Jim & Karen Covell
Speakers/Authors
Popular Programs:
Hollywood Exposed: Is God Anywhere In Sight?
As a TV Producer, Karen exposes inside secrets of the TV & film
industry. She reveals exciting stories of how God is actually alive
and well in Hollywood. You'll also gain insight of how you can have
an eternal impact on this world's most influential mission field.
She talks to women who are concerned about their children and how
the Media is negatively impacting them, giving ideas of how we can
all make a difference in changing Hollywood.
How To Talk About Jesus Without Freaking Out
Karen helps you learn easy steps to effectively talk about Jesus.
You'll gain confidence, overcome fear, and see how easily this can
all be done without freaking yourself or anyone else out. (Based
on her book by the same title.) She explains the power of story
and how our stories can all be used by the Lord to impact others.
The Power of Asking Questions
Asking questions is the most powerful form of communication. The
greatest way to influence others is to ask questions. And the most
effective way to lead someone to the Lord is by asking questions.
Karen shows how asking questions is fun, low risk and exciting when
talking about the Lord, being effective at home and in the workplace
and in building personal relationships. And the art of asking questions
can be learned in a one hour talk or a week-end conference.
Better Sex Through Prayer – For Christian married
couples only
Prayer is the most powerful gift that God has given us. Karen and
Jim talk boldly about how prayer will not only change our personal
lives but it will strengthen our marriages and create an intimacy
between us and our spouse, our children and/or our friends and other
family members that nothing else can do. The Covells also give suggestions
on how to make prayer both creative and fun. Great prayer is even
more intimate than great sex.
The Power of a Woman's Prayers
Prayer is the most powerful gift that God has given us. Karen talks
about how prayer will not only change our personal lives but it
will strengthen our marriages, our personal relationships and create
an intimacy between us and our spouse, our children and/or our friends
and other family members in a way that nothing else can do. Karen
also gives suggestions on how to make prayer both creative and fun.
KAREN COVELL is a television producer, Director of the Hollywood Prayer Network (HPN) and co-founder and producer for JC Productions, an independent television and music production company.
Ms. Covell has had extensive experience producing TV specials, documentaries and children's programming; such as coordinating producer for the PAX special Changed Lives: Miracles of the Passion, as associate producer for Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer, and as co-producer for the television special America's Throwaway Children , starring Dennis Franz and Danny Glover. She also produced a documentary DVD for HPN entitled The Hollywood Tribe and she has most recently written episodes of the new TV Series The Incurables. She created and produced the rock gospel music show pilot Good News Rock , and was associate producer with Shari Lewis Home Video including One Minute Bedtime Stories and One Minute Bible Stories . Ms. Covell was the post-production producer for the animation company TMS Entertainment, Inc.
As Head of Development at Penthouse Presentations, a TV production company (not affiliated with the magazine), Ms. Covell created and developed both television movies and series concepts. She was the assistant to the Executive Producer for a CBS-TV movie The Two Lives of Carol Letner , and was co-writer and assistant editor for Players or Pawns , a sports documentary and winner of best documentary at the San Francisco Film Festival.
Ms. Covell was also the producing director of the 8 th Annual Women in Film Festival in Los Angeles. Prior to that event she was one of the founders of Kino Women International (KIWI), an international women's film federation at the Moscow Film Festival and in Georgia, Soviet Union. She has also been booking producer for TV specials and fundraisers, booking celebrities and interviewees for the American Heart Association, the American Lung Cancer Association and World Vision International. She also served as the interim Theatre Manager for the Mark Taper Forum for six months.
As the Director of the Hollywood Prayer Network, Ms. Covell also speaks and teaches around the country on how people of faith can stop hating Hollywood and boycotting its products, but instead pray for the people in the entertainment industry. She is also a published co-author of two books with her husband Jim and their writing partner Victorya Rogers. They are entitled, "How To Talk About Jesus Without Freaking Out" and "The Day I Met God," both available through Random House Publishers and at Amazon.com. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America, a founding member of PREMISE, and a board member of the Biola University Entertainment Task Force. She is a graduate of USC with a BA in Producing. Karen is married to her best pal Jim, a composer. They are the proud parents of two Wonder boys – 17-year-old Christopher and 13-year-old Cameron.
What they say about The Covells
"...It’s encouraging to learn that people like you
and the Covells have been able to successfully live out what you
believe." - Dr. James Dobson, Focus on the
Family
"Jim, Karen & Victorya are in the front lines of spiritual
influence. Their book is a must read." - Dr. Bill Bright,
founder, Campus Crusade for Christ
"Talk About Jesus" is practical, challenging, and
compelling. It contains vital information that will help today’s
Christians effectively share their faith in the 21st century."
- Josh McDowell, Author/Speaker
"For many years, Jim and Karen Covell have been warriors
for the Lord in Hollywood. As professionals and as Christians, they
know the terrain and the tactics of the enemy within the entertainment
industry. Few people in the world are more qualified to inform audiences
about the needs and challenges we are facing today in the crisis
of popular culture. We highly recommend them to any group desiring
a lively, informative and truth-filled message." - Coleman
Luck, Writer/Executive Producer; Carel Luck, Writer/Fine Artist
"This is to recommend Karen Covell as a most worthy speaker to be included in your catalog. She has spoken many times at Hollywood Presbyterian Church events and is a gifted communicator. She has a delightful sense of humor; she is creative and imaginative with her presentations; she is powerfully spiritual in her messages. No matter what topic she has chosen to speak on, we have found her message challenging and inspiring.
She is especially excellent on witnessing for Christ and on prayer. We highly recommend her and know that any group she speaks for will be richly blessed." - Anna Kerr, First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, Missions Coordinator; Women’s Ministries
Partial Media List:
TV Interviews:
Aspiring Women
At Home Live with Chuck & Jenni
Family Net's The Call
LeSea Broadcasting
Total Living Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network
100 Huntley Street – Canada
NOWTV – Winnipeg, Canada
Nat'l Radio Interviews:
American Family Radio
Beverly LaHaye Today
Duffy & Company
Focus on the Family
Janet Parshall's America
KLOVE
LifeTalk Radio
Luis Palau's Reaching Your World
United Christian Broadcasters Ltd. – Great Britain
Magazine Articles:
Christianity Today
Liguardian
On Mission Magazine – Cover Story
Outreach Magazine
Reel Evangelism
Seasons Magazine
Shine
Today's Christian Woman
World Wide Challenge – Cover Story
Books:
The Day I Met God – by Jim & Karen Covell and Victorya Michaels Rogers
How to Talk About Jesus Without Freaking Out – by Jim & Karen Covell and
Victorya Michaels Rogers
Behind The Screen: Hollywood Insiders on Faith, Film, and Culture
1 Chapter
Evangelism Guidebook: Advice From Today’s Evangelism Experts
2 Chapters
Made To Count – by Bob Reccord , Randy Singer
1 Chapter
Women, Faith and Work – by Lois Flowers
1 Chapter |
