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Pasadena Tabernacle Youth Chorus travels to Finland, Estonia and the U.K.
The Pasadena Tabernacle (Calif.) Youth Chorus, led by Barbara Allen, recently returned from a ministry tour of Finland, Estonia and the U.K. where they presented the gospel message in their own inimitable style.
General Linda Bond attended the group’s bon voyage concert, “Glorious,” held at the Pasadena Tabernacle Corps to a standing-room only crowd, along with Western Territorial Leaders Commissioners James and Carolyn Knaggs and National Leaders Commissioners William and Nancy Roberts. Soon thereafter, the 68-member group departed for Europe.
The youth chorus accompanied the Knaggs—who were special guests at the Finland Congress led by Commissioner Dick Krommenhoek—and took the opportunity for a concert tour.
After presenting open-air concerts in Tallin and Tartu, Estonia, the chorus performed in St Olaf’s Cathedral, where many listeners were moved to tears by their a cappella rendition of “Be Thou My Vision.”
“I believe God has surely organized this great trip to bless me, my family and our young people,” said Western Territory officer Captain Anya Henderson, currently serving in Estonia with her husband, Dan.
The U.K. segment of the tour began with an excursion to International Headquarters and a visit with the General, this time in her office where she took time to chat with the young people and enjoy their impromptu singing to her of “Happy Birthday.”
The youth chorus performed in Nottingham, Boscombe, and Staines where audiences received them with excitement and prolonged applause. Their up-tempo gospel style version of “O Boundless Salvation” (arr. James Allen) brought the crowd to its feet.
On Sunday morning—the final day of the tour—at the Upper Norwood Corps, Knaggs, who blogged that “traveling and ministering along with the Pasadena Tabernacle Youth Chorus has been a treat of a lifetime,” urged the young people to remember “the music and the miracles they had witnessed throughout their travels and the Master to whom all praise and glory is due.”
Read more of Commissioner Knaggs’ blogs from the trip at TCspeak.com; search for “Pasadena Tabernacle Youth Chorus.”
