Finding your Voice: Singing Together for Liberation and Healing – 1pm

Wild Goose Workshop! Saturday, July 11th 1-2 pm. Join me at The River Tent (Chapel) for Finding Your Voice: Singing Together for Liberation and Healing. Bring a short text or mantra about peace and justice that speaks to your heart.

Location: Hot Springs Campground

Composer’s Retreat

Sponsored by my friends at Music That Makes Community I’ll be going home to NY, to  Holy Cross Monastery, in West Park – Can’t wait! This is my third retreat with these folks, and you just never know what tunes will be born. Prayers, please!

Location: Holy Cross Monastery, 1635 Route 9W, West Park, NY

Spiritual Spa Day

Location: The Church of the Heavenly Rest

All Hallows Eve Chant/Quiet Day

Location: St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Ave, Albany, CA 94706

St. Clare’s, Pleasanton, CA

Greetings, West coast friends!
10:15am – Church!
Ana, Margaret Secour, the choir of St. Clare’s and God only knows who else will be singing and praying together.

4pm Friends of Music Concert
The Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus, a poem by Denise Levertov, and set ( by Ana) for two voices, choir, and congregation will make its debut! Featuring Margaret Secour and Ana Hernandez, the Choir of St. Clare’s, and perhaps a straggler or two, it is a not-so-contemplative contemplation on doubt, belief, dust, lambs, the earth, and all that is therein. There will also be some smaller works, warmups, and a little silence.
Please come if you can. I’m really excited for you to hear it!

Location: 3350 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA 94588

CDSP Liturgy

Location: 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709-1211

All Souls Parish, Berkeley, CA

One of my favorite places! We’re hatching a plot, so stay tuned. It will include an Angel Band.

Location: 2220 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA 94709

Women’s Retreat

I’ll be facilitating 135 women for the morning, and our focus will be the 23rd Psalm.

St. John’s Lutheran, New Ulm/Trinity Lutheran, Frelsburg, TX

Location: 211 Hickory St – PO Box 1270, New Ulm, Texas 78950

LifeLine

Lifeline is a recovery experience focusing on the Eleventh Step: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understand it, praying only for knowledge of that will for us, and the power to carry it out.” We will learn practices of meditation, prayer, to help us to continue along the path. There will also be singing for all and tunes you can carry home in your heart.
7pm – Sponsored by the Recovery Ministry of St. Michael and All Angels

Location: 8011 Douglas Ave, Dallas, TX 75225

Sending You Light Launch Party! Come One, Come All!

Location: 131 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003

Jazz Vespers @ 5 pm Dec. 20th.

Location: 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street New York, NY 10022

Not-So-Churchy!

Not-So-Churchy – Join us at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church a “Dynamic multi-racial, multi-cultural church,” founded in 1857. We’ll begin with chocolate, pray and then burn our prayers, sing like nobody’s business. I’ll be playing with Ike Sturm and Jake Slichter, among others, and will improvise the Eucharistic prayer with Mieke Vandersall. Come on along!

Location: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 85 S. Oxford Street, 11217

Christmas Pageant

I get to sing in the choir on the Eve! Join us for a Christmas Pageant @3PM! Mollie Nichols leads the choirs, along with many children, four sheep, and Pierre the llama! I hope he doesn’t spit on me, but I can’t wait to meet him.

Location: Church of the Heavenly Rest, 2 E. 90th St. NY, NY

Christmas Eve @ St. Mark’s in the Bowery

Christmas Eve Service begins at 7PM. Gonna be a lovely time.

Christmas Eve @ Church of the Heavenly Rest

Carols begin at 10:30 pm, with the service at 11 pm. Choir, a string quartet, and I’ll be singing in the choir. I love these people.

Location: Church of the Heavenly Rest, 2 E. 90th St. NYC

Sunday Morning, Not Your Mama’s Church!

11 am – Join me and Jeannine Otis as we lead and sing this First Sunday after Christmas  service.

Location: 131 E 10th St, New York, NY

Community Eucharist

@ Church Divinity School of the Pacific – Thursday evening at 5:30 pm, and this one time only it will be followed by a live podcast of Homebrewed Christianity at the GTU. The liturgy is a part of the See CDSP days, so if you’re interested in attending seminary, this might be a good time to check it out.

Location: 2451 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA

Prayer Residency

Location: The Bishop’s Ranch, 5297 Westside Rd, Healdsburg, CA 95448

The Sacred Art of Chant Not-So-Quiet Day

9:30 am – Registration, coffee and tea
10-3 pm – workshop, with a break for lunch
$25 each (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)

Join us at Church Divinity School of the Pacific as we reflect at length on the nature of sound as prayer (in the beginning was the sound) and discern new ways to open our hearts. We will create a sound community in which we will investigate the ways sacred sound nurtures our spirit; learn sound spiritual exercises and mantras to enhance our well-being in a unique way; and experience God with and in our voices. There will be periods of deep listening and silence (being still and knowing that God is God and we are not), walking meditation, writing, and lots of singing. We will learn how sound enhances mental and physical well-being through working (and playing!) with our bodies’ energy centers, the chakras; and learn simple and powerful sound prayers and mantras from many traditions to incorporate into our prayer lives. If you think it’s time to be intentional about growing in compassion and love, you’re in the right place! If you pray with a portable instrument, please bring it. Please come and go as you need.

Location: Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA

St. Clare’s Episcopal Church

Join us at 10:15. This Sunday will be beautiful and not like your mama’s chiurch!

Come, Come, whoever you are!
Worshiper, wanderer, lover of leaving;
Ours is not a caravan of despair!
Though you have broken your vows a thousand times,
Come, come, again, come!

For more info, contact the church office: (925) 462-4802

Location: 3350 Hopyard Road Pleasanton, CA 94588

From Darkness Into Light: Music for Healing with Christopher Putnam

Ana Hernandez and Christopher Putnam lead whole-body, prayerful meditation in our beautiful, candlelit sacred space. Guitar, piano, shruti-box, drum, and vocals in chant and sacred song help the healing process take root. Chanting helps us to be still, be quiet, and listen beyond our minds.

Ana Hernandez is a composer/arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist. She leads workshops on the application of sound and rhythm to revitalize our communities and prayer lives, encouraging all to experience the ways in which sound helps us to open our hearts, manifest peace, and engage in healing and compassion.

Christopher Putnam, B. Mus., M.T.S., is a keyboardist, singer, and composer who integrates eclectic music styles into worship. He’s the director of music and leader of the Angel Band at All Soul’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley, CA.

Contact Angelina @ (707) 433-2440 for info. 

2night/6 meals (Friday dinner-Sunday lunch)
$350 single occupancy
$295 double occupancy
$265 standard occupancy (3-4 per cottage)

Location: The Bishop’s Ranch, 5297 Westside Rd, Healdsburg, CA 95448

Guest in Suzanne Guthrie’s Spiritual Practices class @CDSP

Suzanne Guthrie is visiting Professor for Spiritual Practices for the Spring Semester at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and she’s asked me to come along at noon on Monday to teach a bit about chanting as a spiritual practice. We’ll run barefoot through individual and group practices, and perhaps transform a life or two.  Go big and go home.

Location: 2451 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA

Church Divinity School of the Pacific

Community Eucharist on Thursday evening at 5:30 pm, followed by a lovely meal in the refectory. This liturgy is a part of the See CDSP days, so if you’re interested in attending seminary, this might be a good time to check it out.

Location: 2451 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA

Bloy House – Episcopal Theological School at Claremont

Friday – 6 PM Evening Service – using the readings for Emily Malbone Morgan, founder of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross. If you’re into thanksgiving, intercession, simplicity of life, and social justice, Miss Morgan and the companions might be your people. They’re definitely mine.

Saturday – 11:15 Holy Eucharist – using the readings for Lent IV.

Bloy House is a seminary exclusively for commuters, and I’m so happy to be able to hang out with them on my way through!

Location: 1325 North College Avenue Claremont CA 91711-3199

Beating the Drums for God: Compline with percussion

An intergenerational evening of food, prayer, and art!

5:30 – Soup supper in Coke Activities Room
6:00 – Compline in the Saint Michael Chapel
6:30 – making Clay Holding Crosses in the South Lanai

Location: 8011 Douglas Ave, Dallas, TX

TENEBRAE with HARC

Location: Sts. Andrew and Matthew Church, 719 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, DE

Sound as Prayer @ Grace Episcopal Church

A Not-So-Quiet Day of Spiritual Exercises Using Sound and Shared Silence.
Join us for a day of depth, spirit, and transformation.

Details:
Time: 9:00 -3:00 pm, with a break for lunch.
Cost $10 each (partially funded by a Lilly Grant). No one turned away, but please register so we can get an accurate lunch count.

Description:
Sound as Prayer: A Not-So-Quiet Day of Spiritual Exercises Using Sound and Shared Silence

The voice is nature’s most perfect instrument; other instruments have been trying to replicate its magnetism since the dawn of time. Our voices reveal things about us before we realize them ourselves. The voice is a barometer: it measures the atmospheric pressure of our emotions. Voices can betray energy level – picture a child before bed, hoarsely crying, “I’m NOT tired!” Our voices disclose attitude: honest or dishonest, sincere or insincere – how often are the words “Oh, I’d love to, but …” belied by the feeling in the voice (“No way in hell!”). When we dream about our greatest dreams or suffer our biggest hurts, they are present in our voices. The voice you’ve been given is a part of your gift to the world and is unique in the universe. Knowing yourself can put you on the fast track to a healthy inner life.

In this popular workshop we will re-discover God with and in our voices; listen deeply and experience the ways sound touches spirit; explore sacred chant to heal ourselves and the world, learning how sound can enhance well-being; reflect on sounds that open (and close) our hearts. All are welcome at this day of humming, toning, singing, deep listening, and seriously fun prayer. If you can hum, you can come. Learn how your voice lives in your body, how to use it to generate health and healing, and how to let it help you bring your best self to all you do. Listen to yourself for a change.

Location: 43 Elizabeth St, Pemberton, NJ

The Way of Transformation in the Christian Path

Location: St. Paul’s Cathedral, 138 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111

St. Thomas Episcopal

Pentecost Sunday!

Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire fall on me! Join us at 10 AM to catch the breaking news of the Spirit!

Location: 98 Sky Manor Rd, Pittstown

Potluck Supper and Community Sing!

Come! Eat! Sing! Benefit the youth mission trip of St. Matthew’s, Maple Glen, Christ Church, Pottstown, and Trinity Church, Ambler, PA

6:30-9 pm

Trinity Church
For more info, call David at the church: 215-646-0416

Location: 708 S. Bethlehem Pike, Ambler, PA

Dinner Church!

Time: 5:30 – 7 PM

Come! Sing and eat with the good people of St. Mark’s Dinner Church in Basking Ridge, NJ. Like many dinner churches across the land, this one is modeled after St. Lydia’s in Brooklyn, NY, and features the singing of simple and beautiful tunes, blessing bread, sharing a meal, intercessory prayer, blessing wine, and setting and cleaning up together. All in under 90 minutes! Bring the kids, and join us.

For more info, contact the church office: (908) 766-9058
or visit www.stmarksbr.org

Location: 140 South Finley Avenue, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit

Join us at 10 AM!

It’s Trinity Sunday, and that means talk how the mystery is less mysterious nowadays, about unity, and possibly the difference between nature and essence, all surrounded by long hymns, drones, drums, and community singing!

Location: 3 Haytown Rd. Lebanon, NJ

Galileo Church

This Sunday finds me subbing again for the amazing songwriter Paul Demer. I’ll be leading worship with Katie Hays and the good people of Galileo Church.

Galileo Church is an amazing Disciples of Christ church plant. A beautiful and quirky church, open to ALL.

“We are not the center of the universe,” Galileo said.

We agree.

See more:www.galileochurch.org.

Weekly Worship, beautiful and true: Sundays at 5 p.m. behind Reds Roadhouse

Location: 1170 Kennedale Parkway, Kennedale TX

Wild Goose Festival 2016

Join us at the intersection of Music, Art, Theology, and Social Justice

This year, I’ll be doing my usual crowd whispering between the speakers on the main stage, and facilitating two sessions with the wonderful Jane Gerdsen to introduce the Wild Geese to The Art of Hosting Conversations That Matter. Can’t wait! Get your tickets early; there are discounts to be had!

Wild Goose Festival 2016

Location: Hot Springs, NC

Building Community Through Music * Come Out and Sing!

9:30-3:00 pm – Saturday, July 16th, 2016

10 am – Sunday Church

Join me at Trinity Episcopal Church for a great weekend of sung prayer, contemplative practice, and community building.

Find and build a collective voice. Deepen a community of practice, through the shared creation of sound and silence. Learn simple chants and global songs. Enjoy a day of transformation and fun.

Sign up at the welcome table at Trinity, call the church office, or email office@trintysb.org  $15.00 per person (sack lunch included)

Location: 1500 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music – subcommittee meeting

The Christian Initiation sub-committee of the Book of Occasional Services sub-committee of the SCLM (see subject) of the Episcopal Church is meeting in Sewanee, TN to do a little work on some liturgies. Can’t wait to work with Amy McCreath, Juan Oliver, Jim Turrell, and whoever else shows up!

Location: University of the South, Sewanee, TN

Renewal of Ministry and Welcoming of a New Rector

St. John’s Episcopal Church in Kingston, NY has called my dear friend Michelle Meech to be their new priest, and I’m going to lead the congregation in song! Gonna be a fun day.

