Sentence examples for organizing prayers from inspiring English sources

Churches across the Kachin region are organizing prayers and 24-hour fasting periods in support of the Kachin Independence Army, which has been retreating in the face of attacks by the Myanmar military.

Mr. Rawash, a 21-year-old engineer, is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has assumed a far more prominent role in the protests since Sunday, organizing prayers in the square and largely keeping to themselves.

An organization called "No Pray, No Play" is advocating the same idea in Texas, and has been supported by pastors around the state who are organizing prayers for next week's games.

It would prevent the country's two major Shiite organizations from organizing prayer gatherings and sermons.

With the nation undergoing something of a spiritual revival, more companies are seeking to accommodate employees' religious needs by initiatives like letting people swap religious holidays, organizing prayer breakfasts or spiritual retreats, setting aside prayer rooms and even hiring on-site corporate chaplains.

Though Tupper was not an officer, he frequently served as a chaplain, ministering to sick and injured soldiers, and organizing prayer meetings and bible studies among soldiers.

He opposed a constitutional amendment to allow organized prayers in public schools.

It's illegal for a public school to have organized prayers; it's legal for a Catholic school to have organized prayers — but it has to teach English and math if it wants government accreditation to admit students.

The police then pulled back, and the Palestinians gave up; they organized prayers on the wet ground, using ragged pieces of cardboard as prayer mats.

Critics of the Women of the Wall say that their practices — like holding organized prayers, singing out loud, carrying a Torah scroll and wearing prayer shawls — offend the more traditional worshipers at the site.

Trying to get around the constitutional bar on officially organized prayers, the district shifted it policies to have a student selected by a schoolwide election deliver a pregame "message or invocation" of his or her own choosing.