This Is The Church

A Contemporary Christian Dance Interpretation by AlcanzArte Danza, Chile

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"This is the Church" is a collaboration between Prayerscapes and AlcanzArte Danza in Chile. The work is based around a remarkably inspired spontaneous prayer that Roger Ellis (Revelation Church, Chichester) prayed as an introduction to a talk he gave at a national UK worship conference. Thankfully the tape recorder was running and so we were able to re-create this prayer in the studio, and develop a soundtrack around the words. AlcanzArte Danza have recently been inspired to choreograph and film a dance to the piece, devising and shooting the work on location near Santiago, Chile.

This Is The Church…

…is an honest, moving prayer that reveals the beauty of Christ and the transforming power of his forgiveness and grace in our lives. It is a prayer that encourages us to work through the tensions we face in walking together with others – sometimes through great darkness. And it is a prayer that leads us to marvel at the extravagantly creative universe and take time to soak in God’s peace and presence.

scene from the film

"this is the church" is taken from the first prayerscapes album find out more