Matthew Barnett
@MatthewBarnett
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Founder of @ladreamcenter Pastor of historic Angelus Temple in Los Angeles California. Services Live Sunday at 10AM & Thursdays at 7PM
Joined October 2008
I can honestly say this program has been so vital and has been on our front line food program. These food boxes are amazing.
Today, our Farmers to Families 👩‍🌾 Food Box program will roll out Round 5 adding $1.5 Billion of new funding. Created to fed hungry Americans during the pandemic, F2F has fed over 3.3 Billion families in need nutritious, locally-sourced food fresh from America’s small farms. 🇺🇸
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Politics has become our national religion. Don't worship it. Help people in trenches, feed the poor, stay busy doing good, turn off the TV.
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Burning the midnight oil @ChefGruel suprises our staff working the late night shelter with lobster rolls and meatballs. Most of our workers are graduates of our rehab program and so things like this means so muchto them. #sneakydrop
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The person whose lost so much in this pandemic doesn’t care what Tucker Carlson or Chris Cuomo said on their show. They’re hungry, scared, looking for anyone with a winning message to impart life. News is a small world and a narrow lens. Detox from it, fight for people’s hearts.
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The lockdowns were a joke, the cancellation of high school sports was a joke, masking of kids a joke, arresting random dude on surf board without a mask in open ocean was a joke. The Covid policy in California will go down as a case study in total failure, hypocrisy, and horror.
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#TaxTheChurches is trending. If you do, please reimburse us for: . -Free housing fo homeless we’ve provided city over last 27 years. 700 beds nightly. -1,500 hot meals a day, 30,000 fed weekly from our food trucks. -1.5 billion dollars of economic aid given last 27 years.
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Everyone celebrating that the president has Covid-19 is sick in the head and needs a demon cast out.
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Volunteers eating meatballs prepared by @ChefGruel I saw one guy like it so much he put a meatball in his pocket.
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The pandemic changed the course of the church. Raw mission is everything now. The slick church modeled after corporate style leadership models is dead. The church is now smaller, tougher, less glossy, and not as concerned about fitting in. It sounds like the recipe of revival.
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Mother with two children who attend our outdoor school asked if she could sleep in our garden last night. Nowhere to go, within hours we found a way to find one more room for a homeless family. Brutal times bringing me to daily tears, but miracles everywhere @LADreamCenter
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It cost $81,000 a year to lock someone up in prison. For $6,000 a year we can rehabilitate someone @LADreamCenter last night over 200 residents of our rehab program sang a powerful song about their new found freedom.
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This guy been handing out food with his baby. Total legend.
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The day #LosAngeles goes to full capacity @redturn2 shows up and blows our minds by giving the Veterans @ladreamcenter a suite for tonight’s game. This is the biggest game in last two years as the stadium goes to full capacity for first time since Covid. It’s like opening day.
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I’ve worked everyday during Covid-19 as first responder. Never once had the attitude that the world must slow down, kids be out of school, life must stop to protect my health. It’s an honor to serve others even when there’s personal risk. The greatest virus is self preservation.
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A mother lost her job with recent restaurant closures. Money she had left spent in on buying toys for our Christmas event. She’s making tamales trying to survive. We hired her to make tamales for Christmas Eve Christmas drive thru @LADreamCenter.
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Shout out to everyone giving twitter Mothers day shout outs to their Mothers who don't tweet. #lol.
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Home now. Survived 3 strokes, 3 blood clots on the brain. Thank you to everyone @AdventistHealth for saving my life. Thank you for all the prayers I could feel it last three days. Dealing with the brain fog and head trauma but I’ll make it.
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Twenty six years of giving every breathe I have to the city of Los Angeles. I’ll be honest I almost threw in the towel a couple times this year. I’ve wanted to leave Los Angeles and at times still do. However, there’s this thing called the call of God that won’t let me go.
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I’m going to go ahead and say it. What we have done to our children the last year locking them up is a form of child abuse.
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Just spoke to 48 families whose school burned down and we were able to donate 48 chrome books to the students who will be doing remote learning with no facility. The sweet people getting food on the Dream Center food line donated $8000 cash as they drove by. We took that money.
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A few hours ago I had a blood clot and a stroke. It was so wild. Treated within an hour saves my life. I couldn’t communicate one coherent word.
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I’m not bothered protests happening in LA. Bothered that California has decided to silence the church for nearly half a year and celebrate Portland. Churches will start soon. Will lose many members calling us reckless but rebuild with newer, less consumer, more resilient people.
