First Look: A Service of Prayer for the Nation

We got a sneak peek at Tuesday's Service of Prayer for the Nation, where we will welcome our interfaith and ecumenical partners to pray for guidance in the years ahead.

President Trump and members of his family are expected to join Tuesday’s service, as well as Vice President JD Vance and his family. The Presidential Inaugural Committee and the Cathedral have extended invitation to government and community leaders for this year’s service, a tradition that stretches back to 1933 and the inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Among the invited participating clergy are:

• Medha Bhagwat, Chinmaya Mission Washington Regional Center, Silver Spring, Md. (Hindu)
• The Rev. Thomas L. Bowen, Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, DC
• Peter K. Christensen, Washington D.C. Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences of the United Methodist Church
• Dr. Muhammad Fraser-Rahim, Masjid Muhammad | The Nation’s Mosque, Washington, D.C.
• The Rev. Cynthia Lapp, Hyattsville (Md.) Mennonite Church
• The Rev. John Molina-Moore, National Capital Presbytery (PCUSA)
• Bishop Leila M. Ortiz, Metropolitan Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Matthew Rega, International Buddhist Committee of Washington, DC
• Rabbi Susan Shankman, Washington Hebrew Congregation
• Dr. Rajwant Singh, Sikh Council on Religion and Education
• Chief Jesse J. Swann, Jr., Piscataway Conoy Tribe
• The Rev. Aaron Tinch, New Hope AME Church, Waldorf, Md.

Musical guests include:

• The Cathedral Choir
• The Cathedral Contemporary Ensemble
• The United States Marine Chamber Orchestra
• Tenor Christopher Macchio

Hymns include “For the Healing of the Nations,” “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “God of Our Fathers,” “America the Beautiful” and “Great is Thy Faithfulness.”

The service will feature calls to prayer in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, and the service will be led by Washington Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, Cathedral Dean Randy Hollerith and Bishop Ann Ritonia, the Episcopal Church’s Suffragan Bishop for Armed Forces and Federal Ministries. Bishop Budde will preach the sermon.

Due to security concerns, the service is not open to the general public, but your’e invited to join the livestream, with a musical prelude starting at 10 am ET and the service itself starting at 11 am ET.

Download service leaflet (PDF)