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.
It’s gonna be a great Christmas.
I can’t lie. I’m still in shock he won!
Everyone was talking NV, CO and NH or we’re done! :)
NEVER saw Wisconsin, PA or Michigan coming.
AWESOME!!!
I’m loving hearinf “Merry Christmas” everywhere I go. People seem to be relieved, quite frankly.
I did.
I was watching Trump's performance in the debates and said to Mrs. Chandler, "He's not answering the questions, he's marketing himself to the Rust Belt."
His strategy was clear to anyone not caught up emotionally with the campaigns.
They are. Confidence level is at 13 year high.
He is SO motivating personally.
How the HECK did he win this thing?
Everyone laughed when he started out. Bet i could have gotten 10000 to 1 odds by bookies that he wouldn’t win!!! I blew it!!
He makes you think you can do anything if you really put your mind to it!
My hat’s off to you. My middle name is emotion so I didn’t see it coming :)
Thank you.
This was the first pres election (and I've been following them since '68) where I stood back and viewed things dispassionately. I suppose that was helped by the fact I was a Cruz supporter. It was clear that Trump was not campaigning. He was MARKETING.
That was a brilliant observation as I didn’t notice it at all, what with first supporting Ted myself, then hyperventilating every time Trump said something i thought would RUIN his chances!!
wow might be something to rally around. prayer vigil in dc on saturday.
My hat’s off to you.
Thank you.
This was the first pres election (and I’ve been following them since ‘68) where I stood back and viewed things dispassionately. I suppose that was helped by the fact I was a Cruz supporter. It was clear that Trump was not campaigning. He was MARKETING.>>> exactly his speeches early on where all 3 points and a poem. which is what you do to a crowd of people. but his website was all hardball policy. he won me on the website. GF just said he loves this country. and you can still hear that.
will they do the stones song “you can’t always get what you want?” that would be awesome.
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you
This is not a rock concert.
Wow. Thanks
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