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Show D4 The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Sunday, April 16, 1995 Clinton Keeps the Faith, But Churchgoing Can Be a Chore ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS other, mocking Clinton's pricey hairdo a week after a Hollywood stylist cut it aboard Air Force One. Getting inside the huge stone structure is easy for the Clintons, but a headache for their fellow churchgoers who go through metal detectors and have their handbags searched. Few protest. “Theysayit’s easier to get into heaven than into Foundry Church,” joked Bill Weber, a longtime church member who greets peopleat the door. But the security is necessary. Police once found a gun in pile of bags and blankets outside the church. WASHINGTON — All voices were raised in a chorus of “How Great Thou Art” at a church near the White House one sunny Sunday when the preacher moved toa pew near the front and whispered to his newest parishioner. “Well, Mr. President,” the Rev. J. Philip Wogaman said as the congregation finished the first verse. “It's time to go.” President Clinton squinched his face in a do-I-have-to protest. *But I knowall four verses ofthis one — by heart,” he said. Wogaman, senior minister at Foundry United Methodist Church, chuckled when he regalled the story from the first Once inside the church, the Clintons sit in a pew near the front. Secret Service agents sit behind them and throughout the church. Daughter Chelsea, often days of Clinton's presidency. He said the Secret Service had asked him to help get the president out of church earlyfor security reasons. “He finishes the hymn . with us now,” Wogamansaid. As Clinton celebrates his third Easter in office, his familystill is trying to make churchgoing as normal as possible. But, as Wogaman's story illustrates, even something as personal as worship is complicated by the presidency. The president makes the short trip to church about twice a month,usually with his family, always in a motorcade. Although the procession stops for traffic lights and forsakes sirens and horns, it is an attention-getter. “Keep Congress in line!’ somebody yelled at him going into churchin 1993. “Like the haircut!” shouted an- dressed in blue jeans and a casual shirt, attends the Senior High Youth Groupin a smal! room outside the service, joining her parents in the limousine afterward. Occasionally, the youth group performs religious plays for the congregation and the proud first parents. Clinton carries his family Bible to church and wears half-lens reading glasses to follow the selected readings, peering above the rims to watch Wogaman or chat with his wife. Healwayssits on the aisle, to the rightoffirst lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Sometimesthe presidentwill slip his left arm around his wife’s shoulders, resting his & Washington Week The Washington Week wrap-up will return when Congress reconvenes. hand on the wooden pew. Clinton, an avid singer who belonged to the choir at his church in Arkansas,sings from his pew at Even without protesters, the president andfirst lady cannot escape politics — not at Wogaman’s church. ‘The former professor of Christian ethics tries to relate his faith to public issues. Moreoften than not, he strikes a chord with the Clintens, embracing feminism,tolerance with Foundry or joins in quietly with congregations duringhis frequent visits to other churches. He sings in the small chapel choir at Camp David whenhe attends private services at the presidential retreat. Foundry is the president’s main church in Washington, although he still belongs to Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., and keeps close counsel with the preacherthere. Friends say Clinton, a Southern Baptist, frequents Foundry because he respects Wogamanand wants to attend church more often with his wife and ee, both of whom are MethThe Foundry congregation seems to exert an effort to make Clinton feel comfortable, even when Wogaman asks the crowd to exchange greetings.It would be a natural time to scramble for a presidential handshake, but only a small circle cf people seated near Clinton seek his grip. One service in 1994 was interrupted when an AIDS protester shouted from the balcony, ‘Save your prayers for Bill Clinton.” Parishioners led the man out. BSEaal ON Lees 561-378 Fe 800-432-5888 Coupon Good For 7 Limit Five Per Customer One Coupon Per Customer 4-19 scl ase onW gays, health-care reform and U.S. involvementin global hot spots. Oneofthefirst sermons heard by the Clintons, titled, “The Motherheod of God, how God could be viewed as a woman. Arecent Foundry newslettercriticized the Republican Contract With America. 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