Monthly Archives: July 2007

Life In EHO: Today’s walk through the village

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Phil

Today while Ed and I are walking through Virgil Village (our section of East Hollywood) we ask God to protect us and direct us to someone he wants us to meet.  We enter a local motorcycle shop / coffee bar … Continue reading →

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Hollywood’s homeless

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Phil

The focus of our ministry is not on people who are chronically or perpetually homeless (our focus is on the working poor population of East Hollywood).  Still, homelessness is a regular part of life here. 

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Back in the hood

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Phil

Thank you to my parents for pampering me for my birthday!!! I just spent a much-needed getaway weekend with my family.  They live in a well-lit quiet community of southwest Bakersfield, CA (2 hours north of us).  This evening I arrived … Continue reading →

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Faith-sharing: De-culturalizing the message

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Phil

 To U.S.-born Christians visiting their own country’s immigrant-saturated urban centers, I say, “Behold, foreign mission fields.”   Since we are living and serving cross-culturally among immigrants from multiple countries, we are treating this gospel planting ministry in East Hollywood, CA as … Continue reading →

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Trusting God’s Word in their hands

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Phil

One thing I’ve discovered about myself is my fear of putting the bible in new believers’ hands and trusting God’s Spirit to reveal something to them as they read it.  Or perhaps the fear is more that they’ll read the … Continue reading →

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People In EHO: Religious landscape

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Phil

  As people move into Hollywood from all over the world, they bring with them their religious and spiritual backgrounds.  In addition to the multiple “flavors” of Christianity offered, we are surrounded by people from Buddhist and Hindu backgrounds.  A … Continue reading →

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Psychic advisor

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Phil

Here is a typical sight in East Hollywood, to be seen a short walking distance from our home.  Notice the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the wall.  A seemingly inseparable part of the common people’s form of Catholicism, visiting this … Continue reading →

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