I love working at my church, Bel Air Presbyterian Church, and one of the main reasons is because of the large number of people in our congregation involved in the entertainment industry.
Besides working with college students in a traditional four year college, one of the fastest growing populations in our college ministry is college-aged, non-students, who are involved in music, acting, modeling, film, etc. Their presence brings a creativity and vitality to our ministry that has not always been present.
Here is a great article on Kim Door, Agenting for God who is our ordained pastor to the entertainment industry. I’ve been really happy about Bel Air’s involvement in the entertainment industry and Kim is a great fit.
Great article!
So what’s the inside scoop on Bel-Air Pres? I remember passing that church a few times when I was out in Hollywood for an internship. I went to Oasis Christian Center when I was out that way and I really enjoyed being around so many creative people. It has a different feel than churches in the Midwest and East Coast.
I wonder if we could create something like that as a sort of idea where you spend one day blogging about something outside of your area in service to someone else. Maybe it raises awareness about the poor or the persecuted. Maybe it works to raise money for an organization.
I think I may try it on my blog and see if I can get something consistent to work out. It would be a fun experiment.
Blogging with a purpose… I like that. A lot of us most often think about blogging with a purpose: making money, being successful, etc. I think this purpose is very important and should not be forgotten as well.
I loved Blog Action Day. This year's BAD topic was about poverty. How cool was that? The organizers hoped to bring increased awareness by having thousands of bloggers talk about poverty. That is one idea, I am sure we (as a community of believing bloggers) could come up with more.
Oh, and just to make sure I will only add 999 photos of me stuffing my face on flickr. 1,000+ is a little excessive.