This is a calendar of events being hosted by members of our network of singers and leaders. If you have a singing, worship service or other event you think might be relevant to other practitioners of paperless song leading, please share it here!
Click on "List Your Own Event" below to submit your event. Then it will be approved by an MMC staff person and appear live on the calendar. You can collect RSVP's, and advertise your event to people in the MMC network in your area. Contact us at [email protected] if you have questions.
Upcoming Events
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Monday, March 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Zoom
Join Music that Makes Community for a weekly touchstone that includes singing, silence, sacred text, and community connection. We'll gather at 10 a.m. EDT (9 CDT / 8 MDT / 7 PST) each Monday for a 30-minute gathering followed by coffee and conversation.
MMC leaders host the gathering, drawing from many musical and spiritual traditions. -
Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:30 PM
Albuquerque Mennonite Church in Albuquerque, NM
Friends,
Our April ABQ Music that Makes Community Song Circle will gather on Tuesday, April 1st at Albuquerque Mennonite Church, (1300 Girard Blvd NE).
- Singing 6:30-8pm
- Doors Open at 6pm (Feel free to come early if you'd like to chat! Feel free to bring your dinner along and eat if you're hungry.)--Come practice sharing, teaching, learning, and singing "paperless" songs in the context of a supportive community of fellow singers and song-lovers! Whether you'd like to experience how we can share songs in the oral/aural tradition, build your confidence as a song-leader, or just enjoy the "good medicine" of singing with others in community, we'd love for you to join us. All ages and abilities welcome!It is our practice to ROTATE LOCATIONS AND ROTATE HOSTS for our monthly MMC Song Circles. Our "default" meeting time is the first Tuesday of the month from 6:30-8pm, but that day and time is not "set in stone." We need to flesh out our calendar of locations and hosts for the new year. Please check your calendars and let me know ASAP if you/your community would like to host one or more of our song circles in 2025, and let me know what date(s) and time(s) you'd like to host.Contact organizer Sylvia Miller-Mutia for more information!
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Wednesday, April 02, 2025 at 07:00 PM
Books and Brews in Brownsburg, IN
Join us every first Wednesday of the month at 7 PM at Books and Brews in Brownsburg, IN, for a fun and welcoming community sing! Whether you're a seasoned musician or have no musical experience, all voices are welcome! We’ll share protest songs, pub songs, spiritual songs, and more. Come for the music, stay for the community. No experience required—just bring your voice and energy!Sponsored by Good Samaritan Episcopal Church -
Friday, April 04, 2025 at 05:00 PM
Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Waco, TX
Join us for a Community SING to experience paperless singing! Experienced Music that Makes Community presenters will offer a lively evening of singing, learning, and community building on Friday evening, April 4, from 5-6:30 p.m. at Pentecost Park at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church in Waco, Texas.
No special talents required - just a love of music and fellowship. Singers of all backgrounds, ages, and experience levels are warmly welcomed to participate!
Admission
Suggested free-will offering of $5-20 per person, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
This Community SING is a benefit for Music that Makes Community.
Click HERE to RSVP for the event and make a donation.
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Residency Events
This is the first of several residency events over the weekend. In addition to the Community SING on Friday night, Conie and Monica will be offering:
- A daylong Community Singing workshop on Saturday, April 5, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. that further introduces the leadership practices and repertoire of Music that Makes Community with the intention to support the creation of spaces of trust, listening, and communication through singing and to introduce the basic skills for leading congregational song. To learn more, click here.
- On Sunday morning, April 6, Monica and Conie will offer musical leadership in worship at 10:30 a.m.
This residency is funded through a Strategic Mission Grant from the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.
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Monday, April 07, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Zoom
Join Music that Makes Community for a weekly touchstone that includes singing, silence, sacred text, and community connection. We'll gather at 10 a.m. EDT (9 CDT / 8 MDT / 7 PST) each Monday for a 30-minute gathering followed by coffee and conversation.
MMC leaders host the gathering, drawing from many musical and spiritual traditions.Next week, Monday Morning Grounding is going to take a break and not meet April 14 (Holy Week) and April 21 (Easter Monday). We will reconvene on April 28! -
Monday, April 07, 2025 at 06:30 PM
Zoom
Gather for an informal singing time to re-center our hearts in community. Simple songs will be led paperlessly/taught by ear by Conie Borchardt, other song leaders, and you, if you have a song to share. Visit Conie's website for the Zoom link!
Join us. Bring friends. (Signup for the email reminder here; select Heart Songs)
Songs will be about the human experience and in that way, spiritual in nature, but not specifically religious. This is a space intended for self-care, however that shifts for you in every moment. -
Monday, April 21, 2025 at 06:30 PM
Zoom
Gather for an informal singing time to re-center our hearts in community. Simple songs will be led paperlessly/taught by ear by Conie Borchardt, other song leaders, and you, if you have a song to share. Visit Conie's website for the Zoom link!
Join us. Bring friends. (Signup for the email reminder here; select Heart Songs)
Songs will be about the human experience and in that way, spiritual in nature, but not specifically religious. This is a space intended for self-care, however that shifts for you in every moment. -
Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 03:30 PM
St. Timothy's Lutheran in St Paul, MN
Paperless Singing Practice GroupIf you are looking for a new way to foster vulnerability, trust and connection in your worship, meetings or gatherings… if you enjoy oral singing tradition… or if you need a place to rest your soul and be filled…
Join Conie Borchardt, Maria Anderson-Lippert and Liesl Spitz for a Paperless Singing Practice Group. This gathering is for anyone who loves to sing, churchy and non-churchy alike. Questions? Contact [email protected]
Learn more about paperless singing in the style of Music that Makes Community here.
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Monday, April 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Zoom
Join Music that Makes Community for a weekly touchstone that includes singing, silence, sacred text, and community connection. We'll gather at 10 a.m. EDT (9 CDT / 8 MDT / 7 PST) each Monday for a 30-minute gathering followed by coffee and conversation.
MMC leaders host the gathering, drawing from many musical and spiritual traditions. -
Monday, May 05, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Zoom
Join Music that Makes Community for a weekly touchstone that includes singing, silence, sacred text, and community connection. We'll gather at 10 a.m. EDT (9 CDT / 8 MDT / 7 PST) each Monday for a 30-minute gathering followed by coffee and conversation.
MMC leaders host the gathering, drawing from many musical and spiritual traditions.