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People on twitter celebrating when someone high profile gets Covid is absolutely disgusting and a fulfillment of the prophecy in Matthew 24 stating the increase of wickedness will cause the love of most to grow cold.
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I’ve got to admit the way our mayor said we will never return to normal again until we find a vaccine made me think of going to a different city to start a dream center. But there’s a a thing called the call of God that won’t let me leave.
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Everyone wanted Jesus to be a powerful political figure. He had all the qualities to lead. Instead, he spent his life speaking of another kingdom. It frustrated his followers that he wouldn’t let his life be drawn into a political system that was flawed, ineffective, and corrupt.
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I hardly ever watch the news anymore it’s literally transformed my life. I’ve never felt more alive.
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Thank you @IvankaTrump for being @LADreamCenter and serving. She listened to three families tell their stories affected by fire in Altadena. Then donated new shoes and food boxes
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I literally said a prayer for more diapers and water and 15 minutes later A U-Haul pulls up from New Omni bank with a truck load of diapers and water.
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A woman in our rehab home rescued from years of prostitution and drug addiction. Bailey makes powerful statement at church near end of testimony. This is why church needs to be open. Lives are being saved!
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Hello, @realDonaldTrump will you please include the charitable sector as part of stimulus plan. We’re feeding people 11 hours, 7 days a week. Families impacted by virus who need food from school closures.
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I have a blood clotting factor in my lungs that makes a potential virus more dangerous for me. However, I’m going to keep on serving on the front lines all of next year not because I’m irresponsible but because I believe the safest place for well-being is in serving others.
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This amazing woman lost her job due to restaurant closures. She was making tamales at home to survive. We hired her to make tamales to help with rent. We surprised her with $5,000 today for next six months of rent.
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At this rate we will need the coliseum. I’ve talked to so many people in the cars to hear their story. Every single person is a working class person who’s been impacted some way. Or, someone without power…still. People are waiting so patiently for cases of water, diapers, and.
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The Christian blogosphere piling on Christians today. Most who were equally appalled as anyone yesterday. Leave your keyboards and do some outreach. Your not helping anyone.
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Our workers are so spoiled and loved. Thank you!!.
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What a day @TheRock showed up @LADreamCenter and blessed one of our mothers 8 months pregnant who lives on our campus who was formerly homeless. Never met anyone who believes in people like that.
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I just watched 6 more people check into @LADreamCenter recovery program. Parents weeping while checking them in. They’re walking up now to their rooms with bag of clothes and a year of freedom awaits their courageous decision. Never gets old!.
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So refreshing that Lady Gaga actually sang with no political propaganda. and she can actually sing.
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I love you @perrynoble you have pioneered an incredible church and have been so generous to the cause of missions. Forever my friend!.
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What a 3rd night. 1,400 cars served, incredible light drive thru, secret Santa handing out $10,000 worth of cash. 12,000 total presents given away!!!!
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Don’t project life’s fears far in the future with forecasted terror. Just show up everyday, give it your best, and let God unfold life for you. Giving up control of how things must go is liberating. You have enough grace for twenty-four hours and that’s all you need.
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This little guy was sad because he thought We didn’t have size 5 diapers.
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Homeless in Santa Monica, sober for ten months, endless enthusiasm for life.
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The endless lockdown is an elitist position. The wealthy can withstand the spread of the virus with years of savings while removing the essential pillars of church and school from poorer communities.
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Hello @VanJones68 just a public service announcement we will be serving free meals @LADreamCenter for the entire duration of LA public school closure. All 3 meals if parents and students need it.
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Steve Harvey is officially the happiest man on Earth.
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Kasich staying in the final two with hopes that Steve Harvey will accidentally declare him winner at convention.
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If there is a recall election in California should I run for governor?.
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Seriously, most of our team graduated our rehab program a couple years ago, and they are still saving money and rebuilding their lives and they just freak out when they get to eat something like this. Those meatballs are insane.
@MatthewBarnett @ChefGruel Haha so cool.
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When God takes you to a place you've never been it's to make you into something you never knew you could be.
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People who judge you without knowing you must never be taken seriously.
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Why do we tell our children that the presidency is a a noble occupation when you have to destroy another's character to win the job?.
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The church is not a social club of fake perfection, it's a place where broken people fall in love with a perfect God.
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Don't feel bad Steve Harvey my parents celebrated my birthday on wrong month for first 12 years of my life.
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Family is blown away by @LADreamCenter delivery of sofa. Partnering w/ DCFS families are allowed to stay together by making their place of residence livable. Thanks to @redturn2 we get to do they daily because of his generosity. Who knew a couch could cause an eruption of joy.
