Meet Our Staff | Hosanna!

Tony Blair

Senior Pastor

Tony Blair has served for 40 years as pastor of churches throughout southcentral Pennsylvania and as a mentor to other pastors. He and his family began worshipping at Hosanna! in 2005, soon after their move to Lititz, and he accepted a call to be a Senior Pastor alongside Jo Ann Kunz in January, 2007. Tony also serves as Legacy President and Lead Doctoral Faculty at Kairos University. He has earned doctorates in history and leadership, is a trained spiritual director, and a published author. He is notoriously fond of Johnny Cash, Star Trek, hiking, and pizza… but is not yet redeemed enough to like cats.

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Jo Ann Kunz

Senior Pastor

Jo Ann Kunz has been a part of the Hosanna! “family” since 1980. She has served the congregation in one capacity or another for over 40 years – nearly 30 of those years as Senior Pastor. She is an experienced scholar-practitioner, having served for 25 years as a leader, spiritual director/supervisor, and educator for a variety of academic and faith-based organizations, specializing in the fields of Christian Spirituality, Spiritual Formation and Direction, and Leadership, including Eastern University, Oasis Ministries, and Evangelical Seminary. She currently serves as Core Faculty at Kairos University. In addition, Jo Ann maintains a private direction/retreat practice with areas of special interest in: the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, Christian dream interpretation, the Enneagram, Biblical equality, Christian spirituality and practice, Christian “mystical” theology and history. Jo Ann holds a Master’s
Degree from Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia and is a perpetual learner, believing that there is always something more to for us all to learn and experience together in the presence of our gracious and loving God, Redeemer, and Spirit… on earth as it is in heaven.

Deb Helt

Pastor of Community Life

Deb serves as Pastor of Congregational Life and has been active in Hosanna! for more than 28 years. She is a trained spiritual director and a trained Enneagram instructor. She has a son, daughter-in-law, and two adorable grandchildren, Emma and Dylan. She loves the Hosanna! community, and if she would not work here, she would attend church here.

Tom Jensen

Worship Director

Tom started at Hosanna! in June of 2024. He has been leading worship at various churches since 2011 and plays anything with strings. Tom grew up in the Ephrata area and attended Ephrata Area Senior High School before graduating from Millersville in 2011 and Evangelical Theological Seminary in 2018. He lives in Myerstown with his wife Victoria and their son William. Tom’s favorite verse is John 11:35 “Jesus wept” because it was the easiest to memorize and there’s a lot to unpack from the fact that God knowing all things would put on flesh and experience all the feelings we do and even weep when we weep.

To volunteer on the worship team or production team, please email Tom at tom@hosannalititz.org.

Rick McKinney

Pastor of Congregational Care

Rick has been a part of the Hosanna! family for over three decades. He is a past Lead Elder and volunteers his time in several areas of ministry including teaching and dramas. He plays keyboards with the worship team. He is especially ministered to by Philippians 4: 13, “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.” Rick, and his wife Beth, live in Ephrata and have been attending Hosanna! since 1984. They have two daughters – Jane, who lives in Maine with her two children, and Kris, who lives in Ephrata with her husband and daughter.

Helen Cookey

Associate Pastor of Welcome Ministries

Helen has been attending Hosanna! since 1981 with her husband Niels Cookey. She enjoys meeting new folks and helping them to feel welcome at Hosanna! Helen oversees Hosanna’s usher and greeter teams and also volunteers with Hosanna’s Youth and Children’s ministry. Helen is also a trained spiritual director. Helen and Niels enjoy traveling, especially traveling to visit their children and grandchildren who live out of state. One of Helen’s favorite verses is Romans 8:28.

Rachel Enigk

Children's Ministry Director

Rachel has been attending Hosanna! for as long as she can remember. She became the children’s coordinator in October of 2024. She has a passion for children and teaching them about their friend, Jesus. She is also passionate about the community and watching the congregation grow. Rachel spends most of her days taking care of her son and taking him on new adventures!

Rachel’s favorite verse is- Psalms 118:1 “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.” She remembers to always be thankful for her blessings and Gods many miracles.

Jared Kunz

Youth Pastor

Jared is Hosanna!’s Youth Pastor. He ministers to the spiritual needs of students in grades 7-12, and works with parents and volunteers to train them to serve students as well. Jared tries to live according to the principles in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.” Jared and his wife, Carla, and their daughter, Mara, and son, Javin, live in Manheim, and he says that he has been attending Hosanna! “…ever since I was born.”

Mary Dye

Financial Assistant

Mary is Hosanna!’s Financial Assistant. She cites Psalm 148 as her favorite scripture. Mary lives in Lancaster, with her husband Chris. They have been attending Hosanna! since 1982.

Mike Newman

Technology Coordinator