“Overcoming” ..songs.. stories.. drama… by Sweet Grits

Friends from the hills of Kentucky and USSR’s Ukraine join forces for their theatrical and musical storytelling. Jointly named Sweet Grits, the duo’s performance features songs and stories drawn from ’s life and clinical practice as a therapist and ’s prodigious musical talents.

Singer, songwriter, and storyteller shares tales drawn from her personal life and professional experience as a therapist, coach, and consultant. Her collaborator, , a “recovering classical musician,” arranges, composes, and plays a wide mix of styles and genres on multiple instruments. They combine their talents as the duo Sweet Grits.

Learn about Nathan at Reverb Nation. Listen to Jody's songs at drjody.com/music/

This benefit performance is offered in addition to Quakers’ free open house programs, ongoing every month on fourth Sundays from April 2025 to April 2026. The public is invited to attend any or all open house events, which include:

• Worship from 10 to 11 am. This is traditional “silent” Quaker worship. All are welcome, but no one is expected to attend in order to participate in other activities.
• Potluck meal at 11:30 am. Bring a dish to share.
• Free activity at noon on March 22: Community Mending Stitching Circle. Bring clothing or other textiles and join others to replace buttons, hem, patch, sew up rips, embroider, etc. Bring your garment and your own supplies. Needles and thread will be provided if you forget yours. Get cozy in this helpful circle of friends as we connect and stitch together.

To see the full anniversary year schedule, visit http://tinyurl.com/140th.

Sweet Grits' "Overcoming" program includes Jody's songs Hope Was There, Closed Minded Preachers, Hypocrisy, and Denial Has a Hard Time with the Truth. Some excerpted lyrics:

HOPE WAS THERE

Hope was there

When the dark overcame me

When the walls closed so tight

With fear all around

I was gone

There was no one to save me

Til you opened my heart

Stopped my tears Before

I drowned

Precious hope of my life

DENIAL HAS A HARD TIME WITH THE TRUTH

You can call a horse a pig.

And say a mule is a duck.

At the end of the day

Ya all know that shits made up.

Jim Crow’s back

They’re Banning books lately

Incest without Roe

They’ll make you have

your daddy’s baby

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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