National Prayer Breakfast '10

What an honor for Ralph Freeman to be invited as the guest vocal soloist at the 2010 National Prayer breakfast in Washington DC on Thursday, February 4, 2010.

Thousands of people will be in attendance from hundreds of countries all over the world. President Obama will be among the featured speakers.



The annual National Prayer Breakfast occurs the first Thursday in February every year after Congress convenes. Leaders in business, labor, education, and science from every state in the Union, as well as military leaders from each branch of service join the members from the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. Although the political, economic, philosophical, and religious viewpoints represented are varied, the result is a fellowship of concerned citizens, dedicated to affirming the moral, ethical, and spiritual values upon which our nation was founded.

It's a tradition that actually began many years ago in the city of Seattle. It was the height of the Great Depression, and most people found themselves out of work. Many fell into poverty. Some lost everything.

The leaders of the community did all that they could for those who were suffering in their midst. And then they decided to do something more: they prayed. It didn't matter what party or religious affiliation to which they belonged. They simply gathered one morning as brothers and sisters to share a meal and talk with God.

These breakfasts soon sprouted up throughout Seattle, and quickly spread to cities and towns across America, eventually making their way to Washington. A short time after President Eisenhower asked a group of Senators if he could join their prayer breakfast, it became a national event. And today, as I see presidents and dignitaries here from every corner of the globe, it strikes me that this is one of the rare occasions that still brings much of the world together in a moment of peace and goodwill.

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Thanks!