Really two books in one! First a book of puppet craft which details how to construct papier mâché puppets, cloth, moveable-mouth puppets, how to build a folding puppet stage and instructions about using puppets in performance. Many pages of action illustrations and patterns to help guide the user. The second half of the book includes a wide variety of puppet playscripts including Old Testament themes, church life plays, Christian behavior, Bible lessons, special days and other topics. The best possible book for a beginner or for a teacher who is instructing others to do puppetry. A valuable book for every church school library.

You Can Do Christian Puppets

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Carlton, Bea

Kircher, Anne

Crafts & Hobbies

Brooklyn Publishers LLC

Everything you need to know to be a performing clown - written by a performing clown! Advice and ideas plus thirty-two easy-to-perform skits for one or two clown acts. Talks about gestures and actions, rehearsals and routines, talking or miming, modifying skits and the mechanics of performance. Tells about how to make props and the best techniques for beginners. All of the thirty-two skits included in the book have been performance-tested - simplified for easy memorization. The book is delightfully illustrated throughout by Lafe Locke.

Clown Skits for Everyone

Humor & Entertainment

Feder, Happy Jack

Humor

Sermons Alive! A sketch-a-week companion to Sunday worship services Plays are an important part of most church Christmas and Easter services. But since drama is such an enjoyable and effective means of communication, why not make it a regular part of your worship? Drama ministries across the country are including drama sketches in every Sunday service. But fortunately you don't need a huge congregation or special staff of writers to make weekly drama happen in your church. The fifty-two three- to seven-minute dramas included in this book are ideal for introducing sermons. These entertaining sketches illustrate prayer, giving, peer pressure, eternal life, dealing with failure, growth, relationships and other topics of interest to church-goers. Information on simple staging accompanies each sketch - minimal to no props and set pieces are required. Scripts are arranged in alphabetical order with both scriptural and topical theme indexes for easy access. Performance rights and permission to reproduce sketches for your group are included with book purchase.

Sermons Alive!

Literature & Fiction

Lessard, Paul Neale

Dramas & Plays

The author of the first complete text on clown ministry is back by popular demand with this follow-up book. Clown ministry has grown, changed and flourished in the decade-plus since its inception. This book updates through inspirational features and dynamic new material. Part I - Who's Who contains profiles on the "movers and shakers" in the clown ministry field, including "Where are they now?" looks at clowns featured in The Clown Ministry Handbook. Veteran clown ministers from America and abroad share performance tips and anecdotes, their philosophies of clown ministry and more. "Before and after" photographs (with clown makeup and without) and other illustrations add a delightful dimension to the clowns' stories. Part II - Everything New contains seventy-five clown skits for all the traditional holidays and a few untraditional ones as well, such as Good Neighbor Day, National Procrastination Week and even National Nothing Day! Some contain spoken dialog and some are pantomimed. Skits are included for any number of clowns, from one to a whole troupe. Prop lists and production notes accompany each skit. Contains a wealth of fresh, funny material.

Everything New and Who's Who in Clown Ministry

Religion & Spirituality

Litherland, Janet

Christian Books & Bibles

Any drama ministry will benefit from these crowd-pleasing sketches. Isaac Air Freight pioneered the use of sketch comedy from a Christian perspective in the late '70s/early '80s. Their eclectic blend of satirically humorous sketches are still relevant, still hilarious, still imbued with deep spiritual truths. This book contains material from their fourteen years of concert tours and five of their best-selling comedy albums, as well as numerous radio and TV appearances. It features a collection of zany characters, including a hapless private eye, a hippie leftover, an excitable sportscaster and many spoofed TV characters recognizable to every Baby Boomer. Each sketch is preceded by helpful information about the cast, setting, props and costumes. Cast sizes vary from one to twelve characters. Playing times run from five to thirty minutes. Performance rights and permission to reproduce sketches are included with the book's purchase. Use as sermon illustrations or put several together for a fundraising variety show or dinner theatre. Watch comedy work its magic on your audience by breaking down barriers so the message gets through. Thirty-four sketches including: Jerusalem Dragnet, Prodigal Joe, Leave It to Squirrellie, Specs O'Keefe in the Case of the Missing First Love, P. &amp; R. Lucre Tithe Service, Heretic Jeopardy and twenty-eight others.

Isaac Air Freight: The Works : Sketches from the Premier Christian Comedy Group

Rupple, Dan

Isaac Air Freight Comedy Troupe

Toole, Dave

How I Got My Superpowers: A Ten-minute Comedy Monologue

John C. Havens

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