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY

HeartSong: Building Communities of Practice

Join me in Attleboro, MA for a weekend of music making, exploration, being with the spirit, and deep fun. Immanuel Lutheran Church is hosting HeartSong, filled with chanting, singing, meditation, drumming, movement, and group improvisation,

Friday, Oct. 16: Potluck Supper and Community Sing!
Saturday, Oct. 17: HeartSong Workshop, 9:30 am – 3 pm
Sunday: Intergenerational mini workshop at 9:15 am, followed by church at 10 am.

There is no registration fee. Bring a friend. This weekend is generously funded by the Memorial Fund of Immanuel Lutheran Church.

TO REGISTER: call the church at (508) 222-2898

Location: 647 N Main St, Attleboro, MA 02703

St. John’s Church, Kingston, NY

Another Sunday with the good people of St. John’s Episcopal as Interim Director of Music. Come on over; pray and sing with us. Learn a new tune, sing a familiar tune in a new way; who knows, we might even do something you recognize, or take to heart.

10 AM Choral Eucharist

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston NY

The Theology and Practice of Failure

October 26: The Theology and Practice of Failure

Church communities are often afraid to make space to acknowledge failure and wonder about how and where God is at work in the midst of it. Through sharing their stories and reflecting theologically, our panelists will open up a space for consideration of the holy gift of failure.

Panelists:

• Ana Hernandez (Composer, author, and workshop leader)
• The Rev. Dr. Joan Martin (Professor of Christian social ethics at EDS)
• The Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge (Episcopal chaplain at Boston University and adjunct faculty at EDS and Harvard Divinity School)

Register here: http://eds.edu/faithful-leadership

10 AM- 12 PM in the Tyler Room. Childcare and lunch provided.

Co-hosted by Contextual Education and Lifelong Learning at EDS, with generous funding from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Location: 99 Brattle St. Cambridge, MA

Choir Rehearsal and Leading Paperless Music

1 pm in St. John’s Memorial Chapel, I’ve been asked to join Ellen Oak to prepare for the EDS Thursday Community Eucharist. I’m told there will be time to learn how to teach some paperless tunes, so bring along a tune you’d like to try teaching, and we’ll all join in the fun.

Location: 99 Brattle St. Cambridge, MA

Community Eucharist at Episcopal Divinity School

12:15-1:15 pm: Community Worship in St. John’s Memorial Chapel exploring various faith traditions.

More info soon.

Location: 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA

Sound as Prayer: A workshop for all who sing and want to sing

9:00 Registration and coffee – 9:30 am – 3 pm workshop

Join us as we re-discover God with and in our voices. We will invite deep listening to experience the ways sound touches spirit and learn how sound can enhance well-being, leading us into more fulfilling relationships. Using simple chants, global songs, and the shared creation of sound and silence, we’ll have a day of transformation and big fun. There will be singing, drumming, movement, and group improvisation to provide you with more tools to enhance your spiritual practice and skills for building community—to invite, encourage, and include absolutely everyone in building deeper relationships with God and with one another. A composer/arranger, workshop facilitator, author, and mischief maker, Ana Hernandez works with people to create beautiful liturgies in many different styles. She teaches tunes for times of grace, abundance, joy, as well as times of grief, anger, and dishevelment, helping people all over the church (and beyond) find their voices and use sound as a way to come to a deeper experience of God. Her list of creations includes eight recordings and a book called The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice. You can learn more about her work at www.anahernandez.org.

$10 fee includes lunch

Registration Deadline October 17 – contact Val Stelcen at vstelcen@dioceseny.org or 845-338-1086

Generously sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of NY, Region II, but open to absolutely everybody, join us in Kingston for an excellent day of fun and beatiful sounds! Also, if you like the flavors of autumn, you can partake of St. John’s annual Ham Dinner, either by take-out or eat in. Here’s the link with dinner info: sound-as-prayer-w-ham-dinner There’s Apple Crisp a la mode for dessert, so if you do take-out, dessert comes first!

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY

St. John’s, Kingston, NY

Halfway through my time with the good people of St. John’s. Come on over; pray and sing with us. Learn a new tune, sing a familiar tune in a new way; who knows, we might even do something you recognize, or take to heart.

10 AM Choral Eucharist

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY

Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire Convention

Concord, NH

St. John’s, Kingston, NY

Halfway through my time with the good people of St. John’s. Come on over; pray and sing with us. Learn a new tune, sing a familiar tune in a new way; who knows, we might even do something you recognize, or take to heart.

10 AM Choral Eucharist

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY

Discernment Day at St. John’s, Kingston, NY

This is the the day for large group discernment to facilitate the process of calling a new Director of Music. We’ve spent ten weeks opening to all the musical resources available to the average Episcopal church, explored the possibilities for the present, have some ideas about what we love about the past. We’ve formed a liturgy committee and a search committee. Now it’s time to be more intentional in speaking together about next steps.

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY

St. John’s, Kingston, NY

Come on over; pray and sing with us. Learn a new tune, sing a familiar tune in a new way; who knows, we might even do something you recognize, or take to heart.

10 AM Choral Eucharist

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY

St. John’s, Kingston, NY

Come on over; pray and sing with us. Learn a new tune, sing a familiar tune in a new way; add harmonies, improvise,

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY

First Sunday of Advent!

Come on over; pray and sing with us. Learn a new tune, sing a familiar tune in a new way; add harmonies, improvise, find your voice, feed one another, prepare.

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, NY

Second Sunday of Advent

Come on over; pray and sing with us. Learn a new tune, sing a familiar tune in a new way; add harmonies, improvise, prepare.

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY

Advent Lessons and Carols

Join me at St. Mary’s, Mohegan Lake, NY

7 PM – for more info, contact Claire Woodley at the church: (914) 528-3972

Location: 1836 E Main St, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547

Advent Weekend

All Saints Church in Concord, NC is filled with lovely and talented people, and they’ve invited me back for a second time. This is a tentative date, and I’ll confirm it in a day or two.

Thrilled to be able to play with Brian Sapp-Moore again.

Location: 525 Lake Concord Rd Concord, NC 28025

Advent Liturgy of Remembrance and Light: When Christmas Hurts

7pm in the beautiful chapel at St. Michael and All Angels. Join me with Brice Beaird for a beautiful candlelit prayer service. An amazing reception follows and the people are some of the loveliest I have met since I’ve been in Texas.  Now in it’s fifth year.

Location: 8011 Douglas Ave, Dallas, TX 75225

Black Jesus, St. Michael and All Angels Chapel, Dallas, TX

Seasonal Overload Sing: Resetting Our Hearts

Because you’re worth it, there’s only one week till Christmas, and now is as good a time as any.

Tentative title.

Join me at Lamb of God Lutheran Episcopal Adventure for a not-so-quiet day of singing and community  building. Enjoy sounds and silence, and so many good tunes to re-mind us in this hectic time. This is going to be big, deep fun.

9:30 – 1:00 pm -ish

More details as they happen!

Location: 19691 Cypress View Dr, Fort Myers, FL 33967

Many Voices, One Community

The Episcopal churches of Ulster County are sponsoring a community supper on Wednesday, January 18th at 6:30pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Kingston.  It’s scheduled it to be a part of MLK Jr. week and offered it in the hopes that it will help us come together and get to know one another better.  We face many challenges in the future and having a strong
community and opportunities for conversation will be invaluable. We hope you will come, encourage others to come and even co-sponsor it. All faiths, all members of the community are welcome.

I’ll be facilitating a short conversation after dinner with this beloved community.

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY 12401

Sunday Morning Goin’ to Church @St. John’s Episcopal, Kingston, NY

Subbing at St. John’s, Kingston, NY as they await their soon-to-be-hired new Music Director.

10 AM Choral Eucharist. Hope to see you there.

Location: 207 Albany Avenue, Kingston, NY

Living Stones Partnership

Looking forward to being with these folks due to the best invitation ever: “It’s been FAR too long since we’ve been on a roller coaster!”
Why, yes it has.

Their purpose is to practice collaborative leadership and work, examine systemic issues, offer professional consultation, and to engage in ongoing Biblical and theological reflection as the members encourage new ways of engaging in the Baptismal Ministry through Total Ministry, Shared Ministry, or Mutual Ministry.

I see the Mall of America in my winter plans. Details as they happen.

Location: Minneapolis, MN

CONVERGENCE MUSIC, WORSHIP, AND LITURGY: A CMP LIVE EVENT

Come, come, whoever you are!

Join me, along with Brian McLaren, Bryan Sirchio, Andra Moran, Richard Bruxvoort Colligan, Doug Pagitt, Vince Anderson, Gary Moore, Paul Demer, and more at this gathering for worship leaders, musicians, songwriters, artists of all kinds, clergy, and all involved in leading and designing worship experiences for communities of faith. We’ll explore what vital and transforming worship means from a progressive or Convergence perspective, and what the role of music plays in this reformation and deepening of worship. We’ll share ideas and best practices, explore new forms of worship, and listen for what the Holy Spirit is saying as we pray our way into a more just and generous expression of the Christian faith. Keynote addresses, musical resources for your congregation, workshops (one by me!) opportunities for songwriters and composers to share and create new music and liturgy together. The emphasis is on encouraging and equipping local congregations to create new music, art, and liturgy in their contexts. 

Early Bird registration is only $199 before Christmas, and $224 after December 25th. You can also register for Brian McLaren’s keynote and the opening concert only, or get a One-Day pass! Possibilities abound!

Registration options here: https://www.convergencemp.com/event.php
FYI – Lodging and meals are not included

Location: 3601 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215

Not-So-Churchy

Open Spaces. Freshly Baked Bread. Lots of Music. Chocolate and Coloring Books.

I’ll be joining the fine people of Not-So-Churchy on Monday March 13th at 130 w. 30th street, NYC (between 6th and 7th). Come!

Who are these Not-So-Churchy people, you may ask:

Not So Churchy is an intimate worshipping community that creates our own services month by month, outside the structures of the traditional church.

We are artists, community activists, and musicians. We are adults and kids — kids are an integral part of our community and we know them as full participants.

We are lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and straight allies. We bring all of ourselves, the stuff we like and the stuff we aren’t so sure of, to our space together.

• There is always laughter
• You might feel calmer leaving than you did coming in
• Each gathering is a little bit different, created with care

There is space for change, room to grow, and an experience that’s Not So Churchy. 

http://www.notsochurchy.org/

Location: 130 w. 30th street, NY, NY

THE SACRED ART OF CHANT: CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE, TIMELESS PRAYER

Location: 167 Neck Road, Madison CT 06443

Sharing Sacred Ground – SCHC/AWAP Spring Conference

On the campus of the Seminary of the Southwest, the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross and Anglican Women at Prayer will gather with indigenous and Latina women to explore matters of the heart.

Details to come.

Location: 501 E 32nd St, Austin

Tenebrae

April 12th, 7 PM – Now in our 14th year!

Latin for darkness, or shadows, Tenebrae is an ancient service of Western Christianity, traditionally done during Holy Week. Based on the Psalter, sung in Gregorian Chant by a nine voice men’s choir, infused with musical improvisations by Ruth Cunningham, Ana Hernandez (HARC), and organist David Christopher, Tenebrae is a deeply moving spiritual experience, and this Tenebre is unlike any other. Truth. Amazing and beautiful. Join us, and bring your friends.

For more info, contact Dana in the church office (302) 656-6628

Location: 719 N Shipley St, Wilmington, DE 19801

St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery

Not your Mama’s church. Sunday morning at 11 is Allison Moore’s last day as Interim Priest. We’re gonna have a send off!

Location: 131 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003

Benefits Partnership Conference

Sponsored by the Church Pension Group of the Episcopal Church. I’m honored to be asked to join the team, and so looking forward to being with these good folks!

Location: Camp Allen

Holy Spirit Episcopal Church

Sunday – Mother’s Day in Lebanon, NJ. Church with Phil Carr-Jones @10 am

Monday, Phil’s bringing me to jail where I’ll be singing with the women who live there.

Location: 3 Haytown Rd. Lebanon NJ 08833

The Big Chants Project

4:45 pm.

A new recording begins at St. Peter’s Jazz Vespers with Ike Sturm and his band, Mollie Nichols and the choirs of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Ana, and a few amazing soloists! We’ll start with a few 3-8 part chants (most of which have congregational parts – that means you) and record the Vespers service. Then we’ll record the chants again after Vespers is over. Then we’ll do another batch of tunes in the fall, edit, mix, master, and release an album!

I can’t wait!

Location: 619 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10022

Prayer Resident

This will be my second trip to the Bishop’s Ranch. I’ll be leading Morning and Evening Prayer Tuesday – Saturday all month in this beautiful place. It’s truly a gift. Taking part in the life of the community, having quiet time to compost new tunes, write, walk, and daydream is an amazing experience. I’ll have Sunday and Monday off, so be in touch if you’d like to hatch a plot!

Location: 5297 Westside Road, Healdsburg, CA

Music for Healing and Healers

Experience whole-body, prayerful meditation in a sacred space with Ana Hernandez and Christopher Putnam. Guitar, piano, shruti-box, drum, and vocals in chant and sacred song help the healing process take root. Chanting helps us to be still, be quiet, and listen beyond our minds.
Returning friends and newcomers welcome.

Ana Hernandez is a composer/arranger, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. She leads workshops on the application of sound and rhythm to revitalize our communities and prayer lives, encouraging all to experience the ways in which sound helps us to open our hearts, manifest peace, and engage in healing and compassion. Christopher Putnam, B. Mus., M.T.S., is a keyboardist, singer, and composer who integrate eclectic music styles into worship.

2 night/6 meals (Monday lunch-Wednesday lunch)
$357 double occupancy
$437 single occupancy

Register here!

