{"id":1808675,"date":"2023-01-17T15:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808675"},"modified":"2023-01-17T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T20:57:40","slug":"kirk-cameron-calls-attendance-at-faith-based-story-hour-overwhelming-after-he-says-nearly-1000-people-pack-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kirk-cameron-calls-attendance-at-faith-based-story-hour-overwhelming-after-he-says-nearly-1000-people-pack-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Cameron Calls Attendance At Faith-Based Story Hour \u2018Overwhelming\u2019 After He Says Nearly 1,000 People Pack Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkirk-cameron-calls-attendance-at-faith-based-story-hour-overwhelming-after-he-says-nearly-1000-people-pack-library%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808675&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kirk-cameron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk Cameron<\/a> called the attendance for a story hour featuring his new faith-based children\u2019s book \u201cAs You Grow\u201d \u201coverwhelming\u201d His publisher claimed that almost 1,000 people packed a Southern California Library.<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old actor hosted Saturday&#8217;s story time at the Placentia Library. It is located about 30 miles from Los Angeles. His publisher informed the audience that the event was held there. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1000-people-california-library-story-time-kirk-cameron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a> Around 1,000 children and parents attended the event to hear the new book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the forces of darkness are no match for moms and dads who are committed to God, and to their family, and to teaching their children,\u201d Cameron addressed the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGrowing Pains\u201d Star stated that even though libraries have declined to sponsor, promote, or announce his story times, that he has rented the reading rooms and that \u201cpeople are finding out anyway,\u201d With attendance \u201coverwhelming,\u201d Notification of the outlet<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no one who can stand in the path of God-fearing, loving parents and mothers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These brave patriots showed support despite the rain. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KirkCameron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KirkCameron<\/a>The LIVE Book Reading!<\/p>\n<p>Placentia, thank you! California, we&#8217;ll be back! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ugO410Tmve\">pic.twitter.com\/ugO410Tmve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BRAVE Story Hour (@BraveBooksUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraveBooksUS\/status\/1614412811748122627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cameron\u2019s publisher tweeted out footage of the crowd that turned up for the actor\u2019s story hour, stating, \u201cNobody can stand in the way of God fearing, loving fathers and mothers! Despite the downpour of rain, these BRAVE patriots came out to support [KirkCameron]\u2019s LIVE book reading!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire reached out to the Placentia Library to verify the crowd size, and Jeanette Contreras, the\u00a0Library Director\u00a0for Placentia Library District, told us \u201cour estimate was 700.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kirk-cameron-publisher-claim-thousands-flocked-to-his-story-hour-after-library-reportedly-backtracks-opposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cameron<\/a> and the publisher of his children\u2019s book recently shared that thousands flocked to his story hour in Indianapolis after that library had reportedly been one of the locations that initially refused to host him, but later reversed course \u2014 something the library is disputing.<\/p>\n<p>Brave Books posted this clip. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraveBooksUS\/status\/1608549471646027776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1608549471646027776%7Ctwgr%5E9e612c2dcdc1c544dbd4a5c3352db4aa37e84f5b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fkirk-cameron-publisher-claim-thousands-flocked-to-his-story-hour-after-library-reportedly-backtracks-opposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> They claimed that thousands attended the Indianapolis Public Library to hear Cameron speak about his book.\u00a0After the publisher\u2019s tweet, the library tweeted that the claim about a 2,500-person attendance was not accurate and that it was not the largest crowd the library had ever seen, stating that the door count was 750.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLifemark\u201d Star recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/libraries-cave-after-refusing-faith-based-story-hour-kirk-cameron-celebrates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrated<\/a> After he stated that two libraries had changed their minds about hosting a Cameron Story Hour, he suggested it should be a message for Christians and conservatives. \u201cto be brave.\u201d\u00a0The actor\u2019s publicist told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/kirk-cameron-win-two-public-libraries-denied-story-hours-now-caved?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&#038;utm_content=later-31821399&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=linkin.bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>\u00a0One library near New York City and one in Indiana \u201ccaved.\u201d Cameron threatened legal action when they refused to host him initially.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kirk-cameron-talks-lifemark-movie-that-proves-why-life-should-be-defended-at-all-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cameron<\/a> I have previously spoken with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fundamentally-changing-the-values-of-america-kirk-cameron-talks-public-libraries-refusing-to-host-him-for-story-hour-over-faith-based-childrens-book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a> Find out more about the hosting of public libraries \u201cDrag Queen Story Hours\u201d He refused to host him at his book readings, which he described as &#8220;a terrible experience.&#8221; \u201cPro-God and pro-family and Biblical values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kirk-cameron-publisher-claim-thousands-flocked-to-his-story-hour-after-library-reportedly-backtracks-opposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk Cameron, Publisher Say Thousands Flocked To His Story Hour After Library Reportedly Backtracks\u00a0Opposition<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk Cameron called the attendance for a story hour featuring his new faith-based children\u2019s book \u201cAs You Grow\u201d \u201coverwhelming\u201d after his publisher said nearly 1,000 people packed a Southern California library. On Saturday, the 52-year-old actor hosted a story time at the Placentia Library, about 30 miles outside of Los Angeles, where his publisher told &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1498792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7668,13904,3755,7646,6202,10387,7889,10384,5318,3922,6738,4370,4178,6195],"class_list":["post-1808675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-7668","tag-attendance","tag-calls","tag-cameron","tag-daily","tag-faith-based","tag-hour","tag-kirk","tag-library","tag-overwhelming","tag-pack","tag-people","tag-story","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1808675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}