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Music That Makes Community equips people to connect and grow through singing.

Music that Makes Community, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, connects a worldwide network of practitioners and leaders who share a practice of paperless song leading. We partner with hosts to produce conferences and workshops to teach the practice and create resources for making connections and building a repertoire of songs for paperless song leading.

03/30/2026

Was Palm Sunday a parade or protest? Here's a reflection from one of MMC's Board members on that topic.

https://www.musicthatmakescommunity.org/parade_or_protest_willbanks

03/24/2026

Near Waco, TX? Join Music that Makes Community there Apr 17-19!

- Come to sing together on Fri night, 5-6:30 p.m.
- Learn more about Community Singing at an One-Day Workshop on Sat, Apr 18, 9a-4 p.m.
- Then worship on Sun morning, Apr 19 at 10:30 a.m.

More details here: https://mailchi.mp/musicthatmakescommunity.org/waco-2026-registration

03/12/2026

How are you doing, church musicians and clergy? Feeling ready for Holy Week ... or less so?

Music that Makes Community's got you!

Join Caitlin Beck and Adam Wood TODAY, Thu, Mar 12 at 1p PT/4p ET

or

Sylvia Miller-Mutia and Hilary Donaldson next Tue, Mar 17 at 5p PT/8p ET

for the Last Minute Drop-In Jam Sessions. Come with your questions or the new song you want to share.

Register for the Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6bT0s5suTc2Sl9UAuxG5rg

02/10/2026

What's in Music that Makes Community's February newsletter?

- Virtual Lenten Drop-In Jam: TODAY, 2/10, at 1p PT/4p ET
- Visiting *Indianapolis* in March (instead of LA)
- Song of the Month: Hold On by Heidi Wilson
- Singing Resistance information
- Fundraising Campaign Update!

https://mailchi.mp/musicthatmakescommunity.org/feb2026-news

02/06/2026

Ash Wednesday is 12 days away. How's your Lent planning, church friends? Join the Rev. AnnaMarie Hoos and MMC's Executive Director Conie next Tuesday, February 10 at 1p Pacific / 4p Eastern to share songs, questions, and ideas on how to make this year's observances meaningful. Register for the Zoom link from https://www.musicthatmakescommunity.org/lent_2026

p.s. pencil in Mar 12 + 17 for a focus on Holy Week and Easter with Caitlin Beck, Adam Wood, and Sylvia Miller-Mutia.

01/19/2026

Ash Wednesday is four weeks away. What will you be singing?

Music that Makes Community is offering three different types of virtual events to support church staff in planning.

- On Thu, Jan 22 at 7p ET, we'll be offering a Kickoff to Lenten Paperless Music. Registration is Now Open!
- Monday Morning Grounding (10a ET) will be doing Deeper Explorations on Jan 26, Feb 2, 23, Mar 2, and 9
- Drop-In Jam Sessions are planned for Feb 10, Mar 12, and 17. Time tba

Join us! More details: https://mailchi.mp/musicthatmakescommunity.org/jan22-lentseries

01/08/2026

Have you found the song "Freedom Bound" on MMC's A-Z song list webpage? It's time to take another look as we have recently been made aware that we have been misattributing it! Refresh this tune in your song quiver and learn more about Jane Sapp, the African American music educator, cultural worker, and activist who is the correct creator. Includes a link to a podcast with Jane!

https://www.musicthatmakescommunity.org/freedom_bound

p.s. the tune below was transcribed long ago and has a melodic error in the second line. Listen to the podcast for correct tune.

01/07/2026

Near Raleigh, North Carolina? Join Music that Makes Community for a workshop, a community sing, or worship at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church February 6-8!

Today is the last day of Early Bird Registration. More details and registration here: https://mailchi.mp/musicthatmakescommunity.org/raleigh-feb2026-earlybirdends

12/30/2025

Good morning, MMC community! How are you doing on this New Year's Eve Eve?

Conie here and I'm happy to share that we have essentially raised our $50,000 fundraising goal for the year! Go us!

That tiny .4% sliver on the pie chart is just $200. So, we are extending a challenge to raise a stretch goal of $5,000 in the last two days of 2025. Would you donate a meaningful gift of any size online on or before Wednesday, December 31, 2025?

Support Collaborative Ritual Artists/Songleaders and fill their Spiritual First Aid Kits with songs and leadership practices so we can raise and sustain the voices of our communities over the long term.

https://www.musicthatmakescommunity.org/contribute

Many thanks to you who have already contributed with recurring or one-time donations. We are so grateful!

12/29/2025

Since Dec 16 the gold slice of our fundraising pie has been getting more slender! It started out as a fat quarter and has been steadily decreasing. This morning that slice is slender! 4.6% left with $2,285 left to raise before Dec 31.

Your donation to Music that Makes Community makes a wide-reaching impact with training, resources, and encouragement for folks to use song to build connection, a powerful tool in our Spiritual First Aid Kit these days. Would you make a $25 contribution to our year end campaign?

https://www.musicthatmakescommunity.org/contribute

Let's fill our Spiritual First Aid Kits with song that grounds bodies and inspires courage! Thank you for supporting Music that Makes Community.

12/28/2025

As the calendar year comes to a close, we want to thank you for being an important part of the Music that Makes Community family. Every song that is created and sung, every leader nurtured and encouraged means our collective Spiritual First Aid Kit is more full of supplies to meet the challenges of this time.

Here's the latest update on our fundraising goal: We're at 92% with $3,650 left to be raised! Would you help us reach this goal with an online donation before Dec 31? Click here: https://mailchi.mp/musicthatmakescommunity.org/closing-2025

12/22/2025

Happy Holidays from MMC! 🎶

The December newsletter is here! Inside is ...

- Invitation to tonight's Winter Solstice Sing
- A song possibility for Epiphany
- 2026 Events: Planning Lent, Workshops in North Carolina, California, Texas and more...
- A "Spiritual First Aid Kit" Campaign Update

https://mailchi.mp/musicthatmakescommunity.org/dec2025-news

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