Saturday, 24 January 2009

  • YOUTH MISSIONS ARTS CAMP [Dominican Republic; Jan 2009]

    I got the chance to teach and lead worship at a Youth Missions Arts Camp in the Dominican Republic. It was a Dominican vision to mobilize youth to use the arts in cross-cultural missions. I couldn't stay away...talk about passions coming together. :)

    camper-led worship

    [one of the beautiful parts of the camp was that all the worship was student-led. Students from 17 different churches gathered together, from different parts of the island. During their free time, they would get together with each other (cross-pollenation) to assemble worship teams for the main sessions. It was beautiful to experience the diversity of the Body in worship.]

     

    rapper

    [speaking of diversity, a really cool rap duo led us in worship a couple times, combining reggaeton, rap, and even salsa. mmm. good.]

     

    fellowship2

    [there was a lot of good fellowship between sessions]

     

    dancing

    [all the campers tried their skills out at worship dance. it was a beautiful sight to see streamers, flags, and bodies moving in worship to our Mighty GOD.]

    teaching african song

    i got to walk the campers through a night of worship around the world. here we are getting our sway on, and singing a song in Yoruba, one of the native languages of Nigeria. Dominicans can sway, that's for sure...]

     

    group signing

    [i also led part of one session in ASL...here are the campers trying their hands at sign language. I think I see a sign for "GOD"  happening...]

     

    teaching Indian song

    [i also got to teach them a little worship Indian-style...here we are sitting on the floor, singing a Yesu bhajaan, a song to Jesus in Hindi.]

    worship figures

    [the campers employed their artistic abilities as well. you should have seen these with the blacklighting. i love these figures too, as they are almost non-ethnic...appealing to a wide variety of cultures]

     

    working together

    [the campers also learned to work together by cleaning up after each meal. there was some real worship going on in the kitchen as well.]

     

    teaching songwriting

    [one of my favorite parts was teaching songwriting to each group. in groups of 20-25, we wrote songs...and actually three groups finished songs in an hour and a half time period...amazing! some really great stuff...be on the lookout for it!!!]

     

     

     

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