For 68 days last year, during the height of quarantine and lockdown, the Rev. Cindy Kohlmann held a hymn sing on Facebook Live, singing a cappella into her iPhone Monday through Friday at 5 p.m. from her home in Massachusetts.
At the same time, the Rev. Josephine Mutuota sat by her computer in Kenya. It was midnight, and she had stayed up all evening to watch the live broadcast.
These two women were already friends, but the hymn sing has especially shown how music can connect people around the world and bring comfort in the most challenging times.
The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation is pleased to announce that the Rev. Mary Margaret “Meg” Flannagan will join their staff June 1 as hymnal marketing manager. In this new position, Meg will oversee all marketing, promotion, and communication related to the forthcoming denominational book of song, slated for a fall 2013 release.