{"id":524,"date":"2009-02-05T14:18:51","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T14:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/02\/casting-crowns-performs-at-nat.html"},"modified":"2009-02-05T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T14:18:51","slug":"casting-crowns-performs-at-nat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/02\/casting-crowns-performs-at-nat.html","title":{"rendered":"Casting Crowns Performs at National Prayer Breakfast; Drummer Leaves To Pursue New Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxcarolina.com\/president-obama\/18646499\/detail.html\" target=\"_blank\">Casting Crowns performed this morning at the Thursday morning prayer breakfast <\/a>in Washington. Thousands of guest attended the breakfast, which included Bible readings and prayer from members of Congress. Also in attendance were world leaders. For the first time in its 57-year history, the prayer breakfast was broadcast live over the internet.<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1KrJYlEsCW8&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1KrJYlEsCW8&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object>In other <a href=\"http:\/\/castingcrowns2.typepad.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Casting Crown news, the band announced on their blog that drummer Andy Williams is leaving<\/a> to work full time with his wife Kelly in a band and ministry called Soul Sister Sally. 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