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Before he could say another word, men from each corner of the chancel hooted and howled.

Or was the vault under the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne?

She was a deacon, bell ringer and member of the chancel choir at Falls Church Presbyterian Church for more than 50 years.

By turns mournful and joyous, the instrument energized congregations and fostered a call and response between the chancel and the pews.

Above the chancel of Santa María la Blanca, a small, bustling parish church in Canillejas, sits an ornate wooden ceiling of stars and leaves that is among the finest, and oldest, in Spain.