Give Away: Professional Mime Make-up Kit
December 18, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under News and Updates
UPDATE: Entries are closed. A winner has been selected & contacted. If you would like to order a kit, you may do so at http://mimeministry.net/products-page/
I’ve been working on a new service that will launch in January 2010 called MimeMinistry.net. The goal is to create an online resource community for Mime Ministers world-wide by providing relevant articles, information on upcoming events, products and more. We have a handful of mime ministers that have agreed to write articles on a regular basis, but we constantly looking for more contributors.
One of the products that will be available is the Professional Mime Make-up Kit. This kit contains the following:
Kryolan SupraWhite Face Paint
Makeup Remover
Black Grease Pencil
White Grease Pencil
Make-up corrector pen
Applicator Wedges
This kit retails for $25 but to jumpstart the launch of MimeMinistry.Net I am going to give one away.
There are FIVE (5) ways to enter to win! You may use all five methods, but can only use each method once:
A winner will be selected randomly using random.org. You may enter using 1 or all of the following methods:
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2. Enter by Tweeting about the contest (be sure to include @Paneh so I can track the entries). Below is a sample tweet you can copy/paste:
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3. Mention the give-away (include URL) on your blog or site. Be sure to notify me with the URL so I'll include your entry. |
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4. Connect with me on Facebook. Copy & send out the text below as a status update. Send me a message via Facebook letting me know it was done.
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Entries must be received by December 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 pm CST
This contest deadline has passed
The winner will be contacted via Facebook, Twitter, or Email so please make sure your information is accurate. The winner will have 72 hours to respond with a mailing address to ship the product. Only shipping to Continental U.S. at this time.
Black Friday Discounted Registration for Conference
November 27, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under News and Updates
This Black Friday sale won't require you to leave the house or stand in long lines. Register for Equipping the Saints on Friday November 27th at the lowest registration price that will be offered…$35.
There are only 10 registrants that can use this discount code….first come, first served. Registration opens at midnight on November 27th (CST) and closes at 11:55pm (CST) or when 10 people register using the code.
To register, enter the code: blackfriday or click on the link below:
http://equippingthesaints.
What to “Where”? Praise Dance Garment Resource List
October 6, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under Practical Advice
Movement Ministers,
I’m sure we’ve all been there before….you have an upcoming dance or ministry engagement but have no idea what to wear. A Google search on "praise dance garments" or "praise dance uniforms" will bring up most commercial vendors. But sometimes, you’re looking for more…but you’re just not sure what or where to find them. The list below is not an all inclusive list, but it should jump start your search on a variety of garments that are being crafted for movement ministers.
Garment Resources I use
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Diane Ransom / Garments Fit for King
Types of garments include hanky hem overlays (pictured at left), suspender pants, various palazzo pants, ephods, tunics and dresses.
 These garments are durable, professionally sewn and reasonably priced.Great to wear at dance ministry workshops / conferences, they also make great rehearsal or preparation garments and of course are well suited for ministry.
In addition to the garments on her site, Diane can make custom garments like the one she made for me shown at the right (sorry, this is one of a kind!)
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Diane Grant (aka Ladie Di) / Church Streetwear
Ladie Di’s mission is to infiltrate the Christian dance ministry with anointed, quality, and gracious praise dance garments for the edification of God regardless of size, age, or gender.
The overlay pictured to the left is called Fire. Below on the left is a picture of fire being worn by Ms. Patricia of the Anointed Feet Christian Dance Academy while ministering at the 2009 Equipping the Saints Dance & Worship Arts Conference. The picture on the right is a red 2 piece called Divinity that I also wrote at Equipping the Saints.
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Tabitha McGowan / Doxa International Tabitha makes stunning priestly robes, tunics and ephods. Her garments are usually 1 to few of a kind. In other words, they are not repeated. The garment at the right is called His Glory Surrounds Me. In the picture above, I am wearing a Doxa International original called Thy Kingdom Come over my Divinity Set. Yes, you can mix & match! |
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Rekesha Pittman / Reignaissance TM Rekesha’s garment line exhibits royalty and excellence. The garment pictured at the left is called a Reign Jacket. She also produces overlays, shawls and accessories that can make an all white commericial garment look unique. Recently, she launched Classy Classwear TM to give dance ministers something modest to wear while rehearsing in the studio or evangelizing in the streets. Let people everywhere know all about "PRAISE DANCE" with shirts, tote bags, and more accessories. Below is a picture of Reign Dance Company in their Classy Classwear Praise Dance T-Shirts and Palazzos
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Michelle Vela / Waves of Glory
Michelle & Debbie make some of the most beautiful overlays I have ever seen! If I need something special for a solo piece, they come to mind. Many of their garments are made from ornate materials or delicate silks. Some garments include hand painted art.
