LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sixty-six young Baptists band together later this month to celebrate God’s gift of music on a four-city worship tour.
The Kentucky Baptist Convention’s All State Youth Choir and Orchestra begins its jaunt through central Kentucky on June 22 at Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville.
Leading the worship experiences are conductors Mickey Ballard, Sue Ellen Ballard and Scott Bersaglia.
Mickey Ballard serves as the minister of Music and Worship at Central Baptist Church in Paris, Ky. He previously taught at Eastern Kentucky University, has conducted the KBC Men’s Choral, and served many Kentucky churches as a minister or clinician.
Sue Ellen Ballard is the choral director at Bourbon County Middle School and organist at Central Baptist. She has served at Eastern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, Georgetown College and in public school systems in Mississippi and Kentucky.
Bersaglia is the founder and music director of the Sacred Winds Ensemble, as well as founder and chairman of Sacred Winds Ministries. He serves as the director of bands for Pikeville Independent Schools where he oversees and directs the district’s instrumental music curriculum. Bersaglia recently served as the interim minister of music at First Baptist Church of Pikeville, and will join First Baptist Church of Hazard in July as part-time music minister.
All-State Youth Choir and Orchestra tour dates
June 22, 6 p.m., Walnut Street Baptist Church, Louisville
June 23, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church of Mount Washington
June 25, 7 p.m., Broadway Baptist Church, Lexington
June 26, 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. (Abridged performances), First Baptist Church of Richmond
June 26, 3 p.m., First Baptist Church of Richmond
All-State Youth Choir and Orchestra members
Folly Aboussa, Parkland Baptist Church, Louisville
Cara Anderson, Parkland Baptist Church, Louisville
Bailey Arnett, Lone Oak First Baptist Church, Paducah
Kylee Auten, Highland Park First Baptist Church, Louisville
Arianna Baird, Horse Cave Baptist Church, Horse Cave
Hannah Baldauff, Piner Baptist Church, Morning View
Jake Ballard, Central Baptist Church, Paris
Aaron Beach, Lone Oak First Baptist Church, Paducah
Zane Birdsong, Immanuel Baptist Church, Paducah
Zachary Bohannon, Highview Baptist Church, Louisville
Cierra Bowman, Parkland Baptist Church, Louisville
Lexi Bowman, Whitefield Academy, Louisville
Molly Carnall, First Baptist Church of Shepherdsville
Shelby Caudel, Horse Cave Baptist Church, Horse Cave
Kendyll Clark, First Baptist Church of Paris
Alex Cobb, Owenton First Baptist Church, Owenton
Morgan Collins, Smiths Grove Baptist Church, Smiths Grove
Sarah Coomer, Charity Baptist Church, Eddyville
Callie Copeland, First Baptist Church of Albany
Molly Cornett, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Stanton
Sarahbeth Cox, First Baptist Church of Brandenburg
Claraleigh Cross, Rineyville Baptist Church, Rineyville
Mildred Dominguez, First Baptist Church of Albany
Sidney Dominguez, First Baptist Church of Albany
Anna Grace, Ehr, First Baptist Church of Lawrenceburg
Abbi Etherton, New Horizon Baptist Church, Glendale
Devin Farley, Buck Run Baptist Church, Frankfort
Mollie Cate, Fields, First Baptist Church of Lawrenceburg
Matthew Golden, First Baptist Church of Madisonville
Rhea Goodman, Rineyville Baptist Church, Rineyville
Molly Ann Grider, Parkland Baptist Church, Louisville
Chase Harberson, Broadway Baptist Church, Lexington
Reid Helton, Lone Oak First Baptist Church, Paducah
Matthew Howerton, First Baptist Church of Madisonville
Brooke Jones, Piner Baptist Church, Morning View
Rachel Kinman, Versailles Baptist Church, Versailles
Reilly McDoanld, First Baptist Church of Hopkinsville
Anna McKinley, Immanuel Baptist Church, Elizabethtown
Katelyn McWhorter, Pleasant View Baptist Church, Waynesburg
Lanse Milburn, Highland Park First Baptist Church, Louisville
Kasey Miracle, First Baptist Church of Madisonville
Laure Nallia, First Baptist Church of Hodgenville
Kailey Phelps, Burkesville Baptist Church, Burkesville
Zoey Prather, Parkland Baptist Church, Louisville
Monica Rivas, First Baptist Church of Hopkinsville
Jeremiah Robinson, Sovereign Grace Church, Lawrenceburg
Noah Robinson, Bashford Manor Baptist Church, Louisville
Sonya-Marie Rodriguez, First Baptist Church of Hopkinsville
Sara Rolstad, First Baptist Church of Hopkinsville
James Sams, Millville Baptist Church, Frankfort
Rebecca Sams, Millville Baptist Church, Frankfort
Nathanael Sears, First Baptist Church of Somerset
Drew Shannon, Grace Baptist Church, Somerset
Lydia Smith, Grace Baptist Church, Independence
Cassie Stearman, Parkland Baptist Church, Louisville
Evan Stewart, Highview Baptist Church, Louisville
Kelsey Stopher, Bethel Baptist Church, Harrodsburg
Taegan Strain, LifePoint Church, Franklin
Kaitlyn Taylor, The Creek Church, London
Garrett Theodore-Powell, First Baptist Church of Richmond
Caryn Thomas, Living Hope Baptist Church, Louisville
Hannah Vinson, Scottsville Baptist Church, Scottsville
Jesse Wade, Deep Creek Baptist Church, Harrodsburg
Kaleb Wade, Deep Creek Baptist Church, Harrodsburg
Millicent Wade, Lone Oak First Baptist Church, Paducah
Samantha Womack, Valley View Church, Louisville
Robin Cornetet