Sentence examples for as a congregation from inspiring English sources

They were also celebrating Hanukkah for the first time as a congregation.

The Sudanese immigrants in Grand Rapids chose Mr. Char for ordination just as they came together as a congregation.

At Congregation Emanuel in Denver, a Reform synagogue, Ms. Stanton said, she took her first role as a congregation leader.

In 1572 the Ursulines of Milan, at the request of St. Charles Borromeo, began to live in community as a congregation.

Burning Man is no Model U.N., but as a congregation of self-appointed outliers in silly hats it was a forerunner of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street.

Referring to Officer Ridley, Mr. Richardson added: "As far as I'm concerned, Chris was executed on the streets of White Plains, and as a congregation, we're not going to stand by and let business be done as usual".

It feels as if a congregation has risen and scattered like birds and it's all achieved through skilful music-image synchronisation.

The Festspielhaus reeks of atmosphere and history, and its rituals (no applause after Act I of "Parsifal"; doors opened, shut and locked by a rigid observance of the clock) are followed as by a congregation in church.

By 1900, St Mark's was reported as having a congregation twice that of any other church in Wood Green.

People began to applaud and cheer and some of them stood, as if in a congregation.

Last year, a Christian pastor was stabbed in the stomach by a local radical leader as he led a congregation to a Sunday service.