Hillcrest Academy Concert Choir Tour

For over 100 years Hillcrest students have boarded buses, vans, and cars to visit churches to encourage congregations through music, service, and testimony. These trips are a cornerstone of the Hillcrest experience, an exercise in the rhythm of Hillcrest’s education model that links students to the local church around the United States.

This tour has incredible impact on congregations. Read these testimonies from those who host Hillcrest students for the Concert Choir Tour:

From: Jeremy Osterwalder <jeremy@rezchurch.ca>

Date: Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 1:14 PM

Subject: Hillcrest in Camrose

President Brad, Jonathan, Hillcrest chaperones and Hillcrest choir members:

It was a gift to have your participation in Camrose on Saturday and in our congregational life on Sunday morning. 

Students, you conducted yourself with eagerness and were respectful in all your interactions. You displayed Jesus’ joy in your countenance. Your friendly and personable disposition with our church family was a blessing to many. 

You heard it from many but I will echo the kudos, the songs you shared to glorify God were done very well. 

Hillcrest can be proud of the ambassadors it has sent out in this year’s choir.

May you experience God’s continued favour and make many rich memories during the remainder of your tour.

Glad to be called one of your ministry partners,

Pastor Jeremy & the Church family at Resurrection

Jeremy Osterwalder

Executive Pastor

Resurrection Lutheran

5601 Enevold Drive

Camrose, AB. T4V 4N4

www.rezchurch.ca

780.672.0909

We look forward to scheduling Hillcrest to visit your church. For more information contact tour director Wayne Stender at wstender@ffhillcrest.org.

 

Hillcrest Academy Concert Choir

Dark and Luminous Night by Ola Gjeilo - Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Choir 2023

Come Find His Rest by Erik Dewar arr. Dan Forrest - Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Choir 2023

 

2025 Spring Tour Dates

March 21-29 Mountain West and Arizona

FAQs

  • Hillcrest’s tour involves hosting the 42 choir members and 7 chaperones and bus driver. This means there will be approximately 16 host homes. In addition to this, the church traditionally provides a meal before the concert. Many churches opt for a potluck style meal, where the choir members spend time meeting and eating with church parishioners.

  • Traditionally the concert choir will arrive to the church at 4:30pm.

    The Choir will conduct a series of operations in the church to setup for the concert. They may bring risers for the platform, organize technical arrangements for microphones and/or videos to be used during the concert, and setup a small display to greet parishoners when they arrive. This will take place between 4:30-5:00pm

    At approximately 5:00pm the Choir will conduct a short rehearsal.

    At approximately 5:30pm the Choir will meet with parishioners for the meal.

    At approximately 6:15pm the Choir will change into concert attire in dressing rooms/sunday school rooms.

    At approximately 7pm the concert will being and will last approximately 1 hr.

    At approximately 8pm the Choir will be introduced to their host homes whom they will spend the evening with.

    At approximately 8am the next morning the choir will meet at the church and will board the bus to travel to the next location.

  • Hillcrest is a discipleship training school that uses a classical approach to learning. We desire that students grow connected to the larger local church, and build habits and experience sharing testimony and bringing the message of the Gospel to the local church. The tour is one of many ways that we practice this vision and mission for our students.