Dear HPN members!
It’s May! April showers bring May flowers, but in Hollywood it also brings Upfronts, announcing the new Fall TV series, the Cannes Film Festival and a list of new summer films. It also brings broken hearts and hurting people who need prayer. So, let’s take a walk in the beautiful weather and pray for the people in Hollywood!
SUMMARY:
• The National Day of Prayer Hollywood event held at Bel Air Presbyterian Church was AWESOME!
• Let’s continue to pray for Sandra Bullock as she finalizes her divorce and her adoption of baby Louis
• Keep praying for recent and continuing industry professionals who can’t get work
• HPN is still in need of intercessors to join our “I to I” prayer team and pray for industry professionals
• Pray for the release of the 2010 summer blockbusters that began last week with “Iron Man 2”
• All of the network and cable “Upfronts” are happening May 17 – 20th
• The annual Cannes Film Festival (Festival De Cannes) opened on May 12th and goes through May 23rd
• Pray for the writers and producers who are creating the content of films, TV shows, songs & video games
• Pray for the wet, hurting and homeless now in Nashville after the terrible flooding and storms
• Pray for Elton John, the world-renowned music icon who has lived a life of fame, riches, addiction, & pain
• Pray for Geert Heetebrij, ('93 LAFSC grad) who needs God’s provision for a grad screenwriting program
• Pray for HPN’s Thai LCD, Manop Moonsri and his upcoming "You Are Not Alone Concert 2010"
• Pray about taking a life-changing short-term missions trip to Kenya with other industry professionals
• Don’t forget about the weekly prayer events and other upcoming gatherings in our community
• Let us know if you have a prayer group that is open for others in Hollywood to join
PRAISES:
• The National Day of Prayer Hollywood event held at Bel Air Presbyterian Church was AWESOME! After 18 years of gathering industry professionals to pray on the NDOP in various sound stages, and churches, this year at Bel Air Pres. was the largest (over 500 people attended) and so exciting. We spent the evening with industry ministries and local churches, with prayer leaders, pastors and entertainment professionals, all praising God, worshiping and praying together in an evening that eternally impacted our industry, our city, our state and our nation. Next year, you must come and join this incredible celebration of God through prayer and praise! And thanks to the whole planning team and Bel Air Pres. Leadership for making it happen.
UPDATES:
• Let’s continue to pray for Sandra Bullock as she finalizes her divorce to Jesse James and finalizes her adoption of her new 4-month-old baby boy named Louis Bardo Bullock. Sandra, who adopted Louis with Jesse back in January, has decided to keep Louis and raise him as a single parent. Let’s pray that the Lord honors her decision by supplying all she needs to raise Louis as a young man who comes to know Jesus. And we have to keep praying for Sandra’s own heart and journey with God, during this time of huge transition. “I'm sad and I'm scared," Bullock says of the divorce.
• Let’s continue to pray for the people who are trying to break in to the entertainment industry and those professionals who haven’t been able to work. The most needed prayers are those asking the Lord to give each person a confirmation of whether they should continue to persevere or whether He has plans for them elsewhere. It’s such a hard thing to know God’s direction when we’re passionate about our dreams and yet not able to make a living. A common question amongst artists and creative professionals is – am I doing the right thing? Please join all of us in this difficult and heart felt prayer.
• HPN is still in need of intercessors to join our “I to I” prayer team so that you can be blessed as you uphold a professional in need of prayer. We have media professionals waiting for a prayer partner. Might that person be you? Or do you know a prayer group who would be willing to pray for their own “media missionary?” Please let us know. Just email Caren@hpnemail.org
REQUESTS:
• The release of the 2010 summer blockbusters began last week with “Iron Man 2.” Remember to pray for the films’ stars, writers, directors, producers, distributors and studios as you enthusiastically support the summer box office. Don’t just enjoy the films, but pray for the filmmakers!
• All of the network and cable UPFRONTS are happening May 17 - 20 as the networks announce and present their new and returning shows for the 2010-2011 TV season “upfront” to advertisers and agencies. The major networks presenting shows are ABC, CBS, NBC, The CW, TNT, BS, MTV & ESPN. Let’s pray that the advertisers will respond with wisdom and moral integrity as they look at the choice of shows to invest in for this season.
