Welcome to Praise Dancers.  Here you will find encouragement and resources for your arts ministry.  Whether you are a dance leader, member of a troupe or just someone who loves to praise and worship God, you will be encouraged, exhorted and trained by the resources available here.

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This semester, I am teaching a few classes at our homeschool co-op.  One of those classes is American Sign Language and we are focusing on the use of ASL in praise and worship.  My class is going to present a signed song, Redeemer by Nicole C. Mullen, for our end of semester Expo.  I decided [...]

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Well, as you may have read on an earlier post, we are expecting a new addition to our family in March.  Well, last week was THE ultrasound, the one where you can determine the baby's gender.  Well, with two gorgeous little boys (Rump Roast and Tiny Heiny) already wrapping us around their fingers, we're so [...]

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If there is one scene from "The Passion of the Christ" that causes me to fall to my knees, it would not be when they whipped Jesus - although that one is extremely hard to watch.  It would not be when they nailed Him to the cross - yet that, too, is indescribably painful to [...]

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God has decided to richly bless us by expanding our family.  We can hardly wait to meet our new precious addition in March.  We're so excited!!!

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Costuming and Makeup for Presentations "The subjective actress thinks of clothes only as they apply to her; the objective actress thinks of them only as they affect others, as a tool for the job" - Edith Head, famous costumer for major motion pictures. I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying, “A picture is worth a [...]

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How many of you have ever been in a skit? How many of you have ever seen one? What did you like about participating in one? What was enjoyable about watching one? Sketches are short dramas (e.g. 3-15 minutes). If they are comedic they are also called skits. Many successful skits are built on common [...]

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Satan's favorite lie is that there's a cost to serving God and following after Him.  When we submit to God, we don't lose, WE WIN!  We go from victim to victor with Christ.  In fact, Jesus said in John 14:21 that "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. [...]

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