Please pray for both Alpha and Omega companies.  Omega is currently on tour to the West coast and Alpha will be leaving 2/7 for the mid-West.  Ballet Magnificat! is looking forward to touring in 2010!

Comments (0) Jan 29 2010

Ballet Magnificat! has a Facebook page.  Be sure and become a fan today!

Comments (0) Jan 29 2010

Hey everyone,

This is Erin Beaver writing. We are really gearing up for Christmas around here. The studios are filled with a combination of dueling Christmas music as each of the studios are filled with dancers rehearsing like crazy. Those of us in the office staff get daily musical medleys from Christmas Dream, Christmas Festival, trainee repertoire, etc. Every extra corner of the studio is filled with set pieces and props awaiting a fresh coat of paint, glitter, or something along those lines. The costume shop is bursting with tulle. We are praying that the Lord uses these performances to magnify Himself and propel His glorious Gospel to many hearts. Looking to Him! He is so faithful!

We certainly appreciate all your prayers as we enter this season. Please pray for the Gospel to be clearly presented through all we do. Also, please continue to pray for the health of all here. We have many struggling with illness and injuries. However, in spite of that, we have seen the Lord move in mighty ways, bringing supernatural healing and strength. I believe that you who pray for the ministry are a big part of that! Thank you.

Have you guys seen that Ballet Magnificat! now has a facebook page? You should check it out!

Well-Blessings till next time, Erin

Comments (0) Nov 19 2009

Hey Everyone!!

I just wanted to share with you all some VERRRRY exciting news!! But first I should give a background of what’s been going on… Several months ago the top of my foot started to hurt. About a month ago it got to the point where I knew something had to be wrong. So, I went and got x-rays done and found out that I had fractured the top of my foot in two spots. To be perfectly honest, I was pretty discouraged. I was told that I would be in a boot and on crutches for the next six weeks. But the Lord showed His faithfulness right away! My doctor (who i have been babysitting for the last year) paid for everything! I didn’t even have a co-pay!! Its amazing how the Lord uses the people in our lives to show us His provision. I am just amazed and so humbled by His goodness and faithfulness to me.

So while the boot was on and I was crutching around on Beth’s zebra-striped and pink pompom crutches:) the Lord was teaching me SO much!! He brought me to such a sweet place of brokenness and taught me what true surrender is. Everyday He was revealing to me more and more that He is my Jehovah Raphah- my healer. I knew He was going to heal my foot, but I completely forgot about that because He was healing my heart and revealing so much of Himself to me. It’s so amazing to me that the Lord loves us so much that He will use our brokenness to draw us closer to Him and to refine us with His spirit. Its so awesome!

So two weeks into my injury I returned to the doctor to check the progress of my foot and when the x-rays came back they revealed that there were NO MORE FRACTURES!!! I am still amaaaazed at that statement!! He is SO good! This healing has been ALL for His glory! I have been able to tell my co-workers, my family and friends, and everyone else (because I have been SO excited:)) about His faithfulness and His awesome healing power in my life.

I am so excited to share this with you all and I hope that this encourages you and reminds you that we have an amazing, awesome, LOVING God that works ALL things for the good and ALWAYS finishes the work that He has started! Praise HIM!!

love, meghan

Comments (2) Nov 06 2009

Hello Everyone,

It has been a while since Alpha has posted.  We have had a busy touring season so far this fall.  We had a great time in Colombia, South America the end of August and beginning of September.  We came back to the States and hit the ground running with a tour beginning in Atlanta, GA with sponsors Praise Him With Dance.  Great time, thanks to everyone at PHWD!  Our next stop was Troy MI (outside of Detroit MI).  What a blessing to make new friends at Zion Christian Church.  We hope to return in the near future.  It is always great to connect with The Link and the Mitchell’s!  From there to the Albany, NY area.  The Lee family brought us in and did a great job of promoting the ballet in such a short time.  Thanks Spencer for all of your work!  It was great to spend time with you guys for a couple of days and enjoy the fall in a beautiful part of the world.  Next we traveled to visit Light of the World Ballet in Syracuse, NY and a dear friend and sister in the Lord - Ashley Rollinson.  The Lord has really blessed and grown LOTWB.  I am excited to see what Jesus will do through them and praise the Lord for what He has already done!  We drove down to the Ithaca NY area to a performance that the Zimmerman family helped to put together.  Thank you so much to Ana and the Zimmerman family!  We had a packed performance at Grace Christian Fellowship.  The next opportunity to minister and perform was in Plainfield, NJ at Shiloh Baptist Church.  We had a blast and made many new friendships at Shiloh.  I am looking forward to returning in the future.  Somewhere around this time we lost our generator (the engine burnt up!)  We hit the road to South Bend, IN just a few miles away from where Notre Dame plays football.  The Lord really ministered in a special way at this performance.  Thank you Phil Williams for all of your hard work to put this performance together!

We just finished a couple days visit to Oklahoma City, with sponsors Dove Dance.  We were blessed to perform at Harvest Christian Church again and teach a two day workshop at Dove Dance.  The Tardibono family is always a blessing to be with - thank you guys for blessing us so much!

