Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 11, 2005|Volume 34, Number 11

Jason Richardson

Concert will pay tribute to the memory
of Divinity School alumnus

Battell Chapel will be the setting for a concert on Saturday, Nov. 12, in memory of Jason Richardson, a 2003 graduate of the Divinity School who died suddenly last January during leadership of worship services at his home church, Southern Baptist Church in Harlem.

Proceeds from the concert, including revenue from a live CD recording, will go toward the Jason Richardson Memorial Scholarship at the Divinity School. Sponsors of the event are the Yale Black Seminarians and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.

The concert and live recording, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., will include music by many of Richardson's friends as they pay tribute to his memory through song.

At the time of his death, Richardson was serving as director of the Marquand Gospel Choir, which will perform at the concert. Among other individuals and groups scheduled to participate are the Black Church at Yale, Brain Bellamy, Rob Boulter, Gamma Phi Delta Christian Fraternity, Alisha Lola Jones, Cece Jones, Kergyma, Mark Miller, McCall Memorial Mass Choir, Kersten Stevens and the Yale Gospel Choir. Donations of $10 are requested.

"There are few people who can enter into the lives of persons for a short period and impact them in such a way that their lives are altered forever," says Jason Turner '06 M.Div., a friend of Richardson and current president of the Divinity School student body. "What an awesome gift from God."

Richardson, who was known for his warm presence and radiant smile, was a vital part of the Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music for a number of years as a student and as a musician for the Marquand Gospel Choir. He was co-pastor of the Black Church at Yale, a Marquand Chapel minister and a member of the Black Seminarians. He received the Jess H. and Hugo A. Norenberg Prize for excellence in preaching and/or the conduct of corporate worship.

Richardson was an educator and taught at the College of New Rochelle. Above all, Richardson was a preacher who shared the "good news" not only from the Marquand Chapel pulpit but also from the pulpit of the Southern Baptist Church in Harlem, where he served as youth minister.

Those who would like to donate to the scholarship but who cannot attend the concert may send checks made payable to Yale University Divinity School, with an indication that the gift is for the Jason Richardson Memorial Scholarship, to the following address: Development Office, Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511.

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