Hello and Welcome to Family Fellowship Night!
We are a body of believers, who are seeking to rebuild our culture and spread Christian fellowship in and around CenLa. Every month, we host an event where we eat dinner, sing hymns, and learn to folk dance! This event is open to all ages, and it is a wonderful time of feasting and fellowship. By hosting these Family Fellowship Nights, we seek to cultivate a spirit of thanksgiving and joy in Christ’s people. As many have said who have attended our events, it is good, honest, Christian fun.
The world has polluted pleasure. It has tainted fun. At Family Fellowship Night, we reclaim fun under the banner of Christ, because singing, eating, and (yes) even dancing have their place in the Kingdom of God. Join us on the second Saturday of every month* as we rebuild culture and advance the Kingdom!
*Unless otherwise specified, Family Fellowship Night will take place on the second Saturday of every month.
Please check Current Event page and Calendar & RSVP page if you are coming.
If you are interesting in learning more about why we encourage folk dancing, check out these articles
“Dancing With, Not At One Another” by Jarrod Richey
Does Not Have to Be Sexually Charged
“Two people on the dance floor embracing one another in a slow rocking back and forth motion is not really dancing. Nor is wiggling at someone standing opposite you on the dance floor. These are pictures we have when we think of dancing for most people. Many of these “dance techniques” are sexually suggestive (or worse), and for that reason, many Christians have shied away from dancing altogether. But folk dancing does not have to be so. You may dance this rotation with your classmate and the next with your friend’s parent. The physical touch and interaction is neighborly and appropriate regardless of who your partner happens to be this go-round. Frankly, we need more practice in interacting with one another in proper ways. Folk dancing provides a way to do that in neighborly ways.”
“For The Love Of God, We Need More Dancing” by Joshua Gibbs!
“It is not enough merely to feast with one another. Mere feasting does not allow for much physical contact, and physical contact with others makes us disposed to cherish them: the Incarnation teaches us this clearly. For this reason, in Christian society, a kiss on the hand, the cheek, or a handshake is the customary way in which greetings are made. Polite conversation begins with touch; ceremonial touch makes conversations spiritually safer. These are gestures that recall our shared humanity because they unavoidably remind us of our shared physicality. Human beings ought to touch one another, but not however and whenever they please. Dancing teaches us that there are proper and improper ways of handling other human bodies—and it teaches us this not through theories, but through experience.”