Upcoming Events

1-Day Workshop - Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson, MA

• Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 09:30 AM

  Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson in Hudson, MA

  

  Music that Makes Community is excited to offer a One-Day Community Singing Workshop focusing on songs of love, freedom, and resilience at the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson in Central Massachusetts.

  MMC Executive Director Conie Borchardt and experienced MMC facilitators Nancy Willbanks will offer a lively day of singing, learning, and community building. No special talents required - just a love of music and fellowship. Singers of all backgrounds, ages, and experience levels are warmly welcomed to participate!

  Join us for a renewing day of building community through singing, learning, and fellowship. During our time together we’ll: 

  - Explore a practice of paperless (oral tradition) singing leadership grounded in a spirit of welcome and generosity;
  - Engage models of teaching and leading that welcome our bodies, hearts, and minds;
  - Experience music reflective of the growing diversity of our communities and celebrating our rich spiritual and liturgical traditions;
  - Build community and strengthen relationships through singing.

  Each person will leave with new music to share, as well as experiences of learning and teaching songs applicable to their context. Choir directors, clergy, cantors, lay leaders, and all who love to sing are warmly welcomed. 

  Registration fees

  - $59 for the public
  - $39 for members of UCMH

  Reach out for scholarships or family/group discounts at [email protected].  

  Childcare is available for those who request it.  Please indicate it under access needs on the registration form.  Contact [email protected] with questions.  

  Registration is now open here!

  We're grateful for the co-sponsorship with the Unitarian Church of Marlborough and Hudson.  
  If you'd like to co-sponsor this event, please reach out to [email protected] for more details.  

MMC at UCC General Synod 2025

• Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM

  Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, MO

  

  MMC faciliator Breen Sipes and Executive Director Conie Borchardt will be offering
  "Dipping Our Nets into Music that Makes Community: Deeply Accessible Singing for Every Body" during the 35th biennial General Synod of the United Church of Christ in July 2025.    

  For more details, click: https://generalsynod.org/

MMC at The Hymn Society 2025 Annual Conference

• Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 02:00 PM

  Wayne State University in Detroit, MI

  

  MMC Executive Director Conie Borchardt and Organizer for The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery Doe Hoyer will be offering "Reckoning with the Doctrine of Discovery Today: How Our Sacred Songs Can Move Us Towards Indigenous Solidarity" during the Hymn Society Annual Conference in July 2025. 

  For more details, click: https://thehymnsociety.org/event/

  

   

3-Day Retreat at the Norbertine Abbey, ABQ

• Friday, October 10, 2025 at 01:00 PM through October 12, 2025

  Norbertine Abbey in Albuquerque, NM

  

  Join us in the autumn high desert as Music that Makes Community gathers at the Norbertine Abbey in Albuquerque, NM for a spacious, three-day/two-night retreat, October 10-12, 2025.

  The retreat will be led by a dynamic team of local musicians and clergy, including Sylvia and Donnel Miller-Mutia, David and Winona Poole, as well as MMC's Executive Director Conie Borchardt. 

  Schedule and registration details will be available in early April 2025. 

  Please reach out to Conie at [email protected] with any questions or to request scholarship assistance.