Hey Pinky:
My daughter (JuJu) and I (Twis-T) go to a church where my brother is the minister and he does not agree with us being gospel clowns. We just go to other churches and events like VBS. My daughter was asked to do a routine at a church in Mo. (we live in Arkansas) when we go to our family renioun this year. We also have some of the SS (Sunday School) teachers from the Church that sponsers the Christian School she goes to for dates to visit their classes.
I have been to a church where I was a member for 5 years and when I did skits for neighboring SS classes the minister would not let me go to services because I did not have time to go home and clean off the clown make-up. He said I would be disrespecting God and sending a wrong message to the other members if I attended as a clown.
Don't hang up your clown shoes yet. We pass out balloons and tracts no matter where we are. Our favorite activity is to go to a fast food place and make balloon animals and flowers and pass them out with tracts to the people and workers there.
Just pray over it a other doors will open up for you. We'll be praying for you.
Twis-T and JuJu