Workshops
Jacqueline Comito, Ann Staudt and Anthony Stevens of Joyful Hearts bring together their unique talents and insights in the following workshops and lectures:
Lift Up Your Hearts: Transforming Worship through Spirit and Song| The Joyful Heart team works with church members to energize their praise of God for the sake of the world through music, laughter, love and liturgy. We explore the ways in which rhythm and melody can help us sound out our enthusiasm for life. Join us with an open heart and you will leave with a joyous one!
The Voice of Spirit: Exploring the Expressive Power of Singing | Jacqueline Comito leads this workshop for cantors at all levels of experience. Cantors are leaders of prayer through music. This workshop explores the role of the cantor to accompany people in their prayer lives both inside and outside of liturgy. Comito is a cantor who combines her lyric achievements and superb musical gift with a deeply personal and informed understanding of liturgy, a gift she shares with others through leading music liturgy workshops throughout the country.
Path of Joy | Jacqueline Comito uses Path of Joy to help others discover their unique means of expressing their creative spirits and being joy.
For more information concerning booking an appearance and fees, please contact smiling stone soup at info@smilingstonesoup.com.
2010
March 8--Joyful HEARTS PERFORMed AT IOWA WATER CONFERENCE IN AMES, IOWA
january 13--Joyful Hearts Performed at culture of conservation forum in Ames, iowa
2009
December 19--Joyful Hearts Performed at borders cafe in Ames, iowa
December 2--Joyful Hearts Performed at Soil and Water Conservation District Conference in Ames, iowa
March 6--Joyful HEARTS PERFORMed AT IOWA WATER CONFERENCE IN AMES, IOWA
2008
March 2-4--Joyful Hearts performS at Union college in Kentucky.
Jacqueline Comito & Ann Staudt of Joyful Hearts gave a musical concert at Union College in Kentucky on March 2. They performed works from their cds Go Out To All the World and The Name of God. On March 3, Comito read from Path of Joy as well as working with students on Social Justice issues concerning the environment. On Tuesday, March 4, Comito gave a campuswise lecture on her faith and her research.
2007
September 16--smiling stone soup publisher Jacqueline Comito helps raise money for Girl's school in india.
Comito, George and Vicky Oster and SHEPH (Students Helping Eliminate Poverty and Hunger) raised over $3,500 for Drkasakshi, a girl's school in India focused on educating children from poor working-class families.
July 29-- Jacqueline Comito a keynote speaker at YAEF on environmental justice in boston.
Comito was a keynote speaker at the Young Adult Ecumenical Forum on Environmental Justice in Boston. Her talk entitled "The Hungry Heart" looked at the causes of hunger in the world and offered ideas for making a difference. Comito, along with Joyful Hearts pianist Ann Staudt were music leaders for much of the worship sessions at this four-day event in Boston.
2006
The cry of the poor Concerts: Joyful Hearts Team with Local Food pantries.
Iowans very generously helped the poor in their communities by attending two different benefit concerts The Cry of the Poor by Joyful Hearts as they performed from their new cd The Name of God. Thanks to all for your contributions.
December 10, 6 p.m., St. Mary's Catholic Church, Roseville, Iowa: RAISED $500--The concert assisted Floyd County Community Food Box in their efforts to restock the shelves for winter.
November 17, 7 P.m., Bethesda Lutheran Church, Ames, Iowa: Raised $735 + food donations--November 12-18th was National Homeless and Hunger Week, designed to acknowledge and help the homeless and hungry in the community. Bethesda Lutheran Church, Youth & Shelter Services and Ames High Students Helping Eliminate Famine (SHEF) sponsored the event to raise awareness of these issues and benefit the Bethesda Food Pantry and Operation Africa. Anyone still interested in making a donation to SHEF can do so by contacting us at info@smilingstonesoup.com.
Smiling Stone Soup and Borders raiseD $400 for Special Olympics U.S. National Games.
July 1-8, these first ever national Games brought nationwide attention and a national audience to Iowa. In June, Joyful Hearts was at Borders Store on South Duff in Ames to launch the fundraising event, performing numbers from Seasons of Prayer. The first week of July, we welcomed Special Olympic athletes and families to the store to share in the fun as Joyful Hearts performed Seasons of Prayer as well as a few selections from their upcoming cd The Name of God. Jacqueline Comito also read from her book Path of Joy.
2005
Joyful Hearts : Seasons of Prayer
Benefit for Niños del Camino
RAISED $4,600
On Sunday, December 4, 2005, Ames High School group, Students Helping to Eliminate Famine (SHEF), sponsored a benefit concert of Joyful Hearts: Seasons of Prayer and raised $4,600 to establish a emergency medical fund for Niños del Camino (Children of the Path), a non-governmental organization that has over 13 years of experience working with children and adolescents who live on the streets of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.