#congregation — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/iran/122997/ Kehillat Israel reopens in Pacific Palisades after fire #Congregation #Fire #Home #Insurance #Israel #KehillatIsrael #member #palisades #PalisadesFireSurvivor #project #sanctuary #ShabbatService #StevenLewis #synagogue #time #year

https://www.europesays.com/iran/86052/ Beth Israel synagogue rebuilds after antisemitic arson attack #AntiSemiticAttack #AntisemiticArsonAttack #BethIsraelSynagogue #building #community #Congregation #FirstTime #healing #Israel #Judaism #member #ReconstructionEffort #russell #SarahThomas #temple #TemporaryWorshipSpace

https://www.europesays.com/iran/80644/ North Carolina woman, Harris County juvenile accused of plotting attack on Congregation Beth Israel – Houston Public Media #Congregation #CongregationBethIsraelHouston #court #crime #FBICharlotteFieldOffice #HarrisCounty #Houston #HoustonFBIOffice #HoustonPoliceDepartment #HoustonSynagogue #Israel #local #News #NorthCarolina #Religion

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

CONGREGATION, n. The subjects of an experiment in hypnotism.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Congregation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-08-12)

More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83549…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #church #congregation #hypnotism #persuasion

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

CONGREGATION, n. The subjects of an experiment in hypnotism.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Congregation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-08-12)

More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83549…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #church #congregation #hypnotism #persuasion

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

CONGREGATION, n. The subjects of an experiment in hypnotism.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Congregation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-08-12)

More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83549…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #church #congregation #hypnotism #persuasion

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

CONGREGATION, n. The subjects of an experiment in hypnotism.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Congregation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-08-12)

More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83549…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #church #congregation #hypnotism #persuasion

"When #HenryWadsworthLongfellow visited #Newport’s #Jewish #cemetery [...], he wrote of the graves as “silent beside the never-silent waves.” He noticed, too, what endured there: “Gone are the living, but the dead remain,” he observed, “and not neglected.”

Newport’s preservation of Jewish #sacred space was shared. #Jews endowed these places and returned to bury their dead there. #Christian officials repaired, protected, and publicly honored them. In this way, a Jewish inheritance was carried forward until communal life returned.

In 1883, #TouroSynagogue was rededicated and a new Jewish community established in Newport. But even in the window of years when the #congregation was gone, the dead were not abandoned."

https://forward.com/culture/815749/newport-touro-synagogue-jewish-cemetery-history/

"When #HenryWadsworthLongfellow visited #Newport’s #Jewish #cemetery [...], he wrote of the graves as “silent beside the never-silent waves.” He noticed, too, what endured there: “Gone are the living, but the dead remain,” he observed, “and not neglected.”

Newport’s preservation of Jewish #sacred space was shared. #Jews endowed these places and returned to bury their dead there. #Christian officials repaired, protected, and publicly honored them. In this way, a Jewish inheritance was carried forward until communal life returned.

In 1883, #TouroSynagogue was rededicated and a new Jewish community established in Newport. But even in the window of years when the #congregation was gone, the dead were not abandoned."

https://forward.com/culture/815749/newport-touro-synagogue-jewish-cemetery-history/

"When #HenryWadsworthLongfellow visited #Newport’s #Jewish #cemetery [...], he wrote of the graves as “silent beside the never-silent waves.” He noticed, too, what endured there: “Gone are the living, but the dead remain,” he observed, “and not neglected.”

Newport’s preservation of Jewish #sacred space was shared. #Jews endowed these places and returned to bury their dead there. #Christian officials repaired, protected, and publicly honored them. In this way, a Jewish inheritance was carried forward until communal life returned.

In 1883, #TouroSynagogue was rededicated and a new Jewish community established in Newport. But even in the window of years when the #congregation was gone, the dead were not abandoned."

https://forward.com/culture/815749/newport-touro-synagogue-jewish-cemetery-history/

A quotation from Josh Billings

Whenever a minister haz preached a sermon that pleazes the whole congregashun, he probably haz preached one that the Lord wont endorse.
 
[Whenever a minister has preached a sermon that pleases the whole congregation, he probably haz preached one that the Lord won’t endorse.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-06 (1871 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82236/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #audience #challenge #congregation #discomfort #enjoyment #homily #pleasing #preacher #sermon #crowdpleaser

A quotation from Josh Billings

Whenever a minister haz preached a sermon that pleazes the whole congregashun, he probably haz preached one that the Lord wont endorse.
 
