Arts & Entertainment
NOV 5: ChurchJazz Gives River Forest Concert for Special Needs
Jazz It Up at Grace Lutheran Church will Benefit Voice of Care Inclusive Disability Ministry
Voice of Care, a ministry helping churches provide spiritual care to people with disabilities, presents Jazz It Up on Friday, November 5, 2021. The musical evening of jazz features Andy Tecson and the ChurchJazz Ensemble in concert at Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest, Illinois.
WHO: ChurchJazz Ensemble
WHAT: Benefit Concert for Voice of Care: Ministry by and with People with Disabilities
WHEN: Friday, November 5, 2021, 7 p.m. (Central) – doors open at 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Grace Lutheran Church, 7300 Division Street, River Forest, Illinois 60305
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PURCHASE TICKETS: voiceofcare.org
Voice of Care Executive Director Melvin Faulkner is pleased to be able to present Voice of Care’s debut Jazz It Up benefit. This will be the first time that the disability inclusion ministry has worked with either The ChurchJazz Ensemble or Grace Lutheran Church.
“We keep moving forward, we innovate while discovering new opportunities because there are no limits,” says Faulkner, whose leadership of the ministry began in late February 2020, mere days before much of the country went into lockdown. His time with Voice of Care has been marked by finding new ways to do things.
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Jazz It Up will be an evening of excellent music, assures Faulkner, who recently attended a performance by Tecson. “This is a chance for full participation for everyone, with and without disabilities. Come celebrate with us!”
The benefit event will welcome, in addition to paid ticket holders, a VIP audience including people of all ages and abilities. This group includes people with disabilities from group homes and facilities whose presence at the concert is made possible through the purchase of VIP tickets. These $50 tickets allow admission for the purchaser and also enables a person with special needs to attend the musical occasion. General admission tickets are $40. All tickets are on sale at voiceofcare.org.
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The ChurchJazz Ensemble has celebrated the gift of God’s music with people of faith and music lovers across the country for over three decades. The ensemble has been led by Andy Tecson, principal composer and tenor saxophonist, since 1982, and includes Ken Jandes, alto saxophonist, Jerry Coleman, drummer, Bobby Lewis, trumpeter, Stewart Miller, bassist and Nancy Hagen, oboist.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) in the sanctuary at 7300 Division Street, just off of the campus of Concordia University Chicago in River Forest. A reception follows the evening’s musical performance. All proceeds benefit the ministry of Voice of Care, working with churches, providing training and resources to welcome and assimilate people who experience disabilities in inclusive Christian discipleship.
About Voice of Care
Voice of Care is a ministry helping the Church provide spiritual care to people with disabilities and those who care for them. This outreach mission was established in 1976 and incorporated in 2003 as Voice of Care. As a Recognized Service Organization of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Voice of Care is equipping the local church to embrace, empower, and engage people who experience disabilities – and their families – in their discipleship walk. To learn more about building inclusive ministries with people of all abilities, visit voiceofcare.org.
