church council
Americannoun
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Jackie Campbell, a team leader for pastoral care on the St Margaret's parochial church council, said most of the congregation are elderly people who arrive by car.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
“I thought to myself: ‘What else could go wrong?’ ” said Humeniuk, who serves on the church council for St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in Baltimore, which operates the cemetery.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022
“I am a member of the local church council, so I think I have not only permission but also a duty to evaluate the actions of my church in light of the Bible.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
They’d served on the church council and staffed the nursery and raised their families together.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2020
I had not heard him come up the stairs, and besides, I did not think he would come up because the church council meeting was still going on downstairs.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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