Sentence examples for of full lay from inspiring English sources

December 3, 1852 Whitehall, Kentucky July 20, 1922 Richmond, Kentucky Belle Harris Bennett, in full Isabel Harris Bennett (born Dec. 3, 1852, Whitehall, near Richmond, Ky., U.S. died July 20, 1922, Richmond), American church worker whose energetic efforts on behalf of Christian education and missions culminated in the granting of full lay status to women in the Southern Methodist Church.

When her campaign of a dozen years finally resulted in the admission of women to full lay status in the Southern Methodist Church in 1919, she became the first woman to be elected a delegate to the church's General Conference.

Protestants have made educational requirements, especially study of the Bible, a basis for ordained ministry, often at the expense of a full lay involvement.

Lay members commonly hold part-time roles such as meeting helpers, committee members and advisors, though there are a small number of full-time lay professionals.

Other bombs and a bag full of nails lay beside him, unexploded.

As the exhibition will make clear, Miró's instinct for political engagement, though heartfelt and full of risk, often lay in these gestures of withdrawal, of self-defence.

The regions that ultimately regulate MCAK targeting and fine-tune the catalytic activity of full-length MCAK lie outside of the motor region.

Perhaps it was just as well that Peter was not aware of the full implications of what lay ahead of him, namely at least two years of anxiety, misery and the threat of bankruptcy.

Even more ridiculous is when a truck full of fireworks (why is there always a truck full of fireworks lying around?) that they set off to save them in a tense situation.

"The history of art is full of women lying around naked for erotic consumption by men," she says.

The subways are again full of vagrants lying on three seats, making nuisances of themselves.