How to Hang Crystal Balls
Crystal balls are normally associated with a mental visual of a gypsy looking into the future, revealing significant events and circumstances approaching our lives. However, these same crystal balls...
View ArticleAbout Church Building Grants
A vast number of churches seek funding to cover the costs of constructing a new facility or refurbishing an existing facility. Grants to build churches provide a foundation for developing or improving...
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What Are the Benefits of Being Ordained?
When Christian ministers, priests and deacons become ordained, in that singular moment of ordination, they set on a path of personal and professional fulfillment as their lives become intertwined with...
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Outreach Ideas for Churches
Getting the local community to let down its guard and visit your church can be a tough task. But with the following creative ideas, you can reach the local community while offering them lighthearted...
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How to Become a Member of the Native American Church
The Native American Church practices Peyotism. Incorporating peyote, a spiritual psychotropic drug, into its everyday spiritual rituals, the Native American Church seeks higher spiritual awareness,...
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How to Create a Bigger Sense of Belonging
It can feel as though our society is becoming more and more disconnected. Gone are the days when people sat on their front porches and chatted with neighbors as they walked by. In our car culture, it...
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Homemade Tithing Bank
Tithing is an ancient tradition, and continues today in many religions, especially Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Christianity and Judaism both take the roots of this tradition from the times of...
View ArticleProgressive Creationism Vs. Theistic Evolution
Progressive Creationism and Theistic Evolution are two different ways of viewing the relationship between God and the universe. Progressive Creationists see God as a creator who continually intervenes,...
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Preteen Bible Study Ideas
Getting and keeping preteens interested in the Bible can be complicated. Preteens need to be engaged in activities that relate to their faith and the Bible. Planning events and activities where their...
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How to Find a Religion & Spirituality
There are many different factors to consider when you are trying to find a religion or spiritual path. What is it about your old religion (or lack thereof) that you don't like? What do you believe now?...
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What Should a Church Policy & Procedure Manual Contain?
Like a business, a church needs to stay organized to run efficiently. Part of this organization is the creation of a good policies and procedures manual. Regardless of the denomination for which the...
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Grants for Repairing Old Churches
A church can be a large focal point in many communities. Church organizations can provide funding, and offer their own services to parishioners and those who live locally. Churches do need maintenance...
View ArticleHow to Make a Wax Voodoo Doll
Voodoo dolls suffer from a maligned reputation, thanks to the overheated notions of Hollywood movies. In truth, the practice of using voodoo dolls arose fairly recently--in New Orleans--and voodoo...
View ArticleHow to Take Notes at a Church Business Meeting
The minutes of church business meetings are important because they are meant to correctly reflect proceedings that affect church membership and the business decisions made by the church body. They are...
View ArticleYouth Group Duties & Job Descriptions
Being a youth leader can be very rewarding. Working with children and giving them knowledge of their faith can help them grow in their religion. Becoming part of a youth group means you are becoming a...
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What Is the Amish Dress Code?
The Amish are Christian people who believe in living simply. They place great value on being part of their community, separate from more modern society, and their dress reflects both the simplicity and...
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How to Dress Candles With Olive Oil
Dressing a candle is an important part of rituals practiced in spell-casting and in certain religions. It is the act of anointing a candle with oils, herbs and other special concoctions in order to...
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VBS Ideas for Camping Themes
Preparing and executing vacation Bible school, or VBS, is fun for both leaders and participants, and the changes in theme each year make the event even more exciting. Whether yours is the only church...
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How to Build Church Memberships
Having an active church membership carries a lot of clout. It shows other churches that yours is thriving and vital. Shaping church membership is not as cut-and-dried as it might appear. People worship...
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How to Build a Wooden Prayer Bench
The "prie-dieu" or prayer bench has been around for centuries. Today’s prie-dieu has become a standard in chancel or “sanctuary,” furniture as a small oak frame with a sloping top and an 8-inch...
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Ideas for a Church Youth Valentine Banquet
A youth valentine banquet can be a positive, wholesome event for young people in a community of faith. It is important that a church youth program have at least one adult dedicated to helping mentor...
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What Does the Word Deity Mean?
A deity is a supreme being in a religious system. It can refer to the nature or status of a being, such as the deity of God in a monotheistic system. Or it can refer to an particular entity or being...
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Spiritual Development Grants
The many aspects of spirituality stimulate not only our bodies and souls, but also our minds and curiosities. Just as there are many aspects of spirituality to be practiced and explored, various...
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How to Become an Ordained Minister in Illinois
Now more than ever, people outside of traditional clergy are becoming ordained ministers. In many states, an ordained minister is able to legally perform wedding ceremonies, baptisms, funerals, and...
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What is the Meaning of a Superstitious Belief?
Superstitious belief, according to its popular meaning, refers to the notion that a ritual or activity can have a positive or negative impact on the events in one's life. No empirical evidence exists...
