Music that Makes Community is introducing TGIF, the new monthly West Coast week-ending cousin to Monday Morning Grounding.  

TGIF will meet monthly on the second Friday, at 1 p.m. Pacific time, to spend an hour together on zoom teaching, learning, and sharing more Advent songs and exploring together how we hope to use them in the upcoming season, and how they speak to us in this moment. These gatherings will be co-hosted by Caitlin Reilley Beck (they/she/he) and Josh Zentner-Barrett (he/him), and will be on October 16th and November 13th. 

The first 45 minutes of these sessions will be recorded, and available to those interested.

Register HERE for TGIF.  Your link is good for all sessions. Please reach out to [email protected] by noon on the Wednesday before if you need to have your information re-sent.  

Related Events

On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at 4pm-5:30pm ET / 1pm-2:30pm PT, Music that Makes Community facilitators and composers are offering an hour-long virtual Preparing to Prepare workshop.  This session will be recorded and offered for a small donation. More details here.

Join Music that Makes Community for four In-Depth Advent Explorations Monday Morning Groundings from September 21 - October 12 at 10 a.m. Eastern, 9 a.m. Central. During these meetings, we will be teaching, learning, and sharing 1-2 songs along with Advent readings. 

For this special series Monday Morning Grounding series, regular MMG co-hosts/leaders Amy Steenson and Nancy Willbanks are delighted to welcome song leaders:

• Richard Bruxvoort Colligan on September 21
• AnnaMarie Hoos on September 28
• Pam Blevins Hinkle on October 5
• Zachary Stevens-Walter on October 12

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