forever praising you and saying:

Linda McCrae grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Following college, she spent three years living and working in Mexico City, Mexico through the Division of Overseas Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Linda returned to the United States to pursue her Masters of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary in New York, New York. Her degree included studies at the Latin American Biblical Seminary in San Jose, Costa Rica. Following her graduation and ordination, Linda worked for several years for Global Ministries of the Disciples of Christ and the United Church of Christ, first as a program assistant for Latin America and the Caribbean and later as a missionary in a role of “pastoral accompaniment” with refugees in Guatemala.
 
Upon her return, Linda was called as Pastor of Wood Memorial Christian Church in Van Buren, Arkansas. Since 2002 she has served as Senior Pastor of Central Christian Church in downtown Indianapolis, where she gets great joy from being part of an inquisitive, diverse, justice-seeking community of faith. She also serves as a Field Education supervisor at Christian Theological Seminary, and is a member of the board of the Indianapolis Congregation Action Network (IndyCAN). She recently completed nine years of service on the board of directors for the Division of Overseas Ministries/Global Ministries, including two years as chair of the board.

Guillermo Cuéllar (b. 1955) serves on the faculty at the Universidad “Francisco Gavidia” in San Salvador, El Salvador and is a member of the multidisciplinary group, “Dirección Nacional de Investigaciones en Arte y Cultura de la Presidencia de la Republica” (President’s National Board of Research for Arts and Culture). He has an advanced degree in Social Anthropology and his other areas of study have included philosophy, theology and communications from universities in Mexico and Central America.
 
In addition to his dedication as a teacher, music has monopolized his professional commitments for the last 35 years. His musical trajectory began as a choir member as a youth in Woodstown High School in New Jersey and the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in El Salvador. Over the last 35 years he has been a member of musical groups that best represent the Salvadoran “Nueva Canción”: Sembrador (1975), Mahu Cutah (1977), Yolocamba l Ta (1980), Banda Tepehuani (1986), Cuestarriba (1994), Exceso de Equipaje (1996-2009).
 
Between 1999 and 2005 he directed the university choir of the Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador. He is the renowned composer of two mass settings: “Misa Popular Salvadoreña” (1980), which was written at the request of Archbishop Romero, and “Misa Mesoamericana” (1994), as well as “Dos Alas” (2000), a musical composition of the poems of the Salvadoran poet, Alfredo Espino.