21.   But state law specifically permits lay people to appeal assessments in small claims courts, and Willinger and Markusfeld won.

22.   Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur recently had a weeklong workshop that drew ministers and lay people.

23.   Companies do not like to lay people off.

24.   Dioceses will be required to establish review boards dominated by lay people to assess allegations and to give advice to bishops.

25.   Equally important is encouraging lay people to preach when none of the ministers is available.

26.   Father Greeley said that for the first several centuries of the Catholic Church, bishops were routinely elected by lay people and priests.

27.   First the O.J. Simpson case helped millions of lay people better understand how the criminal justice system works.

28.   Few is one of many lay people who read the Bible aloud weekly in churches across the nation.

29.   Getting the doctrine accepted by lay people was another matter.

30.   He also said he wants to get lay people more involved in church decision-making processes and to delegate more authority to local congregations.