PLEASE REGISTER BY: May 31, 2017

Location: 5297 Westside Road Healdsburg, CA 95448

Music That Makes Community At Calvary Episcopal Church

Join a dynamic gathering of musicians, clergy and lay people in Cincinnati, Ohio to develop and strengthen your congregational song leading skills. Presenters Ana Hernández, Charles Murphy, Emily Scott, and Paul Vasile will lead worship, workshops, and conversation to help you add the valuable tool of paperless song leading to your community’s singing practice. Learn practical skills and diverse repertoire, and explore how paperless music can enrich and expand your congregation’s repertoire of sung prayer and praise.

The three-day workshop begins at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28 and ends at 5 p.m. on Friday, June 30. Registration begins at 12 noon.

Regarded as one of the most beautiful churches in Cincinnati, Calvary Episcopal Church-Clifton is just north of downtown and close to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, the University of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati Art Museum, as well as the city’s thriving food and music scene. The church is convenient to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) and is within driving distance of Columbus, OH, Louisville, KY, Indianapolis, IN and Chicago, IL.

This event is generously co-sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio and we are pleased to be able to offer scholarship to seminarians, students, and congregations with limited financial resources. Contact Paul Vasile to inquire if you or your congregation qualify for assistance.

A block of reduced-rate rooms have been reserved for participants at the Kingsgate Marriott Conference Center at the University of Cincinnati (151 Goodman Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219), a five-minute drive from the church. Single King or Double Guest Rooms are available for $139 plus taxes. Click this special link to reserve a room or call (888) 720-1299 and ask for the Paperless Music Workshop at Kingsgate Marriott. Please note that the special rate ends on June 7.

Individual Registration Fee: $600 (Includes all meals and workshop materials)
Group Rate: $550 (Applicable only to groups of three or more individuals from the same congregation)

Music That Makes Community is pleased to offer two related events in conjunction with our three-day workshop. Participants are invited to attend both free of charge.

• A paperless Community SING in the Northside neighborhood on Friday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m. (location TBD)
• Holistic Leadership Practices Workshop for the wider Cincinnati faith community on Saturday, July 1 from 10 am to 2 pm.

Location: 3766 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220

Chapel Musician at Adelynrood Retreat and Conference Center

Looks to be a quiet week at Adelynrood, and I’ll be playing prayer services all week. Pray for me, as they’re used to having only organists, and I’m not that.

Stephanie Spellers will be up to talk about “The Spirituality and Practice of the Jesus Movement” on Aug. 4th-6th:  http://www.adelynrood.org/Spirituality-PracticeTheJesusMovement2017/

Location: 46 Elm Street, Byfield MA

Sacred Art of Chant Workshop

Join me for a day of chanting at Tigg’s Pond Retreat Center in Zirconia, NC! 10am-4pm. Come and go as you need!

The purpose of our time together will be both to reflect at length on the nature of sound as prayer (In the beginning was the sound) and to discern new ways to open our hearts together. We will create a sound community in which we will investigate the ways sacred sound nurtures our spirit; learn sound spiritual exercises and mantras to enhance our well-being in a unique way; and experience God with and in our voices. There will be periods of deep listening and silence (being still and knowing that God is God and we are not), walking meditation, and lots of singing.

We will learn how sound enhances mental and physical well-being through working (and playing!) with our bodies’ energy centers, the chakras; and learn simple and powerful sound prayers and mantras from many traditions to incorporate into our prayer lives. If you think it’s time to be intentional about growing in compassion and love, and would like to jump start your spiritual practice with some deep, sound fun, you’re in the right place!

All day workshop cost is $60. Bring a lunch or buy some pizza from the Tigg’s Pond brick oven. For more information, contact Diane Rhoades at dianerhoades8@bellsouth.net

See also Sunday August 13th at The Namaste Center for Spirituality, Healing, and the Arts below!

Location: 651 State Rd 1112, Zirconia, NC 28790

Namaste Center for Spirituality, Healing, and the Arts

Location: 2700 Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock, NC 28731

Exploring Our Songlines

Las Placitas Presbyterian Church (LPPC) has invited the Placitas community to spend the summer of 2017 exploring how music can and has influenced our secular and spiritual lives.

The church received a Lilly Endowment grant for clergy and congregational renewal. This grant will enable their pastor to complete a sabbatical this summer focusing on fiddle music and his connections to music in New Mexico and other areas. The grant also made it possible to bring in six guest artists to inspire and entertain all summer long right here in Placitas. Don Saliers, Rev. Bill Carter, Anne Hays Egan, Cipriano Vigil, Carrie Newcomer, Billy McLaughlin, and Ana Hernandez fill out the list.

Friday Night – Potluck Supper and Community Sing – FREE

Saturday 9am-3pm – HeartSong: Building Communities of Practice – FREE (lunch for a nominal fee)

Sunday Worship and Songline – 9:30am

Location: 7 Paseo De San Antonio Rd, Placitas, NM 87043

HeartSong: Building Communities of Practice

Join me at Holy Trinity Church 316 East 88th Street, NYC (between 1st & 2nd Avenues) for a Saturday of deep, fun exploration.

Whether you’re in a small church with limited resources, or in a larger place looking for a way to help your community find and/or build its collective voice, learn to play together, say yes to the Spirit, and be transformed, HeartSong is the workshop that will enable you to deepen your community of practice through the shared creation of sound and silence. We will listen deeply to the spirit within, reclaim the joy of group learning by rote, utilize repetition, and engage our oft ignored ability to harmonize on the spot.

With simple chants and global songs, we’ll have a day of transformation and deep fun. Sing your way to your sweetest identity, individually and collectively, each person open to sharing more of who they are becoming and confident that the spiritual work they do to become their best selves will be honored and be integrated into the larger community. There will be singing, drumming, movement, and group improvisation (Yes You Can!), – all of which will leave your community with more tools to invite, encourage, and include absolutely everyone. Bring a friend or your choir, and join us for a day of transformation through singing!

10am-3pm

Location: Holy Trinity Church 316 East 88th Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenues) New York, NY 10128

Women’s Quest Adventure Retreat in Stowe, VT

Check out the amazing Colleen Cannon and the program she’s built. Maybe you’d like to go to Peru? Iceland? Hawaii? I’ve been invited to Stowe, VT, and I can’t wait! Join us! I’ll be bringing lots of chants and songs, and my bike! For more details, to register or to look for more Women’s Quest retreats: http://womensquest.com/wq/

What is Women’s Quest?
• Enriching, rejuvenating adventures to renew the spirit and strengthen the body
• A unique and powerful approach to create vibrant health and personal empowerment
• Ideal for women of any age, background, or athletic ability
• Developed and refined over 20 years by world champion triathlete, Colleen Cannon

What can I expect?
• A non-competitive, supportive environment guided by experts
• Specialized instruction and personal attention to your interests and needs
• A strong sense of support and camaraderie
• A remarkable way to bring balance, self-awareness and health to everyday life

What will I discover?
• Comfortably challenge yourself in the spirit of self-discovery
• Learn powerful ways to unleash your potential and have fun
• Cultivate passion, vitality and balance in daily life
• Build a pathway between the body and mind
• Get the tools to create a plan for your “one wild and precious life”

To register, go here!

Location: Trout Lodge, VT

Sleepless near Seattle (Episcopal Church Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music)

A long meeting hopefully crafting beautiful liturgies, but more than likely listening to too many people nitpicking about so many small things that Jesus never cared about. However, there will be breaks, and singing! Some of my favorite people will be be there, and even more of my favorite folks will be freed from their own meetings. We will all share meals and possibly even drinks before bed (except for the very serious ones, who will continue to meet through dinner and playtime).

Location: Red Lion Hotel and Conference Center

Center for Congregational Song Launch!

If you have a passion for congregational song, save these dates!

The Center for Congregational Song is the new education and  resource arm of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. The CCS will be an online platform, connecting people to vital resources on congregational song.

The first director is Brian Hehn. Great guy. Great work.

Join us for the Launch Party in Dallas!

For more information, and to register, visit the website: http://www.thehymnsociety.org/ccs

Location: Dallas, TX

Songs and Signs for the Times

From Cameron at St. Aidan’s in Noe Valley: In an era when more and more of us are moved to go out into the world to stand with the oppressed as agents of change, this is an evening to steep ourselves in the spiritual grounding that sustains us amid struggle. We will gather to create signs, to learn and compose chants that flow out of the spirituality that nourishes us and generates our action. Come gather for worship, simple supper, sign-making and chant-creation. Bring a favorite verse of scripture, poetry, or other prose to work with. Come create and be nourished in community. Worship: 6pm Supper: 6:30 Sign and Chant Workshop: 7-8:15

Today’s brilliant text idea came to Cameron Partridge via Adrienne Rich:

“A wild patience has take me this far.”

Come play with us!

Location: 101 Gold Mine Drive San Francisco, CA 94131

Potluck Supper and Community Sing in Albany, CA!

Join me, Saturday evening, Oct. 21st, from 6PM-9PM at St. Alban’s Church for good food and singing! Bring a dish and a song to share, and I’ll bring lots of new songs and we can raise the roof.

We will pass the hat to support my new album “The Big Chants Project” and I’ll also bring download cards and cds for purchase. Please come, whether you can contribute or not. Your presence is the greatest gift. I look forward to seeing and singing with you!

Location: 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany CA 94706

Grace Church, St. Helena, CA

I’ll be joining the lovely people of Grace Church for Sunday worship with lots of singing. Come for an early All Saints service!

10 AM! (I might start playing a prelude five minutes early)

 For more info, contact the church @(707) 963-4157 

Location: 1314 Spring Street, St. Helena, CA 94574

Fresh Start Diocese of California

9:30am-12pm

Fresh Start is a part of the diocese’s ongoing ministry of orientation, formation, and support for one another as ordained people. Fresh Start has been a part of the “transition” of both recently ordained clergy and clergy new to a cure, whether newly called as deacon, priest-in-charge, or rector.

The real support is one another

Location: 1100 California St, San Francisco, CA 94108

Potluck Supper and Community Sing in Woodland, CA

Join me on Thursday, November 2, 5:30-8:00 pm for an evening of good 
food and singing! Here's the blurb from the church:
 
Ana Hernández is a leader in congregational and community music-making, 
and a workshop facilitator. We have the chance to sing and learn with her 
while she is in the area to lead music and a workshop at our diocesan 
convention. Ana has made eight recordings and written one book (you can hear 
one of her recordings here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GgCIMYy8Vo>), 
and several people from St. Luke's have attended workshops with her and 
her colleagues in the past few years. People of all ages and musical abilities 
welcome: just bring a dish to share, and we'll spend the evening singing together!

So excited about this!

Location: 515 2nd St, Woodland, CA 95695

Episcopal Diocese of Northern CA Convention

I’ll be leading a workshop on paperless music on Friday morning from 9-noon (remember when it was called ‘singing by rote’?), then gathering music, services. and lots of singing until Saturday afternoon.

More info soon!

Location: Lions Gate Hotel 3410 Westover Street McClellan, California, 95652

Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento, CA!

Join me on Sunday, November 5, for church at 9 or 11:15, with singing in between. Or at least I think that’s the plan! Stay tuned for more details!

Location: 2620 Capitol Ave, Sacramento, CA 95816

Not-So-Churchy

Open Spaces. Freshly Baked Bread. Lots of Music. Chocolate and Coloring Books. I’ll be joining the fine people of Not-So-Churchy at 130 w. 30th street, NYC (between 6th and 7th). Come! We gather at 6:45 pm for chocolate, fruit, and chatting and 7:00 for worship. All are welcome! Who are these Not-So-Churchy people, you may ask: Not So Churchy is an intimate worshipping community that creates our own services month by month, outside the structures of the traditional church. We are artists, community activists, and musicians. We are adults and kids — kids are an integral part of our community and we know them as full participants. We are lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and straight allies. We bring all of ourselves, the stuff we like and the stuff we aren’t so sure of, to our space together. There is always laughter You might feel calmer leaving than you did coming in Each gathering is a little bit different, created with care There is space for change, room to grow, and an experience that’s Not So Churchy. http://www.notsochurchy.org/

Location: 130 w. 30th street, NYC (between 6th and 7th)

An Advent Not-So-Quiet Day at St. James’ Montclair, NJ

Saturday, December 2nd, 10:15 am-2 pm.

I’m doing the program for this meeting, and it’s about deepening our relationships through listening and group singing. We’ll learn a couple of spiritual exercises and songs to help you have a deeper Advent and Christmas Season.

Open to absolutely any woman of any age. Come, join us! This will be deep and fun.

All are welcome at this monthly, floating chapter meeting of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (SCHC). The Companions are a great organization of about 800 women from Episcopal, Anglican, and even a few Lutheran churches.

Thanksgiving, Intercession, Social Justice, Simplicity of Life, and of course being companionable are what we’re all about.

