Download or read book Dancing for Him written by Lynn M. Hayden and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing For Him is a helpful handbook about dancing for the Lord during praise and worship, ministry, and gospel presentations. Written from a dance team leader's perspective, the topics include:Dance During Praise SongsDance During WorshipTeam UnityMinistering LoveMinistering DeliveranceMinistering PropheticallyPerformance Vs. MinistryChoreography TipsSuccessful RehearsalsOld and New Testament words relating to praise through movement (along with the associated scriptures)It contains great testimonies, and is wonderful for someone just starting a dance team, as well as for one more experienced.People have said, "I wish I had this book before starting in dance ministry. It certainly would have helped."Also, many dance leaders order one copy for each member of their team, so they may have weekly studies.

Download or read book Dance As the Spirit Moves written by Heather Clark and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From victory dances to healing and wall breaking dances, you will discover how exciting and enjoyable biblical dance is, and how it can be part of your Christian life. This book also provides practical steps to building a dance ministry, It focuses on dancers, worship leaders, and church leaders revealing ways all three groups can work together in unity for a greater release of personal and corporate creativity. Be open to what God may want to do creatively through you. Allow yourself to be used in any way that God chooses. Dance as the Spirit Moves.

Download or read book Liturgical Dance Movement written by Nell Challingsworth and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 1982-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Introducing Dance in Christian Worship written by Ronald Gagne and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of dancing in liturgy ... models for using dance in the eucharist ... and examples of dance consistent with the church year. How to dance. Why to dance. And how dance fits into liturgy. Kane's easy-to-follow format lets you choose the right movement for different parts of worship, much as you would choose the right music. VerEecke shares his personal account as a dancer - a theologian's conception of his art. Gagne provides a historical look at dance in worship and a chronology of the events which have shaped attitudes toward dance. Includes suggested gestures for danced prayer, step-by-step dance movements for use in your church, and many photographs. Inspiring. Informative. Easily reachable. A practical guide - with scholarship to back it up. -- from back cover.

Download or read book Moving Liturgy written by Jane C. Wellford and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation What does it mean to be a visual aid in worship? Moving Liturgy: Dance in Christian Worship provides readers with powerful ideas to bring prayers, parables, hymns, and scripture passages to life in the most direct way--storytelling in dance and movement through the body--the best visual aid This book offers practical and artistic information for anyone interested in learning about, or re-affirming, the use of dance and movement in worship. Jane Wellford has worked extensively in the arts of liturgical dance and drama in collaboration with clergy, musicians, conductors, visual artists, dancers, and entire congregations. Successful ideas for worship, as well as creative possibilities, are all included in this book. I believe that worship should be made multi-sensory, exciting, and as connected to real life experiences as possible. The more senses that are involved in worship, the more likely the message will be received. When we hear the word of God shared through words or music, see it come to life through dance, drama, or other visual arts, experience it through speaking the prayers, confessions, or creeds, and sing it through hymns or chants, we are more actively engaged in the experience of worship. ""Learning 'The Lord's Prayer' from Jane confirmed my calling as a liturgical and sacred dancer. That was 1997 at a Sacred Dance Festival. Now in 2016, this dance is the signature piece of the Sacred Dance Ensemble of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Jane is an inspirational teacher, choreographer, and dancer. The liturgical world will be enriched by her book.""--Vicky Nichols Wilder, Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapist; Artistic Director, Sacred Dance Ensemble of Fredericksburg ""InMoving Liturgy, Jane Wellford presents a rich history of liturgical dance and offers practical and creative ways to involve movement and dance in worship. Her passion for liturgical dance and vast experience in many congregations makes this a tremendous resource and guide for worship committees, church musicians, and clergy seeking ways to enhance worship through movement. An enjoyable and enlightening read "" --J. Patrick Murphy, Organist-Choirmaster, First Presbyterian Church of Burlington, NC ""Jane Wellford has created a book for dance in the Christian church. Worship planners and leaders, Christian educators, retreat leaders, musical leadership, and anyone involved in the creation of events for the Christian church will find this book invaluable. Beginning and seasoned liturgical dancers will be inspired. She has thought through the process to ensure that dance in the Christian tradition is a sacred experience for dancers and all involved."" -- Karen Josephson, former President, the Sacred Dance Guild; Author of The Christian Body Dances: A History of Dance in the Christian Church Jane C. Wellford is a Professor of Dance in the Performing Arts Department of Elon University. With a BA in Theatre and an MFA in Dance, Wellford uses her arts background to work collaboratively with churches in worship arts. As Director of Moving Liturgy Dance Ensemble, a professional liturgical dance troupe, Wellford and her troupe have performed extensively throughout the United States, offering a repertory of 237 dances of worship to hundreds of churches and conferences."

