The weekend schedule and list of?Intensive classes will be posted soon, but this next?conference is shaping up to be the best ever!? We are so fortunate to have Tom Toombs coming back again and the wonderful Brenda Marshall as our featured faculty. PLUS, a very Special Surprise Guest and a great list of other faculty that continues to grow week by week to provide you with the best teaching and training in clowning that you could get anywhere in the country!!?

You'll note this year we are doing the Show Me a Smile Day as our special emphasis. This all conference field trip on Saturday afternoon will take us into area hospitals, nursing homes, children's homes, shelters and just anywhere God leads for us to go to share His love and a clown smile with others. This event you may remember from last year was recognized with a mayoral proclamation as a Springfield holiday.? We are working to make Show Me a Smile Day a recognized holiday in the whole state of Missouri and from there who knows where it could lead!? We are working on plans for some very high profile public spokespersons who can help us spread the word.? You should plan to bring your costume and makeup to?dress out and lead the charge?into the?community.? Angel Contreras has developed our logo (thanks Angel!) and offered to make stickers that we can use for the event.? It will also be an opportunity for us to get a group picture with over 200 clowns all dressed out.? WOW!!? And you know when there are clowns dressed out, we have to have a parade!? Yes, we will parade for each other at the hotel, something I know that many of you have missed for several years.

Because this?will be our 25th anniversary as a ministry clown conference, the Task Force would like to increase the excitement leading up to the conference by assembling a special Anniversary Edition of our program booklet.? We would like for you to be part of this project by taking a few minutes to write a short personal story (one paragraph or less) of how the Show Me Clowns for Jesus National Conference has influenced your ministry or life.? Has it improved your clowning skills?? Have you used clowning to advance the gospel?? Have you become a more caring person? Please share your 'shining moments' with us. We will try to get as many stories/testimonies as possible into the anniversary edition.? We will also put some of these on the blog spot at the website to encourage us in the days leading up to the conference.? Please send your emails to contactus@showmeclownsforjesus.org