Location: 581 Valley Rd, Montclair, NJ 07043

Not-So-Churchy

Open Spaces. Freshly Baked Bread. Lots of Music. Chocolate and Coloring Books. I’ll be joining the fine people of Not-So-Churchy at 130 w. 30th street, NYC (between 6th and 7th). Come! We gather at 6:45 pm for chocolate, fruit, and chatting and 7:00 for worship. All are welcome! Who are these Not-So-Churchy people, you may ask: Not So Churchy is an intimate worshipping community that creates our own services month by month, outside the structures of the traditional church. We are artists, community activists, and musicians. We are adults and kids — kids are an integral part of our community and we know them as full participants. We are lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and straight allies. We bring all of ourselves, the stuff we like and the stuff we aren’t so sure of, to our space together. There is always laughter You might feel calmer leaving than you did coming in Each gathering is a little bit different, created with care There is space for change, room to grow, and an experience that’s Not So Churchy. http://www.notsochurchy.org/

Location: 130 w. 30th street, NYC (between 6th and 7th)

Advent Candles and Quiet

Join me at St. Mary’s, Mohegan Lake, NY for a lovely contemplative service. 7pm-8-ish

Location: 1836 E Main St, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547

Christmas Eve and Day – I’m a chorister again! Church of the Heavenly Rest

I like nothing better than singing in a choir! The folks at CHR have been supportive of my work for years, an I love visiting whenever they need an alto, because it feels like home! Also because, last year, I was greeted by Pierre the Llama, a hug from Tuesday, and a LET GO mug from Mollie. It’s the only place I’ve ever sung where choir practice ceases when the animals arrive so we can go see them! Priorites straight? YES!
Contact the church for service times!

Merry Christmas to you all!

Location: 2 E 90th St, New York, NY 10128

St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery

For the last many years, I’ve been invited four times a year to join one of the most progressive churches: the good people at St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery. Jeannine Otis, their amazing musician and piano player let’s me play with the choir, with Bim on bass, sometimes Larry shows up and sings like an angel, and almost everyone in the congregation is game for anything I bring to the table. I love them, they’re always happy to see me, we have fun, and dive deep.

Anytime at St. Mark’s is a beautiful time, so join us. Church is at 10:30 AM. Choir rehearsal is at 9:30 AM.

Read more about this vibrant church here.

Location: 131 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003

Values in Action Family Day

10:00 am to 3:00 pm, January 27, 2018 at St. Paul’s Chapel

This year, the focus for both Family Day and Trinity Institute is on
– Compassion
– Social Justice
– Stewardship of the earth
– Inclusiveness

Families are invited to explore their values and how to put them into action with workshops, storytelling, a puppet show, music, and service activities.

Activity Stations include:

• Packing a Brown Bag Lunch for those in need
• Painting a Kindness Rock to inspire others
• Assembling school supplies for kids in a refugee camp
• Decorating valentines for a Random Act of Kindness
• Making a book bag for families at Kianga House, a shelter for mothers and children
• Creating a Senior Surprise Box for elders in our community

Schedule:
10:15-11:15am Values in Action workshop for parents and kids (ages 5-12) with Erin Wathen,  author of More Than Words: 10 Values for the Modern Family.
To RSVP for the workshop with Erin Wathen, email WBarrie@trinitywallstreet.org

11:30am NYC Kids Project Puppet Show (ages 8-12)

12pm Music-making with Ana Hernandez (all ages)

12:30pm Storytelling with Selina Alko and James Phinzey

1pm Music-making with Ana Hernandez (all ages)

1:30pm NYC Kids Project Puppet Show (ages 8-12)

2pm Storytelling with Selina Alko and James Phinzey

2:30pm Music-making with Ana Hernandez (all ages)

Also on January 26, 7pm | St. Paul’s Chapel

*Note that Trinity Institute is one week later than Values in Action Family Day.

Location: St. Paul’s Chapel, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10007

2018 Winter Convocation of the Diocese of Ohio

Stay tuned for details beyond starts Friday 7 pm , ends Saturday 3 pm.

Location: 7000 Kalahari Dr, Sandusky, OH 44870

Philadelphia Chapter of the SCHC

The program for this meeting is about diversity and cultural competence in my experiences of group singing and deep listening.

Open to absolutely any woman of any age. Come, join us! This will be deep and fun.

All are welcome at this monthly, floating chapter meeting of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (SCHC). The Companions are a great organization of about 800 women from Episcopal, Anglican, and even a few Lutheran churches.

Thanksgiving, Intercession, Social Justice, Simplicity of Life, and of course being companionable are what we’re all about.

Location: 8000 St. Martin’s Lane Philadelphia, PA 19118

WomanKind!

Every other year, St. James’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia hosts WomanKind, a two-day symposium on women’s spirituality with dynamic speakers, engaging workshops, and creative worship centered on a particular theme.

This year Sara Miles, Neichelle Guidry, and Emily Scott will dive into this theme:‘Lift Up Your Hearts: The Transformative Power of Word and Table’. As we watch the frightening pronouncements made daily to marginalize and dehumanize women, people of color, immigrants, refugees and more, we want to focus the power of  God’s Word and Sacraments to gather people together, uplift them, and even transform them.

I’ll facilitate a workshop and participate in worship. So excited!

Location: 1205 W Franklin St, Richmond, VA 23220

Divine Exchange Wisdom School with Cynthia Bourgeault

Got an email inviting me to this teaching at Kanuga on March 11-16th. I’ve got a soft spot for wisdom, so, of course I said yes! Then I found out it was Part B. Hm. What happened to Part A? Am I walking into a group with a history?Then I found out that they’ve recruited a critical mass of young adults and POC. Bonus! Maybe there’ll be another skeptic! Then I found out there was lots of reading. I like reading a lot. I ordered four books. Turns out, I’ve read enough on the subject(s) so I returned three of them. I know nothing more, except I’m to bring my guitar and a shruti box, and that Kanuga is a beautiful place.

Sometimes surprises are mystifying. Maybe I’m supposed to be able to intuit something? Dunno. A couple of stories have floated by in my mind, but they’re just stories. So, here I am, partly excited, partly wondering what I’m getting into, and still, hm. I’ll find out soon enough.

Location: Kanuga Camp and Conference Center

Palm Sunday in Paris

Paris, KY that is! I’ll be leading music at St. Peter’s Episcopal and visiting my friend Chris Brannock the good people of St. Peter’s. So excited about this!

Location: 311 High St, Paris, KY 40361

Berea College Residency, Pt. I

I’m so excited to be invited by Ben Groth to come to Berea College in Kentucky for three days! Teaching, listening, learning, and lots of singing will definitely happen.

Tuesday, March 27^th

Noon – Preaching and music leading at Danforth Chapel’s weekly service.
Later that afternoon, time with student Chaplains and Interfaith Ambassadors.
7 pm – Join us for a community sing at Union Church in Berea.

Continued on Wednesday, below.

Location: Berea College

Berea College, Pt. II: Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education

Noon –  A lunch presentation on race for faculty and staff at the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education. There will be singing, talking, listening, and noticing. Can’t wait.

Wed. 7pm – This week the Triota society is leading events each night for Take Back the Night: Express Yourself. I’ll lead a short workshop focused on preventing and healing from sexual assault and harassment.

Have I mentioned that Berea College has been integrated since the 1860s? Yes, you read that right; the 1860s.
Here’s Berea’s great Commitment: “To assert the kinship of all people and provide interracial education with a particular emphasis on understanding and equality among blacks and whites.”

Check out Thursday’s schedule below.

Maundy Thursday

At St. Peter’s, Paris. Time TBA

Location: 311 High St, Paris, KY 40361

Berea College Residency Pt. III

Thursday, March 29, 2018

12:00 – 12:50 – I’m excited to spend time with the Spiritual Seekers, a weekly interfaith student group that meets over lunch. The goals for the group are to provide education about a wide variety of spiritual and religious traditions, facilitate dialogue among people with different perspectives, and help people contemplate and understand their own spiritual journeys and traditions.
I’ll speak about my spiritual journey and the spiritual growth I’ve experienced throughout my life.

Have I mentioned that Berea is the only one of America’s top colleges that awards every enrolled student a no-tuition promise? No student pays for tuition. They say it’s the best education money can’t buy.

Location: Berea College, KY

Good Friday

Time TBA

Location: 311 High St, Paris, KY 40361

Easter Vigil at St. Mark’s in -the-Bowery

7 pm. Join us!

Location: 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003

Women’s Retreat

I’ve been invited to provide some music for this longstanding retreat and I’m thrilled to be joining the crew at the Bishop’s Ranch!

Location: 5297 Westside Rd, Healdsburg, CA 95448

Episcopal Church in Minnesota Clergy Conference

So excited to be asked to return to MN for clergy conference.

Theme and info to follow.

Location: 1 Oakridge Dr, Chaska, MN 55318

Healing Racism: Multi Cultural Responses in Local Context

This is a train the trainers event in Province VIII of the Episcopal Church, to be held in Sacramento, CA. I’ll be working with Anne Clarke and Eric Metoyer. Details to follow.

Location: Sacramento, CA

CPG Benefits Partnership Conference

I’m thrilled to have been asked to return to play with this great group. This year they’ll meet at Kanuga Camp and Conference Center in Hendersonville, NC.

Location: 130 Kanuga Chapel Dr, Hendersonville, NC 28739

All the Tunes You Can Eat

Come sing with us and play with the Spirit this Pentecost weekend! I’ll be leading a workshop on Saturday, and leading some music in church on Sunday. There will be singing by rote as well as deep listening. This is an open workshop, so contact the church for details!

Church (860) 628-8486

Location: 145 Main St, Southington, CT 06489

The Bishop’s Ranch

Acorn Society weekend is when many supporters of the Bishop’s Ranch come together to play and learn, and sometimes nap. It’s always beautiful at the ranch, and I’m honored to be invited. Every. Time.

This weekend I’ll be facilitating some conversations around racial diversity with Eric Metoyer from the Episcopal Diocese of CA. I love working with Eric, and I. Can’t. Wait.

The Bishop’s Ranch: Good good people, fine food, and so much beauty. If you’ve never been for a retreat, plan one now for yourself or a group.

Location: 5297 Westside Road, Healdsburg, CA 95448

Church Meets Jail

This Sunday I’ll be visiting Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Lebanon, NJ for church in the morning with my friend Phil Carr-Jones.

Church is at 10 AM! Join us!
In the afternoon, Phil and I will make our way over to Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, NJ and co-lead a retreat. So excited to be able to share some sticky tunes the women can learn and keep with them…

Location: 3 Haytown Rd, Lebanon, NJ 08833

Poor People’s Campaign Week 5: EVERYBODY’S GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE!

I’m attending an event called Week 5 Albany Non-Violent Moral Direct Action. Can you join me?

THIS WEEK’S THEME IS: EVERYBODY’S GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE – EDUCATION, JOBS, INCOME, LABOR, HOUSING, AND THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE

The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival has undertaken 40 Days of Action to launch a massive movement to address the evils of poverty, racism, militarism, and ecological devastation. Each week for six weeks all kinds of people across the country have congregated at their state capitals to raise awareness about the unique and common ways they are affected by the evils. Some participate in civil disobedience to withdraw their consent from a status quo that doesn’t prioritize the basic rights and needs of humans.

We will have buses available from NYC and Rochester. If you would like to sponsor a bus or van, please contact Joe – jpaparone@labor-religion.org

Can you join me? Click here for details and to RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/week-5-albany-non-violent-moral-direct-action?source=email&

SCHEDULE:

7 am – NYC bus – Gather at Union Theological Seminary (120th and Claremont Ave.) for 7:30 departure.

11-11:30 am – Registration at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 275 State St., Albany

11:30 am – Non-violent moral fusion direct action training (required for all who are considering civil disobediance and marshals, optional for all others).

2 pm – Rally at West Capitol Park. Those not attending the training should meet us at the park at 2pm.

More details will be provided when you RSVP.

Location: West Capitol Park, State St. Albany, NY

HeartSong Summer Sing at First Presbyterian, New Brunswick, NJ

Saturday is an open workshop! Come and bring your friends, kids, yoga teacher/class, whoever!
Join us as we wander through some amazing, beautiful, and fun tunes! We’ll begin at 10 AM. take a break for lunch (bring your own, we’ll provide water and fruit) at noon, then more singing from 1-3pm. Come and go when you need to, and know that even if you’ve been to a HeartSong workshop before, there will be new songs and insights to take with you!

Sunday! Come to church 9:30-12 for a short version of HeartSong, where we’ll focus on prayer songs for use in congregations and vigils. First Pres is one of the oldest Presbyterian congregations in the country. Please come! There will be lots of unaccompanied singing and community building!

HeartSong: Building Communities of Practice –  Whether you’re in a small church with limited resources, or in a larger place looking for a way to help your community find and/or build its collective voice, learn to play together, say yes to the Spirit, and be transformed, HeartSong is the workshop that will enable you to deepen your community of practice, through increasing your capacity to stay present in the shared creation of sound and silence.  We will listen deeply to the spirit within, share what we notice, reclaim the joy of group learning by rote, utilize repetition, and engage our oft ignored ability to harmonize on the spot. With simple chants and global songs, we’ll have a day of transformation and deep fun. Sing your way to your sweetest identity, individually and collectively, each person open to sharing more of who they are becoming and confident that the spiritual work they do to become their best selves will be honored and be integrated into the larger community.  There will be singing, drumming, movement, and group improvisation (Yes You Can!), all of which will leave your community with more tools to invite, encourage, and include absolutely everyone to participate in the growth of the beloved Community.

Park in the lot, enter on Redmond Street come downstairs and take your place in the circle.

Location: 100 Livingston Ave. New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Wild Goose Festival!

I’ve been invited back to Wild Goose this year, and am pleased to be able to attend! Ruby Sales (my heroine!), Jen Hatmaker, Jacqui Lewis, and John Pavlovitz are the big speakers. Musicians and Storytellers haven’t been announced yet, but stay tuned!!
Click here to register, and join us in Hot Springs July 12-15, 2018!

Location: Hot Springs Campground, Hot Springs, NC

St. Peter’s Creative Arts Camp in Paris, KY

St. Peter’s Creative Arts Camp is a 5-day, immersive experience in the arts. Each camper will have the opportunity to work closely with noted professionals and educators in their preferred area of focus. Each day of camp will wake the camper up, encourage their own innate artistry, open their minds to new ideas, and send them out into the world with new tools.