Download or read book The Power and Purpose of Praise Dance written by Sabrina Christine Woods and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-13 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance, throughout history, has been an integral part of various cultures, peoples, nations and celebrations. Praise Dance, as a ministry vehicle, is not just dance (by societal definitions) to a specific genre of music. It is not for a set group of persons who studied under a certain dancer or dance style. Nor is it for those who have the most technical abilities or the ability to remember and execute a series of movements on beat and in rhythm. Praise dance, as a ministry grace, is simply an expression of movement used to communicate with God and to communicate God's heart to His people. It is the sight of God's message. It communicates the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that may not be received or understood through the hearing of the Gospel. Praise Dance is used to praise, pray, preach, teach, evangelize, prophesy, minister, heal and set the atmosphere to bring forth signs, wonders and miracles. Praise Dance, as a ministry grace, is ministry of God's Word through movement.

Download or read book Introduction to Liturgical Dance 2nd Edition written by Kimberly Brown-Phillips and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REVISED EDITION: It is important that dancers begin to contend for the higher calling of God and move past the normal and the ordinary. It

Download or read book Encountering God Through Dance written by Saara Taina and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Release the Kingdom through Dance! You can experience God’s presence and healing power through dance. Encountering God Through Dance equips believers to worship Jesus in wholehearted devotion—to express love without fear or shame. What people are saying: Encountering God Through Dance is the wonderful journey of a radical lover of God…and a manual for instruction and inspiration. —Bill Johnson, Senior Pastor, Bethel Church This is by far the most refreshing book I have read in a long time. Saara Taina has given her life to a core area of life that is far too marginalized in many churches. —Marc A. Dupont, Mantle of Praise Ministries, Inc. Rarely do you see a book that offers passion, testimonies, and biblical expertise so that others can be fully equipped. —Theresa Dedmon, Director of Prophetic Arts, Bethel Church We have personally experienced the breakthrough power of the dance many, many times in Succat Hallel, our 24/7 worship room that overlooks Mount Zion in Jerusalem. —Rick and Patti Ridings, Succat Hallel The author’s personal journey of devotion through dance has taken her worldwide. She wraps her exciting travels with a solid biblical framework for the importance of dance in the Kingdom of God—on earth, today!

Download or read book Moving Liturgy written by Jane C. Wellford and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be a visual aid in worship? Moving Liturgy: Dance in Christian Worship provides readers with powerful ideas to bring prayers, parables, hymns, and scripture passages to life in the most direct way--storytelling in dance and movement through the body--the best visual aid! This book offers practical and artistic information for anyone interested in learning about, or re-affirming, the use of dance and movement in worship. Jane Wellford has worked extensively in the arts of liturgical dance and drama in collaboration with clergy, musicians, conductors, visual artists, dancers, and entire congregations. Successful ideas for worship, as well as creative possibilities, are all included in this book. I believe that worship should be made multi-sensory, exciting, and as connected to real life experiences as possible. The more senses that are involved in worship, the more likely the message will be received. When we hear the word of God shared through words or music, see it come to life through dance, drama, or other visual arts, experience it through speaking the prayers, confessions, or creeds, and sing it through hymns or chants, we are more actively engaged in the experience of worship.

