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.
Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival
Transforming and connecting lives through faith and music since 1981.
2025 LSM Musical Advent Calendar
Nov. 30 – Dec. 24
Experience the fifth annual Musical Advent Calendar from Lutheran Summer Music with daily musical meditations to inspire reflection throughout the season. Follow along on Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube, with all videos archived at LSMacademy.org/acal.
P.S. It’s also time to nominate students for LSM 2026! Help a young musician experience a transformative summer of music, community, and faith at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Nominate them today at LSMacademy.org/nominate.
Institute of Liturgy Studies
An ecumenical conference on liturgical renewal for the church today.
The Feast of Creation – liturgy as creation groans
Valparaiso University, Ind.
April 13-15, 2026
Registration is now is open.
Early Registration: $350, ends Jan. 31, 2026
Regular Registration: $450
See website for other registration categors.
The 77th meeting of the Institute of Liturgical Studies will consider the possibilities of such a festival and season. We will reflect on creation, incarnation, and Jesus’s death and resurrection, all received by us through the created materiality of our sacramental life together. Furthermore, we will examine how petroleum culture has influenced our sacramental life and begin to envision ways to counter its impact. A model lectionary will be used, and sample liturgies will be celebrated.
The schedule, plenary speakers and workshop information are now available.
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Association of Lutheran Church Musicians
ALCM nurtures and equips musicians to serve and lead the church’s song.
ALCM 2026 Conference “Now and Forever”
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
Registration is now open.
In 1986, forty years ago, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians held its constituting convention at St. Olaf College, setting out to become a professional organization that would lift up the role of church music and to equip leaders to be able to lead the church’s song.
In the midst of our 40 year celebration, ALCM finds itself back on the St. Olaf campus to recommit to the calling of Lutheran Church music, to celebrate the last forty years, and to dream together about the next 40. Timing this conference to be in conjunction with Festival Week of Lutheran Summer Music, we gather to think about how God’s voice shapes the church Now and Forever. Through workshops, discussions, worship, and hands-on learning opportunities, participants will strengthen their gifts and develop new skills in topics such as worship leadership, technology, composition, enriching assembly song and more, all the while forming connections from Generation to Generation with musicians in the Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival.
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.
Training Events — Join us at the following events for continuing education, community building, professional development, and celebrating this practice of paperless communal song-sharing.
- 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.
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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.
