Sentences with phrase «staff at the church»

I've gone through this, and it gutted me both personally and professionally (I was on staff at that church).

I started therapy while on staff at church and it was such a help when I decided to leave my position and, ultimately, leave the church.

I do not fit a single one of these ten criteria, and yet I am a Christian, and publicly so — I work on a the staff at a church.

Having served on staff at churches and with para-church organizations, he is committed to equipping leaders across the globe.

Bill was brought on staff at a church as the Pastor of Assimilation.

My parents were close friends with much of our pastoral staff at the church I grew up in.

(I am currently on staff at a church that will probably have to do a building project soon.)

Posted on the church's website, his official statement reads: «As a college student on staff at a church in Texas more than 20 years ago, I regretfully had a sexual incident with a female high school senior in the church.

Eight months ago I was on staff at a church until they went through a split of sorts.

Our church offers it, but apart from the staff at the church, the classes are conducted by parent volunteers.

Some of the younger gals on staff at the church even talked all of us old ladies into wearing fake eye lashes.

Occasionally we have readers who are on staff at churches or who are married, but they are not our target demographic.

Soon after marrying into staff at church, we had a ladies gathering at our newlywed, newly furnished and sparkling clean home.

Not exact matches

If you're interviewing for a position at the Vanderbloemen Search Group — a Houston - based firm that staffs churches and other faith - based organizations — don't be surprised to receive a text message asking a quirky question of sorts around 10:00 in the evening.

The general attitude needs to be that EVERYONE needs to be welcomed and loved at church... thats the job of the congregation... dealing with the issues of someone's life is up to the pastoral staff and unless you're part of it whats going on in someones life is none of your business.

The incident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. (11 a.m. ET) as members of a small Kansas church that protests at military funerals and counter-protesters stood nearly a block away from First United Methodist Church during services for Staff Sgt. Michael Bock, 26, who died August 13 in Afghanistan's Helmand prochurch that protests at military funerals and counter-protesters stood nearly a block away from First United Methodist Church during services for Staff Sgt. Michael Bock, 26, who died August 13 in Afghanistan's Helmand proChurch during services for Staff Sgt. Michael Bock, 26, who died August 13 in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

To reach a new generation, it is how the message is packaged & delivered that adjusts, such as Stanley and his staff have done at their church.

These changes in the numerical balance, together with the increasing replacement of American missionaries by nationals in leadership positions at the lower levels of church structure, have inevitably raised the issue of when and to what extent the distribution of leadership and other staff at headquarters will reflect these developments.

We didn't last long at the church, mostly because of some moral failings that occurred within leadership staff.

(I would invite you to check out my course on how you can add staff to your rural church with a limited budget at smalltownbigchurch.com.)

After suddenly losing my father - in - law to a tragic car accident and my mother - in - law just two years later, all in the midst of leaving the church my husband had been on staff at for ten years to move to a new church in a new town with new friends, I had let my overwhelming circumstances crowd my heart and mind.

At Willow Creek Presbyterian — the Winter Springs, Florida, church which fired Tchividjian last week — senior pastor Kevin Labby acknowledged to his congregation that it had been «a very difficult week for our church and staff.»

They are then further disturbed that the headteacher loyally supports the staff member who has made the children shout out «penis» or «vagina» at the front of the class, or has said that the Church will one day ordain women priests, or has talked openly about their gay partner.

Peter J. Leithart is on the pastoral staff of Trinity Reformed Church in Moscow, Idaho, and Senior Fellow of Theology and Literature at New St. Andrews College.

Previously, I was on staff at a large church in a very visible role.

«This year - long tour has given me a real understanding of how the innovation and vibrancy displayed by cathedral staff and their congregations is ensuring that these important churches continue to play a crucial role at the heart of local communities now and for centuries to come.»

But at our church, we raised enough money to build an entire orphanage in Africa and staff it for an entire year!

He has been intentional about creating a diverse staff at Kingdom Church, he says.

The Salvation Army's director for community services, Tony Daniels said: «Staff and volunteers at our churches and social centres across the UK have seen growing numbers of individuals and families on low incomes who are struggling to put food on the table or keep a roof over their heads.

When he arrived at church that morning, Jones and his new staff hung a huge banner on the front of the church: OPEN FOR PRAYER.

The church staff was on a retreat at his parents» mountain cabin, and Jim had come along with his mother and father to help.

Lyle Schaller writes about the importance of recognizing certain ministerial tasks as «winners» and others as «losers» in The Multiple Staff and the Larger Church, «Winners» are the tasks that lead people to sign up for ordained ministry: preaching, presiding over sacraments, being present at key life transitions such as weddings and funerals — in other words, the prominent, visible and generally rewarding parts of ministry.

In other cases the existing evangelism staff has been attracted to church - growth theory and practice; some staffers have gone to workshops at Pasadena or have otherwise gotten hold of the insights of the movement's theoreticians and incorporated them into their programs.

In response to recent controversies, Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll has written a candid letter to his congregation that attempts to clarify the significant staff turnover at Mars Hill Church and the controversial marketing campaign that gave Real Marriage bestseller status.

Ms. Allen is a staff member of The Christian Century and director of music at the United Church of Hyde Park in Chicago.

A second observation is that it is precisely at the national headquarters levels of the typical western church that the Inertia of church organization and staff exerts Its most debilitating Influence on the capacity of the church to effect change in its own program or in the policies of the economic and political institutions In which It Is enmeshed.

Since the scandal had erupted, attendance at Long's church had fallen, and New Birth officials have announced plans to lay off staff and cut Long's salary.

From Deb: After 18 years at a large Evangelical church, including five years on the Kids» Ministry staff, my husband and I have recently returned to a small United Methodist Church we attended yearchurch, including five years on the Kids» Ministry staff, my husband and I have recently returned to a small United Methodist Church we attended yearChurch we attended years ago.

I feel that if I don't at least look into doing this, I am failing to put the best staff in place in my church.

John P. Burgess, recently on the staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and now professor of theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, has artfully woven together a series of essays on East Germany written between 1984 and 1996.

When the church installed new computers connected to a local area network and to an Internet service provider, the staff was astonished at how much its internal communications improved.

At St. Stephen's of the Valley Lutheran Church in Palmdale, California, a layperson on the staff writes the liturgy for each Sunday.

In fact, I will buy two and send one, with love, to the pastoral staff at my former church.

The Catholic Church is pledging to continue support for pupils and staff at Corpus Christi College in... More

Ray is on staff at a Vineyard church in Kentucky, where he lives with his wife, Kim, and the last of their three children.

Like a country club at best or a cult at worst, some churches even publicly admit that by joining a serving team or the staff you'll be setting aside your life outside of the church.

It is unrealistic to imagine that churches, at the judicatory or national level, can accomplish any significant social action without staff.

Nevertheless please hear my broken heart on this... Yes the church I work at is large with large vision with a large staff and large budget.

«On behalf of the elders, pastors, staff, and Trustees of Highpoint, I want to affirm that we are 100 per cent committed to Andy, Amanda, and their family and his continued ministry at Highpoint Church.

Last year St Columba's Lochside Mission and Outreach youth programme provided more than 150 lunches daily to local children after church staff learned that the 95 per cent of children in one local primary school, who receive free school lunches and breakfasts during the school term, were at risk of hunger during the summer holidays.