As you know, I can never work out the best way to handle the money side of dance ministry, and this has come to a head once again. I've just been asked to provide a group of dancers for a forthcomi...

OK, time's up :) The hebrew word translated "joy" in Ps 30:11 is simcha. The parallelism in this verse indicates that joy is synonymous with dancing. The word translated "gladness" in Ps 100:2...

(Warning: long and a bit of a rant!) My view has always been that "dancing in the spirit" is a man-made term and is not biblical. As far as I am aware, its origins are in the Pentecostal movement a...

No responses, maybe because the domain's been down. Shall I give the answer...

Hi Daego, I can commend everything that Dean and Helena have said to you. They are wise and experienced people who are a blessing to many. Let me just add a few comments of my own. Historical...

I posted this a few days ago on another group, but thought it might be worth including it here as well. I am sad to have to inform you that Florence Mary Ball went to be with the Lord on August 3rd...

<QUOTE author="HelenaZF,Oct 30 2007, 06:12 PM">HelenaZF,Oct 30 2007, 06:12 PM Wrote:I hope the reason there haven't been a string of responses to this topic is because everyone is trying to dige...

I've occasionally come across the term "body worship" used to refer to what most people would call dance, sometimes in more of an interpretive or sign language style. I was wondering if anyone else...

Having done a bit of research, I've recently been very encouraged to discover that there appears to be loads of dance happening in churches in the south/latin american countries. The use of tambourine...

Books on dance - last updated 22 August 2007<LIST> <LI> A Bounty Of Passing Moments, Margaret Stephens</LI> <LI> A Dancing People, Adelaide Ortegel</LI> <LI> A Time...

A long time ago, I promised to do a list of books on dance within christian or messianic contexts (christian dance, liturgical dance, praise dance, worship dance, davidic dance, call it what you like!...

I've been booked to lead a messianic dance day for a church next month. It turns out I can't make it due to work commitments, and a couple of friends will be doing it for me. But I'm still involved...

Here's something I've been thinking about recently: How do you respond to someone who feels that worship dance (of any form) in church services is not permissible, based on their reading of the Bib...

Can you make a connection between these two verses? Ps 30:11 You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy Psalm 100:2a Worship the Lord with gladness I...

<QUOTE author="flaglady,Oct 10 2006, 11:22 AM">flaglady,Oct 10 2006, 11:22 AM Wrote:And me? I was sitting on the steps of the podium, out of breath, heart going like a jack hammer - better than ...

:o :o Well, I did in my lounge before posting, and there's not much room there. Taking off on the turn probably is a bit much unless the music is a little bit faster than usual, but I'm sure I onc...

flaglady,Aug 9 2006, 04:03 PM Wrote:The main difficulty is that it's actually in triple time (3/4) - unusal for a worship song and is also quite slow and ponderous.I just love songs in 3/4 time!!! :...

I had a perfect example a few days ago of the problems caused by not planning. We had to do the same messianic dance twice in a row because we hadn't checked with the musicians what songs they were do...

Helena, You took the words right of my mouth! I'd almost finished a reply, left it whilst I was eating, came back, did a preview, and there yours was! As you'll see, I mention both Ps 51 and the Bi...

<QUOTE author="etherea,Sep 14 2006, 12:22 AM">etherea,Sep 14 2006, 12:22 AM Wrote:...but what about choreographed dance? Can somebody really participate in choreographed dance if they are not t...

Jo, What a wonderful testimony. One thing that really touched me about your story is the response you got from Ian White. So often I find that church leaders (clergy/pastors/ministers - call them w...

Forgive me if this is something I've asked about before - I've been thinking about it recently. There seems to be two main strands that have contributed to what is called davidic or messianic worshi...

Important point, Helena. I would say it definitely is needed. Many very serious problems (not just in dance ministry) have resulted from people not having any effective covering. (A group of "yes m...

Must be brief, but on the subject of Psalm 83 and Israel, download this file <URL url="http://www.acwitness.org/movies/psalm83presentation.zip">here, unzip and run it (readme file included). It'...

Helena, Being the questioning sort, I'm wondering exactly which feasts are you referring to. Presumably you mean Pesach, Shavuot, and Succot, but there's also Purim, Rosh Hashanah, Simchat Torah...