Results tagged “churches”

Admittedly, it's been quite a while since I was in the lower level of Union Station, but I was pretty surprised to read in this Washington Post story that the Union Station 9 movie theater only finally closed on Oct. 12. Weren't we talking about this place shutting down over a year ago? I honestly didn't realize it was still open up until this month, but like I said, I really haven't been down there in a while. I'm sure regular denizens of the downstairs food court will happily tell me all about it.

The Daily Show's Wyatt Cenac was apparently in town recently to film a segment with the pastors from a handful of local churches, each pitching themselves to the Obama family. Church of the Epiphany, Foundry United Methodist, World Missions for Christ Church, and, you guessed it, the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue all make an appearance. Anybody spot Wyatt when he was filming around town?

WTOP is reporting that the commander-in-chief-to-be was scouting churches this morning as he attended Sunday services at the interestingly-named 19th Street Baptist Church, which happens to be located at 4606 16th Street in Northwest. Regular attendees of the church began lining up at 8:30 this morning to get in, but predictably, many were turned away as the chapel quickly reached capacity. Obama entered the church through the back, disappointing the many who had gathered along 16th Street to catch a glimpse, much like last night's scene at Union Station.