Liturgical Dancers on a Mission Journey to Ghana

The Spirit Builders Praise Dance Team of the The United Methodist Church New York Annual Conference is on a mission journey to Ghana.  Their mission is to strengthen the partnership relationship between the New York Conference and the Methodist Church of Ghana.  The relationship between the Methodist Church Ghana and the New York Conference continues to grow in various ways.  Since the past decade many mission teams including Youth Ambassadors in Mission teams, medical teams, construction teams, and other leadership teams have collaborated with brothers and sisters of the Methodist Church Ghana in mission work.  This Liturgical Dance Team’s visit to Ghana is a game changer.  It is breaking away from the traditional work project oriented mission trip, with a very different approach.

Unlike the traditional mission teams such as medical teams, construction teams, For the first time a liturgical dance team will engage in a dance ministry with their African partners to  introduce liturgical dance as a ministry to Methodist Ghanans. The skills and deep faith leadership available in the liturgical dance team raises the relationship between American and Ghanan Methodists to a new partnership level.  The Spirit Builders Praise Dance Team will be in the building business like most mission teams, however they will build something far different from any other - they will be building new ways to communicate our faith!

Mission involves the encounter of different cultures, different national histories, different political systems and practices, different levels of wealth and power, different mission histories, and different spiritual and faith understandings. Please support our efforts with your prayers and best wishes - and by sharing the joy of this mission with others through raising awareness of our mission. Gye Nyame!