Just seems a bit hypocritical when they allow stick dancing or synchronized dancing to be performed.
And, it all becomes a little blurry when dancing and shouting is encouraged.
I don't know of any UPC churches that allow stick dancing or synchronized dancing in the church.
I think the confusion comes in when you see the video with girls in sleeveless low cut tops and dancing, it goes against all the UPC always stood for.
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I don't know of any UPC churches that allow stick dancing or synchronized dancing in the church.
I think the confusion comes in when you see the video with girls in sleeveless low cut tops and dancing, it goes against all the UPC always stood for.
I know of all the major UPC churches that have used "stick dancing" (dowel ministry) and synchronized dancing ("hands of praise" & etc). Even "traditional" and many "hard core" churches have done this, certainly all of the larger ones.
It is a bit out of style right now and it seems most folks are giving it a rest for a bit, but what churches were you attending throughout the late 90's and early 2000's? "Stick dancing" and "synchronized dancing" was everywhere.
I don't know of any UPC churches that allow stick dancing or synchronized dancing in the church.
I think the confusion comes in when you see the video with girls in sleeveless low cut tops and dancing, it goes against all the UPC always stood for.
Ummm...my church has a youth stick drama team. I'm the director. We use white gloves, white covered sticks and black lights. We do moves with the sticks but it could hardly be called dancing. We've been doing this for several years. It is kinda out of style now but my pastor likes it and so do my kids so we still do a couple songs per year.
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(My kids would probably say that it's pretty close. )
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Personally I think Bro. Ensey is just upset because he can't master the dance moves from "Make A Move"!
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
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It's because his choir is having trouble with the "pelvic thrust" the dancers in the background were doing.
I agree with Justin. It reminded me of an iPod commercial.
Did you watch the instructional video for the dance? It is the lead singer from the band and the choreographer from the music video. It is pretty cool. I am aso uncoordinated I would never try those moves though!
(If you watch the "Make A Move" official music video on youtube when it is done one of the options is to watch the "Uh-Oh Instructional Dance Video".)
__________________ "I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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