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Home U.S. World Entertainment Sports Business Health Science Technology Politics Offbeat Environment Travel News Articles Obama Attends Easter Service In Ward 8, Poorest Of DC Neighborhoods Email Facebook Digg Twitter Buzz Up! ShareThis April 4, 2010 10:51 p.m. EST Topics: government, politics, easter, heads of state, minority group, social issue, religious festival or holiday, national or ethnic minority, religion and belief, United States Tejinder Singh - AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) - President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Melia and Sasha and Mrs. Marian Robinson, mother of Mrs. Obama, attended on Sunday, 11 a.m. Easter services at the Allen Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Southeast Washington’s Ward 8, one of the poorest neighborhoods of Washington, DC. The church at 2498 Alabama Av. SE has a subtitle, “The Cathedral of Southeast.” The overflow crowd of congregants was standing, clapping and singing “Alleilua” when the first family entered via a side door at 11:05 a.m. and walked along the edge of the sanctuary to sit far stage right in the second pew, setting off applause, cheers and cell-phone cameras. The altar was flanked by the American flag, in front of the Obama’s pew, and the Episcopal Church’s flag on stage left. Ten badged ushers in dark suits and bowties and white gloves lined the two aisles while a 50-person choir arrayed on three rows in the sanctuary facing the congregation sang several gospel songs, clapping and waving to the beat of a key-board ensemble. The president swayed gently to the strong beat and the amped-up sound system. A number of speakers referred to the president’s attendance. “The president of the United States and his family,” “our black president,” “the commander in chief,” to name a few adjectives. The Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell Sr., pastor of the church, referred to the president as the, “most intelligent, most anointed, most charismatic president of American.” He called Mrs. Obama “his beautiful wife – TV cameras don’t do her justice.” “God has His hand all over you,” Pastor Bell said, referring to the president. “Anyone would be foolish to come up against him.” Pastor Bell said it “was no accident that he (Obama) is here in light of what happened here last Tuesday,” referring to the drive-by shooting deaths of four people in the African American community in one of the worst outbreaks of violence in recent Washington history. The president’s presence was “helping our community heal,” Pastor Bell said. Pastor Bell said attendees included Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and his famly and Marion Barry, D.C. Council Member from Ward 8. Mrs. Obama wore a cream-colored scooped-back elbow-length dress. The president wore a dark suit. Melia wore a pink desk and Mrs. Robinson wore a bright rose-colored dress. Pastor Bell announced that the Obama family would leave after they receive communion. The first family kneeled at the communion rail, far stage right, as the Rt. Rev. Adam Jefferson Richardson, Jr., presiding bishop, recited the Lord’s Prayer and then distributed communion, starting far stage left and working his way to the first family. Communion consisted of wafers and individual thimble-size glasses of grape juice. Copyright © 2003 - 2010 AHN - All rights reserved.Redistribution, republication. syndication, rewriting or broadcast is prohibited without the prior written consent of AHN.License AHN news for your website, business, digital signage network or publication. Most Popular Stories Apple Big Shots Surprise iPad Shoppers Ravens Lineman Michael Oher Turns Blind Side To Hollywood Spotlight Age and Treachery Gives Hopkins Win Over Jones Teens Find Man's Body During Iowa Easter Egg Hunt Hizbul Islam Invites Al-Qaeda Leader To Somalia, Bans Music Report Warns FBI's Computer Project Is Still Late, Over Budget Four Shot Dead Inside California Restaurant Obama Attends Easter Service In Ward 8, Poorest Of DC Neighborhoods Venus Blasted By Clijsters In 58-Minute Sony Ericsson Final Bucks Star Bogut Out For Season After Nasty Fall Recent Posts Most Popular Comments Recent Comments Popular Threads Home | U.S. | World | Entertainment | Sports | Business | Health | Sci / Tech | Politics | Weird / Offbeat Follow AHN on Twitter AHN Social News connects you with friends and the news Client Login | Submit News | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Contact | Content Services © 2010 AHN All Rights Reserved

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