Sentences with phrase «welcomed by the congregation»

A celibate lesbian couple filled out one of the visitor cards and was welcomed by the congregation this morning.

Now, when are you going to tell us all about the celibate lesbian couple who supposedly filled out a visitor card and were welcomed by the congregation?

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I eventually found him a church, but it wasn't contemporary worship and was inhabited by a bunch of stodgy people even though they were a welcoming congregation.

I have no doubt that John, our choir director at one of the congregations where my father served, sincerely believed that «Whispering Hope,» a number frequently chosen by him as the choir's offertory piece, was a profoundly Christian hymn; but it was really an expression of vacuous hope without any substantive theological grounding: «Wait till the darkness is over / wait till the tempest is done / Hope for the sunshine tomorrow, after the darkness is gone / Whispering hope, oh, how welcome thy voice / Making my heart in its sorrow rejoice.»

Doogie, dear, how is it that a lesbian couple filled out a visitor card THIS MORNING and was welcomed THIS MORNING by the congregation as a «celibate gay couple?»

However, the point is that given our working description of Christian congregations, theological schooling focused by study of congregations would welcome and endorse the most vigorous and detailed exposé of the cultural captivity and ideological functioning of congregations and their practices.

by Marcel Wanders The bell represents a very early and essential form of communication, generating a welcoming ring that brings people together for festivities and congregations.