congregant

How To Use congregant In A Sentence

• They sing a cappella, circling the pews as congregants trickle in and join the singing.
• In the early days, during the service, the congregants had the odd practice of auctioning the aliyoth or ‘privileges’ given to certain congregants, the money being used to maintain the synagogue.
• An updated report on the use of a common communion cup says people may have more to fear from people dipping the bread in the wine than from sipping from the same chalice used by other congregants.
• Rabbis can connect with their postmodern congregants by demonstrating that the grand narrative of God, Torah, and Israel is not a hermetically sealed book.
• Not only do the congregants not understand that the solution to the riddle is the basic tenet of their faith, but more important, they fail to recognize that Alroy is quite literally the answer to their prayers. Spector - Criticism - Critical Contexts
• In this fourth stage, it is clear that preachers dismiss rhetoric to their own peril and to the peril of the religiosity of their congregants.
• At midnight, I decided to call a congregant of mine in California, where it was three o’clock in the afternoon. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories of Faith
• Here was the passion of politics on the right, steaming and devout, and malodorously scented with polyester socks and cheap, overused shoes removed and carried inside by every congregant, to avoid them getting lost or stolen if left at the door. Let the Swords Encircle Me
• Similarly, the acceptance of gay rabbis - although small in number - indicates that the majority of congregants judge a person by their integrity rather than their sexuality.
• “Where is the outreach center again… is it downtown still?” one congregant asks another as they walk upstairs after Sunday services. American Grace