Stone the Preacher

This is an action packed weekend for adventurous evangelists. We have 2, count ‘em, 2 parades this weekend:

On Saturday, May 18, we are going to the largest Armed Forces Day Parade west of the Mississippi in Torrance! Meet at noon on the northeast corner of Torrance and Madrona Blvds., specifically at 3331 Torrance Blvd in front of the plunge on the grassy strip. Dennis and Rachael Liebregt will be leading. Call 310-374-4673 x.121 for more info on how to contact them.

And on Sunday, it’s the 3rd largest Gay Pride event in the country: The Long Beach Pride Parade. Meet at Hope Chapel at 8:30AM to carpool. Here’s an interview with a parade-goer at last year’s West Hollywood Pride Parade:

Lots of great events this month. If you are in the area we would love to have you join us!

This Saturday, May 4, we are heading to Olvera Street for Cinco de Mayo. Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool, returning by 5.

11: Starbucks Express: 7 Starbucks in two hours. Meet at noon return by 3:00.

18: Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade

19: Long Beach Pride Parade

27-29: Fiesta Hermosa

Join us for an opportunity to reach the literati of Los Angeles at the L. A. Times Festival of books on the campus of USC. Meet us at a SPECIAL TIME, 10AM, at Hope Chapel to carpool.

You just never know who you may influence with the Gospel. Everybody dies…

…but not everybody goes to Heaven.

This Saturday we are making incursions into seven Starbucks within a five mile radius. The map is drawn and the team will be ready.

They will go in, hand out as many Gospel tracts as possible to the patrons and the barristas, possibly even having a conversation or two, then head out of the store without buying a cup of coffee. (They may ask for a cup of water, though.)

Why are we doing this?

Here’s the reason, from a post from a few weeks ago:

Starbucks founder Howard Schultz made this comment recently to a shareholder: “You can sell your shares of Starbucks and buy shares in another company. Thank you very much.”

Why would ole Howard make this comment?

Because the shareholder doesn’t share the same liberal values as Mr. Schultz. According to the Washington Post:

…the shareholder in question was Thomas Strobhar, the founder of the Corporate Morality Action Center, which states that its mission is to challenge corporations on issues like gay marriage, abortion and pornography. Last year Starbucks’ endorsed a Washington state bill to legalize same-sex marriage, which prompted the National Organization for Marriage to organize a boycott of the coffee behemoth. So in last week’s meeting, Strobhar criticized Starbuck’s endorsement for hurting sales and profits in the first quarter of 2012.

Since he doesn’t like Christian morality, but will be judged by the Christian God, we wanted to give his patrons and laborers a fighting chance for Heaven.

Our team will enjoy coffee at another coffee establishment.

Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool and to get the maps.

Now read of the ex-homosexual who has become an evangelist and has since dumped his daily dose of Starbucks coffee.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – An ex-homosexual who now serves as an evangelist states that he has decided to join the boycott against the coffee king Starbucks following recent remarks made by CEO Howard Schultz regarding the company’s support of homosexual “marriage.”

“It’s an unGodly, Christ-hating position,” he said of Schultz’s comments.

Robert Breaud of Wisconsin told Christian News Network that he had been involved in the homosexual lifestyle until his 30′s, but has served Christ now for nearly 20 years.

 “I basically got my fill of the emptiness of sin,” he said. “I was never happy, never filled, never satisfied with male-to-male relationships.” Click here to read the rest.

*Images credits:  Starbucks logo and Howard Schultz from Wikipedia.
*Dump Starbucks image from Christian News Network.

Saturday, April 6: Redondo Beach Pier. Meet at noon at Hope Chapel, return by 3:30

13: The Starbucks Express(o): This is new. Read this article from my blog and you will know why I created this event. We will use a map of all the local Starbucks in our local area so that we may “hit and run” with tracts and/or conversations. Meet at noon at Hope Chapel, return by 3:30 (more…)

Feeling flighty? Maybe you are just plane tired of going to the same old places to share your faith. Join us for a rousing time at Los Angeles International Airport this Saturday. We go for about two hours, start at one end and finish at the other. Simple as that. The best part is the International Arrival section.

Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool.

Have you ever seen Ray in action? Join us this Saturday for some great evangelistic encounters, from one-to-one conversations to heavy duty tracting, to on-the-box preaching! Meet us at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool (we leave promptly at 12:15), or meet us at the base of the Huntington Pier at 1:30PM.

Below is an encounter I had with a crazy drunk heckler, which is pretty much par for the course when you preach in Huntington Beach. Watch what happens when the police get involved….

Now watch what happens in part 2:

This Saturday we will be meeting at Hope Chapel at a SPECIAL TIME, 9:30A.M., to spread the word to all who will be marching and spectating at the Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade!

