consider starting with a trusted member of the clergy if you share a religious heritage and then move beyond if needed.

How many times have we seen members of the clergy standing side - by - side with candidates or lingering around a political event?

The Boston Globe's Spotlight team are the investigative journalists who uncovered the stunning story of widespread sexual abuse by members of the clergy in the Catholic Church.

As an authorized spokesperson and member of the clergy of the Church of Satan I am writing to respond to the articles about the inmate suing the prison in order to be allowed to practice «Satanism.»

Supporters of a measure that would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives were bolstered with the backing of members of the clergy who back the legislation.

Sometimes it seems that the most Christian oriented candidates, and even members of the clergy, preach a very un-Christian message when it comes to politics.

More than 200 members of the clergy from around New York state are writing to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to raise the age of criminal responsibility so fewer juvenile offenders end up in adult prisons.

Given what he calls «the failure of medieval Christendom,» particularly «the pervasive, long - standing, and undeniable failure of so many Christians, including members of the clergy both high and low, to live by the church's own prescriptions and exhortations based on its truth claims,» a reaction was inevitable.

Her atheist beliefs creep up more and more in conversation, sometimes in direct confrontation with members of the clergy themselves, and her unrequited love for a man she can never have seem to affect her greatly.

The ministry of deaconesses was sui generis; it was not included in the cursus honorum (the progression from lower to higher ministerial roles), even though deaconesses were sometimes regarded as members of the clergy.

Parents are not ORDAINED members of the clergy.

During a two - day hearing in January, his legal team said the bishop's decisions were wrong, because the C of E has no fixed rule on same - sex marriage among members of the clergy.

Turning to Christian tradition, we may note that the Fathers and Doctors of the Church are virtually unanimous in their support for capital punishment, even though some of them such as St. Ambrose exhort members of the clergy not to pronounce capital sentences or serve as executioners.

Bishop Long and other members of the clergy must remember this fact instead of hurling insults coupled with acts of bigotry and hatred towards any group of people.

Aside from being sort of disrespectful to nonbelievers and people of other faiths, allowing clergy to «give a brief benediction or comment» would make for a very long ceremony, not only because so many religions would have to be represented but because so many members of the clergy don't know how to be «brief.»

On the following morning, Jerry Fox of Ukiah's First United Methodist Church was, according to all reports, the first member of the clergy to speak to our collective grief.

He addressed the Sanford City Commission asking them to respond to the black community and was the only white member of the clergy to do so.

I have a much higher regard for nuns than any male member of the clergy or any member directly in contact with the papacy.

I recall a wedding I attended many years ago, in which the ceremony, dictated by centuries of careful thought and adjustment — a «form» — was going very nicely; but then, alas, the presiding member of the clergy took it upon himself to step outside of the rules and add something of his own.

When members of the clergy use their free will to sexually abuse children, God clearly chooses not to intervene, even though this systematic, wide - spread evil is occurring within the body of Christ.

Bloomberg has refused to budge on the line - up for Sunday's event — a position that has also angered members of the clergy, who were left off the program.

Councilman Rev. Diaz Sr. opened the event, and throughout the day introduced various members of the clergy.

The Empire State Pride Agenda's Ross Levi, one of the leading gay advocacy organizations, pointed out in an interview this afternoon that there are members of clergy here at the Capitol who support same - sex unions, too.

And some events appear with no names (including a July appearance of the governor and attorney general before members of the clergy) or don't appear at all — the attorney general's schedules list a May 2014 lunch with Cuomo, for example, that isn't in the governor's.

[87] Dan Hodges wrote: «I can't remember the last time I read a more morally and intellectually bankrupt rant from a senior member of the clergy.»

Congressman Katko, Lt. Governor Hochul, County Executive Mahoney, Judge Thomas, President Hudson, Deputy Mayor Owens, Monsignor Quartier, Minister Muhammed, distinguished members of the clergy, members of the New York State Legislature, the Onondaga County Legislature, and the Syracuse Common Council...

The findings have surfaced with ominous regularity over the last few years, and with little notice: Members of the clergy now suffer from Principal Translations / Traduzioni principali: Inglese: Italiano: break [sth] vtr transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object — for example, Say something.

Members of the clergy retain the right to refuse to conduct remarriages involving divorced persons — and to refuse the use of their churches for such marriages.

It's probably true that some people consider some members of the legal profession to be at least as moral as used car salesman, certain members of the clergy, carnival shills, some professional athletes, politicians of all stripes (think Mark Twain), and criminals.

Members of the clergy often counsel couples, though not all have formal training or education in the field of counseling.

Julius Debrah is scheduled to meet members of the clergy in the evening to end his first day tour.

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

See Publication 517, Social Security and Other Information for Members of the Clergy and Religious Workers, for limited exceptions from self - employment tax.

According to the Raise the Age campaign, «last year, 249 members of the clergy from around the state supported «raise the age» legislation.»

I help individually with adolescents, adults and older adults (including members of the clergy) as well as with couples and families facing depression, bipolar disorder, codependency, abuse, grieving and generally dealing with changes.

If you are an RN in a hospital, you are probably not an ordained member of the clergy, but you perform spiritual work at your workplace.

Sean Jones QC, for Canon Pemberton, told the court the bishop's decisions which barred him from officiating were wrong because the C of E does not have a fixed rule on same - sex marriage among members of the clergy.