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Duties of Organization Chaplains
Many different types of organizations, from the Army to hospitals and fire departments, employ a chaplain. The duties of an organization chaplain are often both routine and highly specialized,...
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Freedom of Religion in Public Schools
Freedom of religion in public schools has been a controversial issue for many decades. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution contains two clauses about the freedom of religion: the Establishment...
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Religious Scavenger Hunt Ideas
Children often love games, and a scavenger hunt works well as a Sunday school activity. This also is an engaging way to teach children more about their faith. Children likely will enjoy a little...
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How to Get Ordained in California
Receiving ordination in California means you've received the backing of a religious organization to perform marriages, funerals, baptisms and other religious ceremonies on the denomination's behalf. If...
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How to Become an Ordained Nondenominational Minister for Free
In this age of technology it is now possible to become an nondenominational ordained minister online not just simply at no cost, but instantly, as well. Universal Life Church and Universal Ministries...
View ArticleHow to Calculate Bazi
Bazi is the eight Chinese characters used to tell a person's fortune. The eight characters are based on four pieces of information regarding a person's birth: the year, month, day and hour. This data...
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Ideas for a Church's Welcome Bulletin Board
Bulletin boards outside the church or in the vestibule can welcome members to church each week, giving them information about church events and members in need. Use this bulletin board to promote...
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Ideas for Church Retreats
Church retreats are popular events that help inspire individuals and encourage them to grow in their faith. Many retreats are commonly geared toward women, men, married couples, people dealing with...
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How to Legally Change a Church's Name
Changing the name of your church can be exciting, especially when the new name reflects a meaningful shift in your congregation's outlook and mission emphasis. When "First Lutheran Church" becomes...
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How to Create a Religion
The concept of religion is older than written language. Many are faith based, or hold a belief in things unseen, while others are focused on a more scientific approach. All are comprised of persons who...
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The Meaning of the Amish Star
The term "Amish star" suggests a single design or symbol from Amish culture. That misconception is fueled by a number of influences, including a tendency to regard "Amish" and "Pennsylvania Dutch" as...
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Grants for Clergy
The job of a pastor is demanding and offers little time for rest. Fortunately a number of grant opportunities exist to help offset the costs involved in supporting a congregation and offer clergy a...
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What Are the Duties of an Assistant Minister?
An assistant minister is often a licensed minister in the process of receiving ordination or is already fully ordained. The assistant minister's main role is to serve as an extension of what the head...
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Facts About Ancient Egypt Religion
The ancient Egyptians worshiped many gods. Some of these gods were recognized throughout the land, others only locally. Egyptian religion accounted for the creation of the world and for all the...
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Pastoral Administrative Assistant Job Description
Pastoral administrative assistants help the head pastor of a church become more organized, taking administrative tasks off the pastor’s hands so the pastor can focus more time on visiting the sick,...
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How to Be Ordained in Kentucky
Becoming an ordained minister allows you to lead worship, perform weddings and funerals, and administer the sacraments. The state of Kentucky has no particular laws with regard to ordination, even...
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What Is the Meaning of the Eye of RA?
Symbols are a prominent part of Egyptian culture and legend. The Eye of Ra appears in many forms, including hieroglyphs, jewelry, depictions on sculptures and painted onto the faces of burial...
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How Do the Amish Store Their Food?
Amish customs barely change with each new generation. Observing the performance of ordinary tasks might appear to an outsider as a step back in time.
View ArticleHow to Set Up a Church Sound System
Music plays a very important role in a church service. To get the most out of the music that is being played, you need to have a quality sound system. This way, everyone in the auditorium is able to...
View ArticleDuties & Rules of Sikhism
Sikhism is a religion that was developed in India in the 15th century by Guru Nanak Dev, who wanted an alternative to Hinduism and Islam that was focused on God, according to ReligionFacts. The...
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Early Polynesian Good Luck Charms
The Islands of Polynesia are located in the South Pacific Ocean and include Hawaii, Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Easter Island and more than a dozen other island nations made up of more than 1,000 islands....
View ArticleHow to Make Jewelry With Healing Crystals
Many New Age belief systems hold that crystals can be used to heal mental, physical and spiritual problems. Like other religious beliefs, the power of crystals has not been proven by science, but it...
View ArticleHow to Build Your Own Prayer Closet
A prayer closet is a quiet, enclosed space to which you may retreat for meditation and prayer. They are used by people of all faiths, and you can very easily build a closet for yourself. You can make a...
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Conflict Theory & Religion
Conflict theory for religion is a natural outgrowth of the conflicts that naturally exist in cultures. Religious identity acts as an indicator of social status while incorporating the social status of...
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How Do You Become Ordained?
Ordination is when a religious institution formally recognizes that you have the authority to marry people, perform funerals, baptisms and pray with people upon request. To become ordained, you must...
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