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Praise King Jesus for gorgeous weather and a great turnout of prayer warriors and dancers for the National Day of Prayer on May 3!  To His name be all the glory!!

It was a blessing to join others in the rotunda at 10 am to pray for all of our legislators.  We were able to send each of them a personalized card letting them know we prayed for them.  Thanks to Dan Adler and the Heart of the City worship band for leading us before the Lord at the start of the 11:30 am program.  Having the generations take turns on the verses for “Revelation Song” fit well with the theme of Unity and bringing everyone together!  It was powerful to have legislators from both parties come out to be prayed for!

Praise God who tears down the dividing wall of hostility that we were also able to proclaim His “Forgiveness” and unity with “Bleed the Same” on the Minnesota State engraving after the official program was done also!!

Thanks to all our dancers and their families who took time out of their day to come to the capitol in order to lift up the name of Jesus, as well as intercede for forgiveness and unity!

Thanks so much for an amazing season. You are such a wonderful dance group and have wonderful families!  We praise God and thank Him for our marvelous year!!

It was fun to fellowship together on May 1 celebrating our 2017-18 season. We had great food, cousins and friends reunited, time to practice for the National Day of prayer and beautiful gifts given and received. Balloons, fan veils, dance scarves, oh my! Thanks also to Faith Covenant Church in Burnsville for  hosting our dance ministry most of the year and to Lighthouse Christian Church in Rosemount for hosting our year end party. May God bless richly each congregation and family that has supported us throughout the year!

Enjoy your summer break!  We look forward to seeing you at a pool party this summer–first one will be June 2nd at Willie’s house.  More details to come!

Summary:  Year end party tonight (5/1) at Lighthouse Christian Church 6:30-8:30 pm.  National Day of Prayer this Thursday (5/3) at St. Paul capitol grounds.  Meet at 11 am on the west side of the stairs leading to main entrance.  Look for the band!

May 1 – Year End Party at Lighthouse

Our year end party will be at Lighthouse Christian Church (3285 144th St W, Rosemount, MN 55068) from 6:30-8:30. We’ll be celebrating summer birthdays and will run through our National Day of Prayer songs one last time.  Parents and other family members are invited.  We ask that you bring food to share to this party…  fruit, veggies/dip, rice crispy bars, jello squares, chip/dip…. anything your dancer would love to share with everyone.

May 3  – National Day of Prayer at the Capitol

For National Day of Prayer we will be dancing “Revelation Song” with the Heart of the City Band. For those who can stay beyond the lunch hour, we also will be dancing “Forgiveness” at the far south end of the capitol lawn, where the state of Minnesota is engraved after the main event.  There will be free dancing during both times.

Where:  Minnesota State Capitol (75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Saint Paul, Minnesota) We will be gathering on the front lawn on the west side of the stairs, just below the main entrance of the Capitol across the street.  You can’t miss it.  The band will be setting up there.

Date and Time:  Thursday, May 3, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm

Gather/Prepare: We will meet at 11:00 am to prepare.

What to wear: Please wear patriotic BLUE or RED (solid or if a design, one that can be covered with overlay) short or long sleeved shirts and black or white capris or pants.  Shoes that are easy to dance in or barefoot if you like. (We’ll most likely be on concrete.) Overlays will be provided.

Songs:

• Revelation Song by  Kari Jobe:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGgX_oqdib4; F2D Video
• Forgiveness by TobyMac:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfkhqpl81NA; teaching video will be sent via Messenger or email

It’s been wonderful worshiping the Lord through dance with you as part of the team during 2017-18!  The F2D End of the Season Party will be at Lighthouse Christian Church (3285 144th St W, Rosemount, MN 55068) on Tuesday (5/1) during our final class!  Class will be from 6:30-8:30 pm and we’ll work on “Revelation Song” and “Forgiveness” as well as having food.  Please bring a dish to share and come when you can, leave when you have to.

May 1 – PARTY!  We’ll be celebrating summer birthdays and will run through our National Day of Prayer songs one last time.  Parents and other family members are invited.  We ask that you bring food to share to this party…  fruit, veggies/dip, rice crispy bars, jello squares, chip/dip…. anything your dancer would love to share with everyone.

May 3 – National Day of Prayer at the Minnesota capitol.  See next post for details.

Summary: Join us at “A Praise Blast” on Sunday, April 29, at 3 pm (2:15 practice)!  Please wear LAVENDER/BLACK for the 20th anniversary celebration held at River of Life Church in Minneapolis!  (Details below)

To God Be the Glory Ministries 20th Anniversary:  Come join us in praising the name of Jesus on Sunday, April 29, at 3 pm (2:15 pm practice)!  We will be dancing two choreographed songs as well as free dancing during the worship time.

LOCATION:  River of Life Lutheran Church, 2200 Fremont Ave. North, Minneapolis, MN (Click on church name for Google map to get directions)

PRACTICE:  2:15 pm

POSSIBLE SONGS:

• Lights Shine Bright: Toby Mac – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmaQeXybres; teaching video will be sent via email or Messenger
• Bleed the Same (feat. TobyMac and Kirk Franklin) – Mandisa:  F2D Dance Video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEzCQBwQkdA
• Revelation Song by  Kari Jobe:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGgX_oqdib4; F2D Video

What to wear: LAVENDER/BLACK:  Please wear your Freedom to Dance lavender shirt and black pants.  Nude/flesh colored dance shoes or barefoot is fine.  Overlays will be provided.

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Summary:  Location of last class and year end party, dancing at To God Be the Glory 20th Anniversary Sunday, 4/29, at 3 pm, and also at National Day of Prayer at capitol Thursday, May 3, 11:30 am.

April 24 – Last class at Faith Covenant 

Faith Covenant is remodeling their facility starting in May, therefore Tuesday, April 24 will be the last time we will have class there for this season.

April 29 – Dancing at To God Be the Glory Ministries

We have been invited to dance for their 20th anniversary celebration on Sunday, April 29.  They meet in the River of Life Lutheran Church (2200 Fremont Ave N, Minneapolis, MN) chapel. We will meet at 2:15 pm to rehearse and the program starts at 3 pm.  There is a meal following the program.  Please mark your calendars now!  We will send out more specific details later.

May 1 – Year End Party at Lighthouse

Our year end party and final class of the year will be at Lighthouse Christian Church (3285 144th St W, Rosemount, MN 55068) from 6:30-8:30. Please bring a dish to share!

May 3  – National Day of Prayer at the Capitol

We will be at the Minnesota State Capitol (75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Saint Paul, Minnesota) for the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 3, 11:30-1:30.  We are planning to dance two worship songs with the Heart of the City Band. For those who can stay beyond the lunch hour, we also hope to have intercessory dance at the far south end of the capitol lawn, where the state of Minnesota is engraved.

     This evening’s (4/3) dance practice is canceled due to weather.  Hope you all had a blessed Holy Week and/or Passover!!  🙂  See you next week!