[Whenever a minister has preached a sermon that pleases the whole congregation, he probably haz preached one that the Lord won’t endorse.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-06 (1871 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82236/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #audience #challenge #congregation #discomfort #enjoyment #homily #pleasing #preacher #sermon #crowdpleaser

A quotation from Josh Billings

Whenever a minister haz preached a sermon that pleazes the whole congregashun, he probably haz preached one that the Lord wont endorse.
 
[Whenever a minister has preached a sermon that pleases the whole congregation, he probably haz preached one that the Lord won’t endorse.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-06 (1871 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82236/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #audience #challenge #congregation #discomfort #enjoyment #homily #pleasing #preacher #sermon #crowdpleaser

A quotation from Josh Billings

Whenever a minister haz preached a sermon that pleazes the whole congregashun, he probably haz preached one that the Lord wont endorse.
 
[Whenever a minister has preached a sermon that pleases the whole congregation, he probably haz preached one that the Lord won’t endorse.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-06 (1871 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82236/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #audience #challenge #congregation #discomfort #enjoyment #homily #pleasing #preacher #sermon #crowdpleaser

This #Christian #pastor preached a #sermon while pointing an #AR15 at the #congregation

Pastor #PhilipThornton of #LegacyFaithChurch in #Harrisburg, PA told his congregation they needed to go all out when spreading their #faith.

The illustration he used was deeply #disturbing. And it would no doubt have caused a national firestorm if this were a non- #Christian church.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD5cSJ84Hgo
https://protestia.com/2025/09/28/pastor-preaches-sermon-with-a-ar-15-strapped-to-his-chest/

#guncontrol #gunviolence #mentalillness #USA

This #Christian #pastor preached a #sermon while pointing an #AR15 at the #congregation

Pastor #PhilipThornton of #LegacyFaithChurch in #Harrisburg, PA told his congregation they needed to go all out when spreading their #faith.

The illustration he used was deeply #disturbing. And it would no doubt have caused a national firestorm if this were a non- #Christian church.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD5cSJ84Hgo
https://protestia.com/2025/09/28/pastor-preaches-sermon-with-a-ar-15-strapped-to-his-chest/

#guncontrol #gunviolence #mentalillness #USA

This #Christian #pastor preached a #sermon while pointing an #AR15 at the #congregation

Pastor #PhilipThornton of #LegacyFaithChurch in #Harrisburg, PA told his congregation they needed to go all out when spreading their #faith.

The illustration he used was deeply #disturbing. And it would no doubt have caused a national firestorm if this were a non- #Christian church.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD5cSJ84Hgo
https://protestia.com/2025/09/28/pastor-preaches-sermon-with-a-ar-15-strapped-to-his-chest/

#guncontrol #gunviolence #mentalillness #USA

This #Christian #pastor preached a #sermon while pointing an #AR15 at the #congregation

Pastor #PhilipThornton of #LegacyFaithChurch in #Harrisburg, PA told his congregation they needed to go all out when spreading their #faith.

The illustration he used was deeply #disturbing. And it would no doubt have caused a national firestorm if this were a non- #Christian church.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD5cSJ84Hgo
https://protestia.com/2025/09/28/pastor-preaches-sermon-with-a-ar-15-strapped-to-his-chest/

#guncontrol #gunviolence #mentalillness #USA

This #Christian #pastor preached a #sermon while pointing an #AR15 at the #congregation

Pastor #PhilipThornton of #LegacyFaithChurch in #Harrisburg, PA told his congregation they needed to go all out when spreading their #faith.

The illustration he used was deeply #disturbing. And it would no doubt have caused a national firestorm if this were a non- #Christian church.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD5cSJ84Hgo
https://protestia.com/2025/09/28/pastor-preaches-sermon-with-a-ar-15-strapped-to-his-chest/

#guncontrol #gunviolence #mentalillness #USA

#MegaChurch #Pastor Scolds His #Congregation for Not Helping Him Pay Off 400k Loan

https://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/mega-church-pastor-scolds-his-congregation-for-not-helping-him-pay-off-400k-loan/87714227/
https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1957462290078273695

