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Just found this site, and it's great for looking up scriptures, from verse numbers, key words, topics, or passages. And you can choose what version or language to read it in, and even set your preferences so that your favorite will always come up automatically.
<URL url="http://www.biblegateway.com/">BibleGateway.com
I'm thinking this will be a useful tool for our Ministry Round Table discussions. I think we can put a link here for it so that a form is visible that you can use it right from this site. We'll check into it. Unless somebody knows a better one!
Would anyone be interested in a daily scripture verse appearing on this site as well?
Does your church continue dancing and using pageantry during the Lenten season? What are your thoughts on that?
My church (CEC, a liturgical communion) seems to have different ideas about it on different years, but this year, they want to curtail it except for a solo comtemplative offeratory piece presented on what would be our Celebration Sunday in April. So I will be taking down the banners this week, and our dance team will get the month of April off.
My own personal thoughts on using expressive (or movement arts) worship during the Lenten season have to do with my concept of worship as being an expression of the whole person: spirit, soul, and body. My sense is that if movement is an acceptable and viable expression of worship at other times of the year, it should be also during Lent. However, because Lent is a penetential season....the pieces selected should reflect that character. Humility, seeking God, simplicity, atonement, repentance....all themes that could be appropriately expressed through physical interpretation during the Lenten season.
Working together, the music & movement ministers can present a compelling mix of seasonal introspection and pictures of the themes of Lent. Would that be considered irresponsibly celebrational? Not if done appropriately. Not if you recognize that the offering of the whole man is an integral part of the acceptable sacrifice spoken of in Romans 12.
Quote:Romans 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Godâthis is your spiritual act of worship.(That's NIV...some translations say, "--this is your ACCEPTABLE act of worship.")
So, it seems to me, it is always appropriate to "offer our bodies". We do not ask musicians to stop singing during Lent, but we do expect them to choose theme appropriate songs. I believe that should transfer to the ministry of the movement ministers as well.
<URL url="http://www.thenightwatch.com/listenlive.html">Night Watch 24/7 Live streaming
"The Night Watch" sounds like Harp & Bowl to me. In fact, they identify themselves as the Harp & Bowl Radio Network. First time I entered this on-going worship site, I was greeted with Michael W. Smith's "Agnus Dei". Wow. That captured my attention.
There are media player links for whatever internet service you have.
Let us know what you think of this site!
:tallit: I am starting this thread at Helena's urging. I'm not sure where to begin and have been so busy with writing that I haven't been here for a while.
The play was called "The First Nights of Hanukkah"...it was a play in three acts...all acts took place on the first night of Hanukkah. The first act is all comic...Orthodox Jewish boy meets girl who sings...her father is a Yeshiva professor who is playing matchmaker between his student and his daughter.
The second act takes place in hiding in Nazi Germany. Joe and Shifra, the young couple, now married with two daughters, leave the comfort of Kansas City to try and rescue her brother and family. They are unsuccessful and end up going through the holocaust themselves.
Third act is back in KC...Joe is alone with his daughters...hasn't heard from Shifra in a year...it's now 1946. It does have a happy, if not tearful ending. Even Jan, my husband shed a few tears. :yay:
The novel has been all encompassing since December. I think this is going to be a saga because presently I'm on Chapter 44 in the first book which is about Joe's parents, their meeting in Moldavia in Eastern Europe, their survival of the Kishinev pogrom in April 1903 and subsequent immigration to the US. I decided on Kansas City because that's where my grandfather ended up in 1903.
This has been fun, educational and totally consuming. Jan says he's learned how to keep himself entertained. The working title of the book is "Please Say Kaddish for Me" :jew:
I do believe, at the expense of spiritualizing, that this book is also a call on my life. As for publishing, I haven't gotten that far yet. I'm not sure where to begin..although I've gotten plenty of unsolicited advice.
We, my collaborator (only on the play, not the books) and I, want to get the play published in any case. We will be putting on the same play this coming Hanukkah and have a possible outside venue or two. It was actually written with Jewish outreach in mind.
One of the miracles about the play was our rabbi's skepticism about the plot. He didn't think it was plausable to have an American couple going to Germany and going through the camps. On the first night of the play, however, we were visited by a holocaust survivor (now a believer in Yeshua) who said that not only could our story happen, it did...in the thousands!!! He said he could even give me names! Now that's G-d!
I guess that's enough for now. If you have questions, feel free to ask. If you are publisher and are interested in seeing the work...puh-lease feel free to write!
How's that Helena?
Rochelle :notworthy:
ZionFireFriends! Please start a new thread that you can build with as much information as you like to talk about your ministry and what you are offering. This posting is not meant to be comprehensive description of ministries, but just be a list of our member websites. I've locked this thread, so you'll have to start your own!
Check out these websites of our ZFF ministries!
<URL url="http://members.aol.com/actsofprze/">Acts of Praise Christian Banner Ministry
Kay & Pete Williams are known for producing the glorious banner pageantry at the annual Feast of Tabernacles Celebration in Jerusalem.
<URL url="http://www.bonasdancesite.homestead.com/index.html">Dance in Christian Worship Bona Gerrie has website full of helpful resources for dancers, which also includes a message board. She is also the host of the web ring you see linked at the bottom of our pages.
<URL url="http://www.flagsforworship.co.uk/index.html">Flags for Worship Banners for Praise
Jo Fox worships with flags, and her colorful website offers many resources and helpful information.
<URL url="http://www.heavens-workshop.com/">Heaven's Workshop Dance resources
Sandy Knoerr makes worship garments and and offers dance resources like themed streamers, tabrets, and billow fabrics.
<URL url="http://www.ildf.org/">International Liturgical Dance Fellowship Dr. Franca and ILDF teach, host and promote dance ministry classes, workshops, retreats, conferences, worship services, celebrations, warfare strategies, prayer networks, and much more for the continual progression of the ministry of liturgical dance worldwide.
<URL url="http://www.resTorah.com/">resTorah On-Line Magazine
Ben Davis has extensive background as a graphic artist and is also a gifted banner maker, environment designer and event producer.
<URL url="http://z3.invisionfree.com/Talk_Jesus/index.php">Talk Jesus Deeper Still administers a chat, bible study and fellowship forum for those looking to become part of a caring online Christian community.
<URL url="http://www.t2chk.org">Titus 2 Christian Homekeeper Ministry Christian Support for Women
Sylvia and co-laborer Traci Knoppe and our husbands Mark and Mark have been online offering help, encouragement and instruction to women for 9 years.
<URL url="http://www.zionfire.com/">ZionFire Visual & Worship Arts ministry.
Dean & Helena Thomas are known for the ZionFire banners, psalmic worship leading and teaching.
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