How to deal when leadership changes in Dance Ministry?

Dance ministry is composed of many different spiritual gifts, natural talents and know-hows. Serving in dance ministry for many years afforded me the privilege to sit under, train, and glean from some pretty incredible people. One thing I have noticed is that each and every one of them taught me with the ability God gave them. Noticing this taught me how to respect the teaching styles of others. I understood, at that season of my life that I needed that particular teaching in the style that it was taught. I bless God for that.

Help! I God has called me to Dance Ministry, but I am not trained in the dance...what am I supposed to do?

I get this question a lot and of course I always answer back in the comment section. However this time I think it is necessary to post my answer in a blog post so that many with the same question can be encouraged by it.

How To Start a Liturgical Dance | Praise Dance Ministry At Your Church

Starting an Arts Ministry

"Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: the watchman waketh but in vain."

Psalms 127:1

The truth of the matter is no one starts a ministry or should try to start a ministry. God is the one who starts ministries and gives the workers the grace to operate in it. A great example of this is in the book of Nehemiah. God made all of the provisions and graced Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of the city in Jerusalem. God had put it in his heart to do it (Nehemiah 2:12).

Lesson One: What Is Dance Ministry?

 PDCM’s Teaching on the Ministry of Dance

First let’s define Dance. What is Dance?

PDCM’s definition of Dance: Dance is a language and it communicates the expression of many things such as emotions, desires, thoughts, and beliefs through the movement of our bodies.

Webster’s Dictionary: Dance is a series of motions and steps usually performed to music. It also means to move rhythmically usually to music using prescribed or impoverished steps or gestures.

What is Dance Ministry?
Dance Ministry is simply the process by which we use our gift of dance to carry out the act of ministry (service) to encourage, comfort, and edify the saints in the faith. Nothing more, nothing less. Sometimes we like to give something a greater spiritual meaning than necessary. This introduces error, confusion, and a host of other problems that the enemy can use to distract and divide us from our sole purpose of winning souls (Matt. 28:16-20). This entire blog is dedicated to what Dance Ministry is. Please read through all of the posts and watch PDCM's Videos on Youtube to get a better understanding of what Dance Ministry is.