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This Week's Best Clown Ministry Headlines from around the worldSunday Best at the Annual Grimaldi Service - Every year on the second Sunday of February, a church service is held in East London to honour the father of present day Clowns, Clowns set Show Me Smile Day for Feb. 13 - The goal of Show Me a Smile Day is to bring joy and a smile to those who are in pain, or who feel neglected and forgotten. Clowning for Christ – dos and don'ts - Clowns may be doing their thing for religion, but are they scaring the children? Lev Leytzan: The Compassionate Clown Alley Heads to Bucharest and Israel - The young adult clowns of the Long Island-based charity Lev Leytzan: The Compassionate Clown Alley, Inc. will embark on an 11-day humanitarian mission to Bucharest and Israel on December 7, 2009. Not Just Clowning Around - So there are Doctors Without Borders, Reporters Without Borders, engineers and lawyers -- why wouldn't we think a clown was tripping around under the big top one day wondering what he could do to make things better in the most traumatized regions of the world? God-Loving Clowns Invade World of Elderly - Imagine you are elderly and confined to a nursing home.
You're sitting in your wheelchair, peacefully drifting in and out, when suddenly you are surrounded by clowns.
Checkout the video Clowns Without Borders brings laughs from New York - Anna Zastrow and Olivia Lehrman know that funny faces, pratfalls and silly red noses are funny around the world.
The two local members of the international group Clowns Without Borders recently returned from doing clown workshops and comedy performances abroad. Clowning: A Humble Ministry – with Smiles - Smiles are a special gift from God that are given to us to use and share. It is a sad day when a smile gets mislaid and an even sadder day when no one notices it. So, what course of action should be followed to ensure that the mislaid smile is found? Clowning Around - The local Fun in the Son clown ministry is comprised of two families — Len and Debbie Fort with their son, Nathan, and Herb and Katie Riley and their sons, Marc and Ethan — and they’re taking their slapstick humor, Bible verses and morale-boosting lessons to area churches, nursing homes and other facilities. The Forts and Rileys seamlessly blend humor with serious life lessons on being a good neighbor, friend and follower of faith. Therapeutic Clowns of Lev Leytzan Celebrate International Clown Week - On Tuesday, August 4, Lev Leytzan (Hebrew for "The Heart of a Clown"), a New York based nonprofit therapeutic clowning program, will embark on a humanitarian mission to Budapest, Hungary, to give the gift of happiness to underserved populations such as residents of orphanages, hospitals and nursing homes. The organization's seventh overseas mission, which is self-funded by the participants, coincides with International Clown Week. Priest is clowning in the aisles - Clowning around in church is usually frowned upon. But Anglican priest Roly Bain has his congregation rolling in the aisles.
That's because he is also a professional clown – and combines his two callings in a bid to bring younger people to church. Slapstick as Roly leads congregation - Under normal circumstances, clowning around in church would be frowned upon. Magic helps kids cope - As many struggle to cope with the psychological trauma of losing their homes or loved ones, kind-hearted volunteers are keeping them busy with activities aimed to bring a smile to young faces.
Comic relief on the streets of Beirut - Beirut - Clowns and street performers danced in the rainy streets of Lebanon's capital on Tuesday bringing holiday cheers to the traffic-jammed Hamra shopping district.
Spreading Gospel behind greasepaint - Sid Teske's role as Turnip the clown is a far cry from his previous career as an industrial psychologist.
Clowning for Christ - Once the white pancake make-up has been carefully applied to the faces of the Real Life Community Church Clowns, all talking ceases.
Clowning for Jesus - Christian clowns use different approach to share the Gospel and overcome barriers
Long-distance laughter - Riding in the backseat of her parents’ ’59 Chevy, Theresa Garrett would talk without moving her lips. The 7-year-old was already honing her ventriloquism skills, emulating comedians Edgar Bergen and Shari Lewis.
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"The small stuff" The purpose of the Clownville News website is to provide hyperlinks to news articles on clowns and other entertainers. We search the internet looking for News articles. Since we are a 'happy' newspaper, we ignore the stories of people dressing up as a clown and doing bad things. And we ignore stories where someone is called a clown. The web site is updated on at least a weekly basis with the 'new' edition ready every Monday morning. But if there is nothing good to add, there may be no updates for that week. We display hyperlinks to information from clown sites that run an News feed (Using RSS or ATOM). Such as the CRD (ClownResourceDirectory.com) and Clown Events (ClownEvents.com). If you run such a 'feed', send us an email with info on the feed and we will add you to the website.
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