Download or read book Ringleaders of Redemption written by Kathryn Dickason and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In popular thought, Christianity is often figured as being opposed to dance. Conventional scholarship traces this controversy back to the Middle Ages. Throughout the medieval era, the Latin Church denounced and prohibited dancing in religious and secular realms, often aligning it with demonic intervention, lust, pride, and sacrilege. Historical sources, however, suggest that medieval dance was a complex and ambivalent phenomenon. During the High and Late Middle Ages, Western theologians, liturgists, and mystics not only tolerated dance; they transformed it into a dynamic component of religious thought and practice. This book investigates how dance became a legitimate form of devotion in Christian culture. Sacred dance functioned to gloss scripture, frame spiritual experience, and imagine the afterlife. Invoking numerous manuscript and visual sources (biblical commentaries, sermons, saints' lives, ecclesiastical statutes, mystical treatises, vernacular literature, and iconography), this book highlights how medieval dance helped shape religious identity and social stratification. Moreover, this book shows the political dimension of dance, which worked in the service of Christendom, conversion, and social cohesion. In Ringleaders of Redemption, Kathryn Dickason reveals a long tradition of sacred dance in Christianity, one that the professionalization and secularization of Renaissance dance obscured, and one that the Reformation silenced and suppressed.

Download or read book And We Shall Learn through the Dance written by Kathleen S. Turner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liturgical dance is a way to present, reflect, instruct, learn, study, and share religious beliefs with one's self, within one's worship community, and with one's God. Such a belief is confirmed and witnessed within a variety of religious settings throughout the world from the beginning of time to this present age. However, there is a vacuum of resources that connect liturgical dance within the Christian context as a tool for religious learning within the field of religious education. With the continual rise of liturgical dance as an artistic form of expression, this book proposes that liturgical dance offers unique attributes conducive to the teaching and learning of faith and to faith formation. Kathleen S. Turner shows how liturgical dance is religious education in two very important ways: first, by addressing the power and potential liturgical dance has in nourishing the faith life of Christian congregants through means that are both educative and reflective; and second, by giving examples of how liturgical dance can be implemented as a religious-education tool within the teaching life of the church.

Download or read book A Time to Dance written by Margaret Fisk Taylor and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her new book, A Time to Dance, Margaret Fisk Taylor recreates the exciting religious response her country-wide "symbolic movement" workshops have engendered in children, young people, and adults.First of all, A Time to Dance is a "how to" book. It tells, graphically and step-by-step, how to be a leader of a dance choir, how many members there should be, what kind of robes to wear, and, trickiest of all, how to get men and boys to join the group. There are descriptions of dance dramas, processions, narrative outlines and special programs for religious holidays.A fascinating section on the history of religious dance begins with the biblical "David danced before the Lord with all his might," and continues through the early Christian church and the medieval miracle and mystery plays.A third section brings to life the renaissance of dance movement in twentieth century religious worship.

Download or read book Dancing into the Anointing written by Aimee Kovacs and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing before the Lord is an integral part of praising God, says dancer and international speaker Aimee Kovacs. In Dancing Into the Anointing you'll learn about the prophetic dance and how dancing was used in worship in the Old Testament. You can also find out how to start a dance team at your church, and much more!

Download or read book Ever Ancient Ever New written by Winfield Bevins and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years now, the church in North America has heard figure after figure concerning the steady flow of young people leaving the church. In the midst of these troubling figures, there remains a glimmer of hope for these youth as they transition into young adults. Ever Ancient, Ever New tells the story of a generation of younger Christians from different backgrounds and traditions who are finding a home and a deep connection in the church by embracing a liturgical expression of the faith. Author and teacher Winfield Bevins introduces you to a growing movement among younger Christians who are returning to historic, creedal, and liturgical reflections of Christianity. He unpacks why and how liturgy has beckoned them deeper into their experience of Jesus, and what types of churches and communities foster this "convergence" of old and new. Filled with stories illustrating the excitement and joy many young adults have found in these ancient expressions of Christianity, this book introduces you to practices and principles that may help the church as it seeks to engage our postmodern world.

