should local church dance teams minister evry week

[flaglady]

We don't have any dance team at our church, more's the pity, but whenever I'm there, I always use flags for every song and sometimes move from my allotted space beside the podium (we have an unusual triangular shaped podium) to centre front with some songs. Space is a bit limited there and there are often kiddies on the floor playing with their stuff so I have to be ultra careful which rather interrupts the flow of the Spirit.



However, when we sing some of the more traditional hymns which defy my usual kind of flagging, I might use what I call "Presenting the Battle Standard of God" where I bunch the material up onto the pole and hold it up like the battle standards you see displayed in castles and places. I usually use at least two, sometimes three and occasionally four flags for this and parade back and forth and turn around, holding them as high as I can, presenting them to the people during the singing. Very effective.



Other times I use the flag(s) whilst the pastor or someone else is praying. Then I may turn and turn, holding the flag horizontal at arms length and 'fly' it like an aeroplane wing but as slowly as I can, just enough to keep it flying. Or I might hold the pole horizontally, holding it with both hands with the material hanging down in front of me and just waft it to and fro. The colours, of course, are important to emphasis the subject of the prayer.



BTW Sylvia - that piccy is really lovely!