Sentences with phrase «with local clergy»

Building relationships with local clergy, attorneys, title companies and even those who repair and rehab homes can be an asset.

At a rally in Bed - Stuy this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a new four - week public relations push with local clergy members, aimed at Albany lawmakers who oppose his plan to tax the city's highest - earners to fund expanded education programs.

I plan to visit mosques in Bradford on 18th February with local clergy and congregation members, and I warmly encourage others to do the same where they are.»

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Those making a pilgrimage to Israel from various countries around the world joined local Franciscan clergy by packing into the Cenacle - or Upper Room - to remember the final meal Jesus ate with the Twelve Disciples prior to his Crucifixion.

Says Robert Kohler an executive with the United Methodist Church: «Instead of a [clergy] shortage or crisis, I see a changing profile in pastoral ministry with an intentional use of more full - and part - time local pastors to address the needs for clergy.»

They were given the task, in coordination with the local political rulers, of hiring and paying clergy to oversee all the people in a particular parish.

The meeting was interrupted by clergy from a local black Baptist alliance, who were angered by my claim that black churches, along with many other groups, were having trouble writing effective grant proposals or administering and evaluating social programs.

A.E. Medlycott points out that the value of the report of Theophilus is its evidence that by the middle of the fourth century India or its adjacent territories had indigenous, worshipping congregations ministered to by local clergy, with customs such as sitting for the Gospel, that were well adapted to the Indian culture though divergent from accepted western practice.

A partnership between the community mental health center and the local clergy should include consultative services with the clergy to assist them with their own pastoral care and counseling ministry with their parishioners; education and training opportunities in mental health, including evaluative and referral procedures in relation to the local mental health center; and the development and supervision of an after - care ministry with patients originally referred to the center by the local minister, priest, or rabbi.

In addition, the National Council of Churches can provide direct consultation with national, state, and local church and mental health organizations concerning the involvement of churches and clergy in community mental health centers.

With 100 - plus proposals on what the United Methodist Church (UMC) should do about human sexuality — from deleting its Book of Discipline's stance that homosexuality is «incompatible with Christian teaching» to allowing local churches to choose whether or not to approve same - sex unions and non-celibate gay clergy — organizers of the denomination's quadrennial conference tried to develop a special process to address the isWith 100 - plus proposals on what the United Methodist Church (UMC) should do about human sexuality — from deleting its Book of Discipline's stance that homosexuality is «incompatible with Christian teaching» to allowing local churches to choose whether or not to approve same - sex unions and non-celibate gay clergy — organizers of the denomination's quadrennial conference tried to develop a special process to address the iswith Christian teaching» to allowing local churches to choose whether or not to approve same - sex unions and non-celibate gay clergy — organizers of the denomination's quadrennial conference tried to develop a special process to address the issue.

As the worldwide church tries to look ever more like Jesus, I firmly believe that local expressions of the church that have no buildings or paid clergy will become standard, and gatherings with buildings and paid clergy will become less frequent and more rare.

With the coming of coffee to Venice in 1615, the local clergy condemned it.

Local elected officials, community leaders and clergy met with de Blasio at the church on Wednesday afternoon.

With that knowledge, SUNY Upstate has started offering the tools local clergy may need to deal with similar situatiWith that knowledge, SUNY Upstate has started offering the tools local clergy may need to deal with similar situatiwith similar situations.

Another 24 percent wanted the source to be a local hospital and 7 percent preferred to discuss it with a clergy member.

St David's church was finally completed in 1952 with the constant persistence of the local clergy and its hard working members.