Sentence examples for before the congregation from inspiring English sources

A woman started singing before the congregation, her voice, loud and passionate, filling the room.

In addition, some choir members go before the congregation before services and introduce any unfamiliar chant or hymn.

The pastor's wife, Paulette Randall, wearing a violet dress and holding a microphone, stood before the congregation.

"I actively resorted to all manner of marketing tricks," he said, as if standing before the congregation to confess.

At the beginning of the rite, which takes place on the later days of Holy Week, a stand of fifteen candles is set before the congregation.

Hannah's coffin was carried out to 'One Step Beyond' by Madness before the congregation gathered on the grass outside the church carrying purple and white balloons from inside.

A few more women arrived, and knelt to pray before joining the congregation.

He also tried his best to restore the beautifully detailed structure, which was built as a church in the 1860's before eventually becoming the congregation's synagogue.

Just before Freedom Summer, the congregation of Mt. Zion Methodist Church, in the all-black Neshoba County town of Longdale, had voted to make its church the local headquarters of the movement's voter-registration efforts.

Before the service, the congregation sang "Happy Birthday" for members who had recently celebrated a birthday; among them was Swasey's 10-year-old son, Elijah.

Not only that, but "come-and-see" weekends and open-days give women an opportunity to try out different convents, which is what Theo did before she chose the Congregation of Jesus.