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Dear HPN Friends and Family,
April showers bring May flowers, so we hope you are enjoying this beautiful month! This Thursday, May 5th is the National Day of Prayer and we hope you take time to pray for our industry and our nation! If you are local to LA, you can join us for our JESUS BLOCK PARTY and POWER OF PRAYER celebration!
Also Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 8th, so be sure to hug your mother and tell her how much you love her! If you are an industry professional, be sure to have your mother praying for you with our PRAYING PARENT'S TEAM. Let's also be praying for Hollywood to continue to create movies that depict wonderful mothers, who inspire this generation to be active, godly examples of God's heart!
Below are other ways to pray for the global creative entertainment industry…
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Experience the POWER OF PRAYER! 🔥
REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN!
TONIGHT 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!
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 powerful prayer life- particularly when praying for Hollywood!
Night 3 - Thursday May 5th: At 5:30pm join our JESUS BLOCK PARTY in the courtyard on the FPCH campus, in partnership with KLOVE/100.3, Jesus Burgers, and The Library Coffeehouse! 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! At 7:00pm, join us for a COMMUNITY WIDE night of worship and prayer! The WHOLE community is welcome, and we are believing for revival!
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Viola Davis
We want to celebrate the life, talent, and remarkable person - Viola Davis. Viola is on a press tour for her captivating new memoir, Viola Davis: Finding Me. In this interview, she talks honestly about the hardships in her early life that shaped what she believed about her younger self and the woman that she is today. She also shares life lessons that she has, in turn, taught her daughter. Let’s praise God for Viola, and her commitment to excellence, her craft, and her boldness to step out and make an eternal difference! And you can hear her read her own story in the AUDIO BOOK!
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Andrew Garfield
Let’s praise God for Andrew Garfield and his spiritual journey! We are praising God that Andrew’s heart softened from being an atheist to seeking truth, when he played two different roles in the feature films Silence and Hacksaw Ridge. Andrew has in recent years become more and more vocal about how he easy he found it to "fall in love with Jesus" while preparing for these roles. Never say that people can’t find God in Hollywood! Praise Him for that! As you pray for Andrew’s open heart, read this amazing article:
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Neal McDonough
We all know Neal McDonough’s face from a number of films and projects from Minority Report, Captain America, and two popular TV series 9-1-1 and The Flash! But did you know that at one time, McDonough was “blacklisted” for refusing to do ANY intimate scenes on camera? We praise God for Neal’s resilience and commitment to his calling as an actor while not compromising, and using his life to honor God. Neal, we applaud your courage and your faith!
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Prayers for Gary Swanson
We ask that you join us in praying for two very important and effective ministry leaders in Hollywood, Gary and Judy Swanson, leaders of Tinseltown Bible Studies, who are going through a difficult time. On March 28 Gary got badly hurt from a fall. He has had a long road to recovery and his wonderful wife Judy has been his sole care-giver. Tinseltown Bible Studies teaches the Bible to young industry professionals and they are having an eternal impact here! Please pray for Gary’s total healing and for strength and renewal for Judy. They are a crucial part of our growing community! Click the link to some scriptures you can use when praying for healing!
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Shawn Mendes
We are praying for pop singer Shawn Mendes, and his ever-unfolding journey to find life in Jesus. Since the breakup with his long-time love Camila Cabello, Shawn has taken to social media to share some very transparent posts about his well-being, particularly, his struggles with fear and mental health. Let's pray for Shawn to find wholeness and hope in Jesus, and to experience freedom in his life from anxiety, and “sadness”. We also want him to feel the love, prayers, and support of our community, and his Heavenly Father!
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Chris Pratt
Let’s pray for the Lord to give strength, confidence, favor and boldness to Chris Pratt as the studio executives try to replace him in his role as Peter Quill in the upcoming Marvel film, Guardians of the Galaxy, distributed by Disney, because of his faith in Jesus. We are thankful for the film’s director James Gunn, who is not a believer, but who is standing firm in defending Chris, and even said that if they replace Chris they will have to replace him as well! It's amazing to see how Chris’s integrity creates such support from his peers. Let’s pray for the studio execs to embrace Chris for who he is and for Chris to handle this with love, patience, peace and joy.
