Sentences with phrase «service as the congregation»

One Sabbath service as the congregation in Newbury listened to the sermon of their pastor, the door burst open and in walked a young woman stark naked.

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This weekend, 26 people were killed and at least 20 more were injured when a gunman opened fire on the congregation of a small community church as they worshipped during a Sunday morning service.

One year while serving as pastor of a congregation just outside Indianapolis, I met with a two - member worship committee to plan Holy Week and Easter services.

Now understand, as a liturgical Mainline Protestant congregation, First Presbyterian Church follows the Revised Common Lectionary, which means the Scriptural passages for the service and sermon are determined years in advance.

Matthew 18 described how the community could live as a free congregation of brothers without having any members placed in positions of superiority and control, held together only by brotherly service, imposed upon all» (Schweizer, p. 398).

Each reader, whose technology is run by the London - based fintech company SumUp, needs a «merchant», most likely a Church worker, to input each transaction, and a probable scenario will see members of the congregation walking past a manned device as they enter or leave a service or event.

Christian congregation; some have seen a theological school as distinct from but interrelated with congregations in ways analogous to the relation in the Reformed tradition between the congregation and its clergy; others have seen a theological school as related, not to congregations, but to a cadre of active clergy for whom it provides «in - service» or «extension» education.

Perhaps a sermon should be regarded as great, not because everyone in the congregation agrees with the preacher, but because at the end of the service those present just can't wait to talk about it; to debate it together, because the text around which it was built has captured their imagination and curiosity.

That a congregation is constituted by enacting a more broadly and ecumenically practiced worship that generates a distinctive social space implies study of what that space is and how it is formed: What are the varieties of the shape and content of the common lives of Christian congregations now, cross-culturally and globally (synchronic inquiry); how do congregations characteristically define who they are and what their larger social and natural contexts are; how do they characteristically define what they ought to be doing as congregations; how have they defined who they are and what they ought to do historically (diachronic study); how is the social form of their common life nurtured and corrected in liturgy, pastoral caring, preaching, education, maintenance of property, service to neighbors; what is the role of scripture in all this, the role of traditions of theology, and the role of traditions of worship?

The point I wish to make here is that the guide as administrator must be very intentional about structuring the life of the congregation beyond the Sunday morning worship service.

We are about as far as you can get from a user - friendly church â $ «not because our congregation is unfriendly but because our services are unpredictable, unpolished, and inconsistent.

The CDF puts out a book containing a model worship service for Protestant, Catholic and Jewish congregations, as well as a series of activity modules for children and adults.

In this regard, when we lift up before the congregation the lives of the saints who gave themselves for others and when we encourage service to those in need around us (e.g., the works of mercy) we are contributing to the formation of the kind of people on whom the just war tradition as a form of discipleship depends.

Of the teens who attended worship services, 70 percent rated their congregation as a very good or fairly good place to talk about serious issues, such as family problems, alcohol or troubles at school.

Congregations that recognize the value of that work, emphasizing the denomination's service in the world, are more likely to describe themselves as strongly shaped by the denominational tradition.

If members experience service to others in the congregation as their ministry, it is much easier for them to see that their work in the world is also service to God.

As we began the service, the congregation was tense and quiet.

One congregation «encourages churchgoers to use paint and clay to tell personal stories and «unleash your theological imagination» as part of a twice - monthly art service.»

We read of churches in which fresh herbs were spread on the floor, their scent rising as the congregation walked about before, during and after the service.

Clearly the «Saints» was the emotional climax of the service as members of the congregation freely jumped up from their seats and literally danced in the aisles.

Members may regard election to office in a congregation as a reward for service in less important leadership capacities.

A congregation that is able to see its ministries as service to God probably has a pastor who has helped people to recognize that why they do something is as important as what they do.

When congregations are described as alternative service providers, they are pitted against secular agencies and even faith - based nonprofits.

