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The Clown Ministry Handbook by Janeth Litherland - The Original Book of Clown Ministry Basics With Skits for Service and Worship - foreword by Floyd Shaffer Arguably, The book on clown ministry. An excellent resource on gospel clowning (it's not focusing intently on creating make-up or other "clown" activities, but rather how the clown becomes a gospel clown). An excellent resource with several skits as well as interviews with several gospel clowns across the country.

I rate it 5 clowns on a 5-clown scale (a very rare occurrence).

Don't forget to check out Everything New and Who's Who in Clown Ministry, a sequel and follow-up volume by the same author.

Table of Contents for Clown Ministry Handbook

Foreword by Floyd Shaffer

Chapter One: In the Beginning: An overview of the activities of clowns throughout history
Chapter Two: But the Greatest of These Is Love: How clowns demonstrate devotion to God by their services and actions
Chapter Three: A Merry Heart Maketh A Cheerful Countenance: Costume and facial make-up of "pure" clown types listed and illustrated
Chapter Four: Put on the New Man: The need for a balance between what the clown looks like and what he is made of, inside. Stresses importance of wardrobe, props, techniques, name and feelings
Chapter Five: Let Us Exhalt His Name Together: Practical and spiritual suggestions for achieving and maintaining group organization while ministering
Chapter Six: Go Ye Into All The World: The "where" and "how" of clown ministry. Places to go for outreach ministry, things to do and what to expect
Chapter Seven: Things Which Are Not Seen Are Eternal: The relationship of God and man. How the clown can be the link between both. The importance of prayer.
Chapter Eight: Clown Gags: Suggestions to the clown for achieving rapport with audience, through laughter
Chapter Nine: Scripture Skits for Clown Groups: Includes five skits, each with several clown parts. Skits with a message for Christian living
Chapter Ten: More Performance Skits for Clown Ministry in Church: Performance scripts for use within a worship service
Chapter Eleven: Balloon Art: How to entertain an audience by making a wide variety of objects from balloons
Chapter Twelve: Caring and Sharing Clowns: Eleven clown ministers tell how they came to be clowns for Christ
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