We are moved by what we see!

Ok So here are a few things to remember when ministering Mime.

Mime is an expression or communication of an emotion, thought, idea, story, etc through body gestures and facial expression with out spoken words.

Mime is a communicator! That is big, when you are a christian mime and you are ministering whether you are spontaneously ministering or you are doing a pre-practiced piece you are a minister at that point and time. Communicating through mime means the mime must interpret beyond words and use other way to get across the thought or idea.

Always remember to EXAGGERATE or Maginify your actions especially your facial expressions, so that the person in the back of the audience will be able to see what you are doing. Its like larger than life actions and facial expressions.

Facial gestures are one of the biggest keys in mime, you have to be able to do the right facial gestures to get across to the audience what it is you want them to do. For example when the pastor and I did God is here back in December we were trying to get the audience to responed to a silent alter call. So we were using gestures trying to pull people to the alter. Pointing at the alter, and when someone came to the alter we pointed at them and shook our heads in agreement to let the audience know that is what we wanted them to do, it was an awesome expreince. When ministering mime you have to exact communication of what it is you want the audience to receive in the message your sending.

I just want to say on another note of our group and that it has gotten off to a great start. This sunday is our offical first ministering oppurtunity as Called to Silence Mime ministry of New Vision Ministry Center. I have to say that I am very nervous about this because it is going to show the rest of the church what the mime ministry is about and the standards are high. So tonight at our last monday practice we have to hit it hard and work out the details because this is going to be a big thing for us.

So If you are reading this and dont go to New Vision Ministry center in Louisville please think about comming and checking us out. If you are a mimer please be ready to work tonight its going to be a very long practice:)

Our Mimes

Here are some silly pictures that we took at our last practice. They are pretty funny and just shows us being mimers. :)

Amazing God

In doing some studying I have came across somethings that I think go when thinking about doing mime.

First we have to look deep in our hearts and see what is the purpose of being on the mime team. What is the goal and why am I here. We must examine deep down and ask what is our purpose and where do we go from there.

You must have a passion for Christ. You must want to praise his name and be willing to do things a little bit different than usual. Mime is not always liked and not always accepted. But it is a very useful tool that will grab someones attention and then hit them with some real truths about their own lives.

So we must seek him and want to go deeper with our mime walk with him. We must realize that the actions, feelings, thoughts, and the things that we portray reflect what God wants to be reflected. We take our selves out and realize it is him that is speaking through us. He is the amazing God, he is the Amazing king. We dont get the glory or praise he does. He is the one that saved us from our afflictions and our junk.

Whether we mime in a park, in a church, to a song, or a skit we are taking our selves out of it and he is speaking through us. The Amazing God, Amazing King.

Amazing means (adjective) Causing wonder and amazement; possessing uniquely wonderful qualities

Amazing means (noun) Action when something is causing wonder

So if you say amazing God, Amazing King your saying that God is causing wonder and amazement in your lives and around you. There is no one like him cause he is amazing. Wow he is truly amazing.

So when this song is ministered please know the he is amazing in all things and make it personal.