I am a Christian. God gave me the ability to juggle, and I am determined to use this ability to His glory whenever possible!
The Gospel Juggler teaches all about Christianity whilst entertaining many stories and routines which can be adapted to fully fit in with your own event. I have well over 200 routines (using a wide array of Circus Skills props) at my disposal, so I will be able to match whatever theme you may have and tailor the routines for the ages of the audience and for the stage of faith you require (eg non believers, strong believers, complete mixture)! As most people will never have seen someone juggling while giving a Christian message before, they will become entranced by it and the message will stick in their minds!
The most requested themes:
God's Love
Easter Story
CHRISTmas Story
Teamwork / Working together as a Church
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Every event is unique, and usually a pick n mix of the following activities is the best option for your occasion:
Performance during the Church Service:
A 10-20minute slot instead of the usual Children’s address, or as part of the service, which can be completely tailored to the theme. My Juggling Testimony can also be used effectively during this time!
Testimony Juggling Routine
My testimony of how I became a Christian, can be performed as a 10-15 minute juggling presentation which is ideal as part of an outreach event. The testimony draws parallels between growing in faith and growing in juggling skills, building up to some amazing tricks, all which highlight that God has given us all skills to use to further his kingdom and that we need to recognise what these skills are and use them. This can be performed as part of a longer show (eg 30min or 1hr) or performed at the end of a Circus Skills Workshop or during a Church Service. You can read my testimony here.
STARBURST (May 2009)
"Thank you for all you contributed to STARBURST on Saturday – lots of people were ‘wowed’ by your mini-performance, and I hope this means that folk will remember you when they are organising events. I will keep mentioning you at every opportunity. Best wishes for the Pentecost Festival."
Rona ORME
Children's Missioner
Sharing the Good News with Children
Gospel Juggling Show
Sharing God’s Word using short entertaining and challenging routines featuring the use of juggling, comedy, magic, Circus Skills, challenges, audience participation and songs. This is particularly effective with an all-age audience, but can equally be used during a visit to a Youth/Childrens club, Praise Party or any other kind of outreach. The shows can be as little as 10min long and included as part of a Circus Skills Workshop, or they can be much longer (anywhere up to 1hr). I can perform the same or a different show several times during your event if you would like to make sure that most people at your event get the chance to see the show! The show can be interspersed with secular juggling (juggling with no Christian message - just good clean entertainment) if you would prefer for me to gather a crowd before performing the message part of the show. You can view my 3.5min showreel below to see me in action!
This can be used as a stand-alone 10-15min show where I teach about Christianity while performing and entertaining with all sorts of fire props (balls, clubs, devilstick, diabolo, staff etc). This can be very effective and powerful and it can be added onto other activities that I am hired for on the day or used by itself. Mainly requested at Church BarBQ’s and night-time Youth events (must be performed outdoors though)! More information about my fire juggling here.
Circus Skills Worskhops
Popular during Holiday Clubs, Sunday School picnics and many other special occasions! Let the kids and adults alike develop various Circus skills (diabolo, devilstick, spinning plates, juggling etc) in a session! On request, I can perform a 10min Christian Juggling show as part of the workshop at no extra charge (very happy to do so!) More details on my Circus Skills workshops here.
Fetes, Fayres, Fund-Raisers, Open Days, Fun Days etc
Providing a mixture of Circus Skills Workshops (drop-in or timetabled), Christian Juggling Shows and Walkabout entertainment for whatever your event may be. Parachute games, fire and glow juggling entertainment are also available and worth considering!
Training Session – How to perform Christian Juggling
If you have a group of Christians and would like them to learn some outreach performance skills, then this course is ideal! It suits a group of approx 5-15 participants, and is run as either a 1 day (5hr) or 2 day (10hr) session. Time is split between helping participants gain experience in using all the Circus Skills equipment (learning to juggle, diabolo, devilstick, speedcups, poi, plate spinning and a multitude of other props), and the other part of the course focusses on understanding how to perform Christian Gospel Juggling and how to write/adapt routines for your target audience. More details on this specially created page – Christian Juggling Training course.
Juggler for a Day / Weekend
Useful for Christian Festivals and Church Weekend Aways! Hire Steve to do a number of different activities such as putting on Circus Skills Workshops, as well as performing his 1hr One Man Gospel Juggling Show, taking part in worship/outreach activities and teaching how to perform Gospel Juggling over the course of a day or more!
Badge Workshops
If you are a leader of Rainbows/Brownies/Guides, BB/Girls Brigade, Cubs/Scouts/Explorers/Beavers, then you may be pleased to know that they all have Badges that can be worked towards through the running of Circus Skills Workshops. Please visit my Brownies/BB/Scouts page for further details.
Suitable for every type of Church: My juggling performances can be used no matter what church denomination you belong to: baptist, methodist, church of england, catholic, etc. I am first and foremost a Christian, before any denominational tag is placed upon my ministry! For your interest, I was brought up in the Church of Scotland and now attend a Baptist Church. You can read my full personal testimony here.
Suitable for Secular work also! Useful if you just require a Circus Skills Workshop or good clean entertainment at your event without a Christian Message performed.
TESTIMONIAL
"Steve was able to use his skills to tell the Christmas story and the reason Jesus came into our world through to his death, resurrection and when He was taken up to heaven...The children and adults were awed by this novel introduction to the traditional Christmas worship." "Your talent of giving your testimony while demonstrating circus skills is truly amazing. I will keep in touch and look forward to working again with you on the near future"
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I look forward to your enquiry (you could use the form below and drop me a quick message now!)
Steve the Juggler is Enhanced CRB and Disclosure Scotland checked, First Aid Trained and have £2million Public Liability Insurance. He is based in Northamptonshire, England, UK. Nearby regions are Bedfordshire, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Hertfordshire & North Buckinghamshire, but work considered much further afield. Thank you for reading this page!
Comments (2)
Making an impression!
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Monday, 21 December 2009 11:17
Carol Feben
Hi Steve
A big thank you from us all - we really enjoyed the fun of the workshop and the message. Afterwards I overheard one of our young people telling her parents about the message and they all loved the presents too. I know a few others will be in touch with you to arrange other events later on so you definitely made an impression.
We all wish you a very merry CHRISTmas and a very blessed 2010.
On behalf of the YR 7 students and Grace Staff who took part in the Global Values Day can I just give you a massive THANK YOU for all you did and shared with the students yesterday. It was so amazing to see the way they responded to your positive message and got stuck in with the skills. Your encouraging spirit was really noticed by the students. The feedback at the end of the day was very high for you!
Thanks for taking time to be involved in the life of the school. We will be in touch soon for more bookings to do a similar day hopefully in January
See you soon – you must be happily exhausted from the day!
A big thank you from us all - we really enjoyed the fun of the workshop and the message. Afterwards I overheard one of our young people telling her parents about the message and they all loved the presents too. I know a few others will be in touch with you to arrange other events later on so you definitely made an impression.
We all wish you a very merry CHRISTmas and a very blessed 2010.
God bless you and your witness.
Carol
On behalf of the YR 7 students and Grace Staff who took part in the Global Values Day can I just give you a massive THANK YOU for all you did and shared with the students yesterday. It was so amazing to see the way they responded to your positive message and got stuck in with the skills. Your encouraging spirit was really noticed by the students. The feedback at the end of the day was very high for you!
Thanks for taking time to be involved in the life of the school. We will be in touch soon for more bookings to do a similar day hopefully in January
See you soon – you must be happily exhausted from the day!
Dave Boden
Youth Coordinator
Grace Academy Coventry