The name Sing Out Love continues the lineage of our Unitarian Universalist hymnals: from the UUA’s first hymnal, Hymns for the Celebration of Life, to the more familiar Singing the Living Tradition, Singing the Journey, and Las voces del camino. Sing Out Love orients us to this moment in the unfolding story of our faith.
Origin Story
As a virtual hymnal, this resource is shaped and guided by our call to offer:
- A living collection of song resources.
- An accessible, equitable, online platform.
- Grounding in our UU values.
- An invitation to helps Unitarian Universalism live into our prophetic calling as a joyful, liberatory, and anti-oppressive faith.
Because Sing Out Love is an online resource, it’s also an ever-changing one: new hymns and resources will be added every month, expanding the ways we sing our faith.
This twenty-first century medium reflects the reality that Unitarian Universalist theologies have evolved over the course of our history, and so have our practices of Unitarian Universalism.
2023-2025 Task Force Members
Sing Out Love was developed over the course of two years by the following leaders:
- Mary Benard, UUA Publications Director.
- Camille Hatton, Consulting Project Manager.
- Rev. Erika Hewitt, UUA Minister of Worship Arts.
- Beverly Horton, musician and Lay Chaplain, First Unitarian Church of Hamilton, Ontario.
- Susanne Maziarz, Music Director, Neighbourhood UU Congregation of Toronto, Ontario.
- Carey McDonald, UUA Executive Vice President
- In the Fall of 2024, Rev. Dr. Everett Howe began his service as Sing Out Love’s Administrator
Song Selection Team
In December 2024, the members of our Song Selection Team were selected and empowered to create a submission process and criteria for review of those submissions.
Beginning in late February 2025, this team thoughtfully and prayerfully gave their attention to over 170 submissions, choosing the hymns that met their criteria for inclusion in Sing Out Love:
- (Through May 2025:) Rev. David Glasgow, former Music Director, UU Cumberland Valley in Boiling Springs, PA.
- Susanne Maziarz, Music Director, Neighbourhood UU Congregation of Toronto, Ontario.
- Dr. Baker Purdon, Director of Music Ministry, Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden, CO.
- Gabe Perbieri, Director of Music, All Souls Unitarian Church, Indianapolis, IN.
- Rev. Amy Carol Webb, former Minister, River Grass UU Congregation, Davie, FL
Development Team
Our stellar development team brought our dreams to reality.
- Team Leader, Altaira Hatton, AltairaHatton
- Webflow Designer, Diego Mendoza, Diego at Webflow
- Webflow Developer, Jakes Van Eedes, Milk Moon Studio
Special Thanks
Sing Out Love came into being through the time, labor, and energy of many people. We offer special thanks to those who generously provided their gifts and skills.
Robert Buonaspina provided us with an extensive database that jump-started the virtual hymnal in powerful ways.
Early in our planning stages, we met with songwriters and composers whose wisdom helped to inform our licensing agreement and other details.
We also give thanks to Rev. Mark Belletini, Chair of the 1993 Hymnbook Resource Commission, for granting us time and wisdom about how his leadership might inform the work our Sing Out Love Song Selection Team.
We are grateful to Kimberly Lilley and Kelsie Fuhri for their tireless work in developing resources and editing content materials.
Finally, we thank the Association for Unitarian Universalist Music Ministries (AUUMM) for their support and collaboration.