For artistically inclined kids ages 7-14

Location: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 311 High St. Paris, KY

St. Paul’s Episcopal. Concord, NH HeartSong Church

Can’t wait to be able to play with Heather Maconaghy again. She’s a fine musician and we have fun together!

10 am – Church!
11:30 am –  Join us for a little food.
Noon – 2 pm  – HeartSong workshop for the choir and all interested parties. Bring the kids, bring your hearts, and let’s sing together!

Location: 21 Centre Street Concord, NH 03301

Adelynrood Musician for the week

I’ve been asked to be the musician for the week, and the best part is that Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms will be leading a retreat Aug. 3rd-5th. I’m excited to meet her and learn from the stories of the women she brings along, whose names I hope to learn soon.
Adelynrood is a beautiful place to retreat to, and it’s open from May-Oct. Try it sometime.

Location: 46 Elm St, Byfield, MA 01922

Adelynrood!

This weekend I’m the chapel musician and I’ll sit in on the sessions with Becca Stevens from Thistle Farms as she presents

“Love is The Most Powerful Force for Change in the World”

According to author Becca Stevens, her life’s work as a priest and as founder of Thistle Farms (a community of women healing from prostitution, trafficking, and addiction) has been to learn how Love Heals (published 2017). She says “I have learned the lines that divide us are so small and what we hold in common is so much more powerful. Community holds the key to healing. In today’s world we are all busy with the tasks of our everyday lives and leave little room for community engagement and transformation. But this is where we need to focus for healing, for ourselves, and our world. Let us get busy surrendering to our faith; let us get busy loving one another, and serving each other, and forgiving each other, and learning how to walk in faith.” At this retreat you will hear stories of hope from survivors and learn how you can incorporate daily practices of healing into your own life.

There will be singing! We begin at 7:30 pm August 3rd and go through Noon on Sunday August 5th.
If you can’t come, click on the link above and get shopping for products that heal!
I’ll stay on through August 11th and have some free time to play in the chapel. It’s almost like having a vacation, except there’s some work.

Centered in Song – Brooklyn, NY

The “Centered in Song” launch tour for The Center for Congregational Song is coming to Brooklyn! Join organist, composer, and master song leader Mark Miller for a day celebrating the importance and power of congregational song. There will be sessions on justice in music-making and an introduction to The Center for Congregational Song. I’ll be leading the morning gathering/centering music and a break out session on rote singing. There will also be a closing hymn sing with Mark, Brian Hehn, and possibly even me.

https://congregationalsong.org/event/centered-in-song-brooklyn-ny/

Location: 75 Hicks St. Brooklyn, NY 11201

Music That Makes Community – 3-Day Retreat

Join us for our third gathering of musicians, clergy and lay leaders at The Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center from October 7 to 10 to recharge and renew your congregational song leading skills. Conie Borchardt, Jennifer Hitt, Ana Hernandez and additional MMC presenters will lead worship, workshops, and conversation to help you add the valuable tool of paperless song leading to your community’s singing practice. Learn practical skills and diverse repertoire, and explore how paperless music can enrich and expand your congregation’s repertoire of sung prayer and praise. Enjoy beautiful fall foliage, hearty meals, an evening sing around the campfire, and hike the wooded shores of Otter Lake.

The workshop begins with dinner at 6 PM on Sunday, October 7 and ends with lunch on Wednesday, October 10. Attendees will be able to check in starting at 3 PM on Sunday.

The Conference Center is most convenient to the Manchester, New Hampshire airport (about a one hour drive) and is about two hours from Boston, MA and from Hartford, CT.

There are three kinds of rooms available at the Conference Center. See photos of the rooms on the Conference Center website.

Cabins: 3-4 people share a large room outfitted with twin beds and shared bathroom
Early Bird Rate (before September 8): $475/person
Regular Registration Rate (after September 8): $550/person

Shared lodge: hotel-style rooms with two beds for two people to share (some are twin- and some are full-sized)
Early Bird Rate (before September 8): $575/person
Regular Registration Rate (after September 8): $650/person

Single lodge: hotel-style rooms with one queen-sized bed can be reserved for a single occupant
Early Bird Rate (before September 1): $650/person
Regular Registration Rate (after September 1): $725/person

We are pleased to be able to offer scholarship to seminarians, students, and congregations with limited financial resources. Contact Paul Vasile (paul@musicthatmakescommunity.org) to inquire if you or your congregation qualify for assistance.

Location: Barbara Harris Camp and Conference Center 400 Sawmill Rd. Greenfield, NH 03047

HeartSong Workshop in Baton Rouge!

Join us at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge, LA for a weekend of great singing, deep prayer, and lots of fun!

HeartSong: Building Communities of Practice

Whether your church is small or large, HeartSong is a workshop to help you deepen your relationships, find/build your collective voice,  and enable you to enter the flow of the larger community, HeartSong is the workshop that will enable you to learn to play together and be transformed. Say yes to the Spirit and deepen your community of practice, through the shared creation of sound and silence. We will listen to and notice the spirit within, reclaim the joy of group learning by rote, utilize repetition, and engage our oft ignored ability to harmonize on the spot.

With simple chants and global songs, we’ll move from the meditation cushion to the streets for a day of transformation and deep fun. Sing your way to your sweetest identity, individually and collectively, each person open to sharing more of who they are becoming, and confident that the spiritual work they do to become their best selves will be honored and be integrated into the larger community. There will be singing, drumming, movement, and group improvisation (Yes You Can!), – all of which will leave your community with more tools to invite, encourage, and include absolutely everyone.

Location: St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 12663 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70810

DioNorCal Convention

Possible workshop,  gathering music, services,  and lots of singing until Saturday afternoon in Redding, CA.

More info soon!

Location: Redding, CA

All Saints’ Episcopal Church

Happy to be invited here, and happier that All Saints’ has reopened in the middle of the fires that have  swept through Redding, CA
Church is at 10:30, and I’ll post more details as we figure them out! Pray for the fires to die down.

Healing Racism: Multicultural Responses in Local Context

This is a train the trainers event for Province VIII of the Episcopal Church, to be held in Spokane, WA. I’ll be working with Eric Metoyer. There will be singing, conversation, and lunch. Eric and I led a similar workshop near Sacramento this past April, and it was quite beautiful.

Details to follow.

Location: ‎127 E 12th Avenue, ‎Spokane, WA

Edna Mahan Maximum Security Women’s Prison

It’s time to go to jail and sing with the women again!  The women sing like angels! I’ll need to get there at the crack of dawn to be able to make it past the guards (last time it took 90 minutes). Jail sucks and it’s demoralizing. Let’s work toward keeping people out of it, and on restoring voting rights after they’ve served their time. Call your elected officials about it!
Thanks.

Location: Clinton, NJ

St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery (Church!)

I can’t wait to be back with the people of St. Mark’s. Jeannine Otis is a great musician, the people are lovely, and they like to sing. What could be bad? Nothing! Come if you’re nearby.

Sunday 11 am

Location: 131 E 10th St, New York

A Family Sing at Trinity Wall Street

I’m the teaching artist at The Family Table – 30-40 parents and children (0-10 years old) gathering together from 6:15-7:30 pm over a casual buffet supper. We’ll sing together, then I’ll spend 20 minutes or so with the adults while the kids are in another room. The kids join us again for some closing songs and cookies, then everyone goes home. I’m so looking forward to this evening of fun, singing, food, and maybe even a story. Join us!

Location: 56 Trinity Place, New York, NY

Pathways to Reconciliation: Companion Conference 2019

“Let the rain come and wash away the ancient grudges, the bitter hatreds held and nurtured over generations. Let the rain wash away the memory of the hurt, the neglect. Then let the sun come out and fill the sky with rainbows. Let the warmth of the sun heal us wherever we are broken. Let it burn away the fog so that we can see each other clearly. So that we can see beyond labels, beyond accents, gender or skin color. Let the warmth and brightness of the sun melt our selfishness. So that we can share the joys and feel the sorrows of our neighbors. And let the light of the sun be so strong that we will see all people as our neighbors. Let the earth, nourished by rain, bring forth flowers to surround us with beauty. And let the mountains teach our hearts to reach upward to heaven. Amen.” – A Prayer for the World – Rabbi Harold Kushner, 2003

I’ll be leading music with the lovely Karen Banta, as we pray liturgies written and collected by Rev. Debbie Royals, Pascua Yaqui from Tucson, AZ and Canon for Native American Ministry in the Diocese of AZ. More amazing speakers include Rev. Canon Sarah Snyder, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Advisor for Reconciliation, Rev. Dr. Alison Boden, Dean of Religious Life and Dean of the Chapel at Princeton University, and Ms. Katrina Brown, producer and Director of the film, “Traces of the Trade,” and founder of the Training Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery.

So exciting.

FYI: The Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross is an organization of women, founded in 1884 by Emily Malbone Morgan and Vida Dutton Scudder, who may both be found on the Episcopal Calendar “A Great Cloud of Witnesses”

Companions vow to live under a rule of intercessory prayer, thanksgiving, and simplicity of life. Our prayers focus on the needs of individuals and families known to Companions around the world as well as on our concerns for the unity of all God’s people, God’s mission in the world, social justice, and peace and reconciliation.

A diverse group of more than 800 women in 35 chapters, both lay and clergy, single and partnered, the Society welcomes women from any church with whom the Episcopal Church is in communion: the Anglican Communion, the Moravian Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA).

Photo is of the Forgiveness Garden outside the Adelynrood Chapel

Location: Adelynrood, 46 Elm St. Byfield, MA

Royal Lane Baptist Church in Dallas, TX

Join me, Donald Schell, and Paul Vasile from 9:30-4:30 pm as we make the most of the day to take a fairly comprehensive dive into the practice of embodied song leadership. This is a one day Music That Makes Community event. These days are always the best!

If you’re attending the Hymn Society Annual Conference, come a day early, sing, and learn with us!

Location: Royal Lane Baptist Church, 6707 Royal Ln, Dallas, TX 75230

The Hymn Society 2019 Annual Conference

The theme is “Each Breath is Borrowed Air” – and the program committee of the Hymn Society of the US and Canada has asked me to lead the Monday night Hymn Festival at the Annual Conference. I’ll try to  frame the plenary before: Mark Charles speaking on Lament; and Mel Bringle’s plenary on Tuesday speaking on aging, death, dying, and song.

So excited to be invited! Come sing with us at Prince of Peace Catholic Community, 5100 W. Plano Pkwy, Plano, TX

Drew Summer Music Institute: Welcoming the Stranger in Liturgy and Song

I’m honored to be delivering the Keynote Address at this summer’s Drew Theological School Summer Music Institute. There’s certainly enough work for all of us., so if you’re not already involved in Immigration work, please join us for two days of learning, creativity, and song.
Here’s the blurb:

In the face of rising nationalism, fear of the “other” and race hatred, how does worship speak to the spiritual values that shape meaning in this time? As leaders, demonstrating the central tenet of hospitality in the music we sing, the prayers we pray, and the sermons we preach, we reflect and remember the* Jewish and Christian heritage that guides and transforms our understanding of “welcoming the stranger,” and reminds us that we are all strangers in a strange land.

Use the link above to register and to see the schedule and the amazing people I’m excited to be working with.

Matthew 25:31-40 – for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ³⁶ I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? ³⁸ And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? ³⁹ And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ ⁴⁰ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,  you did it to me.’

Location: : 36 Madison Ave, Madison NJ 07940

Adelynrood!

This week I’m the chapel musician. I get to sit in on the Martin Smith’s silent weekend retreat: Hope’s Urgency, Hope’s Embrace where he’ll help us to explore hope as gift of the Holy Spirit.

Looks like a fine and contemplative week is in my future. Ah

Location: 46 Elm Street Byfield, MA 01922 Directions...

Virginia Girls Choir – Choir Camp!

I’ll be spending a week as clinician with this amazing group of girls. I’m so excited because in 2010 I recorded An Unexpected Christmas with the Choir’s then director Dan Moriarty and 21 of the sweetest 10-14 year-olds. Now of course, they’ve mostly finished college and I’m honored to be invited back to work with the latest crop of girls! Excited!

Location: 6000 Grove Ave, Richmond, VA 23226

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Chapel at Vanderbilt Univ.

I’m taking a whirlwind trip to Nashville to dismantle a little racism and remind the new students and faculty at St. Augustine’s Chapel that everything they’ve been doing in their lives so far has prepared them for amazing things, and they’re READY TO BEGIN AGAIN!

On Friday morning I’ll be at Thistle Farms. There’ll be singing, listening, and learning to navigate our differences as we work toward Dismantling Racism by learning to start at home by managing our internal weather.

Saturday is a free day to play! Old friends and a long walk sound good so far.

On Sunday morning, I’ll be at Vanderbilt University, singing and playing with the chapel musicians. It’s the first Sunday of the fall semester (it won’t be like your mama’s church, unless your mama is like Becca Stevens or me). Becca and I will do a dialogue sermon also (my favorite)!

So looking forward to my time in Nashville!

Location: 200 24th Ave South, Nashville, TN 37212 Directions...

Indigenous People’s Day

I’m thrilled to be invited to share Indigenous People’s Day with the good people of St. Mary’s Harlem at the 10:30 service. Join us!

