Sentence examples for prayer led from inspiring English sources

The district is trying to persuade the court that prayer led by such an "independent speaker" creates no constitutional problem -- unlike clergy-led prayer at graduation, which the court outlawed in a principled decision eight years ago.

It was a voluntary prayer, led by students, but all the players took part.

· A prayer led by the Reverend Gloria Wells, of the Joy Church Deeper Life Christian Fellowship Ministries, asked that the evening's presentations "give a good educational feeling".

But as the time came for him to deliver the mourner's kaddish, the service-ending prayer led by the closest relative of the deceased, even he fell apart, weeping uncontrollably, and he had to be led away to gather himself.

In a quiet Lagos suburb, three dozen people, most of them in their twenties and thirties, crowd a room in silence, listening to a passionate prayer led by a man in the centre.

Each of Glendale's fire stations, from 21 through 29, will end the ceremony with a prayer led by a community religious leader.

The most popular of them all contains none of the pomp and certainty so often associated with the age: it is Newman's great and anxious prayer, "Lead, Kindly Light".

B9 NATIONAL A12-23 High Court Bans Prayers Led by Students at Games The Supreme Court ruled that student-led prayers at high school football games are unconstitutional, even when participation is voluntary.

As many as 100 Shiites attend prayers led by Mr. Kamil each week, although he said many Malaysian followers worship privately.

When Friday afternoon prayers led to anti-Assad rallies by Sunni demonstrators, "my first job with the shabiha was to scare off" the protesters, Abu Rami said.

The advice stemmed from a Supreme Court ruling in Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, which established that prayers led by students at high school football games were unconstitutional.