I know not everyone likes dance/performance in church but ....

Hey, I watched the video and it was really good. I clicked on the other link that you mentioned and I really liked those as well. Normally I tend to be a tad bit uptight and maybe a bit hesitant to this but these were good. (by the way I love Leeland good choice of song)!

 

Nice! Expressive worship is a beautiful thing.

If we can't dance in church, I'm in trouble. :laugh: The one we're at is relatively tame, but I've taken children who wanted to dance into the aisles during songs in less "formalized" churches. Gotta love kids!

 

I knew you were a closet Pentacostal. :laugh:

 

Come out of that closet Ann... it's safe....

Uh....

Maybe I worded that wrong!!!

 

Just make sure you have it covered. :saint:

 

Hey Ann....I DO go to a Pentecostal church. And I normally do NOT like this type of thing. But this was beautiful. No, I did not cry watching it, but if I was there in person, I probably would have Praise God for young people using their gifts and talents for the Lord.

 

David danced right....Buck Neked too......anyone got those video's:laugh:

 

Dancing seemingly is perfectaly acceptable in all the baptist church that I know, just as wine and beer will be in 50 years from now. How many churches have you seen condem "going to the picture show" today as they did in my childhood? I don't know of any. The times they are a changin..... Bob Dylan.

 

But legalism remains the same, eh?

 

I thought the dance was beautiful.

I think this quote is quite beautiful as well.

 

I'm not a fan of liturgical dance, although I do think that done well, it is asthetically beautiful.

I guess I'm not a fan because I don't get it. I don't see how it conveys worship, however beautifully it's done.

I would not be comfortable with liturgical dance in our church's worship service, but that's because I'm old and out of touch.

But it's obvious to many that you are moved by it, so far be it from me to oppose it carte blanche.

 

I, like Tom am just not artistic enough to get too moved by these. However, I know a great deal of young people love then, especially young girls, and I think it's great that they would put their time into worship of the Lord instead of worshiping lady Gaga, Oprah, and all of the other idols out there. They did a great job! May God continue to bless yopu and your husband's ministry. I always enjoy reading about your experiances.

 

I love Broadway Music and opera, but I wouldn't dream of accepting this very good music style into any church I pastored.

Then, there was a time when we didn't accept any instruments other than an organ and piano.....

I didn't see anything wrong with the girls performance in a camp setting, but in a church assembly?

Cheers,

Jim

 

Jim, how times have changed. When wife Janice and I attended an Anglican church in East Barnet during our visit to London, imagine my surprise to see a set of drums and an acoustic guitar along with a piano and organ.

The first hymn was fairly high church with only the organ, but the rest were accompanied by the drums and guitar--definitely low church.

My old Southern Baptist southern cultural background kicks in about the drums, and to some extent electric guitars. But at Christ Church of East Barnet, I was intrigued but not uncomfortable with the guitar and drums.

I know it's inconsistent, but I wouldn't like them in my own church, but can live with them in another church. It's personal and cultural, I think.

I guess it's the same with liturgical dance. I grew up in a Baptist culture where you didn't dance, smoke, drink or chew or go with girls that do.

 

Funny innit! Old time baptist preachers did chew and many smoked a pipe or cigars. In England it was common to have that glass of sherry before supper.

As you might know, I grew up and came to know Christ as Saviour, in the Church of England. When I left school I became a PB and then a Baptist when I decided on ministry. Quite a change in music took place with each step, including when I came to Canada. In the military I was still Anglican as a chaplain. Our music was definitely different there.

At one church here, they had no room for the drummer and set him up in the baptistry. I was offering prayer when he started to play. I stopped praying and advised him that I already had God's attention and didn't need his assistance. That church stopped the drummer whenever I went there to preach! Did they just respect me, or have a guilty feeling about the music?...lol.

Yes, times they are a changing and I fear we must yield somewhat to those changes.

Cheers, and bless,

Jim

 

A good friend of ours is the contemporary worship leader at a local Episcopal church. Very different. Traditional, Episcopal liturgical service except for the music -- which is very contemporary. It is the evening service -- sometimes with pizza served afterwards :smilewinkgrin: . At our own church, our blended service is somewhat similar -- though not nearly as liturgical as the Episcopalians.

A friend's daughter recently graduated from Belhaven University. It is unusual in that it is a Chrisitian university with a dance department, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD).

Yes, times are changing. Remember when only the Pentacostals danced in church???