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We have just rescued a 16 year old girl from human trafficking while working together with the police. It’s the saddest story I’ve encountered in 27 years.
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Kids losing 12-18 months of in person learning. A decade later we will look back and realize the emotional damage we did to our youth.
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Yesterday we hit the 5 million meal mark @LADreamCenter a year we will never forget!!!!! No government funding. Just you! My hero’s, our hero’s, the cities hero’s!!!.
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Fake news.
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You take away people’s businesses, right to worship, you tell kids to stare at a computer all day and of course you get violence in the streets and radicalization of all kinds. People need purpose. You take that away you get misplaced passion.
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California for so many months was compliant and doing well with Covid. Then the crazy tier system was announced where we were told nothing would reopen until practically zero cases out of 100,000 people goal was attained. People lost hope and believed life would never return.
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This presidential debate going to be more feisty than a church meeting discussing if the drums should be covered or not covered.
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Two weeks ago my daughter goes through the trauma of nearly watching her father die of blood clots to the brain. Today, with heaviness in her heart she finds a way to compete and qualify for u-20 World championships. As a father, that healed me.
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Just met a family who attends the outdoor school only to find out they were homeless. We just took them into @LADreamCenter.
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The #LAPD Metropolitan A Div. Platoon stormed our food line with sirens blazing and helicopters flying to say thank you to @LADreamCenter. And dropped off a ton of food. One of the most powerful moments I’ve experienced in 25 years🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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I woke up with the feeling that many people are going to have a day of unexpected miracles.
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Christian people saying, “Prayer is not enough” is a comment based straight out the subtle ideology of hell. Prayer is powerful! Of course, action is needed but to hint that prayer is not enough is atheism at its finest.
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It appears Los Angeles schools will not have in person learning this year. The @LADreamCenter outdoor learning center is open Monday-Friday from 9am-2pm daily to help parents look for work and for kids to have basic community interaction. All free including 2 free meals.
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There’s a reason why only 2 minutes of a newscast is dedicated to good news. Fear sells! Don’t let it shape your life, kill your dreams, and steal your wonder.
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There is no link between the Buffalo hat terrorists guy on the capital with 99.99999% of Christians. He’s the spokesperson for insanity not for the church. General public please stop making dumb comparisons it makes you look foolish.
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I’ve heard presidents say Covid is a chance to “Reset” the world. Mayors actually say time to build a “New World” order. And Governors saying Covid is a chance to reimagine our state. I’m not a conspiracy theory person but this blatantly being repeated quite often now.
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Disgusting behavior on the Capitol. Awful day in America.
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Still having Children’s church in the housing projects. Twenty years in same neighborhoods. The @LADreamCenter is just relentless no matter the season. Kids need us now more than ever.
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I just had the most wonderful phone call with a mother who was once housed at the Dream Center with her family who donated $750 to invest back into the same program that helped her. She’s now settled into her new life in Atlanta.
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I’ve put food in ten’s of thousands of cars personally during the pandemic. I’ve been shocked I haven’t caught the virus. However, i’ll keep doing it because serving others requires self sacrifice and risk. Fear can’t own you when a great cause rules your heart.
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I’m so proud to announce my daughter Mia Barnett has just verbally committed to run for the University of Virginia. A day I’ll never forget!!! #acc thank you to all the amazing people who believed in her journey.
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We laughed, we cried, it’s been 8 long months of being separated but today the church returned. Reunited in mission to mobilize the greatest army of goodwill to pick up the pieces of poverty, anxiety, and so much need. We’re ready to meet the need and support the comeback.
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The next decade of spiritual leaders will be the greatest of all time. Tested beyond measure, broken but not destroyed, incredible empathy. Their sermons will be filled with so much love and understanding.
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Breaking: Texas just ended mask mandate starting next Wednesday.
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Once you break free from the approval of man you can start living for the glory of God.
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16 more men graduated @LADreamCenter one year residential recovery program today. People coming out of addiction during tough times. $81,000 a year to lock someone up in California for a year. $6,000 a year to rehabilitate.
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The miracle cooks all from rehab who have served 1.5 million meals during Covid-19.
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Encouragement is a ministry you can start at any time with no budget necessary.
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Praying for wisdom for our new president @joebiden and Vice President @KamalaHarris and for God to direct their steps.
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The pure disdain some have for the hardworking ORU basketball team is not about them. It’s about the divisive culture of the world who must have an enemy in anything that appears faith oriented.
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