We nurture grassroots community connection

The Center for Belonging Folk School nurtures grassroots community connection in spacious time through celebration, ritual, play, song, story, art, food, craft, and learning together with nature. We are non-experts working together to offer authentic alternatives to the perfectionism, isolation, and rush of modern society. We create simple and welcoming ways for connecting humans of all ages to spirit, land, and one another.


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Find out about community singing resources in the Midwest and beyond

New Book!

New Book!

If you're curious about how to bring group singing into spaces where your local communities gather, this book offers some tools, connection, and encouragement to begin.

Plus! These Books are also available to Order:

We Belong
from $6.50

We Belong
Ideas for Weaving Community Right Where We Are
by Liz Rog

This small book contains seven short essays to encourage connecting with neighbors and strangers: Invitation to a Neighbor, Weaving Community, Reconnection Toolbox, Saving Soul-Seeds, Building a Village, Leaning into Yes, and Opening the Door. 

46 pages. Some folks have ordered a handful and used this accessible book to invite community conversations. Discounts offered for bulk purchases:

1-9 books - $10 plus shipping
10+ books - $6.50 plus shipping

Please be sure to select the bulk pricing category below and enter the exact quantity that you would like to order.

Shipping costs are added during checkout. Shipping costs listed here are for within the US only — email us to inquire about shipping to other countries. If you are ordering this book along with other books, please be sure to select the shipping option that aligns with the total number of books you are ordering. If you are interested in ordering more than 50 books, please reach out to centerforbelongingfolkschool@gmail.com

We Are All Enough
from $6.50

We Are All Enough
One Mother’s Thoughts on Parenting and Wholeness
by Liz Rog

Parenting is some of the most important work in the world, and we’re trying to mend some broken systems for family-making in community. Let’s share what we’re learning. I was once a mother of two growing children and wanted to raise them well, like you do, like we all do. I hope that my writing can be a contribution to the dream that we will work together, at all ages and stages of life, to support parents and their communities in the brave work of raising children. 

64 pages. Read the introduction to this book here.

Some folks have ordered a handful and used this accessible book to invite community conversations. Discounts offered for bulk purchases:

1-9 books - $10 plus shipping
10+ books - $6.50 plus shipping

Please be sure to select the bulk pricing category below and enter the exact quantity that you would like to order.

Shipping costs are added during checkout. Shipping costs listed here are for within the US only — email us to inquire about shipping to other countries. If you are ordering this book along with other books, please be sure to select the shipping option that aligns with the total number of books you are ordering. If you are interested in ordering more than 50 books, please reach out to centerforbelongingfolkschool@gmail.com

Kitchen Table Singers
$15.00

Kitchen Table Singers
Songs of Comfort, Healing, and Encouragement
compiled by Liz Rog

Kitchen Table Singers is the name of our small local group that sings for individuals at thresholds that are difficult, joyous, or anything else. We sing for people in homes, hospitals, barns, and parks. Our songbook does not have written notes; it is simply the lyrics to the short and accessible songs that we sing, with all composers noted wherever possible. There is an accompanying digital spreadsheet with links to recordings of many of the songs. This is a collection that we have treasured, and it seems to be useful to others who are seeking to carry such songs in their communities. 

Shipping costs are added during checkout. Shipping costs listed here are for within the US only — email us to inquire about shipping to other countries. If you are ordering this book along with other books, please be sure to select the shipping option that aligns with the total number of books you are ordering. If you are interested in ordering more than 50 books, please reach out to centerforbelongingfolkschool@gmail.com

80 pages, $15