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I'm trying to figure out how I, if I were in the exact same situation as you were, would be able (in the context of our order of worship) to bring this to the attention of the whole congregation.

Kim, given your earlier description of your order of worship, it sounds like it might not normally be possible; in your circumstance, I would ask an elder, in advance of the service, for permission to address the congregation at an appropriate opportunity.

Our congregation, on the other hand, is encouraged to respond individually during times of corporate worship, with the understanding that such responses are to glorify Christ and edify the body, under biblical regulatory principles and the discernment of the elders. More specifically, such responses might range from readings of appropriate Scripture, singing of congregational song, spontaneous prayer and praise, praise for sovereign resolution of specific situations, and as I mentioned above, occasionally confession of public matters.

In Christ,
Paul S