Sentence examples for lay committees from inspiring English sources

Officials in several dioceses said they were preparing to appoint their lay committees, which church officials often call lay review boards.

Many dioceses already had lay committees on sexual abuse, but some were composed largely of church employees or others close to the bishop.

Manser had little time for planners and lay committees, who he felt stifled the architectural profession, arguing that architectural variety gave Britain its character.

A lay committee has also begun an inquiry.

In Indiana, the Sisters of Benedict assembled a lay committee of professionals with experience in marketing and communications.

The appointment of three lay committee members, none of whom has ever been an MP, was agreed as part of reforms to the Commons following the expenses scandals in the last parliament.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston is reversing a decision to close a parish in Plymouth and is letting a parish in Newton stay open for an extra year, after consultations with a lay committee reviewing the restructuring process.

I had set up the meeting some time ago, to talk about the position of Copts in Egypt, because she works on a lay committee at St. Marks Church in Heliopolis, trying to raise political awareness and get Copts to reach beyond their churches into the wider political community.

The two panel approach prefers expert and lay committee meetings and does not include a backward translation.

Rowe's career work in the Commons lay in committees, all-party or Conservative, standing or select, deal- ing with his deepest concerns.

And the role of lay finance committees has drawn increasing attention as the sexual abuse scandal in the church has given new momentum to demands that the people in the pews be given greater say in governing it.