Congratulations Pinky!
We've been doing "all clown" worship services for years and believe it or not, the most requested thing we have from churches IS our clown communion. And.........our services are usually most liked by the seniors of the congregations.
Personally, I believe that a clown worship service, when properly planned should take the congregation through a series of emotions. Through most of the service, they experience laughter and joy causing their endorphins to go crazy. They feel uplifted.....then when you do something like a communion skit, it begins joyful and funny....and along the way takes a very serious turn. The congregation is caught off guard by this change of events. The skills of the clowns carry the moment through crucifixion and there is rarely a dry eye in the place. It's also very draining for us to present because we have to be IN THE MOMENT.
Several years ago we were asked to do a "Maundy Thursday" service in a community 100 miles from our home. I felt truly challenged. We prayed plenty over that one because I had no idea how we could do that justice. There were NO people in this congregation under age 70....and I'm being very serious. We worked on that skit....prayed and prayed about it. I had a tentative skit written but was questioning if I had "crossed a line" anywhere. I ran it by Roly Bain (clown high priest in England)....he thought it was GREAT and even gave some suggestions to make it funnier. We've now presented it that last 3 years in churches across our state. We close this service with a Clown Communion. Last year we were even invited to a CATHOLIC Church in a small community. I kept thinking a nun was going to sneak up and crack me with a ruler (ha)....but they loved it. However, with every congregation you have to be sensitive to their beliefs, etc. In the Catholic Church we don't actually "serve" the communion to the congregation. We serve each other and end it in another way.
We have another Christmas Tree Skit that is another emotional roller coaster skit. The downside of doing this very often is it you have use a REAL Christmas Tree and you end up making a bit mess by cutting it all up. Also a Valentines Skit which is really good year-round about "Giving your heart to Jesus."
Would love to exchange Christian skit ideas with anyone. Why reinvent the wheel if you've got something that works.
I think there may be a picture from our clown communion skit on our website:
ACTSClownMinistry.org
Have a BLESSED day!
Sparky