Sentences with phrase «participation by members of the congregation»

But microphones also opened up new possibilities for participation by members of the congregation, who began to read, make announcements, and lead others in prayer and song.

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Clergy can increase effective lay ministry in the workplace by nurturing members of congregations in the basic fundamentals of the faith - literacy in Scripture and Christian traditions and participation in liturgy and the rhythms of the church year.

The substance of what is proclaimed is the same as what is recollected, the same as is now acknowledged by the congregation in thanksgiving as God's salvatory and present power, the same as is offered and received in participation of the members in the Head of the church.

It is always a danger that this dignity and beauty and the form upon which they rest, may be without the warmth of personal participation by the members of the worshipping congregation; then there is «formality» in the bad sense, and there may be a «coldness» which almost amounts to indifference.

Yet anyone who moves around the world of mainline Protestantism in America comes time and again upon congregations which, without any of the «strong» traits enumerated by Kelley, show remarkable vitality, not only in terms of growth (including the presence of large numbers of young people) but in terms of their members» expressed satisfaction with the spiritual comfort and nurture they derive from their participation.