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Example sentences for: congregation

How can you use “congregation” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The Jewish congregation has always been strong here, from the very earliest days of Danish settlement in 1655.
“He says when he first became vicar of Trinity Church, its congregation was `very elderly and old-fashioned' but now it was an active all aged congregation.”
At the first Mass I attended in this very church almost a decade ago, the Chinese, who made up most of the congregation, kept their distance from foreign Catholics such as myself.
Not only was the Mass in English, celebrated by a priest facing the congregation, but at Communion time, the sacrament was distributed in both "species" (wine as well as bread) by ministers of both sexes--though some older parishioners, after receiving the consecrated wafer from priestly hands, avoided the female eucharistic minister (a laywoman) offering the chalice.
I encourage you to Join me in presenting this matchmaker challenge to your congregation.