Sentence examples for congregation speech from inspiring English sources

When the priest turned his back to the congregation speech intelligibility dropped in all the churches, particularly where the reflecting surfaces of the apse were at greater distance.

Such churches typically set aside extended time to teach about giving and request donations from the congregation, encouraging positive speech and faith.

On Saturday he is due to visit a church in Detroit, grant an interview to its pastor and address the congregation, his first campaign speech to a black crowd.

To her surprise, Mr. Castro showed up at the party of 200, sat next to her in the front row and addressed the congregation in a lengthy speech.

Some congregations require writing speeches and even taking part in community service projects, just like with Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvahs.

At least once a month, she visits a synagogue or church and makes a short speech to the congregation.

"We're looking for 100 candidates," Birch announced in his earlier speech to the congregation, "at the moment, we have about five".

It is customary for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah candidate to give a speech to the congregation.

Other items include King's handwritten notes for a 1959 speech to inform his congregation that he would be leaving Dexter Avenue Baptist church in Alabama, where he served as pastor in the 1950s and was involved in the Montgomery bus boycott.

We four siblings spoke, our short speeches punctuated by the congregation singing Mom's favorite hymns.

The night before, King delivered a speech to a Memphis church congregation during a strike by sanitation workers.