Join Brooklyn text writer Jacque Jones for an evening focusing on congregational song. Jacque will talk about her hymn writing process and will introduce you to some of her work, as well as to the work of other current writers and composers. She will lead the group through the exercise of writing a short hymn, a tool which can be used in your churches with both youth and adults. Finally, she will discuss some resources that can help you choose hymns for worship. Come ready to sing!

Free Event for Brooklyn Chapter Members
$20 for Non-members

Jacque B. Jones has been writing in various forms all her life and she took up the challenge of writing hymn texts in 2003. Jacque has been an active member of The Hymn Society in the US and Canada since 2003, having served as its president from 2014 to 2016. She is a member of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, NY, and is actively involved in worship leadership. Jacque is proud to say that she was the Brooklyn Chapter’s Person of the Year in 2014. A native of Texas, Jacque attended Baylor University and The University of Texas at Austin, where she received a BFA in theatre. She and her husband live in Brooklyn Heights, and they have 3 adult children.

Jacque’s hymn text collection Songs Unchanged Yet Ever Changing was published in 2015 by GIA. Hymn texts are included in the collections Assembled for Song, Assembled for Song 2, Come, O Holy House and Worship, and in the hymnals Glory to God, Community of Christ Sings, Worship 4, Voices Together, and Hymns for a Pilgrim People, as well as being available through GIA UnBound. She has three anthems published: Remember (with Tony Alonso), Newborn Child Now Sleeping (with Mark Stockert), and All Will be Well (with Richard Clemmitt).