How to Use congregation in a Sentence

congregation

noun

• The priest addressed the congregation.
• She is a member of a small congregation.
• As the church and Birmingham evolve and change, Price said the congregation must move outside the four walls of the church and serve.
  — Williesha Morris | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• The congregation, in hats and finery, make room for me on their pews.
  — Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
• Since then, the building has been moved twice and has served four congregations.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2023
• The congregation raised a lot of money in the Depression years.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
• The Sunday after the verdict, my pastor called all the Black men in the congregation up to the altar and prayed for their safety.
  — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• The congregation invited the teens to meet there, and has given them snacks and art supplies.
  — Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
• As the care packages are handed out, the congregation hollers and applauds.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
• The congregation wasn’t there to commemorate the death of the 35th President of the United States.
  — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
• Wulf’s congregation has been out of its historic home since Feb. 1, the pastor said.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Some of the victims were also members of Dor Hadash and New Light, the other two congregations in the building.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 16 June 2023
• When New Hope’s congregation left in 1997 for a larger space in Maryland, the frieze stayed behind.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2023
• At noon, over a 100 members of the congregation met in the church parking lot for Mass as the rain continued and puddles grew at their feet.
  — Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
• Welby led the congregation in saying the Lord’s Prayer, and the choir sang as the royal couple were presented with bread and wine.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• The Princess of Wales, 41, chatted and whispered to Prince William from their place in the congregation — and even playfully tapped his backside.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
• Cults often have one person leading the congregation who is thought to be a God figure, on an equal level or above the God in the Bible.
  — Maxine Harrison, refinery29.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• In 2017, he was arrested in connection to the death of children in his congregation but freed on bail.
  — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• The congregation prayed for the safety of the state of Israel, for peace, and said a memorial prayer for those killed and missing after Hamas' attack.
  — CBS News, 14 Oct. 2023
• The church flourished for nearly a century, and renowned artists Andrew Wyeth and his son, Jamie, were among the congregation that filled the pews on Sundays.
  — Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
• For some in the congregation, the attacks have meant wrestling with internal conflict.
  — John Leland, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• Three slave traders, including Charles Apthorp, the town’s richest man, also sat in the congregation.
  — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
• The congregation snacked on chocolate, sausages, and bread: the popcorn of the revolutionary age.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2023
• The church is home to a large congregation of Arab Catholics and is a relative newcomer to the area, and only had its first permanent priest in 2020.
  — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• Jess Peacock, the church’s pastor, said the congregation was satisfied with the outcome.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2023
• In the years since the massacre, the victims’ families and congregations have expressed differing views about whether the shooter should be put to death.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 26 June 2023
• The letter also urged the pastors to ask their congregations to attend the library board's meeting Jan. 10.
  — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2023
• For members of the congregation, the hope is also that the meetings, the outreach and the food and clothing distribution will serve to bring people back inside the church walls.
  — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• Joint worship also meant that the congregation sang the hymns together.
  — Geoffrey Mak, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2023
• Woll led the congregation of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue and a funeral was held over the weekend.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024