December 25, 2022

“Hope Somebody” Years ago, I heard the phrase, "go hope somebody."  On this Christmas morning we will explore what hope means for Unitarian Universalists and how we can hope somebody.  Join us for a single service at 10am followed by a Christmas bagel brunch! Music with Jackie Jones and Vicki Carter.

Worship leaders in order of appearance:

  • Vicki Carter (Pianist)

  • Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner (Lead Ministry Team)

  • Jackie Jones (Vocalist)

  • Helen Kaar (Worship Associate)

  • Dennis Manion (Chaplain)

Our featured video readings include:

  • Christmas Poem, Rev. Theresa Ninán Soto

  • How the Light Comes, Jan Richardson

Music:

  •  Hymn #239 Go Tell It On The Mountain  (from Singing the Living Tradition)

  •  Use Me (by Rev. Michael Beckwith, Ricki Byers)

  • Hymn #131 Love Will Guide Us (SLT)

  • A Child is Born (by Thad Jones)

  • #245 Joy to the World (SLT)


Currently Jason Jackson teaches Jazz Trombone at The Juilliard School and has been one of the busiest and most respected trombone players in New York City since settling there 25 years ago. In addition to the two years he spent touring the world with Ray Charles not long after his arrival, Jason is the lead trombonist in the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band for the past decade. On Mondays, his off-nights from playing in the pit bands of such Tony Award-winning Broadway productions as The Color Purple, Wonderful Town, Nice Work If You Can Get It, and Motown the Musical, he has been a member for the past 10 years of the Grammy Award-winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at the Village Vanguard. He also teaches part-time at City College of New York, performs about once per month in a group he co-leads with his wife, vocalist Rosena Hill Jackson, and even finds time to occasionally sit in at jam sessions.

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