Dancers! Assume the Position has totally changed my view of dance, my ministry, and quite frankly my life. This book is a must read for all ministers, not just dancing ministers!...Simply said this book is a must have, especially for ministry leaders! I promise if you read it, receive it, and implement it, your understanding, passion, and ministry will go to another level! Theresita Rouse Richard
Dancers! Assume the Position speaks to every person wanting a greater understanding of how they contribute to what God is doing in and through His body. Through a big-picture lens, it examines our service to God, why He calls us to it, and how He uses it. If you have ever questioned whether your service has any real impact or wondered is this all there is, this book is for you. Focusing on dancers and worship artists, this foundational understanding is relevant and applicable in all areas of ministry. As a dancer, pastor, or usher, Dancers! Assume the Position will bring you into a renewed sense of purpose and relevance as you come to see how intricately God has tied the fulfillment of His plans to what He invested in you. Hill explains the dancer’s ministry through several questions: What transforms our dance into ministry? What does God use our ministry to accomplish in His body and His kingdom? How does ministry happen through our dance? How do we discover and walk in our individual assignments through dance?
Features reflection questions for each chapter and a collection of scriptures for prayer and declaration. Valuable in uniting ministry members in purpose, as information for pastors and worship leaders about ministry through dance, and for personal study and ministry development.
“Dancers! Assume the Position” is so biblical, so well-organized, and so well-articulated, that everyone in leadership or aspiring to enter ministry should have this book in hand. Pastor Philip Hoss
THANK YOU LORD!!! I must say when God answers a prayer, He truly comes through.I am so excited about this book I could scream. The spirit-filled writing, organization of ideas, obvious consideration in choice of words are just some of the reasons this book has made it to my “best of the best” collection! Mya Hines
About the Author
Marlita Hill started dancing at age 15 with The Hush Company, a Los Angeles based dance ministry under the direction of Stacy and LaQuin Meadows, where she served for eight years as a dancer, choreographer, and eventually Assistant Director. Hill went on to earn her BFA degree in Dance Performance with K-12 Certification from Towson University in Towson, MD. She recently published the second edition of her book, "Dancers! Assume the Position," which examines the WHAT, the WHY, and the IMPACT of the dancer's ministry. In 2009, Hill co-founded the dance department at the Ramon C. Cortines School for the Visual and Performing Arts, in downtown Los Angeles, where she still teaches. She is the creator and curator of The Choreography Clinic, a blog that houses dialogue among dance makers about making dance. Ms. Hill has been teaching dance technique and choreography in K-12, college, liturgical and community settings throughout the country for over ten years. Through working with community organizations including HelpDesk/LA, Dance Resource Center, Career Transitions for Dancers, and serving on the steering committee for the Horton Awards, Hill is enthusiastically committed to contributing to connecting and fortifying the Los Angeles dance community. Her choreography has been presented at venues including Towson University, Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage (in collaboration with VT Dance), Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (MD), and Carpenter Center Performing Arts. Find out more about Marlita Hill at aboutme.com/marlitahill
