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Sondramc sent me a link to <URL url="http://thefoolishthings.homestead.com/index.html">The Foolish Things, and I thought this apologetic for flags in worship was particularly succinct. The rest of the site, devoted to worship flagging, is also worth taking a look at.





Why Are We Doing This?



Flags, as well as banners, are used in worship to exalt Jesus and His name before men and also before the powers of darkness. They may also declare our redemption through Jesus and His Blood. During worship or during ministry time, our flags proclaim the dominion of God's Kingdom and mark our spiritual territory. They also serve to invite and usher in the presence of Holy Spirit.



The flag makes a proclamation before heaven and earth, angels and demons through the one raising the flag, on behalf of all those present, whom the flag bearer represents. The flag bearer is truly "raising the standard" to rally the troops in spiritual unity. The flag minister must be following Holy Spirit, who is also guiding the worship leader, the dance leader, and the covering of the house. If we all remain submitted to the Lord, He will ensure order, and be enabled to move in power through the unified body.





Worship as Warfare:



If you are a worship dancer, or flag minister, it goes without saying that you have a heart of worship. I believe that an intercessory call also comes with the territory. If I can assume on the basis of my own experience, you may have been conflicted and confused about intercession. I had always seen myself as a "bench-warmer" intercessor. If God was desperately seeking someone to stand in the gap, He would place a prayer burden on me, but for the most part, I didn't feel the unction. This apparent conflict left room for the enemy to beat me up because I would rather worship than wail.

In worship, the flag may be speaking the heart of the people toward God, or God's heart toward His people. It declares His awesome power, reminds Him, and us of His eternal word and covenant promises. In warfare, The flag proclaims the Kingdom of God, and declares our authority over the powers of darkness. We raise our flags in victory as we go in to battle, giving honor to The One who has already won all our battles.



Recently I have received confirmation on many fronts that our worship is intercession. There is no choice to be made, no conflict of interests. As we magnify the Lord with our praises, His presence naturally enforces our covenant rights, fulfils His promises, and releases Kingdom reality into our circumstances. He is passionately seeking passionate worshipers to restore the tabernacle of David. In that temple, there was no separation between God and Man, and it was 24 hour worship that replaced the veil, creating a safe interface between His holiness and our need. As Tommy Tenney puts it, that was "God's favorite house", and He has promised to re-create it in our day.



Excerpted from <URL url="http://thefoolishthings.homestead.com/using.html">Using Flags from the website: <URL url="http://thefoolishthings.homestead.com/index.html">The Foolish Things - Kaylene Cunningham

There are some songs that are just meant to be danced and interpreted. I'll be adding some of my favorites. Please add yours. Include the song title, album title and publisher, kind of song, and your concept for interpretation.



By His Blood Hosanna Integrity Cup of Life (adoration)

Essentially a solo dance piece that employs two sets of red billowing silks (representing the Blood). I use a red tallit when I dance this. The billows process in and take their place, the inner ends leaving just a small opening for the dancer, and the outer ends are taken out to the sides, forming an inverted V as the audience looks on. The billows slowly "breathe" through out the song as the dancer ministers around, under and through them. The red billows recess side by side, sandwiching the dancer in between.



The Fire of His Love Hosanna Integrity Holy Fire Paul Wilbur. (entreaty, prayer for cleansing). Also, from the same album, Let Your Fire Fall

A solo dancer with a fireflag, and garments that speak the fire message. A deeply personal cry for holiness and a call to the world to be ready when the Fire comes.

<URL url="http://img256.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hltfiredance9bj.jpg"><IMG content="http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4939/hltfiredance9bj.th.jpg">you can see the ends of the painted fire silks in the background.

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I know these aren't actually worship banners but the lady who made them is a wonderful Christian and she said she wouldn't mind me letting you see them.



SINGING THE BLUES enhanced with beads and sequins



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POPPY FIELD - (the rims of the petals and stems the are all enhanced with beads and sequins)



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FLIGHT



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Worship must be learned. It is not a talent with which one is born, nor is it a special gifting for a select few. Worship is the art of expressing oneself to God, and we must learn that expression and open our hearts as channels of the Holy Spirit.



Just as preaching is an art that is learned, our ability to worship

is developed through application and experience. Worship is not learned by reading books, or by taking classes, or by going to seminars. Like the art of prayer, worship is learned by doing it.



We should not be impatient with ourselves if we are not now able to

worship as we would desire. Learning the fullness of worship is a lengthy process and does not come easily. The lessons God brings into our lives to teach us worship can sometimes be as dramatic as those of Abraham, Job, and David. Responding positively in worship rather than bemoaning the trying circumstances will cause us to grow as worshippers. In many churches we have been taught to work, and we have been taught to witness - but we have not been taught to worship.

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This is from an article called "The Heart of a Worshipper" by Bob Sorge



This was a very informative article and one that has called me to meditate and pray about.



I have been involved in Davidic worship for several years. I had a brief period of when I stepped back and now I feel the calling of the Holy Spirit to came back to the dance. In my thinking, when someone comes to Christ I considered that he/she was already a worshipper but now that I have read several articles and talked with Helena and Dean I realize that is not true.



I would appreciate any thoughts or insight that my fellow worshippers may have to shed some like on this topic.



Yours in Christ,

SondraMc

The Lost Glory school of worship



"The Lost Glory School of Worship and Ministry is a completely new sort of ministry school offering a full time four month course for worshippers and musicians. Based at Folly's End Church in Croydon, UK, this groundbreaking new school is based around the teaching of Dave Markee's book "The Lost Glory" which, in the words of Steve Chalke is a "passionate call to the church, its leaders and artists."



More of the vision here: <URL url="http://www.thelostglory.com/theschool.php?schoolid=vision">Lost Glory school of worship - the vision



The curriculum <URL url="http://www.thelostglory.com/theschool.php?schoolid=curriculum"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.thelostglory.com/theschool.p ... curriculum">http://www.thelostglory.com/theschool.php?...olid=curriculum</LINK_TEXT> contains a rich variety of emphasis areas, but these arethe lists that caught my eye;



We will cover the following topics:

# Corporate Worship

# Thanksgiving

# Hebraic Praise

# A Study of the Psalms

# Intercessory Worship

# Tabernacle Worship

# Cultivating intimacy





We aim to have practical sessions in the following areas:

# Band Dynamics

# Worship Leading

# Prophetic Worship



Leadership

The aim of these teachings is to develop Godly leaders who are able to confidently draw out the best from others and lead them into their destiny and calling. Topics covered are:

# Foundations for leadership

# Sonship and honour

# Revival history and church history

# Discovering our Jewish roots

# Action-centred leadership and team building

# Visionary leadership

I'm going to add to this a bit at a time as I get back to it, but I'd love it if we shared with each other some of the great pieces of music that we've seen or choreographed at various times for banner/flag pageantry, maybe even with some dance incorporated. I'm looking for the very best ones here--that were powerful and anointed.



Please list the piece, artist, CD of origin, and a basic outline of how it was choreographed and any testimonies you might like to share. I'll be back later to add some of my favorites.