About Us

My name is Charity Barker. I live in Wyoming with my husband and three children, soon to be four. I have a God-given passion for children and have spent the last decade of my life building a career in child care and child education. I have eleven child care certifications and have been a professional child care provider for the last five years with a specialty in infant sleep training and children with Autism. We love homeschooling and the closeness it brings to our family as second generation homeschoolers. Outside of my family, my hobbies are simple and include volunteer work as well as acting in murder mysteries for charity events and the Penguin Project of Champaign, a program which allows children with any type of disabilities to perform plays on stage with the help of a paired partner. Music is a huge part of mine and my children's lives, and I feel blessed beyond measure for the opportunity to be a part of Hosanna Homeschool Choir, a choir I myself attended as a child. 

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Megan McGuire is our new Jubilee Choir director this year. She cherished her time singing in choirs during high school and college, and feels honored and humbled to lead Jubilee this year! Her kids have been involved in Hosanna Homeschool Choir for seven years.

Megan grew up in Metamora, Illinois and graduated from the University of Wisconsin- Madison in 2002. After college, she taught at the middle school, high school, and undergraduate levels for several years before getting married and starting her family. Megan and her husband live in Washington where they homeschool their five children.

Emily Mungons is our Hallelujah (teen choir) director. Emily has always enjoyed learning new choral music, both as a singer and a director. Her love for the choir atmosphere began when she was 11 years old and joined the Hosanna Homeschool Choir (then, the Apache Homeschool Choir).

Emily was homeschooled all the way through high school and decided to go on to college to pursue a music education degree. She graduated from Faith Baptist Bible College in 2016, earning their Excellence in Music award. During her time at college, she toured with their chorale, orchestra, and handbell choir, while also being a member of a string quartet.

After graduating college, Emily taught K-12 music in a Christian SChool for 3 years, gaining experience working with children of all ages. She directed children’s, middle school, and high school choir concerts in addition to teaching classroom music everyday.

Mrs. Mungons, her husband, and daugher live in the small town of Wyoming where she teaches private voice, piano, and violin lessons. She enjoys gardening, knitting, and reading. Emily feels immensely blessed to be able to contribute back into the homeschooling community that fostered her love of music.