Posted on 12/23/2016 11:51:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President-elect Donald Trump plans to attend an inaugural prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, following the tradition of many past presidents.
The National Prayer Service, set for January 21, the day after the swearing-in, is the last of the official inaugural events announced Wednesday (December 21) by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
“The Inaugural Prayer Service is a moment for our next president to pause and contemplate the incredible responsibility he has been entrusted with and to listen as the faith community offers prayers for the office of the president,” said Kevin Eckstrom, the cathedral’s chief communications officer, in a statement.
Trump’s planned presence at the cathedral comes after a divisive campaign in which 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for him and religious leaders of a range of faiths expressed concern about his stated plans to register Muslims and ban Muslim immigrants from entering the U.S.
Details of the service at the cathedral are not yet available but an Archdiocese of Washington spokeswoman confirmed that Cardinal Donald Wuerl plans to attend.
“He’s been involved in some of the planning,” said archdiocesan spokeswoman Chieko Noguchi of Wuerl. “It’s still in the early stages.”
The cathedral has been the site of inaugural prayer services since 1933, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was first inaugurated. In more recent times, it’s most consistently been the location of such services since President Reagan’s inauguration in 1985.
However, President Clinton chose Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church for his inaugural services.
St. John’s Episcopal Church, across Lafayette Square from the White House, has often been the choice for a private service for the president-elect on the morning of the swearing-in.
Hayden Bryan, the church’s executive director for operations, said Trump is expected to attend a service there on January 20.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has announced that it will sing at the swearing-in, marking its sixth time for such a performance.
How cool was that?
It has been years since I have heard merchants say Merry Christmas...
My hat’s off to you. My middle name is emotion so I didn’t see it coming :)
After this nation elected Obama twice, I can’t say I had a lot of hope so I am with you.
It’s amazing I’ve noticed too!
... And God bless us EVERYONE!
Every day feels like Christmas!
Ha ha.....+1
I was going on emotional fumes and prayer for a year and a half!
#21 - there were many definitive moments you really felt he could win, this was absolutely one of them.
My successful manager made a ton of money off of us successful salesmen making a ton of money ... we all drove nice cars, wore nice clothes and had happy wives keeping their husbands happy.
ping me your PDF, please, Jeff
you got it.
What I never saw was all three "maybes" working out. My hypothesis is that hillary's very bad elitist campaign (celebrity rallies plus private fund raisers) while DJT did rallies for tens of thousands of people sealed the deal.
What baffles me is the dems' campaign strategists were as clueless as hillary was.
Obama was the first President that Billy Grahm refused his services to since Eisenhower and not because of his age. While Grahm is a frail 98 now, it would be awesome to see him make one last inauguration. Surely his son Franklin will at least be there.
Pastor Joshua Nink requested to pray over Donald Trump at First Christian Church, Iowa - and Trump said "Please pastor, thanks."
__________________________________________________________________________________
Obama taking his shoes off before entering a mosque in Turkey
Obama speaking at a mosque, claiming Islam "has always been part of America"
I Saw the Light Hank Williams Jr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0BbAqq_Xg4
Donald Trump threw out the political manual. It appears that he is a disciple of Col Boyde. He kept inside everyone’s OODA Loop through the primaries and the general. He never backed down.
The UniParty is crying about his bullying. Tango Sierra!
Check your Freepmail.
Got it .. thanx ... Merry Christmas
**Washington National Cathedral** = Episcopal Church
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D. C. = Catholic Church.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.