Clinton goes to church in W.V.
Posted: Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:59 PM by Domenico Montanaro
From NBC/NJ’s Mike MemoliHUNTINGTON, W.V. -- Hillary
Clinton, traveling press corps in tow, started her Mother's Day trip through West Virginia with a stop at church, where the pastor's sermon urged the faithful to think of themselves as more than a "comma."
"Maybe you've been a comma at some time in your life," Pastor Paul Russell said. "People don't really listen to you. People don't really value you. Listen -- there is one who listens to you. There is one who values you. What a great thing to know that you and I are not commas to God."
The message seemed appropriate as the New York senator seeks to remain part of the storyline, as
Obama begins to look ahead to the general-election match up with
McCain.
Clinton arrived at the First United Methodist Church late, but was greeted with a gift of cookies as she and daughter Chelsea sat in the second pew. They listened as Russell read the Pentecost story from Acts Chapter 2, and also noted the secular holiday.
“Sometimes being a mom is a thankless job,” Russell said. “That's why we honor them in a special way today. Mother's Day is an opportunity to say a much-deserved, ‘Thank you.’”
Clinton did not speak at the service, but stood with Russell after it ended, greeting the worshippers. She will also mark this day with a visit to the home of Anna Marie Jarvis, who founded Mother's Day, and with a "Mother's Day Celebration" in Grafton.
