Dealing with 1,000 parishioners is not as easy as it looks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Power Imbalance Can Facilitate Clerical Abuse] Reference

These were the words with which I first accosted my fellow parishioners from the lector's pulpit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leap Year -- Day] Reference

Spending time with his parishioners was his favorite part of the job.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheSunNews.com: Local] Reference

That's not just face-to-face contact with parishioners, that is all ministry.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2002] Reference

The peculiarly sweet-toned bell which calls the parishioners of St. John's together every Sabbath is.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old Town By the Sea] Reference

Though whether it is advisable for the minister to dress to match the comfort of the parishioners is another conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beauty is Relative... And Regional] Reference

The altar, chancel rail and pews were also taken from the original structure, as was the bell that calls parishioners to worship.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Sentinel: News] Reference

They held no guns on "parishioners" to force them to vote in any way, shape, or form.    From Wordnik.com.  [Texas Faith: Should religious groups advocate for specific candidates? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference

"One of my parishioners was my present wife's mother.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love's Pilgrimage] Reference

Go to the village, call the parishioners together, and convince them of their error. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forged Coupon] Reference

St. Margaret's has lost about 20% of its parishioners in recent months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arizona Girds for Immigration Law] Reference

Previous management was famous for its indifference toward the parishioners.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVERSING THE CURSE] Reference

Most of the parishioners couldn't care less about the priests 'marital status.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fathers With Sons] Reference

Across all faiths, the most common story is of the clergy's seducing female parishioners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex And The Church: A Case For Change] Reference

On a small stage at St. Margaret's, parishioners performed skits on how to interact with police.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arizona Girds for Immigration Law] Reference

His parishioners were poor, and he told her that he couldn't tell them to have a baby every year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: At Risk] Reference

Back then a Roman bishop explained that his parishioners could not possibly interpret modern art.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vatican Breaks Its Da Vinci Code] Reference

The white churches responded, eager to share their lobbying efforts to win the Obamas as parishioners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Choosing A Church] Reference

How could they calm parishioners, they asked, when they were left to piece together facts from newspapers?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faith In Our Fathers?] Reference

I talked to the clergy and parishioners there at length about my transition, and they really guided me on it.    From Wordnik.com.  ['It Stuns Me'] Reference

Instead, Brown pleaded ignorance and extraordinary naivety, an argument many of his parishioners continue to believe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vicar convicted of conducting hundreds of fake weddings at local parish church] Reference

Like many Pentecostals, Palin may even imagine that she and her fellow parishioners enjoy the power of prophecy themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Atheists Attack] Reference

At the same time, he started assuming fatherly roles with young male parishioners, with whom he frequently talked and wrestled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Confessions Of A Fallen Priest] Reference

But society has changed quite a bit since then, and parishioners with doctorates won't be treated, as Muller puts it, "like sheep.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cardinal Offense] Reference