Gather at the Table: Community Dinner & Vespers Service

Scarritt Bennett Center cordially invites you
to “Gather at the Table!”

Share a delectable dinner and enjoy fellowship and conversation in the historic Susie Gray Dining Hall at 5:00pm, followed by our weekly Vespers and All That Jazz worship service in Wightman Chapel from 6:30–7:15pm.

Vespers & All That Jazz is a unique worship experience that uses words and music from a variety of sources to encounter the Sacred. We understand jazz to be a process of making music; music which shapes the service and helps us experience the interruptive Spirit of God in ourselves and others. The style is experiential. Open minds, open hearts, and open ears are essential. We hope for justice, compassion, peace, and wonder in response.

Cost for the community meal is $20. There is no charge to attend Vespers. Dress is casual.

Event Details
Date/time: Sunday, March 27 | Dinner: 5:00pm, Vespers Service: 6:30pm
Location: Susie Gray Dining Hall (Community Dinner), Wightman Chapel (Vespers service)
Cost: Dinner is $20/pp. Vespers is always free and open to the public.
Parking: Free in Lots A and B (campus map)

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Per CDC guidelines, Scarritt Bennett Center requires all who visit our campus to wear a mask while indoors, regardless of vaccination status. In-person worshipers welcome in Wightman Chapel. Vespers & All That Jazz services are livestreamed and available weekly on our YouTube channel »

For more information about this event, email Rev. Donna Patterson at [email protected].

Theme: “Coming Home”
Scripture: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
Music: “I’m Going Home,” by Richard O’Brien; DUNSTAN, by Bob Moore; RENDEZ   DIEU, by Louis Bourgeois; NEW BRITAIN, USA folk tune; DOVE OF PEACE from The Southern Harmony; “Lord, I’m Coming Home” by William J. Kirkpatrick
Musicians: Kevin Madill, piano; Matt Davich, woodwinds; John Ownby, bass