On Tuesday, hours before he took office as the 45th governor of the state of Florida, Rick Scott looked for help from above at a prayer breakfast held in Tallahassee.

Besides outgoing Gov. Charlie Crist, there were three former governors attending Rick Scott’s inauguration as the state’s 45th governor: Claude Kirk, who was elected in 1966; Bob Martinez, who won office in 1986; and Jeb Bush, who was elected in 1998 and 2002.

About 300 invitees crowded into the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science to honor incoming first lady Ann Scott, at a luncheon featuring a half-dozen longtime friends of Florida’s soon-to-be-first couple.