Jazz Vespers at Westminster Church

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With the coming of the fall season, Westminster Church, 1420 W. Moss Avenue, looks forward to the return of the weekly Jazz Vesper service.  Although we kept the service alive during July and August with a service on the patio once each month, we look forward the weekly schedule and the comfort of the Sanctuary for the fall season.

We meet at four in the afternoon each Sunday beginning on September 11, 2016.  The service is Vespers … the ancient worship hour of the late afternoon where prayers were said, and scripture contemplated in the beauty of a glorious worship space.  So we continue this wonderful tradition dating from the middle ages, only updated with some wonderful jazz.  Hymns, original compositions and jazz standards all come into play as part of our worship together.  David Hoffman and his outstanding quartet ‘raise the roof’ in praise and thanksgiving.

The format remains basically the same as last season with a forty minute window for the service.  We will sing hymns and spiritual songs … read from the Word … hear a short homily and hear a lot of wonderful music!  This season we will be following a narrative lectionary which highlights all the great stories of the Bible.  We will build our worship around those stories and their impact on our lives today.  Although we are Presbyterian by affiliation, everyone is welcome at this service, and it is particularly designed so as to be inclusive without being shallow.  Those who already have a deep faith will be moved, and those who seek to enrich their spiritual life, but don’t know quite what to do … we are here to accompany and encourage you on your journey.

It has been remarkable to watch this service evolve into an integral part of the worship life at Westminster. Sunday afternoons seem a bit empty without this upbeat ending of the day. So be with us as we begin for the fall season on Sunday, September 11 at four.  Virtually everyone receiving this Moss-Bradley Newsletter is in easy walking distance of Westminster.  Take a nice Sunday afternoon walk and drop in on our service.  You will be glad you did … particularly if you like jazz at all!