Sentences with phrase «one's own congregation»

At one point, we called all the leaders of congregations in the borough out onto the pitch — about 40 of us, from denominations and cultures right across the board.

Not, at least, in congregations all - female in membership.

Investing in clean, renewable energy, is becoming a popular trend for congregations as another positive action to address climate change.

A particularly exciting night dive with congregations of hunting fish.

Many denominations have their own experts preparing programs and helping the local congregations in family education.

A Christian congregation as a distinctive social space inherently is an arrangement of very material powers.

If your book targets only a small portion of that audience, whether by congregation or subject matter, it will not be featured as a retailer promotion at this time.

Inside, I find a small Indian congregation at worship.

For denominations to discount congregations on the basis of size and physical resources may be to discount their own future.

It does not mean that the church congregations did not make compromises with such structures themselves.

When we asked congregations about what they get from their denominations, the most common response — from liberals no less than conservatives — was a sense of participation in a global mission.

It still informs the purpose and commitments of many congregations.

More worship songs than ever are flowing out of local congregations into the worldwide Church.

Although someone usually gets blamed whenever a marriage fails, suing your local church congregation for your divorce is definitely an unusual circumstance.

If congregations seem not to understand such jargon, it is not their fault.

We were called to minister to a small congregation about 4 years ago.

This tells me that we have pastors leading congregations and setting the tone for community norms that are less than at an adult level of functioning.

When congregations and communities sense that a leader will persist, then something shifts and the next steps are possible.

There are large congregations with social views similar to the author's.

I am leaving my current congregation because of a calling to another.

No doubt you have had experiences with conflict in your own congregation as well.

It thereby binds the whole congregation together in one community, celebrating the common journey of all, regardless of their dominant phase of maturing at the time.

Many of this loyal, predominantly white British congregation no longer lived near the church but continued attending because they used to live in the area.

In what congregations build and where they build it, they say something about their relationship to the surrounding culture.

Somewhere along the way I decided that I needed to do the same — commit to a particular congregation of people over the long haul.

It helps congregations say no, establish boundaries around behavior, and discipline some people out of consideration for the collective life of the church.

Beginning in 1975, a new congregation grew up around me.

Scripture functions in the worship of thousands of Protestant congregations only as a means of reinforcing what the preacher wants to say.

It's interesting to note that the other congregation members that are not being spoken about never turn their heads to make eye contact with him.

The recruitment kit provides information and guidance on how congregations can support foster and adoptive parents.

Religious congregations do change lives, but they are effective precisely because they are religious.

At another point in the Catholic mass, the entire congregation thinks silent prayers and believes that their god reads their mind or «hears their prayers» as they call it.

Families in typical congregations find members going off in different directions most days.

Look at an example from a growing congregation which needed a new building.

What would happen if wealthy suburban congregations took it upon themselves to build affordable housing for the poor?

His little congregation makes fun of work, wealth, political economy, and the practice of art itself.

Shows the church's true intent... stemming the losses in local congregations over the past few years.

Yet such congregations often have a profound spiritual hunger.

At the same time, one wonders if there are unwanted theological implications involved in treating American congregations merely from the viewpoint of religious ecology and social change.

No doubt most congregations want to reduce their food waste: if anything, it's a waste of money that could be used more effectively in a community's ministry.

Further, participants in congregations using contemporary styles of worship are, on average, notably younger.

The authors encourage congregations to deliberately acknowledge conflicts, seek out their sources and their implications.

Investment crowdfunding will speak to highly diverse congregations of motivations, from philanthropic to profit, and a thousand shades of color in between.