Download or read book Liturgical Dancer written by Diambu Kibwe Smith and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you praise God? By going to Church? By singing in the Church Choir? Perhaps by reading Biblical Scriptures. One way you can worship God and be spiritually fulfilled is by through liturgical dance. Movement to religious hymns of praise is one wonderful and awesome way to say, "Thank You Lord!!!" The book, "Liturgical Dancer: A Narrative," takes you through the experience of the Author, Mr. Diambu Kibwe Smith, as he learns to uptake the dynamic activity of Liturgical Dance. You will experience his trials and tribulations as he rises and falls all in The Name of the Lord!!! The book, "Liturgical Dancer: A Narrative," will leave you praising God and saying, "Amen!!!"

Download or read book Worship as Body Language written by E. Elochukwu Uzukwu and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worship sets an assembly in motion movement towards God in response to God's movement towards humans thus creating a resilient and caring community. Worship as Body Language brings the African community's experience of the body and its gestures together with the Christian liturgy, since worship and social action are closely related. The body language" or gestures of praise, adoration, contemplation, ritual dance, and care of the neighbor are meaningful to the ethnic group; African Christians tune into these body motions to express the one Christian faith. In Worship as Body Language, Father Uzukwu details how patterns of African ritual assemblies and sacred narratives have merged with Jewish, gospel, and early Church traditions to create living Christian communities and liturgies. Using a socio-historical method, this book sheds new light on liturgical action and theology, and suggests more transition rituals. It also provides samples of emergent African Christian liturgies that emphasize intense community participation with appropriate gestures. These local liturgies attest to the patristic principle that different customs actually confirm the unity of our faith in Christ. Scholars teaching and researching the foundations of the liturgy and liturgical inculturation, graduate students, and those organizing workshops on the regional, diocesan, or parish level will find Worship as Body Languagea ready handbook on the liturgy. It is also a useful textbook for introducing college students and seminarians to the anthropological, historical, and theological dimensions of the liturgy. Elochukwu E. Uzukwu, CSSp, ThD, lectures in liturgy and African theology in seminaries and Catholic universities in Nigeria, Congo, Zaire, and France. He is the author of Liturgy: Truly Christian, Truly African,and the editor of Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology. "

Download or read book Let the Bones Dance written by Marcia W. Mount Shoop and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minister and theologian Marcia Mount Shoop Offers an analysis of Reformed heritage---and an impassioned provocation that we live more adventurously. "Beautifully written and deeply felt. This work offers a vivid theology relocated in the flesh and blood of life's utter physicality. Finally a book to recommend when people ask about resources on bodies and theology!"---Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Pastoral Theology, The Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University "An incredibly compelling theological work. Bringing together a host of cutting-edge concerns that matter not simply to academic theologians, but to the lived life of faith, this project invokes the importance of bodies and their marking by gender, race, ethnicity, etc. Mount Shoop uses these now-familiar themes to break new ground by revealing the inadequacy of the overly verbal and cognitive character of Protestant worship and practice. It is groundbreaking."---Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School, and author of Places of Redemption: Theology for a Worldly Church "Mount Shoop thiks in new ways about central theological concepts and dares to imagine a new church emerging out of them. She combines the intellectual vigor of an academic with the heart and soul of a pastor who understands what it means to lead a congregation. Happily, she writes like a poet. Let the Bones Dance is provocative, stimulating, and readable."---John M. Buchanan, pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois, and author of A New Church for a New World Contemporary Christian faith and practice tend to address spiritual, mental, and emotional issues but ignore the body. As a result, many believers are uncomfortable in their own skins. Mount Shoop addresses this "dis-ease" with a theology that is attentive to physical experience. She also suggests how worship services can more fully invite God to inhabit every part of a congregation---including their flesh-and-blood bodies.