January 2011 Newsletter
Happy New Year HPN!
It’s a brand new year and we’re excited to get praying for all of the wonderful, creative business community in the world’s most influential city. This is a big time of year so jump in and join us in lifting up all that’s going on in Hollywood!
SUMMARY:
• We praise God for your love and support of HPN
• Please pray for Hugh Hefner and his engagement to 24 year old Crystal
• Continue praying for Entertainment Cultural Influencers
• HPN is excited to host the annual meeting of the National Prayer Committee
• Pray for the people who are waiting to be nominated or are up for awards
• The 68th Golden Globe Awards are coming up this Sunday, January 16th
• The nomination for the 83rd Academy Awards will be announced on January 25th
• Pray for actress Meryl Streep, known by many as the greatest living film actress
• Pray for 16 year old Justin Bieber and his single mom Pattie Mallette
• Let’s pray for the Christian film and TV viewers
• Ask God if there is anyone you know in the media whom you can pray for
• HPN Omaha Local Chapter Director, Samantha, asks for our prayers
PRAISES:
• We had so many of you contacting us at the end of last year with thanks, answered prayers, donations and praises and we thank you all so much. We praise God for you and for your support of HPN.
UPDATE:
• Please pray for Hugh Hefner. Many of you know that Karen interviewed Hef years ago and her heart went out to him. Since then she has found many people praying for him. He is a kind man, just so lost. He even admits to wanting to find a pure love. Now, at 84, as he is engaged to a 24 year old Crystal, he needs our prayers more than ever. Will you ask the Lord to transform his heart? http://omg.yahoo.com/news/hugh-hefner-84-engaged-to-playmate-24/53006?nc
• Keep praying for Entertainment Cultural Influencers at: http://hollywoodprayernetwork.org/content/praying-industry-professionals
REQUESTS:
• HPN is excited to host the annual meeting of the National Prayer Committee (NPC), a group of national leaders of prayer ministries and organizations. Every year these visionary leaders meet to pray for, encourage, and inspire one another and their ministries. This year the committee is meeting in Hollywood on January 24th - 28th. HPN is partnering with Hollywood Presbyterian Church in hosting the group and we are excited to have 75 of them join us for a week in our mission field. Would you pray with us that they would leave with a new heart and vision for the world's most influential mission field. Also pray with us during that week that these leaders will feel welcome, loved and encouraged!
• Awards season is here in Hollywood. Let’s pray for the people who are waiting to be nominated or are up for awards. May the Lord give all of them, and all of us, His perspective on success and awards and may He be holding up the nominees in His loving hands. We ask that people will find their identity in the Lord and not in the awards that they win or don’t win!
• The 68th Golden Globe Awards are coming up this Sunday, January 16th. The show is hosted by Ricky Gervais and the film with the most nominations is “The Kings Speech.” Please pray for the nominees, the presenters, those who didn’t get nominated and the winners. This awards show is 2nd only to the Academy Awards and it impacts everyone’s life who is in any way involved – for good or for bad. For more info. click on: http://www.goldenglobes.org/
• The nomination for the 83rd Academy Awards will be announced on January 25th at 5:30am. That is an amazingly stressful day for our film community. People are up early, on the inter-net and on the phone, waiting to see if they are going to have a bright future or if their career is over. That’s not the truth, but that’s exactly what people think who are hoping they or the film they worked on, will be nominated for an Oscar. Please pray for the Lord to show up in their lives, that Christians will be by their side to give them an eternal perspective, and that the Lord uses this experience to bring them closer to Him. The Oscars will be announced on air on Sun., February 27th. For details: http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/index.html
• Pray for actress Meryl Streep, known by many, as the greatest living film actress. She has 16 Academy Award nominations, 23 Golden Globe nominations, 2 Oscars and 7 Golden Globe awards. She has been married to Don Gummer for 33 years and they have two children. She has a great reputation as a person of integrity. May the Lord sweep her off her feet so that she can fall in love with Him. May her family join her on the same spiritual journey.
