Pilgrims by Faith – Jon Troast
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Recording artist Jon Troast is best known for his continuing series of five song EPs titled with letters of the alphabet. Thus far, he has released “A” through “J”, and the “K” EP should be out soon.
In 2020, Jon became the worship leader at the church I attend (Christ Church PCA in Normal, Illinois). He often writes songs for our sermon series, and teaches them to our congregation. For his new worship album Pilgrims by Faith, Jon travelled to Nashville last fall to capture the bulk of the recording with producer Andy Osenga. Then, earlier this year, Osenga came to Christ Church to capture our congregation singing these songs. He then mixed that audio with the studio recorded tracks.
Paul Eckberg plays drums and percussion, Kevin Whitsett plays bass, Mike Hicks plays piano, organ, and keys, Stacy Lantz and the Christ Church congregation contribute background vocals. Andy Osenga plays guitars and synth and Jon Troast contributes lead vocals, acoustic guitar and wrote all of the songs.
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