Obama family to worship at Shiloh Baptist Church for Easter

Washington Post ^ | April 24, 2011 | Hamil Harris

[Zakeet]

Long before the sun rose over the Shiloh Baptist Church, people were passing through metaldetectors at the historic African American congregation where President Barack Obama and his family will celebrate Easter.

[Snip]

Rev. Wallace Charles Smith, in the church's program, said, "We are honored to welcome to our 10 a.m. Easter service President Barack Obama, First LadyMichelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha. Shiloh prays for the first family every Sunday and we thank God for the wonderful inspiration they provide to our nation."

[Snip]

The 3,000-member D.C. congregation [was] started by freed slaves.

[COBOL2Java]

Moochelle and the girls are baptized Christians

If you can call what Jeremiah Wright does baptism...

[Ben Hecks]

Google Earth shows a Langston Golf Course in Anacostia Park - it’s ESE of Shiloh but I don’t know anything about the neighborhood.

[Blagden Alley]

You got me. I haven’t heard of Obama going there. If so, the whole of Ward 8 would have never forgotten it.

Langston probably goes back to segregation, and is an in-city municipal golf course.

[a fool in paradise]

Jeremiah Wright has been welcomed by this church (Shiloh) too:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2008/04/rev_jeremiah_wright_quiet_at_h.html

2008 article says the minister laid hands on Wright after he’d brought shame to the Obama scampaign.