The actors group, StageLight, had their first outing this month. A group of 15 showed up for the summer event Jazz at the LACMA. These were the only pictures snapped, but a big thanks to everyone else that came out! StageLight meets the last Tuesday of the month for a night of prayer and fellowship and every 2 months they go out to do something fun and artistic together in the city!
The June 20th Inbetweeners meeting was a success! 8 people showed up and had a good time enjoying fellowship, food, prayer, and a creative demo shared by group leader, Sam Vest. He also spent time showing everyone a powerful new tool called “image blending” using Midjourney AI. Praise God for this powerful new tool. The next meeting will be held on the third Tuesday of every month. For more information, email Inbetweeners Animation Group
Karen and Kelry hosted the monthly meetup on June 8th in the library of FPCH. A group of creatives, some who were new to the HPN community attended. There was a time of sharing, encouragement, networking and prayer! If you would like to join us at our next meetup, please email myesha@hpnemail.org
On Saturday, June 3, Measure For Measure met again and had an incredible conversation between Music Manager, Kristin Gregory and one of her key clients, singer/songwriter Taylor Hill. 40 HPN music professionals gathered in a festive lunch and fellowship time and God moved through the conversation and the connections. It was a joyous afternoon with incredible music professionals who love Jesus!
OneSong held their 2nd event on Wednesday, May 31st. Fourteen people came and 10 songs shared – 4 live from a guitar or piano w/ vocal mic set up and the rest as professional audio recordings. Genres consisted of EDM, Gospel, Rock, Pop, Worship and Alternative. The talent level was really high and it was really encouraging to hear so many different genres of music being represented!! If you would like to join the next OneSong gathering, please email, onesong@hpnemail.org
Twenty-Five actors met at StageLight. They had a beautiful night, sharing sushi under the stars, and discussing the importance of encouragement, where they have felt it most in their life as an actor, the importance of encouragement, and how we can always turn to God for encouragement. At the end of the night they had a little special surprise for Karen, the founder of HPN, where they all sang happy birthday and shared cake.
HPN’s very own Comedy Group, Upside Down Comedy, held their first Comedy Mash-up! This was a night of Non-stop LAUGHTER and simply so much fun for the entire family! This ONE of a Kind Clean Comedy Mash-up was attended by over 80 guest! This night included storytelling through the art of improvisation and sketches, and included hilarious stand-up by Host, Robert G. Lee. What an amazing time! Stay tuned for the next Upside Comedy event this summer!
HPN hosted one of the largest Thursday Meet-up groups yet! On Thursday, May 11th creatives from all over Southern California and even Canada joined us for a great time of fellowship that including prayer, relationship building and a time of encouragement! The next monthly meetup is on Thursday, June 8th. Email Myesha at Myesha@hpnemail.org.
May 3rd, 4th and 5th, HPN held our 29th Annual NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER CELEBRATION – a 3 Night Power of Prayer Conference with one theme: REVIVAL IN HOLLYWOOD. Over the three days, more than 250 people joined us!
- Night 1 – The Power of Prayer – Karen & Jim Covell, and Kelry & Tim Kirschenmann – Teach on Prayer, Intercession, and REVIVAL in Hollywood – It was streamed live on our YOUTUBE CHANNEL, and will remain posted for future viewing.
- Night 2 – JESUS BLOCK PARTY (with JESUS BURGERS + KLOVE) and COMMUNITY WORSHIP + PRAYER Night – We had burgers and made new friends before beginning what was a POWERFUL night of community worship and prayer, as we PRAYED FOR THE REVIVAL OF HOLLYWOOD – with special guests! THIS WAS NOT STREAMED
- Night 3 – We held a SPECIAL FILM SCREENING: Hollywood, Teach Us To Pray Hosted by HPN and Filmmaker Terry Lindvall – We also held a Talk Back after the movie.
On Tuesday, May 2nd, 17 actors gathered for StageLight to discuss the seasons of being an actor, as a lot of prayer, good talks and laughter was exchanged. The next StageLight meetup is on Tuesday, May 30th at 6:45. For more info, email Sarah.