Location: 521 W. 126th Street, New York, NY 10027

Diocese of Newark Clergy Retreat

I’m honored to be invited to co-facilitate with Bp. Carlye Hughes. Classic Ministry Development stuff – your call is not a whim or a coincidence. You already have everything you need. Like Edward Carpenter says in Lake of Beauty:

…All that you have within you, all that your heart desires, all that your Nature so specially fits you for – that or the counterpart of it waits embedded in the great Whole, for you. It will surely come to you…

Location: 100 Shawnee Inn Dr, Shawnee on Delaware, PA 18356

NIH Clinical Center: Music in the Atrium

I’ll be leading the NIH singers (and the audience) in simple songs, rounds, call and response tunes, to carry with us along the way. Please join me if you’re in the area, as all patients, their families and visitors as well as NIH staff are invited to attend. The north atrium is a comfortable, welcoming gathering place at the center of the Clinical Center. These concerts are intended to support the Clinical Center’s environment of care and healing, and this day we’ll bring everyone together in song.

Join me from 12:30-1:30 pm and let’s sing!

Location: 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20814 Directions...

HeartSong: Building Communities of Practice

Whether your church is small or large, HeartSong is the workshop where we practice deep listening to facilitate relationships across lines of difference, find/build our collective voice,  and enable us to step into the flow of the larger community. Learn to play together and be transformed. Say “Yes!” to the Spirit, walk in love, leave fear and judgement behind,  and develop a community of practice through the shared creation of sound and silence. We will listen to and notice the spirit within, reclaim the joy of group learning by rote, utilize repetition, and engage our oft ignored ability to harmonize on the spot.

Location: Church of the Ascension, 205 South Summit Avenue Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2315 Directions...

Racial Reconciliation Through Song Workshop

Join me at Good Samaritan Church in Brownsburg, IN for a beautiful day making all the connections and stretching ourselves to the place where we can feel comfortable entering into relationships across lines of difference.

Good Samaritan Episcopal Church is a growing community of open-minded Christians who seek to do what Jesus taught us: to include, love, and serve all people without exception.

We are a new church without walls, and we meet in places where we can serve and be with our neighbors. We seek to build a diverse fellowship, and we welcome all who want to ask deep questions and put faith into action.

More to come!

Rural and Migrant Ministries Rural Women’s Assembly

Location: Environmental Center, Vassar Barn, 55 Vassar Lane, Poughkeepsie, NY

All Ages Christmas Service at St. John’s, Kingston, NY

Sing along to carols as we tell one of our most sacred stories! Join us for a sweet time!

207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

Singing Your Way Home Zoom Retreat

How do we attend to the changing landscape of life and sustain our flexibility? What are the healing possibilities breath, simple songs, and sounds offer us, and how might they lead us from pattern to presence? Join in as we use curiosity and playfulness to dive deeper and emerge from this time grounded in kindness and compassion. Check it out: Singing Our Way Home Zoom Retreat

Please join us on Zoom for any or all of these three sessions, offered at 2pm Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 28-30. Each session will last about one hour.

We suggest a donation of $15/session for this retreat ($45 for the whole retreat), which you can offer at www.holycrossmonastery.com/donate or by mailing a check made out to Holy Cross Monastery to P.O. Box 99, West Park, NY 12493. Please put “singing our way home” in the memo line of your donation. No one will be required to donate in order to join the sessions.

No preregistration is required for this retreat, and you may join us here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85211868442?pwd=NDNUbWxBUS83T3hVVjRaeUFVcngvdz09

Meeting ID: 852 1186 8442
Password: 028320

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Spirit Moving in the Spaces Between Us

Singing Spirit Interfaith Song Swap

Do you love to sing with people and learn new songs? Come, sing with us for 90 minutes of deep fun Sunday, August 16th from 2:00-3:30 pm, EDT.  We’ll sing short songs and chants of faith, songs to deepen our connection to spirit, ground us to mother earth, walk with one another along the way, as well as movement songs for the street. We’ll lead one another in beauty and fun as we learn to deepen our listening skills and hone our leadership skills. We’ll mostly sing on mute (an invitation to deep practice and possibility), but there are a number of prayers/chants that require us to sing together unmuted!

Ana is a composer, arranger, author, and a song leader with the NYS Poor People’s Campaign and Music That Makes Community. She’s a collector of short songs and chant tunes for all ages, sorts, and conditions. She’s also the author of The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice.

Here’s the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89748528320

I look forward to seeing and hearing you. Spread the word!
Donations welcome in any amount:
Click DONATE button on upper right;
OR www.venmo.com/Ana-Hernandez-234
OR paypal.me/AnaHerMusic

Location: 209 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

Taize Tuesdays – Zoom and FB Live event

Location: 3 Haytown Rd. Lebanon, NJ

Singing Spirit Interfaith Song Swap

Do you love to sing with people and learn new songs? Come, sing with us for 90 minutes of pure joy Sunday, July 19th from 2:00-3:30 pm, EDT.  We’ll sing short songs and chants of faith, songs to deepen our connection to spirit, ground us to mother earth, walk with one another along the way, as well as movement songs for the street. We’ll lead one another in beauty and fun as we learn to deepen our listening skills and hone our leadership skills. We’ll mostly sing on mute (an invitation to deep practice and possibility), but there are a number of prayers/chants that require us to sing together unmuted!

Ana is a composer, arranger, author, and a song leader with the NYS Poor People’s Campaign and Music That Makes Community. She’s a collector of short songs and chant tunes for all ages, sorts, and conditions. She’s also the author of The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice.

Here’s the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89748528320

I look forward to seeing and hearing you. Spread the word!
Donations welcome in any amount:
Click DONATE button on upper right;
OR www.venmo.com/Ana-Hernandez-234
OR paypal.me/AnaHerMusic

Kaleidoscope Summer Online Institute

This will be a fun little gig, and I do mean little. the Kaleidescope Summer Institute begins on this day with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Gathering and Sending music from yours truly. There will be a different musician and speaker each day of the Institute, which ends on Aug. 13th. Check out the entire program here: Kscope Summer Institute

I’ve agreed to share prayer and meditation for gathering at 9am-9:15 a.m. and for closing 11:15-11:30 a.m. Pacific Time on August 3, 2020

Antiracism from the Inside Out

I’ve been contracted to walk with the good people of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Laconia, NH as they expand their knowledge of how racism operates in our country. Over the course of two weekends we’ll meet on Zoom and do some inquiry around antiracism. They’ve been doing some work around the topic and have been reading lots, but how does racism bind us all and how do we develop resilience as we move through the discomfort inherent in our conversations about white supremacy? How do we allow ourselves to let go of  the internal stories we continue to tell ourselves and the systems that no longer serve us? How do we reclaim and/or deepen our spiritual practices so we can leave behind that feeling of overwhelm so familiar to us all since the spring?
This is a 3-day retreat in August, with a follow up at a later date. Pray for us as we learn how to move forward together.

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Sunday at 6pm we gather for church IN PERSON. Time to fall in love with beautiful Spanish songs and all the beautiful people again! I’ll be the one singing from a distance. Join us!

Masks required.

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

A Deeper Song

I’ll be leading the Chapel service at Union Theological Seminary in NYC from 12 noon – 12:30 pm this Thursday. Excited to be invited, and thrilled to be able to dive deep with whoever shows up on Zoom.

St. Paul’s Cathedral Boston on Zoom

I’ve been invited to be the Guest Preacher this Sunday at St. Paul’s! There will be singing and a few words. Zoom link to follow, closer to the date.

HeartSong Retreat on Zoom – Holy Cross Monastery

Register Here!

Contact
Email: guesthouse@hcmnet.org
Phone: 845-384-6660, ext. 1
Tuesday – Friday
9:00 AM until Noon
1:30 PM until 4:30 PM

Reservations may be made by e-mail or phone. A nonrefundable and non-transferable deposit is required. We accept deposits and payments via all major credit cards, PayPal or personal check.
We offer hospitality assistance for some programs, if you’d like to visit but find the cost
too burdensome.

Singing Spirit Interfaith Song Swap

Do you love to sing with people and learn new songs? Come, sing with us for 90 minutes of pure joy Sunday, September 20th from 2:00-3:30 pm, EDT.  We’ll sing short songs,  chants of faith, doubt, songs to deepen our connection to spirit, ground us to mother earth, walk with one another along the way, as well as movement songs for the street. We’ll lead one another in beauty and fun as we learn to deepen our listening skills and hone our leadership skills. We’ll mostly sing on mute (an invitation to deep practice and possibility), but there are a number of prayers/chants that require us to sing together unmuted!

Ana is a composer, arranger, author, and a song leader with the NYS Poor People’s Campaign and Music That Makes Community. She’s a collector of short songs and chant tunes for all ages, sorts, and conditions. She’s also the author of The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice.

Here’s the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89748528320

I look forward to seeing and hearing you. Spread the word!
Donations welcome in any amount:
Click DONATE button on upper right;
OR www.venmo.com/Ana-Hernandez-234
OR paypal.me/AnaHerMusic

We Rise Together – Protest Song Sing Along

9 – 10:30 pm Eastern time
6 – 7:30 pm Pacific time

We’ll sing tunes for the streets, both new and old to help build community across lines of difference. I’ll also lead a couple of  tunes to boost courage and get us out the door to be good citizens and allies. We’ll sing at a safe distance, so no masks required.

Brought to you by the good people of First Congregational Church of Long Beach, CA
Link to come on the day, so make a note!

PATCH Music Workshop

A hour long workshop for children with a parent who is currently in jail. There will be singing, drumming, and maybe we’ll write a song. Gonna have fun. 11:30am-12:30pm

Who Are We Called To Be?

Who Are We Called To Be: Infusing Social Justice Themes Into Our Music Ministry
I’ll be co-leading with The Rev. Canon Michael F. Delaney, the Vicar of the Cathedral of the Incarnation and the Canon Liturgist for the Diocese of Long Island.

Many of us find ourselves seeking ways to respond in our music ministry to both the Gospel message and the “moment” in which we find ourselves, a period of extreme social division and upheaval. At this time when it seems judicious to choose the virtual over in-person gatherings, the Board of the Suffolk County American Guild of Organists (SAGO) wanted to provide an opportunity to come together and explore  ways that we can challenge ourselves to incorporate messages of equity and inclusion into our gospel-driven work and worship.

Online Centering Prayer at St. John’s, Kingston, NY

Wednesday Centering Prayer is live at 5:15 pm est. Find the links for the login and the readings here:  http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

Join us at 5:15  for 30 minutes of contemplative music (please join the singing). Then, two readings and a 30 minute sit followed by group reflection. We stop at 7pm. All are welcome, even those of you who may be new to the practice. We’re a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep.

If you need help to join, call me and I’ll walk you through it: 914-357-0365.

Location: St. John’s Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY, 12401

Online Centering Prayer at St. John’s, Kingston, NY

Wednesday Centering Prayer is live at 5:15 pm est. Find the links for the login and the readings here:  http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

Join us at 5:15  for 30 minutes of contemplative music (please join the singing). Then, two readings and a 30 minute sit followed by group reflection. We stop at 7pm. All are welcome, even those of you who may be new to the practice. We’re a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep.

If you need help to join, call me and I’ll walk you through it: 914-357-0365.

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

FriendshipWorks Service of Remembrance

The mission of FriendshipWorks is to reduce social isolation, enhance the quality of life, and preserve the dignity of older adults in Greater Boston. We accomplish this by recruiting and training volunteers of all ages, faiths, and backgrounds who provide friendship, advocacy, education, assistance, and emotional support.

This event is for caregivers who have lost someone over the course of the last year.

3-4pm

photo by Saiph Muhammad

Online Centering Prayer St. John’s, Kingston, NY

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Wednesday Centering Prayer is live at 5:15 pm est. Find the links for the login and the readings here:  http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

Join us at 5:15  for 30 minutes of contemplative music (please join the singing). Then, two readings and a 30 minute sit followed by group reflection. We stop at 7pm. All are welcome, even those of you who may be new to the practice. We’re a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep.

If you need help to join, call me and I’ll walk you through it: 914-357-0365.

Online Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Wednesdays at 5:15 pm est. Join us here: https://zoom.us/j/208061189

Most Wednesdays at 5:15 I lead contemplative music for 30 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, meditation, another reading, reflection, and closing prayer. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome.

Access this week’s readings here: http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/
then scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer.

Log on from 5:10 pm EST.

A Quiet Morning: Threshold Time

I’ve been invited to provide music for the final day of an at-home retreat the week of Dec. 14-18. Given by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (SCHC) it is open to all and takes only 15 minutes each day. Saturday morning we’ll come together with music, prayers, practices, and time to be still.

Time: Saturday morning Dec. 19th, from 9:45-12 noon.
If you’d like to participate, shoot me an email, and I’ll hook you up.

painting of his sister Ana Maria by Salvador Dali

Advent Service of Remembrance and Light

This beautiful, healing service is offered on the Solstice and co-sponsored by the Companions of Mary the Apostle, me, and St. John’s Episcopal Church, Kingston, NY. It’s open to all, especially those for whom this season is difficult to navigate. This year, I fear that means most of us. Bring your grief, lay down your armor, embrace the softness, leave with an extra portion of resilience. Come, pray and sing with us. You are not alone.

Please bring a candle (or four) to light. and here’s a link to the bulletin:
http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

7pm EST on Zoom

Meeting ID: 893 5976 2601
Passcode: 084027

Photo by Henk van der Steege

Online Centering Prayer at St. John’s, Kingston, NY

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Wednesdays at 5:15 pm est. Join us here: https://zoom.us/j/208061189

Most Wednesdays at 5:15 I lead contemplative music for 30 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, 30 minute sitting meditation, another reading, reflection, and a closing prayer. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, including BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S.

Access this week’s readings here: http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/
then just scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer!