• Pray for 16 year old Justin Bieber and his single mom Pattie Mallette. They are committed Christians whose lives catapulted in the past of years. As we watch one young Christian star after the next fall away spiritually and morally, may we pray that Justin will not take his eyes off of Jesus, that he and his mom will stay in the center of God’s will, and that they keep a strong community of faithful friends and pray-ers to hold them up, hold them accountable and keep them healthy. Justin’s 3-D film “Never Say Never” is being released nationwide on Feb. 11th and it shows his vulnerability as a young boy in the global spotlight. He is trying to stay strong in his faith and we want to support him in prayer along the way. We will be setting up a facebook page in the next several days so that you can all continue to pray for Justin and gather all of his fans across the globe to lift him up to the Lord. Also, hear Justin’s faith testimony at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4bmUgjbKoo and his latest hit song “PRAY” at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9tJW9MDs2M
• Let’s pray for the Christian film and TV viewers - that God would melt OUR hearts toward Hollywood so that as we watch the awards shows, any film or TV show, we won’t idolize or hate the actors, writers or directors, but instead that we would be moved to pray for fulfillment in their lives. Pray that the consumer desires will change. Allow the desire to develop and grow for industry cultural influencers and entertainment decision-makers to find truth, peace, joy and freedom. This will happen if we all pray for and not just consume the media.
• Ask God if there is anybody you know in the media or is trying to pursue a career in the arts (performing or creative arts, music, film, TV, video games, dance etc.) who may need encouragement and prayer. Then creatively think about how you can reach out to that person. Can you pray for them, call them and encourage them, give them a financial gift to help pay their rent, or write them a note telling them that what they’re doing is pleasing to God? Creative artists NEED our love and support. Would you be a part of lifting them up, honoring them and encouraging them in their endeavors?
REQUEST FROM HPN MEMBERS:
• HPN Omaha Local Chapter Director, Samantha, asks for our prayers. Omaha is having their first HPN monthly gathering on January 20th at the Omaha Hub. She is looking forward to meeting those who attend and praying over their art and God’s plans for HPN Omaha. Let’s ask the Lord to do a miracle amongs this new group of entertainment pray-ers. Check out:http://www.hollywoodprayernetwork.org/local-chapter/omaha-ne
UPCOMING EVENTS:
• A 6 week class on How To Talk About Jesus Without Freaking Out is being offered to Christians in the industry. It's led by Jim and Karen Covell, this year on Tuesdays, starting February 1st - March 8th. If you'd like to find out more or join the class email Karen at karen@hpnemail.org.
• The Annual National Prayer Committee meeting in Hollywood January 24 – 28th 2011.
• Prayer and Praise for Hollywood - Thursday, Jan. 27th from 7:30 - 9:30pm in Wylie Chapel of Hollywood Pres. with worship led by Edie Boddick. All locals are welcome. Email Caren@hpnemail.org for details or just show up. We will be joined by the 75 national prayer leaders that evening for a wonderful time.
• For updates on Hollywood entertainment news, just click on The Hollywood Reporter On-line at: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ As you read, pray for the people and their situations so that an eternal difference is the outcome as we all indulge in pop culture!
• For updates on the Christian community and what’s going on, click on: http://hollywoodconnect.com/events and pray that our community becomes a beacon of light in Hollywood.
Have a great 2011! We look forward to sharing lots of miracles and answered prayers!
In His Grip,
Karen and Caren
TIP OF THE MONTH:
How to start out the new year….
http://philcooke.com/happy-new-year-heres-how-to-keep-your-resolutions/
QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
"Because we have been absent for so long, Hollywood may be the uttermost part of the earth, more foreign in many ways than China, India, or Africa as far as the Gospel is concerned. Still, we are commanded to go there and be witnesses, and you can't witness without being present. Christians need to be in Hollywood working alongside the men and women who are producing the movies that twenty million people see each week. What a mission field." Bob Briner in Roaring Lambs
VERSE OF THE MONTH:
"Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it." Numbers 13:30
The Hollywood Prayer Network, http://www.hollywoodprayernetwork.org/, is a non-denominational Christian prayer ministry for the purpose of praying for the people, the projects and the powerful influence of the Entertainment Industry. HPN believes that by mobilizing global prayer we can be a part of God's miraculous work of changing the spiritual climate of Hollywood, from the inside out.
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