On January 21, Rev. Sharon E. Watkins will deliver a sermon at the national prayer service following the presidential inauguration.
Selected by Obama, Watkins will be the first woman to ever lead the service, which is held the day after the inauguration ceremony. The new president and VP will attend the service with members of the Supreme Course and Congress.
Watkins is president of the Christian Church denomination. She told the New York Times that she plans to speak about “the deeper unity we have as a human family” and will speak to both Christians and people of other faiths.
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