Hello Music that Makes Community Friends, 

As the current Monday Morning Grounding season comes to a close, we will be taking a summer break. After our summer break, Monday Morning Grounding will resume from August 25, 2025-December 8, 2025. Same Zoom link, same time. 

Monday Morning Grounding will be the space for four in-depth Advent song and text preparation sessions on September 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 2025 as a follow-up to our Introduction to Advent Paperless Music on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 4 pm Pacific / 7 pm Eastern.

Those who show up find that they are fed, filled and grounded for the week ahead, particularly in these turbulent times. You’ll leave with a song to carry you through the week. If you can’t regularly make it to Monday Morning Grounding, we wanted to share the resources from this past season with you. Although they were particular to a day and this season, in some respects, they are timeless and timely songs and poems for the coming days as well.

Hello Music that Makes Community Friends, 

As the current Monday Morning Grounding season comes to a close, we will be taking a break for Holy Week and Easter Monday. The late Spring/Summer season will start again on April 28th. 

Those who show up find that they are fed, filled and grounded for the week ahead, particularly in these turbulent times. You’ll leave with a song to carry you through the week. If you can’t regularly make it to Monday Morning Grounding, we wanted to share the resources from this past season with you. Although they were particular to a day and this season, in some respects, they are timeless and timely songs and poems for the coming days as well.

Hi, friends, 

Breen Sipes and I have been doing the behind the scenes facilitation and space holding for MMC’s Monday Morning Grounding this past six months, and because of school changes, Breen is unable to do this in the fall. 

Can you join me and Amy Steenson in holding the space for Monday Morning Grounding this fall. (10 a.m. Eastern, 9 a.m. Central. 8 a.m. Mountain, 7 a.m. Pacific)

You know that something is good, when a clergy colleague on Friday tells you that what you’re doing in keeping Monday Morning Grounding going is a ministry and makes a difference, and then on Monday when the Trader Joe’s cashier asks how your Monday has been and, I can say: I woke up tired and grumpy and because of Monday Morning Grounding, I’m having a better day. 

So, that’s the truth. Monday Morning Grounding can turn your day around and set you up for the week. We sing, we’re playful, we share meaningfully, we are hospitable. We notice and share what we notice. People are welcome to come on Zoom with camera on or off, singing on mute unless we’re passing a song around (which we often do), and as Breen (MMC Board president) likes to say, you can come with your shoes on or off, because this is holy ground. You are welcome and invited!! Don’t think that this is like any other Zoom meeting (non-MMC) that you’ve been to.