a cloak pin dating from about the 7th centurybce, which reads, “MANIOS MED FHEFHAKED NUMASIOI” (in Classical Latin: “Manius me fecit Numerio,” meaning “Manius made me for Numerius”). Dated not much later than this is a vertical inscription on a small pillar in theRoman Forum,...
Historically, popular music was any non-folk form that acquired mass popularity—from the songs of themedievalminstrelsandtroubadoursto those elements of fine-art music originally intended for a small elite audience but that became widely popular. After theIndustrial Revolution, true folk music began ...
The media ministry team has a wide variety of responsibilities. During worship services or other large events, they run the sound board for the worship band and speakers, including the pastor. If PowerPoint or other media are used, the media specialist sets up all of the necessary equipment an...
In a property dispute, a church sought a statutory partition of commonly owned real property and asserted claims for breach of contract and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing after its motion to strike the defendant’s answer and dismiss his counterclaim was granted. The defendan...
Much as a corporate secretary provides support to her boss or a group of managers, the church secretary takes care of the administrative and support requirements of the pastor, assistant pastor and other church staff members. This includes answering phone calls and taking messages for the church ...
“Ardua quippe fides robustos exigit annos;”“The important concerns of faith require a mind in its full vigour;” I may be permitted to indulge myself for a short time in other pursuits; but in this I should wish not only to continue, but to die. But before I enter on this importa...
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way? There is no smooth ride in the music business. As a manager, I am paid a commission from what independent touring musicians make traveling the globe. The climate for the musicians, and for the...
One day the village pastor called, urging the grandfather to come to the village in winter so that Heidi could go to school. But the old man refused, responding bitterly.One day, quite unexpectedly, Dete returned. She brought word of a position for Heidi in the home of a rich man Herr...
The Starry Night, an abstract landscape painting of an expressive night sky over a small hillside village by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in 1889. The work was not well known when the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) purchased it in 1941, but it soon became
Confessing Church, movement for revival within the German Protestant churches that developed during the 1930s from their resistance to Adolf Hitler’s attempt to make the churches an instrument of National Socialist (Nazi) propaganda and politics. Learn