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Johnny Depp, Disney and Christians in Hollywood | |
A Movement of Prayer for the Entertainment Industry | |
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Dear HPN,
We hope that you had a joyous Easter and that you are enjoying Spring across the world! We had a month of holidays, awards and dramatic events in Hollywood and now we are settling into a new season of production, development and an upcoming television line-up. So, please pray with us this week:
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Be sure to join us for our 3 Day POWER OF PRAYER Conference, May 3, 4 & 5th - With free burgers, blessings and fun. Read about all the amazing details and sign up below... You won't want to miss this powerful community gathering!
We apologize for two broken links in our last Call Sheet that we don’t want you to miss, so be sure to check out the correct links:
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1) How God used Denzel Washington at the Oscars. His response was: “I don’t know all the ins and outs of the situation, but I know the only solution was prayer.” | | |
Nancy Vuu on HPN's Podcast | 2) We have the direct link for our HPN Podcast - Hollywood ChangeMakers - and invite you to listen to a great interview with Kelry and fashion designer and believer Nancy Vuu: | | |
Measure for Measure - Christian Community for Musical People - April 9th
On April 9th, thirty Christian industry professionals gathered in a new state-of-the-art recording studio to talk faith, the music business, and maintaining your integrity as a believer in Hollywood. It was a powerful time of learning from film composer and orchestrator Mark McKenzie. Mark shared stories, examples, scriptures, and encouragement to our diverse group of musicians, singers, songwriters, composers, performers and producers. Learn more about Measure for Measure, and if you're a musician in LA looking for Christian community, join us for our June 25th gathering!
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Centering Prayer - April 12th
We had an incredible evening of Centering Prayer in The Library, led by Jenni Moon, who guided 15 of us through a beautiful, contemplative evening of listening to God! The intimate gathering was hosted in the FPCH Library Coffee house, where our friends, the Russells, have transformed the space for music, prayer events and personal connections.
We praise God for His intimacy with all of us, and we encourage you to read more about this event and other past events!
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Good Friday Service - April 15th
We had a powerful Good Friday evening of Prayer, Worship and a Baptism. 45 people gathered together in worship and it was an incredible way to spend Good Friday together as a community. We had communion, personal prayer, and we ended the evening with the most beautiful baptism of a new believer! Now there's one more Christian Director in Hollywood! All of us were celebrating God’s miraculous gift of salvation and that He loves us so much!
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Prayers for Healing!
Please pray for healing for two local HPN members, friends and Christian leaders, Peggy and Kris. Peggy has started an intense regimen of Chemotherapy for cancer and we ask that you pray that the two rounds of chemo will wipe her clean of ALL cancer.
We also want to pray for Kris, who had a stroke last year and needs the Lord to heal his whole body. We don’t want the enemy to slow down these two Mighty Warrior Attack Sheep and ask you to join us in praying for their full healing and renewal!
Click the link to be encouraged from the scriptures as you pray for healing in your life and the lives of others!
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Johnny Depp x Amber Heard
We ask that you pray for Johnny Depp and his current lawsuit against his former partner and mother of their child, Amber Heard. We feel so much for those who are hurting and unable to escape the public eye, even in the midst of the most traumatic, and humiliating seasons of their lives. Johnny and Amber are both overwhelmingly loved by God, and we pray that both embrace the unconditional love and hope of Jesus! Let's pray for Johnny and Amber to experience a miraculous transformation and healing:
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Disney Protests
On April 6th, there was a protest in front of The Walt Disney Studios because of Christians wanting to voice their frustrations with Disney’s commitment to add more gay and LGBT characters to their children’s programming. Please pray that the Lord’s truth will reign and Bob Chapek, CEO of Disney, and the other Disney decision-makers, will listen to the voice of Christians across the country. We also invite you to boldly pray that Christians in Disney will not quit, but will stay and be a light, and gain positions of influence and authority within the company! We know that real change starts with prayer!