#religion #christianity #christian #WWJD #scam

Citation L'église des apôtres de Marie-Joseph HUGUENIN 

#editionsdesbeatitudes #eglise #apotre #paul #clerc #religieux #congregation #laic #vie #centre #bapteme #chretien #peuple #bible #evangile #booktok #bookstok #booktube #booktuber #booklover #books #bookreview #bookstagram #bookstagrammer

https://youtube.com/shorts/lvXnXprm-ZY?feature=share

Citation L'église des apôtres de Marie-Joseph HUGUENIN 

#editionsdesbeatitudes #eglise #apotre #paul #clerc #religieux #congregation #laic #vie #centre #bapteme #chretien #peuple #bible #evangile #booktok #bookstok #booktube #booktuber #booklover #books #bookreview #bookstagram #bookstagrammer

https://youtube.com/shorts/lvXnXprm-ZY?feature=share

Citation L'église des apôtres de Marie-Joseph HUGUENIN 

#editionsdesbeatitudes #eglise #apotre #paul #clerc #religieux #congregation #laic #vie #centre #bapteme #chretien #peuple #bible #evangile #booktok #bookstok #booktube #booktuber #booklover #books #bookreview #bookstagram #bookstagrammer

https://youtube.com/shorts/lvXnXprm-ZY?feature=share

Citation L'église des apôtres de Marie-Joseph HUGUENIN 

#editionsdesbeatitudes #eglise #apotre #paul #clerc #religieux #congregation #laic #vie #centre #bapteme #chretien #peuple #bible #evangile #booktok #bookstok #booktube #booktuber #booklover #books #bookreview #bookstagram #bookstagrammer

https://youtube.com/shorts/lvXnXprm-ZY?feature=share

Qu’est-ce que cette photo vous inspire?

Cindy Cinnamon Photographie
www.CindyCinnamon.com
Pentax KM
Ilford HP5 400
Quebec Canada

#Pentaxian #FilmForever #Photographie #Religieuses #Soeurs #Église #Art #Pentax #PentaxKM #HeyLomography #35mm #PentaxPhotography #AsahiPentax #congregation #bnw #IlfordFilm #IlfordHP5 #IlfordPhoto #Classic35mmFilm #Quebec #Canada

Qu’est-ce que cette photo vous inspire?

Cindy Cinnamon Photographie
www.CindyCinnamon.com
Pentax KM
Ilford HP5 400
Quebec Canada

#Pentaxian #FilmForever #Photographie #Religieuses #Soeurs #Église #Art #Pentax #PentaxKM #HeyLomography #35mm #PentaxPhotography #AsahiPentax #congregation #bnw #IlfordFilm #IlfordHP5 #IlfordPhoto #Classic35mmFilm #Quebec #Canada

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Milton” (1781)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/21120…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #church #churchgoing #community #example #congregation #organizedreligion #reinforcement #religion #worship #mutualsupport

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Milton” (1781)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/21120…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #church #churchgoing #community #example #congregation #organizedreligion #reinforcement #religion #worship #mutualsupport

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Milton” (1781)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/21120…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #church #churchgoing #community #example #congregation #organizedreligion #reinforcement #religion #worship #mutualsupport

#Christian #Morality Is a #LIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHInILUxFM
https://www.thekaysemeloneshow.com/p/016-christian-morality-is-a-lie

"We often hear that #WesternCivilization was built upon #Christianmorality, but is that actually a good thing? In fact, is that actually a real thing? I would argue that no, Christian morality is not as set-in-stone as the #religious leaders in power would like their everyday #congregation members to believe."

#Christian #Morality Is a #LIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHInILUxFM
https://www.thekaysemeloneshow.com/p/016-christian-morality-is-a-lie

"We often hear that #WesternCivilization was built upon #Christianmorality, but is that actually a good thing? In fact, is that actually a real thing? I would argue that no, Christian morality is not as set-in-stone as the #religious leaders in power would like their everyday #congregation members to believe."

#Christian #Morality Is a #LIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHInILUxFM
https://www.thekaysemeloneshow.com/p/016-christian-morality-is-a-lie

"We often hear that #WesternCivilization was built upon #Christianmorality, but is that actually a good thing? In fact, is that actually a real thing? I would argue that no, Christian morality is not as set-in-stone as the #religious leaders in power would like their everyday #congregation members to believe."

