Beit Chayim

 LWB had the wonderful privilege of performing at Beit Chayim on Saturday October 10^th. Beit Chayim is a congregation of Jews and Gentiles who worship Israel's messiah, Yeshua, in the context of a Jewish lifestyle and identity. LWB just recently returned from a trip to Israel, and in many ways it felt like we were still there! We were able to worship with the congregation at the the beginning of service with some of the song lyrics in Hebrew. We also had the joy of seeing a genuine Torah and were given a short lesson on how they’re made. We performed our story ballet “The Crown” and ended with “Song of the Ages”. It was such a joy to perform at Beit Chayim. We could tell they were truly worshiping with us as we performed! After service they served a nice meal and we were able to get to know everyone better. We were so blessed at Beit Chayim and look forward to performing there again in the future. ~Kristie

Transformation Syracuse and Syracuse Airport Christian Fellowship

On 9/25/15, Light of the World Ballet company performed as part of a prayer service hosted by Transformation Syracuse and Syracuse Airport Christian Fellowship. It was so exciting to see Christians from different churches and different parts of the city come together to worship and pray for our area. Other cities in the upstate NY area were also praying at services in their area at the same time; such a blessing to have such unity as we cry out for upstate NY! The company presented 'Before His Throne', a worship piece about God's holiness. So glad we could worship with everyone there! ~Cayla

Christian Dance Fellowship Retreat

October 2-3 LWB Company and Trainees attended and performed at Christian Dance Fellowship Retreat at Shiloh Retreat Center in Eaton, NY. It was our first performance of the new semester!

The weekend was powerful, encouraging, inspiring, and full of many sweet times of worship, proclamation, intersession, and fellowship.

On Friday evening, LWB company performed their story ballet The Crown, Trainees performed their new piece that first debuted at the Spring Production, Before His Throne, and both Company and Trainees performed a bold piece called Song of the Ages (Kadosh). These are all very powerful pieces of LWB repertoire. The Crown centers on the Gospel and the truth that we receive salvation not based upon our own works, but only based on the Grace of God and the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. Before His Throne seeks to capture the experience that we will receive in Heaven of beholding God seated on His throne in all of His holiness and responding in complete humility and worship. Song of the Ages is a proclamation of the power of God who is the God of Angel Armies and who always fights for His people. 

LWB also had the privilege of watching other retreat attenders perform their own dance pieces and even a couple of mime performances. It was very special to join with fellow believers who share in LWB's passion to bring honor to and celebrate Our Great God through dance. As mentioned before, the retreat was not only made up of performances, but also sessions for intercessory prayer and spontaneous worship. We explored worship and intersession through modern dance, sword drill/warfare, Israeli folkdance, tambourine, the Israeli shofar, and banners/flags. How very special to be able to bring prayers and praise unto God through all the various instruments He has provided. 

One of the greatest takeaways from the retreat for me personally was being able to take time to consecrate this new year unto the Lord. I believe that God used this retreat to really build us up and equip us for the great plans He has in store for this year (school year). LWB is so thankful for each person who attended and added to the blessing and especially thankful to God for the amazing opportunity to know Him and draw nearer to Him this weekend. 

Blessings, 

Abby (Trainee II)

Psalm 149:3 "Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and the harp."

1 Chronicles 15:28 "Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres."