Music That Makes Community

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

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.

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.

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