Sunday, May 31, 2009

Worship Arts

This morning we had some wonderful worship. It was full of special features. We had the contemporary band, One voice, joining with the choir. We had a guest saxophonist. And, we had an amazing dance to go along with with the choir's rendition of "Baba Yetu." As I said, it was a great, inspiring celebration of Pentecost.

While there was much that made the services wonderful this morning, but I want to talk about the dance in particular. What an addition to worship! It only showed once more how much the worship arts, such as dance and drama, can help to bring the Gospel to life in even more creative ways. It is always interesting to see how a dance might be used to interpret a scripture or a song. Once again, God shows how God can move and inspire in numerous ways.

I guess it's a good thing for me that my wife is a dancer!

Chris

1 comments:

Melanie said...

What "moved" me most about the dance ... I mean besides the power and drama and emotion ... was the reminder THAT THAT is what pentecost is about. FEELING THE SPIRIT ... EACH OF US in our OWN way. That we can all share the common experience yet THAT DANCE MADE YOU FEEL. THE MUSIC MADE YOU FEEL. THE COMMUNITY MADE YOU FEEL. THE SPIRIT WAS FELT!