In addition to the overlays, they offer beautiful silk flags!
The garment pictured on the left is called One Night with the King
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Theresa Gomez / HIS Praise
Theresa makes a variety of garments, praise hoops, flags and banners. Including garments for children like the one pictured at the left.
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Additional Garment Resources
These are resources I know of but do not own any of their products (haha…yet!) Their garments are beautiful and on my Christmas list (smiles!).
Provides worship instruments, worship streamers for adults and children, praise and worship garments, and various dance accessories. She produces beautiful hand dyed silk streamers and ribbon worship streamers
Commercial Vendors
Below are commercial vendors that mass produce garments. These are great resources for your "staple" items (shoes, leotards, tights, lyrical sandals etc)
Full disclosure: The vendors listed below have been a sponsor of Paneh at some time, however I am not receiving any sort of compensation for including them on this list.
There you have it! A "what" to "where" resource guide to help you find ministry garments!
As I mentioned above, this is not intended to be an all inclusive list, so please don’t send me requests to add names to the list. 
My intention is for this to be a resource guide, not a list that I have to manually maintain…though I may visit it a few times a year to make sure the links still work!
Call to the Nations! Special Discounts on Registration, and More
August 21, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under Articles, Dance in the Word, Guest Posts, News and Updates
Many people have expressed a desire to attend but could not miss school or work….for the first time, we are offering a Saturday only registration!
The Saturday only registration is available for the flat rate of $50. This will allow the attendee access to any of the 20 breakout sessions offered on Saturday. Of course, the evening sessions are always open to the public!
There is also an Intensive Only Registration available for the flat rate of $25. This is for Friday’s 4-hour ( 12:30 – 4:30) dance or mime intensive class only. Choose from:
- Dance Technique (all levels)
- Mime (All levels)
Register for Saturday only for $50
Register for the Dance / Mime Intensive for $25
If you have not booked your room, do so TODAY
The conference rate expired Aug 18th
We have been extended a limited grace period
however, I do not know when it will expire!
Click on the link below or call 1-314-434-0100
Conference Code: EQS
Rooms: $99/night (FAVOR)
Max. Occupancy: 4
Click here to reserve your room with NO MONEY DOWN
A special welcome goes out to our international attendees from Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda and Bahamas! It is our prayer that the Lord exceeds your expectations and that HE will impart into you abundantly. It is my prayer that you receive more than what you are expecting because of the enormous sacrifice and press. Come represent as spiritual ambassadors for your nation.
We’re calling the Nations…
Diversified Praise Conf.
July 7, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under Events List
Title: Diversified Praise Conf.
Location: Hampton, VA
Start Date: 2009-08-14
End Date: 2009-08-15
Flood Watch Coming Soon
May 9, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under News and Updates
The International Dance Commission (Midwest Region) presents Flood Watch ~ Moving to Higher Ground
May 16th in Des Moines, IA
This is the first stop on The GLORY Revival Tour!
This Revival / Crusade has 3 parts:
Part 1: The Daily Workshops:
We will present classes designed to educated, empower, impart, equip and REVIVE the movement ministers. Classes include: The HEART of an Evangelist, Dance for JOY (youth), Worship that God Accepts, Dance & Mime as Ministry (and not entertainment), Flags & Banners, and a special leadership session with the IDC Founder, Minister Sabrina McKenzie.
Part 2: Go YE!
We are going to take it to the streets! Spreading the Gospel and encouraging people to return for the evening celebration in the park!
Part 3: Soul Harvest
We are going to have Praise in the Park! Choirs, movement ministers, flags, step…all lifting up the name of JESUS in Unity.
If you are near the Des Moines, IA area we encourage you to join us! We are expecting a mighty outpouring of His Spirit
Check out our event page for more information
Event Recap: Dance for Joy
May 8, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under Event Recaps
I am still in awe of the GREAT things that took place at the Dance for JOY workshop! JOYED UP! Youth praise dance ministry really took ownership of their event from beginning to end. They picked the movement disciplines, the menu (pizza of course), and ministered through teaching and dance.
The day started with their class "Dance for JOY" in which they spoke about why they choose to minister in dance, Bible verses supporting dance, and perhaps their favorite topic – Ministry vs. Entertainment, where they compared and contrasted ministry with entertainers their peers are familiar with (America’s Best Dance Crew, Hannah Montana, and Cheetah Girls to name a few).
