State Rep. Beau Baird (R-Greencastle) (right) joins Pastor Mark Wingler of Cloverdale Christian Church in the House Chamber on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Statehouse in Indianapolis.
Wingler served as the Minister of the Day for the opening invocation.
Every day the Indiana House of Representatives is in session, legislative business opens with an invocation to solemnize proceedings and seek guidance. Representatives invite local clergy to deliver the invocation and serve as the Minister of the Day. Local pastors, rabbis, reverends and clergy members in House District 44 interested in serving as the Minister of the Day should contact Baird's House office at in.gov/h44 or 317-232-9627.
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