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NETFLIX Subscribers Dropping
Pray for the decision-makers of Netflix who are watching their subscribers drop, to the point where they have to make serious decisions in light of the dramatic decline in income. We need to ask the Lord to reveal to the top Netflix leaders how much of the unsubscribes are based on the cost of their subscriptions, and/or on the content in their programs. We want the Lord to be leading and guiding their decisions. We also want to keep praying as Netflix expands their VR and gaming world.
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Celebrate Christian Celebrities and Influencers!
Let’s celebrate the celebrities in Hollywood who are being bold about their faith, and let's pray for those who have lost track of their Christian backgrounds once living in Hollywood. They are all God’s children whom He loves SO MUCH. We know the impact that their messages, lives, work and words have on the the culture is powerful, so they all need our prayers.
There is a video on 10 outspoken Christians in Hollywood today who are bold about their faith. Click the red button to the left.
We also want to lift up some people whom you may not have known have Christian roots: ARTICLE
And, we celebrate Matthew McConaughey, who is a faithful and committed believer: ARTICLE
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Thank you so much for your prayers! We need you to join with us in the spiritual battle for Hollywood. We will never give up or surrender in the commitment to pray for God to transform decisions, hearts, relationships and lives in the global entertainment industry!
Remember - with God, NOTHING is impossible!
With love and thanks,
Karen and Kelry
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Has God Called You to Hollywood? | | |
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Raising Children to Pray for Hollywood
As we continue to look for ways to encourage you all to pray for Hollywood, we are thrilled to to have a new Kids & Teens Prayer Calendar! These calendars are designed as printable pdfs so that you and your children are able to pray through the people they're watching and listening to, each week of every month! With prayer focuses and prompts, we pray that these calendars will help you to instill a lifestyle of prayer and a heart for Hollywood in our children! Pass this on to your Youth Pastors!
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“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”
-- 1 John 2:15-17
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"All that we call human history--money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery-- is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”
― C.S.Lewis
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HPN YouVersion Weekly Devotional: Perseverance
Life is hard and we need strength, wisdom, character, and hope to make it through and to end well. That takes perseverance. God talks a lot about perseverance and tells us how important it is and how to get it. This week, let’s focus on strengthening our faith through building perseverance, so that we can run a good race.
- Karen Covell
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You're Invited to Experience the POWER OF PRAYER! 🔥
We are so excited to be hosting our 28th annual Hollywood Night of Prayer, a night of celebratory prayer and worshipful intercession for Hollywood and the entertainment industry! We are inviting industry professionals, ministry leaders and their ministry groups, community members and pastors who feel led to pray for Hollywood. EVERYONE is welcome to join us for a 3 night event that culminates into our community worship night!
Night 1 - Tuesday May 3rd: Founding HPN Director Karen Covell and her husband Jim Covell will be tackling the question of WHY we pray – particularly for Hollywood and the global entertainment industry community! Come as they share stories and examples that illustrate WHY we ALL are called to pray for Hollywood!
Night 2 - Wednesday May 4th: HPN Program Director Kelry Kirschenmann and her husband Tim Kirschenmann will dive deep into HOW to pray and have a rich prayer life. They will break down religious stereotypes that have been built around the prayer life of a believer, and will equip and empower all attendees to develop an intimate relationship with God!
Night 3 - Thursday May 5th: We are kicking off this night with a community JESUS BLOCK PARTY at 5:30pm in the courtyard on the FPCH campus! KLOVE will be there playing tunes and handing out swag, and Jesus Burgers will be there serving 200 FREE burgers, and HPN will be there available to hangout, meet, laugh and pray! Come grab a burger, meet new friends, and even write a prayer request for Hollywood that you can stick to our GIANT 36ft long Hollywood Sign mural!
Then at 7:00pm, join us for a POWERFUL night of worship and prayer! This event is open to the WHOLE community, and we are praying for a powerful move of God as we pray over the following areas:
- For Greater Christians Already in Hollywood, and Those to Come
- For Kingdom Finances, Resources to be Released
- For Kingdom Relationships (professional/ friendship/ singleness/ marriages)
- For Children and Families in the Industry
- For Freedom from Porn, Human Trafficking, and Exploitation
- For Salvations in Hollywood
- For Revival in Media and Arts
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