Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-45897 PRESIDENT FORD AT CHURCH ALEXANDRIA,
Va. -- President Gerald Ford chats with the Rev. William L. Dols, Jr., rector
of Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, and the Rev. Patricia Park, assistant rector,
after attending services at the Alexandria, Va., Episcopal church two days
after he was sworn in as the natin’s 38th Chief Executive. Mr. Ford was
accompanied by his wife, Betty, and their 17-year-old daughter, Susan, as
they attended the church, where they have been worshipping since 1955. They
heard a special prayer for the new President, a prayer for former President
Richard M. Nixon and his family, and a sermon in which the rector called for
“picking u the broken pieces” and awakening like Lazarus of the New
Testament story to “a new day filled with other possibilities.” The
liturgy was conducted by Mrs. Park, who is a deacon and the wife of an
Episcopal priest. She also read the prayers for the new President and for the
Nixons. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-8C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Dols, William L. (William Ludwig), 1933-, Park, Patricia., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Resignation from office., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents--Resignation., Clergy--Virginia--Alexandria., Women clergy--Virginia--Alexandria.
Geographic subjects:
Alexandria (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360924