Presbyterian Association of Musicians

Worship & music conferences:in 2023, pam continued hosting two worship & music conferences: 1-week in-personand one hybrid (in-person and online). The purpose was to offer an online option tothose members still not comfortable attending in-person events and to modeland provide best practices to those churches offering hybrid services. In 2023, 93people attended online and 1,375 in-person over the two weeks. All 1,468 receivedaccess to the recordings of the online services for the remainder of the year. The2023 attendance numbers were 102% of 2019 pre-covid attendance numbers,exceeding our budget projections and achieving its goal to provide valuableresources to its membership to utilize for the coming church year.

Call to worship subscriptions:the call to worship: liturgy, music, preaching, and the arts quarterly journal ispublished by the office of theology and worship of the Presbyterian church(u.s.a.) and serves as pam's professional journal. It is provided to all pam membersin print and/or electronically through the members only website. The annuallectionary aids issue provides worship and music resources based on thescriptures of the revised common lectionary, including opening sentences,prayers of the day, hymn and song suggestions, and anthem selections. Threethematic issues in each volume of call to worship include regular columns onliturgy, music, preaching, and the arts; additional liturgical ideas andresources; book and music reviews; and liturgical artwork.

Membership:member services of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians provide informationand activities designed aroung the organization's belief that formative andcollaborative experiences with god and neighbor nurture relationships andcreate community.