In public worship (there was, after all, no other legal option) he prayed with a congregation that used Cranmer's superbly crafted Book of Common Prayer and heard at these same services the Bishop's Bible (the immediate predecessor to the King James Authorized Version), echoes of both of which can be detected in the plays, and of course he was buried in Stratford's Trinity Church; while privately he probably held to the Old Religion throughout his life, as recent research is making increasingly evident.

Similar to Diocesan Share payments made by Church of England congregations in the UK, the Common Fund raises money for services which benefit the diocese as a whole, such as safeguarding.

The proportion of congregations in the 1960s and 1970s that actually responded as prescribed to their contexts was in fact very small.21 As neighborhood populations changed racially, some churches whose physical and financial resources lingered after their former membership fled introduced service programs to assist the poor, but the adjustment seems in most cases to have stemmed from necessity or default rather than from deliberate reorientation and restructuring by members who themselves stayed on to be transformeas prescribed to their contexts was in fact very small.21 As neighborhood populations changed racially, some churches whose physical and financial resources lingered after their former membership fled introduced service programs to assist the poor, but the adjustment seems in most cases to have stemmed from necessity or default rather than from deliberate reorientation and restructuring by members who themselves stayed on to be transformeAs neighborhood populations changed racially, some churches whose physical and financial resources lingered after their former membership fled introduced service programs to assist the poor, but the adjustment seems in most cases to have stemmed from necessity or default rather than from deliberate reorientation and restructuring by members who themselves stayed on to be transformed.

A church is not the minister only or the congregation only but the entire Christian fellowship, and it can be strong only as its members accept the obligation to give it support by their gifts, their service, their prayers, and their presence.

Federal and state governments are turning to congregations as well as other religious non-profits to lead community development and deliver social services.

Second, although they did not take leadership roles in the ritual of carrying the goddess, the members of the congregation at Nagapuram did offer their services as drummers and participants in the procession.

Another local congregation is presently acting as catalyst for a community services workshop to assist churches and public - service groups in planning how to use electronic media, especially the «public access» channel of the newly formed cable system in the area.

Its guidance to church leaders says: «Clergy credentialed by the ECC may attend the wedding or blessing of a same - sex couple... but may not participate in the service other than as a participant with the congregation.»

The congregation sponsors a Center for Advance Lay Leadership, with an exhaustive catalogue listing all the courses offered as well as those required for participation in an area of service.

It is possible, therefore, that some of the paid - time religious broadcasters may show signs of becoming more «established,» consolidating basic identities and service functions in order to maintain their audiences similar to an extended congregation, withdrawing their programs from areas that are no longer profitable, and developing as extended independent church organizations in line with their particular theological emphases.

However, amounts received directly from members of the congregation, such as fees for performing marriages, baptisms, or other personal services, are considered self - employment income.»

Perhaps the most important distinction of all is between those congregations that see social service as part of their mission and those that do not.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

In Geneva, the Lord's Supper was regarded as a service of the whole congregation that everyone had to attend.

During a church service at SCOAN in Nigeria which was broadcast live on his Emmanuel TV, the Man of God asked his congregation to pray for Ghana and Nigeria as he recounted seeing them in a foreign attack.

Cabrera, who is a longtime foe of marriage equality and a leader in the effort that recently overturned the public schools» policy against church congregations using their space for worship services, has for years worked with the Family Research Council, an organization condemned as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

After many years of service, Babette makes an unusual request — she would like to prepare a French meal for the sisters and their congregation as a gift of gratitude.

Chaplain LUTHERAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES OF NJ — Florham Park, NJ Jan 2001 — Mar 2005 • Managed ministry bulletins and communication channels • Preached and taught the congregation in the fulfillment of its vision • Helped individuals and groups develop their spiritual insight • Planned and lead festivals and special occasion services such as Christmas, Lent and Easter • Developed and maintained positive relations with all faith groups in the community

She offers counseling for individuals, children (Elementary School aged), adolescents (Middle School and High School aged), young adults, adults, older adults, couples and families, military service members and their families, as well as consultation for church leaders and congregations.