As each year progressed, the areas in which the apprentices served continued to expand. New ideas were continually proposed and implemented. Indeed, the number of apprentices itself each year expanded as well. A year later another position was added. An important aspect of the apprenticeship mentioned earlier is the opportunity to receive matching funds to attend a summer music camp.
Similar incentives are also available for students who wish to attend other camps.
As the apprentices received hands-on experience in church work, each one considered a possible career in church work. Though most of the students have for now decided to pursue other vocations, several are currently preparing for full-time church work. Nicole King is taking education courses at Illinois Central College and hopes to transfer to Concordia University River Forest to become a Lutheran schoolteacher. Wesley Aldroubi, currently a junior at Peoria Central High, is considering pastoral ministry. Jen Moder, who counts Cantor Magness as one of her mentors but who became a Trinity apprentice after he took his position at Bethany, is a senior at the University of Illinois studying music education.