Sentences with phrase «sit in the church meeting»

Sometimes I sit in the church meeting and I think that to meet Jesus would be the most exciting, enthralling and winsome experience, full of surprises.

I sit in the church meeting and squirm at the offerings that are supposed to be inspirational songs.

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I used to sit in on benevolence situations at a church I used to attend, they required all those who did not attend church there, who were looking for money to come sit through a service, and then we would meet.

They had read polemics about church property restitution, they had met Hari Krishnas in saffron robes, they could find Rushdie's Satanic Verses sitting beside Discussions with Cardinal Ratzinger in bookstores.

I've sat in elder meetings and listened while godly women brought wisdom and discernment to bear on complex issues of church discipline.

If Jesus were to show up at the annual meeting of the typical church when the church budget is analyzed and discussed, He would probably sit in the back and wait for the pastor or one of the elders to ask His opinion on the church budget.

From my experience of Serra involvement in clergy meetings a number of interested parties seem to be sitting back and waiting for the Church to change its teaching or discipline in these areas, and forcing us laity to waste alot of energy discussing such issues.

As I sat in reception waiting to meet with Bill Johnson at the Bethel Church offices on a perennially sunny Redding morning, I reflected on the seeming incongruity of me being there.

The JACEI report praises Nestlé for being the first company to meet the breastmilk substitutes criteria to be included in the FTSE4Good ethical investment Index, yet there is a significant conflict of interest involved as the Church Central Finance Board (CFB), which decided to invest in Nestlé in 2007, sits on the FTSE4Good committee responsible for assessing Nestlé's baby milk marketing and advising on the criteria.

The meeting at Mary White's house had been sparked by a church picnic a week or so earlier, when White and her friend Marian Tompson sat beneath an apple tree in Elmhurst's Wilder Park nursing their babies.

The new Archbishop of Canterbury plans to sit down for a face - to - face meeting with gay activist Peter Tatchell in what could mark a distinct break with the Anglican Church's past approach to the issue.

The aforementioned church scene is an example of where this native silence works quite well, racking focus clearly on the sweet, heart - rending vocals, but for a movie ostensibly about alienation and disconnect, there are many scenes — Johnny sitting in the kitchen when the rest of the family rushes out to meet George and Madeleine, for instance, or a late - act scene between Ashley and George at the hospital — where the audio is just flat.