Redeeming the Screens: Media Ministers to Hollywood

Redeeming the Screens: Stories of 'Ministers' to Entertainment Industry (edited by Jeanne C. DeFazio/William David Spencer)Ministers to the stars guesting: Jozy Pollock appeared on Ed Sullivan Show & toured with Liberace.  She was cover girl on Life magazine for hula hoop craze. Jozy was almost killed by Manson because she called Sharon Tate & cancelled going over her house the night of murders. She was chaplain at LA County jail, ministering to Robert Downey, Tommy Lee, Billy Preston, & the Menendez brothers. A movie was made about her "On Faith Alone."   Gemma Wenger hosts church meetings in Hollywood for past 25 yrs.  She's interviewed celebrities like Denzel Washington, Jane Seymour, Pat Boone, Dwight Yoakam, Lou Diamond Phillips, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Marty Ingels, Shirley Jones, Ed Asner, & James Cromwell on TV.    Singer Sheri Pedigo has worked with the Temptations, Patti LaBelle, Toto, Billy Davis & Marilyn McCoo, & more.  She's prayed for stars on the red carpet. LeaAnn Pendergrass is expanding the gospel globally through TV & Radio as producer & pastor of Uniting the Nations Telecast, a ministry which started meeting in Beverly Hills.   Olga Soler is director/writer/performer for Estuary Ministries, a multimedia performing arts ministry. She holds degrees in education & communications with studies in theology & psychology. She's authored & illustrated the books Tough Inspirations from the Weeping Prophet & The Body.   Jeanne Defazio holds a MA in Religion from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She's an Athanasian Teaching Scholar at Gordon-Conwell's Center for Urban Ministerial Education.