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Impact Productions
Detroit is getting a new production facility and more entertainment jobs with African American-founded, faith-based channel Impact Network. The company is making a big push into entertainment and lifestyle content with the ramping up of its programming slate, the hiring of an executive producer of original content, a music division and the launch of a 6,000-foot production facility in Detroit. Pray that this media company will add more working creatives and excellent programming into their city, our country and across the world.
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Hailey Bieber
Please pray with us for Hailey Bieber, who went on instagram on Wednesday, April 27th and candidly shared about her scary experience having a mini-stroke on March 10th. Hailey described her feelings and the entire experience, leading up to the procedure to close a hole in her heart. We ask for you to continue to pray for Hailey’s recovery, and that she would fall even more in love with Jesus and experience His Love in an even greater way! And may God turn this into good for Hailey and Justin as they seek Him in their marriage!
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Thank you so much for joining us this week. Please be praying for the Lord to do miracles during our 3 day POWER OF PRAYER Conference, pray for the people above whom the Lord loves SO MUCH, pray for industry professionals to bless their mothers this Sunday, and let us know how we can pray for you!
Love,
Karen and Kelry
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Are You Called to Hollywood? | | |
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Are You a Writer?
The KWA Screenwriters Chapter seeks to provide prayer, support, and community for Christians who are writers in the Film & TV industry.
Join us Sunday, June 5th from 3-5pm in Los Angeles for a time of prayer and fellowship as we kickoff KWA's Hollywood Chapter for screenwriters. This chapter will be led by Anthony and Kaylah Cantu of Tinseltown Bible Study, and the quickly growing writer's community Writer's Spotlight.
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“Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
-- Phil. 3:12-14
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"I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.”
― John Newton
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HPN YouVersion Weekly Devotional: Power
We know that God is all-powerful, but did you know that we have access to that power? We can experience God’s power in prayer, in being strong witnesses, in doing miracles, to fight Satan, and even in our suffering. We don’t want to miss it, so this week we’ll learn to access and embrace God’s divine power. He did not give us a Spirit of timidity, but one of power!
- Karen Covell
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May Kids & Teens Prayer Calendar
We are excited to have another new calendar for you to print off and pray through this month with your kids and teens! Did you know that you can also sign up to join our HOLLYWOOD KIDS AND FAMILIES MAILING LIST. We want to continue to build our growing connection of Christian industry families in Hollywood!
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Rooftop Perspective Interview with
Anastasia Burnett
Listen to HPN friend, member and industry professional Anastasia Burnett on her interview with HPN’s partner, Rooftop Perspectives: You can watch it on their Youtube page: https://youtube.com/therooftoporg.
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How to Memorize Scripture
Tomorrow HPN member, friend, musician and missionary, Michael Harriton is launching his incredible series on How To Memorize Scripture. It’s the first series of 10 Scripture Memorization videos (10 in English & 10 translated into French). If you want to memorize scripture in an easy, user-friendly way, you have to check out this creative approach: ENGLISH and even in FRENCH.
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Created By Women
HPN member and friend Amanda Meiss is leading a wonderful women’s ministry to entertainment professionals called Created by Women. It is Little Dot Studios' newest YouTube channel that celebrates the work of talented female directors, writers and producers, provides insider tips to aspiring film- makers and even some job opportunities. It's built for a secular audience, but the channel's founder Amanda, has licensed content from many women of faith and is featuring more content from kingdom-minded creators. Submissions are open so get more info at: Createdbywomen@littledotstudios.com
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Film Highlight: Laleh
Be sure to watch Laleh - an independent film produced by HPN member Essy that opened on March 18th. It’s based on the true story about Hope and Faith. WATCH THE TRAILER
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Film Highlight: Bathtub By The Sea
Don’t miss celebrating with us a short film created by HPN’s dear friend and Local Chapter Director in Norway, Ole-André entitled Bathtub By the Sea. It’s a beautiful fantasy love story set on the coast of Norway. WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE
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Funny People Cry Too
HPN friend and actress Sarah Murphree has created a newsletter focused on Mental Health for the Creative. If you want encouragement, insight and resources for managing your mental health, we recommend you join her mailing list at https://funnypeoplecrytoo.com/
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Events
Support our Community by Attending or Praying for these Events!
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Biblical Equity Symposium
On June 2nd, HPN member, volunteer and dear friend Myesha Reynolds is hosting a Symposium on Biblical Equity. Her heart is to redeem the word “Equity” and help believers to understand it from a biblical perspective in order to really influence and impact those around them. Be sure to check this link.
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