Praise Dancing outside
The COVID-19 pandemic has given "new" meaning to "taking it to the streets."
Since most of mainstream society shuttered after this public emergency pandemic was declared in mid-March 2020, churches and convention sites that might have hosted dance ministers also shuttered . . .
For awhile, it seemed, dance ministers, mime ministers and flag ministers seemed to also "shutter" their ministries . . . until . . . they realized they could still minister . . . they just had to 'take it to the streets.'
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| Praise Dancers taking it outside ... to the streets! |
We're loving it!
Loving that fellow dance ministers and others are realizing that not even a pandemic can shut up this "shout" in our bones, in our very fiber! We are so encouraged and so delighted to see fellow dance ministers take on the world, by storm! Some have even staged whole 'mini-dance ministry docu-dramas outdoors ~ what a stage for theater!
Even more so than that, we are equally geeked at what sometimes appears to be the 'curious on-looker' stopping . . . to get a a glance . . . for one more glance . . . Could it be that in the midst of the storm, God even set us up to still witness to the world for Him?
UPDATE (1 Nov. 2020): A word or two of caution, though! In the zeal to dance these gospel stories, please be careful of where and when you videotape. I just watched what I was expecting to be an awesome ministry presentation, but got soooo distracted about the dance minister's safety from not one, or two, or three, but 13 passing and approaching vehicles (from in front of her and from behind her!) during the 4:16 minute presentation. I got so distracted that my attention moved from the ministry to the passing vehicles: I'm sure that area was selected for a reason, but the nearby curbside and sidewalk area would have implied more safety.
Also, be sure, if possible, there is someone there with you while you're videotaping. We know "God's got you," but He also expects us to be wise and not unaware of traps an enemy might attempt to lay. Driver distractions are at an all-time high (says someone who thankfully and recently survived being T-boned by a driver very possibly on her cell phone who never paused/stopped her monster truck as she tried to enter a roadway) and those with ill-will just intent on harming innocent people seem to be out there amongst us. (Update and rant ending ....)
Here we are sharing some "took it to the streets" outside dance ministry dances that we primarily saw on YouTube (We'll share links to those on Facebook and other social media as we encounter them) . . . and even those that had the most 'telling' onlooker reactions! (Click here for our YouTube playlist!)
. . . Here's wondering if we will EVER want to dance inside four walls again!
Dances outside
* "Never Lost" dance ministry collaboration (April 26, 2020)
* "Design" and "Face of The Father" by Rauch Breath of God Dance Ministry (25 March 2020)
* "Pass Over, Tafi ('Leave')" by Tomi Favored and Ty Bello (4 April 2020)
* "Pass Over, Tafi ('Leave')" Facebook tribute (9 April 2020)
* "Oh, How We Need You" ministered by Keyonna Hill (9 April 2020)
* "Never Lost" dance ministry collaboration (11 April 2020)
* "I Speak Jesus" (12 April 2020)
* "Wrap Me In Your Arms" by William McDowell (dance ministry by Ms. Dandy) 10 May 2020
* "Stand Up 13856" by Cynthia Erivo (ministered by Stacy J. & Unified Praise Dance Company) 30 June 2020
* "My World Needs You" ministered by Christian Dance Community Dominica (1 July 2020)
* "Changing Your Story" by Jekalyn Carr (ministered by Glad II Dance Ministry) 22 July 2020
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