Loudonville Community Church is alive with conferences, celebrations, an active congregation and a wealth of resources on their web-site. Yet one event stands out as unique and timely, The Gloryfest 2011 which will take place on Sunday, April 10th, at 6:00 p.m. at the church on 364 Loudon Road. This celebration of the Lord’s passion, one week before Palm Sunday, will utilize the arts and express the vision of the Christian Art’s International, which according to the President of the organization, Sylvia Kutchukian, is “to restore the Arts to their original purpose - to the supreme glory of God - to usher believers into a close fellowship with Jesus - and to see lives changed as evidence of true worship.”
One of the worship dance teams, On Bended Knee from Kingston, NY, has been preparing for this event for over six months. After reading and contemplating the senior pastor’s letter on the State of the Church, the members prayed about the dances that would promote spiritual growth in the church and align with the pastor Stan Key’s vision to grow spiritually and serve others. The team was excited about the opportunity to use their gift of dance to encourage others through extravagant worship. Their dance leader, Diana Cunningham, chose four songs to promote going “deeper with God” and to support the church’s goal of using their spiritual gifts for the purpose of serving.
The four songs On Bended Knee will perform represent a wide range of worship and dance styles from Israeli folk to modern dance. The introductory piece will set the stage with the use of soaring flags inviting the Holy Spirit’s presence. After the break, On Bended Knee will return to rouse hearts to worship through a lively Israeli dance. Later they will return with a piece that will challenge believers, young and old, to reach out to a hurting world. The evening will end with a beautiful and breathtaking dance that declares the awesomeness of God through pageantry. This is not to be missed. But there’s so much more to be experienced. Each participant in Gloryfest is gifted in different areas, and the evening promises to draw everyone into an appreciation of the arts in declaring the majesty of Our Lord.
Another dance team, an antiphonal choir and band will also grace the evening. Tammy Morey, the Performing Arts Director of Glen Falls’ YMCA and the National Day of Prayer host for the same area will be ministering with her vibrant dance team of teens and adults. Tammy will also be doing a solo to a dramatic piece, "My Alabaster Box". She has ministered in song and prophetic dance locally and around the world and has a heart for the hurting. Ms. Kutchukian states, “Tammy’s calling is to minister to the broken and lost through dance and the Church through worship arts.” This echoes the heartbeat of the church and the evening’s program.
The band will be directed by Uday Balasundaram, Pastor of the Worship Ministries of Loudonville Community Church. He is both a composer and songwriter and the evening will reflect his God-given talents. The singers will perform under the leadership of Jeanne Ryan, the choir director. Her desire to praise God led her to establish the Jeanne Ryan Worship Ministries, through which she has been singing, worshiping, evangelizing and sharing her testimony at churches, conferences and outreach events.
A string ensemble will also add to the program. Led by Michelle Williams, who is a professional violinist, soloist, and teacher is the arranger of the ensemble music for the evening’s program. Together these ministries will evoke a holy worship of the Lord and a call to help a hurting world—how apropos in light of the recent developments in the Mid East and India. The evening is sure to engage the audience and prepare hearts for the upcoming Resurrection Sunday.
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