Sentences with phrase «serving at church»

He enjoys spending time with his wife Nan, traveling, golfing and serving at his church.

You guys, I'm serving at church today helping to lead worship.

I dropped hints here and there that my worldview was changing, and that I was increasingly unsatisfied by some of the apologetics that I once embraced and wielded, and I was less and less comfortable serving at church.

Dude, you got ta stop drinking that Kool - Ade they serve at your Church.

I participate and serve at a church that fights for equal rights, especially for those that have no voice.

In truth maybe the old guard had something right... they served at their church, they stayed at their church, the gave their money to the church, they at least were committed to the church... I know, it's not the thing today — people don't want to give their money to the church, they really don't want to meet at the church — maybe someone might find out how shallow and prideful they really are — if church ain't about them... it's not to cool.

There are weeks when I find tremendous joy in what I am learning at school, how I am able to serve at the church and the way I'm allowed to witness my son, Liam, as he forms new words and ideas in his three - year - old mind.

My husband serves at our church in a busy calling that keeps him busy from early Sunday morning until the evening as well as during the week.

Along that same vein, most meatball recipes call for breadcrumbs, which is why, as a person adhering to a gluten - free diet, you can't just eat the meatballs served at your church potluck.

Jeff also serves at his church in many capacities.

I serve at my church.

Not exact matches

Mark lives in Salem, Oregon, where he serves on the school district budget committee as well as a number of church boards and committees at the local, state, and regional level.

In March of 2014, the leaders of all the autocephalous (independent) Orthodox Churches met in Istanbul, the sacred see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which historically (since at least the fifth century) coordinates such assemblies, facilitating unity while serving as a center of appeal among these cChurches met in Istanbul, the sacred see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which historically (since at least the fifth century) coordinates such assemblies, facilitating unity while serving as a center of appeal among these churcheschurches.

It's alleged Rev Price targeted two youths while he was serving at York Methodist Church and two others while he was a minister in Pocklington.

In recent years, a number of Christian leaders have rightly called lethargic and half - hearted Christians to quicken their pace, to dedicate more of their time, talents, money and efforts to serving the Lord in the local church and in evangelistic outreach at home and abroad.

We hosted mission teams from the states and served at the pleasure of the local church there.

Christian charity Housing Justice Cymru found churches in the Caerphilly, Newport and Swansea areas served the destitute at 20 different centres across the period, amounting to that time.

As for what this priest wrote, he forgets that most Catholic parishes, at least in the USA, depend very heavily on retired men and women to help out with many parish duties, from helping to serve communion at daily Mass to assisting with the front office or helping out with various ministries, so to say seniors have been forgotten by the Church is not true...

Among those roughly 75 men are lawyers, a medical doctor, a congressional staffer, professional musicians, a radio host, several PhDs and professors, a particle physicist from Stanford, a former Google employee, a dean of admissions at a medical school, Ivy Leaguers, Golden Domers, and more who were successful in the world, but sought a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and his Church, and desired to serve his people.

Any efforts at changing the culture of the inner city will have to intersect with the African - American churches here; learning from those who have weathered the last few decades and built institutions to serve the community.

I did notice the mention about Romney serving in the church at his own expense, but didn't see any mention of his public service.

The way you know a Mormon president wouldn't attempt to preach to you or convert you is to look at those members of the Church of Jesus Christ currently serving in Washington.

I do know that if I followed the guidelines of one liturgical commission, suggesting that I greet each penitent at the church doors with an open Gospel book and then lead a procession to a reconciliation room which looks more like an occasion of sin than a shrine for its absolution, the number of confessions in the middle of the metropolis where I serve would be severely reduced.

During his period in Strasbourg, Calvin served as a pastor to a local French «language church at the invitation of Strasbourg's great reformer, Martin Bucer, who also introduced him to the widow who would later become Calvin's wife.

Dr Hood, who served as Moderator at the Church of Scotland's General Assembly between 2013 and 2014, established the Scottish board of the charity Remembering Srebrenica.

Bonhoeffer was also involved with those who drafted documents that could serve as the basis for a new order of government after the coup, and he composed a pronouncement pointing toward reorganization of the Protestant church, which could be used in congregations at the conclusion of the war.

Today's Church, is a Vile, Tax Evading, Self - Serving, Cadre of loons who praise God by following none of His Tenets, and by looking down at those whom they should be helping up.

After serving at the Monroe Street Church for several years, Morrison fulfilled a dream he had begun to develop when his intellectual sights had broadened during his last years at college: to embark on graduate study at the University of Chicago.

Embassy Church is an inner - city congregation that serves at - risk teens and the city's homeless.

She served her curacy at St James's Church, Blackburn.

Adrian Reynolds is part of the leadership team of The Proclamation Trust and serves as associate minister at ELT Baptist Church in Mile End, London.

Ann Marie worked for CPS at the time, and having recently wed her partner, Patricia (in a church commitment ceremony at which I served as celebrant), she decided to become a foster co-parent to Hailey, a child with special needs stemming from the chaos of her life's earliest months.

Many of them are at least as committed Christians, serving the seminary out of love of the church, as are any other members of the community.

Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas, said Americans should «more often» give thanks to Obama and those who serve in higher elected office.

John Ortberg, a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Church in Barrington, Illinois, and the author of Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them (Zondervan), This fall he will begin serving Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in northern California.

My dog - collar will stay at home, but there is no contradiction between honest work — which the Judeo - Christian tradition honors as an expression of our selves, our self - worth and our creativity — and serving God in his Church.

Church often serves as little more than a social club, and the strong evangelical presence means that faith and politics get far too intertwined at times.

Jes Kast - Keat serves as Associate Minister at West End Collegiate Church in NYC (Reformed Church in America), and is an all - around delightful human being who brings humor, sass, and wisdom to her ministry and to her friendships.

We could have quoted St Irenaeus — who is indeed a saint, martyr and great teacher of the Church — at much greater length to exactly the same effect, but the succinctness of Tertullain's style serves well to express the thought no matter that the man unfortunately left the communion of the Church at the end of his life.

As it is, he really only spends one paragraph talking about this, but Jesus emphasized such outward - focused love during His ministry, and the church at large could benefit from more of a reminder that the Kingdom of God is not just about loving one another, but is also about loving and serving those who live in darkness and fear.

Any other country I would have an issue with the church recruiting for the police, at least here police and the military are «sworn» to protect and serve (the Law) not the people or some ones private agenda.

If anyone is at fault, the church is at fault because we have not loved enough, forgave enough, and presented a vision of God that is compelling enough for people to want to love, serve, and follow Him.

A few years ago, when I was serving as a preaching pastor at NYC's Redeemer Presbyterian Church, I gave a sermon on racial diversity.

She blogs at More Than Serving Tea and partners with other bloggers and pastors to highlight and move the conversation forward on issues of race, ethnicity, and gender within the Church.

Jim is a graphic designer from St. Paul, Minnesota, who, in addition to doing freelance design work, serves as Design Manager at Woodland Hills Church, where Greg Boyd is a pastor.

Jeremiah was one of those books that was allowed into the Bible by order of Emperor Constantine because it served the purposes of the Orthodox Church at the time.

We believe the Church is at its best when it sacrifices and serves.

(attempt at some humor) While I am United Methodist, I served a Presbyterian Church once that I helped create.

Dr. James K. Mathews was Bishop of the Methodist Church serving the Boston area at the time this article was written (about 1960).

As visitors wandered into the church from the street to see what was going on, it felt like the church was serving them well — it was making space both for U2's passionate love for humanity and for its fury at how we treat one another.