Summer 2011

Crystal

Edzel

 Summer 2011 is upon us.  God has delivered DOOR Hollywood an exciting Discern team, with young people who have grown up in, or near, Hollywood Presbyterian Church.  These young people, Crystal, Erin, Edzel, Isaac, Kyle, & Sean, have missions experience ranging from YoungLife, Bible camp leadership, and short term work worldwide.

Sean

Kyle

Please lift these six young people up in your prayers, as well as the hundreds of traveling Discover mission groups coming to serve and witness God here in Los Angeles.  We pray for them all, as well as those who have been impacted by the recent disastrous weather, and need to change their plans and missions.  May God meet and work through all of this and all of us, and may we be blessed by the relationships we build here in Hollywood this summer.  To keep up with the program this summer, "Like" our facebook page here: Discover Hollywood!

Erin

Isaac

See the marvels of God!  He plants flowers and trees all over the earth, bans war from pole to pole, breaks all the weapons across his knee. "Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything." - Psalm 46: 8-10, The Message

Dumpster Diving, Markdowns on Hugs, and Glorious New Pennies!

River fountains splash joy, cooling God's city, this sacred haunt of the Most High. God lives here, the streets are safe, God at your service from crack of dawn. - Psalm 46:4-6, The Message

Praying in the rose garden. To see more photos, click on any of the photos here!

Here in the midst of our first summer Discover group, I am reminded how much God is here: God of the past, God of the present, and God of the future. This wonderful team from Indianapolis Mennonite Church has brought joy and service to our streets, and in turn, God is showing them how faithful and loving God is. The streets ARE safe, only because God protects us. God is at "our service," but we must be challenged to dedicate our own service to loving God's people and spreading the light and strength of God's kingdom.

This week, we learned about the adventures of dumpster diving, that the fair-trade value of a hug in Los Angeles is somewhere between 25 cents and nothing, and that pennies never looked so shiny! Though this is the language of inside jokes, or humor-that-you-had-to-be-there-for, what is easily seen is the fact that when we put ourselves out there in love and service, God meets us and completely satisfies our expectations and hopes. And usually, they are exceeded tremendously!

This week also marks the welcome to Lou-Trice, our Discern intern for 2010. Lou-Trice is currently a student at Fuller Seminary and comes to us from Sugar Land, Texas. She is literally jumping into the summer with us, learning as she goes, and we are already blessed by the perspectives and leadership she brings to the table. Please pray for a challenging and fulfilling experience for her this summer!

Thanks for reading, amen, and hope to see you here in Hollywood sometime soon!

-Matthew