Washington National Cathedral Prayer Service
Sunday, January 21, 2001
7:30 a.m. Doors open and Prelude begins
8:30 a.m. Prayer Service begins
9:40 a.m. Service concludes

President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush
Vice President Richard B. Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney

Participants
The Right Reverend Jane Holmes Dixon, Bishop of Washington, pro tem
The Very Reverend Nathan D. Baxter, Dean of Washington National Cathedral
The Reverend Canon Peter Grandell, Precentor, Washington National Cathedral
The Reverend Franklin Graham, Samaritan Ministries, Boone, North Carolina
The Reverend Beulah "Bubba" Dailey, Austin Street Center, Dallas, Texas
Rabbi Samuel Karff, Beth Israel Synagogue, Houston, Texas
The Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick, Archdiocese of Washington, Washington, DC
Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, Windsor Village United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas
His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
The Reverend Suzanne Love Harris, St. Johns Episcopal Church, Jackson Hole, WY
Dr. Jack Hayford, The Church on the Way, Van Nuys, California
Father Luis León, St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, Washington, DC
The U.S. Navy Sea Chanters
The Triumph and St. Stephens Male Chorus
Christopher Ballard, classical pianist
Michael W. Smith, Christian singer
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, musical group
Tiffany Ameen, singer
The Washington National Cathedral Choir of Men & Girls
Dr. Douglas Major, Cathedral Organist and Choirmaster
Mr. Erik Suter, Cathedral Assistant Organist & Choirmaster
Mr. Bruce Neswick, Cathedral Assistant Organist & Choirmaster
Mr. Edward M. Nassor, Cathedral Carillonneur


Program

Prelude:
     The Triumph and St. Stephens Male Chorus
     U.S. Navy Sea Chantors
     Dr. Douglas Major, Organ
     Christopher Ballard
     Michael W. Smith
     Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers
     Tiffany Ameen

Processional Hymn

Welcome:
     Dean Baxter and Bishop Dixon

Invocation:
     Dean Baxter
    **The prayer was adapted for this occasion from the Book of Common Prayer 1979 and from A Prayer for our Civil Rights, used at George Washington's Inaugural Prayer Service.

Scripture Reading (Proverbs 3:1-8):
     Rev. Beulah "Bubba" Dailey

Canticle -- Jubilate Deo:
     Benjamin Britten
     Sung by: Cathedral Choirs

Scripture Reading (Jeremiah 29:11-13):
     Rabbi Samuel Karff
     **read in both Hebrew and English

Psalm 23:
     Archbishop Demetrios (Greek Orthodox Archbishop)

Scripture Reading (1 John 4:7-8):
     Rev. Suzanne Love Harris

Anthem:
     Michael W. Smith

Prayer of the Nation:
     Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell

Scripture Reading (Matthew 6:25-33):
     Archbishop McCarrick (new Archbishop of DC)

Hymn

Sermon:
     The Reverend Franklin Graham

Anthem:
     Cathedral Choirs

Responsive Prayers and The Lord's Prayer
     Led by:
          Archbishop McCarrick
          Archbishop Demetrios
          Rev. Suzanne Love Harris
          Bishop Dixon
          Rabbi Samuel Karff
          Father Luis León
          Dean Baxter

Hymn

Closing Prayers:
     Dr. Jack Hayford
     Bishop Dixon

Dismissal:
     Dean Baxter

Hymn

Carillon Postlude:
     National Hymn, George William Warren
     American Hymn, Matthias Keller
     Maternal, Samuel Augustus Ward
     America, Thesaurus Musicus
     Washington's March No. 1, Philip Phile
     Columbia, Gem of the Ocean, David T. Shaw

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