Lenten Sermon Series: JAZZ Gospel

 

Lenten Sermon Series:  Jazz Gospel

Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life.  --Art Blakey

Jazz is America’s original music.  It was born out of slavery and nurtured in the same churches where spirituals were generated, and in the cotton fields.  In night spots, and in funeral processions, with great depth, it gives voice both to tragic sounds of suffering and the ecstasy of great jubilation.  It owes a great deal to the gospel and to the Christian worldview that is embedded in its origins.  Jazz is best understood in light of the gospel, the sorrow and joy, the deep pain and the incredible hope that stand at the heart of the Christian faith.  As Ferdinan “Jelly Roll” Morton once said, “Rejoice at the death and cry at the birth:  New Orleans sticks close to the Scriptures.”  In our sermon series on the Jazz Gospel, we will stick close to the Scriptures to guide our way through Lent to Good Friday, as we anticipate Easter.

Ash Wednesday, February 22 @ 6:00 p.m.
Joel 2:1–2, 12–17, Psalm 51:1–17, Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21 Openness

1st Sunday in Lent, February 26

Isaiah 35:1-4, James 1:2-12 Blues

2nd Sunday in Lent, March 5

Jeremiah 31:10-14, Psalm 30, Matthew 11:7-19 Swing

3rd Sunday in Lent, March 12

Romans 8:1-20, 2 Corinthians 3:4-17 Improv

4th Sunday in Lent, March 19

Genesis 1:20-25, Psalm 150 Energy

5th Sunday in Lent, March 26

2 Corinthians 12:1-10, 1 Peter 1:3-12 Scat

Passion/Palm Sunday, April 2

Philippians 2:5–11, Matthew 21:1–11 Fusion