January 2009 Newsletter - A Divine 2009

Namaste Fellow Peacemakers

A bright and blessed New Year to you and yours!
2008 was a blessed Holiday Season. Under the Mistletoe allowed me to reconnect with so many people. It also allowed me to meet new people.

Part of the reason I created Under the Mistletoe was to bring about a hope and joy in the midst of the storm for some of my friends. For some, recent events have been the appearance of a time of loss and increased suffering; it seems transitions and shifts are never easy. This year, like any other and like no other, the opportunity exists to co-create a new life divine. With love at our center, there is always hope and the knowing that divine order is always unfolding perfectly!

“There will be sorrow but you will endure, where there's a flower there's the sun
and the rain, oh, but it's wonderful. They’re both one and the same.
Joy and pain are like sunshine and rain!” ~Maze featuring Frankie Beverly

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

~2009 is our divine time to shine!~

Namaste Dear Friends!

Happy Holiday Season everyone! I hope that you are having an awesome season full of fun, food, and parties.

So many wonderful opportunities have come my way. I’ve performed at many churches, festivals, concerts, and corporate events. One of the coolest things that has happened recently is that my CD, Under the Mistletoe, was featured in ION Magazine! How awesome is that!!!!

I so look forward to the many wonderful singing and speaking opportunties that I will experience. 2009 is going to be a splendid year! Get ready for my spiritual CD, my first book, churches, festivals, conventions, concerts, corporate events, and so much more.

Thank you so much for making this the most amazing year of my career as a performer and speaker. Y’all completely rock!

Namaste Fellow Peacemakers,

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melodie Beattie

In gratitude I greet you! I celebrate the beautiful gifts called life and the present moment. It is such an exciting time to be alive!!

If you havent heard about or seen at your local store, I FINALLY HAVE A CD!

My CD is called Under the Mistletoe. It is a collection of Christmas favorites reflecting my love of Christmas!

Some songs on this CD include: a Latin-infused Silent Night, a jazzy What Child is This, and the song a lot of you have asked me to record, Ave Maria.

So, please visit one of these fine retail locations to purchase “Under the Mistletoe:

A Peace of the Universe Spiritual Bookstore– Scottsdale, AZ
Alternatives Health and Wellness - Phoenix, AZ
Creative Living Fellowship Bookstore – Phoenix, AZ
Lightworkers Gifts – Glendale, AZ
Mighty Cup Coffee & Mercantile
Rainbows from Heaven Healing Center - Tempe, AZ
Unity of Divine Love Bookstore – Tempe, AZ

You can also order from me online by contacting me with the number of CDs you would like. I will gladly send them directly to you (:

If you would like to purchase my debut CD at one of my shows, you can get it autographed!! Yay!

A Night of Musical Gratitude

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton

So, are you ready to set your gratitude to music?

On the evening of November 22, 2008, I will be celebrating gratitude through song with my Gratitude and Abundance concert at the Shrine of the Christ of Divine Love.

If you own a djembe, doumbek or other portable percussion instrument, I invite you to bring your instrument for a gratitude jam!

Come one, come all – we are going to rock Tempe!

November 22 – The Shrine of the Christ of Divine Love

Jessika in Concert
Theme: Gratitude and Abundance
4625 Ash Ave
Ste J-19
Tempe, AZ 85282
6:45 pm
$15 Advance/$20 at the Door
480-219-9633
www.christofdivinelife.org

A Harmonizing with Humanity Christmas Event

Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. ~Jackie Windspear

If you are a singer/songwriter/musician or a music director, PERK UP YOUR EARS/EYES!

I have the event for you! I am the guest hostess for an exciting and ongoing Harmonizing with Humanity event. On Saturday, December 20, 2008, we will be having the first of many Harmonizing Café open mics. What does that mean for you?

Singers/Musicians – come and bring your music! We want to hear your music. We want to hear your voice! We want to hear what you have to say!
Not only will you be able to sign up and sing your own song, you will be invited to sing in our sing alongs at the end of the night!
Since this will be during the Christmas season, our theme will be Christmas and Gratitude!
Time to shine!

Music Directors - this is an opportunity to hear some wonderfully talented people! If you are looking for new talent to add to your Sunday soloist slots, this will be the place to be!

Music Lovers – this will be a fun night of Christmas music, surprises, fellowship, fun, celebration, gratitude and yummy food!

Details:

Harmonizing Open Mic kickoff
Theme: Christmas and Gratitude
Date: 12/20/08
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: Jodi Floyds
8630 Via Montoya
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
Admission: $20 per person for dinner and music
RSVP: harmonizingcafe@gmail.com
Or call 602.264.2121
Please bring a toy to benefit homeless children in the Phoenix Area