The Hill News

President Obama, along with his wife and daughters, attended Easter services at Washington's Shiloh Baptist Church on Sunday.

The Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith, the senior minister, welcomed the Obamas to the church and asked the congregation to stop taking pictures. 

"It probably has not been lost on you that we have some very special visitors this morning ... so we welcome President Barack Obama, Michelle, Malia and Sasha," he said.

Smith told Obama that the church had decided to pray for him and the first family.

"So if you're feeling blue and al of a sudden you feel a little better, that's our prayers," he said.