An interfaith crop of religious folks will be giving the invocations and benedictions at the upcoming Democratic National Convention, the organizing committee has announced.
“Among the group selected to deliver these opening and closing prayers are a Republican pastor of a leading evangelical church in central Florida, a major young evangelical leader, a nun from a diocese in Cleveland and a Methodist couple, both ordained ministers …,” the Democratic National Convention Committee and the Obama for America campaign said Saturday.
Here’s who is scheduled for each day:
Monday, Aug. 25:
Invocation: Polly Baca, Catholic, Greeley, Colo.
Benediction: Cameron Strang, evangelical, Orlando, Fla.
Tuesday, Aug. 26
Invocation: Rev. Cynthia Hale, Disciples of Christ, Decatur, Ga.
Benediction: Revs. Jin Ho Kang and Young Sook Kang, Methodist, Aurora, Colo.
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Invocation: Archbishop Demetrios, Greek Orthodox, New York
Benediction: Sister Catherine Pinkerton, Catholic, Cleveland
Thursday, Aug. 28
Invocation: Rabbi David Saperstein, Union for Reform Judaism
Benediction: Pastor Joel Hunter, evangelical, Longwood, Fla.