Sundays @ 4pm

Jazz Vespers

Name: Candlelit Contemplative
Start: 2025-07-13
End: 2025-07-13
Location: Sanctuary

Welcome to Jazz Ministries at StAW, the historic and contemporary home of the dialogue between jazz, spirituality and progressive theology of Vancouver.

Welcome to Jazz Ministries at StAW, the historic & contemporary home of the dialogue between jazz, spirituality & progressive theology of Vancouver.

Combining Vancouver’s best jazz music with meditations on faith and life, this 4pm service is Canada’s longest running Jazz Vespers, established in 1993.

4-5pm every Sunday, offer-what-you-can (suggested 10$ donation)

Want to know who’s playing each week? Sign up for our weekly Jazz Newsletter HERE or visit our socials directly at our Facebook page and/or our Instagram page.

As well as look at our events page for upcoming bands.

For booking inquiries please contact our Jazz Ministries coordinator, Ben MacRae at jazz.vespers@standrewswesley.com

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What is Jazz Vespers?

Like the music itself, jazz vespers is a fusion of musical and spiritual traditions that came together in the 1960’s to create an alternative form of worship that draws upon the diverse range of musics called jazz and an array of spiritual traditions that are grounded in Christianity. Jazz vespers is neither a concert nor a typical service of worship, rather it represents something that is both and neither, defying labels and convention just like the art form from which it draws its name.

Get ready for an afternoon of soulful rhythms and timeless tunes! The Lesley Branton Trio is bringing their fresh interpretations of jazz standards and Bossa Nova hits that will captivate music lovers of all kinds.

Sunday March 23, 2025 at 4-5pm
offer-what-you-can
(suggested 10$ donation)

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Our Place
In the World

St. Andrew’s-Wesley respectfully acknowledges that we gather on the unceded lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. For thousands of years, First Nations people have walked on this land and their relationship with the land is at the centre of their lives and spirituality. As a church, and settlers on these shores, we have a life-long responsibility to unlearn our misunderstandings of history, territory, and identity through critical reflection, acknowledgement, and listening.