GMP Sharon E. Watkins to preach at Obama's inaugural prayer service (1/11/09)
INDIANAPOLIS (1/11/09) — Disciples’ General Minister and President Sharon E. Watkins has been selected to deliver the sermon at President-elect Barack Obama’s national prayer service to be held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., the day after Obama is inaugurated President of the United States.
The Jan. 21 service is organized by the Presidential Inaugural Committee and will be attended by the newly-inaugurated President and Vice-President, along with other religious and political leaders. Watkins is the first woman ever chosen to preach at this service. Linda Douglass, the chief spokeswoman for the inaugural committee told The New York Times in an article published today that Watkins was chosen because “she delivers a message of unity and inclusivity and tolerance and hope — and those are all central themes we’ve heard from the president-elect.”
Editor's note: Sharon E. Watkins serves on the central commitee of the ecumenical World Council of Churches. She also is on the board of directors of Sojourners, home of the Red Letter Christians.
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