Author: Rachel Horst

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to you for being a part of our 2024 season. The Tehillah Ensemble deeply appreciates your support, which has enabled us to sing, travel, and praise God. Your investment in the kingdom of God financially and through your prayers is invaluable. We pray that everyone who graciously hosted us will… Continue reading Looking Back & Forward | 2024 Season

A Word on Recording and The Last Concert Back in southern Indiana, Tehillah cleansed the tour bus inside and out, packed away supplies, and dispersed for the first leisurely supper meal in around a week! Juanita Schrock, mother of Ruth Schrock, blessed us with a meal and a place to spend the evening together. Despite… Continue reading Recording & Final Concert | August 24-25

Thursday. 7:30 call-time. Cocalico Christian Brotherhood. Bound for Berlin, Ohio. Some sight-seers and some seat-sighers. Crying babies, game players, sleeping beauties. Short lunch break equals inhalation of food. Many miles on Turnpike until Berlin Mennonite Church. Special cameras and microphones set up for recorded performance. For these videoed songs, wait and seek out YouTube later.… Continue reading Tour Day 5 & 6 | August 22-23

Tuesday morning found us winding our way out of the Finger Lakes region of New York and heading for central Pennsylvania for concert number four. As previously mentioned, a rousing game of Spot-It was soon underway, enjoyed by all participating, and endured by everyone else. 🙂 Corey can be consulted to admit who won the… Continue reading Tour Day 3 & 4 | August 20-21

This past Sunday we headed to Plain View Gospel Fellowship in Guys Mills, Pennsylvania. Halfway through, we stopped at a beautiful, quiet park for a sack lunch and a small church service. Even some of God’s nature seemed to enjoy our singing as a snake was found lying on top of a bush near our… Continue reading Tour Day 1 & 2 | August 18-19

Ready or not, our 2024 tour has begun–hopefully we are ready anyway! With two days of rehearsal behind us, the Tehillah Ensemble is moving into concert mode and we anticipate seeing many of you in the next week. Please pray for us as we endeavor to praise God and encourage his family! The theme of… Continue reading Pre-Tour Rehearsal | August 16-17

Where do we begin and end with all the thanks due to our God and the kind people who made the 2023 Tehillah season the blessing that it was? So MANY people pulled together for God’s glory, and to support artistic music, family, friends, and strangers. We are grateful. This is not an exhaustive list,… Continue reading Thank You | 2023

It was Sunday, August 13th. The day began with a morning church service at Truth and Grace Mennonite Church. Some of the more scrupulous members of the group went at 10:00, in time for Sunday school, and those desiring more sleep made it in time for the 11:00 sermon. Following the service, we were blessed… Continue reading Final Concert in Elnora | August 13

Thursday, the 10th of August, was our final day of travel on the bus, a fact for which I’m quite sure all aboard were grateful. As fond as this writer is of the members of the Tehillah ensemble and their families alike, personal space is a valuable commodity not to be found on a bus.… Continue reading Travel & Recording | August 10-12

The day: Wednesday, the ninth of August; the time: 7:45 AM; the destination: Athens, Tennessee. All 16 members of Tehillah and their respective family members had groggily dragged themselves out of bed and been driven to meet the bus at Barnwell Mennonite Church. Much caffeine had already been consumed, and several cries were made in… Continue reading Concert in Athens | August 9