A Christmas Celebration!

On December 6, Light of the World performed our annual Christmas Celebration at Believer's Chapel. It was a great time of worship as we celebrated all God has done for us by sending His Son in the form of a human to reconcile us to Himself. We are so thankful for all of the volunteers and gracious staff at Believer's Chapel that made this possible. What a fun night as the company, trainees, and all levels and ages of the school came together to lift high the name of Jesus! We were so blessed to have a very diverse audience with many different backgrounds represented hearing about the One God Who loves us all. We are very excited to take the tour version of this show around the city to many different places for outreach in the coming weeks! :) -Jamie

Salvation Army

   On December 3rd, LWB Company and Trainees had the privilege of performing for a Salvation Army location. The place was beautifully decorated for Christmas, so it made it all the more fun getting to perform "A Christmas Celebration" in such a festive setting! There was a good turnout of both men and women there, and the Lord worked in really powerful ways. It was awe inspiring to watch God softening the audience's hearts as they became more and more open to what we were sharing as the performance went on. There was such a great response when trainee Crisanna Bechtold shared her testimony and when Miss Ashley shared the salvation message. As several of the other trainees and I listened to the audience respond to God's love, we couldn't help from smiling, laughing, and thanking God for this ministry He has given us. He is so good and faithful! -Hannah Wallace

IFE SU Luncheon

The company and trainees had the privilege of performing on SU campus for the IFE luncheon. The IFE luncheon provided amazing meals for the SU students and while they were enjoying their meal we performed part of the LWB Christmas show for them. It was amazing to be able to see how hospitality impacted the students and showed them the love that Christ has for them. So thankful that we got to be a part of that! -Crisanna

Wampsville Jail

This Friday, LWB Company and Trainees were able to make a return trip to the Wampsville Jail to perform. This time, we presented some dances from our Christmas repertoire. Trainee, Anna Fargarson, also had the opportunity to share her personal testimony with the women inmates there. It is always such a treat to be able to go into a place like this and be able to shine a little light. Even just the smallest of connections with the women, or to see a face light up with a smile, counted as such a great blessing to us.  Hannah R.

Lighthouse Church of God

This past Sunday, LWB Company and trainees had the opportunity to dance at Lighthouse Church of God in Mexico, NY. After a special time of worship we performed our Christmas repertoire. The congregation was welcoming and encouraging, responding enthusiastically to each of the pieces we presented. After the service, we had the opportunity to talk to members of the church, and a few of them even helped us pack up the floor! It was amazing to see their servants' hearts as they stayed after the service, working alongside us. The church also provided a delicious lunch before we headed back to Syracuse. Although we went to Mexico with the aim of blessing the people at Lighthouse Church, it was very much a blessing to each of us as well. - Caitlyn

City Jail

Last Friday, Light of the World Ballet Company and Trainees had the privilege of a unique opportunity...we got to perform in the city jail!  We've been going to this jail for a few years now and it's such a blessing how God continues to open the doors! Most people think it's pretty crazy and out of the norm for a bunch of ballerinas to go perform in a jail. But we sever a pretty "out of the norm" kind of God! If we just walked into the jail and ask, "Who wants to listen to us talk about Jesus?" perhaps a few ladies would come, but because we come to perform and put on a show for these ladies they were glad to come. It was awesome to see throughout the course of the performance how even those who seemed a little hard-hearted at first were touched but God's love. We performed some of our Christmas choreography; it was wonderful to be able to use those dances to being joy into a normally rather depressing place. Trainee, Abigail Jenkins, shared a beautiful testimony about forgiveness and I believe God truly used it to impact those ladies! To God be the glory! ~Anna

Faith Heritage Holiday House

On Saturday, November 7th, LWB company members and trainees once again had the wonderful opportunity to perform at the Faith Heritage Holiday House! We performed four pieces, two of which were from our Christmas repertoire, and Caitlyn had the opportunity to share her testimony. Afterwards, several children came up on the stage to learn some ballet steps. It was so fun watching them! Many people shared with me how they were touched. One woman said she was so blessed that she had tears in her eyes. All of this filled my heart! ~Brookie Rossi