Leader (wearing a red nose**): Heavenly Father, creator of laughter, fun, joy and the ability to perceive humour we thank you and praise you for all things that lighten our mood and our day.
Response (wearing silly wigs, funny faces, etc): Use us to lighten the mood of others and brighten their day
Leader: Jesus, teller of funny stories with hidden meaning, we thank you that you used humour to illustrate and enhance your message of love, hope, truth and purpose
Response: Help us to give meaning and purpose to the lives of others even as we are funny for money
Leader: Holy Spirit, nurturer of the fruit of joy, we thank you for the people in our lives who make us smile when we think of them and for all that you do in us and through us to share joy with others
Response: Help us to make others smile today through the silly things we do, and tomorrow through the blessing of how the money raised is used
Leader: You all look really silly
Response: And also with you
[Optional] The congregation then go outside and have a custard pie fight, sit in baths of beans and indulge in other silliness to raise funds for Comic Relief
Be blessed and be a (funny) blessing
*Not an officially endorsed liturgy, just something I came up with that is underpinned by theologies of humour, blessing and charity.
**I suggest a ‘professional’ clown red nose rather than a plastic one because the plastic ones tend to restrict the nostrils making the speaker sound as if they have a ‘blogged dose’. Although that might make it funnier!
