- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congregation Quotes
Gathered together in worship and belief.
These quotes reflect on the congregation as a gathering point for shared Faith, from the solemnity of communal prayer to the historic role congregations have played in their communities. Several touch on questions congregations still wrestle with today.
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- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a pastor, and I teach and preach the Bible to my congregation every week. But the Bible is not a manufacturer's handbook. Neither is it a science textbook nor a guidebook for public policy.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs of outreach in the community.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many old music hall fans were present at the funeral today of Fred 'Chuckles' Jenkins, Britain's oldest and unfunniest comedian. In tribute, the vicar read out one of Fred's jokes, and the congregation had two minutes silence.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's definitely a potential there for a congregation to survive without the Crystal Cathedral. The congregation is the people. It's not the building.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from the Lord.
- Mortgage
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the congregation becomes the norm by which sermons are measured, a minister has put a mortgage on his soul.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of the congregation in a dedication ceremony, where we were dedicated to the future service of God.
- Distinguished
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am humbled and deeply honored to have been asked to serve the congregants of Shearith Israel, a congregation with an incomparable history, where some of America's most distinguished rabbis have pastored and preached.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife and I are affiliated with a temple here in Los Angeles. We feel very close to the congregation and to the rabbi, who happens to be my wife's cousin and who I admire greatly. I talk to him regularly but I consider myself more spiritual than religious.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Washington is a great international city and in the congregation we have people who are rich and poor, black and white, and from every part of the world.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot fail to call the congregation to worship God, to listen to his Word, to offer themselves to God.
- Formation
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- Nov 07, 2020