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 It all started one summer day when a neighbor
ask me to join in a 4th of July parade in the community
and help collect used eye-glasses for this organization by dressing
as a clown. After putting on my wife’s make-up and dressing in old
clothes, that didn’t match, I walked the parade route waving at
cheering and laughing people. Never mind I didn’t really know how to
be a clown, it never stopped me from being a brain surgeon. I was
hooked. It felt good and something inside said I should be a clown,
besides it has to be easier than brain surgery. So, off to costume
stores to find a clown wig, nose and costume. Make-up was more
difficult to come by until Halloween that year. With a “rainbow
wig”, too much make-up, a large red nose, that beeped when squeezed
and green polka-dot outfit a Clown was born.
White face seemed right and since a decision was made to be a mute
clown the name came naturally, while blowing numerous whistles. Now,
what can I do besides walking in a parade once a year?At this point Whistles felt a calling. Yes that
“Big Clown in the Sky. Hey have you seen some of the animals he
made? Well, it seemed God wanted Whistles to get out a message. So
Whistles is off to Christian bookstores to start into a whole new
world of literature, Gospel Clowning. Whistles even tripped over an
organization called the Fellowship of Christian Magicians. It seemed
God was serious about me being part of a plan to get the Good News
out through Gospel Clowning.
After several years of attending this Christian
Magicians Conference, this one man-clown ministry would start to
grow in number. When Whistles best friend from high school, and his
wife, moved near by a day occurred when clowning came up in a
conversation. This old friend happened to be interested in magic, so
Whistles invited his friend and his friends’ wife to the next church
Easter Egg Hunt. They saw his performance, and even though the wife
was afraid of clowns, they wanted to clown around with Whistles.
These two were so interested they discovered a place called Clown
Town. Clown Town was a two and a half day clown training conference
run by professional clowns. The next year Whistles went to Clown
Town as well and realized how scary he really looked. A big red nose
was wrong, the rainbow wig
 had
to go, and most of all proper make-up techniques for a white face
was essential. So a new kinder Whistle’s was re-born.
God has called two other clowns to his
ministry, and so Clowns Serving Christ Ministry was formed. It is made
up of Whistles, Bumbles, his wife Jingles, Rufus and Pockets. Since
we believe this was God’s idea, it is HIS ministry and we go where
He leads. To God Be The Glory. |
