Michelle Obama, Chelsea Clinton visit same Midlands church

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Michelle Obama, Chelsea Clinton visit same Midlands church

Sunday Michelle Obama and Chelsea Clinton attended service at the same Midlands church, and News 10 was there.

If you've ever visited Bible Way Church of Atlas Road, you know there's a lot of singing.

Sunday morning the church had two extra voices: Michelle Obama and Chelsea Clinton.

One on one side of the church, one on the other. And the congregation took note.

"I don't know. It was kinda awkward," said Evette Brown.

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Pastor Darrell Jackson, who is a senior consultant for the Clinton campaign in South Carolina, says the seating arrangements were no accident.

"It is our custom that when campaigns come that we sit one on one side, and one on the other," said Jackson.

Neither Mrs. Obama nor Miss Clinton spoke at the pulpit, but after the service they did speak to churchgoers.

"Everybody showing them love. Everybody loving them," said Latoya Boyd.

From the balcony it seemed like half the church migrated towards Obama, the other half towards Clinton -- perhaps a foreshadowing of what we'll see at the polls on Saturday.


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[Captain Hilts]

1. Good on Michelle, Chelsea and the congregation bein' 'nice'. Go team! nt