11.   His father was a dry-goods merchant who was better known as a lay leader at an Orthodox synagogue.

12.   Houston lay leader Frieda Dow made her third trip to Cuba this spring, returning once more amazed by the courage and persistence of the Caribbean faithful.

13.   In the back of the room, Roy Davis, lay leader of Harper United Methodist Church, stood up to thank his neighbors.

14.   It urged that all work by priests and lay leaders with the poor be directed to a spiritual encounter with Christ.

15.   Lay leaders who had been trying to work within church structures were clearly shocked.

16.   Lay leaders said they thought their priest had been punished for their opposition to a merger with Montserrat.

17.   Martha Etter, who was lay leader of the Southwest Texas Conference when it selected Owen, praises his support of everyday people in the church.

18.   On Saturday, the lay leaders defeated by one vote a resolution that would have authorized the development of such ceremonies.

19.   One might consider instead a donation to a local school or place of worship to finance interfaith discussions with Muslim clergy or lay leaders.

20.   Paz y Justicia leader Sanchez and other Zapatista opponents claim that Ruiz has used Catholic lay leaders to push the Zapatista rebellion among poor farmers.