Beit Yeshua & Machol  Dance

Shalom, and Welcome to the Beit Yeshua website about Israel, Israeli Folk Dance and the Biblical Festivals.  God is restoring the "listening" church to its Biblical Hebraic Roots and this website shows the numerous areas of ministry we've been involved in over the years.

My name is Curtis.  My wife, Carolyn, and I have been public school teachers for 30+ years since we graduated from college in the mid-1970s.  I taught 8th grade Math until I retired in December 2004.  Carolyn currently teaches high school Spanish. 

When we first graduated from college, we wanted to get involved in a local church and since we were both school teachers, church leaders just naturally assumed we’d want to work with kids and youth, which we did for a number of years.  Eventually God opened the door that brought us into Praise & Worship Ministry and I served as Minister of Music for 20+ years at several churches in Catawba County, NC.

It was during this time that God began to open our eyes to the fact that dance was scriptural and that it needed to be restored to the church as an integral part of our praise and worship experience.  Our eyes were opened to the beauty of the Biblical Festivals and how they so specifically paint a portrait of Messiah Yeshua (Jesus).

Since those days in the mid 1980s, we’ve had the opportunity to start four Israeli Folk Dance troupes that have met in churches in Catawba and Lincoln Counties in North Carolina.  We've taught at Zion Center for the Worship & Arts and Resurrection Dance Ministry in Charlotte, NC and ministered in dance at churches throughout the western part of the state.

Beit Yeshua (House of Salvation) was organized as a small Hebraic-Roots fellowship in August 2001 to give those in the Catawba/Lincoln County area an opportunity to learn about and observe the Biblical Festivals.  Doug Williams & I co-lead the group that currently meets twice monthly on Friday evenings to enjoy Shabbat, study & discuss the Torah, pray, worship & dance, fellowship and eat together.  Our meeting schedule revolves around the Biblical Festival Calendar and we meet in a larger venue when observing the festivals in order to give others in the surrounding cities, counties and states an opportunity to join with us. 

As the years have passed, the Lord has "expanded our borders" as we've had the opportunity to (1) teach Jewish-Roots classes & seminars, (2) share Passover Seders at various churches & the local college, and (3) lead Israeli Folk Dance at conferences in Charlotte & Black Mountain.

For more information on our calendar of activates this year, check out this link:
                                                Calendar & Upcoming Events

Thanks for checking out our web site.  Hope you find something here that ignites a spark within you to understand & experience all that God has for you.  Blessings in Messiah, Yeshua.

Ahava V'Brachot (Love & Blessings)
Curtis & Carolyn