At an age where peer approval is priority, I commend them for standing in front of a group of their peers and teaching a foundational truth of ministry. The revelations God downloaded into these teens, pre-teens (and pre-pre-teens!) was direct from His mouth to theirs. Nuggets such as:
"When we minister we are not concern with making people happy – we want to make God happy"
"Ministry is letting God take control and move through you and with entertainment you stay in control"
"With entertainment you get the glory and with ministry God gets the glory"
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The breakout sessions were full of energy as the youth learned a variety of movement disciplines such as Step, Mime, African, and Praise. There were classes for the Parents / Leaders as well such as: Pulling the Gifts out of your youth, Starting & Maintaining a Dance Ministry and the "Un-Blushable" Generation.
The energy poured into the afternoon service as we all came together to lift up the name of Jesus. JOYED UP ministered an Israel Medley with the help of some of the workshop dancers!
Sidebar: Let’s not underestimate our youth! These kids learned choreography for a 12 minute song in less than an hour!!!
We witnessed the Spirit of the Lord fall upon one of our youngest members as she Danced before the Lord and led us to a higher place of worship! And a child shall lead them!
Each ministry (all youth) came to give God glory! Our speaker, Tearra Vaughn blessed us with praise dance too ~ GLORY! She spoke directly to the youth to meet them where they are. She was engaging an kept their attention…not always an easy task!
At the end of the day the altar was filled with youth that desired to walk closer with Jesus – to God be ALL the GLORY!
On behalf of JOYED UP! I would like to thank every participant & attendee for your loving support.
To JOYED UP (and their parents!) ~ I am honored to serve as your dance ministry president. I love you all very much!
View JOYED UP! Ministering at the Workshop
Dancing for JOY!
Lakita
What’s “NEW” at Equipping the Saints 2009
April 16, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under News and Updates
Kingdom Greetings!
…and He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry
(Eph 4:11-12, NKJV)
Each year the Lord has divinely appointed awesome men and women of God operating in the 5-fold ministry to educate, empower, and equip us in all areas of ministry.
This year is no different. In addition to some familiar classes and faces, there are many new aspects of EQS2009 that are featured below. For full conference information, visit the Equipping the Saints Conference Website.
New Speakers & Teachers!
Pastor Tanya Brown – She collaboratively pastors Bethesda Temple Church of Alton with her husband, Bishop Lawrence Brown Jr. She is a "soul winner" that is being used mightily all over the world in crusades, revivals and conferences. Pastor Brown will be the keynote speaker on the opening night of the conference!
Patricia Kieffer (on right) – is the owner of Making His Praise Glorious which offers worship flags and shields. She has blessed us at EQS with her ministry products, and I’m excited that she will also bless us with instruction.
Suzanne Tushar (on left) – is the director and owner of Son Dance Ministry. She has blessed us with her products the last two years as well. This year she will teach us Davidic Dance & Ministering with timbrels
Karen Osbourne - Minister Karen Osbourne is "a teacher’s teacher"! She has a profound understanding of the times we are living in, what is going on in Israel, and why it is applicable to us today.
Chena Anderson - is the visionary behind the Esther’s Robe’s garments. These garments are unique and prophetic. She is a gifted craftsmen that was able to take the conference vision and transform it into a throne room setting. This year, she will teach on Twirl Flags along with her son.
New Classes!
Twirl Flags- Davidic Dance
- About My Father’s Business
- Timbrels & Tambourines
New Location!
EQS2009 will take place at the Doubletree Hotel at Westport. This hotel is absolutely stunning! Here are some added benefits:
- FREE parking
- FREE shuttle to/from airport
- Large meeting rooms
- FREE shuttle to/from Westport Plaza (restaurants & shopping)
- Conference rate only $99/night!
- Max occupancy of 4 people
Click on the link below or call 1-314-434-0100
Conference Code: EQS
Click here to reserve your room with NO MONEY DOWN
…and more new!
- Appreciation lunch for early registrants, speakers and staff
- 4-hour dance intensive training
- 5-fold ministry Q&A panel
- Opportunity to tour St. Louis (self-guided)
- Attend Sunday morning service (free congregational worship)
- Sunday fellowship brunch at Bristol’s (not included in registration)
Transformed by Praise
April 14, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under Events List
Title: Transformed by Praise: Worship Arts Clinic
Location:
Allen Chapel AME Church
2842 Monroe Ave
Omaha, NE
Date & Time: Saturday May 16th (8:30am – 4:30pm)
Classes Include:
Lord Prepare Me – Starting a Dance Ministry
Acting Out! Mime
Dance Before the Lord!
Flags
For more information, contact the host Jessiline Anderson:
drj7@cox.net or 402-679-2744
Early Registration for EQS Ends April 15…
April 10, 2009 by Lakita
Filed under News and Updates
Kingdom Greetings!
I wanted to make you all aware that early registration for the Equipping the Saints Dance & Worship Arts Conference ends April 15th.
Be sure you register early and save
