Celebrant: Nancy Nelson
Join us as we commemorate this year’s JazzFest with a celebration of poetry and jazz. Our guest musicians will be a jazz quartet from the Lionel Hampton school of music.
Welcome and Announcements
Territorial Acknowledgement
Chalice Lighting and Sung Affirmation
Opening Words: Jazz Fan Looks Back, by Jayne Cortez
Opening Hymn: #1024, When The Spirit Says Do
Time for All Ages: The Remarkable Farkle McBride, by John Lithgow, illustrated by C. F. Payne
Reeb Benediction
Offertory
Candles of Joys & Sorrows
Meditation: We Are Jazz, by Adam Dyer
Music: Misty, played by Alex Quartet: Alex Aguilar, Jalen Terry, EvanJames Mulroy, & Riley Christman
Music: Nardis by Miles Davis
Reading: from Otis Moss, III, Sermon delivered to the UUMA Institute
Music: Confirmation by Charlie Parker
Reading: From Improvisational Faith by Tom Stites
Music: Footprints by Wayne Shorter
Reading: from Langston Hughes
Closing Hymn: Blue Skies, Irving Berlin
Closing Reading: Under The Rhythm Of Jazz, by Ermira Mitre Kokomani
Musical Benediction: There is a Love
Embodying the Flame
Spoken Benediction: from John Coltrane
Topics: Creativity