A few years ago, this sad picture was taken (explanation below):

It happens to everyone who shares their faith on a regular basis…. You’ve scheduled an exciting time to go out and hit the streets to evangelize, you’ve got the plan, the tracts, you’re prayed up… then on the day of the event, no one shows up. It’s just the two of you: God and yourself. What do you do?

Go out anyway.

“Righteous Richard” Chavarria led our “team” at the 2009 Hermosa Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Though he went solo, he had an army with him.

Has this ever happened to you? What did you do, give up or go out? What advice do you have for those in small churches that encounter this obstacle regularly?

Click here to watch a 52 second video
on how to have a successful evangelism team.

CORRECTION!!! Join us on Saturday as we infiltrate a radical-left protest march with the Gospel. Meet us at Hope Chapel at 10:30!

Or at the corner of Hollywood and Vine at noon. Bring riot gear.

At a previous anti-war protest a few years ago this man was mad as heck and wasn’t going to take it anymore. He was an ex-Morman, an ex-prostitute, and thought all Christians were hypocrites. His sign said, “Who Would Jesus Bomb?” (How about Sodom and Gomorah for starters?) In other words, he was just another leftist protester we encountered at the A.N.S.W.E.R. LA anti-war protest held in Hollywood on March 21, 2009. (Please read the start of this series by clicking here.)

I tried reasoning with him about the truth of the Gospel and his eternal destination; he wanted no part of Heaven because people like me would be there. This was so sad.

Why was this man standing in front of the thousands of other Socialist marchers who were gathered just a few feet away? “I’m blocking them,” he said, as he pointed to a group of “Christian” Sign Guys, who were loudly shouting abusive, incendiary comments at the protesters.

Watch my 5 minute interview with David… then pray for this poor, tortured soul’s heart.

Gong Hey Faht Choy! Kick the Chinese New Year off right in downtown L.A. This will be the evangelism team’s fourth visit to this parade that has over 100,000 spectators attending. Wanna come? We’d love to have ya! (See details after the video.)

And about this video…. I post this every year as a reminder to know your crowd before you preach to them.

Meet at Hope Chapel at 10:00am to carpool OR meet at the Metro Rail Lincoln Heights Gold Line Station (370 W. Ave. 26, L. A.) at about 11:15am. We meet there because parking is free and it only costs $1.25 each way to the Chinatown station. Parade starts at 1:00pm.

READ HOW THINGS REALLLLY WENT WRONG A
FEW YEARS BACK BY CLICKING HERE!

This’ll preach (your weekly evangelism verse to be used on the streets):

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance:
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners
—of whom I am the worst.
(1 Timothy 1:15)

This Saturday we will be greeting visitors at the Tet Festival in Garden Grove with a hearty: Chuc Mung Na Moi! This means “Happy New Year!” in Vietnamese. And, it’s the Year of the Snake! Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool.

On Tuesday, February 12, our ten week evangelism training, “Sharing Your Faith…Made Easy” starts at Hope Chapel from 7-9pm. My faithful evangelism leader Ed Lee takes over the teaching duties from me this time around. The class and all materials are free!

Read about the 103-year-old Vietnamese lady who tried to knife her son-in-law at a previous Tet event by clicking here.

And see which political dignitaries got “messages from God” at a Tet Parade during an election year by clicking here.

Here’s what we are doing for the month of February to reach the lost. We’d love to have you join us. We even supply the Gospel tracts!

Saturday, Feb. 2: Santa Monica Pier—Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to pray, eat pizza and then go out to share our faith.  We leave promptly at 12:30 pm, returning by 5:15 pm.

Tuesday, Feb. 5: “Abortion is About God: Reframing a Moral Issue” From 7-8:30pm at Hope Chapel. Cost: $15.00

 Saturday, Feb. 9: TET Festival in Garden Grove’s “Little Saigon”—Meet at Hope Chapel at noon to carpool.

10: Optional: TET Parade in Garden Grove. Starts at 9am.

Tuesday, Feb. 12: “Sharing Your Faith Made Easy” 10 week evangelism training. 7-9pm at Hope Chapel. Cost is free!

Thursday, Feb 14: El Camino College Outreach—Meet at the Library Lawn from 12:30-2pm.

Saturday, Feb. 16: 114^th Annual Golden Dragon Parade—Meet at Hope Chapel at a SPECIAL TIME: 10am to carpool 

Saturday, Feb. 23: Hermosa Beach Pier: Meet at Hope Chapel at Noon to pray, eat pizza and then go out to share our faith.  We leave promptly at 12:30 pm, returning by 3:00 pm.

EVERY FRIDAY WE GO TO THE REDONDO BEACH PIER FOR ONE HOUR!!! Meet at Hope Chapel at 4:30 to carpool.