• The annual Cannes Film Festival (Festival De Cannes) opened on May 12th and goes through May 23rd. It is the largest international film festival in the world, premiering and screening major feature films of the upcoming year to the film buyers, distributors and filmmakers. Pray that the Christians there will be shining lights and sources of hope to the many buyers, sellers, presenters and audience, that God's hand will lovingly touch each person there, and that miracles will happen at this most powerful gathering of global filmmakers. For more info on the Festival, click on: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/about.html
• Please pray for the writers and producers who are creating the content of films, TV shows, songs and video games, to feel a moral responsibility for their work. Whether they know God personally or not, let’s lift them up and ask the Holy Spirit to open their eyes to truth, to guide their ideas, and to help them tap in to the Lord’s creative juices.
• Pray for the wet, hurting and homeless in Nashville after the terrible flooding and storms. Our extended family in the music community in Nashville has asked for our prayers as they drain water out of their damaged homes and help one another find new furniture or places to live. If anyone wants to take a short term mission trip to Nashille, our dear friends at Artists in Christian Testimony, Intl., are doing everything they can to help the local artists. Click here to find out the needs and even how you can help: http://www.actinternational.org/
• Let’s pray for Elton John, the world-renown music icon who has lived a life of fame, riches, addiction, bulimia, gay relationships, bankruptcy and heartbreak. He needs to find the Lord in these later years of his life in order to find peace, and our prayers can make a difference. We often forget that wonderful performers who recorded songs that defined great eras in our lives, and gave us joyful memories, are hurting, broken and lost. Let’s give something back to Elton by praying for God’s miraculous touch on his heart and life.
REQUEST FROM AN HPN MEMBER:
• Let’s pray for Geert Heetebrij, who was a '93 graduate of the LAFSC. He was just accepted into the MFA Screenwriting program at Pepperdine, starting this Fall, and has asked the Hollywood Prayer Network to please pray for God's financial provision so that he can attend Pepperdine's grad program. Will you pray for Geert and the many other Christian film students who have great opportunities for a fine education in film and television, but are struggling to pay the tuition needed to complete their schooling.
REQUEST FROM THAILAND LOCAL CHAPTER:
• Manop Moonsri, our Thailand LCD, has asked that we pray with him for his work with the "You Are Not Alone Concert 2010" on June 6th at the Khonhkan Hall Central Plaza in Khonkhan. May the Lord use Manop’s love for the Lord to touch the lives of all the participants and attendees at this concert.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
• Would you like to go to Africa? Our own HPN Board member and friend, Doug Millham, has a unique ministry of combining his service to the Hollywood artistic community with running an orphanage for children with AIDS in Kenya. Doug has invited any industry professional to join his Discover the World Short-Term Mission trip to Kenya. It is our prayer that members of our community would experience another side of the world, in order to bring back a deeper wisdom, a richer relationship with the Lord and a new perspective on life through spending time in Africa. Would you pray about being a part of their exciting Vacation Bible School and Work Project trip from July 31 – August 13th? With more than 500 children now being helped in 6 projects across Kenya, the need to love and care for them is greater than ever. For more information click on: www.discovertheworld.org or email Dougdtw@aol.com.
• Don’t forget about the weekly prayer events in our community where we would LOVE to have any of you just show up to pray and to get prayed for:
Wednesdays at noon in the Wiley Chapel of Hollywood Presbyterian Church. Email Serdman@fpch.org for more info.
Every 2nd & 4th Thursday nights at 7:00pm at the Wiley Chapel of Hollywood Presbyterian Church. Email Caren@hpnemail.org for more info.
• For all the other on-going and one time events, conferences, gatherings, Bible Studies and screenings, please click on http://www.hollywoodconnect.com/connection-central and http://www.hollywoodconnect.com/view/OngoingEvents.
• If you have any industry prayer groups that are open for others to join, PLEASE let us know and we’ll post them for our whole Christian entertainment community to be aware of. We would love to have every Christian in Hollywood connected to a prayer group. Just email me at Karen@hpnemail.org.
Thank you so much for your prayers this month. You are a part of something so much bigger than what any of us can do on our own. So, be encouraged and know that we are so grateful for you!
Warmly,
Karen and Caren
TIP OF THE MONTH:
Real artists can get some real answers to tough spiritual questions on Joel Pelsue’s video blog: http://www.a-e-m.org/html/real_answers_for_real_artists.html
QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enz Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film." -Frank Capra
VERSE OF THE MONTH:
“So I ask you to make full use of the gift that God gave you when I placed my hands on you.” II Timothy 1:6
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