Sentence examples for held services for from inspiring English sources

The oldest European settlement in Michigan is Sault Sainte Marie, founded by the French in 1668 at a site where in 1641 missionaries had held services for some 2,000 Ojibwa.

Back at the base, after a couple of days, the squadron held services for the souls of the thirteen men, and one of the officers wrote his mother, "George Ross lost his life for a cause that he believed in stronger than any one of us, because he was an idealist in the purest sense.

The Manor, as the club is called, held services for the first time on Easter.

Nadal and Daniel held service for the first eight games before the champion finally broke the Brazilian to go 5-4 up.

Authorities ordered the mosques not to hold services for any victims of the demonstrations over the past few days.

Four years ago he founded the New Horizon Church, holding services for the first six months at the Harlem Lanes bowling alley at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and West 126th Street.

One synagogue, Chabad of the West 60s, has even offered to hold services for fashionistas who are stuck at Lincoln Center and can't get away.

This was the strangest thing I knew about Japanese funeral rites until I discovered that Buddhist priests there now hold services for robot pets as well.

Dr. R. Maurice Boyd will hold services for Dr. Clauss at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel, 81st Street and Madison Avenue, on July 10 , 2007at 10 00 am.

Matthew Simon, a retired rabbi in Rockville, Md., who travels frequently to remote destinations in Asia and Latin America to hold services for poor congregations, always takes a shortwave radio along for news about world events.

Rabbi Wilhelm said he was proud that it had become a community synagogue, "instead of 10 people that were just holding services for half of the year to make sure that doors didn't close".