#Christian #Morality Is a #LIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHInILUxFM
https://www.thekaysemeloneshow.com/p/016-christian-morality-is-a-lie

"We often hear that #WesternCivilization was built upon #Christianmorality, but is that actually a good thing? In fact, is that actually a real thing? I would argue that no, Christian morality is not as set-in-stone as the #religious leaders in power would like their everyday #congregation members to believe."

#Christian #Morality Is a #LIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCHInILUxFM
https://www.thekaysemeloneshow.com/p/016-christian-morality-is-a-lie

"We often hear that #WesternCivilization was built upon #Christianmorality, but is that actually a good thing? In fact, is that actually a real thing? I would argue that no, Christian morality is not as set-in-stone as the #religious leaders in power would like their everyday #congregation members to believe."

A true #enlightened #man knows the benefits of #intellectualism, #romanticism & #socialism by way of mere inference.

Power in numbers cannot be understated, as it is the foundation of #democracy. #PublicEducation cannot be underrated, as it is the foundation of the #sciences. #Culture & #Congregation is there to fulfill basic needs that all humans have. Take away this and the man never grows.

The #manchild is merely a result of the environment being incapable of raising a boy to become a man

While wandering through Savannah, I stumbled upon something truly special—Congregation Mickve Israel, one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the U.S., founded in 1733.

As an Israeli Jew, stepping inside this historic synagogue filled me with pride and warmth. The rich history, the beautifully preserved Torah scrolls, and the deep roots of Jewish life in America left me in awe.

Sharing a glimpse of this incredible place with you!

#Savannah #congregation #synagogue #history #jewish

After 32 years as a #progressive #voice for #LGBTQ #Jews, #Rabbi #SharonKleinbaum heads into #retirement

#Congregation #BeitSimchatTorah in midtown #Manhattan — will have to grapple with its #identity after being #defined by its #celebrity #rabbi for so long.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NewYork #NewYorkCity #Spirituality #Religion #Culture

https://apnews.com/article/sharon-kleinbaum-lgbtq-synagogue-gay-marriage-religion-2d2499e5b5dbbc52fbee302ed89878ef

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

Soft, reflective music fills the venue as a hush falls over the crowd. #Trump’s tone turns reverent & somber, prompting some to bow their heads or close their eyes. Others raise open palms in the air or murmur as if in #prayer.

In this moment, Trump’s audience is his #congregation, & he their pastor as he delivers a ~15-min finale that evokes an #evangelical altar call, the emotional tradition that concludes some #Christian services in which attendees come forward to commit to their #savior.

#WashingtonDC #ceremony welcomes #affirming #church as ‘full standing’ #UCC #congregation

#Bishop #AllysonAbrams officially installed as #pastor of #UCC #EmpowermentLiberationCathedral

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WashingtonDC #Spirituality #Religion

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/02/27/empowerment-liberation-cathedral-ucc-full-standing/

#WashingtonDC #ceremony welcomes #affirming #church as ‘full standing’ #UCC #congregation

#Bishop #AllysonAbrams officially installed as #pastor of #UCC #EmpowermentLiberationCathedral

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WashingtonDC #Spirituality #Religion

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/02/27/empowerment-liberation-cathedral-ucc-full-standing/

#WashingtonDC #ceremony welcomes #affirming #church as ‘full standing’ #UCC #congregation

#Bishop #AllysonAbrams officially installed as #pastor of #UCC #EmpowermentLiberationCathedral

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WashingtonDC #Spirituality #Religion

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/02/27/empowerment-liberation-cathedral-ucc-full-standing/

#WashingtonDC #ceremony welcomes #affirming #church as ‘full standing’ #UCC #congregation

#Bishop #AllysonAbrams officially installed as #pastor of #UCC #EmpowermentLiberationCathedral

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WashingtonDC #Spirituality #Religion

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/02/27/empowerment-liberation-cathedral-ucc-full-standing/

A #preacher defended his #criminally charged colleague and threatened his #congregation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJI9E3fAmJE

#Pastor #JeremyPfeil of Accelerate Church in #Amarillo, #Texas warned his congregation that anyone who associated with #critics of his criminally charged buddy #JamesRandolph would be “sniped and taken out.”

A #trans #man and his #partner are to be on #NPR'S #AllThingsConsidered in the 7 am (CDT) tomorrow talking about #PopeFrances' #declaration today that #SameSexCouples can have their #relationship #blessed.

They attend a #supportive #Congregation in the #Baltimore area.

Just a quick heads up for you all.

#Women #TransMen #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA