Residents@JV

St. Peter's Clown Ministry

About 2:00pm Sunday afternoon, Dec. 02, 2007, the St. Peter’s United Church of Christ’s Evangelistic Outreach Missions Program, ‘The Clown Ministry’, came to spread a little Holiday Christmas Cheer for the residents of Jacob’s Village. Through a torrential down pouring of rain, the ‘Clown Ministry’ did arrive to put a smile on everyone’s face while their own Clown faces had paint running down their cheeks. Still, a Clown’s a Clown and all the residents enjoy Clowns and their hi-jinx. Some days are better than others, but it sure is nice to have a home full of clowns when it’s the real deal. Just returning from Church service and finishing up lunch not long before, all the residents were in the Women’s Home awaiting their arrival. Wanda, Donna Kay, Debbie, Mike, Michael, Scott and Home Coordinators Gloria and Joe greeted the Clowns that were bearing gifts. That’s a good way to put a smile on everyone’s face when a tray of homemade, holiday cookies are presented upon entering a house. Led by Cosmos-Rev. Karen Lipinczyk, and followed by Pusot-Sue Wolf, Marshmallow-Melanie Hoffman, Spunky-Karla Ramsey, Cookie-Devon Compton, Pickles-Austin Ramsey, Kitty-Micah Wilhite, and Vincent Efferoth, a foreign exchange student from Germany who was an honorary clown for a day, began singing Christmas Carols. After a few Carols and Clown hijinx, they all introduced themselves and went into the living room. The tray of homemade cookies was left on the dining room table for a later treat. The St. Peter’s Clown Ministry is no stranger to Jacob’s Village having visited with the residents a time or two. Stories, jokes and recollections of Holiday Seasons’ past were a delight to be heard from the guests. A few photos were snapped and the Clown Ministry accomplished what they had set out to do, put a smile on everyone’s face, and after about an hour of good fellowship; it was time for them to leave. The weather outside all day was never too appealing, cold, wet, and rainy. So, wherever they were headed to next, again they would have fresh paint smeared and run down their face. The St. Peter’s U.C.C. Clown Ministry brightened the Jacob’s Village resident’s day and left some cookies

posted by J V Resident Blog @ 10:20 AM