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Rev. William Barber II Will Headline an Inaugural Prayer Service With Jen Hatmaker, Rev. Rob Fisher and More
January 19, 2021
As usual, the Washington National Cathedral will host an inaugural prayer service to ask for God’s grace over a new presidential administration. Unlike usual because what is usual right now? the service will be held digitally, which means we’ll all have the option to a get a virtual front row seat to an intriguing, interfaith guest list. Activist and pastor the Rev. William Barber II will preach the sermon, and the service will be hosted by cathedral dean Rev. Randy Hollerith and Bishop Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington.
When Michelle Obama met Barack Obama in 1989 at the Chicago law firm where they both worked, it was not exactly love at first sight even though he was quite popular around the office. “In my experience, you put a suit on any half-intelligent Black man and white people tended to go bonkers,” she went on to write in her 2018 memoir, Becoming. “I was doubtful he’d earned the hype.” Barack, on the other hand, was infatuated from the very beginning. He repeatedly asked Michelle out, but she rebuffed him multiple times before finally agreeing. The couple went on their first date that summer they had lunch, saw a movie and ate Baskin-Robbins ice cream and have been together ever since. In 1991, Barack proposed to Michelle over dinner, and they married at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago the following year. The attorneys became parents in 1998 when Michelle gave birth to their first daughter, Malia. Sasha arrived nearly three years later. The Obama family’s lives ch
Former First Lady Michelle Obama turns 57 today, with birthday message from Barack
Former President Obama tweeted a throwback birthday photo of his wife and called her a blessing and his best friend on Twitter and Instagram
Other birthday well-wishers include vice-president elect Kamala Harris, actor Violet Davis, the Rev Al Sharpton, Ellen DeGeneres and UN Women
Obama shares her birthday with actors Betty White, 99, James Earl Jones, 90, as well as the late Eartha Kitt and Heavy Weight champion Muhammad Ali
After leaving the White House in 2016 Obama wrote a best-selling memoir, Becoming, which sold 10million copies
As well as a deal with Spotify, their production company s first feature release, American Factory, debuted on Netflix in 2019 and went on to win an Oscar
The Repository
NORTH CANTON Community Christian Church has been awarded a nearly $50,000 grant from the 2020 Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program.
It will allow the Rev. Sarah Taylor Peck, senior pastor, to participate in a 3 1/2-month “renewal leave.”
In its role of administering the Lilly Endowment National Clergy Renewal Program, the Christian Theological Seminary has awarded grants to 140 congregations located in 36 states.
Taylor Peck is the first Canton area resident to receive the funding. She is one of three women clergy in Ohio receiving this year’s grant.
“Like many others, the ministry is a profession which requires availability to respond to those in my congregation 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Taylor Peck said in a statement.
Valerie Royzman, Staff Writer and Alexander Thompson, Correspondent
The Daily Record
Area counties are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, though the holiday won t be as packed with activities and service projects throughout the community as normal.
To avoid gatherings and further spread of COVID-19, some organizations are opting for virtual events and programs. Others are still meeting, though activities are modified to follow safety guidelines.
Here are some events happening locally to commemorate King s achievements.
College of Wooster
The College of Wooster is celebrating MLK Day virtually this year. The Fierce Urgency of Now: Education of Transformation events begin at 10 a.m. Monday and last until 5:45 p.m. Programming is free and open to the public.