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Join us at 4:30 pm.  We have limited space in person – to keep everyone safe – but you can also find us on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/HolyCrossSantaCruzEpiscopalChurch

Time to fall in love with beautiful Spanish songs, God, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance. Join us!

Masks required.

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave. Kingston, NY

Online Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Wednesdays at 5:15 pm est. Join us here: https://zoom.us/j/208061189

Most Wednesdays at 5:15 I lead contemplative music for 30 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, meditation, another reading, reflection, and closing prayer. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome.

Access this week’s readings here: http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/
then just scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer!

St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery on Zoom

Come along to church on Sunday as I join the good people of St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery on Zoom.

For the last many years, I’ve been invited four times a year by musician Jeannine Otis to join these beautiful people. I love them and they’re always happy to see me. Anytime at St. Mark’s is a good time, so join us. Church is at 10:30 AM. All are welcome.

Find the Zoom link here: https://stmarksbowery.org/home

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Join us at 4:30 pm.  We have limited space in person – to keep everyone safe – but you can also find us on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/HolyCrossSantaCruzEpiscopalChurch

Time to fall in love with beautiful Spanish songs, God, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance. Join us!

Masks required.

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave, Kingston, NY 12401

Online Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Most Wednesdays at 5:15  EST I lead contemplative music for 30 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by Centering Prayer – a Psalm, 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from the early Desert Monastics, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer.

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

Morning Prayer from St. John’s Kingston, NY

This Sunday, I’ll be joining the good people of St. John’s, Kingston, NY as Cantor. Join on Zoom or Facebook Live. Prelude begins at 9:45 am. The preaching by Michelle Meech is always a treat. To join us on Zoom and follow the link to the bulletin, go here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

To tune in on FB: https://www.facebook.com/StJohnsKingston

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Location: 30 Pine grove Ave. Kingston, NY

Singing After the Pandemic

I’ll be facilitating a conversation at Church of the Holy Spirit, Lebanon, NJ among the musicians and clergy to see what they might like their music program to look like when they’re able to come together and sing once more. There will also be talk about the type of music they love, how they want their church community representing in the larger community, and how they would like to sing together going forward. Big work to do! It’s an honor to walk with them.

Location: 3 Haytown Rd. Lebanon, NJ

La Iglesia Santa Cruz

Join us at 4:30 pm.  We have limited space in person – to keep everyone safe – but you can also find us on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/HolyCrossSantaCruzEpiscopalChurch

Time to fall in love with beautiful Spanish songs, God, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance. Join us!

Masks required.

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

Centering Prayer – Church of the Holy Spirit

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Sundays at 4:30pm we gather for church IN PERSON. Time to fall in love with beautiful Spanish songs and all the beautiful people again! I’ll be the one singing from a distance. Join us!

Masks required.

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave, Kingston, NY 12401

Centering Prayer – Church of the Holy Spirit

Centering Prayer – Church of the Holy Spirit

Morning Prayer from St. John’s, Kingston, NY

This Sunday, I’ll be joining the good people of St. John’s, Kingston, NY as Cantor. Join on Zoom or Facebook Live. Prelude begins at 9:45 am. The preaching by Michelle Meech is always a treat. To join us on Zoom and follow the link to the bulletin, go here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

To tune in on FB: https://www.facebook.com/StJohnsKingston

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music – Zoom

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30 EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from the early Desert Monastics, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer.

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Join us at 6:00 pm for Holy Eucharist IN PERSON. Wear a mask and you’re in!

Fall in love with God, beautiful Spanish songs, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance. Join us!

Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music – Zoom

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from the early Desert Monastics, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer.

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Join us at 6:00 pm for Holy Eucharist IN PERSON. Wear a mask and you’re in!

Fall in love with God, beautiful Spanish songs, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance. Join us!

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave. Kingston, NY, 12401

Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music – Zoom

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from the early Desert Monastics, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer.

Church Musicians’ Retreat 2021

Episcopal Diocese of Maryland Committee on Liturgy and Music is sponsoring a retreat for their musicians, in person, at the Claggett Center, in Buckeyestown MD.

Now in its 20th year, this retreat provides area musicians the opportunity to make music together, exchange ideas, and to celebrate the ministry that is ours to the Church. It’s an honor to be invited to play with these lovely folks.

Location: 3035 Buckeyestown Pike, Adamstown, MD 21710

Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from the early Desert Monastics, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer.

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from the early Desert Monastics, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer.

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from the early Desert Monastics, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer.

Rural and Migrant Ministries 40th Anniversary Weekend

Check it out!

http://ruralmigrantministry.org/fortieth-anniversary-gala-weekend

Location: 125 Duncan Ave, Cornwall on Hudson, NY 12520

Parliament of World Religions

The Alchemy of Women’s Compassionate Action

Rabbi, Dr. Tirzah Firestone, Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., Grandmother Flordemayo,
Athamis Barbara, Ana Hernandez, Misa Hopkins

9 AM PDT – 12:00 PM PDT
Gathering Women in A Sacred Circle
Register at www.SARAH4Hope.org

St. John’s Harvest Sale!

A fundraiser for St. John’s, Kingston, NY – Feeding people is our jam!

The Cook-in team has been busy, busy, busy making all manner of delicious, useful, and pretty things: Preserves, Conserves, Chutney, Spiced Tomato Soup, Granola, Beeswax Wraps, Soaps, and even Hand Sanitizer! Come by the church and see me out front under the tent by the fire.  Excellent gift items for sale.

Don’t Be Afraid: Lifting Our Voices to God

Join me for a FREE online retreat on Facebook Live! Sponsored by Trinity Retreat Center, there will be five 30 minute sessions throughout the weekend of February 4-6, 2022. Registration is not required.
This could be a great opportunity to give yourself a break and begin or renew an intentional practice using the voice God gave you.

Description:
How can we attend to the changing landscape of life as God’s Beloveds? How can we use sound to train our inner landscape and be more present to the lives we find ourselves living? Over the course of five sessions, we’ll learn simple songs, body prayers, and sound exercises to deepen our ability to listen, increase our capacity to hear our way through difficulties, and emerge more grounded in kindness and compassion. Ana’s work aims to bring each of us to that place of possibility that feels like flourishing, even in a pandemic. We’ll practice being present to ourselves and the spirit by listening to what our bodies are telling us.

Schedule – All times EST:

Friday 8-8:30pm
Saturday 10-10:30am, 2-2:30pm, and 8-8:30pm
Sunday 4-4:30pm

Location: Trinity Retreat Center, West Cornwall, CT

Prayer Resident @The Bishop’s Ranch

So excited to be invited back to the Ranch for the month of March!

This will be my fourth extended stay at the Bishop’s Ranch in Healdsburg, CA. I’ll be leading Morning and Evening Prayer Tuesday – Saturday all month in this stunningly beautiful place. It’s truly a gift. Taking part in the life of the community, having quiet time to compost new tunes, write, walk, daydream is an amazing experience. I’ll have Sunday and Monday off, so let me know if you’d like to hatch a plot while I’m there! Drop me a line at ana@anahernandez.org

Location: 5297 Westside Rd, Healdsburg, CA 95448

St. Francis’ Episcopal, San Francisco, CA

I’m the guest preacher at St. Francis’ 10 AM service and so excited to see my friend Eric Metoyer and meet the people he serves! There will be sermonizing and music.

Location: 399 San Fernando Way, San Francisco, CA 94127

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Join us at 4:30 pm for Holy Eucharist!

Fall in love with God, beautiful Spanish songs, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance.

Bring a mask.

Denver!

I’ll be in Denver, CO for 10 days working with the good people of St. Thomas’ Episcopal in May. More events are being planned, i.e. there might be a Potluck Supper and Community Sing involved (my favorite!), so check back for more listings, or if you’d like to schedule some time with me!

This week in Denver! Potluck Supper and Community Sing!

6PM – until we’re done!

These are the best and most fun events I do. We’ll be outside and there will be drums! It’s been a couple of years since this has been possible, so let’s take care of one another and have a great time singing tunes to help us manage our internal weather, so we can walk together to an anti racist, aware and just society. Ana is a theomusicologist with the NYS Poor People’s Campaign.  Forward Together! Not One Step Back!

Everybody In, Nobody Out!

St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church

Location: 2201 Dexter Street, Denver, CO 80207

This Week in Denver! HeartSong Workshop

HeartSong is the workshop where we practice deep listening to facilitate relationships across lines of difference, find/build our collective voice,  and that enables us to step into the flow of the larger community. We’ll learn exercises to manage our internal weather so that when the crazy of the world surrounds us, we’ll have the tools to stay focused, present, and engaged.

With simple chants and global songs, we’ll move from contemplative practice to a grounded activism, open to spirit, walk in love, leave fear and judgement behind,  and develop a community of practice through the shared creation of sound and silence. We w

ill reclaim the joy of group learning by rote, utilize repetition, and engage our oft ignored ability to harmonize on the spot.

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Join us at 6:00 pm for Holy Eucharist

Fall in love with God, beautiful Spanish songs, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance.

Such a Time As This – Kanuga Christian Formation Gathering

I’ll be leading the music for this conference in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina (Cherokee land).

“For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father’s family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.” (Esther 4:14) 

Chosen to set our own interests aside, let go of our own ambitions and face the world today. God knew we were meant to be in this unique time; mind, body and spirit. This is our defining moment – a chance to make a difference. God has great plans for us! Shine your light. Use your voice. Be who God meant us to be. May we be Esthers and be bold and take some risks and love big! 

This year we have invited Dr. Westina Matthews and Rev. Callie Swanlund  to be our Retreat Leaders. They will help us “unpack” our feelings and reconnect: mind, body and spirit, with ourselves, our ministries and most importantly, God.

Location: 130 Kanuga Chapel Dr, Hendersonville, NC 28739

Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from the early Desert Monastics, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

Scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer.

We’ll be taking August off, so I hope to see you in September.

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Join us at 5:30 pm for Holy Eucharist!

Fall in love with God, beautiful Spanish songs, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance.

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Unase a nosotros a las 5:30 pm para la santa eucaristia.
Join us at 5:30 pm for Holy Eucharist.

Enamorate de Dios hermosas canciones en espanol y toda la gente linda. Yo sere el que cante desde la distancia. Unete a nosotros.

Fall in love with God, beautiful Spanish songs, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance. Join us!

Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from a contemplative smartie, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

Scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer. Hope to see you soon.

Benefit Concert for Ukraine

Come on out! It will be a beautiful afternoon.

Location: 207 Albany Ave Kingston, NY 12401

Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (you are welcome to sing, too!), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from the early Desert Monastics, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that means you too BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

Scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer. Hope to see you soon.

Song Leader at St. John’s, Kingston, NY

I’ll be subbing for the good people of St. John’s, Kingston, NY as their organist takes a well-deserved weekend away. Prelude begins at 9:50 am. The preaching by Michelle Meech is always excellent. I’ll be joined by my fine friend and wonderful singer Jocelyn Bergen. Join us!

Location: 207 Albany Ave, Kingston, NY 12401

St. Clare’s in Ann Arbor

I’ve been here many times and am so excited to have been asked back!
We’ll do something like a workshop on Saturday afternoon, and something else on Sunday morning.

Check back for details, but do save the dates!

Connect Faith: Creativity Lab!

Song Leader@St. John’s Kingston, NY – All Saints!

I’ll be subbing at St. John’s, Kingston, NY as we celebrate All Saint’s Day. Prelude begins at 9:50 am. The preaching by Michelle Meech is always excellent. I’ll be joined by my fine friend and wonderful singer Jocelyn Bergen, as well as whoever shows up from the choir. Join us!

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

Episcopal Diocese of NY Convention!

I’ll be singing, playing, and conducting at the two worship services. So glad to be playing with Jeannine Otis, Bim, and Larry in person! We’ll be somewhere in Tarrytown, NY and I can’t wait!

Advent Song-Swap with Simon DeVoil!

8pm est.

This is gonna be so much fun, because both Simon and I adore Advent. Join us for an hour of beauty as we share our Advent joy through chant, song, and story. We’ll take our inspiration from one another’s work and you get to eavesdrop and pray with us.We’ll be using Crowdcast. Here’s the link: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/song-swap2

More info soon!

Longest Night Solstice Service

Location: 207 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

Online Centering Prayer and Contemplative Music

 

Come sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 5:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (sing with me on mute), followed at 5:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from a contemplative smartie, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that especially means BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

Scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer. Hope to see you soon.

Banquet of Love (Big Chants Project, vol. I)!

Join me on Zoom!

 Album contributors:
Ike Sturm, Chris Dingman, Melissa Stylianou, Chanda Rule,
Laila Biali, Mike Webster, Zaneta Sykes, Mollie Nichols
and the adult and youth choirs of
the Church of the Heavenly Rest, NYC

Heart of the Holy Land 2023 Women’s Pilgrimage

There are still a few spaces available!
Open to all who identify as women, and non-denominational.

There’s an optional extension to Jordan and Petra: Feb. 17th-19th. Click the link for complete details, itinerary, hosts, and prices:

Heart of the Holy Land 2023 Women’s Pilgrimage

I’m so excited to be the co-host in charge of singing in worship, churches, caves, and near water!

Abbey of the Arts Workshop!

