Each month ELCA Worship highlights resources and events from other organizations and institutions. These Lutheran and ecumenical partner organizations work alongside the ELCA to support worship leaders, worship planners, musicians, and all who care about the worship of the church. ELCA Worship also features resources from Augsburg Fortress Publishers in a monthly blog post.
Association of Lutheran Church Musicians
ALCM nurtures and equips musicians to serve and lead the church’s song.
Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival
Transforming and connecting lives through faith and music since 1981.
New FREE Arrangement from Lutheran Summer Music by Anne Krentz Organ
Download a new free arrangement from Lutheran Summer Music 2025 by Anne Krentz Organ: Beach Spring for solo instrument with keyboard accompaniment. Based on the well-known shape-note hymn tune, this versatile work is this year’s installment in the LSM Hymn Tune Project and can be performed either in full or as individual movements. Listen and download for free at LSMacademy.org/lsmpress.
Vi Messerli Memorial Lectures in Church Music
For All the Saints
October 19-21
Concordia University Chicago
River Forest, Illinois
Join us for another exciting year of celebrating the Church’s song at the Vi Messerli Memorial Lectures in Church Music. This year’s presenters include: John D. Witvliet, founding director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, MI, and currently professor of theology and worship at Belmont University; noted organist and composer John Behnke, a Festival of Hymns by David W. Rogner, presented by Concordia-Chicago’s Kapelle, and the choirs of Grace Lutheran Church and First Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church, and organist and composer Brenda Portman. Register today for this and much more!
Music that Makes Community
Rooted in Christian contemplative and activist traditions, Music That Makes Community envisions a liberative culture that empowers individuals and communities to claim and use the power of singing to heal our spirits, nurture our common lives, and work for justice.
Introductory Spaces – Meet Music that Makes Community at these events and conferences.
- CMP Converging 2025 in Columbus, Ohio, October 16-18.
Training Events — Join us at the following events for continuing education, community building, professional development, and celebrating this practice of paperless communal song-sharing.
- October 3-5: Workshop in Madison, Wisconsin
- October 12: Three-day Retreat in Albuquerque, N.M.
- November 7-9: Workshop in Waco, Texas
- February 6-8, 2026: Two-Day Retreat in Raleigh, N.C.
Details and more in-person events are being planned. Please stay tuned!
Resources – Read the MMC blog for articles on a variety of topics. The latest presents Songs for Justice.
Job Postings on Music That Makes Community website.
Sign up for Monthly Newsletter for regular updates on resources and events. Read recent issues here.
Journey to Baptismal Living: North American Associate for the Catechumenate
An ecumenical Christian community seeking to support seekers, whether baptized or not, and those who accompany them on their journey of faith through the catechumenal process.
You are invited to visit the re-designed website to learn more about who we are and how to can assist you with resources, training, and other information about how we may work with you to connect through your commitment to the movement of faith through the sacrament of baptismal living as disciples of Christ.