We are traveling up to KS to spend some time in Mound Ridge and in Wichita before traveling up to the cold in South and North Dakota!  We are looking forward to what Jesus has in store for the rest of this tour.  We have seen Him save, people have recommitted their lives, and the gospel has been seen and preached!  Praise the Lord!

Comments (0) Oct 20 2009

Why Hello everyone! We just got back from a tour and met some awesome ladies in Jackson, Tn. They were women that the Lord was calling to himself and restoring. They all came to a Hiding Place performance and we got to meet them back stage.  We were all so blessed by them. They had been through alot…and they were hungry for Jesus…desiring nothing more from the world. It got me thinking….sometimes Jesus has to bring us to that place of brokenness, so he can begin the restoration. Once we’re finally sickened by the things that hinder us from going deeper into the things of God, stop relying on ourselves, and lay before Jesus a humbled…broken…and hungry empty vessel, you’ll hear Him speaking and its amazing! I have a small injury currently (that the Lord is healing as we speak) =)…so ive been on tour having a lot more time to watch and listen. Watch performances…watch people as the Lord touches their lives..and listen to what He has been trying to tell me. I would’nt trade this refining time for anything! so if you’re feeling a little broken…its probably right where the Lord wants you…listen to him…ask him to search your heart…and wait for amazing things to happen as you seek a Mighty God!

Lots of Love!

Deidre

Comments (1) Sep 29 2009

Yahoo!  The Georgia Peach got to go home to her own state on tour!!  Omega just returned from a short tour to Thomasville and Baxley, GA. 

This tour was full of special blessings - huge theatres, dressing rooms with tons of mirrors, goody bags, a Holiday Inn Express, and Chipotle, but my biggest blessing came after the first performance during the ministry time.

A little girl about ten years old came to talk to me, and we discussed heaven, sin, death, and love.  I asked her if she had ever asked Jesus to take her to heaven one day.  She answered no, so I got to pray with her to accept Jesus!  PRAISE HIM!!!  A party in heaven just started!

We always say this, but it’s so true: an entire tour is totally worth the new life of one person.  This is what it is all about.  Our God is a God who saves!  Let us thank Him for our redeemed life, and then go out and SHARE it!!

- Leslie

Comments (4) Sep 14 2009

Hello All!
Where has Summer gone?  September is well under way and a new tour season begins.  In a sense it feels like the start of a ‘new year’ for us. I’m am excited to see what the Lord has in store for this year and look forward to watching His hand move in mighty ways.  We know that new seasons bring change. I just have to say, Ivy-you are very missed!  We love you and are praying for you as you follow the Lord’s call to Israel for this season.  Meghan Ladwig is doing a beautiful job of fitting/blending in.  Meghan, we are so grateful for you and are excited that you are with us!
I wanted to briefly share a praise report that has been on my heart.  As you may know, this Summer we filmed “Before His Throne“.  Jiri has an amazing, artistic eye for filming as well as choreography.  We were able to preview it before it was sent off for duplication. It was neat to be able to see what the ballet looks like, the ‘fruit of our labor’ so to speak.  Though it was a long, almost 13 hour day of filming, the video looks great! A big thanks to Jiri, Kevin, PJ and Erin for all the extra hours they put into it!  The DVD will be out later this month, be sure to check it out! 
We trust that the Lord will use it to draw people to aproach the throne of God boldly in worship, adoration and thanksgiving.  There the Lamb of God is seated on the throne and the elders and hosts of heaven bow down and cry out, “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things and by your will they were created and have their being.” (Rev. 4:11) Hebrews 10:19-23 says that we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place through the blood of Jesus!  “Let us then aproach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help  us in our time of need.”  (Heb. 4:15)  The Word says that if we don’t praise the Lord, the rocks and the stones will cry out!  Even Creation worships Him!  Will you join in?  “Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise - the fruit of lips that confess His name.” (Heb. 13:15)

I pray that this challenges you to make a choice daily, to seek Him and worship Him this Fall. Whether it be to ‘find mercy in your time of need’, or with a ’sacrifice of praise’, or just out of the overflow of your heart with thanksgiving.   “Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” Rev. 7:12

-Jessica

Comments (1) Sep 03 2009

As a part of the regular Summer Intensive, the first two weeks of the workshop incorporates a track for teachers.  This year we had 27 teachers from MN, KY, TX, LA, CA, MS, GA, SC, SD, CO, AL, FL, WA, WV and MT.  This blog has been created for them to share their workshop experiences and keep in touch with each other.  Ladies, you were a joy!

Comments (0) Jul 20 2009

As a part of the regular Ballet Magnificat! Summer Intensive, Week 3 incorporates a full week of classes for Praise & Worship dancers.  This year, we had 10 ladies from MN, IL, TN, CA, IN, MD, Canada, and Puerto Rico.  This blog is being created for them to share their workshop experiences and keep in touch with each other.  Thank you, ladies, you were a joy!

Comments (2) Jul 20 2009