I’ve been invited to lead a short workshop for the Abbey, a lovely community of people. Everyone is welcome to this vocal tune up, and there will be singing and fun. Here’s the description:

Registration and more information can be found here:
Sound as Prayer: Songs and Mantras for the Way

$12 – I’ll pay the standard fee
$16 – I would like to sponsor others
$8 – I would like to make use of scholarship funds

6-7pm Ireland – 2-3pm Eastern – 11am-12pm Pacific

Springtime Revival in Southern VA

I’m excited to visit
The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia
for a Revival! With

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
Stephanie Spellers
Jerusalem Greer

Location: 100 E. Queen St. Hampton, VA

Returning and Becoming: Kanuga Christian Formation Conference

Poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama explores how poetry deepens the spiritual journey. Leaders: Dr. Westina Matthews, Roger Hutchison, The Rev. Ryan Hawthorne, The Rev. Zack Nyein, musician-in-residence Ana Hernandez.

Open to all in vocations of formation, learning, listening and healing.

Financial assistance, payment plans offered. Kanuga.org/Conferences

Southern New England UCC Conference

Location: DCU Center 50 Foster Street, Worcester, MA 01608

Adelynrood!

I’ll be the Musician from July 12-16 at this beautiful
Retreat and Conference Center near Newburyport, MA.

Excellent grounds to walk, lovely people, great food! Liz Theoharis of the Kairos Center and the Poor People’s Campaign will lead a retreat that weekend!

Location: 46A Elm St, Byfield, MA 01922

Hymn Society 2023 Annual Conference – Montreal

Land, Language, and Liberation

Montréal, Québec
McGill University

Land, Language, and Song is this year’s theme, and I’m excited to attend as a student so I can learn from amazing people like Abner Campos, Maria Monteiro, Marcell Silva Steurnagel, Kuzipa Nalwamba, Horacio Vivares, Gerardo Oberman of Red Crearte, Jonathan Maracle, Kenny Wallace, Leslie Jordan, and so many more amazing clinicians in the 30 sectionals. It’s a jam packed singing/worshiping/learning experience and I’ll be taking notes and collecting new songs!

FYI: The Hymn Society is at the forefront in active inclusion of all God’s people in hymnody and the gatherings that support its creation, and in supporting decolonization in hymnody.  They have a robust Scholars Forum, and actively support young hymn writes, and are currently lifting up models for reparations royalties so that the authors of spirituals can be paid for their work or the money can be channeled into organizations doing racial justice and cultural work, instead of the publishers being the only benefactors of the creative output of so many composers.

More FYI: There are six Hymn Societies around the globe, and lots of cross pollination. I’m a member of the Hymn Society of the US and Canada.

Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage – Dio NY High School Event

I’m a chaperone for the Episcopal DioNY’s Jonathan Daniels Pilgrimage to GA and AL. Three adults and 12 high school students leave Thursday at O dark-thirty and return late Saturday night. We’ll be going to Atlanta, Montgomery (the EJI Museum), Selma, and Hayneville, where Jon was murdered trying to protect my friend Ruby Nell Sales. Pray for us.

St. Mark’s in-the-Bowery, NYC

I love playing at St. Mark’s! Jeannine Otis, their amazing musician and piano player, Bim on bass, with a sweet choir. The congregation is game for anything I bring to the table. We love one another, have fun, and dive deep.

Anytime at St. Mark’s is a beautiful time, so join us at 11 AM.

Read more about this vibrant church here

Location: 131 E 10th St, New York, NY 10003

Ann Arbor, MI – Canterbury House Concert, U Mich.

Come on out for a rare contemplative concert in Ann Arbor. Last autumn’s Sound and Silence offering was so beautiful, with everyone participating and some amazing musicians joining me.

I first visited Canterbury House sometime in the 90s when Deborah Griffin Bly and I sang together as The Miserable Offenders. I’m much less miserable these days and have new tunes to share that will require good listening skills, and relaxed engagement.

Looking forward to some beautiful singing with you!

7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm

For more info:
https://www.canterburyhouse.org/home
Canterburyhouse@umich.edu

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Location: 721 East Huron Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Trinity-in-the-Woods – Farmington Hills, MI

HeartSong Workshop!

Whether you’re in a small church with limited resources, or in a larger place looking for a way to help your community find and/or build its collective voice, learn to play and pray together more deeply, HeartSong is the workshop that will enable you to deepen (or create!) your community of practice through increasing your capacity to stay present in the shared creation of sound and silence (and all the things).  We will listen deeply to the spirit within, share what we notice, reclaim the joy of group learning by rote, utilize repetition, and engage our oft ignored ability to harmonize on the spot. With simple chants and global songs, our time together will be transformative and deeply fun. Sing your way to your sweetest identity, individually and collectively, each person open to sharing more of who they are becoming and confident that the spiritual work they do to become their best selves will be honored and be integrated into the larger community.  There will be singing, drumming, movement, and group improvisation – all of which will leave your community with more tools to invite, encourage, and include absolutely everybody to participate in the growth of the Beloved Community. Teams welcome!

1-5 pm

To register, Contact Trinity-in-the-Woods: (248) 474-2860

Ana Hernandez teaches chanting as a spiritual practice for individuals and groups. She is the author of The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice, (SkylightPaths Turner Publications), a recording artist, composer, retreat facilitator, and song leader. Her workshops use sound to revitalize prayer and build openhearted, engaged, and playful communities. She loves collaboration, mischief, being here now, diving deep, and a good laugh.

Location: 26880 La Muera St, Farmington Hills, MI 48334

Building Relationships Across Language Through Music

Location: 26 White St, Haverhill, MA 01830

Esperanza Academy!

It’s been many moons since I’ve been to Esperanza Academy, a Free Tuition Episcopal Girls School for grades 5-8. I’ll be teaching an extended chapel period and a couple of lessons with budding song leaders. What fun!

Location: 98 Garden St, Lawrence, MA 01840

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Servicio Bilingue

Unase a nosotros a las 5:00 pm para la Misa Bilingue de Noche Buena!
Join us at 5:00 pm for Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist!

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave. Kingston, NY

Saturday Morning Chanting Group, Newport, RI

The Saturday Morning Chanting Group began 8-9 years ago after I visited them for a weekend, and they’re still at it. They’ve invited me to lead them again on Saturday morning (oddly enough and I’m so looking forward to it! What a lovely way to begin the weekend! The pic is the last time I was there in person. Join us from 10 AM until 11 AM – ish for a great way to begin your day! Check back the day before for the Zoom link.

Emmanuel, Newport, RI

Prayers, Please

I’ll be taking a break from performing while I take care of some health issues. First up: Bypass surgery on Feb. 27th. I have an excellent surgeon, but we can all use a little prayer. Special prayers for my wife Michelle, Dr. Ramin Malekan, and the amazing healers at Westchester Medical Center. They powers that be say I’ll need 8-12 weeks of recovery time before I’m back on the road singing. I can’t wait!

Thanks be to you all!

Ana

Online Centering Prayer

 

Come, sit with us and open to God within.

Join me each Wednesday at 6:30  EST for Centering Prayer. My wife Michelle Meech (Enneagram teacher and Episcopal Priest) leads an amazing group from far and near. We begin with contemplative music for 15 minutes (sing with me on mute), followed at 6:45 pm by a Psalm, a 30 minute sitting meditation, a reading from a contemplative smartie, and a short group reflection. It’s a lovely group of humans and both the silence and reflection run deep. All are welcome, and that especially means BIPOC & LGBTQIA2S+!

Access Zoom link and this week’s readings here:

http://www.stjohnskingston.org/online-streaming-worship/

Scroll down to Wednesday Centering Prayer. Hope to see you soon.

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Feb. 18 & 25, 2024

Unase a nosotros a las 4:00 pm para la santa eucaristia.
Join us at 4:00 pm for Holy Eucharist.

Enamorate de Dios, hermosas canciones en espanol, y toda la gente linda. Unete a nosotras.

Fall in love with God, beautiful Spanish songs, and all the lovely people. Join us!

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

HeartSong: Building Communities of Practice

Whether you’re in a small church with limited resources, or in a larger place looking for a way to help your community find and/or build its collective voice, learn to play and pray together, say yes to the Spirit, HeartSong is the workshop that will enable you to deepen (or create!) your community of practice through increasing your capacity to stay present in the shared creation of sound and silence.  We will listen deeply to the spirit within, share what we notice, reclaim the joy of group learning by rote, utilize repetition, and engage our oft ignored ability to harmonize on the spot. With simple chants and global songs, our time together will be transformative and deeply fun. Sing your way to your sweetest identity, individually and collectively, each person open to sharing more of who they are becoming and confident that the spiritual work they do to become their best selves will be honored and be integrated into the larger community.  There will be singing, drumming, movement, and group improvisation – all of which will leave your community with more tools to invite, encourage, and include absolutely everybody to participate in the growth of the Beloved Community. Teams welcome!

To register, Contact Trinity Retreat Center: retreat@trinitywallstreet.org or 917.594.5800

Ana Hernandez teaches chanting as a spiritual practice for individuals and groups. She is the author of The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice, (SkylightPaths Turner Publications), a recording artist, composer, retreat facilitator, and song leader. Her workshops use sound to revitalize prayer and build openhearted, engaged, and playful communities. She loves collaboration, mischief, being here now, diving deep, and a good laugh.

Location: 79 Lower River Rd, West Cornwall

Marble Collegiate Church Women’s Retreat

Navigating the Waters of Change –  A  retreat to be held at Wisdom House in CT. How do we engage the women in our community through more physical work? How can we be present and listen to what is being said beneath what is being said? We’ll use sound tools to increase our capacity to show up for one another without burning out. There will be so much singing!

This is my second Marble Women’s Retreat and I’m grateful to Karla Hendrick and Rev. Elise Brown for the invite. Lovely people!

Location: Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center, 229 E Litchfield Rd, Litchfield, CT 06759

Music That Makes Community in Atlanta!

“Music that Makes Community practices communal song-sharing that inspires deep spiritual connection, brave shared leadership, and sparks the possibility of transformation in our world.”

Join me and MMCs new Executive Director Conie Borchardt at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church from 9:30-4:30 for an experiential day of paperless singing! It’s the day before the Hymn Society’s Annual Conference begins so spend an extra night in Atlanta and come sing with us!

I’ll post more details asap.

Association of Lutheran Church Musicians – Valpo!

From Generation to Generation:
Ponder Anew
Serving and Leading the Church’s Song

 Annual Conference at Valparaiso University. They’ve invited me to join them in July and I’m so excited to be going to Valpo!

For details: https://alcm.org/2024-valparaiso/

Location: Valparaiso University, Valparaiso IN 46383

LQBTQIA2S+ Retreat at Trinity Retreat Center!

There are just a few spaces available, so check it out here:

https://trinitywallstreet.org/events/lgbtq-retreat-2024-09-10?date=2024-09-10

Come celebrate our identity as members of the gender-queer community and know we are each beloved! This is an invitation for us to come together as Creator has made us!  We’ll pray/meditate, laugh, celebrate, give and receive support. Tell your story in a safe space, and listen to others tell theirs. There will be rest, silence, singing, and dancing (possibly by the fire)! Join the Rev. Michelle Meech and Ana Hernández for a time of mindfulness, friendship, and healing.

Michelle and I are so excited to facilitate this retreat together! Young, old, BIPOC (like me!), however you’ve managed to make it this far, join us in this beautiful space.

Registration info ASAP

About the facilitators:
Michelle has been teaching the Enneagram for over 20 years and is dedicated to helping people develop more compassion and peace in their lives through this transformational spiritual tool. She was trained by Don Riso and Russ Hudson of the Enneagram Institute and, several years later, discerned her call to priesthood in the Episcopal Church. Currently, Michelle works as the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Kingston, NY. She lives in the rectory with her wife Ana where they grow things together.

Ana Hernández
Ana teaches chanting as a spiritual practice for individuals and groups. She is the author of The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice, (SkylightPaths/Turner Publications), is a recording artist, composer, retreat facilitator, and song leader for the NYS Poor People’s Campaign. Her workshops use sound to revitalize prayer and build openhearted, engaged, and playful communities. She loves Michelle, collaboration, diving deep, and a good laugh.

Location: 79 Lower River Rd, West Cornwall

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Unase a nosotros a las 4:00 pm para la Misa
Join us at 4:00 pm for Holy Eucharist

Enamorate de Dios, hermosas canciones en espanol, y toda la gente linda. Ven a cantar y orar con nosotras.

Fall in love with God, beautiful Spanish songs, and all the lovely people. Come, sing and pray with us!

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave. Kingston, NY 12401

La Iglesia Santa Cruz, Kingston, NY

Unase a nosotros a las 4:00 pm para la santa eucaristia.
Join us at 4:00 pm for Holy Eucharist.

Enamorate de Dios hermosas canciones en espanol y toda la gente linda. Yo sere el que cante desde la distancia. Unete a nosotros.

Fall in love with God, beautiful Spanish songs, and all the lovely people. I’ll be the one singing from a distance. Join us!

Location: 30 Pine Grove Ave, Kingston, NY 12401

Daring to hope: Staying close to the heart in the current moment

How can we practice reaching out in small ways to broaden our engagement and deepen our sense of belonging in our communities? During this day of transformation and deep fun, we’ll listen across lines of difference, find/build our collective voice, practice leaving fear and judgement behind, and develop a community of practice through the shared creation of sound and silence.

Using simple chants and songs, we’ll reclaim the joy of group learning by rote, utilize repetition, and engage our oft ignored ability to harmonize on the spot (bring a short song to share if you’ve got one!).

As we become confident that the spiritual work we do to become our sweetest selves can be integrated into the larger community, we’ll uncover better strategies for managing our internal weather and creating more
open spaces so absolutely everybody belongs.

Let’s change ourselves to change the world!

10am-3pm @St. Marks in-the-Bowery

Location: 131 E. 10th St., NY, NY 10003