21-Day LA Activation! + Special Video from Rev. Dunkley
21-Day LA Activation! + Special Video from Rev. Dunkley
a letter from our Pastors Joshua & Takayo Holmes
Dear All,
Thank you for an incredible outpouring of love and support over the past two weeks as we honored the glorious transition of Gregg Smith and Hideo Kotani to Heaven. Please continue to pour out your love and support for both families.
Additionally, as a community, many of you have been engaged in our 40 day activation condition to raise 40 new members to our community. This condition officially concludes this week! It has been an exciting ride launching various Peace Starts With Me programs and activities to make an impact in our area, grow community engagement, and further share the essence of truth:
On Friday nights we host our weekly Peace Starts With Me Vision Nights from 6 PM where new guests and families have the chance to experience a culture of heart and listen to relatable messages from Principles of Creation. Over the past 5 weeks we have reached 34 total contacts! Please consider this to be the central location to not just invite your guests, but invite yourself, your family, someone who has not been engaged for a while, you name it
On Saturday mornings we host weekly Peace Starts With Me Service Projects from 8 AM! Our community volunteers have been making great effort to engage with local service organizations, supporting renovations of local facilities, cleaning up around our church, and greening at schools and parks! Wow! Let’s get out there and make an impact on our community.
On Saturdays we also launched a day of sports and activities through Peace Cup! Peace Cup is about character and community development through sports and culture. We are constantly meeting new friends and making connections through playing sports together.
For all these programs you can get connected by emailing familychurchla@gmail.com, reading the weekly e-news, or staying up to date @ www.lafamilychurch.org/events
All the while, throughout the week, we are constantly meeting new people out on campuses, our work areas, and our neighborhoods.
So what should be our next step?
Today, we are launching a new activation period for 21 Days! In these 21 Days let’s keep going forward with these exciting PSWM programs, let’s keep serving and impacting the community, let’s keep meeting new people, and let’s be bold and courageous with the truth.
When you meet someone new:
(1) First, trust that it is not a coincidence! When God puts someone before us, surely they must have been prepared by Heaven to feel the spirit and hear the truth! Of course, it will be their portion of responsibility to receive it in their heart, but it is our responsibility to love and share. Just as Jesus says, “Let those with ears hear.”
(2) Second, invite them to the next level: Either a Vision Night or Service Projects -or- a seminar/church service
Meanwhile, as they connect to the wider community through programs, you can make a personal effort to invite them to a home/campus group study of HDH utilizing the Principles of Creation (POC). Our website and youtube channels will also soon feature POC content videos that you can utilize for this purpose.
(3) Thirdly, after they begin engaging with the community level events, let’s boldly invite them to hear the essence of truth! We will launch and announce what days in these next three weeks that we will be offering seminars at LAFC for this.
Alright! I hope you are excited to get the ball rolling.
To understand the heart behind this 21-Day more, please listen to Rev. Demian Dunkley’s video that was posted on Sunday to launch the 21 days of activation: https://youtu.be/wpby428BrV4?si=-o9Kt5_tzCjxR1jS
God Bless You LA Family!
With Love,
Joshua & Takayo